Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-20
o PARAGRAPHS.

Rosa B0nheuf a recently TO an
admiring visitor of hers, that for some
time past she had hardly been able to
overcome her laziness, and that she
did not believe she would paint much
more.
A jeweler in Grand Rapids, Miehi-
gan, received, a few days since, a hea-
Wy gold ring from the Catholic priest
in that city, with the statement, "This
belongs to you; take it and ask no
questions"
There are siXty-fOur prisoners in
the Ohio penitentiary under sentence
for life. The veteran is John Gull,
from Stark county, thirty-three years
a convict, now seventy; mind long
since gone, and a Wanderer about the
yard.
The Richmond Enquirer boldly and
t%ruthfully announces that the unnatu-
raj alliance of Virginia Democrats
with native and imported Radicals
has resulted in their losing the respect
of Yankee Republicans without gain
ing their affections.
An overlooking house greeted Mr..
Fechter at NiblO's, Tuesday evening,
on the occasion of his first appearance
as Hamlet" He had a warm recep-
ton, and gave the audience a truly
original, if not a satisfactory, repre-
sentation Of the character.
Jefferson, Texas, is increasing rap
idly. Over a million Of dollars has
been expended on public and private
buildings since the great fire, and
structures to the value of $500, 900 are
now under contract and in course Of
erection. The present population Of
the place is 1900.
Active operations will soon begin
on the Potomac Railroad, extending
from Fredericksburg to Alexandria,
Va. An organization under the char
ter granted by the last Legislature for
this road was effected some time since
by capitalists from Virginia, Wash
ingtOn and Philadelphia, among
whom are Jay Cooke Il Co.
Mr.. A. S. Richardson, Secretary Of
the Houston and Texas Central Rail
road, has a walking stick nearly a
hundred years old. It is siIver-head-
ed, and bears this inscription: "Frig-
ate Alliance, 1779." And another in
scriptiOn as follows: d" Presented to
Henry Clay by the ladies of the Sea-
mems Friends Society, Philadelphia,
March ist, 1873"
Charles ID. Kirk, the well-known
journalist of Louisville, who wrote
spicy letters over the signature "Se
De Kay" dropped dead in Louisville
about eight O'Clock on Thursday night,
within q lew steps of his residence.
He was a favOrite with the people Of
Louisville, and was highly esteemed
by his fellOwJOurnalists. He was city
editor Of the Louisville C0Htuercia{ at
the time Of his death.
The two rival Chinese theaters in
San Francisco, the See YuD and the
Hung CHEN Guen, have had a row.
The Hung CHEN Guen brought out a
sensational drama. six months long,
that took all the patronage from the
See Yup, and the other night the See
Yup managers mustered all the ex-
railroad constructors in town, and
proceeded to clear out the rival estab-
lishment. 1t was partially successful.
Another relation Of Napoleon III
has got himself into a scrape. He is
~ SUI W LALACIA ALA1dEs 4lG HIS LL-Ll-
cutfed his architect, and the Emperor
has determined that he shall be tried
before the same tribunal that will dis
pose of the case of the princely assas-
sin of Victor NOir. The Emperor has
issued this order because, as ne says,
he wishes zone of his family to con
slider themselves above the laws.
Presidents General Grant is very
anxious to have Southern "chivalry"
destroyed. Now let him send a thou
sand dollar endowment to the young
medical men of Bellevue Hospital,
New York, who recently inSulted the
female students of that institution by
peiting them with ''~spit-bails," mock
ing them with gross epithets and by
throwing obscene drawings into their
laps, while seated in the lecture
Horse races, according to the old
Carnival custom, recently discOntin-
ued in Rome, viii be restored to the
festivities Of this year by per-
mission Of the Pope; and it is said this
fashion of exercise will be carried out
into the Campagna, where it will as
sumo a ''turfy'' character. The latter
locality has already witnessed the
kindred innovation of an English fox
hunt, and foreigners in Rome have
had their ''meets" and ''runs" among
the ruins of those classic marshes; so
that the ancient fashion of equestrian
ism may possibly revive inthe Eternal
City.
Thomas NJ. DeWinter, q diver of
considerable experience, met with a
horrible death by sufIocation, at Sa-
-Vannah, Ga, last week, while at work
in armOr at a depth of twenty feet I'M
der water. He was engaged in re-
moving distractions placed in the
river during the late war, and in some
unknown way became entdngled in
such a way as to cut off his connection
with the air pump above, and when
released and brought to the surface
was found to be dead. His features
presented, as usual in such cases, a
very unnatural and sickening appear
ance. -Four similar deaths have Oc-
CURED during the past twelve months.
On the night of the 1st inst, as we
are informed by a dispatch from the
IS Of Panama. a Masonic lodge
in Palmira was attacked and despOiIed
by a party of fanatics, melted by the
priesthood. About two hundred men
proceeded at midnight to the Masonic
and after taking out alI its
and buring it in the public
square, retired for the night. The
Masons, who were comparatively few,
had cOntrived their escape during the
commission of the outrage, the princi-
pal actor in which had fled to Calf,
he is likely to be taken and pun
Samuel Tyler, Esq, of Frederick
City, Md, writes to the Baltimore
Stg that he is preparing a biography of
Justice fancy, and says: "About
years before his death the Chief
] Justice chose me as his biographer,
reasons which he stated TO me at
the time, that were more compii-
mentaFy to me than of interest to the
After his death his executors
and his family placed in nay hands all
MS private papers, even his private
to his wife, for a period of fifty
years. But as important as these pa
oers are, they by no means furnish all
ne IdCLS H~cCSSSdIy ~ pAtcthb Ills CAldI-
tcter and his acts to the consideration
If the present and future generations
If men. l have, therefore, accumu-
ated, by correspondence, from time to
ime, with persons who had letters in
'egard to both public and private
matters from the Chief Justice, very
important facts illustrating his public
nd private character. shall present
but truth, verified by facts.