Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-31
LocAL -PARAeRAPhs.

-T1ose candidates who have lately with
drawn will obiige this office by notifying
us ofths fact, so that we can discontinue
their advertisements.
The Magistrates courts were deserted
yesterday
only stven arrests In the Second dis
u yesterday.
The convention report crowds out
much other loral matter this morning.
Read it.
Attention is called, to the ~straightfor-
ward. true democratic card of Alderman
Black, giving his support to Mr.. johnson.
1t is a document that does him credit.
Colonel Nose Parrish, Of the Bolivar
BuUetiR, Jake Frolieh, Of Ire Searcv
Record. and Tom Neal, of the Dyer.burg
State Gazette, are all in town, enjoying
the holidays.
Attention is directed to the card of Ii.
d. Greer, VINO himself a candi-
date for County Court Clerk. SIR. Greer
is a Old resident OF Memphis, has capacity
for the position, and VIII, II elected. W
are well satisfied, fill the position to the
satisfaction OF the general public.
The nominate n of Mr.. John johnson
gives universal satisfaction. He is hailed
as a man essentially of The people, one
possessed Of Prerequisites that will enable
him to fill the position Of Mayor az
ceptably to the peOple. The Democracy
must now buckle ON its srtnOr and do
woman servics in his behalf.
The Louisville C5urjer-JournaI does
injustice to Mr.. KOopmanuschap in the
following paragraph which we clip from
its columns: OVERWHELMINGLY has
- ~played,Out" in San Francisco, and fed
to the mountains of Hepsidam" in Ger
many, where the whangdOodle mourn
eth.' This is not true. Mr.. KOOpmann
schap has gone to Europe TO procure
steamers. and make arrangements TO carry
Ii his Chinese emigr&nt scheme on a
large scale.
There was an escape of prisoners from
the Knoxville all on Tuesday last. Those
who escaped were Hodge, held for horse
stealing; Lagston, for murder; Haynes,
for burglary; Murphy, forHiurder; King.
for larceny. A number Of men mounted
and started in pursuit of the fugitives-
They succeeded in capturing all OF them
except Murphy and King. The prisoners
We're probably released from their cells
by King, who had been committed to all
last Saturday for larceny. His cell was
found open on Sunday morning. Our
Sheriff and police officers should keep a
sharp lookout for these fellows.
"A few days since We published this
tHdfdEIApA. uaID alb DlNn III 1LuI-
freesb0ro, among the articles enumerated
in an advertisement proposes to sell r5T-
sus. Ifit is his own, and he gets rid OF it
at q b9rEain, he sill make a good AttOT-
ney General for Grant, To which The
MurfreesborO Monitor responds: "Jim
Andrews. the man above alluded TO, says
that Notwithstanding ne has disposed Of
much Of the rare commodity. At = great
sacrifice, stin he has "a suficiency left.
and denies tnat any aspiration 10 HOaT's
place prompted him 70 0ner his yirlue for
sale, but that he Was urged by a purely
benevolent purpose, which WIS TO supply
thp necessities OF thu dear people, He
links that o~upply Grants old Hp8r V
hatded Attorney woul exhaust bis
cruise, or any oth.r widows. lie there
tore declines TO furnish him. His offer 10
supply Grants cabinet shop with uses
has been declined on the ground that they
are already ovefstocked.