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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-13

There seems 70 be a general reor-
g~suizstion Of the press in this section
of the political vineyard. Walker w.
Wood, a young lawyer Of tireless en-
ergy. indomitable resolution and
matches genius, is making a model
country paper Of the Upton COUNTY
Record.
Nose Parrish has enlarged and i'm
proved his Bulletin until it is now
a OF the handsOmest and most in
teresting papers ia the State.
DR.. George A. Msthes has joined
sam. G. Sparks in the publication Of
the Somerville Falcon. DR.. Mathes
has talent, energy and experience,
and, from our knowledge of him, We
10 not hesitate to say that he VIII inn
part much additional interest to the
Falcon.
The Weekly Netrs is the name Of q
paper just started at Ripley, Tennes-
see, by P. I. Glass and j. L. Sparks.
Both the editors and proprietOrs are
lid newspaper men. and the first
number gives promise Of usefulness
aud q successful enterprise.
The papers at Jackson, Brownsville,
Trenton and Paris seem to be thriv-
ING, and we congratulate them on their
prosperity. Nearly 8 century ago,
long before the press reached its pres
ent importance, Thomas Jefferson said
he would rather live in a country with
newspapers and without a govern
ment, than in q country with a gov
eminent but without a newspaper. 1t
has been truthfuily said that the
newspapers are now the literature OF
the million; that while one man In q
hundred reads a book, nineiy-nine IN
a hundred read a newspaper. Then
now important that this great lever be
properly directed, that the editor
should be independent in the fOrma-
ton Of his opinions and fearless in the
expression OF them; that he should
write nothing in malice and suppress
nothing from fear of consequences.
There is room enough for all the papers
now published in West Tennessee,
and We hope the day is not far distant
when acrid jsal0usies and foolish
enviss will give place TO that nObler
feeling which, instead o~fsneering, will
sympathise and rejoice at each others
trIumphs.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-13

The authentic legend Of the XII
kenny cats, who, in the warmth Of
their feline qusrrels, devoured one
another in so compete a degree that
the stumps Of b. tails alone re-
manned to testify the result Of the COM
bat, is likely to find a parallel ia the
history Of the Radical party. w
outsiders already begin to hear faint
squeals from within the Wigwam.
The Democratic party may not be as
harmonious a it ought to be, but
there is consolation in the fact that
the Radical party is rent BY intestine
feUds which threaten its destruction.
Twelve months ago Governor Cox. Of
Ohio, left the Cabinet in disgust. and
he and his friends are hostile to Grant
We have now the Pleasonton Bout-
wei imbr0glio, which is a very pretty
quarrel a It now stands. The suspen-
sion Of P~leasOntOn has produced a
breach between himself and the Pres
idsnt impasssble. In Louisiana the
split ia The Radical party is
50 vide that it cannot be held
together by the cohesive power Of
pubic plunderi The antagonism be-
tween the two factions is full OF bitter
ness and Is growing more fierce each
day. The Radicals OF Arkansas have
each other by the ears. With one fac.
ton Clayton is divinity. With the
other he Is regarded as an inearnate
devil. But since Clayton purchased
the little creature johnson, who was
eulogized in this city last winter, at
such a cheap price, we are prepared to
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-13
LITTLE SALLY.


The London Figure pu3iishes the fol-
lowing clever imitation Of Bret Har5e
and John Hays peculiar stylsot p0esy
You've 3 heered me tell O my sally. Joe,
by cute little Bit OF a Sal
Lor bless me- what Is il a-chOkin7 me So
she were bat q shrimp OF q ga
And ere I'm a ha0tually going 10 blub-
she's dead that's All, old pal.
I can mind the night / picket her up,
Twas In Limnerstone lane, Shorediteb;
1 nadn'e rad BIT nor sup all day,
Nor nara a chance OF sich-
FOR me fruit trade were mighty bad them
AS yer knows the meanin' Of which.
/ couIddeu have passed a dog that night,
For Twas cold, and a-snowin' quIs thick,
50 / takes tue breathing bundle up.
And hurrles on home with It, quick;
And sent Miasis Hodges's Lizabeth out
For q 'appOrth o. mflk, on tick.
Wen. Joe, yor may think It strange, Old man,
What I tells yer about the Kid.
