Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-09
A new hall Is to be built in Macon,
! Genrpia- To hold 300 nersnns.

Georgia, to hold $500 persons.
Italy is builing railroads. SHch &C
ton will pay better than casting can
non.
At ROstock, a small port in Ger
many, is at present anchored one o
the oldest ships afoat. This is the
Barossa, built in England, and the
same vessel which acted as a transport
to the ship that took Napoleon l. tC
ST. Helena.
Casting negroes and fraudulent vo'
ters into the Radical balance in Vir
ginia and still the Conservatives are
successful. This is truly an important
result, for Radical supremacy means
bigotry, corruption and plumber, the
country over.
Central and South America will
soon be united with Europe by a sub
marine cable. Sir Charles Bright is
now in st. Thomas for the purpose Of
experimenting the laying of the wire
from that point to Panama, the great
er portion of which is on hand and
ready for use.
San Domingo jObbers boast that the
President has ''set ups the treaty in
such a manner that its ratification is
certain. The additional evidence
mentioned by Senator Morton, which
is to produce such changes in the
opinions and votes Of Senators, can
all be carried in the pockets of the
members.
" Encouraging reports" have been
received in relation to the workings OF
" Union Leagues" in many States.
So report the Radical journals. If
they work as well in the balance of
the States, as they did in Connecticut
and New York, at the elections in
those CommOnwealths, the Democ-
raey will not complain.
Senator Cameron is to have the
President as his guest next week for q
fishing excursion. To-day the Presi-
dent appointed Senator Cameron's
son-fn-law as Minister to Turkey, in
place of E.. Joy Morris, and he will of
course becOnfirmed.- WdshtnQtoR sDe-
ciGg, June Sd, to Cincinnati Gazette.
How simple it all appears, when
one puts this and that tOgether!"
Massachusetts, sets her sister States
an excellent example by showing no
mercy TO prize-pugiIists when she can
lay her judicial hand upon them. The
other day she got a fresh grip of one
George Siddons, convicted of leaving
the State to engage in a fight, and
who had forfeited his bail; and the
Superior Court sem this trueulent
knight Of the ropes to hard labor in
the House Of Correction for six
months.
A dispatch from Bangor, Me, of the
eth inst. says: "The hot term con-
tinUes. Thermometer yesterday, 900;
to-day, Sc. The protracted drouth is
seriously affecting the lumber interest.
One drive Of 100000 logs has been
abandoned, and another of 10000, 900
is in danger Of being hung up. An
other Of IS, 000, 900 is hung. All are on
the tributaries of the PenObscOt. Logs
are in active demand, and operators
make the price for Manufacturers
The Cuban League Of the United
States has established a newspaper
entitled, La EStreLla de Cuba, to serve
as a means of communicating to the
people the truth about the insurrec-
ton, and inspiring them to fresh eff
forts in the. patriot cause. This is a
good movement, and we dare say will
prove more fruitful than mass meet
mgs, The E5t'ekG is written in Eng
lish and Spanish, and shows elO-
quence, good sense and wit.
Several weeks ago the J~onesboro
Herald and Tribune announced, by au-
thOrity, that in the event Congress
took no steps. to reconstruct Tennes-
see, Judge Gillenwaters would be a
candidate for Judge of the Circuit
Court Ofthe First Judicial Circuit. The
Herald end Tribune of the ID instant
contains the announcement of the
Judge as a candidate. This is pretty
conclusive that Judge GiIlenWaters
has satisfied himself that we shall
have no reconstruction in Tennessee.
It is rather curious to find Presby-
terians and the Pope united in their
condemnation of secret societies. At
Xenia, Ohio, on the 18th ult., the AssO-
ciate Synod Of North ksmerica, in coun-
ell assembled, had its attention called
to the evils of these societies, and the
matter was referre0to a special COM
mittee. There is also to be held,
sometime this month, in Cincinnati,
ga Christian Convention" of those
opposed TO MasOns, Odd Fellowship,
|
and the like. -r .--r..I
"Phe Beautiful elusina,u Schwind1s
celebrated painting, which has been
on exhibition in Stuttgart, has just
been bought by a society Of eOnnOis-
seurs for 10000 forms. The admira-
ton for this picture is so great, that
numerous requests have been received
from art lovers in the various cities to
have it on exhibition. Therefore, a
sort of triumphal tour is projected for
+" Beautiful Melusina," after which
the painting will be copied for vari-
Gus galleries.
The Democrats of Ohio hold their
Convention on the nineteenth of
June, and the Radicals hold theirs on
the tenth Of August. The officers to
be chosen are Secretary of State, Au-
ditOr, Judged the Supreme Court,
of the Board of PubIic Works
a School Commissioner and members
Of Congress. Many Of the Congress
contests will be animated, and
there viii be mucAeppOsitiOn to the
denominations OF &fessrs. Schenck,
Winans, Bingham and Others, who
are so intimately identified with pro-
policy. The Democrats ex
pecb to make a marked change in the
to the F~Orty-secOnd Con-
yresS. |.rrfT.nrr srlHrfaa
During the decoration ceremonies
1T Arlington, May Both, says the
Nashville Banner, the eighteen graves
Of COnfederate officers and three hun
lred and sixteen graves of COnfeder-
ste soldiers, were eO~nspicuOusly deco /
,ated with pastebOard, as a seeming
warming that no floral tribute should Il
De placed on them. Several ladies
md gentlemen ventured, however, to
some flowers there, but a COM
of the Grand Army of the Re-
snatched them of, and threat
med with arrest any one who re-
Jeated the act. 1T is such mean-spir- :
ted scoUndrels who war only with
he dead, and whom 'tWere indeed
,ase hattery to stigmatiEe as cow
.rds. lob
Mr.. Alex. Riva, formerly a citizen
# Tennessee, writes to the Nashville
Union aud ADlertcGp on the 3lst ult.:
] have just read in your paper a re-
,Ort of the committee Of your Legis-
allure on the school fund.- and am
much surprised to see the name
f one 'Riva mixed up with the sup
,osed Whereabouts OF a key of gold.
thinking they refer to my brother,
Who has been in Europe for the last
wo years, I beg you, if possible, to !
rocure for me a full copy Of all the /,
estimony concerning said matter, to
end to him, and give him the oppor-
unity to fully vindicate himself, I
which l am perfectly certain he can J
asily do" "a
MI. Stephens sends forth his second
rolume of the war between the States,
With the following beautiful and APP
dedicatOry: +" To the mem0- j