Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-10
LocAL PARAGRAPHS.

The weather was bitter cold yesterday
The cutters vera hard frozen eyen in
the sunshine all day yesterday.
John Donovan gives up his bets like a
hungry dog does a piece Of fresh meat.
The utmost quiet pervaded the city
all day yesterday, especially during the
evening.
Up to six o'clock last evening there
was a blank docket at the First District
asasionhoUse.
There were four arrests in the First
District up to five o'ciock-three DRINKS
and a felonious appropriation
The iron crossings at the intersection
OF Jefferson and Main streets, have caused
several accidents lately. They should be
removed as soon as possible.
The attention of the old and new
Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen is
called to the proclamation of the Mayor,
calling a meeting Of the Board this after
noon.
Gen. Richardson, formerly of Mem
phis, was assassinated on Friday night
last, at his residence, at Ciarkton, Dunk
lin county, Mo. Our informant could give
US no particulars.
-Brevet Lieut.. Col. Thomas C.. VII
liams, 18th U. S. Infantry, who died in
Little Rock a few days ago, was the hus-
band of Miss Saunders, s~tep-daughter of
Gov. Aaron V. Brown, Postmaster Cen
eraI in the Cabinet of President Blu
chanan.
in yesterdays AUGIGnche, under the
inquiry, "Is it good or bad taste" a very
learned writer signing himself "Americus
Curiac," attempts to ridicule the address
OF the last grand jury Of the District Court
to His Honor Judge Trigg, by comment
ing severely upon the scholastic attain
ments Gifts alleged author, yet admitting
that sit was a fine production of the
kind" o pshaw, few believe that you
are "a friend of the court" though You
are well known asa merry cuss, Gamer
~icus.")
The Chicago Times says: "F. W.
Hurst, the individual claiming to be a
correspondent of the Times, whom we a
short time since exposed, as an ippOster, I
seems to ave made his way from Califor-
mia to Mississippi, and in Corinth, in the
latter State, to have practiced his vOca-
ton upon some unsuspectIng parties. If
Southern papers would aid the exposure
of this scamp, they would do a good SER
vice. Hurst has never been q CORES
pOndent of, or in any way connected with
the Times. He is simply q swindler."
Pass him around.
The announcement that Rev. DR.. An
derdon, of London, would preach at st.
Patrick's Church yesterday morning drew
a large congregation to that church to
hear the distinguished divine. In the
evening the sacred edifce was crowded
TO its utmost capacity, the subject of the
reverend gentleman'5 lecture being Pop
ular Objections against the Catholic
Faith" DR.. Anderson was formerly an
Episcopal minister, and VIII deliver a lee
ture at the Memphis Club Hallnext We'd !
nesday evening, on the motives which in
duced him to embrace the Catholic reli-
gion. Tickets can be procured at the
Catholic Bookstore,
The tide Of emigration continues to
flow westward through our city. Not a
day passes by without q train more or
less numerous going through. Some of
the migrstOrs are apparently people who
are or have been well to DO" but the
wealth ofthe majority seems 10 consist of
the wagon which carries the household
goods (skillets and frying-pans, rolls of
bedding on which sits the "eld CONAN"
generally with a "nussin' young un,'
and e few pieces Of furuiture,) the horses
or mules which draw 1t, and the lean,
NANCY hounds that follow il. The desti-
nation of the majority is Southern Arkan-
sas. or Northern Texas. All lcok to be
fleeing "ths wrath that is to GOMEZ ex-
cept the dogs, which improve the onpor-
tunity at every halt to flee themselves.
The Paducah (Ky.) Kcatacbica has
the following in regard to our friend, who
is now among the prominent candidates
for County Court Clerk: we see it an
nounced in the Memphis papers that w.
0. Woodson, Esq, has .been named for
the position of County Court Clerk of
Shelby county, Tennessee. We have
been personally acquainted with Mr..
WoOdson for sixteen years, and we take
pleasure in saying that we have never
met a more hign-toned gentleman than
we have always found him to be. lie be-
longs to oneof the most respectable fam
lilies in Kentucky, and is a gentleman of
liberal education, of clear, good sense and
of spotless reputation No man would
more honOrably and satisfactorily per-
form the responsible duties of County
Court Clerk than Mr.. We)dson, and his
election will crafty all who know him.
Mr.. WoOdsOn has been for many years a
newspaper man and a telegraphic agent of
the Associated Press" We indOrse this
fully.
1t strikes Us very, forcibly that the
ordinance passed at the l8SG regular meet
ing OF the Board of Aldermen, fixing the
pay of the new boards was, in some re-
spects, one at least, an unjust one. We
refer to the ciause liking the pay of the
Aldermen al the same figure as that OF the
Councilmeu, VIZ: S253 per anHum This
is, as we say, unjust, and for the follow
ing reason: While each board viii have
an equal amount of labor-tJ perform.
there are but ten in the ~ twenty in
the other, thus giving to each Alderman
double The amount OF work performed by
q Councilman. When we reflect upon the
number Of standing committees, the
amount Of business which comes before
each monthly meeting, the very small
amount of the salary fixed $50 834 a
month";. the disparity is too great between
rha EnrEiaaa and nav We ara -EnTP that
had the salary of the Aldermen been fixed
at $500 per annTm there would have been
no opposition to il among the citizens.
On the contrary, We know Of several who
would have voted pay" who, as it was,
either voted mo pay or did not vote at
all-alleging as a reason that the salary
should either be a sum INDECENT TO make
each one who received it feel that he was
drawing pay for his services, and conse-
quentiy bound ig duty TO attend TO the
business Of the city, or il should be
nothing, so that each man who accepted
the position should feel b0HaG in honor to
the work required. There are other
reasons that might be alleged why the
difference should be made, but we think
these are enough. While on this subject
we will mention in this connection that
at the Third Ward polls the judges found
On counting the vote u pay" ticket,
written on a long slip Of paper with a lot
OF verses appended, the pufport OF which
was that the Aldermen ought to be paid,
and that a sufficient sumtO prevent them
from stealing. Be it understood that we
do not mention this as one of our argu-
for We really think that any such
insiRUations as r~egardstAe present boards
would not only be in bad taste, but totally
without cause. Rarely has a city been
with the prospect OF honest,
upright and able government than Mem
phis is at present.
THE LADY MANAGERS of Leath Orphan
viii hold an adjourned meeting at