Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-23
POLITICAL.

Even Beecher admits that the cor
rIption of the Republican party lost
It the State of New York; and corrupt
diced must anything be which shocks
the Independent.
Free trade meetings are being held
in all parts of the West. The mem
bers from that section Of the Union
viii move in this matter at the next
session of Congress.
The Radical newspapers insist that
Secretary Fish dictated Minister Sic
kles' note to the Spanish Government,
and must take the odium of the Span
ish blunder all to himself. Right
enough. Dan Sickles has all OF the
article he can conveniently carry.
The New York Herald pronounces
Gen. Thomas the " coming man." A
New Jersey contemporary says it is
Hancock. Our impression is that sew
eral other gentlemen are coming"
As to who will get here first, is quite
another matter.
The Springfield Republican, always
candid, and generally correct, says of
the new Massachusetts Legislature:
''rhe Senate is strongly favored with
Democrats, and the prohibitionists
have lost their working majority, o n
trary to their fond hopes"
The Houston Texas) Daily Times
says: We had rather Texas, ourself
and family should sink into the bot
tOmless pit, than see the proposed con-
stitution and the gag amendment
adopted. o, how the mighty have
.aiIenl"
The Hon. Columbus Delano has re-
Gently discovered that potatoes are
grain, that packing pork is manufac-
turing, and that all brokers are bank
ers. This gentleman bids fair TO rival
the original Columbus in his discov-
cries.
Carlos" the Washington cores
pendent of the New Orleans Times,
says that if the military commanders
in Texas and Mississippi report that
those States are not in a condition TO
hold an election, the President will
postpone the election until Congress
an legislate on the subject.
The D~yersburg Gazette of Saturday
says: ave hear our fellow-towns-
man, Captain S. R. Latta, favorably
spoken of as a candidate to represent
this Senatorial district in the State
Convention. Captain Latta is "a law
yer acknowledged ability and would
make a digniiied member-one who
would faithfully, fearlessly and ably
represent his constituents and the in
terests of the State at large"
There is quite a difference between
the actual collections and assessments.
The assessment for all the States and
Territories was, in round numbers,
S1S8, 000, OO0, aud the collections reached
$175, $50, 900. In Illinois the collections
were less by 81, OOO, 600: Indiana, sIO0,-
600; Iowa. 50, 900; Ohio, $50, OO0; Penn
sylvania 500, 900; Tennessee, $20O, 900;
Wisconsin, $4,000, and Missouri,
$1,000 600.
\ New York paper yesterday an
nOunced that "A. J. II. Duganne had
invented an mfallible preventive of
frauds at elections" The PhiladeI-
phia Age remarks: "a greater novelty
could scarcely be imagined, for it in
wolves the entire remOdeling of Radi-
cal human nature. Unless Mr.. Du-
game can make Radicalism honest,
his invention Will be worthless"
The Mobile Register says: at is
given out that Congress will not be
asked to subsidize Mr.. Fremont's Fl
Paso railroad project, but only to grant
the right Of way; enough encourage
ment having been given by French
and English capitalists to insure the
building of the road without Govern
ment aid When this road is well
under way, it will wake up Mobile to
the fact that she must build a road to-
somewhere"
The following drafts on the public
treasury will be presented the moment
Congress meets to open the Federal
money safe: The Kanawha Canal and
James river improvement, SO, 900, 600;
Upper Mississippi, sl2, 600, 900; Levees
Of Mississippi, $40, 0OO, 600; Ohio river,
$l2, 0 1900; Louisville and Portland
canal, 5000, GOO; Memphis and FL
Paso Railroad, SIS, 600, 600; four lines
Of ocean steamers, $50, OOO, 600; South
ern railroad bonds, guaranteed by the
United States, $4,000, 600; New York
and Erie Canal, Sl2,O OO, goo.
Congress is to be memorialized for
the improvement of the Tennessee
river. This river is the sixth in mag
nitude among the rivers of the North
American Continent, and it flows
through five great States of the Union.
The resources Of this productive re-
giOn, embraced in North Alabama,
Middle Tennessee, East Tennessee
aud portions of Georgia, Virginia and
North Carolina, are throttled at Mus
Shoals. There are along the bank
OF this river, in North Alabama, I,l2O.-
600 acres Of Government land, now Al
wilderness, which would be occupied
but for this obstruction.
The Philadelphia Inquirer SAYS:
'' Our present financial and business
is the legitimate result of
Shareholders Rebellion" To
the Philadelphia Age responds
. There's wisdom for you. The Rad
zeal party plumber the Treasury, aug
nent the expenses of the Government,
prevent nearly one-half of the States
rom adding to the business and
wealth of the country, and then the
wakes from its long nap and
attributes the condition of the country
It the present time to the "Slave-
folders Rebellion" Why not attrib-
tie it to confusion of tongues at the
'uilding of the tower of Babel?"
In response TO a letter of inquiry
w. II. Mangum of Mississippi,
lou. Emerson Etheridge writes:
Your letter of the 9th inst. is re-
Thara l. mot ana ,-o.Jo4l