Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-22
CITY PARAGRAPHS,
MFTRoRoLoGIUAL RECORD.
MEMPHIS March u. lB4g mr.

All Eastern and Northern connections
are now made by the Memphis and Lou
isville road.
The Bsrnum clock gets along very
we'll at night. The new glass and new light
do first rate.
1t is understood that q fine block is to
be erected on the corner Of Main and
/ Bsale streets this spring.
-Steps will be taken this spring to
/ have the splendid church OF Dr., Ford I'm
ished before the fail.
The DAILY APPEAL can be had at
! Brownsville, Tennessee, Of Emile Tamm;
who also keeps Northern and Eastern
journals.
The argument in the Poston-Graves
motion for q new trial was concluded yes
terday. The decision Of the judge viii
not be given for a short time, at least.
There is not a son of toll in the city,
or one who would have q million dollars
expended in this city among working
men, who viii not hear General Forrest.
There is a special treasury agent in the
| city. It is also said that the special United
States detectives have arrived from ash
ingtOn 10 Investigate the mysterious dis
appearance Of Nh. Kendrisk.
General Forrest would gladly have
/ the ladies Of the city attend at GreenIaWs
! Opera House tomorrow evening, where
he will tell why and how they are inter
I ested in having direct railway access to
| the coal and iron fields Of Alabama.
A great ire occurred at the "Bauk-
head place." on the Arkansas river, on
the night Of the Ash instant. The place
was burned. Cotton gin, gin house, ma
chinery and eighty bales cotton were de-
stroyed.
The wood and coal men say that the
past season has been the worst that Mem
phis saw in ten years. This is TO be the
more regretted because some had made
their calculations for the incest sort OF
"bulling" operations.
in consequence Of the totsl3 d~estruc-
ton by ire Sunday morning, March 9th,
Of the principal Exhibition building OF
the Mechanics and Agricultural Fair As
ISOLATION Of Louisiana, at New Orleans,
its fair is postponed from the 8bh of April
TO the 18Th Of November.
The horse thief, Luck, had his case
fully investigated by the Recorder yester-
day. Two big equine peccadilOes were
proven against him, and he was required
70 give $1,000 bail in d case, and $4,000 in
another case, falling in which he was
sent to jail.
"A large whisky case is to be brought
before the United States Circuit Court, on
Monday. There are sOme two hundred
barrels whisky, that were seized from J.
@. Harris in ObiOn, now Lake county, in
volved in this suit. About forty witnesses
have been summoned, and, by mutual
agreement of counsel, the case is advanced
on the docket and viii be brought up on
Monday.
p. A. Brswner, Esq for a long time
q citizen Of Memphis, and late Of the
Memphis APPEAL, has removed TO Chat
tan0Oga, Tennessee, where he is engaged
in the practice of law with Colonel J..
= 49, aHaA HnHn Of ANAnnHhHa hAarEwa
Brswner and Msyrs are gentlemen of
good business qualifications, and we wish
them success.
The Brownsville States says: "On the
place of James Bond, ESQ, near Hatchis
river. q cold-blOOded murder was psrps-
trsted by s negro boy sixteen years cid,
on the body Of his step-father. The de-
ceased inflicted some slight punishment
on the prisoner, by which the latter be-
came angsred, and having made the
necessary preparation by securing an X
laid in wait and inflicted the fatal blow"
A pair Of gentlemen send US a letter
putting the query: Whose property was
the isr got on, and by what right was il
dug up2" We can't tell, neither can we
the other query: "CannOt action
be taken for trespass in the csse?" The
whole affair belongs properly 20 the
police. But that body, though it may
take notice Of a laughing Niger, cannot
take cOgnizsuce Of a grinning ghost,
Governor Alcorn will probably oc
Cupv the Office which be o fills till next
in order TO secure q perfect sys-
TEN of State government, At the eEpira-
ton Of that period be will represent Mis- 4
sissippi in the United States Senate. 1t is
needless to say that the maintenance of
order in the present condition of affairs is
very difficult. There are black sans CT
Totes in Mississippi, and white in Paris.
