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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-18
Afternoon Session.

Mr.. Murray resumed his remarks on
the Militia Bid. He sai1 that on the &C
ton OF the House OF this bill depended
the safety of the loyal men Of the State,
The time had come, he said, imperative
ly demanding the State authorities to
take decisive action in suppressing the
Ku-kluX. A government don't deserve
the name, which disregards the welfare
Of is citizens by not taking effective
measures for the suppression OF lawless-
ness. If the Legislature did not act
promptly in the premises, the loyal
men Of the State, acting on the fact thai
fOrbearance hiss eased to be q virtue,
would take the matter ia their own hands
and sea that protection was afforded in
some way.
Mr.. Medlin followed in a speech sup.
porting the bill. He drew q gloomy pic
tuye Of the oppression practised by the
ku-KluX on the loyal men, black and
white, in his portion of the State. This
thing could not last, and the Arkansas
story would soon have 10 be repeated in
Tennessee. Seif-preservatioa is the first
law of nature, and it has come TO that
point when the loyal people Of the State
are forced into the position OF repellinO
the midnight ~onslaughts Of masked ruff,
fans and murdeFers.
MI. Williams followed, strongly dep.
reeatipg the outrsges Of the Ku-Klux.
but was opposed TO giving the unlimited
mower t. the Governor which the bill
Contemplated. Wholesome checks were
always necessary, no matter what the
emergencies might be. The present bill
would give the Governor the powers Of
an old world dsspot, and would practi'
cAlly, for the time, close the courts Of the
State. There IA AZ justification what
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DICKINSON, WILLIAMS & CO.,
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COTTON FL CTORS,
General Commission d Produce Hereh'ts,

s&- We have a Warehouse OF our own, In
Nhich we will handle all Gotten consigned TO
IA, and we guarantee there shall be no unneo-
sssary loss In weight. Bagging and Rope fur-
nisiled our customers. Usual commissions
charged. All consignments BY river insured,
unless otherwise instructed. Liberal advances
made on c-oHsignments sep4
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1t is proposed to publish, in an octave vol
ume each, two works entitled as above, II q
So ficient number of subscribers can be OBJ
tanned to assure the publishers against loss.
The first work was in part published in the
Appeal In 1867.
Whether it or the second is worth publishing
It is for these who have been readers of the
Appeal to decide. A desire has been expressed
by many - have them in a more enduring
form, and the author, unable to publish them
himself, consents that they may be pub ished
If that desire ls sufficiently general to war
rant It.
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THE IRIsH CHURCH.

Mr.. Gladstope's Irish Church bill is not q
measure of complete and summary disestab-
lishment, nor even of complete and summary
disendowment; nevertheless, it provides for
final disestablishment and for disendow-
ment, approximately thorough, at no very
distant date. The bill dissolves the present
Church Commission, and creates new COM
mission of ten, in whom the entire church
property in Ireland is to be vested, subject to
are still, for time, to be collected and paid
into the public treasury, half to go to the
support of the clergy and half to be devoted
to other objects. During the time of incom-
plete disendowment, therefore, the clergy,
instead of having the power of taxation, are
made directly dependent on the State. This
may seem TO imply even more intimate con-
nect;on of Church and State than exists under
the present system. but it is preparatory to
dissolution of the tie, which is to be effected
on the first of January, 1871. Mr.. Gladstone
supposes that, during this period, volun-
tary system, sufficient for the wants of Epis-
copal Irishmen, will be prepared, but he is
willing to allow even longer time-not later,
however, than some date in 1872. At that
period the Irish Church will cease to be State
Church, its union with the Church of England
will be dissolved, the Irish Ecclesiastical
Courts will be abolished; ecclesiastical juris-
diction will cease; the ecclesiastical laws will
no longer have force, and the Irish bishops
will be no longer peers, and will, therefore,
not sit in the House of Lords. What are
called the vested interests of incumbents are
to be protected by the payment of incomes
during life, or as long as the necessary duties
are discharged. The Church will retain its
private property-consisting of money,
contributed from private sources since 1860;
and its edifces on condition of maintaining
them for public worship; but the State under
takes to supply funds for keeping up certain
cathedrals which are considered national
monuments. The total value of the property
at ZIG coo, ,000-about $4,000, 600; of which
about one-half will be needed to secure vested
interests. The remainder, according to Mr..
Gladstone's plan, is to be devoted to various
public charities not included in the Poor Law.
AS Mr.. Gladstone has come into power on
the question of disestablishment and disen-
dowment, it is not at all likely that bill
which accomplishes those objects so prudent
ly, and yet SO thoroughly, will meet with
effective opposition either in Parliament or in
the country. This measure seems to put the
finishing touch to the English liberal scheme
for suppressing Irish disaffection toward the
English connection; and, really, it abolishes
the most serious of the numerous political
evils of which the Irish people complained.
1t remains to be seen whether the people of
that country will be satisfied with this con-
cession; whether the grasp of English power
will be regarded as more endurable because
it has been loosened at one point; or whether,
being loosened at one point, the public opin-
ion of Ireland will not struggle still more re-
solutely to get rid of it altogether.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

