Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-20
SHORT PARAGRAPHS.

The government in power in Mad
rid has resolved TO dismiss every man
] who belongs to the Spanish Republi-
can party from office - Republican
councillors, officers Of every class and
/ the armed Republican volunteers. It
is the old American political rule: =" To
/ the victOrs belong the spoils." The
/ Republicans don't vote the Prim-Ser-
ranO ticket.
The New York Herald, under the
head "The Mystery Solved" says:
4" We learn from a published sketch
of the life and times of James Fisk,
Jr., that he commenced his business
career as an employee in Van AM
| burgh's menagerie, and served a long
| term in stirring up the animals
Here, then, we have the solution OF
[ his wonderful skill in stirring up the
bulls and bears of Wall street. Trained
among hyenas, lions and royal Bengal
tigers, the bulls, bears and lame ducks
of Wall street were mere child's play
to Fisk
Dir. John Robertson, who was
friend of Lady Byron, but don't be-
lieve the stowe story, says Earl Rus
sell has in his possession copy Of
ByrOn's memoirs, supposed to have
been totally destroyed by Tom Moore.
Russell, il will be remembered, was
MOOre's biOgrapher, Dr. Mckenzie,
OF the Philadelphia Press, declared
very positively, some time ago, that
Byron's autobiography would yet see
the light. Ii it is in existence, the
probability is that it is in Russeli'5
possession.
At the recent municipal election in
Savannah, Ga, the entire Democratic
ticket was elected. Col. Screvens the |
Democratic candidate for mayor, was
elected by a majority of 30l0 over !
Radical Chas. II. Hopkins. The fol- !
lowing are the names of the aldermen |
elected : Alfred Haywood, d. T. |
Scranton, J. o. Ferrill, K. j. Davant, /
John SchwarZ, NJ. J. SOl0mOns, A. VI. |
SOlOmOns, \. NJ. Sloan, w. Ii. TisOn, I
NJ. LAWN, Geo. y. Nichols, James 1
0'Byrne, Wm. NJ. Davidson.
When Victor Hugo finished his
great speech at the Peace Congress of
Lausanne, he was met by an old I
Prenchman who begged permission to 1
embrace him. why should / allow 4
you TO do 20, ALonsieur%' asked the .
exile Of Guernsey, rather haughtily
- Monsieur Hugo" replied the old /
man, l was transported 10 Cayenne Ia 1
1852, for having sold few copies of
your Napoleon L. Petit" Victor Hugo
opened his arms to him,
him, and then presented
him with a thousand pound note.
The FRANKLIN CTeun.) Reriele, of the
Sth inst, contains the following local |
item: E" On last Friday morning !
while Mrs. Joe Blugh and her son
were passing the high bluff near the
old rock bridge, Gu the river road,
their horse took fright at something
and, in spite of all their efforts. threw
buggy, driver and all, over a
precipice forty feet high. Strange to
say, the horse escaped uuhurt. and
aed to the woods. Mrs. Baugh re-
eeived several severe cuts and bruises,
but none serious. The Young man
was alss bruised. The buggy was
mashed almost into atoms. Every
lne who has ever seen the pracipice
ieciafa their escape from immediate
ieath a miracle"
Infanticide is on the increase in
England, and many of the papers re-
er the fact to a refusal of juries tocon- }
-ict persons charged with this crime.
'he PqH HaH Gazette says some
harp tAiBgs il dealing with the sub
ct, referring TO jGries - the char
cred liGertines Of Gar criminal juris-
irudenCe.' 1t says: " If juryman's ,
'elief that the law assigning a particu-
ar penalty Ia a particular offence is !
harsh llw, is 10 excuse him from
old;Dg that the commission of the
fence has been satisfactorily proved,
his mode Of trial nsGst ultimately de- q
enerate into a CapTici0Us stpsicati0n /
{ private fancies 10 legal ISSUES.
