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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-24
Sad Calamity in Newfoundland.

a very melancholy event occurred
in st. Johns, Newfoundland, on the
oath nit. On the afternoon of that day,
Mr.. Weston Garter, tie eldest son OF
the Honorable the AttOrney-General, 4
went out for u walk with two lady
friends, and IN hour afterWard he was
carried to his fathers house Il dripping
corpse. When passing a pond on
Signal Hill, he saw two little girls,
strangers to him, struggling in the
water, the ice having given way be-
nGatA Them. Prompted by a noble
and generous Impulse lac III once
rushed to their rescue. The ice, which
was quite thin, broke before he
reached them; help there was none,
and after struggling for few min
Vtes, he disappeared, and all three
found 9 Wa,Gry grave An hour
elapsed before i boat could be dragged
10 the spot and the bodies grappled
and dragged out. livery eXertiOn was
made to restore animation, but Ia
vain. Carter was young man,
tWenty-three years Of age, amiable,
high-spirited, of great promise, and a
universal favOrite. Only a few months
ago nG Way called to the bar, and had
every prospect of professional success.
4 monument is to be erected by gen
eral subscription, 10 mark the public
sense Of the generous, heroic deed
which ended so tragically.
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The Effects of Punishment.

The story, as told by correspond
ent of the Hartford (Owont, is, in
substance, that little girl, nine years
old, attending a public school in Man
chester, having failed to recite her
geography lesson perfectly on Thurs
day was required on Friday TO repeat
the lesson for that day and the day be-
fore. She failed again, and, as a pun
ishment, was required TO stand on the
floor in a passage way, where there
was a draft Of cold air, While she
learned it. She stood there for an
hour, and afterWard was compelled to
stand in the schOOlrOOm five hours
longer, till she learned Thursdays
lesson, and for an hour more, trying
to learn Fridays, Snd was not released
until some time after the other sehol-
ars had been sent home. She is said to
have been full Of health and spirits on
Friday morning, but en- Saturday her
legs began to swell and she suffered
intensely, soon becoming delirous,
trying to repeat the lesson which was
the occasion of her punishment, and
begging of her teacher leave to take
her seat. After a few days Of this ag-
Ony she died. An investigation by
the School Committee was de-
manded and held, the committee find
ing that the teacher was guilty Of an
error in judgment.
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Fisk's $4,000. 600.

A special dispatch to the Boston
Daily Advertiser says that the evidence
already disclosed shows that on the
great day Of the gold battle, one of the
banks, with two millions of capital
aad deposits, issued certified checks
to the amount Of dGOgt 81, ,l1a, ,Qce, and
that such papers were CneOf the essen
tial means employed in carrying on
'the contest. Fisk, Gould, Corbin, and
other c0nspiratOrS are stated to have
met in secret conference at that time
10 perfect their plans.
Fisk is said to have proposed a great
well displayed advertisement in all
the morning newspapers, setting
forth that they had control Of one
hundred and eighteen millions Of
gold, being all there was outside the
Treasury; that there were strong
enough to take all the Government
might offer that all contractors who
appeared for settlement before three
O'clock cossld make terms on the ba-
sis OF gold ,,t one hVndred and sixty.
and that a figure even higher than
this would be charged those who failed
to settle prior to that hour. One wit
ness says this plan would probably
have been adopted but that the con
spirators feared violence from the
mob. The idea Of forcing gold to one
one hundred and sixty was acted on,
however, and the whole days opera
tions till the smash occurred were
based on Fisk's scheme. Whether
Butterfield was or was not in the ring
the members of the committee do not
say.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-24
TIE Fast TyBe-Setter.

The Louisville Commercial says:
George Ahrensberg was formerly en-
plOyed ia this city, and gave promise
while here OF becoming one of the
most rapid comDOsit0rs la this c0un-
try. He has since developed ! Won
derful faculty for setting type, proba-
bly, inferior to no man IN the world.
We were shown a letter from New
York yesterday, dated Saturday,
which stated that in a trial of his
speed, EIr Ahrensberg composed in
seven days, 81 seypu hours per day,
lOl, 800 ems type, ali average Of about
207l ems per hour. When We state 10
the uninitiated that in what is called
one thousand ems among printers,
there are almost four thousand pieces
of metal to be picked up, one by one,
the magnitude of 1his trial becomes
apparent. In each of the seven hours
employed, AhrensbeTg would have
to pick from hi5 case and place in his
composing stick over $1,000 pieces Of
-nnf0I
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Sumner on the Wane.

