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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-27
Editorial COntrOyersy---NO Vulgar
4 Epithets.

Two of the leading papers in this
State have recently been engaged in
a spirited cOntroYersy-One of them,
the Macon Telegraph and Messenger,
being a Democratic paper, and recOg-
nized As a party journal; the other,
the SAVANNAH Republican, an indie
pendent Journal disavowing party
ties, but nevertheless anti-republican,
and acting with the Democrats in OPP
position to the reconstruction of GeOr-
gia according to the Congressional
programme. One feature alone of this
spirited, we might say, indeed, acri-
mOniou5 controversy, We design no
ticing. Is is that thus far ''vulgar
epithets'' applied to, and imputatiOns
upon the political integrity of either
party, have not entered into the con-
troversy. The example is a good one,
and should teach some other journals
in the State, we care not to designate,
that resort to personal invective is not
necessary in political controversies,
and is in very bad taste. Even Demo-
Gratis will differ, and SO will the sworn
judges upon the bench, and the same
counsel for clients; then why may not
the press, advocating the same cause?
The spirit which denies this is a most
proscriptive one, and the spirit which
resorts to personal abuse, defamation
and denunciatiOn, while the argument
is progressing, or has failed to meet
the issue, is a most contemplate one.
In the heated controversy now pro-
crossing between our Savannah and
Macon contemporaries, we do not ex-
pect to see, nor have we yet seen, any
exhibition Of such a spirit. We were
at a Southern Commercial Convention
some years before the war, held in
Montgomery, of which the late dis
tingnished Ballard Preston, of Vir-
ginia, was a member. In addressing
that body, he made reference to a dis
tinguished Georgian but not by name.
He was interrupted by a member Of
the body who suggested, what we
shall term a nickname" for the
Georgian. Excuse me, sir" said
the great Virginia orator, 81 never in
dulge in vulgar epithets when speak
ing of a political opponent" The
gentleman who made the untimely
suggestion, wiIted, for the first time in
his life, we believe, and the Conven-
ton applauded.-AHaRta (GG.) Intel
I6geUaog
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WE hear that one or two of our
Irish fellow.citizens have seen fit in a
meeting held in some northern ward
to denounce the APPEAL. This little
tempest in a teapot set to boiling by a
few a~spirants for Office doesn't alarm
anybody. Irishmen are generally
sharp enough to see through that sell
fshness for which patriotism is a very
convenient cloak. Let US say tothose
noisy, selfish little demagogues that
public offices, especially those non
political in their character, We're ere
ated not for Irishmen or Americans,
or Democrats or Republicans, but are
maintained by the people to secure
personal and property rights land those
citizens who have the best reputation
and capacity should fill them. For such
offices we must always vote for those
candidates whom we deem most
worthy. The fact that one was lucky
enough tobe born on the island which
gave birth to Emmett and Burke and
Grattan and to the richest Inasters-o 81
song and eloCuence, by no means en-
titles him to any local Office or dis
qualities him for it. Such matters
should not be thought of. The Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany selects the best men possible to
fill clerical positions, and Shelby
county WOULD be richer bysa half a
million or more and taxation lighter
by half if partizanship had never in
tervened in the conduct of county and
municipal governments. The APPEAL
was right when it sought the good of
the great mass of the people, and
urged the election of the best and
truest men. 1t has made no
war upon Irishmen and referred dis
respectfully to none of the race, and if
the ranting bilious orators who roared
so vehemently at the little meeting of
hangers-on of place hunters insist
that we referred to Irish candidates,
we can only say that the suspicion is
more unjust and injurious to certain
Irish aspirants than to the APPEAL.
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III FINAL


FRo "a TALE or ETERNITY" BIZ GERALD
MASSEY.
From end 20 end Of things we may not see,
Nor square the circle OF eternity;
But I cannot believe in endless he'll
And heaven side by side. How could d dwell
Among the saved for thinking Of the iOstR
With such a lot the bIest would sufer most.
sitting at feast all In a golden home,
Iha lowered over d~ungeOn-grates OF DOOM,
Ny heart would ache for All the lost that 90
To wall . weep in everlasting woe.
Through all the music / must hear the moan,
TOosharp for aiithe harps d heaven tOdrown-
7 think heaven viii not shut fofevermore
Without a knOeker left upon the door,
Lest some belated Wanderer should come,
H~eart-Droken. skiing lust to die at home,
80 that the Father Will at last forgive,
And looking az His face that soul shall live.
think there Will be watchmen through the
night,
Lest any, afar on, turn TO the light;
That he who loved Us Into lie must be
A father infinitely fatherly.
And grOping for Him, these shah find their
way
From outer dark, through twilight into day.
Dear God. Il seems to me that love must be
The missionary Of eternity!
Must sin find work, in worlds beyond the
grave,
50 long as there's a single sonI to save:
Must. from the hlguest heaven. Vearu 10 tell
Thy m~essage-be the Christ to dsFk he'll;
That all divergent lines at feugfn VIII meet
To make the claspiug round OflOVe complete
The rift twixt sense and spirit will be healed.
Ere the kedeemers work be crowned aud
sealed;
Evil shall die like dung about the root
OF good, or climb converted into mutt
The discoFds cease, and All tbefrstrife shall be
Resolved in one vast, peaceful harmony.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-27

