Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-12
OUR LITTLE ROCK LETTER.
The Heat and the Fourth. -PoiltieaI---The
RAIDS aad the 6azette---Personai---
AgricHIturaI--LOca News.

The Heat and the FOurth.- -Poiltieal---ThI
RAIDS aad the Gazette---PersOnal---
AgricEItural--LOcaI News.
LITTLE Rock, July 9.-The Fourth
the blazing hot, powder-smelling
! Fourth-has come and gone. And
right glad are all quietly-disposed
people; glad especially of the ''gOne'
part of the fact. All! but your genu-
Inc negro enjoys these latter day
Fourths; beslathered and beslashed all
over with gold braid and red piping,
embossed with rosettes as large as
dinnerplates, and sabre slung to his
anotomy that would put to shame
Life Guardsman, he heads process
sion '--of ltatterdemalions with that
ludicrous attempt at dignity which is
bound to force laugh from the most
stoical of observers. Our citizens,
though not celebrated for their 'lOy-
alty,n gave Monday all the observ-
ance that the most ardent patriot
could desire. The hotels dined, in
magnificent style, a host of invited
guests; business houses were closed
generally, the newspapers failed to
appear on Tuesday morning, and, on
the whole, it may be said that the
town took q holiday.
POLITICAL.
CLAYTON has made the leap. Since
m.1 last, he has wisely concluded to
stick close to the black side of the
question. 1 say wisely, because with
that party, while it lasts, he has a
'igood thing" and the Democracy are
becoming confident enough in their
own strength to meet with rebufs the
attempts Of.the wOuld-besturn-c coats to
enter the party. The "Governor" is
now absent from the city on an cleo
tioneering tour-"stumping the State"
| for the continuance in power of the
wolves who are making ducks-and-
brakes of the peoples money. The
| Gazette, yesterday, contained an eX-
| hibit of the county finances, showing
"where the money has gone" for a
year past. Taxpayers can amuSe
| themselves during the next two weeks
in the study of mqltiplication-the
county officers do all the division.
Speaking of the Gazette, calls to
mind that another attempt is being
made by the ultra-Rads. to cripple
this journal. one Jack Mcdonald, a
lately,appointed supervisor of internal
revenue, has brought suit against
MessFs. Woodruff q Blocher for de-
famation of character, affiXing $780,
900 as the modest amount of damage
sustained. If there is a jury in Ar
kansas, white or black, that will say
under oath that they are personally
cognizant of the fact that Mcdonald
ever had a character that could be
damaged by any publication, how
ever defamatory to an honest man,
the Gazette will retract every word
that it may have said against him.
The suit arises from an article (repub-
lished by the Gazette from a Fort
Smith paper) in reference to McDon-
AIDS action in the celebrated Boudi-
not tobacco cases lately before Con-
gress.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. W. n. Kenneday, Memphis
agent of the Arkansas Packet Oompa-
ny, is in the city looking after matters
at this end of the route. / learn that
he likes Arkansas so well that he will
take two or three weeks more of it,
and has sent for Mrs. K. to help him
enjoy it. May their pleasure be
bOundless during their sojOurn here.
Mr., Bun. T. Price, the live, wide
awake senior Of the printing-ho4se of
Price, Jones d Co., is also with us,
though his visit is not attended with
the pleasure that his many friends
could wish, being called hither on ac-
count of the serious illness of his
child. He will probably return to
Memphis by to-day's boat.
That corporations are soulless is a
proverbial fact, and that great many
attaches of corporations ape the style
of their masters has been made pain
fully apparent to almost every one
whose business has demanded inter-
course with them, and q faithful
chronicler should not pass heedlessly
by exceptions to this too general rule.
And this is why | feel constrained to
give passing noe OF the worthy gen.
tlemen connected with the Little hOck
office of the Southern Express Com
pany. Always polite and courte-
Gus, answering kindly questions that
have become bore to them from fre-
qQeDt repetition, they have become
firm friends with all of Little Rock,
and more especially of those mechan-
les who, working here, have their
families elsewhere and have occasion
to make remittances home. May
their lines fall in pleasant places.
Messrs. Frank F. Bailleregeon and
Maurice Savage, of the printing es-
tablishment of Boyle d Chapman,
2J9k Main street, are under engage
ment to Messrs. Woodruff & BlOcher
of this city. They are expected here
by Mondays train,
AGRICULTURAL.
The crop prospect, though still
favorable for corn, is not so good for
cotton as some three weeks ago. Rain
is the order of the day at present, and
steaming, misty weather win not add
much to the yield of the great staple.
No great damage has been done as
yet, except perhaps in very low lands,
but the outlook is, to say the least, not
as bright as it might be:
LOCAL NEWS
is at low tide. The negroes had big
barbecue and free fight on the Fourth
a few miles from the city.
Mad. Ludwig (Ree HOft), a local
prima donna, gave a concert last
night and secured a fair audience. The
Glee Club and other amateurs assisted,
producing some excellent music.
But our people-the masSes-dOn't
want music, nOrdo they pine fOr the
drama (neither spectacular nor legiti-
mate) nor do they lust after the hOup-
a-la-shows of my fat friend Broom;
what they most earnestly desire in
the inmost recesses of their hearts, as
an amusement fit for the deletation
of geolOgists, is Circus. (The blum
dering comp. is tearfully requested to
put his hand to the cap. case and get
a very. large ''C'' for Circus. ! ask
this Ut of respect for the feelings of
my fellow citizens.)
Day by day and meal by
meal does the :" Pacific grow
more and more, in the favor Of the
public. No wonder, when the man.
agement is in hands so thoroughly
competent to "keep a hotel" Just
let your mind dwell for a few mo-
ments on -'spring chickens a Ia bOrde-
LaiSe" for breakfast. And that's what
Jim DeBaun feeds ''the boys" on.
Despite predictions to the contrary,
the river still remains in fair boating
order-that is, fair for Arkansas river
in summer time. The arrival of the
new packet Pat Cleburne will be the
signal for a grand blowout. 1t would
be a good idea to send " Dick Appeal y
around on her when she comes.
A geographical gnatsnapper Of
this city takes James squib about
A" man turning into a whisky-shOp,"
destroys the point, and then asks a
confding public to accept IL as a