Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-24
SHORT PARAGRAPHS.

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Fulton street prayer meeting Chris
tians % seemed to think yesterday
when they threw a champion prayist
out Of DOORS"
4 stranger who visited the mid
day prayer meetings at the church,
corner Of Fulton and William streets,
New York, recently, was assaulted
and put out of the church by the
sexton because he persisted in pray
ing aloud more than the five minutes
stipulated in the rules. BE not
weary in well doing" is the Seriptu-
raj injunction the stranger was trying
TO fulfil, but he did not calculate on
wrestling with the Lord and the sex
ton too.
The accession to power Of the Demo-
cratic party in New York is followed
by State levy for taxes Of over $500,
600 less than last year, and a city levy
less by million and half Such is
the economical tendency Of Demo-
cratic rule. How is it IN PhiladeI-
phia? Six years ago the city debt was
5000, 900, and the tax a dollar and
a half on the hundred. In six years
of Radical sway the debt is increased
TO nearly .fOrty-fre millions, aud the
tax to JOtT dollars and tsre33tv cents a
hundred. Such is the fnvariable ten
dency Of Radical legislation.
An important bill is now before the
Legislature of New York, providing
that all life insurance policies shall be
deemed absolute and subject to no
plea in bar after the lapse of three
years from their issue, anything in
the application OF policy TO the con
trary Notwithstanding. a bill Of this
character Is of great interest 10 policy
holders, As il viii relieve them of al
doubts as to the validity Of their in
surance and quiet the uneasiness
which various decisions releasing
companies from liability on technical
grounds have tended to create.
Tomorrow, ut the Patti matt
nee, >" says the New Orleans PisQ}Ha9e
of the 18th, 4" Mr.. Ritter wiz play, for
the first time in New Orleans. the
. ChansOns CreOle5, j recent musical
by Eugene Baylor, OF our
city, who Is at present connected with
the editorial staff of the Louisville
tO3frier-jOl111i. The 'ChansOns
CreOles of Mr.. Baylor were written
to illustrate the rustic music OF Lou
isiaua Acadie, in the same manner
that Grottschalk illustrated the rude
Congo music Ot our negroes in his
Bambola and Banauier, and are
highly spoken Of BY competent musi-
cal critics.
The London PoV WaH GazeHg pub
fishes cOpiOus extracts of the recent
Consular report made TO the British
by Edward N. Archibald.
Consul of New York. That gentle
man says the high tariff on raw mate
rial prevents the export of American
The West is diSsati4-
fed with the tariff, but, owing ID the
powerful lobby Of Eastern nanus e.
turers, II IS unable to work a ref1rIl.
Consequently the shipping, agricul-
tural, and all other interests of tine
country are sacrificed. 4 tardv but
gradual reduction of the tariff is all
that can be hoped for.
The question has been frequently
asked, How much was il the editor
OF the COitHercjQL received for his
articles against the Southern Railroad.
which We're read by Mr.. COIweIl. the
Louisville attorney of the Nashville
road before the Legislature of ken
tdcky"' They We're calculated TO de-
feat the project OF the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad, then pending be-
fore the Kentucky Legislature, and OF
course were written for that purpose.
The only query is as TO the amount.
Was il five hundred, twenty-five hun
lred, i've thousand or more, which /
was paid him (the editor of the Com I
aerctot) by the Nashville road?
The Young Mems Christian Asso- 1
'lation Of Cincinnati turns its atteu- 1
ton 70 worldly as well as spiritual
things. II is engaged Just now in
1nding employment as farm laborers !
Tor such white men as desire TO remove
10 the South in that capacity. The
Glowing is copied from the Cincin-
natl Gazette Of the 18th inst The
party Of labOrers that went to COlum-
Jia, Miss, with the employment /
agent OF the y. NJ. c. a. Of this CITY.
arrived safely, and all are at work. |
So the agent wrote to the superintend-
INT Of the rooms. Men who want 10
90 South 10 farm can go on reasonable
terms, and families who want to be-
come actual settlers can have an OPP
Of consulting at the rooms
Is soon as Mr.. Wells returns home. /
which viii be about Monday of ueXt !
week. He says in his letter that one
thousand good farm hands can get
work"
A dispatch from Washington, Ga
says the Western financial /
interest carried its point in the House
-O-d8y by majority quite unexpected /
The resolution offered Ou Monday last |
Dy Mr.. L0ughridge, a Republican
from Iowa, cmae up as untin- /
shed business, and the question on lis |
adoption was taken without debate. 4
Ii declares, in a preamble, that the /
business interests of the country de- /
mand more currency, and is followed /
by a resolution perempt0rily iuStru%- |
ing the Banking Committee to report /
4 bill to increase the volume OF cur
-ency not less than fifty millions Of |
dollars. This passed by yeas l08; nays, |
y; some Of the Eastern members.
among them Ben. Butler, voting lDr it. |
1t is well understood that q majority
Of the Banking Committee are OPP /
posed 10 increasing the amount OF cur /
.ency, but under rhis resolution thev +
are obliged TO report a bill Thestrug-
gle viii then come again in the House I.
Jn the question Of expansion.
The London Times says: "The |
)ue utterly objectionable sin in this I.
place is publicity. Everything may |
be forgiven, and even forgotten, SO as 4
{ is not proclaimed to the world. /
need not say who is the greatest sin I
ler in Rome at this moment. III
can hold his peace ont OF I
lOOrs and couhde his vehemeuco TO /
what is called 'the bosom Of the /
-ouncil,' he may one day have q (
atted calf killed for him al the Nati- |
aan. 1t is publicly stated that his .
speech the other day was most edify- /
ny and cOnsOling. On the other .
iand, Rauscher has published his ap-
peal 20 the Pope against the Petition |
or Inlallibility, and bis brother Car /
finals are furious with him. It is the /
,0.c Dsissa, which cannot be recalled. /
5Tossnayer, also, must have been /
'ather too outspOken, or too much
man Of this outer world, for he has no .
sweet voices in his favor. His tongue /
IS his weapon, and he will have TO /
make good use of it. He has been
100 successful in life to be much loved. /
For other speakers, l can only give /
you telescope glimpses."
The Pope has addressed the follow /
ng letter to a Belgian Bedemptionist .
Father who has recently published a /