But the babDy she seemed 70 take to me,
md she Kicked, and she I'VE shs did
And rellshed my bit O. dry Toxic that night,
AS tho II had cost NE a quid.
From that time forrard, Joe, hup she growed,
Amused, 50 10 speak, by shares,
Lor' bless ZEE, man, they was nuts on hsr,
IT women what lived mp stairs,
And, Sod knoWs. they often had trouble
enough
LookIaI AFTER their " affairs.
1Ow purity she growed up bless her 'artl
sich eyes never did see
Taikf-Why, she talked like a purnted book
Afore she was scarcely threei
she could read like a pars0n afOrs she were
six;
She read LOga's reglar to me-.
There amt much sun in my cellar, Jos;
Nor light, for the matter of that,
Twere really aslghJ more eheerieF,
Along O'that little brat.
b seemed to haet ike q sunbeam, Joe
She We're better mo- gas, that's hat.
She called me "Daddy7-twers Just a. we'll
1 ehristened her sally, yer know;
l eourted a ga with that very name,
q Ose on iorty year ago..
She ~disd-there, don't look al me, pardner,
dOn'tt
Pm a silly old duner, Joe.
The luck she brought me we're sum'ut
strange;
/ coined upon brighter days;
Pm certain she made me a better man,
With her purity innocent ways
III lay she do yer q lot more good
Than those blOkes in black praya-
1 had the parish doctor, Joe,
And 1 think that he done his best;
But 'tWere when / sat a-hOldiug her and
That my darling were most at rest;
And she died, old pal, with her little head
A-leauin' on my breast.
It's hard to think she's a-gone right OF;
And it's strange why she had to co.
She were doin' good in this wicked world
She were wanted here below.
Why shouldn't we have some angels her3t
But there, we must leave Il, lee
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canal from B~arataria bay to the Mis-
sissIppi. opposite New Orleans, so that
Great Easterns (the class Of ships that
are destined to carry the Commerce OF
this vaIley) can come to the New Or
leans wharf. there exchange carg0es
with our barge lines and floating
steam granaries, will not only en-
rich the West, but make living July
twenty-five per cent. cheaper ~ New
York ndNeWEngland than at present.
With this canal. Grain can be trans
ported from New Orleans to sea for
half a cent a bushel, whereas now Il
costs six cents a bushel. This canal
is only second in importance to the
retaining Of the great lower valley
or cotton field Of America from over
flow; in fact, to the future, they are
the same, for it is the great key TO
the golden heart Of a vast empire,
destined at no distant day to be more
rich and powerful than all the powers
Of earth, and the ma who can COM
prehend the magnitude of this great
question and cut himself loose from
small rings, stand above party, and
carry this measure through, will at
least leave a name among men second
only 10 Washington.
Letus, for one moment, contemplate
the valley fifty or one hundred years
hence, with an industrious population
of one to two hundred millions, with
all their vast commerce; do we not
know that it is bound to seek some
cheap, direct and positive road to the
markets Of the world, and that road
I1a--, .nNrrwnIg Osa1nf nfrTnn9 Whn
man aspiring to craftsmanship, who
pretends to think otherwise, Is not ut
to black the shoes Of q statesman.
The South is poWerless and in no
condition to make demands, but would
be greatly benefited, and when you
assist the South you build up your
own section. New York and New
England demand cheaper living, and
must have it, the Northwest demands
il. Chicago and the lakes will insist
on their ships passing through the en-
larged Chicago and Michigan canal
to and from the oceans of the world,
and when necessary during the low
stages of water in the Mississippi, the
waters Of the lakes may be turned
through il as q feeder to the Missis-
sippf; and last, though not least, the
country will be done being taxed to
keep up that abOmniable and eXpen-
sive nuisance of dredging at the mouth
Of the Mississippi. The iron, coal,
timber, mechanical and commercial
interests of the entire country are
deeply interested, and the man, no
matter what may have been his past
political opinions or other old and
dead issues, who will honestly and
faithfully stand on this platform will
go triumphantly into any Office with
in the gift of the American people.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-13

hear Of any reconciliation in Arkan-
sas. In New York, Greeley has set
up for himself and the Grant faction
and the Greeley faction are as hostiletO
each other as two tom-eats with their
tails tied together. Greeley is warning
upon the Office Holders clique, and the
oBee-holders are trying to remove
Greeley from the craftsmanship Of the
Central Committee. A few evenings
since Greeley introduced a couple Of
resolutions, in which General Grants
interference with the peoples rights
by establishing a COMMITTEES composed
Of CustOm-hOuse officials to interfere
with and supersede regular commit
tee Of the people, was denounced as
needless and inexcnsable, and the
right Of his committee to represent
the party in convention strongly as
serted. This is the beginning Of a ter
rible war. Grant has been all the
summer at Long Branch, fixing the
triggers-and this is the result. In
Georgia the Radical party is hopeless
~ destroyed. The Atlanta eOrrespon-
dent of the New York Herald, gives
a faithful report Of the Radical party
in GeOrgia in a recent letter in
which he says;
So far as Georgia is concerned, there
il no Republican party in this State.