Jp0u moss other questions an honest 1 >
lryman would see tifiS without diff
ulty, but when inEinticide 5 con-
erned it seems 10 he wholly beyond
is power Of taking i'm
An outrage passing federation, says
8s BQrla, has been perpetrated q
gainst the Hull Cpstart Chicago :
as been ana gone at4a i3siit itself a
Big Organ with 6,yl2 pipes, a4d a !
neumatic lever, and fifteen ranks Of /
liKtpre, and gambia, and saliciOnal {
nd OCtayi9 SWells, and all sorts of Il
ggraYatipg 8cces50fles, and tlaunts
.s aHdacity in the iacc of it0stQn,
ddiHg insult 10 injury by the impu-
lent statement that, before com C
lencing the Chisas0 6FsaR," the a
uilder visited aud carefully exam
ned the largest organs of Albany,
SeW York aud BfOOklyn." Ordinary |
ssaults upon its supremacy Boston J
in bear with calm contempt; but to
ynOre its Or2aD-the Organ of which
Ii subsequent organs tisust, in the na-
gre Of things, be seryile and tnc6m- I
lete limitations is beyond endurance,
nd we LOOK tv 2eH Chicago taken from
) foundation and rendered a mass of
ruins by the roar OF B0stQp's L
eepsst diaPason.
The Baltimore SIN, Of Monday, in
the arrival OF eX-Presi- ]
ent Davis, who reached that city by }
he steamer Baltimore, of the North 1
erman Line, on Thursday, says:
Mr.. Jefferson Davis returns in great 7
: improved health. but seemed much =
aimed to hear OF the death of eX- \
resident Pierce, in whose Cabinet he 4
ED the portfolio of war. Mr. Davis | Z
nhily remain in Europe. The kuOwl- 7
ige that AIr Davis ould arrive by | y
le Baltimore drey together a large y
'OWd at the wharf, but it was quite I
ark before the passengers LEFT the
Zip, and many were disappointed in
st seeing him, though a cOnsidera- ! q
Ie number remained some time out Il
de the pier. II was about Z o'clock
alOre Mr.. Davis and other passengers O.
nded. Mr.. Davis walked TO the ferry G
jat, on which he crossed over to 81
els Point, and taking a city p&ssen- e
4r railway car, went TO Barnum's ! L
ity Hotel, where he al once gith-l N
rev 10 bis room, but during the v
ieni8g gas waited on by several II
lends. Mr.. Davis registered at the 4
)tel as Jefferson Davis, Of Missis- j,
Ppi"
Dolly Davenport, whose lives are as ! ,v
lmerOus ~ his friends, tells a good q,
ke on himself, which occurred to .,
IN in England during the time that r.
e late humOrist aud good fellow,
las. Browne (Artemus Wardk was IT
,liyering his flcetiOus lectures in 4,
Dndoni Arriving in the English capi- M
/, DOlly's first care was 10 pay visit to
his friend Artemus, and was met at oy
e door by a buxOm lass who asked Il
IN in her broadest cOckney accent !
{ his card. Dolly, having forgotten r
) name at home, substituted a six X
nee, which, with magical effect, I,
owed him 10 the door of Artenps' / ID
ON. Artemus was engaged in shay ! .
z, and turning around to see who
e intruder was, dropped razor, pa Il,
r, and everything else. His face / 7.
sumed an aspect of terror, and he q,
crUuching around the ID
on, hugeing the wall until he N
iehed huge trunk IN the corner, I'M
d without saying a word TO Dolly, a.
He'd out a bottle Of the cratur, which II,
with the same expression Of fright, NO
aced On the center table and re-
7ated TO his corner. Dolly walked
to the table. aud, raising the stuff
hls hps, tooka good swig. A shrek
JOY came nom Artemus, who, with
en- arms, rushed towards Dolly, and n
him, exclaimed: tiI heard
u We're dead, but now l know it's a
:" The test had worked wonder
ly.
The negroes Of the South are BEGIN OF
az to open their guns on the Bohe- Go
ans from the North who have Sc
eated and plundred them. The bu
issj0Bdry Herald, published in South pa
rolina, and edited by Rev. IL. NJ. sh
ain, colored man, in a recent ha