Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-16
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.

The United States Court sits in Ok
ford.
Three of Governor Alcorn's ap
pointees in Scott county are unable K
read.
We have intelligence from New Or
leans that the McComb party have
succeeded in the proceedings institute
ed for the possession of the New Or'
] leans and Jackson railroad.
The Executive nomination of W,
! H Parker. to be District Attorne, y
was rejected. The Senate might have
spared the people many other nomi-
nations equally as bad, If it had mus
tered up It's courage a little sooner.
The Senate has rejected the nomi-
| nation of one Sloanaker, as District
| Attorney for the NatcheZ district.
He had not been a resident of the State
for six months; and was appointed
in preference to a number of qualified
young men "to the manner born"
The Goodman Star says: "We are
sorry 10 hear of the death of Colonel
Dan. r. Russell, which occurred at
his residence in CarrOlltOn, q few days
ago. Colonel Russell was a gentle
man of fine talents, and once occupied
the position of Auditor of Public Ac-
counts in our State"
The Holly Springs Reporter says /:
We learn that on Wednesday last,
June young Mr.. Ayers, clerk in a dry
goods house in Salem, Mppah county,
and son of DR.. Ayers, worthy and
highlyrespectedc citizen Of that county,
committed suicide by shooting him
self through the lungs. He fingered
until Saturday evening"
It is repored that Morgan, "a Republi-
can member of the Mississippi Legis-
lature, declared his intention to marry
the dusky damsel he escorted to the
House of Representatives on Friday;
the ceremony to be celebrated before
the 1st of July. White Republicans
look upon his conduct with just indig-
nation, and the colOred people ridi-
cule him.
The Holly Springs Reporter says
" We learn that small pOX has made
its appearance in Marshall county,
southwest of Holly Springs. 1t was
brought out from Memphis. When
ever they have small pOX in Memphis,
We may soon expect to see it prevail
ing in Marshall county, as there is
almost daily intercourse between the
negroes of Memphis and Marshall
county"
The Vicksburg Times says: "The
dead body of man was noticed float
ing by the National Cemetery yester-
day by a COlOred man, who went out
in a skif and tOwed it down to the
city, where he was taken ashore and
the body buried. He appeared to
have been a man Of about thirty-five
years of age, with sandy hair and
sandy whiskers, and had been in the
water for some time"
The Vicksburg Times says; son
the excursion on board the RubicOn,
Thursday evening, a young gentle
man of the city became offended with
another at some remark made, or un-
derstOOd to have been made, by him,
and yesterday sent him a note de-
manding an apology. The gentleman
to whom the note was addressed,
procured q small whip, and going to
the store wherein the other was EN-
plOyed, and presenting the note gave
him several sharp blows"
The Columbus L1der says: "a gen
tIemaa of this city informs US that
Pars0n Crimes, a highly respected
citizen of BreOksvtile, was bitten by
dog last Saturday, end now has symp-
toms Of hydrophobia. The physical,
in attendance has despaired of his life''-l
There was nothing ia the dogs ap-
pearance that indicated madness, the
suppOsitiOn being that the season OF
the year produced the alarming turn
In az otherwise harmless case"
The Hade1 says it cannot be denied
that the Mobile and Ohio road has la
boxed under unparalleled trials and
difficulties since the war, which, if
they do not satisfy, at least ought to |
temper the ferceness of the denun-
eiatiOns made against it. Further, !
we can't think that Mr.. Murdoclz( nd 1
the Board of Directors deserve ah the |
,nrsing for the shortcomings of the !
road. We opine a great deal Of the |
trouble lies in the conduct Of subordi- |
mates, who, under cover Of their posi-
tons, swindle the people out of their
rights and property, Rh6 create a
aloraI stencil in the nOstrils OF de- /,
seDcF.