The Republican of yesterday insists that
the bill appropriating money for various
charitable purposes passed the Legislature,
and thereupon it takes great credit to its
party for this asserted act of benevolence.
The Republican certainly ought to know
what acts were passed by the Legislature,
since it has the PRONUNCIATION of all of them;
but what ought to be known, and what is
known, are sometimes widely at variance, as
we believe to be the case in the present in
stance. The bill referred to did pass the
Senate at late period of the session, but in
the House various ridiculous amendments
were added to it, and it was then, of course,
returned to the Senate. The latter body re-
quested a committee Of conference, which
was granted, and the committee agreed to
the House amendments. The report was
accepted by the Senate, but before it came
before the House for final action, that body
was declared adjourned. This, it seems to
us, involves the failure of the bill, and, there
fore, we were right in saying that it had not
passed.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

The row between Butler and Schenck arose
from the statement made by Butler that
when a certain law went to the engrossing
clerks, clause had been dropped out, by
which the government lost million and a
half dollars, and the whisky men got it. tits
intimated that this sort of thing often happens
in Congress. The remarkable fact in the
present case is that when Butler brought up
the subject Schenck, the chairman of the
committee on ways and means, seemed to
know all about it-whence Buffers ferocious
onslaught on Schenck. The same sort Of
thing has, we have no doubt, been frequently
practiced in our present Legislature. 1t is
certainly not so audacious fraud as the at
tempt to put bill on its third reading, when
it had not even passed its first and second.
Radicalism seems to be up to all such lodges,
when there is pecunisry or political profit in
them.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26
/" Birds in their little nests agree,
And tits a shameful sight
When children OF one family
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ran out hnu Cnlue anu uBnt.
So sang the immortal bard of the spelling
book in days of yore, and SO will chant the
chronicler of Louisiana in days to come,
when he tells of the deeds now transpiring
around us. Sad though it may be, and re-
pugnant to our most delicate sensibilities,
yet, as the recorder Of events, it devolves
upon us to tell that Wickliffe, the pure and
high-minded patriot, who would only take
Office that he might benefit bis fellow-citizens;
who would only consent to audit the accounts
of Louisiana that he might protect the inter-
ests of the State, has been indicted by the
Grand Jury for malfeasance in Office. for
misappropriating the public funds, or as the
police reports call it, for stealing. But more
wonderful yet, and thrice astonishing is our
further revelation, that the charge was pre-
ferred against him by Warmoth. Yes, it's
even 80 after having lived together in amity
SO long, after having together helped to frame
our Constitution, and together lent
their efforts to carry out that Con-
stitution, after having SO long fought
the great fight of carpet baggery side by side,
these two have now separated, and in the
place of arcades dnbo, this Damon and Pythi-
as now appear by atransmogrifcation as sud-
den and as mysterious as the transformations
in ''Humpty Dumpty," as accuser and
accused. Warmoth appears before the Grand
Jury and denounces Wickliffe as a thief, de-
prives him of his Office, appoints another
thereto, and finally to cap all, elects him by
force from that position which Wicklife sold
his soul to obtain.
"Csn such things be
And overcome Us like summer cloud,
Without our special wonder 2"
And alas that it should be- La
ment ye sons of carpet-baggery, and mourn
ye offspring of scalawaggery, for your
mighty are slain in high places; your great
men have fallen; and ye, o honest men and
good, rejoice and be very glad, and think to
yourselves certain rather musty but very
true adage, to the effect that when a certain
class fall out, another certain class will get
their dues.
We forbear though to Inger upon the
theme. To speak seriously, although the
present State officers are none of the peoples
choosing, yet the fact that they are the officers
of Louisiana, and that the misconduct of any
of them throws disgrace upon the State,
however slight or undeserved, makes the
subject distasteful one to us.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

