Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-02
THE NEWS.

the shingle mill of II. II. Smith, at Osh-
kosh, Illinois, was struck on the head
with a shingle holt yesterday, killing him
Instantly.
Sessions of the Brazilian Chambers are
now being held. The Emperor's policy
in regard TO Paraguay will shortly be de-
veloped. At present the feeling between
Brazil and her allies are far from cordial.
Live the Iberian Union" is now heard
in the streets of Lisbon. Saldanha pro-
claims his opposition to such move
ment, but lac may have TO ride the wave
or be buried beneath its revolutionary
waters.
It is stated on high authority that COM
missioner Wells, whose term expires on
the SOth prox., will not be re-appOinted
bv the President. Strong opposition has
been hard at work some time, and this is
the result.
Ten thousand white men are deprived
of the ballot in Rhode Island, and the
Radical party can do nothing. If they
were negroes something would be done.
But white men have no rights which Rad
ieals are bound 70 respect.
Harry L. Smith, aged seventeen years,
q student of Jennings Seminary, while
carelessly jumping from car at the de-
pot at Aurora, Illinois, yesterday evening,
was overtaken by a locomotive on the
side track and instantly killed.
merston viii appear before the end of
the present season. It is said that il will
probably show Lord PalmerstOn's chsTac-
Ter to have been simpler and more frank
than the present generation Is inclined to
believe.
A Cuban woman writes: when our
men kill a Spaniard we divide his clothes
between US, and so manage to get along
ss best we can, consOled in the midst of
our terrible suffeTings with the thought
that at any rate we are not under the do
minion of the tyrants." I
Putin Bay, Lake Erie, will be a fav6f-
ite place of resort this year. The hotel
has been enlarged, and the fishing and
scenery would nave been improved had
It been practicable. The people of Ohio
and Michigan think there is nothing in
the world 10 equal Put-in-Bay.
Buuock. Of Georgia, says che has great
" diminished his private fortune by his
efforts to sustain himself and the loyal
men Of Georgia" 4" What does he call his
private fortune? From the report of An
gier, we suppose the State Treasury is
what he calls his private fortune.
The Columbus Enquirer says: The rush
of Western freights TO our section is not
diminishing, but is rather on the increase.
Last night the Montgomery and West |
Point railroad received here forty cars
and there were five freight trains into |
West Point, from Atlanta-ninety cars.
4 dispatch from Frankfort, KY, on the |
18th, says: The post Office OF this city |
was broken into and the safe robbed OF
about $500 in postage stamps and about |
500 in money, last night, by unknown |
parties. The robbery occurred about 8 |
O'Clock am, and was evidently effected |
by experts"
Mary Merricks, daughter of Blanc Mer-
ricks, was terribly burned in Chicago /
yesterday, by kerosene. In trying to kindle /
q fire, she poured quantity of kerosene /
over the wood, and by some means or
other her dress took fire, and before she
could tear it OF, WIS badly burned about
the legs, arms and body. She cannot re-
cover.
A medical association has been started
in Washington, composed of white men
and negroes, leading object Of which is
announced to be the promotion of social
intercourse among the members" White
men must be madly infatuated with ne
Eyroes, who get down upon their knees TO
have "sOciaI intercourse" with them.
Postal matter for tho South Pacific is to
90 by the through railroad and mail
steamers from san Francisco, after the
18th of June. The English mails from
New Zealand and Australia use this route
at the present time. We can chain all
Western and Middle Europe to our car
/
passage from sea to sea.
The disfranehisement of white men
keeps pace with the Wholesale manufsc-
ture of negro voters. Senator COnkliug's
new bill practically DISTINGUISHES all who
have been atIralized within the last two
wears. and provides a series Of obstacles
10 the obtaining Of the rights Of citizen
ship in future. 1t is about as impudent a
Radical outrage as has been attempted
which is saying good deal.
In the course Of a recent speech upon
the decline Of American commerce, Gen.
Banks said: "Our debt is large, our
taxes are heavy, and the system of
import duties Is necessarily burdensOme
upon trade; business is depressed, conf
dence is impaired, and our relations with
other countries not as pleasant as We
could wish" This is a brief, but compre-
hensive summary Of what the people Of
the United States owe the Radical party.
The London papers say that the re-
ligious May meetings in that city have
been attended by larger audiences than
usual. The only considerable falling off
in funds is the " Society for the Propsga-
tion Of the Gospel aggressive Angli-
cam " The Bible Society reports an in
come Of elS2, 600; the Church Missionary
Society Of el4l 800; the Wesleyan Mis-
sionary Society of El45, 200, and the Lon
don Missionary Society of elO4, ,700-a to-
tai Of e574.200 for four societies, all show
ing a considerable increase from last
year.
Al the Wesleyan missionary meeting
held recently in London, Mr.. Cox, from
China, said that all the Protestant mis-
sionaries in that country, from America,
Germany, or Great Britain, were only
1872. while the Catholic bishops and priests
numbered $40. Besides, he said, the
Catholics have eight hundred priests in
Japan, Thibet, Cochin China, TOnquin,
and other places, where Professionalism
has not a single representative, except a
few Americans in Japan. "In all my
rosmings as missionary and colporteur,"
said Mr.. Cox, 4 have never yet visited |
place but i have found that the Roman
Catholic priesthood had been there before
me-"
The New York Independent for this
week, says: " A paragraph is going the |
rounds OF the press, in which the muir |
derer Of Mr.. Richardson is referred to as |
authority for toe statement that his former '
wife's literary efforts were poor in quail ,
ty, and that for what she has written for /
this paper she was only paid Sl0i The
fact n, that Mrs. Richardson formerly |
Mrs. McFarland) has received a liberal |
price amounting to some hundreds of
dollars. for no less than twenty-five arti- I
eles printed in the Iadepe1tde1a; and I
they were so good that we mean 10 have {
more of the same sort as soon a. Mrs. |
r. : health will permit her TO resume the
use Of her pen. In the words Of the Chi
cagO POST Fond husband! noble pro-
tectorl Brave champion of wife's ,
hOnoTp"
A letter appears in the FoOchOw Chinese
Recorder for April, from Rev. William
Gamble, a Protestant missionary at Ma
gasak, giving an account Of the sights :
which passed before his eyes of many !
hundreds Of women and children, guarded Z
by military force, who had been taken
from their homes, and were going they
knew not whittier, apparently in much
distress: {" We spoke 10 some Of them and
they told Us they we're Christians for be-
ing which they were taken from their Z
homes, and they now did not know what
would be done with them, and that they
were in great distress. They said that all l
their men had been previously sent ]
away" The next day we saw another O
company Of about three hundred, moving |
slowly, as il much exhausted, and appa- \
nently repeating some formula Of prayer. \
The New York Sun informs us that "the G
instructions OF the Government are per-
emptOry to arrest the Fenian leaders
wherever found" and then adds, the
authorities are advised by leading poll (
ticans not 10 intercede with the British 4
government for their release II any Fe- :
mans should he foolish enough to cross
the frOutier and fall into the hands Of the )
Canadians" II the Fenians were only
black, how quickly Grant and the Radi-
Gals would rush to their relief. The Afri-
can being their last sensation. they have
no time nor inclination TO attend 20 the
wants Of the poor white trash, /" and the y
wild Irish " particularly must not ex- Z
meet their support or EVTnpatbV Tha roar I I