The New York JoJEa0lQf Commerce
is showing how the influence Of the
pendantic and oily Charles Sumner is
on the wane:
The test question OF his present in
fiuenCe lthe editor thinks) is on his
bill for the exclusion and further tor
ture Of Virginia, In direct violation OF
the plighted faith Of Congress; and
the debate on it, so far, in both
Houses, shows a disposition to break
away from his leadership, and repU-
diate his narrow platform of MasSa-
chuSetts Radicaiism. Even in the
Senate, where a remnant of his old au-
thOrity still fingers, there are symp-
toms Of a determination to dethrUne
this bigOted and vindictive man.
In summing up the case, the editor
says:
Probably no man i'm American his
tory has traded more largelyOn linn
tied capital of solid intellectual and
moral worth than Mr.. Sumner, and
people are at last beginning to find
it out, thus confirming the teachings
of experience, that, in the end, what
ever shams man may build up
about himself he finally comes to be
rated at something like his true value.
1t might be added that Radicalism
is on the wane, and Sumner is going
down with it.
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Bishop Chase of New Hampshire.

The Right Rev. Carlton Chase, D..
D.. Bishop Of the Diocese of New
Hampshire, died at Ciaremont, in that
State, on Tuesday afternoon. Bishop
Chase was born in HOpkiutOu, \. IT,,
February, %, 1874. He was gradua-
ted at Dartmouth College i'm 1917, and
Immediately commenced the study Of
theology, being ordained deacon in
the following year, and Priest in
1920, by Bishop GrisWUld. Soon after
his ordination he became Rector of
Emmanuel Ch4rch at Bellows Falls,
Vermont, where ne continued his
ministry until 1914. During his con
nection with the Bellows Fails Society
the important question regarding
lands granted in colonial times by the
Government to the Episcopal Church
came up for settlement in the Su-
preme Court Of that state, and during
the litigation Mr.. Chase performed
very important service for the denOm-
inatiOn. From Bellows Falls he re-
moved 10 ClaremOnt, NewHampshire,
accepting the Rectorship of Trinity
Church. He was cOHsecrated Bishop
of the Diocese Of-New Hampshire
during the same year, 1914.
The state had been included ia the
Easter Niocese bsfJre his cOnsecra-
ton. 1863 he performed all the
parOchia. ties of his rectorship in
ClaremOm 5 well as those Of a bishop,
but was then relieved on account Of
feeble health. Bishop Chase had
many difficulties to meet during the
more than a quarter Of century in
which he was the head Of the EpiscO-
pal Church in New Hampshire. The
prosperity which has attended the
denomination in that State is evidence
of his untiring labor and energy.
Every minister insthe Diocese, what
ever his discOuragements, found in
him a hearty cOlabOrer and a firm
friend. He was always on terms of
friendliness, and, indeed, aEectiOu,
with all other clergymen within his
jurisdiction. lie was universally be-
loved rs a citizen, combining a most
amiable disposition with the grace Of
refined and cultivated gentleman.
After the deposition Of Bishop Onder-
donk in New York, Bishop Chase was
called to this State, and filed the va
cancy for a short time. In 1852 he
preached the sermon at the cOnSecra-
tiOn Of Bishop Wainwright of New
York. lie was member of the Ma
sonic Fraternity, being 4 Royal Arch
Mason at the time of his death. In
1899 he received the degree of Doctor
of Divinity from the University Of
Vermont.
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The HsgrO Senator Of Mississippi
interviewed.

