Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-08

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hysteFis, and having taEan q severe
cold during the transfer from one room
I % tha other, congestion Of the bowels
was the result, ana in two days, exactly,
! araathed her last, passing away so gently
I thst 70 was impossible for me to tell the
precise moment when the breath left her
/ body. She was in pos ession Of her SEN
/ ses, sll conversed with me only about
{ twenty minutes before death ensued
She lad no ides that she was So near her
end"
The Msrquis de Caux, Adellns Pat
! TIPS husband, is exeeedingly unpopular
1 ia theatrical circles in Pa5is, Nobody
[ speaks to him when he accompanies bis
l wife to the Italian Opera, aud most OF
1 The small theatrical papers, such as the
I Isyt Vert, the Greca-RoOD1, ETC., con-
| tain fiBes at him. Adelina's family Is
I reported to have openly broken with the
( Marquis and quarrel about the fortune
{ OF the cantatTica is about TO lead TO law
suis before the Paris courts.
-Jules Janin, the famous JeuiHetOii
writer OF the Journal des Ds6ats, Is
knowa in Paris as the journalist who
writes the most iiiegi0ie hand. Olly two
old c8mD1sitors at the Office OF the Jour
nal dcs Ds6dtS are sbie to decipher his
hiegogiyphics, aud often even they Rave TO
send sheets OF the manuscript which they
cannot read back TO the author. Janin,
then, never reads the ilegible words to
them, but quickly writes another sheet.
George Sand saws she once received from
Janin q letter, OF which she snd her &C.
qgaiatancss, despite their most stTenu-
Gus efforts, never were able 70 decipher
more than two words.
The large ard valuable library of
Rev. John II, krebs, D D., formerly
psstJr O. the Rutgers Presby 5ertan
Church in the city Of New York, has
/ bssn presented by his heirs 10 the Ihe0-
.UzicaI Seminary al Princeton. The Ii
bra-v OF The Seminary has also received
another valuable accession. 4 eollsc-
ion nf pamphlets on the Unitarian Con-
I rayeIsy, which has been gathered by
Rev. Dr. Wm. B. Spregue, Of Albany,
\. Y, has been By him presented, ar
ranged Bud bound, tC The Library. This
( uif- Is stated 60 be 0f great value, ss the
/ collection is very complete, and SINH
! jsr one cannot be found Ia any library
/ in this country.
Tine tunnel under the Chicago river,
/ known as the Washington street tun-
mel, connecting the south aud west d.
visions Of the CITY by a solid and permR-
nen1 roadway has just been completed,
and will be open TO the public day.
/ The contract price Wss 1928, zoo. The
4 length a. the work is about 3605 feet ; Of
/ lie retaining walls Of ths open approach
on the west Side, ab0ut $40 feet, snd 275
/ feet en- the asst side. The length Of the
man aTchHay, CT covered wsy. is 952
| feet. There are three arch ways leading
through the tunnel one is for fOos pas
/ sengsrs and two for teams ard horses.
The GoverGment Of Chill has sigui-
! ned an intention OF sending aTepresent2-
I i've 20 the Peace Conference, which our
Government mss proposed for terml1st-
/ log the war between spain and the allied
South American Republics. As Spain,
I Peru and Bolivia had adhered to the
proposition before, the Conference viii
meet il Washington in the course OF the
present winter. a vigorous effOfs should
now be made to include Brazil, Para
quay, UTagusy and tbs Argentine Re-
public in the same pacific 2ssemDiage.
/ 4 settlement Of all the difficulties 10
/ south Amesica viii be CJeditable work
for ths United States during the present
year.
Frank Ls=lis's new illustrated news
paper, the Nclg World, proposes to intro
( dgee q new feature into American jour
usiism. l5 viii give s bill Of fare
adapted 10 each cay OF the week
throughout the season, with directions
! for lis preparations, etc. This is Pans
I ian idea Barot BTisse, IN Paris, ia
/ mous 5picuTe, publishes every morning,
/ Ia one Of the daily papers, What ne Is
! gstng 10 have for dinner, and SO I4nOus
! has his bill OF fare become, so tasteful
! and apDrC1rist6 20 the season, that 5sYe-
raj of the great restaurants regulate their
] .inners 5y il, and hundreds or private
/ ssmilies, instead OF giving particular d.
