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Great Giants.

In one of bis recent lectures, Pro.
lessor Silliman, the younger, alluded
to the discovery of the skeleton of an
enormous lizard of eighty feet. From
this the Professor inferred, as no liv
ing specimen of such magnitude has
been found, that the species which il
represents has become degenerated.
The verify of his position he endea.
vOred to enforce by allusion to the
well known existence of giants in
olden times. The following is the
list upon whichthis singular hypOthe-
sis is based:
The giant exhibited at Rouen, in
1890, the Professor says, measured
nearly eighteen feet.
Gorapious saw a girl that was ten
feet high. .
The giant Galabra, brought from
Arabia to Rome, under Claudius
Cesar, was ten feet high.
The giant Ferreguss, slain by Or
lando, nephew of Chsrlemagne, was
twenty-eight feet high.
In 1914, near st. German, was
found the tomb of the giant Isorant,
who was not less than thirty feet
high,
In 1880, near ROuen, was found a
skeleton whose skull held q bushel
of corn, and who was nineteen feet
high.
The giant Bacart was twenty-five
feet high; his thigh bones were found
in 1904 near the river M0deri.
In 1923, near the castle in Dauphine,
a tomb was founG-thirty feet long,
sixteen wide, and eight high, on
which was cut in gray stone, these
words: "Kintol0chas oRex.nh The
skeleton was foundentire, twenty-five
and a quarter feet long, ten feet
across the shoulders, and FIVE feet
from the breast bone to the back!
We have no doubt 'sthere were
giants in those days. and the past
was, perhaps, more prolific in prodnc.
ing them than the present. But the
history Of giants, during the olden
time, was not more remarkable than
that Of dwarfs, several of whom were
even smaller than the Thumbs and
Nuts of our own time
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For the Sunday Appeal.
INA,

In the morn of beaUteous sprfnytfme,
In the merry o OF May
When the Hlies bloonaed so sWeetly
Near the hedge OF silver spray;
as i CHANGED to wRnder lonely
By the pure and iimpid stream,
Musing on the past and present
In happy tboybood dream.
Then the hours ftew swiftly DER me:
As / slowly trudged along, g
Sweetest thought Of home ana childhood
Were my daydream and Tnysong.
What could mar my bOyhood's pleasune2
What could cause a sigh OF psih3
lis that one l o. must 1auguish,
And on feYered couch was lain m
Morn came and vent, but bore me
No pleasure on its wings; q
YOn loud that shades the orient
No brighter promise brings,
But hOlds my heart e~nshsdOWed,
Obltyious OF the morrow -r..
A prey TO hitterest anguish
For her on couch OF sorrow.
Though the mists Of early daWning z
GENTLY now dispels the gloom.
Like a star on brow OF even,
She shines in maiden bloom;
Though like the rose or lily,
That sparkles with the dew,
h Is O flower more radfent .
Than the gardener W knew.
MEMPHIS, TENN, June, 1870,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-19

THE Nashville Banner says: I'M
der the old Constitution of Tennessee
a majority Of those voting, provided a
quorum were present, could pass a bill
in either House, but now a majority
of all the members is required. To
take the ase of the House, which has
eighty-hye members, the difference is
this: under the old rule twenty-five
members could pass a bill, but by the
new Constitution forty-three must
concur. The new rule is very OBJ
.structiye to rings"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-19