The Jackson (MississippD CORES =
nopdeni of the Cincinnati Conmercim
interviewed Hiram r. Revel, the
newlv-elected negro Senator from
Mississippi, and hereis the picture he
makes Of him:
ale is a tall, pOrtly man, OF light
.oOmpleXiOn, has benevolent features,
= pIc8sant voice, and gentle ways. lie
is thoroughly respected by his 0Yn
r.aople and by the whites. Born 1n
freedom. in North Carolina, in 1872,
craving an education, he removed To
Indiana; spent two years at the Qua
l,er Seminary in Union county; en-
tered the Methodist ministry; after
ward received further instruction at
fhe Darke County Seminary, when he
becane preacher, teacher and lecturer
among his people in the states of In
Jiana. Illinois, Ohio and Missouri. At
stbe breaking out OF the war he was
Administering at Baltimore. lie assist
- in fbe organization OF the first two
ealored~ regiments in Maryland and
Missouri. Daring a portion OF 1868
and 1864 he taught school in st. Louis;
then came TO Nicksburg, and assisted
fhe Provost Marshal in managing the
freedmen affairs followed on the heels
of the army 10 Jackson; organized
churches ana lectured; spent the next
two wears in Kansas and Missouri, in
=, eaching and lectuTing on moral and
Iii. .ious subjects; returned to Missis-
sin2; and has been in NatcheZ ever
s;Pfa ,Te is presiding elder Of his
church for he southern portion of the
4 S1ste and since July last has served
,be div Council, his friends say, with
ability and honor.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-24
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The storm Sunday night did no dam
age to Huntingdon, Tenn.
Gen. John c. Vaughn is a candidate
for Sheriff of Monroe county.
During the late storm three persons
broke jail at Winchester.
The creeks were higher in Ruther-
! ford last week than since 1862.
Messrs. ShacklefOrd & White are
now proprietors of the Decatur Times,
The residence of f. c. Mclaughlin
| was burned at Fayetteville last Satur-
day.
The wheat crop in Polk county is
fine. The storm did no damage over
! there.
The house of Alfred Jenkins, and
2OOO pounds Of bacon, were destroyed
by fire on the Sth.
On the 18th the body Of a dead man
was found floating in the Tennessee,
/ below the mouth of Limestone.
Capt. Raht, the proprietor Of the
Ducktown Copper Mines, is making
large shipments to Philadelphia.
The storm of Sunday night killed
two horses. ana a lot Of geese belong
ing TO Joe Brown, seven miles from
Franklin.
a large number of citizens living
ia and near GAINESVILLE, intend petit
tiOning to be attached to Rutherford
county.
The shipment of East Tennessee
marble is temporarily suspended, on
account Of strike among the Eastern
marble cutters.
Mr.. Thomas Brown, residing seven
miles northwest of Franklin, died on
last Monday morning, aged about six
ty-hve years.
The Franklin ReUie5r in its thirty
seventh volume. At no time since it
was established were its prospects
more hattering.
All over the State the ola system OF
County Courts, which was in vogue
before the war, has been restored, and
tniBgs look ''s6rter like they used to-"
,Tha Direci1fs Of the Norfolk and
Great Wes-+arn Railroad have clOsed
the contract with New York parties
to build the entire road to Bristol, Ten
neSsee.
At the present term OF tie Circuit
Court for Monroe county, a man mss
been sentenced TO be hung for horse
stealing. Monroe appears to be heavy
on horse thieves.
George Mcdaniel, well known TO
the members of company A, Second
Confederate Tennessee Regiment, died
at his residence in Ruthered county,
suddenly, on Tuesday, Of fiuX.
Friday night there was terrible
storm near Winchester. DOnnell
Woodlands barn, stables, COW sheds
and fences were swept away, and all
through that section Of the country
the destruction Of property was ex-
tensive.
In the western portion OF Sumner 4
county, among the disasters of the /
storm, the barn, corn crib and stables |
of John ClendeniDg We're unrOOfed. |
The barn and stables of J. 3. Heron |
were blown entirely down; also barn /
of James Watkins. The dwelling |
house Of DT. Robert haWIi1gs was un-
rooted. The damage TO Fencing f. I
very great. The chimneys of the /
nOIse of Cheatham Puckett were /
blown down. Two houses on the farm
Of Richard DOt glass were blown down .
and another on the Erm Of Reuben
Douglass.
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Terrible Mortality Among Entrants.

