Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-28

D EO4ldlss 4ltN AHAA AtE4 thai AADAA N4s
young men, we suppose.
-Mounis that stood for ages on the
western shore of the Mississippi, opposite
Fort Pickering, have at last disappeared.
There is nc telling where the Mississippi
will run, or what its freaks or fancies may
be. Fort Pillow is gone, and the Navy
Yard is in a blue way. WHAT'S to be dOnei
The grand anniversary ball of the
DeutsckcT BrueGeT-BUad comes of this
evening at Cochran Hall. under the man.
agsment Of a committee of arrangements,
consisting of Messrs. J. J. Tanner, VIM.
Frey and &. Schilling. Il will no doubt
be a very delightful affair.
Yesterday was clear, bright and sun
shiny, but the wind howled and the shut
tiers Mapped in a manner which of itself
would have reminded us that tomorrow
was the first of March-the mont that
comes in like a lion and goes out like a
lamb.
Colonel Lara C. Baker, Superintend-
ent Of TelegCaphs in Arkansas, succeeded
Yesterday in fishing from the bottom Of
the river, about two miles below the city,
the telegraphic cable which was broken a
few days since. The cable viii be spliced
to-day, when direct communication viii
again be had with points in Arkansas.
The Governor of Mississippi has Of
fered a reward of five hundred dollars for
the arrest Of G. Z. Mooney, the murderer
and horsethief, who killed West in ITALIA
haJchie county, a few weeks ago, and
stole his drove Of mules. Mooney escaped
from the Jail in Pamela, Miss.
Mrs. Scott Siddons, who is in town
and stopping at the Peabody, viii, we
hope, be induced to give one or more
" readings " ia Memphis before her depar-
tUre. We hope she will be prevailed upon
TO do so, or TO give one performance at
the New Memphis. Either or both, if you
plssse,
A letter from Mr.. Morehead, who was
sent to Europe by the late Commercial
/ Convention of this city, states that he has
made application to the Liverpool Board
of Trade to nave Memphis cottOns spe-
cisllv classified and quoted. The letter of
application and reply viii be read this
afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce.
An accident to our steam machinery
threw US out Of time yesterday in serving
our subscribers. IL was such an one as
came upon Us Unexpectedly, n was
therefore u~nprovided for. We think aud
hope that as this is the first, 50 il will be
the last time We will be called upon to
apologize for what is a source of deep re-
gret and modification to US.
There was only one arrest in the See
ond District up 20 five O'Clock last even
b ll.-tldl MdH CNENG NLhNEDu tNE AAAA-
bling. Steve gets into the jug quite fTe-
q~Uently now. There are several others of
his class-Degro politicians that hang
around the Gre0DiaW and County Court
buildings, who might be taken ia on the
vaZ, with propriety, for they have no Wis
iDie means of support.
The Chamberof Commerce meets this
afternoon, and take into consideration the
new Constitution as it bears upon the
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more especially on those Of the city of
Memphis. We hope they will give it q
calm aud impartial review ard express
their opinion freely, as, according TO their
determination in regard 10 it, the people
should act in receiving or rejecting it.
An energetic working man and vigor-
ousspeaker will no doub5 De employed this
afternoon by the Chamber of COmmerc5
to canvass for subscriptions TO the route
Of the Kansas City road. Enough funds
have been collected to defrsy preliminary
expenses. Counties will subscribe bonds,
the people lands, and capital can be thus
created 10 be used in borrowing money
enough 10 build the road at once. Kansas
City has an agent in the field prosecuting
the very same task.
The Milan Weekly Times of Saturday
says: Memphis is able and win compete
with any other city in any branch of busi-
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and they viii guarantee satisfaction. The
trade of West Tennessee legitimately be-
longs to Memphis, N she ought to have
il, as the money expended in it goes 10
build il up; where it is expended in other
cities /, is beneficial TO them and does us
no good. BY giving her the trade we keep
the money atrhome.
LORD, why can't we have such Sun
DAYS as this every day?" was the piOus
af4arn1affnn. of a nj v-arNr GfahlnE oaVanr z-nE-
terday evening. He had not an animalor
vehicle idle or unengaged at O'Clock N.
This might be the case every day if the
stable keepers would learn a little practi-
cal common sense, and instead Of charging
five dollars for an afternoons drive, and
having his buggies and horses stand idle
five or six days in the week, they could
charge q reasonable living price and hire
them out every day. The idea Of charging
the same price Sundays and week days is
unheard Of anywhere else except IN Mem
phis.
Lives there e man with soul so dead,
who never to himself has said, -" I do not
love Oysters?" If such there be in this
good town, let him come down to Madam
Nincents, No. IS Union, or up to her other
place on the cOrne Of Front Row and
Washington. and let him try her oysters.
fresh from the Gulfof Mexico or Norfolk, |
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fried, roasted, steEed, boiled, grilled, |
escaloped-indeed in any and every way.
If that don't make a Christian of him
nothing villa convert him.. Such 8 man /
ought TO be chucked head downward in a
barrel of oyster shells and scratched to
death with barnacles.
The last number of the Scientific Amer
icdH has a most interesting article upon
ths &eoDOu or NOpOn tea plant which
grows wild in the greatest prOfusion on
the s-eacoast Of the Carolinas and the gulf
Of Alabama, Mississippi. Florida
and Texas, and which is identical with
the mate of South America. This article
ought TO be read by every Il interested
in the Introduction of cheap and healthy
articles of domestic growth for costly aud
sometimes deieterious foreign products,
for which VIC now pay millions of dollars
yearly. The writer Of this has seen the
HeOpOn growing in quantities sufficient
to supply the United States. in one single
s-eacoast county of Alabama (Baldwin cor
and has used it often in preference to the
best imported Chinese tea. We will re-
the article alluded to 10 a day or
two. and Civ such additional information
regarding the plant as We may possess.
One Of the editors Of the Vest Tonnes
see Rhfg, writing of Memphis, says of
her: "Rising from amid the ruins of war,
and shaking from her garments the dust
Of that ~eNhaustiDg conflict, she invites
our attention, and challenges competition.
Is right; for the great law Of self
preservation leads mankind, and no city
patronage thai Sims or shriabs
from the firm and equal estimate of a gem
erous com petition. What does Memphis
First she claims to DO in easier
and quicker connection with West Ten
nessee, North Mississippi, Arkansas and
than any other city. Second,
she claims that she can duplicate the
bills Of Cincinnati, Louisville, st. Louis,
and New Orleans. Third, she claims TO be
location, interest, and sympathy a
purely southern city. Now in all this
Memphis, our Memphis, deserves a fair
VIII we give her a trial7"
Mrs. Caroline Richings Bernard has
very heavily by her present season Of
English opera, and it was reported a few ,
ago that the company was about to (,
iisband. We learn, however, that they !
since made a favorable contract with I
/ New Orleans manager, and perhaps 1
Mrs. Bernard may retrieve her shattered Z
We earnestly hope that she 8
for she is q hard-working artist, and '
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