Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-07

tax collecting machinery. Al the people
feel free to complain Of the lad revenue
legislation, 50 they viii gladly praise such
instances as this Of executive prOmptness
on the part Of those in authority over US.
We shall now a a double decrease to
Rote-a decreased in taxes and a decrease
in the cost Of collecting them.
The great heat OF the months Of july
and August led to 3 superstition among
the Romans that the pre-eminent warmth
and the diseases, s9e., proceeding from 1t
were somehow connected with The rising
and satting OF Canicula the Little Dog
in coincidence with the SUI. They ae-
c0rdingly conferred the name OF Dog-days
on the period between July Sd and August
I1th; and although the inter baseiessness
Of the superstition has been demonstrated
by tbs ordinary processes Of nature, the
title il still given to mid-sElnmer- The
heliacl8 rising Of Caniculai il getting later
every year, and il does not now rise ia
conjunction with the sun until the Latter
part Of AGgust-yet July and August are
what they have ever Dsen. In Memphis
a stranger who rode through Shelby
street, near the GayOsO, would hin
every day in the year a dog-day, Judging
from the number Of worthless CANNES
that there abound.
We call the attention of our readers
TO the article in our commercial column
upon the Tennesses and Kentucky Life
Insurance Company. The scheme strikes
as a. the most feasible and inviting Of
the many presented TO the public. and IL
will be seen has the Endorsement Of some
Of our sOuBdest, most ciear-headed basi-
ness men. The South pOurs fifty millions
of dollars annually into the Golfers Of
northern Insurance. companies. Memphis
sends nexth five hundred Thousand doll
lars annually for IRE insurance, and per
hapa an equal amount for lie insurance.
such drains will imp0Verish us TO the
last degree. Lst us have rome companies
and keep the money here. Dr.. ~. l..
Thomas, one Of thsi first citizens OF Glarks-
vile for intelligence and ! character,
comes among as to present the subject "a
the business men OF our city, and may
be found at the Savings Bankof Memphis.
Sergeant Weatherford, passing down
Market street yesterday morning, saw a
crowd OF men, women and children on
the sidewalks, enjoying hugely the an
tics Of a Milesian gentleman OF apparsut-
iy military proeIivittes, who was parad-
ing the banquette and giving orders in a
loud, peremDtOrV tone, ~ If drilling a
battalion. On seeing SergesRt Weather
ford be walked up to him, gave a mill
tary salute, and informed him that he
was subject to his orders and would 80
with him anywhere. The Sergeant there
upen invited biul 20 20 with him dow
to the station-ifouse, and the pair pro-
ceeded very quietly down Second strsst
TO the corner Of Exchange. when Mr.
O'Neill suddenly changed his mid and
that he would be id IL he yent a
foot further. The Sergeant thougIt thai
he would have something to say 9n that
score, and took hold of MIN 70 move him
along. This warmed the blood of the
O'Neills, and he i-ncOntiuently went for
the Sergeant. A regular rough and tunn-
BILE ensued, and O'Neill played the wilds
with the Sergeant's breaches. which he
nearly tore of him. A couple OF young
men happening to come along just then
went to the rescue Of the Sergeant, and
O'Neill, like his gallant namesaks on the
border recently, was compelled TO make
an unconditional surrender. He was
locked up in the Adams street station on
the charge Of being drunk, disOrderly
and resisting an officer.