Sanitary Superintendent Harris has
just received the report of the water
side sanitary inspector, DR.. JudsOn, in
regard to the emigrant ship John Ber-
tram. This vessel, which is of 77S
tons burden, arrived at quarantine
on the 10th inst, after a voyage of I03
days from Hamburg, more than half
of which had been spent in battling
The ship started with AS German en-
igrants, who stepped on board at
Hamburg in ruddy health, with all
the stOlid strength Of fatherland unim-
paired. When the ship came to an
chOr in the lower bay ut the close of
this prOtracted and stormy voyage,
10 of these sturdy emigranst had been
committed to deep-sea graves, so 9TH
erS had been prOStrated by almost
mOtal sickness, and nearly all of them
were but the ghosts of the stalwart
men, women and children who ship
ped at Hamburg.
Upon examination, the ship was
found to be in the terribly filthy con-
ditiOn naturally resulting from the
crowding Of so many human beings
in so small space for so long time.
Although the vessel had a liberal sup
ply of medical stores, she carried no
surgeon, and her medicines were of
little avail when ignorantly admins
tered. The sickness and mortality
were materially increased by the neg
iect during the voyage Of the simplest
sanitary rules. There is no pretence
that there was on the part of the Off
GERS any intentional neglect or i'll
treatment Of the steerage passengers,
but the most deplorable results GER
tainly followed the over-crowding,
which was not their fault, and the
protracted voyage, which, of course,
was circumstance beyond their con-
troll. The sick of the vessel were re-
moved to hospital, and OH Friday last
she was permitted to come to her dock
Ia the East river, She was officially
visited by DIR. JudsOn, who caused
her to be thoroughly cleansed, and
had removed nom her two cart loads
OF the refuse Of the voyage, which was
foul beyond description. Previously
TO this, those OF the emigrants who
were styled well, because they We're
not stretched upon their backs, were
landed at Castle Garden. They were
able to crawl upon the land they had
thought to reach in perfect health, but
they seemed only spectres from a
shadow-ship,
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GEORGIA.
The President Gives Gen. Terry a
Carte e-Elanche.

NEW YORK, January 23-The Her
dJd'S Washington special gives
synopsis of the legal argument of Gen.
Terry in favor of his right to unseat
members of the Georgia Legislature
for disqualification under the XVIII
Amendment, and adds the following:
Senators Thayer and Morton, together
with Ben. Butler, apprised of the ma
ture of Gen. Terry's communication
waited upon the President this morn
ing to ascertain his decision. The
President received them warmly, and
stated that he had very recently said
to both Secretary Belknap and
Gen. Sherman that his own opinion
was that Gen. Terry should be allowed
to manage the reconstruction of GeOr-
gia in whatever way his judgment
and discretion might suggest. He be-
lieved Gen. Terry to be a sound law
yer, and that he was better calculated
to understand the real position Of an
officer IN Georgia, and to know what
course ought to be pursued, than any
body else. Unless Gen. Terry should
do something hagrantly in violation
of law he ought not to be interfered
with. He (the Presiient) would have
been better pleEed had Gen. Terry
not asked at all i01 instructions,
as he (Gen. Terry was invested,
to a general extent, with absolute
power as military commander, and
should act on his own judgment. But
as he had asked for Instructions, he,
the President, felt bound to send an
answer to his communication.
In reply to a question as to what
would be his answer to Terry's COM
munication, the President was under
stood to say he would telegraph to
Terry that the Administration would
sustain him in the views contained in
his communication. The President
further said he would see Relknap and
Sherman and have the answer sent to-
day. 1t is understood Secretary BeIk-
nap tonight telegraphed to Terry he
might go ahead with assurance that
the Administration would sustain
him,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-24
Prince Arthur.

DoN PIATT writes Of the visit of
Prince ARTHUR to Washington as
follows:
All Washington is agog over the
Dresses are being ordered, dinners,
receptions and parties promised. The
girls are wild, and the men excited.
socially, Washington is having its
mind torn up. That diplomatic COM
plicatiOn of sucker and bucket, vul-
carly called a pump, and known as
Mr.. Thornton, is being set upon and
assailed in every variety of ways by
American citizens, male and female,
to secure recognition and invitations.
Some of the stories in circulation
touching the means used make one
shrink and blush for humanity. l
mean American humanity. We in
herit from our ancestor Bull some
snObbcry, and we have cultivated the
article until II Overtops the original.
The drearieSt snOb on Gods fOotstOOl
is an American snOb. The way in
which he bumps his free and indepen-
dent skull upon the floor in the pres
ence of a rich man is only eXcelled by
the humping he gives his seonce in
the presence of royalty.
This lad, merry, good sort of a lad
I am tOld-Wherein he differs some
what from his brOther-is to be feted
and feasted by the Administration in
every variety of way. l would sug-
gest that his royal corpus ought TO be
bumped along Pennsylvania avenue,
to takca look at the National Market
house, near its center. Then he should
be driven, for a resting spell, along
the unpaved streets, and look at the
fountains. After, ,she might inspect
the works of art, such as the brass
Jackson, and the pictures in the ro-
tunda. Should he survive that, a din
ner at a cheap clearinghouse might
try his royal bowels. If he yet lived,
it would be well to try the depart
ments, about the time the half-starved
clerks came pouring out, and if ne
tliled to burst into tears at the sight
ofthe wTetched, ill-paid, female clerks,
there Is no heart in his rascally bosom.
Then he could be shown some fat off,
eAaiS, made enormously rich by steal
ing
There are some curious things to
show q re2l Prince in this National
Capital Of ours. And if after he don't
go home and remodel London, he is
2n ass, and no true Prince.
ooh, for an hour" of Old Tom JEFF
fersOn-the man who rode his horse,
unattended, to his Inauguration, and
when the French Minister came to the
Executive Mansion to complain Of
pfigua+ta aptaraI 70 hin, NTH ono
boot on and the other nhis hand. lie
would pat this Prince patrOnizly on
the head, and ask after the health of
his respected mother. But we have
no Jefferson and no Democracy.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-24
A Tragedy at EIkhart, Indiana.

