Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-23
PERSONAL.

Graq'g German Opera Troupe is
singing in Selma, A..
Charles Mathews, the actor, receives
$4,000 for his two years engagement
in Australia,
observation-disclosures CumbaGk, who
declined the Portuguese mission, also
declines the mission to the Hague.
General George 3. Mcclellan has
been elected first director CT the Hud-
son Highland Suspension Bridge
Company.
NJ. Besellirlzsy, the Russian violin
list, has been playing a concerto of his
own composition at the Concerts Pop
ulsires, and has taken the fancy Of
the Parisians.
Mr.. G. II. Gibson hiss sold mis- inter-
est in the Montgomery 1t0H establish
ment TO ALr. A. 4. Henderson and Mr.
A. b. Fanniu, jr., late Of Tuskegee,
Colonel HOdges0n continues his con-
DectiOn with the editorial department..
The Nashville Union and Anericaa
Of Sunday says: We had the pleas
ure OF meeting our excellent friend
Rev, W. &. johnson, editor of that
able and useful paper the Memphis
AGUOcGte. I'VE rejoice TO learn that
his paper is meeting with liberal
patronage and still increasing"
General J. Bankhead Magruder,
having determined to settle in New
Orleans. has formed Eu association
with Mr.. Francis slOu1ey iGr the pur-
pose OF conducting q general cOIninis-
sion agency in that city, under the
style ana tr1y2 of Magrader, MOuney
d Co.
The handsome and highly gifted
Miss Romero, sister Of The former
Minister from Mexico, now Secretary
Of the Treasury of Mexico, has arrived
in Washington. She comes from Mex
leo for the purpose Of entering the
Convent Gf the Sacred Heart in that
city. She will shortly take the veil
and become nun.
General Nilliams, who married
Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas, was rotated
by a recent transfer order from his
pleasant desk in the Adiutant Gene
RAILS Office, to the Pacific coast, but
''on secoad thought" the President
modified the edict, and the General
viii now reside in RichmOnd.
The election of Gen. Geo. B. Crit
tenden as State Librarian Of Kentucky,
Is gratifying compliment to a worthy
and distinguished citizen; and NJ
though he was a Confederate officer,
there vet were fund four Republicans
in the Legislature Of MS St9te mag
unanimous enough to aid in the con-
ferment Of this honor.
A Washington telegram saysi "The
question OF reopening the fitz John
Porter court-martial case, and the ef-
forts that are being made TO restore
that officer to his position in the army,
are a good deal commented upon here
liz political and military circles. The
pressure 10 give General Porter
another hearing is very great, aud,
from present appearances, Is likely 10
produce the desired result"
The Rev. Arthur Bogdan, OF the
HISTORIAN church, is delivering a
course Of lectures In Norfolk, Va, for |
the benefit of the Ladies' Memorial |
Association, and the Ladies' Sewing /
Society Gf the Presbyterian church. |
The subjects OF these lectures will be |
the folloWing-1st, "Life, Manners and
Habits Of the People Of Turkey" I'd, |
'e1he Eastern Churches" Sd, "The |
Great Eastern Question"
The Augusta Canstitutional8t, re-
Gently hOnOred by visit nom Cen |
eral Toombs, says he looks ten years
younger than he did at the end Of the |
wRr, and stillretains, in full rObusti- |
tude, one of flle most remarkable and !
versatile minds the eouLtyy has ever |
produced. May he live many more
years tQ be leader and champion OF |
the people IN their struggle against |
the assaults Of alien tyranny end do !
mestic Weachery.
Mrs. Jessie Fremont speaks in this |
cruel way Of one of the brotners-ip- |
law Of the Administration Mr.. |
Corbin, If be Is rather elderly per-
son. named Abel Rathbone CoTbin, !
was often at Colonel Bentonis house,
not as an Rmapuensis, but, as Mr.. |
Benton himself said to Some one who |
objected to his Uriah Heep style of
manner, Every public man must !
have a ferret, and COrbin is mine.'"
This fs decidedly personal,