Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-21

man 10 NAsDFlile, 10 use thelr nnuenc
for the passage Of the proposed repeal o
the present iniquitOus tax laws. We re,
commend these gentlemen delegates e
the courtesy of our Nashville eonfreres.
Attention is called to the card Of the
Independent Cotton Press, under the
head OF new advertisements. Messrs.
Morse & Hudson have been put to consid.
cradle trouble and expense in showing
their rights through the Courts. and as al
anti-monOpoly institution, the Independ-
ent Press, No. 203 Madison street, ought
60 be sustained by our people.
VIM. Collins. who was probably The
Oldest porter in Memphis, and who has
been connected with Orgili Brothers &
Co. in that capacity fortweuty wears past,
was followed TO the grave Yesterday bv Q
very large %cOncourse OF friends and ac.
]quaiutances whose respect he had won by
his iaithfilness and integrity Of charac-
ter.
Justice Swami desires Us 10 sag that
he was not the biOOdthirsty dueIis: spo-
ken Of in u issue Yesterday. It WAS
another Swami who expected $50 sing his
last and sweetest s0ng" to The gentle
crack Of q Maynard rifle. Squire Swami
il too well known as a ''man of peace
for ANYBODY to believe thai Of him, and
we are inclined To believe that those VIII
have accused him OF it were joking him.
Madame Ninceat-whom not to know
in Memphis is TO argue ones self un-
knOwn-receives daily -consignments OF
Mobile and Norfolk oysters, aud il any
body knows how TO fix them Up in style,
u is she. Both OF her Places jcorner OF
Washington and Front, and No. Is Union
Streets are the resort of every lover OF
good living Co and try her oysters.
W. ID. RYDER, who was arrested by
B nfli4.nr flnttgt.aT - EaVN ffaVa aewa .,Ioha-ra
Of vagrancv. was, on trial. honorablv ac-
quitted-iInilerIn not being able to a,is-
tain the charges made by him. We are
informed that tie charge and arrest were
like too many mIde by certain members
of the police force-purely malicious and
~unlOuuded.
On Monday last. during q political
meeting ut Or near Bdtesyille. an ~alterca-
ton spraug W. between Worfnrt and
Vance, the rival candidates for Eieuten-
a~nt-GOvernor Of Mississippi. during the
course OF which Wolord drew his pistol
ami ircG at Vance. 4 bystHnGer knocked
the muZZie OF Ihs weapon aside, and the
ball passed harmiessly by its target. The
parties were disarIued and separated with
out further pistol pra, t.ce, OF loss of blood.
The habit that ladies and children
ave in this city, Of walking ieisurely
aud slowly across tue streets when they
are CROW AtU WIN kfulFlNS ~ one ilfl.
would not be tolerated elsewhere, aud IF
persisted In would result ia numerous Sc
ri0ns accidents. Here a lady VIII walk
deliberately into the street II she aces a
half dozen carriages. cHrjs or bugaies com
ing at iuli tilt, "a Will force them 10 stop
in order 10 let her pass. Children learn
this habit from them. aud there Is not q
day when, were it 10; for the gOOd-naiure
or pOliteneSs Of the drivers of vehicles
Ea-iAHsg aagF.larafE gNH,auFN .n-.A. NJ. -
Our lady friends will think or this. II Is
not always a driver can stop n horse or Il
team when he wIuistn.
The Knoxville Press oHi Herald SAYS
shat rich iron deposits have been discuy-
cred on The lands of e.. W. Cocker. lust he
yund Black Oak Ridge, on the Knoxville
and Kentucky Railroad. 4 cay load of
The ore was sent las Saturday 10 the
Knoxville Iron Compnny's foundry To- be
tested. II his proves . succes-, aud there
il no doubt Of it, the necessity OF other
facilities FOR the manufacture OF iron at
this point will he Imperative, and the first
company going into that business cannot
fail to realize a fortune in "a short time.
The mine lies Immediately on the railroad
and il only about sixteen miles from
Knoxville which is much closer THAI any
0;hernow being worked. When its pr0x-
unity to the coal fields i considered, the
Hh ahtNEF7 u Z lffaAltA thuuUL ne Nv tA-
estimated.
Col. a. 3. Mitchell, President or The
Mississippi River RailrOsd, who is now
in New York, has closed Il contract with
Eastern capitalists for The construction n:
the Mississippi River Railway in its en-
tire length. the road to C0Viugi0n will
he completed by next fali, and work he
gun Immediately in Lauderdaie ctunty,
To be completed as rapidly IA pus.ib!e.