The South Bend (Ind. } Register pub
lishes the particulars OF the murder OF
A. W. Williams, foreman Of the black
smithing department of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Rail-
road shop. The circumstances of the
affair are these Russell (the muir
derer, who voluntarily surrendered
himself) was an emplOye in the shops
Of which Williams was foreman, and
his wife, a gOOd-lOOking lady Of twen-
ty-fOur, was a niece OF the latter.
Williams, who was a WidOWer, with
two daughters, aged fourteen and six
teen years, was in the habit OF visit
ing At Rus5elps, but, owing to his
close relationship To Mrs. Russell, no
thing Was thought of it. Finally,
however, he became infatuated with
his niece, aud certain actions on his
part aroused Russell's suspicious, and
be impaired them to his wife; but she
said her uncle had made no improper
advances, and if he did She Wonld tell
him of il. One day last week Will
liams ordered Russell TO I4apOrte on
some business connected with the
shops, and, during RuSselIS absence,
went 10 his house, and finding her
alone. succeeded in ravishing her per-
son. 1t is said that, after accomplish,
ing his hellish design, he threatened
TO kill her if she diyulged tii8 matter
to a living soul.
On Rus5ells return, his wife in
formed him of her uncle's perfidy, and
he very naturally thirsted Tor revenge.
An day Sunday they brooded over the
great wrong they had suffered, and on
Monday morning he went and puT-
chased revolver, and going to the
Office OF his wife's uncle, found him
seated at a desk busily engaged in
writing. Without speaking, Russell
placed the pistol close TO Williams
head and fired, killing him Instantly.
Williams was an Englishman, fifty
years old, and has been in the employ
of the railrsad company sixteen
years. Russell is a Canadian, twen-
ty-eight years old, and has worked at
Elkhart for the company some two
years. The general opinion at Elk
hart is that the shooting was perfectly
iustifable.
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FOREIGN.
France,

France.
PARIS, January 23.-In the Corps
Legislatif yesterday, NJ. Thiers made
a great speech, denouncing CONNER
cial treaties.
All disorders attending the strike of
the wOrkmen of La CrenzOt have been
suppressed by the troops, and the
strike is at an end.
1t is announced that an amnesty
for offences against the press laws will
soon be issued, and a new law for the
regulation of the press is to be submit
ted to the Corps Legislatif.
Italy.
ROME, January 23.-At acOngrega-
ton of the Ecumenical Council on
Saturday there was a protracted de-
bate on syllabus, in which many of
the most eminent Fathers took part.
At two of the sessions last week mon
itory circulars were distributed, en-
Joining on members absolute seeresy
and brevity of discussion.
England.
LONDON, January 23.-The closing
arguments in the case of the Quebec
Marine Insurance Company VS.. the
Commercial Bank of Canada, con-
cerning the propeller West was heard
before the House Of Lords yesterday.
The decisions iu the cases were re-
served.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-24
Wesfern pistl!Iers, AssocIation.

CINCINNATI, January pa meet
ing of. the Western Distillers' AssOcia-
tion was held yesterday, at which was
discussed the reported determination
of Commissi3rer Delano to insist on
fOrty-eight hours fomentatiOn. No
official Information had been received
and it was determined that no definite
action would be taken until the 9th
meanwhile, to ask Commissioner De-
lanO to suspend collection on ASSESS
ments. . One distiller said the enforce
ment of the rule had already cost him
$1,000. and he would close his distillery
before he would consent to be robbed.
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Ihe penhoI Funeral.

PORTLAND, January 23,-Admiral
Farragut arrived to-day to take
charge Of the naval portion Of the Pea
body obsequies. The monitors Me-
nautOnah and Terror arrived this
evening. The funeral fleet Is expect
ed next week. General Il G. Hunt,
former Chief Of Artillery of the Army
of the Potomac, has been ordered here
to represent the army,