UNDER the Fifteenth Amendment
the black vote throughout the United
States will not be less than eight hun
dred thousand. Their power in the
South, and the unbroken solidity Of
this voting force in the South, is thor
oughly understood. We e what it
has achieved in Mississippi and South
Carolina. The race is a unit at the
ballot-box, and all those pretty falla-
cies in which the Democratic Senator
from Indiana recently INDUCED in his
New Orleans speech, dreaming, as he
did, of the absorption of black votes
by the Democracy, were the emptieSt
decisions. The line of demarcation
between the races is too distinct. 1t
is a mightier than Chinese wall, or
than Alps or Apprentices, and con
stitutes a gulf broader and deeper
than that which Dives contemplated
as described in. Holy Writ. In the re-
lations of partisanship the two peo-
pies will remain as distinct and wide
ly separated as they are in faces and
peculiarities of race. The Senator
from Indiana is a very proper Demo-
crat, but never, as he would persuade
US, should the Democratic platform
be modified in order to achieve an i'm
possibility.
There are, under the amendment,
1900 negro votes in Connecticut; in
New York, 10000; in New Jersey,
5000; in Pennsylvania, 10000; Della
ware, 5000; Maryland, $4,000. Even
Kentucky, now having a Democratic
majority of 40,0OO, may be revolution
lied by this terrible black rabble.
Each of these States would surely be
carried by Radicalism in the next
elections if there were not an inherent
weakness in the strongest black ma
The stronger the colored voters the
more certain the speedy consolida-
ton of all whites. The access of 1900
black Radicals to the party's strength
in Connecticut will drive 5000 Radi-
cal whites into the embraces of De-
mocracy. 1t is the negro element
that constitutes the great cohesive
force of Democracy in our local cleo
to-day. The true policy of the
Democratic party consists in adhesion
to its declaration of fidelity to a
mans government. Radical
ism sought partisan strength by in
vesting blacks with privileges of
they are, and must ever be, ut
terly unworthy. The party Numbered
and of a truth, in this instance, the
blundor was a heinous crime. The
ballot box has been shamelessly pol
Iuted, and partisanship, in the
States, consists in pur-
and sales as openly made as
those that formerly occurred in negro
slave marts. Political association
with blacks must be deemed as dis
graceful, and will be eschewed as care
July, as personal fellowship. DemOc-
racy has nothing to gain and every
hing to lose by concessions of princi-
pie. constitutional amendments don't
make right of wrongs and outrages,
md the very fact that there are enough
black voters in all the doubtful States
% WELD the balance of power, will
,ause the accession of multitudes Of
white Radicals 10 the Democratic
He who is the favorite of
blacks is Stunned by whites.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-27

THE Louisiana Legislature incorpo-
rated a company with a capital of fifty
millions to perfect the levees of the
Mississippi from Cairo to New Or
leans. On the levees a railway is to
be superimposed. The designers of
this scheme may know little of facts
which surely render success by no
means certain. 1t is asserted that no
levee can be safely used as a road bed.
When the river rises-and rests against
an earthen ernbankment the water
p%ercolates through the loan which
absorbs moisture like a sponge. "A
passing railway train might make the
track spread or the whole superstruc-
ture sink beneath it. When super
abundant waters restagainst the levees
a hOrseman is not.permitted to use it
as a road way. There may be weeks
during each year when the floods Of
the Mississippi, constantly rising
higher as the railways progressed on
n or both shores Of the river, and as
the water is hedged in, may render
the use Of the road bed unsafe or i'm
possible. Gentlemen of this city who
contemplate the task of constructing
a railway line to Vicksburg do not
propose, for reasons suggested, to be-
come beneficiaries of the legislation of
Louisiana, and the road they would
build will not share its benefactions.
1t is supposed that Mississippi will
hardly deal less generously with this
scheme, which gives Memphis another
most valuable road, than Louisiana.
Very certainly many Of our wealth
lest, most thoughtful and energetic
citizens have undertaken to cOnsum-
mate the plan of operations defined
in the charter granted by Tennessee,
eDntemplates the construction
Of a river road to Vicksburg.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-27
WOman's Burdens Lightsr