Nos. 80 MAGAZINE AND SO GRAvIER LEADING
THE VAN OF CoNMERcE.-Messrs. Louis Stern 4
Bros, will offer this day at 10 A. NJ. at their celes
brated auction mart 600 cases boots, shoes and
brogans together with 500 dozen children's Phils.
delphia manufactured shoes.
These goods have all been carefully selected for
our Southern market. and comprise an assortment
especially adapted to the wants Of different buy
ers. This invoice is Of recent shipment. and
viii be found possessing unusual merits as to dn-
rsbility and style. City and country dealers viii
find this to be an excellent opportunity for rsali-
zing . splendid prodt-no limit having been
attached to prices while the consignment win be
divided into lots TO suit purchasers.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26
Love Letters.

Are they fair as the Visions ideal
A maiden's young fancy will raise?
Are the heroes of dreams, now the real
Young heroes to pet and to praise
viii they calm down the pulses OF passion,
Those letters that fingered so long?
Or has true love gone quite out OF fashion,
Known but to romances and song.
o story known well 10 all ages,
An ancient, an eloquent theme,
O Iettersi Loves light In your pages
Brings back such al answering CLEAN.
What wonder that love is eternal;
In spite of the passion and pain
A blessing and beauty supernal
Come with the old story again
st. James Magazine.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

Grinnell is made collector of New York.
This gentleman was one of Mr.. Stewards aux
iliaries in the Grant movement last winter,
and, we believe, subscriber to the Wash
ington House. He first became distinguished
In public life for his connection with the
famous pipe-laying or Glentworth frauds Of
1888 in New York, when 100 men were
brought on from Philadelphia, ostensibly to
lay Croton water-pipe, but really to vote the
Whig ticket in each of the seventeen wards of
the city, which little task they really accom-
plisled
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26


Not long ago, the New York Tribune an
nounced, with crushing air of oracular sa-
gacity, that the way to resume specie pay
ment was Ito resume at once" Well,
nobody on the face of the earth, as far as we
are informed, had the least objection to re-
suming at once. Most assuredly, no person
who held greenback dollar was unwilling to
convert it into a gold dollar, or to use it at
the full value of the latter. Indeed, it is safe
to say that this golden metamorphosis would
have been welcomed ON all hands and
nothing less, under the circumstances, could
have effected the instantaneous resumption
demanded by the Tribune. But, somehow,
the sublime spectacle failed to be exhibited.
Gold coin and greenbacks did not mingle
together like kindred mint-drops melted into
one. The fact is, in these days miracles do
not seem to interpose freely in the solution of
financial problems, and the Tribune's demand,
though everybody would gladly concede it,
remains unsatisfed. Nevertheless that hope
full journal is not discouraged in its efforts to
bring about the equation between gold and
paper and between the taxable resources of
the country and the national debt But as
to method it has changed its tone
somewhat 1t does not-as, in the other
case, it virtually did-say that the way to pay
the national debt is to pay it at once but it
cheerfully proposes to let the country grow
and fatten until it shall overtop the debt and
drown it with sheer redundancy of fatness.
The plan is simply this According to the
Tribune's estimate, the wealth of the United
States increases at the rate of five per cent.
per annum though, in reality. three per
cent. would be liberal estimate for coun-
try where commerce and industry are so
burthened and repressed. But suppose, for
arguments sake, that it is five per cent.
Does the Tribune consider this magnificent
by the side of the annual interest, equivalent
to not less than ten per cent, which tax
payers are required to pay out of their hard
earnings to the bondholders? Does the Tri-
bune not know that the debt-psying power ofa
country is not measured by the sum Of the
wealth that is in it, but by the relations in
which this wealth stands to the immediate
wants of its peoples and the current expenses
of its government? No country has increased
in wealth more rapidly than England has
since she accumulated her present national
debt And yet the English people are no
more able to pay it now, by any system of
taxation, than they were fifty years ago. To
pay the reduced rate of interest on it. less
than four per cent, is fully as much as they
can stand, while meeting at the same time the
annual budget of government expenditures.
The cost of the government. in short, has
grown not less fast, If not little faster, than
the wealth of the country. Can any one say
why the same conditions are not likely to at
tend the increase of the wealth of the United
States? Can any one perceive the least pros
pect as affairs are now going on, of the
government of the United States becoming
cheaper instead of more costly, and of the
masses in the United States acquiring, from
year to year, larger capacity for paying taxes?
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26
ae- ON INSIDE PAors-second Page

