Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-08
FACTS N FANcIEs.
A MIDSUMMER ODE.


Oh for a lodge in agarden o-fcueumbersI
Oh for an iceberg or two At cOntrCl!
Oh for a vale which at midday the dew
cumberS!
Ohfor a pleasure-trip up to the Polel
Oh for a little one-storv thermometer,
With nothing but Zeros all ranged in a
Oh for a big. doubIe-barreled ~hydrometer,
To measure this moisture that rolls rom
my brOwl
Oh that his cold world were twenty times
colderl
That's irony red hot il seemeth to mel
Oh TOR a turn fits dreaded cold shoulder!
Oh what a comfort an ague would be!
Oh for n grotto t%otypify heaven,
ScoopeG in the rock under cataract vast!
Oh for a winter OF discomfort even!
Oh for wet blankets judiciously cast!
Oh fora s~oda-fountain sporting up boldly
From every hot lamp-post against the not
skVi
Oh for proud maiden to look on me coldly,
Freezing my soul with agianee Of her eye!
Then OH for a draught from a cup Of cold
plzenr'
And OH for a resting place in the cold
gravel
With a bath in the siyx, where the thick
shadow lies ON
And deepens the chill Gifts -dark-ruuning
wave!
They have a fresh lot of Indians
loafing around Washington. 1t is a
cheap show that costs tax payers very
little.
A bill presented in Congress, on
Wednesday, grants lands to the Selma
and New Orleans road. Memphis
must have access to Selma.
Senator Sumner was persistent and
untiring in his efforts to defeat Grants
San Domingo sWindle. For this he
deserves the thanks of everybody.
There will be, now that the water
recedes, 1900 men, in addition to 400
nov employed, at once put to work
on the Memphis and Little Rock road.
The defeat of the appOrtiOnment
bill in the lower House of Congress
cheats the West out of at least twenty
five additional members, and the
South of fifteen.
The school bill, as it finally passed
the Mississippi Legislature, and
approved by Governor AlcOrn, is
shOrn of very many of those Objee-
tionable features which originally
caused the Governor to veto it.
The astronomical editor of the Au-
gusta Chronicle and Sentinel announces
that the moon is now nearer to the
earth than il has been for twenty
years, or will be again in a hundred
years to come. Hence its unusual
size.
The Savannah Republican speaks of
a Radical politician in Georgia, who
is both a preacher and a lawyer, as
ga man whom the devil has deceived
into the belief that he has really
something of virtue left in his ma
ture."
The most extraordinary article OF
modern times is that of the Pilot, a
Radical paper defending the morals
of Southern people. The South needs
no publication of its acts, and its peO-
pie no ap0ligists, unless Louisville be
deemed "a Southern city.
The action of the United States
Senate in restoring the income tax,
at a reduced rate, is said to have
been brought about by the railroad
interest, which is resolved to defeat
the tax on gross receipts. Itisanother
proof of the tremendous and most
dangerous power which the railroad
interest Yields.
An "afIair of honor" between Col.
John Forsyth, editor of the Mobile
ReQister, and Col. w. ID. Dunn, very
nearly resulted in aduel, but the mat
ter was -amicably adjusted by General
Jones M. Withers and John j. Wal
ker. The difficulty grew cut of the
NicOlsOn pavement controversy, which
has ragged for two or three months
past in that city.
The President is reported TO be
very bitter toward Senators Ferry,
Schurz and Sumner, for the part they
took in defeating the San Domingo
treaty. Not only is he not satisfied
with what has been done, but he
thinks. even now, TO c0nsummate the
scheme for annexation. Such OBJ.
stinacy in a good cause would be
eommendabie; as it is, it is simply
unbearable.
The New York San (Raiical) fig
ures out a Democratic majority in the
next Congress. This is an equivalent
to a Confession that the Democrats are
going TO elect the next President.
For, it is an almost invariable rule in
politics that the political complexion
of the Congress preceding the Presi-
Dental election, always determines
the character of the coming struggle.
Someof the well informed Radicals
at Washington state that Grant is soon
tortake a decided step for the reor-
ganization of his now somewhat de-
mOralized party, in anticipation Of