1t is a common saying that "a wo-
mans work is never dOne,Tl and fbo
saying is too true. From early dawn
to dewy eve, and often far in the
silent hours OF the night, woman
always finds work for her busy hands.
ana mus 1t Is that she sometimes is
heard TO exelaim that she /" ReUer has
q moment 10 call her Oun." Work and
toll by day-tOil and work By night
unceasing drudgery-Often lily paid
Tor or unTequited. But science has
come to wOman's aid, and in a great
degree hghtened her burdens. Wheel
er & Wilson Lave proved themselves
4 true Trend of WOmankind, and by
lnVenSIng and ~Perfeeting their sewing
machines, are entitled to the proud
appellation of wOman's b~enefactOr.
1t were needless for us to more than
call the readers attention to the
Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines.
In this community their superior
merits are too well known to need
any praise from US, and in all cOmpe-
titiOn throughout the world they have
stood the test, and to-day stand before
the country tithOda q superior in pub
lie estimation.
Now, it should not be with any
man a question of dollars and cents,
whether he will have q sewing ma
chine or not; for it is, whether ne so
regards it or not, a question of length
of life and happiness to those in
whom he is most interested-his OlC9
family. At No. 256 Second street,
Block, a machine can be OBJ
tanned by paying ten dollars per
month. No man, however moderate
means, can longer have an excise
denying his family the blessing Of
q sewing machine.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-27
Lost Steamships.

The New York Times, in an article
on the missing steamers City Of BO5-
ton and Schmidt, gives the following
particulars of similar losses at sea-:
The President, which left New York
March II, 1881, having among her
passengers Tyrone Power, the come
dian, a son of the Duke Of Richmond,
andsOtheT noted persons, is in this dis
NAL catalogue, and so is the City of
Glasgow, lost in 1854, and the Pacific
in 1856; but we recOllect no other yes
sells of similar character that have
so vanished and left not a rack be-
hind" Consequently, the chances
would seem to be that as In the cases
of the trOOpship Birkenhead, and the
packets st. George, Central Amer
lea, Sarah Sands, Austria, Anglo
Saxon and London, a greater or less
number Of the passengers Of the two
missing craft may have been saved.
Such, it win be remembered, was also
the fact as regards the Lady Elgfn,
sunk by collision on Lake Michigan,
September s, 1860. OF her 3S5 passen-
gers, 27 persisted, among whom were
Mr.. Herbert Ingram, NJ. P, the
founder Of the Illustrated London
Ne9CS, and his son. OF the passengers
and crew of the Hungarian, on the
other hand, which was wrecked on
the coast Of Nova Scotia, February IS,
Of the same year, all on board were
lost.
The Birkenhead, wrecked Off ST.
mons Bay, South Africa, February
26, 1862, lost 454 and saved Isl. The
st. George, which was bound from
Liverpool to New York, and was de-
strOyed by fire at sea, December p,
1862, lost 81, while 20 were rescued
and taken to Havre by the American
ship Orlando. The Central America,
which fOundered on her way from
a. Jana to New York, September u,
1859, carried 57S persons, of whom
only 1j2 were saved. OF the 53S on
board the Austria, burned in the mid
die Of the Atlantic, September 10, 1858,
but g. survived.
The Sarah Sands, which sailed from
Portsmouth for Calcutta in August,
1861, took fire in November, and
afterwaTd experienced a tremendous
gale, carried all on board safely into
port. The AnglO-SaxOn, wrecked on
a reef Off Cape Race during a dense
fog, April y, 1863, lost 237 out of 446
individuals. The London, which
foundered in the Bay of Biscay, jan
uary II, 1866, on the passage from.
England to Melbourne, lost 30 lives,
among whom were DR.. WOOlfey,
Principal OF the University Of Sydney,
and Mr.. G.. V. Brooke, the tragedian.
Two instances have befallen during
the past few years, when the roman
tic incident, so much used by novel
lists and dramatists, Of a single life
being saved from among all on board
q lost ship has really been exempli-
fed. These were in the cases of the
DalhOusie, wrecked off Beachy Head,
October 10, 1852, and the Dunbar,
wrecked off Sydney, August 20, 1857
In the latter instance the survivor
was thrown by a gigantic wav into a
tiny aperture high up in the face Of a
p~recipice-the chance of such a thing
occurring being about the same as
that Of throwing a pea into a nail
hole In the side of a wall-Where he
lay insensible for many hours but was
finally discovered and saved by adar-
ing fellow, who caused himself to be
let down from the top Of the activity
by ropes.
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LIE BOZ wirH THE HICKORY sHIRT.