"Y," of the Baltimore Gazette,
SAYS: sat is not generally known, but
it is nevertheless true, that the great
bulk of the money now in the trea-
sury of the United States is the pro-
ceeds of cotton, sugar and tobacco
taken from private citizens (many of
whom were not engaged in the war;,
and this property was taken, more
over, long after the lodr closed. Blythe
end Of the war is meant after the sur
render of General Lee, General john
ston and General E. Kirby Smith, the
latter having concluded his surrender
on the oath of May, 1865. And fur
Their, it is a fact, also not generally
known, that on the 9th day of June,
1865, the Secretary of the Treasury, by
direction of the President of the
| United States, addressed a letter
of instruction to United States
Treasury agents, in which they
were instructed not to seize a
pound of cotton after the 3Oth
of June, 1865. Yet, these Treasury
agents, backed by squads of armed
soldiers, went through the Southern
States and seized every bale of cotton,
hogshead Of sugar and box of tobacco
they could lay hands upon. The SUI
gar, cotton and tobacco thus seized by
these Treasury agents, in violation OF
the instructions and special mandates
Of the Secretary of the Treasury and
the President, was, after the agents
had secured to themselves a most lib
eral portion, turned owe TO the gene
raj agent in New York, Mr.. Simon
Draper. Mr.. Draper, after making
sale of the property, and d%eductfng
for his unsolicited services the most
exorbitant commissions; transmitted
the net proceeds to the Secretary Ofthe
Treasury. Notwithstanding the great
er part Of the proceeds of the cotton,
sugar and tobacco was taken months
after the surrender of the Southern
armies, the owners of this property,
or these proceeds, are told that it has
been covered into the Treasury and
that claimants, to get their dues, must
first bring suit in the Court of Claims;
secondly, establish the fact of their
loyalty during the war; and then, if
the Supreme Court afirms a judgment
in their behalf, the money will be
paid over at the end of ninety days.
But when you propose to institute a
suit before the Court of Claims you
are informed that unless you have
commenced action by the I'd of Au-
gust, 1866, you are barred by the stat
ute of Limitation. A meaner mode
of c%onfscation could not have been
devised by the crafty descendants
Of the Puritans. The truth of
the matter is, there is a riRg-a
powerful ring-fOrmed for the express
purpose of placing every conceivable
obstacle in the way of the settlement
of cotton, sugar, and tobacco claims,
with a view to controlling their col
or securing their purchase for
some trifing amount. The ring or
combination includes the names of
many of the most prominent men in
the Radical party. The Secretary of
the Treasury must be cOgnizant of
these facts, yet he resorts to every i'm
aginable expedient and technicality to
prevent the settlement of these claims,
10 the gross injury of impoverished
and widows"
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THE Radical papers are Boosting
immensely over the reduction of the
public debt sl4, 600, Gee, during the
month of May. Put the screws on a
little tighter, and make Taxpayers
pay a couple of hundred millions, in
stead of ninety-three millions, in ex-
cess of the expense and interest &C
count, and we see no a $ why MI.
Boutwell, might not manage to nav
fifteen or twenty millions a month
Just as well.
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Northern Methodist Troubles.

The troubles in the New York Moth
Odist Book Concern havetAken a shane
now that will probably bring tbe
whole matter into tie law courfs and
beyond the control of the white,yasb-
ing committee. Samuel i. GoOde-
nough, Superintendent of the Print
ing Department, has brought action
for libel against the Rev. John Lana
han, the Assistant Agent of the Con-
Germ, alleging that on several occasions
he had said that he (GOodenoughl was
a thief and had stolen from the Book
Concern thousands of dollars, and that
as superintendent he had been dis
honest in his transactions, robbed the
Concern of $50, 200 a year, and. to sum
it all up, was a villain and unfit to be
trusted. GOOdenough will now have
opportunity to show that he is not
what Lanahan asserts that he is. and
Il successful in that he wants So. OOO
TO cover damages to his character.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-19

IN 1865, South Carolina White,
more received 1z,467 votes for Con-
gress, against COvington, his antag-
Onist, 1I,0IS. In 1870 Whittemore is
sent back to Washington by 95O4
votes, against Dunn, who received
1889 votes. The falling off Of The
negro vote is accounted for by the fact
that 5000 negroes we're Disguised with
him and ashamed to vote. The re-
duction Of the white vote is supposed
to be the result Of a disposition to
give the rogue rope enough, and al
low Congress the pleasure of taking
him back TO its bosom.
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The quaint nom de plume "Roz -
which Dickens chose, had a charact4-
lstle origin. he had a voIn0er
brother, a supplemented and ere5n-
ious boy, whom it had pleased him to
baptize as Moses by reason of his
curious resemblance to the hero Of he
case Oigreei spectacles in Goldsmithjs
charming story of the YViear of Wake
Held." Their little sister, unable to
shape her lips to this name. called the
boy Boz" and Dickens, fascinated
by the dFOll syllable, adopted it a. he
mask Of his first literary effort. If
soon became too famous to serve if
original purpose.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-19

