Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-26
THE NEWS.

Visitors to the Nashville Penitsntiary
must hereafter pay to go In.
The Bishop Of London proposes TO sup
press ritualism in his diocese.
The mountains around Lynchburg were
covered with snow the early part Of last
week.
Judge John Hugh Smith is a candidate
for Criminal Court Judge OF Davidson
county.
On the last day of this month the Su-
preme Court Of the United States will adj
iOuIn.
The Legislature of Texas meets at Aus
tin on the 18th inst. What will tide?
That's the question.
Judge Dodge, of Galveston, decided
the validity ofthe Sunday law. The case
will b taken 10 the Supreme Court OF
Texas.
The Cincinnati Gazette, though Radical,
ia irreverent. 1t denOunces Grants pet
scheme of annexing San Domingo a
"humbug."
The New York Times, a Republican
journal, says the party of the future" is
with those who urge lower duties and a
revenue tariff.
A lady in Maine has been left by the
war with thirty-One orphan grandchildren,
anu ans AA@AAN@
provide for them.
A Salt Lake.boy, shooting at a cat the
other dsy, sent a bullet in among a mans
wives in a house near by, using up two or
three. But he killed the cat.
mother and daughter in Berlin, Prus-
STA, recently came near being poisoned
from sewing on a green tarlatan dress.
Ladies should take warning.
The New York Sun thinks II Is about
time that professed military earvioe dur
inc unv I5OeIion should cease to be ao-
cepted as the basis Of claims for civil Of
nee.
The Florence (Als) Journals preference
as q Democratic paper for Governor is
John A. Winston; and its preference
among the Republicans is n. II. Rice,
Esq.
TIE steamer FREELY, belonging to a
ompenv, and chartered for the purpose
Of transporting fresh provisions from
Texas, has made a successful trial trip at
Philadelphia.
Governor Shaffer has already created
an impression in Utah. A dispatch from
Corinne saws he was received on Wednes-
dav night BY the people with boutres and
q general illumination.
Judge Busted has removed Colonel
Sam. Tate from the Receivership of the
selma and Meridian road, upon the APP
plication Of the city of Selma, and has
appointed Hon. John Hardy as his suc-
cessor.
p. commenting upon the late election
in Connecticut, the New Haven Register
says: "NegrO suffrage lost Mr.. Jewell
many votes, and be gained none" Thou
sands Of Republicans In that State are
opposed TO negro suffrage.
The military government that has pre-
vailed in Texas seems TO have demOral-
lied a very large portion OF 1t. We hope
that IL will 500 cease, and the reins OF
authority will be intrusted to its virtu-
Gus and law abiding citizens.
All the Federal troops at present doing
duty in Tennessee are under marching
orders, and will leave next week for Kan
sas. The troops stationed there leave on
Tuesday next. Active and extensive
movements against hostile Indians are in
contemplation.
The AtlantafG Ca )Constitltion
that the rumor Is current in Atlanta that
the loyal s~coundrels in the Legislature
are about to sell out the Georgia State
road. Who the so-called purchaser will
be is not vet ascertained by outsiders, but
it is safe to say that it is some OF the
"loil."
Negroes are 10 be gathered into the fold
Of the Union League in all parts of the
country. Governor Geary leads In this
work. The colOred brethren will soon
occupy chairs in the League House on
Broad street, and Bedford street and
West-end clasp hands.
do believe the end am coming
And the year Of Jubilo.
The Nashville Union and american of
Sunday says: Mr.. John Sheppard who
has created no little sensation on Cherry
street during the last few days, trium-
phantIy closed his walking feat Of
$50 consecutive hour without rest or
eleep. at IL O'Clock last night, and made
5000 BY the extraordinary effort"
The corporators OF the Tennessee and
Alabama Railroad had a meeting in Nash
Vile on Sunday. Subscription books will
be opened on the Dist Of May, and imme-
diately on the procurement Of enough
subscribed funds a regular company will
be organized. 1t is contemplated to rnn
this road from Guntersyille 10 Rock
Spring.
The Washington Republican says: "Col-
lector b. b. Emery, Third District Of
Mississippi, writes 70 the Commissioner
from Corinth, informing him Of an at
TEMPT made by one Robert p. Johnson,
supposed to be connected with the Ku-
Klux clan, to assassinate him as he was
leaving his office on the afternOOn Of the
l4th inst"
The Medical Society Of North Alabama
held a meeting in Tuscumbia on the 10th.
Or. A. J.. Sykes was elected Presi-
dent with Dr.. II. I. Alternately, Vice;
Drs, G. Z. Kumpe and F. S. McAahan,
Secretaries: DR.. J. I. Jones, Treasurer;
aud a Board of Censors; DIR. j. NJ. Clark
orator for the mex meeting, which Is 70
be held in Huntsville.
The New Orleans P1eoygtRe Of Saturday
saws: "In the case Of Ochiglevich and
Heslv VS.. tho Chattanooga Railroad, ask
inc Tor an Injunction to restrain the COM.
-. H.aFrn aauyn Fhair arpnEa mnnm
The levee in front of the property of rela-
tors. which was argued at length yester-
6avl was decided this morning, Judge
ni1ble refusing the injunction"
hostile meeting, says the New Or
1aans Pieavuee of Saturday, took place in
he lower portion of the city on Thursday
morning last, between MI. 5. Jaquet and
Mr.. II. Gionsl The weapons used were
pistols. After an exchange Of shots, with
6nt injury 70 either, the challenging
party declared himself satisfied, and the
dihculty was arranged satisfactorily TO
both parties.
The New Orleans Times says: Lopez,
of araguay and TheOd0rus, Of Abys-
sinia. are conspicuous examples ofthe de-
yotion and self sacrifice Of the class of
chieftains who are held up TO the world as
monsters of cruelty and avarice. Impair
tial history will assign these chleftains q
different attitude and character from that
which is now given to them by their ex-
ultant foes"
And now, says the New Orleans Pea
yUne, comes another RbominatiOn 10 In
crease the burthen of debt with which the
city has been ssddled by acorrupt Legis-
lature, and TO elag the wheels of the anu
nicipal government. The scheme for es-
tablishing on a gigantic scale a Park Com
mission, with almost unlimited powers,
has become a law by the signature Of
Governor Warmoth, and has been duly
promulgated in the Official Journal.
Count Valmaseda, in command of the
Spanish troops in Cuba, illustrates Span
ish victories over the rebels in this style.