SUGGESTED BY THE GIRL WITH THE CALICO
- - DRESS"
A fig for your upper-ten boys,
With their canes and cigars and eyeglasses,
Their dandiied airs and soft eyes,
Winking down on each girl that passes;
They may guzzie elambahe and champagne,
And pride in their very high birth;
But give me the lad that goes plain
The boy with the hickory shirt.
He is round as a barrel, M brown
As h peach ia mid-autumn sun;
From the sole OF his foot TO his crown,
He is brimful Of frolic and fun.
Not afraid Of hard work or Of cold,
He IS fearless and rough without hurt;
His hOnOrs as good as pure gold
The boy with the hickory shirt.
say his big heart cannot beat
With kindness for parents and brothers,
Would picture his traits Incomplete,
If his sisters shared not with the others.
In fact, he's a broth OF a blade,
l can't fathOm how much he is worth;
But the poo girls fortune is made
That gets Jim with h hickory shirt.
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LONELINESS.

1t is not your neat dress, your ex-
pensive shawl, or your pretty figure,
that attracts men of sense. They look
beyond these. 1t is the true loneliness
of your nature that wins and con-
tinues to retain the affections of the
heart. Young ladies sadly miss it
who labor to improve the outward
while they bestow not a thought
on their minds. Fools may be won
byI gew gaws and fashionable snowy
dresses, but the wise and substantial
are never caught in such traps. Let
mOdesty be your dress. Use pleasant
and agreeable language, and you may
not be eourted by the fOp and sOt, but
the good anu truly great will love to
in your steps, The result viii
be your infinite gain.
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THE DAILY

Il sent by mail to subscribers, one year, $40;
six months, IS 90; less han six months, 81
Per month; with SUNDAY EDITION, So a year,
Served by carriers anywhere in the city and
suburbs at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS per week
Sunday edition included.
TEE WEEKLY APPEAL,
Published every Wednesday morning, is sent
- subscribers at g 50 year; 10 clubs OF two
or more 81 "a year.
We have no travelling agents. Remittances
most be by dran or postofhce order. Money
g. the risk of the sender.
ADVERTISING RATES,
In the DAILY APPEAL, s4per square, % cents
per line. or 10 cents per line, according 10
place. In the WEEKLY, one-half the rates OF
the DAILY. Advertisements inserted in the
SUNDAY APPEAL, are charged oRe-sixth adj
ditiOnsl 10 above rates. Terms: Cash In adj
vance.
CORRESPONDENCE,
Containing important NEWS, solicited from
any part OF the Globe. Writer'S name and
address required on every communication as
private guarantees OF good faith.
All letters on business should be addressed
TO TEE APPEAL; and communications and
letters for publication. EDITORS APPEAL,
APPEAL BUILDING,
~ UHIsu street, Memphis, Tenn
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-27

DIR. WEIDERHOLD communicates a
simple means of distinguishing linen
from cotton threads in yarns and It's
sues. Ifyou untwist a linen or cotton
thread slowly and carefully, seizing
each end with your hands, then tear
it asunder with a gentle pull, and OBJ
serve the ends formed by the tear, it
will be noticed that the cotton thread
is parted with much more ease than
the linen one, and its long, stretched
ends have a curled, winding appear
ance, like the shoots of certain plants,
while the linen thread generally
breaks off short, the ends looking like
small brushes, consisting of straight
threads.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-27

A pupil of the public schools, during
his parsing exercise, came to the word
with" which he boldly declared ga
noun" "You have never seen it
used as SUCH" replied the teacher.
"But / have, though" confidently re-
torted the young hopeful. "Where?"
&" Doesn't the Bible say, Bind me
with seven lCiths, and L shall be as
another man." The teacher was
Vanquished.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-27

Anew months ago it was charged
that the APPEAL was a Catholic jour
nal. Now it is accused Of being on
the Protestant side. We shall not
deign to answer in either case what
no one has a right to ask, or whether
we belong. to either side. We publish
a newspaper, but that news we are
not yet ready to give to the public.
1t is our province to attend to politics
and business, and not to religious mat
tiers. If any of our friends want SER
vices we can render them, we r on
both sides enough for that. We adj
vocate neither, but shall be happy to
extend all courtesy and service to
both.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-27