CROP REPORTS, Erc.--We would be pleased
10 receive from our friends in the country,
reports concerning theprospects Of thegrow-
ing crops. The importance of placing our
readers i'm possession of a thorough knowl-
edge of the actual prospect Of our aglieultu-
rad interests cannot be TOO highly estimated
and is so apparent that we viii gladly re-
reive any authentic reports of the condition
OF the crops for publication.
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H SINGER.
Hail, happy Junei June crowned with roses
June OF tue fairest Of fair Summer daysI
June with red roses twtning round your feet,
As you go smiling down your sunny ways.
The dewy morning, shaking her wet locks,
Rises rom on a bed of roses bright,
And gathering all her misty cloudlRud dOcks,
Glides Ger the hills out of the y~OuH4aaay's
sight.
The garden vines burst from the harsh re-
OF lattice bars, and through long heat and
Breathe out their life in odor sweet n faint.
Till the warm air CLOVIS with a pale pink
stain.
O., regal Junel o, rare aud rosy June!
We hardly hear the lightifaIi of your feet
TIL you burst Ou us In your golden noon,
They are SO muffied with the roses sweet.
Roses by low wlnds kissed caresstnzly;
Scattered and swept beneath the worlds
rude tread;
The land in jane time, bright as II can be,
Bushes in beauty ike a sweet rose red.
All, If this homely, human life of of ours
Gould always be as summer Is Ia June,
We. too, would die, like June, among the
Signing that death in Summer came so
soon .
For. though the roses and the songs are sweet,
We feel a faint chill shadow OF dismay
That all this beauty cover your retreat
As you go from Us on your brief, bright way.
A @ JUNE.
And is this all you have to prefer me
A little burst Of melancholy song;
Ne, who have beauty, grace and RANT glee,
And melody sweet as the day is longG
WIZ 40 xon hayaax o4oa+ os,. boot.a
And let the worldhear a new, joyful strain;
No time to moralize now, or be sad,
When the sweet Summer has come home
% again.
Sing of the beauty that lies all about
great grad world that loves its gladness
The great glad world that never is without
Some happiness TO outweigh every i'll
True, [ hat am called June-rose-bringing
June.
sweet.laughing June; the Darling Of the
Have my own grief that l must die so soon,
And leave my roses redly blowing here.
My life is bordered by SO brief a time
1hardly get accustomed TO nay place:
l hardly catch the poets graceful T Ayme
PraIsing the lovely beauty Of my zee
I must pass; and dearer days viii eeme,
And still my roses blossom white and red.
Not one sweet voice or choir grows
Because the Darling of the Year is dead.
Yet do l live with any less delight
The brief, bright time that is allotted me2
Is there less beauty in tie roses bright
a hang about my bosom, brow and knee?
Sing and be happyl Why the world is crossed
With ALI the rosy beauty of my feet;
JOY Is left, no sense OF pleasure lost, .
Because my life is brief as ii is sweet.
MILLIE W. CARPENTER
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THE unhappy lunatie, Mcfarland,
has been engaged, recently, in an eff
Tort to set aside the divorce obtained
by his wife. But he has also tried to
annoy her in another manner. The
Boston Herald learns from q private
source that he has ''endeavOred to
kidnap OF the children living with
Mrs. Richardson at WOOdsids. To
accomplish this noble deed a Woman
was hired, who haunted her house
until the mother was obliged to send
the child away from her reach. Mrs.
Richardson is still i'll with ehills and
fever, and says that the most mereifuI
thing Mcfarland could do would be
TO kill herr
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-19