I lc-50Bs to thsir servants, tell them TO
| -.- 5v the Baron's directions.
Don Jssas Jiminsz is President of
Costa Rca, having succeeded President
Msrteo, VINO was lately OverthroWu. In
sccordance with the usual course, JImi-
me- was no sooner Installed in Office than
a plot was cOucOCtsd to overthrow him
and, as s mstter OF course, the chief in
stigstor was his best friend-Gen. Ssla-
zsr, Cumfnander-iBC Chief of the army.
What does Don Jesus do, on unmaszlng
.Go plot? GarTOIe, hang or shoot Sala-
zar2 y )tb!ag Of the sort. he reduces
aim . few pegs il rank, making him
Colonel # arti lsry: aud IN accepting
/ his resignation " as Com mmander-ln-
Chief, 4" g high compliment" we are
roTs. Is was raid to the gallant General
by tns Government fox mis- noble ser
vtcss.p "a Let us tsks hssrtIH remarks
the New Yofk Times, " from the exam
pie OF the sister Republic and not feel
bsdly about amnesty to insurgents. An
crew johnson IS cruel compared with
Jesus J Iinnins ="
The son Of Joshua Sears, Of Boston,
wbo died ten years ago, Is fourteen years
Of Hge, and one Of the richest young men
ia the United 5.ajes, The f2tneF, whose
property wss valued st 81 bg9,s $50, alter
I bequesthiug small Gums 20 his relatives,
/ p7svided that his son should have s25Oj
annually until attaining the age OF
twent ty-oue; the sum Of $50, coo at that
period 5000 anuUaly until he hsd
PASSED the age Of tweniy-fOur ecOOu an
nually until he hsd passed the age Of
thirty, sud $4,000 per an1um after that
time. the property Eemsins II the
hand Of three trustees, and the simple
interest On the original amount, added
10 the principal, =Hss reached the sum Of
g 500 600, while the assessed value OF
the real estate is $50 0Q0,000. The trus-
tees hava q salary OF 5000 each, and the
r comm issiOCs received from the collsc-
, lions of rents amount 10 suGI equal TO
D lhe saisry OF the President OF the United
States. Young Sears Is nov ia Europe,
p where he is GJting himssif fof the sctivs
3 duties OF life.
"A persou who met Gsu. Butler on
New Years Day, asked the General
, +" Were you st The White House reosp-
tlon to day, Gsperal?p g ! IS, sir, was.
/ went 70 pay. my respects to tGs Pfesi
| dent. Ibslisvs ia making official visits. y
g Pheasant meetirg?" some one wicked
Z " struck in. /" Yes, sir, very pleasant
. sad cOFd{sl meeting, l never had S per-
r sonal qusrrel with Mr.. johnson. My
J. unpleassntness Was political, not per
e soDal. l don't believe in carrying polit
Z zeal disputes into social life. This is the
Q era % paace.u You demonstrate you
G superiority over some OF your friends
> General, by the course you have pursued
: to day. Some Of our modern statesmen
T. seem unable 70 distinguish between ofh
Z cisl and personal" ;" iRterpOsed q gentle
mar. " FsThsps 90 perhaps so, sir. A
ali events did what believed right.
J. thought Mr. Johnson should have beer
S deposed. bur the Senate, wiser than !
b, thought otherwise. 1t was not for me [,
5 set myself higher than the Senate.
~ Saying which the General changed th'
u subject te M2deira, and we left.
1t The irish Presbyterian Church is il
CT deep sorrow at the loss of the Rev. Hen
J. ry Cooke, D. d IL. D, who died OF
se December -, 1858. at Belfsss, in TIA
y e;ghiy-hrst year Of his sBe. he vas