Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-09

/ giau was the vehicle for his signs and
I tears and imprecRtiOns, but like the One
Horse Shay, &c suddenly went out Of OK.
| istenCe. Sam, If wearyOf himself IS TIE
/ world 10 Of him, viii now rest forever
from his literary la0ors.
John b. Cough lectures this week IN
| Louisville. He Is ssdly needed there sna
the temperance people might well induce
MIN TO visit Memphis. He might lesser
he number Of crimes, and thus, thl
weight Of public burdens imposed by
courts. In any event If he couldn't dan
up the torrent Of crime he might that o.
1 alcohol, and since the Two streams flow IN
the same channel and dsbouChe into. tb,
same lake of birthstone and the like, Mr
Cough in lesseRing the volume of one
would weaken the force Of the other.
1t is proposed by one Of the elect o
the city Legislature, that when the tw,
branches are convened this afternoon, Oh,
Chsirmen shall be chosen 70 serve ouly
for q single session. Two or three gentle
men, who would gladly preside, may
thus hsyo their fitness and familiarity
with parliamentary law, and their rapid.
iiy OF thought and action thoroughly
.ested. A slow, dul man as presiding Of
dger, in either branch Of the City Council
would soon be pronounced a public ca
lRmity.
Rev. DR.. s.. h. Ford, 10 whose labor'
The BaPtlsts are indebted for the exist
snoe Of q potent society ia this city, re.
signed, yesterday, pastoral chsrg8 of bic
church. Heststed that his physical vigoi
mad been 80 impaired by an accident that
0sfsl bin some months ago, when he was
thrown from s. carriage, that be- doubted
ais physical ability to discharge satisfac-
Joriiy his pastoral duties. He, therefore
rendered his resignation that if the church
thought as he did about his present H.
ness for his position, another curator OF
souls might Ua selected. The church de-
clined Go accept the resignation and the
learned and eloquent gentleman viii re-
main with Us.
III the fellow who had the temerity TO
swallow the first oyster and ever after
became q -gormaIdizsr OF bivslvss, could
only revisit Earth and that particular
part Of it on which the APPEAL office
stands. be would hasten to Madame Vim
cents, next door, and there take up his
permanent abode. To partsks OF q stew, q
Jr0u or a roast, OF TO take oysters at this
place, " on the half shell, F" is TO excite an
APPETITE tor the tender, juicy and suCcu-
lent shellfsh that can nowhere else be
better satisfied. The fame of Madame
Vincent is worldwide and is well de-
served. For oyster stews she cannot be
surpassed. Call and satisfy yourself, on
Union street, next door 10 the APPEAL
once.
The meeting Of the Catholics at Louis
vile and Nashville, 20 express the sym
pathies of the churches of those cities
with the Pope. called forth a sermou from
DR.. /. h-eiburg, a learned Hebrew. He
adver-sd 70 the fact that the Catholic
church was, pr0fessedly, q representative
of Him whose kingdom Is not Of this
nHA-. 80 HhlH AAHn# 49,. EanH-aaH LL#I
Rome the Jews Of the POps's kingdom
we're OUtlswsd; that Victor Emanuel was
the T u Catholic, breaking the letters Of
the oppressed; that the Jews would mo
more be huddlsd together and impris-
Oued in the Gh6gUO;" that when the
Pope lost temporal power, the Jews re-
gained their natural rights; % and hat
resolutions Of thanks should be forwarded
70 Victor Emanuel. Our Hebrew and
Catholic friends viii hsv a deal Of dis
cUsslOn about this veLed question.
"A few days ago We stated on the aU-
LhOrlEy Of a Galveston psper facts incl
dent to the early marriage Of General
Sam Houston, in Gallariu in this state.