THE proposed Convention at Nash
vile to make nominations for the Su-
preme Court, seems to meet with no
great favor, and it is doubted whether
any will be held. Probably this Dis
trict will be able without it to agree on
its own candidates, and all three
agree to support such candidates as
may be severally selected by each.
We expect within a few days to have
such information as viii enable US to
name the two candidates most in favor
with the people of West Tennessee,
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In his remarks upon Dickens snd
den death and the desirabiIity ~ o.
ing out Of the world in a twinFiiSo
Henry Ward Beeeher aid aH9
sneuld never pray that God would de-
hveraRlm rOm sudden death Hed ;d
not want to be like an Old barpaSs
tled up with tow strings. and slwavs
breaking, and always up for renairs
and always good for nothing"
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A STATEMENT is nov being pre-.
pared at the Treasury Department
which will show the total receipts and
expenditures of the Government since
its organization, March 4, 1889, to
June 80, 1869, a period of eighty years.
The total receipts from all sources
during this time were 81, 402, OOO, 900,
and the expenditures 81, 25O, OO0, 900.
The statement will show all the tinan-
cial operations of the Government,
increase and decrease of the debt at
various times, redemption of securi-
ties, ETC., OF every class. Another
statement is being prepared which
will show the quarterly receipts and
expenditures of the Government from
January, 1861, TO June 30, 1870; all dis
bursements on account of the war, etc.
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Rev. DR.. Tying on Crssds.

At a late meeting of the Evangelical
Alliance in New York, Rev. DIR. Tying,
Episcopal, said "thaJ he abhOrred
creeds, and should persistently resist
their introduction at their next meet
ing. He believed in a great noble
Catholic Christianity. He did not be-
Iieve in Episcopalianism or Presbyte-
rianism. 1t did not make a particle
of difference whether a Christian was
immersed all over or dipped in up to
his knees. He was an Episcopalian
because he was born one, and, never
having met anything better outside of
Il, he had never deserted it. He loved
bOundless liberty for Christians, He
wanted freedom to say what he
pleased. He believed that it madenO
difference about creeds, when Chris
tians die. IT asoul loves Jesus, Jesus
loves that SOUL"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-19

The number of divorces granted in
Connecticut in 1869 was 491, a greater
number than in any d Of the ten
years. since the statistics were record
ed. There was n couple divorcedin
1859 to each 81 of the marriages. in the
State. OF the 49I divorces granted
1914 were on the petitiono of the hus-
band and 37 on petition of the wife.
The causes alleged for the petitions for
divorces (many petitions giving sew
eraI causes) ares: adultery, 1877; fraud
ulent contract, 3; cruelty, ia; intem
perance, 119; misconduct, 254, /:
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OUR dispatches published on the
first page will be found of more than
usual interest to-day.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-19

THE st. Louis Democrat CRepubli-
cam MAKES an honest answer to the
Chicago Republican, which insists
there has been a falling off in the
Democratic vote in Oregon, not
withstanding the fact that the Demo-
Gratis carried the State. The Chicago
paper thinks there is a falling off OF
500 Democratic votes, and says a few
more such victories win end Democra-
cy in Oregon. The Democrat an
swers: We have carried the town of
Podunk by five majority; last year it
was only four; similar gains all over
the country viii give us the
next President" The st. Louis
paper is careful to note that
the full vote was not out, and fears
the effect of such encouraging argu-
ments and assurances. 1t is not a
precisely like our late Judicial
election, in which the Democrats
beat the enemy by a thousand less
than their own real strength.
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF TIE CITY.

FISHER AMES TYLER, lP,Etical Eds
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r n ENGLrsH. News. River, Commercial
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r. L JAMES,
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JUNE AND H SINGER.

MEMFHIs. TENN., June. &c.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-03
A Man-Licked to Death by Cows.

