Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-21
THE NEWS.

There are 4,72S,514 acres of public
lands in Mississippi, according to the
report of the Secretary Of the Interior.
General HarnEy is in favor of forcing
Indians dismounted and disarmed
upon reservations, and holding them
there by military power. This does
seem like the only method Of reaching
q settlement of this vexed question.
An Immigrant Home is TO be built
at Nicksburg. The City Council, at a
recent meeting, appointed commit
lee TO select suitable building iJr
that purpose, and 10 take such meas
ures as might be necessary 10 est2D-
llsh the Home.
The lie was passed in the Spanish
COrtes a few davs since. the Carlist
Deputies charging that in the recent
elections MANY of their candidates
were defeated through the interference
of the Government. This was pro-
nOunced false, and q scene of wild
confusion followed.
1t is said that Butler intends to call
for all unpublished correspondence
relative to the Paraguayan war for the
Information of the country, and that
some portions of it substantiate the
statement heretofore made, that the
American Legation was subjected TO
the indignities by the allies.
A warning is conveyed 10 irregular
and careless |bOOk-keepers, ia recent
decision Of Judge BlatchlOrd, Of New
York. who refused to grant discharges
in bankruptcy to two merchants, be-
csuse their account books were 50
kept as to make il impossible to tell
how their business affairs were con-
Quoted.
The salaries of the Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court Ofthe United States
and of the Associate Justices are pro-
posed to be raised TO Sl2, 900 and Sl0,-
H00 Der annum, that of the Circuit
Judges TO sc, 500, and Of the District
Judges 10 S5,G00. Men of all parties /
viii unite in the recognition of the
propriety of this increase. The bill
ought TO pass mem con.
For the first time in several months
the name Of PeTe Hyacinthe comes
over the cable. A Paris dispa tch says |
he has been silent since his return, and /
that it is asserted on reliable authority /
that he Will be relieved by the Pope 1
from the obligations Of his vows as a |
Cermelite Monk, and be permitted to /
continue in holy orders as an ordinary |
priest. Doubtful.
The Radicals in Illinois have been |
plucking that State to a shameful and /
enormous extent. The appropriations |
of 1867 were Sl,S89, ,725 &c, and the /
cost Of the Legislature $27g, lT9, while /
in 1869 the appropriations amounted /
TO S3,565, ,257 2L and the cost Of the /
Legislature TO $}70, 600. In this man /
ner nearly six millions Of dOllnrS |
were distracted from the treasury in |
Two years.
Referring TO Satrap Ames' state |
ment that Mississippi has become too 1
Radical for JEFF. Davis, the Macon, |
(Ga.) Telegraph and Messenger OBJ
serves: "'Every dog has his day. 1
ssys the pr0berb. Ii is Ames' day
now. thanks 10 the shameless and
use of his bayOnets. Let
him wait FIVE years, though, and see
how the whirligig of time viii treat
him and his schemes"
The PaviiiOnin which the San Fran
cisco jubilee is to be held will seat I5,-
coo persons. The drum to be used in
the orchestra will be eight feet in di-
ametef and three feet four inches high.
The grand organ is a novelty, having
a limiiSd number of pipes, but those
Of the heaviest kind of base, to form
the requisite rumble and thunder as
an accompaniment for the grand or
chestra, and a majestic support for the
multitude of chOruses.
The New York EreRinQ Post OF !
Tuesday saws: The American Free
Trade League viii hold a meeting on
February 24th, ia the Hall
Of the Open Board Of Brokers, in
Broad street, at three O'Clock in the
afternoon. We understand that a
number Of members OF Congress have
promised TO address the meeting; one
Of the most eminent merchants of this
city viii preside: and Of the import
lnce Of the object of the meeting We
need not speak.
Seventeen years ago when Napoleon
III. visited Bordeaux, he was received
by the Project of the Department,
very tall, powerfully built man Of
winning manners, beside whom the
Emperor was a dwarf. side by side
the drOye through the city. Pre-
feet, said Napoleon, "the citizens
seem 10 regard their Preiect and for
get their Emperor" "Sire," was
The cOurtly reply, "when a regiment
Is marching the crowd is always
struck with the drUm-majOr, but il IS
lot 10 be concluded they forget the
General IN command" This Prefect
ifterWard became Baron Haussmann.
The New York Evening Telegraph
avs: EuniCe Redman, the daughter
lf a Jackson county farmer, was
weakened the other night by pecu-
lar noise under her chamber window. .
Peering out, she saw man slowly as
sending a ladder which he had placed
IN position with the evident intention
II entering her apartment. Being a
young lady of spirit and resolution, 1
he instantly decided on her course of
action. Keeping out OF sight and very
Iuiet unal the man was some fifteen
eet from the ground, she leaned out,
yrasped the top 81 the ladder, and in
itantlv threw il over. The fellow
savea veil Of horror which aW0ke the
male members Of the family, who, or
rushing to the scene of the midnight
disturbance, captured a stranger with
, broken leg, and having on his per
5on sundry burglars tools and deadly
u-nor.pna