Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-16
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BY a slip of the types or the pen, W
were made to say the Rev. Norwood an
Beecher. 1t should read the Rev. "NoT
wood" Beecher.
If anything can be worse than tn
condition of bur streets, it is that of on
side-walks-and "wisy-wersy'' as San
Weller would say.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of DR.. Russel's dispensary, No. 4
North Court street. 1t is said TO be TIL
oldest and best institution OF the sort il
the Southwest.
Officer Dillon, of the First District
yesterday arrested Tom Molloy on eharg
of being an escaped convict from Mis-
souri,. Molloy-proved a COED characte
and was discharged.
We learn that the Rev. Father Tracey
has decided not to canvass our city, al
present, in aid of his church at Hunts
vile, but has determined to wait unit
later in the season. He leaves for hii
home to-day.
-Theleyees looked gloomy enough yes
terday, and the riyS was as wintry anc
dark as the skies above it. Few persons
cared, even with the chance OF making
money, TO brave the mud and slush, so the
levee was almost deserted.
We understand that an effort was Oh
. ~ a. ~ A+AAa ~ @A1 H1AANL1AAHAA " Az ~
the poor unfortunate spoken of by US I
few days ago, to get her into some institu.
ton, either in Philadelphia or New York
where she can be reclaimed il there is any
good left in her.
"A dispatch was received yesterday by
F. NJ. M2han, " President of the new
Board from New York, announcing
that the money necessary to compleoe The
Little Rock Railroad was ready and wait
ing his check, if the " new Board F" is sus'
tanned by the Courts.
We regret to learn that the infant
child Of Mr.. J. W. Smith, of the firm o.
Young q Co., fell from the arms of its
nur-e, yesterday evening. on the brick
pavement, and sustained injuries which
will probably prove fatal. We sincerely
hope that our friend may be spared this
bereavement.
"A communication from "BI." gives q
fattering account of the progress made in
composition by the young ladies' who
write for a magazine published by the
Pathological Society Of the Momphis Fe-
male Seminary. We regret that we can
not publish his communication, but unite
with him in concentrating the young
contributors upon their proficiency.
For the purpose of assisting to re-
establish The levee system in Arkansas,
Mississippi and Louisiana, Senator Kel-
lOEE. Ol LOUISVILLE, mas lsSIbO q Oil WHICH
provides for the guarantee by the United
States OF the principal and interest Of Ger
tain bonds TO be issued by the States oil
Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, un-
der direction of a Board of Commissioners,
to be protected by the levying Of a tax for
payment of interest, and the m~Ortgaging
OF the swamp and other State lands to the
United States.
The 4" beautiful snow so-called, paid
-. I-=.- -.Lss ---nma-I.- TEa ar- v-n-
foil of it at intervals, but owing to the
moist " condition of the coat of mud
with which our City Fathers have caused
the Nicolson pavement to be covered, il
did not larry long in sight after hitting
the earth. five must have " snow Ithe
air" we would dearly love to see a MAN
tie of it spread over the city. We have
rarely seen the air, eel in high attitudes.
fuller of it than during n or two hurries
yesterday.
Mr.. Burns, a farmer residing in the
vicinity of Clarendon. Ark, yesterday
left at our Office a stone pipe such as was
formerly much in ass by the aboriginal
inhabitants OF the Mississippi valley. In
plowing a field a year ago be came upon
this relic, which is an admirable specimen
of the rough artistic skill of the Indians,
1t represents a human being in the atti.
tude of the most humble and deyoUt wOr.
ship, carved in sandstone, which bears
some traces Of mineral contact. It is &
curiosity calculated TO " excite Il special
wonder" and to induce speculation as to
the origin of the North American Indians,
Because the almanac SAYS that the
nights are moonlight " at present, it is
no /" sign" that they are 50. The gas
however, seem to think that il
is, and have not li5ten the gas, though the
nights have been black as Erebus. We.
in common with everyone whose business
or pleasure calls them TO be on the streets
at night, protest against this as an out
rage not TO be tolerated longer than we
can possibly help. The city and her PEG
pie are in the anaconda tolls of the gas
company, and that monopoly is squeez-
ing and grinding the people to the utmost
it dares. Truly, there is no tyranny 50
CALLING as that OF a monopoly!
