Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11
READABLE PARAGRAPHS

NJ. Thiebland, better known as
"Azamat-Ba tuk," is the war cores
pondent of the Pail Mall Gazette.
An English translation of the "Let-
tiers on Women" by Fanny Lewald,
which appeared in the KOLniSche lei
tunq, will be issued shortly.
A little newspaper, named II Fan
jutlG, has recently made its appear
ance in Florence, where it has become
at once popular. 1t initiates the Par
isian Figaro.
The death is announced of Giusep.
pima Pellico, the sister of Silvio Pei
licO, whom he mentions in "Le ME
Prigioni." Her death took place al
Chieri, and she is said to have left a
volume of memoirs, which is shortly
to be published.
The French attribute their want oil
success to the splendid manner in
which the PruSSians reCOnnOitre with
their Uhlans, and the completeness OF
their spy system, which keeps them
perfectly acquainted with every stir
made by their antagonists.
Another illustrated comic paper
made It's appearance in Dublin three
weeks ago. 1t is entitled the knight
Errdnt, and its first number is.cleVer,
tasty and highly creditable. Its
frontispiece embodies a strong picto-
rial argument in favor OF the purifica-
ton OF the Liffey.
"When shall we hear the last of the
Upas?" asks the London Atheae1tm.
''There is a solemn account of the
deadly tree in CdSSeit'S Magazine, as
if the public would learn that not in
Java, but in the fertile brain of Geo.
Stevens it sprung into being, and
spread owe the whole EARTH"
NJ. Gustave DOre has just finished a
large drawing, illustrating De Mus
sets famous Rhine song, and particu-
larry the line,
" On lie pere a passe, passers bien Penfant, y
The phantoms of the Old Guard sa-
Lutte Young France, rushing by, under
the Rhenish castles, to the fight.
In order to amuse the children, a
lady was engaged IN reading from the
Bible the story of David and Goliah,
and coming to the passage in which
GOliah SO boastingly and defiantly
dared the young STRIPPING, a little
chap, almost in his first trOWsers, said /,
"Sister, skip that-skip that; he's
blowingi l want to know who
whipped" o.
To crafty the warlike instincts OF
the Pa~risians, POnsard's "Lion Amou-
reux" has been revived at the Thea
tire Francois. Some passages against
the Prussians, placed in the mouth OF
one of the characters, were excised at
the first production OF the piece; these
have now been restored, and it is
needless to say are voeiferously APP
plauded.
The only changes at the Partisan
theaters, besides the nightly introduce
ton into the programmed Of unlimited
repetiti0nS Of the Marseillaise. con-
sl5t OF the resumption at the Vaude-
Vile, by N. Brindeau, of his original
characCsF iR the Heritage" Of NJ.
Plumeti and q revival az the GYM
nase of three pieces, of which the
most celebrated is the sMatrone
d'Ephese.H
A clerk IN the employ of the East
India Company, recently penned the
following lines to his official superior,
" HOnOred sir, | hpmbly beg you will
exclse my nOn-attendance at office
this date, cause / got a boil as per
Margin IN the margin of the letter
a sketch OF the bell was drawn out,
and the writer went on to say, (" the
breadth Of paper being short, i have
planned the boil small, but it is double
the size.n
An imperfect manuscript Of SOLVER
twist" in the autograph of Mr.. Dick
ems, was sold on Saturday, three
weeks age, by Meesns. Sotheby. VIII
kinson q Hodge, Of London, for ESQ;
It was bought by Mr.-John Forster
''The Lay Of 81. Cuthbert,p "Neli
Cook" and "AHnt Fanny in the
autograph of the Rev. r. H. Barham.
author OF "The IngOldsby Legends.D
produced at the same sale 9l0. los.
each.