Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-05
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

him wherever he goes.
There xas another shooting scrspe
at Brownsvfile on Monday ~night-One
man was wounded.
The May weather seems to have set
Ia ia real eEnest. Yesterday was bright
and balmy as heart could wish.
The Committee on Entertainment
Commercial C~onventiOn) meets at the
Chamber OF Commerce st four o'clock.
-Bya law passed in the Board last
evening all dogs running 81 large with
out mUZEles will be killed By the police.
Let Democrats not forget the meet
ings tomorrow night. Remember, every
man, that the success Of the Democratic
ticket depends on every maa doing his
duty.
The local Of the Ledger says a few
glasses Of ' lager make INN feel " gem
! WeHicher.n Trey sometimes have the
effect Of making q man feel just the OPP
P0sHe.
Mrs. ODonovan's reading will Ger
tsiniy take place on Friday night at the
New Memphis. The address and resOlu-
lions OF the Irish Literary Society will
be published tO-mOrTOE morning.
"A lady was seen 60 pick up a pocket
book containing money and notes, On
s.. Martin street, near Bsal, last
wednesday. She hss since made no ef-
fort, so We ara informed, to i0d the
owner.
r. Lyman, Esq Of New York, c. s.
ThrogmOrtou and family, Of Kentucky,
and Frank Drier and family, Of CincIn-
natl, axe in the city, stopping at the
Peabody.
"A liberal era is dawEirg upon Us.
The Board yesterday allowed Sunday
morning meat markets, and the cigar
I stands 10 keep open on Sunday. This is
something Ike the true spirit Of Christi
snityl
Col. M. }. Wicks, Capt. W. J. Ross,
snd thsasat. Rev. Bishop BugniOn DE-
ZACH 90 out on an excursion train on the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad this
morning at nine o'clock 20 examine the
/ country along the line Of the TOsd, and
1 shoT the r.. Rev. B shop their desirable
ness for purposes OF immigration.
the new " shell" boat for the Chick
asaW Boat Club arrtgsd On the steamer
| Thompson Dssn yesterday. II Is fifty
two feet long, twenty-five inches broad,
and weighs one hundred and fifty pounds.
n cost $500 in New York, and was
bNught around by ocean steamer to
New Orleans, whence 1t came up the
river.
w. R. Moore and w. g. Pickett, the
Committee Of the Chamber Of Com
merce, TO whom YVES referred tbs COM
mUniestion CT the New Orleans Chamber
Of Commerce relative 10 the snip canal
from the Mississippi river 70 the Gulf,
have made 3 report 70 the Cdsmbe- and
declare their entire conviction Of tie
- ~ ELsa conformation - FEa
commerce or the Southwest. They re-
gard tie saheme SIS not only feasible but
%eninently StYtby OF Government aid
We will publSh their report n full to-
morrow.
-Ar. Andrews, one Of the old pioneer
citizsns OF Memphis, after q ~soj5urn
amongst Us IF several months, leaves to-
day for New York, whence be will en-
bark on the steamer Of the 18th for
Hayrs. He viii spend some time IN the
Continent with his family, who for 9
few years past have bsen residing in Ger
msny. Mr.. Andrews has FIR over thirty
wears been identified with the progress
and business Interest CT Memphis, and
bas earned for himself name synODy-
ISnus with pr05ity, Eprigatcsss, courtesy
and geutlemanly bearing. We wish
him a pleasant tour and good health 70
enjoy it.
Under the headiDg Of "That Boy Of
Blz's" ths louisville Courier Journal
says: "Io the London q sntiemsG's
Mag zinc for April is published the acst
mEgszins srticle OF Charles D cEsns, Jc.i !
the son o. the veteran novelist We PIE
sent IL herewith almost entire.n Il then
COPIES the article, which is over 8 columU
in length. II tie Courier Journal, OF
the London Gsntiemsn's Msgszile sill
AXE the trouble 20 look ia JhSmbsrs'
Book OF Days, under the date Of April
Ist (Nol l., pC. 46l-2) they will hud lhs
original OF the arti3,e-eud it was 10.
written by THAT Boy Of Boys either.
For curiosity We compared the two aTti-
Giles, and tbs column copied 0y the Gu
Tier Journal from the Geusienan's Mag
szine Is tbs @Crst piece OF plagiarism We
ever saw.
A rere0gntsr occurred, ssys the
Jackson HibU3e, s few days ego, 81
BoOnyille, p~ishomingo county Miss,
betwesn Thomss Williams, Of COri1tp, 4
and - Street, = resident of Bon
VILE, resulting in the mortal Wounding
Of the former. Street wss sl5o severely
wounded, though it is said he will re-
cover. AS is usually the case ia such
are lFtLEffNEEr EuGEE WAS HUE EAu1C ADA
difficulty or misunderstanding Amatter
Of five or six dollars was clei ned by
Williams to o. due him from toe other
party, and lie insisted on immediate
payment, which was refused for some
reason. Hot words followed, when
Street said he was not prepared Tor 8 diff
fculty; Williams told him 70 20 and
arm himself He accordingly went home
and lOsdsd his shotgun with buckshot,
and Williams coming along o 0 after,
Street told him be was nov ready. T0ey
each fred IS soon IS they could, with the
result above stated. Williams received
three or four buckshOt 10 his body, and
s pistol ball was lodged In the others
shoulder.
Mai. Sykes has received a letter
from Gov. r. NJ Patton, Of Alabama, in
which he promises conditiaaslly to be
here to cur Convention. We were al
lowed to make the following extracts
from Gov. Patton's letter, which is one
foil Of interest Throughout: After the
late uDDRtCral and disastrous conflict
through which the couDtFy has passed,
Il behOCves all good citiz ms, with full
conf3eDcs TO hold up their heads and go
forward ia the work Of r-ecOlstructiDg
and prosperiDg our cOmmOa country,
In CEuef Lnht tlls may De Spee0lly ions, !
il Is important that we establish direct
trade through Southern seaport cities
with Europe; that We, by al proper
means, construct railroads connecting
important points, and that the labor OF
the South be SO diversified as 10 eDcour-
sge al branches Of Industry. To this
end we should encourage the establish
ment OF manufactures OF all kinds, espe-
cially cotton mills, by whico the value
Of this important staple may be greatly
increased before IL ia exported. II We
wish TO have successful and permanent
prosperity ia the South, We Dust export
more and import less. The only way to
determine the value Of sDy couu'ry~or
people is By the exports and imDorts-s
rule that applies not only 20 Govern
ments, States, cities and towns, but TO
families and individuals.h the Gov
ernor concludes by saying, my time il
now so closely occupied with the build
ing Of two very important railroads Che
Alabama and Chattanooga Esd the
s North and South,D that 1 cannot say
where / will be at the date Of the Con-