Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-23

who Is a steamboat engineer. he VIII
be buried to-day.
-Messrs. Register & Trezsvant sell at
suction lots Nos. 2I7 and 2I6, Main street,
on the promises to-day al u IN. The
property is so attractive, the terms sc
so easy, and the fact Of the positive sale
by g foreign owner, OF property SO valu-
able, that the proceedings Of tu5 Board Of
Trade al nOOn msy be interrupted.
VIII Mansford, at the corner OF Mon
roe Second streets, has the GALAXY
containing Jpdge Blacks letter to Wilson.
He also has all the beautiful illustrated
publications of the day French, English
and AmeriCauh without which one can
not be inbellgeutly posted as to current
events See Mansford about it.,
E-Ths ire at twelve O'Clock last night
was out at Central Point. A long brick
/ shed that looked like g blacksmith shop
was sblsz5 when the engines got there.
The material was nearly all burned cut
so that z few sQulrts OF W8J6r left the
place q black ruin. We could not ascer-
tain to whom the concern belonged, The
damage cannot be great.
The White and st. Francis begat a
deal Of excitement as they came in yes
terday afternoon side by side. When
they turned the point below the city they
were ruuning together; but the White
was nearly three hundred yards ahead
when the boats came to the shore. There
was q great crowd at the wharf at the
time and the contest caused much excite
msut.
Mrs. F. G.. Smith, principal Of the
/ Columbia Athenaum, who died afeW days
ago. had been engaged in her vocation
I ~GhirtV-sight years. In every county in
MIDDLE and West Tennessee there are
intelligent Christian mothers who de-
1 DlOre the death Of this accomplished aud
| IaboriOus woman. There are perhaps
| hfrv ladies Of this city who, as school
/ girls. wero trained for lives Of usefulness
and for social positions they now aiOrn,
by Mrs, Smith,
The freight that was taken from the
wrecked steamer McGil was set upon by
/ negroes Ia the ueighb0rhOOd and much Of
it was taken away. At length the white
| people, led by the Sheriff, were armed,
built barbados Of boxes and bales, and
guarded the freight. Negroes, ven then,
| Crawled up on their bellies and removed
smsll parcels during the night. At n
time they threatened to take possession
Of the whole cargo by force, but were
frightened away.
The steamer Geo. W. Cheek brought
| up Saturday night 8 monster black bear,
/ which attacked q negro near Friar's
Point. The negro showed light, and fired
! on the monster twice with a Colts re-
psater, He threw away tho pistol and
went in on his muscle. The bear gave
cuhee one loving embrace and tore OF
part Of his wool. Meanwhile, a butcher
knife tiCkl5d bruins vltal5 and be gave
up the ghost. The bear is sent 20 Captain
John Shirley 81 Louisville, 10 be served
whole. The Cheek had q splendid trip,
including 100 tOns from the NCIIll.
"A member Of the Mississippi Leeisls-
turs. who went down there rom Mem
phis when SeutCr smashed Br0WuLOw, is
a gentleman Of literary taste. He wears
a Faber No. ! in q knot of his hair above
the left ear, chews paper instead OF 30
bscCO, and Is known as "yaller-kiv9red
litter a-chewer jim" Since Senator Nor
gan woOsd and won the cOlOred belle, Jim
is the only negro who has access to the
society Of the choicest COlOrGd bellies Of
Jackson. The carpet-bag members mo-
nopOlizs the kinduesses Of the sex. Ihe
King Of DahOmey should visit Jackson
to learn how TO conduct social life in his
bsrbaric court.
The Grenada Sentinel Of Saturday
GAYS: ave are sorry TO learn from Mem
plis Of the death Of Billy White, from
Injuries received in the late railroad dis
aster. Mr.. White was omnibus agent for
the 'Keck Line and had, by his anna
bic disposition, generous conduct and
strict attention to business, made himself
universally esteemed. He leaves a wife, |
q mother and three sisters to mourn his
untimely loss. He win be missed sadly
by his mother, who was almost entirely
dependent on his eXertions. Billy White
was a true friend, g kind husband and a
dutiIul SON."
The Nashville Banner, speaking OF
our Criminal Judge, says that Judge
FipDiu, Of the Shelby Criminal Court, is
making his mark on the bench. His zeal
in the official endBavOr 70 suppress law
lessness OF ali kinds is commandable to
the highest degree. his charge TO the
Grand Jury the other day, as reported in
the Memphis APPEAL, upon the subject
Of carrying concealed weapons, Is a
healthy indication that the majesty
Of the law is beginning 70 assert Itself.
He looks upon this evil custom as the
prolific parent Of numberIess horrors,
and demands its extirpatiOn.
-Maury county, in this State, was
named in honor Of a distinguished
physician Of this city, or las correspond
snt suRgests) Of Lieutenant Msury, who
ones head swim in ocean currents,
Dr. Of q famous Confederate General. It's
name is not derived from Mauritania,
whsncs the MoOrs came, where SyphaX
Marrinissa snd Metellus Waged q
lively war in the oldsn time. On the con-
.rsry, there was an honest, psinstaking
Did surveyor, who planned the county
gave It his name, Maury. He may
been the ancestor Of the Doctor, the
philosopher, Of the General, and Of all
Mauritania, for aught we know.
--Wultitudes Of people summed them
throughout yesterday on the river ,
shore. There are sermons In the trees
md stars and Bonded heavens, and a ma
estic elOquencs in the sonOrOus rythm Of
be murky waves Of the great river that 7
weep onward with csaseless melody to-
ward the ocean. There is q river Of death g
md one Of life. Those who gaZed 50 long Z
the Bunlit water yesterday, IS their ]
were bright or sOrrowE great, bsheld
be a or the other stream, hguratIve Of {
oy or woe, in the hesving ~ OF the {
ather Of floods. There were themes for Z
,t. Paul's ]eiOquencs In the physical world, Y
g. in the moral necessities Of the mulii- 3
ude that listlessly ssuntered throughout y
he day along the verge Of the heights {
hat oVerhsng the Mississippi. d
The churches yesterday were wen Z
He'd, and Yet there are surely many a
ouths in the city who were never in v
by the pulpit. Those debEssd 4
rutes that made the nights hideQus when 9
be davenport appeared we're never in b
uenced by gospel training. IL thus v
that the success Of the thoater de- e
ends somewhat upon the vlgor Of the s
1uTCn. NO Respectable WDudA viii Fhlb ~
place Of amusement in which indecent v
are banded about between the third Q
sr and the pit. A policsmau's club can u
one inculoate a proper gospel in the G.
inds Of such brutal sinners, The most 81
.sful and famous Of the Apostles were q
ihermen, and the churches should send e
missionary among the mackerels, to q
exile, not only the unkempt, but a few "
fellows that part their hair in the %
idle. y
In reply to the inquiry published q eo
v DAYS ago, We would STATS that there p.
IRE not more than six Of the roughs and -
lrdsrers hanged by the outraged people us
Vicksburg some years ago, when that %
y was infested by villains, and its peo-
bulied and brow-beaten by black .
ards. TIE knaVes all swung at the ia
time. on the same day, from the si1
ne gsllows, and none Of the execution he
were disguised, and none were ever gr.
secuted. And thus terribly was aVeng- gu
the death Of 8 single good citizen, who VIC
az the hands Of q OF those whose
mes were feariuily avenged. After
ross for years, order reignsd in Weeks a &
r., san Francisco and Natchez under S
the same fearful process Of purRa- Z
The disease Is terrible. which ia j
organized communities often de- 1
nos terrible remedies. mi
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