! Bullock has s'gone back on il, !" Brown
don't recognize it, and all the other
leadership fish and sardines alike
repudiate Il. All are in favor Of the
"nev departure" and the late Repub-
iIiean party in Georgia is now known
as the 0neW departurist "-Whatever
that may mean. True enough, the
| sO-called Republican organ here-a
very ably edited paper, by the way
still keeps the name OF Grant at the
| head of its editorial page; but its pol
| tics are decidedly Conservative, and
are anything else than in accord with
the platform OF the Ohio Radicals and
/ the sentiments of Senators Sherman
and Morton. In fact, the Republican
party here IS as dead as q dOOr-nail;
and 1 may say that, excepting South
Carolina and Mississippi, il seems to
be equally as defunct IN every other
Southern State. A few months more
viii tell the story. and 1 shall be SUP
prised if the narration IS at all salts.
factory either to President Grant or
to the Radical party Of the North.
These divisions and Wranglings
among the Radical leaders have de-
stroyed the harmony Of the party, and
should serve IS an incentive to tran
quiIlize the National Democracy.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-13

The fail session Of our public schools
viii open in a few days under the
most favorable auspices. Nj.
Slaughter, the newly-elected SUperin-
tendent, has already entered upon his
duties with an energy that augurs
efficiency and success. The Board Of
school Visitors are vigilsnt, and par
ents are already preparing their child
rem for a prompt and regular attend
ance. Ii is row conceded by all that
education promotes religion and NOR
ality; is the sUrest guarantee for the
perpetuity Of our free institutions,
and every good citizen witnesses with
pride and eXultstiOn the great number
of schOOlhOuses springing up in
every part OF the State, filed with
happy aud joyous children, eagerly
imbibing the rudiments Of learning.
The next Legislature Of Tennessee
should foster and protect this great
popular interest. 1t hiss intWined
itself with the popular heart,
aud the people have decreed
that it shall be placed upon a
permanent and enduring basis.
The school teachers are no longer re-
garded as hired pedsnts, but have ae-
corded to them that high position in
society which every public beneiaetor
IS entitled to. Their profession is now
regarded as q high and honorable one,
and at no period in the history Of our
state has the public interest more inn
periOusly demanded that this profess
sion should be fOstered aud encOur-
aged. The time has passed by when
merely labor and bodily toll can make
the successful farmer or artisan. The
rapid and almost miraculous improve
ment in machinery; the railroads
already constructed and projected that
thread our country, with their mas
sive engines, requiring daily educated
labor; the advance iB agricultural
chemistry; the application Of science
- Ia CpI5LLuCllO4 " AilIUoA CREIN
farming implement-all tell as, in
language that cannot be mistaken,
that the farmer, the artisan, and the
~dsy-lsb0rer ought to be educated.
What can he expect who is thrown
upon the world without means and
without education, and what a bound
less field fer success does our country
afford to him who is educated, honest
and industrioUsi Yet it is not pre-
tended that 3 high order Of education
is requisite for the enterpTising young
man to enter with success in this race.
The rudiments Of an education are ali
that is absolutely required. Open to
him the book Of knowledge; teach
him how to learn; let him realize that
he can become educated, and, If gift
ed with a stout heart and that iron
win which is the element Of all sue
cess, he win advance in improvement
until qualified 20 Gil the various sta
fioaa in life tn which ha maV no ceIlad
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The London Society comes to the rescue
of British honor With 3 political squib, in
which It thus disposes OF the Battle Of
Dorking:
/ served a. gamers male
when 1 was twenty-sight,
That's dfty ammo dominis ago.