We have received from Messrs. B.
Westerman IL Co., III Broadway, New
York, their catalogue of illustrated works
and photographs for Christmas. It en-
braces the latest and FbesJ productions OF
German Az and literature, aud makes a
lover of such works, who is as poor as we
are. sigh ever TO read their titles. Think
of the 30 tl3 Gallery" illustrated by
Kaulbach. only 500; or tho Bta1JeR deg
Licbe, illustrated with chromohths; Cy
the ffuben's Album, illustrated with
twenty photographs from The original; or
Rafdel's Bible, or q dozen other works oil
the same sort, illustrated with chrome
liths and photographs In addition to
these are numerous large photographs OF
celebrated pictures such as WenterhsIt-
er's Elorinde, etc. We suppose Our book
stores will nave some of them for Christ
mas.
We regret 10 announce the sudden
death, which occurred from an sDopiectic
stroke on Monday last. near Knoxville,
Tenn. of George W. Harris, better
known under the name Of ''Su. LOven-
good" Mr.. Harris was a printer, and
wrote the first Of the "LoVengOod Pa
pers'-which have since become widely
known not only in this country but in
Europe-whiie working at the case on a
country paper IL Central Alabama, about
1873 or 4. His first essays were, We think,
"Daddv Playing HOss' and ''Sut LOven-
goods shirt, " and though he wrote some
sids-sDiitting things afterward, none can
equal these tor outrageous n and devil
try. Mr.. Harris published q book Of his
sketches Immediately AFTER the war, which
met with a very large sale. He had re-
Gently received the appointment OF some
Alabama railroad, and was on mis- way, we
suppose, TO assuERe mis- duties when death
overlook him. NHe leaves a host OF
friends who Will sincerely mourn bis loss.
-A.corresp0ndent, " Chicora." writing
u lew udNS SttGb lIDlAl AaaA4tti nay, AIks,
says of that place: "Our little settlement,
or, in other words, modified city, with ali
its present progressive improvements and
advantages, bids fair at no very distant
day 10 become a very city and COM
mereial n cotton emporium for all the
surrounding country. The numerous fine
roads centering here from all parts Of the
adjoining counties, offer superior induce
meGts TO planters shipping the fleece,
and of which many now avail themselves
in preference to other points nearer.
Crops this season are generally very
good with US. Many freedmen have done
nobly here for the last few years, and can
now show the fruits of their labor by be-
ing possessed Of land and homesteads,
thus showing thst snybody can amass
riches here, who only gives q reasonable
share of attention to ~cultivating the rich
and productive soil. Let you merchants
prepare, for we shall almost drain them
of the good things of life in a very short
time"
One Of the latest, and to our mind by
far, the most beautiful in design, color
and execution. of Praug's chromoliths, is
now on exhibition in this city. The pic
ture is about eighteen inohea wide, by
twenty-iOur in height. In the midst of
black, tempestuous pillows, which rage
around il, rises a mighty cross OF stone,
TO which is clingi1g a frail and beautiful
girl, clad in white. Her hands are fastened
firmly upon the transverse, and her face
is turned to heaven, her eyes fixed to a
rift above herin the storm-clouds, through
which ray OF heavenly light pOur down
upon her head. No other sign of human
life is seen save n hand, which is reach
ing up from the depths of the flood, grasp
ing at a floating spar. Every muscle and
vein is distinctly shown, and the very
curve of the fingers is descriptive of the
"strong swimmer in his agony" The
gloomy clouds roll black around the cross
and mingle with the waters; all is dark
ness and terror, amid which the Rock OF
Ages and she who clings TO it alone stand
firm and unmOved. This beautiful work
of art, along with a splendid collection of
other chromos. including Corregio's Mag