An ignorant mob, black or white, sud
denly invested with supreme power, Is a
terrible force in government.
Some Of the most highly esteemed bar
keepers OF the city propose that q special
tax be levied by the Legislature upon
dram-sbOps. and the proceeds be applied
to the establishment and maintenance OF J
q r6fOrmatOry institution, for those in ]
sane, helpless people called druukards. s
The proposition is well conceived, and we
ask for il the attention Of Messrs. Crews, Z
Hsrris, DuBOse sud others, who have con ]
stituents of this unhappy class Of non Y
composers.
Mr.. G. W. Powell, who tells as, "my I
home is where / md, and who ONE ,
burdened with a story Of infinite interest
to the Christian world from the noun :
tains Of Arkansas, gives us the following :
card: "The messenger has arrived in our
City With the proof that the Scriptures ,
true But the Churches are Closed
him for he Is a Stranger And has ,
diploma nor means to Publish these I
and must he shake of the Dust on
OF his feet and leave our City. He may be =
COunCeled At the Franklin house for a 4
days opposite the worshsm house !
sc. ". POWELL" !
There was talk of "fOul play" about Z
town, yesterday, in connection with the
abandonment Of q white infant in South I
Memphis, which was tOund outside aGOOr s
wrapped in d blanket Monday morning, y
which, il was said, died a short time \
sfJerWsrd. The times being very much B
out Of moral joint, every little Circum-
stance that can possibly be tortured to
lns's disadvantage is seized upon with
avidity by the public. These little {
require TO be officially cleared up. 2
The Coroner ought TO get q verdict from
81 inquesting jury in the case. 7
"A lively scene occurred on the l6v6e /
yesterday. While a lot Of mules were r
leing driven on board a steamboat, one Of 5
he animals jumped out into the river, {
was hOuudsring around there at a II
esrful rate, and would doubtless have v
Jeen lost had not two euterprising dar- v
Ties zone 20 the rescue and, after much
rOuble, saved the animal. They were
cry properly holding the beast for saly-
when q policeman inuerfered to settle =
question of right according TO his p
lotion. and forced the darkies 70 give mp d
be mule. The colOred gentlemen were n
naturally wroth at this, and went around \
W seeking redress. They went to the n
niued States Marshal's Office, looking for V
libel, and afterward they went TO all the n
SsriGtiH What success attended /.
heir efforts has not transpired. a.
The other day John CASTOR found one B
+ his trusty COlOred boys dropping eggs +
ntO a basket, for amusement. he was %
aktng them out Of one basket, and count 81
ng them into another. But after counting 81
bout four dozen eggs out Of ono basket IS
: was found thai there wasn't an egg In hl
ho other basket, but there was a confused il
PASS Of yelk and shells. The colorsd b,
smiled broadly at this amuse- in
lent, but be grlunFd more loudly when kO
ohm t0ed him forth on the sidewalk. Ii
Miller had.t 20 hne John FIVE dollars Il
Jr his amusement, But said he, in miti- 81
Of the severity Of the punishment, hi
NV friend John, If you have not taken A
We dollars worth Of fun out of that dar- AS
the fault is your own, not mine" W
We but obey a natural impulse and q
srform a dutyin giving place TO the fol- =
"a
Editors AppeGl-Wil you be so kind as IN
/, inform the benevolent public, the ~
fraternity and Confederate as ~
citations particularly, that there viii be Hml
mad an an elegant Masonic gold medal. 4
Lv child Is sick, and I am needing the =
very much. / have employment, ~
nv salary does not supply my =
I an alone in the world, have no %
ne TO depend on, no relattyes-n6lther ~
lther, mother, sister or brOther-and my -
hid. who would have been q protector 4.
nd support, was offered up q sacrifice %