Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-23
SHORT PARAGRAPHS.

There has been mo session of the
Iowa Legislature since April, 1858;
consequently the fifteenth aihendnnant
has not been adopted as reported.
The press generally reprohates the
attempt of the Government to inter-
fere with the landing of the French
cable The New York Herald says
the United States Attorney-General
stretches his authority when he uses
his official position to give an opinion
that should not be considered an opin-
ion, in favor of a gigantic telegraphic
monopoly, and that Secretary Fish,
when he presumptuOusly attempts to
interfere with the laying Of submarine
cables between this country and Eu-
rope, Is a Fish out of water. f' '.-
The following are among the re-
cent appointments in the Dead Letter
Office in Washington: Mrs. Sophie
Schimmelfenning Miss Lydia Lind
sey, Mrs. L. \. COrbin, Mrs. E. II.
Dewitt, Miss Mary Frances McDer-
mott, each at 5000 per annum, and Miss
Mary E. Gennett, a regular folder, at
S720 per annum. What ample ma
terial for tea table gossip these ladies
W cCChA6s AlCAAAz
women in charge of dead letters is a
pretty sure way to prevent their con-
tents from becoming dead secrets,
The New York CAarchDlan sensi-
bly, discOurageS the custom of tedious
college commencement exercises.
The strongest point in the article is
in these words: " Men in active life,
and with the culture of matured
years, undoubtedly feel it bore 10
sit for several hours of a hot day list
ening to the crude utterances Of young
men, Just emerging from their teens"
Beloit College, Wisconsin, improves
an the usual routine at its commence
ment this week. The graduates are
allowed TO make what display of
learning and eloquenee they are able
in fve minutes apiece, and the rest of
the time is filled by more interesting
exercises by practised speakers.
"A dispatch from Wilmington, q.
c., of the 18th says: 4 horrible affair
has Just been tiisclosedA in Rutherford
county. A Mr.. simmons, who has
been absent about eighteen months,
returned home q few days since, and
suspected his wife of having been un-
faithful during his absence. She de-
MED the charge. Sunday she absented
herself from the house, and Mr.. SIM
mons, hearing the barking of the dogs
in the woods near the house, repaired
thither with neighbor, where the
sickening sight of a nHnhAr OF hogs
devouring the body of a newborn In
flnt greeted them, Mr.. s. hid the re-
mains In a tree, where they were found
and taken to physicians, who asserted
that the child was alive when born.
"A Paris, France, dispatch Of the
18th inst, says the Journal GgJScSN ae
2 PEngpire to-day publishes a decree of
the Emperor, containing the following
appointments to-the Ministry: Min
lister of the .-Interior-De FORBADE La
ROquette; Minister of Justice-Du-
vergier; Minister of Foreign Affairs
Auvergne; Minister of Finance
Pierre Magne; Minister of Com
merce- Alfred Leroux; Minister of
Public Works-GreSSier Minister of
MaFine-Admiral Genouilly; Minis
ter Of War-Marshal Mel; Minister
of Public -Bourbeau;
Minister President of the Council of
State -Chaseloup. al
pACoo<aue eeOEyg WHiCH uOtc
credit in a small way to woman's
honesty has come to light. In 1856
Southern lady, spending the summer
at the North, became interested in a
poor seamstress. Sewing machines
were not as attainable as they are
now, and the lady bought one for her
| pnotege, telling her that she might
I pay for it in time II she chose. Moth
ing was heard from her till the war,
when the beneactress came North, in
the condition of many refugees almost
penniless. To her surprise she found
the money for the sewing machine in
the hands of friend waiting tor her,
and it formed a grateful addition to
her funds. Trust in the poor Is not
always basely rewarded.