Letter from Eterator Highly, The Hat Question
in England, City Topics, Er-President johnson
in Virqinid, Mayor Conway and the Girod
Btaud, Ezffsorsas Paragraphs, amusement NO
tees, Pacific Railroad Incident. Third Page :;
The Mobile Races, Wedding Of French Navdl
Officer, Tennessee Affairs, General Ne,os and
Mississippi hens, Mammoth Tobacco, etc.
Sixth Page: Official Proceedings Of the Board
of Aldermen. Seventh Page: Real Estate
Market, Financial, Commercial and Riuer
Reports.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

SAILING OF THE MARIPosA-rhe steamship
Msriposa. Capt. Kemble, sailed last evening for
New York via Havana. with the following named
passengers:
MIR. and Mrs. J. Il. Bankers and servant, Miss
Bankers, Miss Beck, Miss VsnNo orden. Mr.. John
b. Francis. MIR. Geo. A. Saper, Mr.. II. G. Taylor,
Mr.. ii. c. Gallup, Mr.. Geo. A. Adams.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

RAILROAD ACCIDENT Large Number Of Per-
sons lnjured.-A Chicago dispatch of the 23d
says:
This morning about O'Clock two coaches and
a slee ping car were thrown from the track on the
Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railroad. twenty
miles west of Washington, Ill. There were q
large number of passengers. including Governor
Seymour, of New York. thrty-dve or forty OF
whom are more or less injured, though but few
aavarelv
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

The Rev. Lemuel Wilmer, late rector OF the
Port Tobacco (Md.) Episcopal Parish, died on
the 10th instant. aged over seventy years. he was
the uncle Of the Episcopal Bishops Of Alabama
and Louisiana, and clergyman greatly respected.
pal church in Charles county, Nd. his predeces-
sor, the Rev. John Weems, served as rector Of
the same church about forty years, and since the
Revolution the church had only those two pas
tors.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

Great distress now exists amongst the pub
lie school teachers, ON account of their not
having been paid for the month of February.
We understand that check was issued by
Mr.. Mount, city treasurer, last Saturday, for
an amount sufficient to settle the claims, but,
for some reason or other, it was not honored
by the fiscal agent.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

HALFWAY HoUsE.-One of the most pleasant
and popular places of resort in the vicinity of
New Orleans is the Hallway House, on the she'll
road, of which Billy Brooks is the present lessee
and manager. When on your way to the lake
give him call. and he viii do his best to enter
tain and accommodate you. See advertisement
in another column.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

private letter received in this city from
Mr.. Jas. Frederick Pattison, in England,
mentions incidentally that the writer had q
visit on the 4th of March from Mr.. Jefferson
Davis, who expressed his intention to return
soon to the United States.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

Boutwell, has decided that, hereafter, sales
of gold shall be public and not private. which
is said to be q great concession on his part.
But what prevents him from informing his
friends and strikers, one or two days in ad-
vance, of his intention to sell goldG
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26
.Es,U Orleans, March 20, 1869

TO THE EDITOR OF THE CRESCENT:
The State Assembly has adjourned without the needed ap
proprstion for the hT VINCENT INFANT ORPHAN
ASYLUM give food to its 200 inmates. without
without daily bread ts Conductors obliged the
Benevolent Aid Of the public at large.
The Of Charity is "hoy one" and doubly
does become It's used and its benign influence
invoked 10 aid the helpless infant"
supervsoa large number of ladies' st
city represented by the undersigned Executive Committee
1t is proposed TO spen . BAZAAR AND ENTERTAINMENT
at the BLAFFEk BUILDINGS, Nos 20l aud 2O3 Canal
street, commencing on MONDAY EVENING the 18th
March, and continuing until Saturday Night the Sd Of April
Ts assist therein. do apr eslto your generosity
contributions Of money merchandise you
sbeo donate, thus joining efforts with In this
Noble Charity. Respectfully,
MRS. L. E. FORSTALL. President.
MRS. l. II. srAUFFER,
MRS. A. BRoUSsEAu.
MRS 7. L. BAYNE, Secretary.
p S-Contrbutiens Merchandise will be recepted for
at the Bsher Buildings No. 2Ol Canal street, Bur
gurdy and Rampant and after Monday the 22d
instant.
Mr.. W. s. Pike at his Banking House; Mr.. Thomas Lay
ton, Southern Back; Mr. A NJ FOrer, Bank of America;
Mr. Cavsroc Bank Of View Orlenas Mr. Geo. Jonas Canal
Bank; w. @. Robinson. Mechanics Bank; MT Jos. Eli
son. No. l42 Canal street, Mr. A Grswold Cana
and Royal streets; Mr. E. A. Tyler so ll5 Canal
Captain Jsmss McClokey No. l6s Grsver srsst Captain
John snnott No. IS Commercial alley; viii receipt for
Of money donated
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