Aud on ship, which was the spanker,
Were a riding at her anchor,
One Sunday night in August, you must
know.
/ were 3 ehewin' OF a quid,
Which 1 ordinary did
o. Sundays, for I think its sort o. right,
When our g~uuner-Ben's his name
Did quite suddenly exclatm,
And his exclamation were, BLOW me
Tight
says he. "My jolly mates,
This here LiCyd's paper states
As were goin' to light them German fnrri-
whereupon we tars. in spite
OF its beln' Sunday night,
stood mp and gave three hearty British
cheers.
Well, we sailed away to meet
This famous German feet,
Consarnin' which ther'd been no end OF
jaw
Aud built. and launched, and manned
The finest feet a nation ever saw.
We had cruised about on Sunday,
Bot about six bells on Monday,
When as smooth as any mirror was the
water,
Right cut on the horizon
Rose q cloud as black AZ pizon;
'Twss the foe a steamin' down upon our
quarter.
Twas All All as stiH as death,
There was not a single breath,
But our admiral wore a smile upon his
cheek;
The foe was on our lsrboard,
Bat right away out stsrboard
Was a very little Liny narrsr streak,
A chucklin' VERY sly,
AND a winkipg of his eye,
Our admiral gave orders for to run;
And the enemy gave chase,
For the Germans, as a race,
Have a preference for lighting ten 10 one.
At seven we felt a Whit;
At eighth blOWed right stiff;
At nine II was blowing hall a gale
But at ten the waves ran higher
Than st. PauPs Cathedral spire.
And my language TO describe the same DO
fail.
We kept a 'lectric light
A burning ali the night;
But on Tuesday In the morning about three
Ny gunner up and spoke,
"Darn me II any smoke
Is comm nom their chimney pots, -
says he.
Just then we heard q shout,
And our admiral sang out,
Send the signal up TO wear about, and
close"
Then fore and aft we RAM;
To his post stood every man;
And louder than the storm our cheers arose.
We neared them, andtOok aim,
And the word to hre came,
And our vOlley down the line of battle
roared;
But the German answered not
Not a solitary shot
But her ensign huttered down by the board
We was speechleEs pretty nigh,
AS we couIdn't make ont for why
The sponge they should so quickly up'ards
chuck;
TIL Bismarck We espt5d
Hanging pallid Ger the side,
MOitke sitting down beside a bucket.
All their gunners, ali their stOkeTs,
Lay as fiat as Kitchen pOkers;
All a grooming from the bottom OF their
soul,
For all the rapaciOus crew,
UnacenstOmed to the Blue,
Invalided when the ships began to roll.
And thus the battle ended,
And the broken peace was mended
And William, when at last he ceased to be,
Died a sadder and a wiser,
A more old Kaiser,
And a member OF the Peace EOGietee.
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LEES SURRENDER.
The Truth About That Important Ceremony.

Il has been popularity reported that
the first interview between the two
commanders took place under an ap-
pie tree, which has consequently been
crowned with historic association.
This is false. The fact ia, that in the
morning Of the 9Th of April, General
Lee, with a single member of his
staff, was resting under an apple tree,
when Colonel BabcOck, of General
Grants stat, rode up under a tag OF
truce, saying that if General Lee re-
manned where he was, General Grant
would come to him by the road
the latter was then pursuing.
This was the only interview under
or near the apple tree, and it
may be mentioned here that the fol-
lowing day Colonel Marshall, who at
tended General Lee on the occasion,
was surprised to find Federal soldiers
hacking at the tree, and was amused
at their idea of obtaining from it me.
mentOes of the surrender. Obtaining
news Of Grants approach, General
Lee at once ordered Colonel Marshall
to find a ht and convenient house for
the interview, Colonel Marshall APP
Piled to the first citizen he met, Mr..
Wilmer Mclean, and was directed to
a house empty and dismantled. He
refused to use it; and Mr.. Mclean
then offered to conduct him and the
General to his own residence, a COM
Portable frame house, with a long
portico and convenient I" sitting
ROOM" furnished after the bare style
of the times.
