Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-18


Fourth District. the crisis is upon you.
Act, before it is everlasrnsly too late
Unless we make Dyersburg good A. a
charter point, by taxing stock with a lib
eral hand, we may expect to " be left out
in the wet"
The railing at the eastern end OF
III north side OF Beal street bridge
i in a condition which should 10
a. ended to at once. b neighbor
b ID Is one pleDtifuliy stocked with
very young children, which ars al
lowed by their parents TO run loose IN the
streets. Should one Of them fail into the
bayou there-and in the present condition
of b railing such an accident IS liable 10
occur at any time-the fall would be fatal.
Afew dollars, five or ten, viii make it
safe. Better spend them.
The Quorum Court mot Yesterday.
and was in session all day. Nothing q
public IMPORTANCE was done. Several
wills were admitted 20 probate, and guar
dams appOiued. The court adjourned lsss
evening until the first Monday in Febru-
ary. We are informed that the entire
cost Of the court since the first o Jauuary
mas been only three hundred dollars
fact which, when We consider the i'm
mense sums that It's predecessor, the
County Commissioners Court, cost, is
really = mere trine.
One of those tremendous and sudden
changes for which our climate Is remark
able. occurred etwesu midnight %
dawn Yesterday morning. Wnen we
ceased work, nc mldnighJ Sunday night
the mir WAS Oppres-ively warm in doors
aud outside. "A hot wind was blowing from
the souLhgtrd. An hOu had not elaP4eu
before the change began, and long before
d4yiighE the wind was 80 keen that II GU
to the bone. Toward morning sleel
commenced 10 fail, and continued TO do
80 aJ intervals until seven o'clock yesLer-
dav am. At writing the thermometer IS
lower shan IL has been this season
in another column VIII be found a
certificate signed by quite a number OF
prominent men. IN various professions in
life, who Witnessed chs great trial OF hre-
proof safes made in Dayton, OHIO, a shOr5
time since. l. is a document that every
merchant and man OF business shcud
read, for the one thing important above
all others to them is some place for tue r
books aud papers which affords zusGia Z
safety from the dangers Of Are and bur
gIars-nore especially the former. This
has been tain In the Hall sale. a. is
abundantly proven IL the trial referred
to, Messrs. AcCOmbs, Keller u Byrnes,
Main street, between Monroe a1d Union
s reefs, are the sole agents for this nlsgn--
dcenG sale in this city. Read the certlh-
cate, and go and see them.
A correspondent Of Nstrop0{5tGH Re
cord. writing from this city, says OF Mem
phis: sIhe hilIy and broken ridge wtiCl
Is soon reached in going west from the
Tennessee river, aud which gradually
slopes toward she Mississippi, Is deserv-
ing of special uoCs il the county Of Shell
Uy, IS on a portion OF the butt running
out Of the Mississippi iHIo the kentucky
stands the city OF Memphis. tOT a long
distance on either side or the city, and on
either bank OF the Mississippi river. no
point can be found that can rival ifs ua-
tural advantages, a fact which end MI
terially TO secure the prosperity OF Jhs
city and place it on q level with the greIa
cities of the West. Besides the Mississip-
pi and It's tributaries in West Tennessee,
a large portion OF the trade of the Arkan-
sas and White rivers IS constantly dow
ing into Il, and along the line of the Miss
is-ippi river runs Front street, which Is
one Ofthe leading wholesale streets IN the
city, 10 presents a scene OF active, busy
life, proving that tue city is in q very
d0urishins condition. l. holds relative
" the same position az West street, New
York city"
Every city should have at least one
military organization, and We are glad TO
learn thaI 0ur Igish followed liens have
determined 10 get up a company, TO BE-
called the Emmett Guards. Tue cgmpFnv
il already formed, az far rs the OTzsuizl-
tiou Is Concerned, and IS now aEaiCIne lis
arms and uniforms, Tao roll embraces
about eighty names. many OF whlca
swsrad roll call iu opposing armies only j.
few years ago, but to-day they are friends.
and have, we think, ia view an idea that
their services may, al no distant day, be
needed by the land which Is yeg held in
dear remembrance, and which no true
~Irislnau viii ever forget. They do not.
however, belong 10 che Fenian 0rgsnizt-
tioa, and are not likely 20 hy on0G expe-
d|itiIious to Canada or ike nonsense, bus
the day may come when, on the SOIL which
gave them bir,h, they viii beard the
British Ion, and when that day arrives
tho Emmett Guards OF Memphis viii
Drove the ~SloueH&u Of The FaaSn a Ball
lach. Prot. Mitchell, an ardent trisdmIn,
and one who has suffered at the hands OF
the army of his country, has been large
L. instrumental IN g5GJing up ths CON-
Ulay.
-Forney's paper. the Washington
Chronicle, OF g recent date, has the follow
ing under the caption Arkansas Wide
Awake:'' " AS we look over the Southern
States We cannot but Toe gr75ihed with the
wonderful exhibitions OF renewed life
and yigor. Ia no O.her Southern State Is
5uis infusion OF new life more apparent
than in the state generally considered as
the dark corner OF our country. We al
luds TO the rich, and daily growing richer,
State Of Arkansas. The interest on her
STATE deb wa promptly paid 0G the Is.
Inst, for the hcst Im3 in about thirty
wears. The State credit is rapidly i'm
proving, and her citizens Owe little or
nothing. Her cotton crop this veal viii
bripz her ia > soc 0l0, half OF wui3h will
b. clear prod. A good system OF rail-
roads bss been projected, and many are In
process OF construction; and her seniors
and Representative are constantly @orS-
ing TO prom0tetl prosperity and Develop
msut OF the SJa-s. ThrOu-h the efforts OF
her indefdtigd5is representative, Con
-ressinau Roots, New York capitalists
have entered IuJO arrangements for The
Immediate construction Of q levea, from
tbe high banks Of Missouri down the ~es-
bank Of the Mississippi 10 th5 mouth OF
the s.. Francis river. The contract sipu
IsJeS tOc the construction Of a rnlirotd,
the Bad Of which snail be 4 solid, Uu-
broken em5aukmanr, ami which will be q
most substantial levee. Gen. Humphreys,
Chief Of United States Engineers, pro-
nOuuces the plan a most excellent one,
and II l. proves a. effective az iudicat'o as
promise, in rs reclamation of some mil
lions OF acres of the very richest cotton
producing land in the world, the levoe
railroad project, IS j great national i'm
PF9 v8lnent, Will RANK next to the great
Pacific railway"