A fruit thief near Piusburg, on a recent
night fell from tree which he was plum
dcring, and on being found nearly naked,
covered with blood and near oeat, in the
morning, tod this singular story: BY this
full he was 90 severely injured that he
was UNCONSCIOUS, but he did not know
how long he remained 80. When he re-
cbvesed bis Consciousness he felt no pam,
but on attempting TO rise found that one
arm and one leg were paralyzed. He did
not call for assistance, for fear that he
would be arrested, And concluded that he
would remain until morning. lie soon
felt drowsy sensation, and would have
fallen asleep but for noise which
aroused HIM, and, on looking up, saw
two cows near by. The animals advanced
towards him, and one ofil.em commenced
licking his face and hands. He tried to
drive them away, but they had tasted the
bracklsh Precipitation which covered his
hands aud face, and he found it impossi
BILE TO frighien them. Ills tormentors
persisted in licking him, and finally CON-
imeHced tearing off his coat and flannel
shirt, ehus enlarging the exposed surface.
This Process was continued until his
body was Amost denuded, and The flesh
laceraied 10y the teeth Of the animals.
The licking with the iasp-like tongues
was continued uE.il blood OOzed from his
arms, breast and face, and the unfurtu-
nate victim sunk away from mere exhaus
ton. after using every exeriiOn in his
power TO keep the animals away. His
finders were convinced that the statement
was true, and II was corroboreled by the
appearance Of the nah.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-03
WAR NEWS.

LONDON. NoA. 1.-The departure of the
Empress from Chiselhurst was sudden
and unexpected. The Prince Imperial
will shortly follow her. SOme days prior
to her departure the Empress was con-
siantly receiving messages In cipher.
Everything proiends Bonapartist demon.
siration on a grand scale. The chances
of peace are more remote than ever.
LONDON. Nov. 1.-The statement of the
French officer of engineers concerning
the massacre uf lamished men. women,
and children before Metz by the Prussians
has been confirmed by official coInmunica-
lions published in the Independence dc
Mosciie.
LONDON, Nov. I.-Despatches Ivy the
under ground route are received here from
Paris TO the 9th ult. The city was well
supplied with vegetables of all kinds.
Flesh meat was regularly served 10 the
soldiers and people. The best of feeling
prevails. and there is no opposition To the
sentiment that Tie war must be carried
on I'LL Prussia proposes terms Of peace
that are at least honorable. Every night
the Russians, covered by darkness, at
tempt 10 construct q bridge across the
Seine. Every morning the fire from The
iorts demOlisEes their structure The &C
curacy Of the gunners is commended by
ell, friend and Zoe.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-03
THE STRIFE IN CHICAGO.

The papers and people in Chicago
appear to be acting as they " darned
please about political matters.
The Tribune and the Times are both
supporting John Wentworth for
Congress. There seems TO be a
grand citizens movement against
Irregular" nominations. John
Wentworth is Republican, and has
been a member of Congress in years
past. He has also been mayor of
Chicago. lie has come forth from
private life as an indeper dent can
tlidate fort Congress. lin order to
smash the states of both parties.
nay he rsaid of the'wis
dom or policy of the movement il is
certain that it Will win. 1t is quite
amusing to observe how sweetly
The Tribune and the Times work to-
gether, both in the interests of the
- dear people" Great is Chicago.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-03
THE FALL ONMETZ.

Tie fall of Metz took. place last
week. The whole nLmbdr ufpris-
oners taken by the Russians
amounted to $4,000, including
three marshals and 5000 officers
His places France in a perfectly
kelpess condition, as it releases the
Prussian1army numbering 100000.
This army can now move where it
pleases. The position of France is
now like tic position Of the South.
ern Confcderacy after the surrender
Of Lee. Bazaine,S Vino was i'm cean>
-nAndr at Metz, is one Of he best
generals France has. In short
time Paris will experiences me hor~
'rUrs bf 'fanIine, and tile Pruss!an
army VIII march into tire city and
dictate terms of peace. The Mise
policy for France is to give up the
struggle, as foreign powers refuse
to interfere. The Republic may live,
but exactly what Will be the result it
is impossible now to determine.
The spoiIs captured at Metz include
5000 guns, 100000 francs of
French war funds, and 100000
francs of'French civil government
funds. The French,
however, say" wEft6 the knife and
the knife to the hilt.''