Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-19
POLITICAL.

The Indian country will certainly be
organized as a territory, under the name
of Oklahoma.
DR.. John Kirkwood, of Little Rock, is a
candidate for Congress from the Third
Arkansas District.
Prominent members of the administra-
ton rave proposed that the office of Sec
rotary of the Navy be abolished, and that
its duties devolve upon the Wan Depart
ment.
Ex-Congressman Whittemore has been
Endorsed by a crowd Of Charleston Radi-
Gals. That's what might be called, in
commercial parlance, guilt-edged pa
per-"
Brick Pomeroy wants John MOrrissey's
seat in Congress, and has taken his scalp
ing-knife in hand to get it. He thinks
the pugilistic John personally a first
rate fellow" but incompetent.
Emery, a Reform candidate, has been
accepted by the anti-Bowen men Of Wash
ingtOn as their nominee for mayor. Bowen
is the corruption, negro candidate, and
may be defeated.
Toe McCreery-Stevenson correspond
ence continues. The COurier-JOurnaL of
Tuesday publishes a three column letter
from Senator McCreery, and calls it in
teresting reading. We feel sorry for its
readers.
In several towns in Vermont the Re-
publicans and the Democrats are uniting
in their calls for caucuses to nominate
delegates to the State Constitutional Con-
ventiou, thai the best men may be select
ed regardless Of political opinions.
Hatcher, who does the witty business
of the UHrier-J0RrHGL since the death of
Prentice, gets OFF this good thing: w
have long been tired of this Sioux Indian
business, but now that General Augur
has been sent out there, we may expect
to be bored worse than ever"
The Fort Smith Herald of the I4th
saws: "We understand that at the next
election there will be no county officers
to elect in this State; they are all the ap-
pOintess of Governor Clayton. and hold
over till 1872. The election will only be
for members of Congress and members of
the State Legislature. Have we a repub-
lican form of government"
A species of brigandage has been COM
menced by the Indians of Texas. They
abduct the wives and daughters of white
men i'll that section and hold them for
ransom. This fact has been reported to
the Government, but as yet no steps have
been taken to punish the Unprecedented
rufiaEs. Reason why, because Texas is a
Southern State.
= Mr.. Covode, NJ. c., of Pennsylvania,
said the other night in a debate on the
tariff: 1.-THE House is Disguised and the
country is Disguised with the tariff bill.
We have begun at the wrong end. We
SHOULD have gone to work and reduced
the internal revenue taxes. The people
do not care about duties on imports;
they want the internal revenue taxes re-
dueed.
The Philadelphia Age SAYS: "In city
and country the Democratic party is a
unit in opposition to the fraudulent and
infamous Fifteenth Amendment. There
Is not a break in the line. No Democrat
Is absent from his post. All are ready for
the contest to again make this a white
mans country, a white mans govern
ment, and an inheritance fit for the chill
dren Of white men,"
The prevalence of lawlessness in Massa-
chUsetts, which has been mentioned as a
reason for re-constructing the old COM
mOnwealth, is confessed by some of the
leading newspapers published within its
borders. In the month of April, as we
learn from one of the Boston journals,
there were no less than 997 arrests in that
city alone for violations of law, and,
shocking as it may appear, nearly halt of
the criminals were N 1t is doubt
full if any State in the South can match
this record Of a single Northern city.
Grant has been very gruf with enter
viewers" since his late visit to his accom-
brOther-in-law, Mr.. .Corbin, and
other shining Northern lights. The new
York World hints that things did not
work altogether smoothly in respect to
arrangements for contracts" pre-
dicted upon a prospective Indian war.
Doylestown Democrat thinks his
Excellency should, nevertheless, be con-
for although "he is the LATEST
man that ever occupied the Presidential
chair, he has already contrived to make
more clear money out of the position
any ten Presidents we have ever
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