Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-15

doubt. the delicate compliment thus
paid in recognition of his ine5tima-
Bile services. 1t is claimed by his I'M
mediate family that his health has
materially improved, and that strong
hopes are entertained of its complete
restoration. He went to New York a
few DAYS ago to consult ex-Surgeon
! General Hammond, who gave his
case a thorough examination, and IN
timated that proper medical treat
ment might possibly prolong his LIE
some fifteen or twenty years. But,
for all the doctors may say, BroWn-
lows appearance would indicate to
| the most casual observer a rapid ex-
haustion Of vitality. His disease Is OF
a nature almost certain to terminate
suddenly and unexpectedly. This
appears to be fully RcOgnized by
BrownlOw, who is as tOuchy" on
the subject as he is callous to political
abuse. A stray paragraph from some
Tennessee paper predicting his early
/ demise provokes him more than
would a thousand murderOus mis-
/ siyes from the blOOd-thirsty Ku-Klux.
/ But he will die in harness. There are
| not a few who predict that Old Proc's
last breath will be drawn in his Sena-
tOrial chair,
IT is generally understood at Wash
! inptop that BrOwnlOw has compare
lively little influence with the ExeSa=
. tive or heads of Departments. HIS
/ health has prevented his toadylng 10,
or even calling upon Grant, and q
latter don't like that sort OF way, pre-
] ferring men who, if they cannot serve,
! will at least hatter or amuse him. VI
LB4e. however, the President has be-
90, ne anxious as to the fate OF the St.
DonTtngo annexation project, and, to
secure Brownlow's vote, sent word
that he' I" would do anything for him
within his power" This, we hear,
| did not appear to please Old Proc, who
growIed out that if Grant was Presi-
/ dent. he was the Senator from Ten
nessee. and would not soon forget the
| slights which had been put upon
him" Again, not many days ago, a
| lady. the widow of an officer who was
killed in the Union cause, called upon
! Secretary Boutwell, with a strong IN
/ dorsement from BrOWnlOw in favor OF
/ her aDpointment to a clerkship in the
Treasury Department-the first re-
quest of this kind that BroWnlow q
aver made of Boutwell,. The latter
| treated neither the lady nOr the ap-
n~lication with the respect they
merited. and escaped through the
lOophOIe always accessible to red tape
ism-"N No vacancy" We are led by
This suggestive little incident to men
ton the Blue Book, which loyal
SOutherners generally, and Tennessee
PadieaIs DarficuIarIv. insist is with
held for the plain and simple reason
that the Administration is AFRAID to
publish it, as the party in the South
will then be made aware in black and
white how miserably they have been
rewarded by Grant and Congress. 1t
is true enough that but a mere intin-
itesimal share of the lOaves and
fishes at Washington have fallen to
the Tennessee branch OF the happy
famiIv' now in possession. The offices
dOled out to them have been inva-
riabIy few, far between the very re-
4 verse of lucrative.
Z FOWLER.
In spite of the attempt made by the
extremists of his party to read out !"
| Senator Fowler, he holds his own
wonderfully well. Ever since the ex-
element over the impeachment con-
| spiracy died out, he has been steadily
regaining the ground lost by his vote
in favor Of Andrew johnson. Within
! the past few weeks he has made sew
/ eral speeches, chiefly on topics con-
nected with reconstruction and
| finance, which have been listened to
with respectful attention, and favor
Ably commented upon for the sound
- and c~learness of their views. He
is Generally regarded as a safe man.
In the Departments, however, where
the Radical element of his party have
full control, he does not appear to have
much influence.
MAYNARD.
Maynard, as far as we learned, Is the
only nigh tariff man in the Tennessee
delegation. He contends that manu-
sactures can never be successfully es-
aSIished in the South without prOtec-
ton. Owing to his cold, unsympa-
thizing nature he has few or 40 per-
sonal friends. While his ability and
long Congressional experience rank
him among the leaders Of his party, he
is talked of as a sour, disappointed
man, whose ambitious aspirations are
as little likely to be fulfilled in the fu-
ture as they have been in the past.
STOKES.
The attempted removal Of Colonel
Blackburn, United States Marshal for
the District of Middle Tennessee
move which appears to have been
| thwarted by the official Interested
was intended to destroy the rather
limited official influence now welded
by Stokes. 1t was proven to President
Grant that Stokes was opposed to
him, tooth and tOe-nail, In the Chi
cago Convention, while the Hero of
! Calf Killer has been so fierce and per-
sistent in his denunciations of the
carpet-baggers as to have incurred the
bitter hatred of their entire represen-
tation in Congress. But little urging
was necessary to induce Grant to
make the change in favor of Colonel
| Harrison, and within ten minutes
after the nomination had been sent in
Senator Spencer had it called up and
confirmed. This occurred during the
executive session of the 4th instant.
| The idea was to demonstrate the polit-
ical insignificance of Stokes, by re-
moving from Office the man upon
MAlDoE dDBNAnbA4CAN hO "a AAOoe
strongly insisted. If the Senate has
really reconsidered its action, such a
course could have been taken only
after the most obstinate resistance on
the part of the carpet-bag Senators
and Representatives.
ARNELL.
ArneII is chairman of the Commit
tee ON Education and Public Labor,
now engaged in investigating the off,
ciai conduct Of that sanity warrior,
General o. o. Howard. We heard
rom a member of the committee that
serious charges would probably be
preferred against the Confederate
tanner for alleged populations in con-
nection with the distribution of the
Freedmen's Bureau fund in Tennes-
see. His experience in handling our
State school fund doubtless eminently
qualified him for still higher flights.
Should, however, the charges above
referred to be established, a nice little
nroyision made for his future comfort
must be Iamentably upset. 1t was he
that introduced the bill under which
Eaton was appointed Commissioner of
Education. Now, what could posi-
hlv fit better than for Arneli, after re-