The house was built about half a
mile from General Lees camp. The
Confederate Commander was attend
ed only by one of his aides, Colonel
Marshall, a youthful, bOyish-looking
scion of the old and illustrious Mar
shall family of Virginia, who had
been the constant companion of Gene
raj Lee in all his campaigns, and, as
his private secretary, had done good
literary service in the preparations of
reports OF battles, etc, which are now
historical. With Grant, there were
several Of his staff officers, and a num-
Der OF Federal Generals, including
Ord and Sheridan, who entered the
room, and joined in the slight con-
VersatiOn that took place.
AAhO AAAtA wow ORCAAEA NlNlA0uL bilG
least ceremony. The story has been
frequently repeated, that General Lee
rendered his sword, and that General
Grant returned it with a compliment
tary remark. There was no such abb
surdity. General Lee wore his sword,
which was not his usual habit; and,
on the exchange of salutations, Gen
eral Grant remarked, 81 must apollo.
gize, General, for not wearing my
sword; it had gone of ia my baggage
when L received your note" General
Lee bowed, and at once, and without
further conversation, asked that GEN
ersl Grant would state, in writing, If
he preferred it, the terms on which he
would receive the surrender of the
army of Northern Virginia. General
Grant complied by sitting at a table in
the room, and writing, with a COM
mon lead pencil, the note 80 well re-
membered.
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A A, Gulf level; b, mouth of Mississippi
river one Thousand years hence; q, Bslizsa at
present; ID, BeIize m thousand years hence;
r, New Orleans one thousand years ago; f,
New Orleans now; q, Cairo.
This simple scale will explain my idea
of the lengthecing CT the river. Oue
Thousand years < there was no rise nor
fall at New Orleans, for all was done to
trace a Gulf level. But now the river is
one hundred miles longer, and the angles
or bends have raised IA feet at the BaliZ9
now as one thousand years ago at New
Orleans; but extend the river u hum
Cred miles more and you will see twice II
feet at New Orleans and fourteen ieot at
the Balize, etc.
Respectfully yours, JNO. COWDON.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-13

TIE New Orleans Picayune, OF
Wednesday, 1as the follows: "At
TanginahOa, last week, laborers max
IMP an excavation, dug up several
human skeletons of such enormous
size that speculati0ns are rife as to
which era the remains Of such giant
forms may belong. The skulls are
described as being of double
the size Of an ordinary skull,
and the several bones being in proper
ton equally as large. In alf pr0ba-
bilsty the remains are those Of some
Indians buried many centuries previ-
GUS to the discovery Of this continent.
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We wish All merchants TO understand
80 tTts offee VIII not be r~esponsibie lOf
vt51sI ~csuueeted with the once, IN any
-1aeifv. unless the same shall have ms
- nreseutad 90 aud accepted for aymsh
III Il. W. Alexander, baslneas MahH ~
80 auuHHI.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-19

81 have been in every profession of life, y
cold n Castillo, at the circus. 81 have been
n carnenter. a mason, shipbuilder, ana a
"You sesfaring man?" exclaimed the
man with the eagle eye in the centre
"wbere were you ever whaer J!
"Why, used to cruise arounI h'S" rs
and come home and whale the chlIareh 'ii
the morning." remarked d. {.
Oui,e a romantic incident occurred the
other day at Cape May. Two strangers
went out in a boat together and came BACK
engaged! 1t was one OF those eXtra0ful-
nary cases of love ut first sight. The iady
IL Baltimore heircsS, and the gentleman
an emireut lawyer. Poor Grundy has Deen
completely pro>tfated by the suddenne>S OF
tins Romeo-J uliet transaction.
In reply to an exchange that old age Is 10
he RESPECTED, the Boston 1rdueHer SAYS
Hmuch depends upon whether we ma 4.
in men or in poultry" 10 tins siletv
amendment NAV be madc-that IN men II
is to lie respected. and in poultry II is 10 De
expected.
bareheaded, baretooted little boy as
topished worshippiDg congregation III q
massachusetts town, on recent sunday,
by rushing into church and cXclalmins:::
"Where's my papa? The pigs are out ."
The Young men at the watering-places
have discarded white vests. The young liz
dies Use SO much oil on their hair that .
vest is only good for one evening on INC
piazza.
A New Mexico attorney, in addressing
the iury. threatened to blow out the brans
OF any man who should intimate that III:
client was guilty.