Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-31

WIN. Clay, negro, was arrested by Of
fcer Sauerlnan yesterday, on a warrant
: issued by Justice Foley, and locked up,
on The double charge of being drunk and
attempting to pick q mans pockets. He
will b tried by Justice Foley tomorrow.
Was there not a capias issued for the
arrest of Barbour Lewis some time since, /
during he absence of the gentleman from
the city? In whose pockets does the doe
uinent hide from the light3 Or has the
matter been " settled?" Or what7 Don't
all speak at once.
"A man pawned a pistol to a friend the
other day for SO, wanted the pistol yes
terday but did not nave $40 about him
wherewirh to redeem it, 80 had his friend
arrested for carrying concealed weapons,
and then mad0 oath that the pistol was
his property. He got his pistol, and
should huye had = good drubbing along
with it,.
Another singular disappearance has
Just occurred in our city. Mr., William
Penn. an Old citizen, about % years OF
age, LETT che house OF his uephew-Deputy
Sheriff Williamson Thursday evening.
to be absent only a moment, and has not
been heard of since. As he had asOus
8, 300 in money in his possession, it is
feared he has been fOully dealt with.
Two gentlemen from the country go>
up a little side-show of their yester-
day, Oh Front row. between Jefferson and
Court steeeis. It was a rOugh-and-tum-
BILE affair, and alike disgraceful 10 both
parties. They were arrested and taken to
the station house, Relieving that they
are ashamed of themselves, we omit their
names.
Below Is a list OF undelivered dispatches
at the Western Union Telegraph office at
nine o'clock last night: billiard, Pinson 4
Co., j.. b.. Stark, Mrs. Lucy wigs. a. j.
DonelsOn. WIN. G.. Merrill. DeSOtO Bank,
p. X. Farnsworth, W. A.. Bierce, Mrs. NJ.
A. Leonard, w. J. MhOon, Lawrence q
Gilmore. <. L. Doro x Co., Harmus &
Co., c. II. Haight, j.. G. & w. b. kimball,
A. c.. luther, A. j.. Hays, 2; Dickinson,
Williams q Co, J.. W. Page, jr.
On Friday night Officer McElroy, of
the First District, arrested and committed
to thelock-up, Z. W. Elliott, charging him
with attempting to inveigle a drunken
man, who gave his name as Crusty Cos
grove, into playing a game Of " forty
I ives whatever that may BEL Elliott
was tried in the pOlice-cOurt yesterday
morning and fined 81, FROM which de-
/ cisiOn he appealed. Crusty COsgrOve was
fined s. for being heIplessly drunk.
As an instance of the ~cfirontery with
which thieves are plying their vocation in
our midst we mention the following: On
Friday evening, as visitors to the Fair
were scrambling for seats on the cars
to return to the city, one of the
light-iugered gentry asked Of Mr..
Mclean, Tax-COllectOr, Are there
any seats over there2' pointing with his
left hand to the opposite end of the car,
and at the same time ~disengaging with
his right a valuable diamond pin from tho
shirt-frOnt OF Mr.. Mel. The gentleman
discovered his loss in time To catch the
thief by the arm and recover his pin, but
a movement made by the mob" engaged
with the thief prevented his retaining his
hold of the fellow long enough to give
him in charge Of an officer.
-Junius Henri Brown, in Paohard's
Monthly, thus truthfGllY speaks of the
professors OF the art preventative" A
trUer picture was never traced with pen:
" Printing ink begefs cynicism, as damp
ness doas rheumatism, or foul air feveTs.
There is no escaping it. Men in printing
offices, whether they prepare or set copy,
contract the disease and suffer from II
more or less, an their mental system re-
spends to or Tesists Il. They are behind
the scene. They know that the golden
crowns and goblets the public admire arc
only pa~stebOard; that the glitteriug jew
els are only cOlOred glass; that the Grim
son glory of the tableau Is but a flash Of
red fire; that he mOIthing fellow who is
lavish of his dukedom is in arrears for his
morning cocktail. Life is unidealizeAto
them from the outset. Il is stripped OfNs
illusions, and fine naInez are but echoes of
emptiness. Why expect them to admire2
! Why ask them 10 be ambitious? Why
look for enthusiasm in them? The printer
understands how regulations are made.
