Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-28
THE NEws.

in his works. His favorite was eallet
Bundle.
DIR. John Sloan, Of New Albany
Ind, has been rendered the professor
ship of surgery in the Louisville
Medical College.
The name of the new Democrats
organ, TO be printed at Washington
by New Workers, with a capital o
SiOO, 900, is to be the PATROL.
Senator Brownlow has arrived a
his home in Knoxville. He has so fal
recovered his health that he is able tC
walk a considerable distance.
The National LqtelIigeRcer will be
published hereafter as a sixteen page
weekly, in New York. Mr.. DelmaI
will continue managing editor.
The Chinese Government has made
an approprtatiOn for the funeral eX.
Denses of Arson Burlingame, and Q
beral gift to Mrs. Burlingame.
The waters of the Mississippi and
st. Croix are getting so low that heav-
ily loaded boats experience consldera'
bic difficulty in avoiding sandbars.
The latest style in gold bracelets is
in the shape of a fluted muslin cuif,
aud is made of FURNISHED gold with a
diamond button and ruby button hole.
Tennyson presented the manuscript
of his /" In MemOriam" to the late
Sir John Simeon, NJ. p, an intimate
and personal friend and neighbor oi
the poet.
The young men of st. Joseph are
attempting to organize real estate
association, to consist OF one hundred
members, who are to pay $40 per
month for five years.
VIM. n. Seward, the war prophet,
has been heard from. He thinks the
war in Europe will be over in sixty
days. We think it will be all over
Europe-in less time than that.
The eolored people Of Kansas have
a grand convention at Ieavenworth
on the Ist of August. Preparations
are making for one OF the largest
gatherings ever held in the State.
Duluth expects to get the grain
trade of the lakes, and, through the
Pacific traffic, the lumber trade, the
slate trade, the copper trade of the
Pacific mines, and the fish trade OF
Lake Superior.
The accounts of the sacred dramas
acted in Bavaria are exciting an eX-
traordinary interest in England, and
numbers of persons intend going to
witness the representations which are
to take place in August.
A hint for Mr.. Schenck. Swift at
one time proposed to put a tax on
female beauty, and to leave every lady
to rate her own charms. He said the
tax would cheerfully be paid, and
would be very productive.
Thurlow Weed has forty volumes
of letters, ehronologicalIy arranged,
from the most eminent men in the
country, to refresh his memory in
writing his autobiography. AS yet,
he has only got down to 1898.
Revenue stamps on receipts for
money are no longer required under
the new tax law; piece of infOrma-
ton which, though apparently out Of
place here, is Of personal interest to
every one who has money to receive.
The ''coming woman" the yacht
race, the Chinese, the Indians, the
Custom House sqUabbles, the Orange
riot, infallibility, and a score of other
interesting questions, have all faded
into insigniticance before the horrible
blaze of a general European war.
Rev. Mr.. Boehm, of Staten Island,
long ago the travelling companion of
Bishop Asbury, and now ninety-tive
wears of age, Is at DIR. StrOng's, in
Saratoga. He is the oldest minister
In America, and walks about town,
reads ordinary print, and enjoys good
health. .........
Twenty-Five years ago Saratoga was
q small village, with a dozen hotels.
Now il is a town of 10, 900 inhabitants,
with thirty hotels, and as many more
boarding houses. Then a private car
riage was quite a novelty; now Broad
way is in blaze with splendid turn
outs and snowy liveries. --
Jo Howard says: After a course
of sspoon,' Blanche B. is to marry Sa-
trap Ames, of Mississippi. Now that
she has won her Ames and captured
her beau, let US have no more allu-
siOns to the family plate" THAT
can't be, Joe. The allusiOn, like the
plate, is an heir-loOm.-APPEAL.l
Princess Metternich hoped it would
be boy, but it was daughter and
the third of that sex. The titles and
estates of the family are settled on
heirs male, and there are none such
yet. Eugenie had presented to the ex-
pectant mother christening robes done
up with fdreeus Prince LnlperidIe,
showing What she also hoped.
The New York Globe saws: % If auy-
thing would induce US to consent to
another American war, foreign or do
mestic, it would be the hope that our
city hackmen, stimulated by the ex-
ample of their brethren in Paris, would
volunteer and enter the ranks. 1t is
an III wind that blows nobody good.
We never expect, however, to enjoy
the blessing which has fallen upon
Paris"
For some time past the Fiji Islands,
which are situated in what may be
described as Australian waters, have
been growing in importance; large
numbers of persons have repaired
TO them from Australia, and the pop
ulation has become considerable. The
principal European settlers have now
put forth manifesto in favor OF es-
tablishing an independent state.
Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake, for
merly OF North Carolina, and a niece
of the late General and Bishop Polk,
is one of the latest speakers which the
woman suffrage movement has called
forth. She has always been a leader
in fashionable society at the South,
and is described as handsome wO-
man and fine orator, her addresses
overhowing with eloquent appeals
and humorous Illustrations.
1t is a significant fact that the New
York Tribune is rapidly gaining cir
culation in the South and West, while
in New England it is losing ground.
That steadiast friend of the laboring,
TIE poor, and the oppressed, the
"G0spel according to Horace" !" as il IA
facetiOusly called, is eagerly sought
and read by thousands Of freedmen.
many Of whom take their first read
ing lessons on q Tribune editorial.
FThaf accounts for the Increasing
worthlessness and unreliability of the
raee.--APPEAL.
Rev. DR.. Isaac Ferris, Chancellor Of
the University Of New York city, has
resigned his position, which he has
held since 1852. He found the insti-
tuition struggling with embarrassment
and leaves itina fOurishing condition.
Among those spoken of as his sue
cess0r are DIR. Howard Crosby, and
John Taylor johnson, President Of the
Alumni and Of the Central railroad
OF New Jersey. But the strongest
candidate seems to be Prof. J. w.
Draper, whose thirty years service
and worldwide reputation are strong
1y insisted on by his many friends.
Prof. Z. A. johnson is also mem
toned.
Major Randolph, who was killed BY
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