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running through each county on the line
within two years after an adeqaa e eoun-
~ subscription Is secured, and no work
IL 10 be required OF them in any c0un V
until such subscTi tiOu il obtained. WIKI
this assurance ofcertainty in Iegtid TO the
road, II is expected that each county will
Immediately and with ,ut difficulty, make
up the requisite aid TO tie work.
There is a very dangerous counterfeit
ten-dollar legal tender greenback in cir
culation in the city at present, and from
the number presented at the banks and
elsewhere yesterday, there must be a very
large amount of the = queer " in the hands
of the showers. 1t is Of the letter D series,
and dated March l0:h. '6S. The counter
felt is likely to deceive the most wary,
and a teller at one the banks was yester-
day picked mp on two of them. The
vignstte work and the minute crossings
hTt lfFftNt lullldAlOnS VI tiT uIlEiIhi-NBt I
back especially looking tkei it was printed
from the genuine plate. There is a slight
difference to be detected by a close OBJ
server, in the face OF Lincoln In the ieft
corner, in the wings OF the eagle,
the drapery OF the female figure on
the left. Too much care cannot be taken
in receiving bills or this letter and date.
"A correspondent writes to know-Ist.
tho meaning of the word "Rcumenical,"
as applied to the councils Of the church; 4
the difference between IL and a ''gen-
erai council i" and an ecclesiastical c0un-
ell: - 3D., how many oerumenicaI councils
have there been7 We know Of no better
way TO answer tho two first questions
han to give the technical definition OF
each class OF councils: An gcaHeRicak
council is one which represents the Th0le
Catholic church. and, by a maxim of the
canon law, such Il council, composed of
he Bishops and Prelates, cannot be legit-
assembled except by the express
authorization of the Supreme Apostolic
See. As st. Paul writes, the members OF
body ann say to the head, II have
no need Ofthee," the ratification sn ! sane
ion of the Sovereign PontiR are indis-
)ensably necessary. to make valid all acts
DEGREES of spch a council for indeed
IF any cOuncilEthere being no 6etion of
he body apart from the head. For an
EttIltilfhl GOlltlfil. u tllilfGS mat q tniHI I
part of the church should have assembled
obedience to the call Of the PontifF. 4
ieHerGi council is n which Is conspicn-
rus for the number of Prelsles. but which
= net held to represent the church uni
fersal. An ecclesiastical c0Uacil is a iegit-
mate assemblage OF Prelates, convened
or the regulation of the affairs of the
There are yet other kinds of
O~uncils-such as DGrticnIG3, national or
,rnunaffuf arrsfaasnI mr. nafr.n.1sfav CD
diocesan or synods. As TO the third ques-
ion, an answer to it may be found I'm any
'yclopedia o fgeneia knowledge For the
however, of those who have
10 such works at hand, we Will state that
here have been nineteen (l9} 9eumenical
'ouncils-the first being in A. D. 325,
called the first Council OF Nice" and
10 condemn the heresy of Ariusl,
nd the last the famous Council of Trent,
which lasted eighteen years, viz: from A,
}. 1545 to 1868 (eouveDe& for a general
and to define the church
Doctrine against Luther, Calvin and 9TH
rs). This Council, it has long been
bought, wOuld be the last one of the
Church, but il seems not, and on
be Sth proximo another Is 10 convene at .
rome, to which not only are the Bishops
Prelates OF the Catholic Church in
tied, but all Bishops and Prelates of the :
ireek Church and all Protestants. The
efters of the SOvereign Pontih, Plus TX, J
o these n0n-oommuning churches, are
in aspirit Of Christian love that J
Ias challenged the admiration OF he T.
Fhole Protestant world. IT will be by
ar the largest ccncourse OF Bishops and !
relates ever assembled since the birth of !
'hrist, letters from Rome stating that
hat city is already crowded with them. ]
learn from a gentleman from Oak
and, Yallobusha county, Miss, that ono {
T the coolest blooded n crUelest mar :
ers on record was committed near 1
harlestOn, in the same county, a few6a 8 I
20. We~were unable to learn the names
/ the murderer or the murdered man. {
he circumstances, however, were these; J
veli-known citizen OF HalIobusha /
ounty went to Kentucky few weeks ago. {
.slensiily to buy some mules and other 1