/ He knows that they ara not blown forth
from the trump of fame, put from the
trump of hin WHO seeks reputation by
pertaining solo, and gets it thereby. He
+ aware that, while genius staTves, impu-
dence f~attenS; that while wisdom hides
in a garnet, fiippaucy draws on the pave;
hat while inspiration pines, management
hushes with health. He sees that the eiO-
quent language of the statesman or artist
j. not in the statesnan's or artists WI
head that hOuOrs are easy TO the man
that has the e~firOntery to ask, and The de-
termination not to be denied. No marvel
he believes all achievements unworthy,
all success a cheat, all persons ofemineuce
those who have not yet heensfound out?"
The following paragraph will apply TO
our community as Well as to that for
which it was written. There are many
poor, unemployed and penniless families
among as, and now tina winter is upOn
them, God help them, if the charitable
do not: .'Sharp, cold winds, that bring
down the green leaves from the trees, are
a chilling reminder of the approaching
winter and suggest the necessity of max
ing provision for it.. Those who are in
comfortable circumstances will not need
the suggestion; their coal cellars and
Z MODu hnN1fE HA0 nAAEda4 AAlC4 " AAAA 1ADAEA
of fuel, or can be in a few hours, But
the poor never have the means OF making
provision for hard times, by purchasing
supplies at wholesale when they are cheap.
They are forced to live from hand TO
mouth, and wait for each day to bring its
own supplies. Il would be a good plan
for the various charitable societies, there
fore, to begin their winters campaign
now, and enter the field before the enemy
comes. Coal is cheap; potatoes only 81 "a
a barrel, and many other stapla pFovis-
ions are cheaper than they have been for
years. As cold weather advances, the
prices Of these necesSaries viii advance
also, and, by midwinter, will probably
be nifty per cent higher than nOw-cur-
failing to that EXTENT the purchasing power
OF charitable contributions. 1t would be
well, therefore, if these societies would
invest all their means in fuel, provisions
and clothing right now, aud store them
until they are needed. And even private
persons might do the same thing. There
are few liberal families in this city that
do not meet with and relieve many cases
Of suffering every winter, and thereby
spare worthy poor persons from the con-
fession of their poverty which their ac-
eeptance of public aims involves. A few
dollars invested in winter supplies nOw-a
few barrels of potatoes bought and stored,
and = small surplus of coal added to the
annual supply would bring u~nspeakable
comfort TO many a needy household IN
the stern, bleak days of January
The funeral OF William h. Speed.
which took place yesterday, as had been
announced, after the most imposing eere-
monies, was one of the solemn and i'm
pressive tributes rendered to the dead.
that have a lasting-place in the memory
alike honorable to the deceased and cred
table to the hosts If friends who swelled
the eortege attending the remains OF the
departed to the home of sleep, eternal till
the great day of awakening. Mr.. Speed
was twenty-eight years old-the elder
brother of our fellOw-citizen, Jas. Speed,
Esq, the efficient and respected business
manager OF the Memphis and Louisville
railroad. he was formerly connected with
the Memphis and st. Louis Packet Line,
as clerk in the same Office with his
brother, afterward in the Memphis
and Arkansas river lire, and has
since been in several places Of
trust and emolument, in all of which
he displayed that efficiency and strict line
of duty which were inherited. and form a
family trait. lie was genial, generous
and brave; of sterling worth and integ-
rity; Of superior qualifications IN eierkly
business, which he rendered of the highest
efficiency by his energy, activity and at
t~ention. For more than a year past, AT.
Speed has been repeatedly subjected 10
violent attacks Ofdisease, which gave way
before the effect of medicine and assldu-
Gus care. After repeated encounters, the
common foeman overcame the barriers set
up to resist his attack, and proclaimed
7 himself master of the situation. Tbs
plumed hearse and the numerous carriages
with mourning occupants, admitted the
prowess of the eOnqueror, and attended
the stricken form OF him so warmly ap-
preeiated and deeply loved, to Its last
resting-place, in the Catholic Cemetery
uo uaa son Of Hon Iamna = Sread for
merly Mayor OF Louisville, KY, and more
rseently Of Chicage. A large eirsis OF