Some time since a gentleman died
who, during life, refused to believe in
any future punishment. Two or three
weeks after his demise his wife re-
ceived, through a medium, a commu-
nication which read as follows: "Dear
wife, l now believe. Please send me
my thin clothes and a barrel of Ice
water.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-27

IT is now asserted by the London
Spectator that Xantipps was a model
of dOeile amiability, who bore with
angelic meekness, Socrates abOmina-
bic goings ON with that brazen bag
gage, Aspasia; and that it was Myrtle,
the philosophers first wife, who hay-
ing married him for money naturally
flung her a~ristOeratic connections she
was descended from Aristides) Ia his
teeth, and made a terrible time over
his having a night key,
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never yet decided that either claimant
entitled to the property. Different
Secretaries of the Interior and Attorney
Generals since 1882 have decided that the
springs are the property OF the Govern
ment, but their decisions do not seem to
have had any weight in the settlement of
the question.
The Louisville GoRrier-.IoHradt says:
The new bridge across the Ohio river was
built with,a view of not only accommo-
dating ens railroad company, but all
those centsring, and that may hereafter
center, at the cities OF the fall of the Ohio.
Within tho next few weeks the Ohio and
Mississippi and the Louisville, New Al
bany and Chicago railroad companies viii
run trains, both passenger and freight,
over this Immense structure, showing
that its capacity for transportation is fully
equal for what it was designed.
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aoN "a TALE or ETERNITY" BY GERALD
MASSEY.
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HFTEHL DStADtNug
"a UHIau street, Memphis, Tenn
, 1870-12-29
EpTroR.s TABLE


The helEsy eeaEnh@ beeH spEPlifO
oht for our table which. unused to holding
much else than confused mass of printed
and blank paper and a 1PsDeilGtRo.-fsily
grOaped unoer the weight of friendly tribe
utes That were laid upon it during the past
week. NHA HiLcdIOH
We had scsrcely recovered from the
glad surprise of Christmas fpskey. when
enEe<press package from Port Discovery
came in. 1t proved to be 4 bottle of the
finest brandy IaI&b btEEh dsasbsIa4k kwsR-
manly proprietor q, the Port Discovery
Hotel, Mr.. John ,Pugh. whose hospitality
and genial ssApet are sxsil known.
The next in order vas 8 pair of fowls.
from Commodore Hu4t.rq ihe GOsmopOli-
tan and from his lady an excellent cake
and a couple of bottles Of wine. These
aflv0rs extended 81 rs, by tPe proprietor
of this d3ffasyyfdly POPulsr hotel. and by
the amiable hostess, his wife, are only
equalled by the courteous attention and
kindness bestowed on their guests.
We acknowledge the compliments Q0f
The maasgeFs Of the Christmas tree, ten
dered through DR.. Hill. in the shape Of a
handsome cake. We thank 56d for the
laiPd regqsS|9RFsspser egqsS|9RFsspser YaTzyoo
, 1870-12-29

ANOTHER GoEE.-sesend Lisutenant
George Bakeman has bSen detached from
the Revenue Steamer lincoln. and ordered
to reporto at the Custom House in San
Francisco; for service on board the Waya
anda. ? Lieut.. Bakeman lefl by the oiym-
pia on Wednesday morning. The num-
Der of officers has been reduced on board
the cutter FROM ten t6aiifey since her a9il
val from the hsfthaHitilt edo hotthiplI
the efiSlehey Of the sssssbis aeersaas4 by
this reduc ion. Eo Mr. Bakemdn, hes the
goo wishes of large circle Of friends for
bis future " Reil lArH hid dhdppibEGkQ
, 1870-12-29
-sY bna 8TisFgiTI "a

THE KsoE WAS TIEBsTfEarIy on We'd
nesday mOrning-ere the day had fairly
be gan to spin its course a-certain publican
might haFs been Sssp PObbipg about like
a marto~fat pea NPohA heated giidaISy
locking for some one TO I" tea knot, At
last the Jealous searcher found the man in
The person Of the2aeeOpmodating Probate
Jpdge Of. Island county, and snmmoning
Capt, Starr and C., Chisholm, ESQ.,, 10
forthwith appear aud Bear witness to the
adt Of tying, all four Proceeded to a room
il the Union Hotel, and there, in the cold
grey of morning, close beside the hollow
sounding tide, and hurried by the impa-
tient screaming of the steamers whistle,
the Office was performed, and two hearts
were, melted into OneO and two souls made
very happy. o q n