Since that publication the following facts
have been given by Governor D.. Merri-
W6ther, Of Kentucky: In 1853 General
Houston made the following c0mmuuica-
ton to his friend, Governor MeriWethsr,
with a request that should any slIUsiOn
be made through the press 10 the causes
which produced the separation between
himself and wife, he GOV. M would
this communication public. Gene
raj Houston said nat no living person,
Except himself and wife, had any ku0wl-
of the cause of their separation.
That they parted friends, and each had a
regard for the other. That they still
maintained g friendly correspondence
with each other, and would continue TO I
10 so for life. He further said that a. the
ime OF separation he drew up a state
ueut In WriInE, giving the true cause of
hat event, which was signed by himself
nd wife, sealed up, and deposited in the
lands Of a mutual friend, with instruc-
ions 20 open snd publish this after the
.eath Of the survivor Of the parties"
Coroner Mofatt held an inquest yes
on the body Of K. g. PRATT, q we'll
,uoWn, skilltul, and honest cotton buyer
fthis CITY. who resided al No. 56. Linden
trseg. Mr.. Pratt had suffered fearfuIlv
or i've years from sCrofula. He passed
lsuy months at H0- Springs, and at %
Lm6 left Memphis and made his home IN
e.. Louis % was treated by most skill
ll physicians in vain He had been sd
iclsd, when suffering greatly, to the use
narcotics q for the hrst time, Satur-
az evening, Obtained q vial of CbLOrzl.
10 had never used this preparation be-
re and probably drank an overdose.
slCr5 r6sIT-Lug 70 Lt he was speaking of
Is plans for today and wss more hops
D. and in better spirits than for many
past. When h5 reached his home
b went 70 his room Wl6r6 be was found
5al ln BED yesterday morning at six
clock. He leaves a wife, DUru aud
AIRED like himself in Boston, sud two
,il3rsu. Recently be has been connected
business with p. B. Durfes, The de-
assd came TO this city ia 1858 and was
thlrty--5V6u years Of age. The cor
ler's Jury returned q verdict, which &
stes that "ths deceased died from an
.srd0se Of narcotics, taken 20 relieve
bodily suffering.
A man named S~outhworth, in pass
& over the logs OF Arkansas, through
Isl Swamp, has Just elected from his {
FOX fifteen years. Mr.. SOuLhWOrth 4
s had a great deal Of trouble with that
y. IL used to begin 70 crOsk at the Z
unreasonable hours. When South
nth would 20 TO church, for instance,
3 frog would remain quiet until the G
aggregation engaged in silent prayer, a
. then DO would set up such a terrific
vi that The sexton would rush In and
SJuJhwoFth, and drag him out to d,
let down in the graveyard. Some =
les the frog would give a nocturnal
'ensds after SOulhwOrLh was fast asleep
bed, and then s~OUlhWOrJb would rise,
mad q anything. and seize the sgOm-
b pump and try to draw the frog up
t the subtle reptile hsd had that trick
wed on il too O15n during those fifteen
4rs, and il always Skinned up the tube e
.i=Cs, out OF the ~draught, and waited \
til SOuthWOrlb exhausted himself II
athWorth never fooled that frog a
~ deal. And when frogs were
season, S0uthWOrJh used to
b Tor this one with a 6yiz,
& 70 always refused 20 rise, and The 2
buzzsd around 50 In S0uthwOrth's q
usntay canal that &c nearly tickleJ
IthwOrth 20 death. He says the frog
I'd 20 eat twice as much as he did; but
have bssu thinking 10 over, and 10 q
nos 20 US the statement must be eXag- "
somehow. In any event the loca- A
b of the Little Rock road, made by the e
lericzn Land Company, nearly twenty
.rs ago, though ever since condemned,
kelly to result in great good to man
q. Every Croaker in the community a
o WOuld relieve his stomach need only
vel % the st. Francis, aud there is 10
D1ibi0us creature that viii not leap
ID % enjoy the delights Of the bottom
boys. SouthWOrtb's gratitude is
He was taking q snack az the
Mile Bayou when the frog came up
ICE some friends. 81
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