POLICE SYsTKM.-Csptain John Ganug, detec-
tive, denies the right of the police commissioners
10 dismiss him. He intends to test the case in the
Court of Appeals. threatens to prove extrsordi-
nary corruption on their part, and show the entire
metropolitan police system rotten to the core.
Present appearances indicate startling exposure
of the police force. weekly paper says !:
Young received five thousand dollars to arrest
Mrs. Jennie A. Perry in a bagnio here some
months ago. and he was paid literally for poison
ing her. paper declared she was murdered
here recently, and that her death was hushed up
by the influences of the detective ring. Young
swears the whole story is false and will institute
suit for libel for one hundred thousand dollars
against the party In question.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

Remember that The regular weekly packet B. L.
Hodge No. isfves every Friday at s P. M. for
Shreveport. She arrives at Shreveport Monday
mornings andputs Jefferson passengers through in
three days.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

professor Lockwood, so-called. who has been
running q velocipede rink at Waterbury. Con-
necticut. for q few weeks past. determined on a
grand winding up exhibition. So the professor
got out flaming hsndbiIls announcing that Miss
Clara Louisa Warren, the champion Boston velo-
eipedist. would appear on her fsvorite bicycle,
and on Friday sold out his interest in the rink,
retaining possession till Saturday night. On Sat
urday the "professori shaved OF his mustache and
whiskers. took the cars for Plainville, where he
donned female apparel, and returned to Water.
bury in the evening. The rink was crowded
with people to see the female rider. and at
the appointed time the charming Miss War
rem made his appearance, attired In
nebby suit, half zou.zou and half vivandiere.
She rode side.saddle and the crowd cheered; ; she
rode man fashion and the crowd cheered harder
she put one leg over the handle and the crowd
were intoxicated with cheering. She rides
mighty well,n said a man with black side whis'
kers. s' what epicndsd form ii' squcskcd tall,
consumptive-looking man with f1sxen hair. "She's
very good looking" roared taller, savage indi-
yidual. After the show concluded he returned
to the hotel and at midnight carriage came in
haste and bore him away from the scene of his
late triumph. The "pTofessor" departed from
Waterbury, leaving large board bill unpaid. and
taking with him snug little sum as the fruits OF
his deception.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

A Virginia paper pazaphrases carpet-bag-
gers into "sack-toters," which it prefers as
being more consistent with genuine Southern
idiom.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

Buy your cigars at the premium mandatory
Of Geo. Alces, 1856 Rampant street, below Canal,
Hew Orleans. Address lock box 24S, postofice.
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

...sHARrREs STREET,.

A BR0U16KAU CO.. Inportsn, ossr - low prices,
CARPBfIE0-Esgsh and American. Of ell kinds; Floor
Furnisurs and Enamel OIL CLOTH; MATING 500 roll
China; 100 pisess Cocoa; WINDOW SHADES; fsbls and
Piano Covss Crunb Cloths-Drusgs Linen and Felt; Cur
taias-Lsss. Rsps. Weusd Damssk. se Furniture Obvs
nsLno Nd Cotton striped; corniess, Bands Pins. sse
The New Orleans crescent., 1869-03-26

LOOK OUT, LIcEssE-PAYERs In ARKEARs.-The
controllers notice to license-payers should be
particularly observed by those who have delayed
responding to the summons, the lst of April being
the limitation of indulgence; $50 fine to be en-.
forced after that period upon all delnquents.