Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-11

| and Virginia divided; without a reg
ular soldier or a military organization;
without a ship or navy-yard but with
few guns, and they of inferior quality,
and not a mandatory where any
part of a gun or any part Of its ammE-
milton could be made; without money
| or organized credit; cut off from all the
world, in whose markets she was not
/ allowed to purchase even the medi-
| cines for the sick; isolated from all
mankind, and even thrust out from
| all sympathy; encompaSsed with vast
ly OUtnumbering foes, whose armies
daily recruited from every nation I'M
der the sun, were supplied with every
appliance of warfare and every posi-
bic comfort as well as necessary; every
harbOr closed with watching war YES
sells, and every stream occupied by
hostile gunbOats; her soldiers hungry,
ragged and baref0oted, she yet fought,
with such tremendous power, and was
welded with such skill, that the eX-
penditure Of money to conquer was
more than would have purchased
every foot of her land, every house in
her cities and villages, every slave on
her plantations, and all her property
of every kind; and the killed and per-
manentiy disabled of her enemies
amounting to more than her entire
armies during the whole struggle.
You may search history in vain for q
parallel"
THE PARIS DEM MONDE.-The
gorgeous and glittering demi-world of
Paris is unique. Neither here nor
elsewhere outside of the gay and
wicked capital is the existence of such
a class, in its full glory, possible. Now
that the season is at its close, the drive
in the Bots is mostly given up to the
eleganteS of this sphere, "Ladies of
the Lake." whose equipages cost each
a comfortable fortune, whose ~tOilettes
surpass in genuine costliness those of
the prOudest ladies oftitle, whose dia-
mOnds are a Kings ransom, and
whose purse is as deep as a Queens.
These are the Aspasias of the modern
Empire, whose brilliant receptions
surpass those of the Princesses of the
grand world, and whose smile is
sought not alone blythe frivolous gold
en- youth.
Mini was the most noted among
| these women of gay life. She has a
| dozen thOroughBreds IN her stables,
\ and as many less noble bipeds lighting
for the honor of paying her bills. But
she had the disease Of lG TrdUiHd,
and when driven out on the Bots the
| other day she muffled the death cough
| toe closely, the vessels of her poor
worn Out .q2gs ruptured, and she
| sank back faintiHg. TIE high-step-
| ping horses were turned to drive her
| home TO die; but the blood dubbed up
over the lace handkerchief, staining
her splendid raiment, and a dead wO-
| man was carried away through the
frightened ranks of her rivals and
cOurtiers. 4" Not Tery amusing, this
death struggle in the open read" is
the comment of the Paris ehronicler;
and Mini is not missed.
THE AosF FIENpIH OF GRIMES
The Washington Star, a very RADICAL
Grant organ, tells this story of negro
atTOcity:
Recently one of those terrible out
RACES which in other parts of the cQuD-
try, where the people have less res
pect for the law, is usually avengedby
the people lynching the perpetrator,
took place near henortheTn boundary
Of the city. - appears that three of
the daughters Of eleFsyman former
" well Known as the Superintendent
Gf the C0ntraband Camp at Twelfth
ndQ -~tfepts, and more recently a
clerk in the Statistical Bureau Of the
Treasury Department, have since the
establishment Of Howard University,
been pursuing their studies there with
other white pupils, and residing at
Kendall Green Barracks. They usu-
ally took Boundary street for their
road, leaving it at about Fourth street
and passing up the lane to Mr.. MOore's
house to a by-path directly tOthe Uni
VerSity building. Yesterday they left
home about eight O'Clock, and took
tie usuSI road, chatting cheerfully as
Usual, until they reached the lane be-
fore mentioned, back Of the Ole Cath
Ollie burial ground, when a'stalWaTt
and very black negro, who had been
lying in ambush, sprang out before
them, and seizing the Oldest one, a
well grown young lady of seventeen
years, threw her down. Her sisters,
aged about fifteen and thirteen years,
went to her assistance, and with sticks
and stones beat him to make him de
sist from lis hellish purpose, and adj
ded their Screams to these Of the vic
tim TO bring some one to the rescue, |
but they did not succeed in driving
him Offuntil hehad committed a crime
for which it is hoped he will vet be
made to suffer. The young ladies, !
who are well grown and look much
older than they really are, made their
way to their fathers residence, and he |
immediately gave information to
Lieut.. Johnson, who, with some of
his men, went in search of the mis-
ereant, but have thus tar been liable to
arrest him.
THE GREAT CANYON or THE Colo
RADO.-Hhc Chicago Times repub-
fishes the account of a voyage through
the great Colorado canyon, by James
White, a citizen of Kenashaw, Wis,
in 1867. He is the only man, thus
far, who has made the mysterious
journey. His account was given IN an
official report from Prot. G. C. Parry,
geOl0gist, to Gen. VIM. j. Palmer,
Director Of Surveys, Lenses Pacific
Railroad. The fact that he made the
trip OF a raft of cottonwood logs rem
ders Risden's story about Powell and
ms care1uIlY-bullt o still more inn
probable. On the 24th Of April, 1867,
White, with n companion, Henry
found themselves on the banks
Of Grand river, after losing several
companions by the hostile Indians.
The party had started on ageld pros
pecting tour; they constructed a raft
dry e9tten-wood, composed Of three
sticks ten feet in length, and eight
inches in diameter; these were Sc
tied together by lariat ropes,
and having slowed away their pro-
and arms, they embarked at
midnight ON their adventurous voy-
age. The river was about 200 yards
wide, flowing regularly at a rate of
two and a half to three miles per
lCqT, They entered the main Colo
RADIO at the mantn IF Green river.
the junction the stream naf-
rows and is confined between perpen-
rocky walls, gradually increas-
in elevations. At an estimated !
distance of forty miles from the mouth t
If Green river they passed the mouth
If the San Juan, both streams being s
Iere hemmed in by perpendicular {
walls. From this point the canyon i
vas continuous, with only occasional
formed by small side canyons, .
,oualIv inaccessible with the main /,