Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

field, in that State, q few days ago,
No blood was shed, and the difficulty
was amicably settled on the ground
before another round became neces'
sary.
Mr.. Lyman G. Draper, the vel
known historian, of Wisconsin, who
has been visiting South Carolina in
search of material for his Life o.
General SUMTER" has nearly finished
that great work, and expects to be
ready to have it published shortly.
Who would believe a few years age
that the Commander of the Faithful
would be a defender of the Faith as
received at Rome? Yet the Sultan o.
Turkey actually suppressed Constan'
tinOple newspaper for daring t0speak
unkindIy of the PODe. That the sue.
cessor of Amurath, S0lyman and Mus
tapha should stand up for the dignity
OF the head of the Roman Church i
certainly n of the marvel5 of this
Catholic age.
They are purifying the English Ian
guage at a great rate in Boston. PEG.
pie who are nice send their protest
against verbal denominations 10 the
Dahl Advertiser. One critic protests
against applying the word ''regalia'
to the aprons and h~Orse-eOllars worn
by MasOns and Odd Fellows, because il
can only refer to royal apparel, being
derived from "Rex-Regis-a king
Another gentleman enters his caveai
against chad on" in place of "wOre;'i
but how about this Well-knOWn coup
let:
" A painted vest P.ince gortlgera had on
Which from q naked Plct his grsncsire
Won"
Or this, among the rhymed lines Of
Midsummer-Nights Dream:
Thou shalt show the man
By the Athenlan garments he hath on,
Farquhar Mckenzie was the name
of an eccentric Scotchman, who re
Gently died at his home in CastletOn.
near ThursO, Scotland. More than
thirty years ago, ne took to his bed
through SOME religious excitement,
and never afterWard arose from it. In
course of time his body assumed such
an abnormal condition that the slight
est cold affected him in the most pain.
full manner, and the air had as far as
possible to be excluded from his bed
His hands had to be kept constantly
glOved, and his only communication
with friends who visited him was
through pane of glass fastened IN the
bed curtains With all this he APP
peared to be in the full possession OI
his senses, and by many persons in
the vicinity where he lived was re.
garded as a kind OF oracle.
We notice a new kind of jarispra-
dence in the town of Iowa Falls, Iowa
Sundry boys of that vicinage, having
organized as q gang of thieves, were
detected. Several citizens undertook
to settle the cases by a mild species OF
lynch Law. After a full confession,
it was determined with the consent
of parents) that each boy should re-
main at home for ten days; should
not be allowed to associate with other
boys for so many months; should be
locked up by the police for twelve
hours, on bread and water, if fOnnd
lOafing about without a pass from his
parents; and that after a reasonable
term Of good conduct he should be
pardOned. We really hope that the
experiment viii succeed. 1t promises
better than ninety days in the House
of Correction.
Jules Barnes, a Paris Red of the
most radical type, now imprisoned at
Versai les, has had, according to Ga
HgHGs3i, an adventurous career. Hav-
ing escaped from Cayenne, whittier
he had been transported in cOnse-
quenee Of his connection with the
events Of May, 1913, he took refuge in
New Orleans, where he became a
paekerOf sardines. He j0ined in the
illibustering expeditions of Walker,
but had the good fortune to
avoid the fate of his leader, and a
great number of his companions, who
were shot in March, 1857. After the
4th of September he returned to
France, and took part in the insurree-
tons of Lyons and MaTseilies. When
the 18th of March arrived he entered
Paris, where the Commune named
him chief OF a section of Uigi2dHtS, in
the Committee of Public Safety,
charged with the secret reports on the
reactiOnists and the persons who
evaded service. His functions which
confined to the left bank, were
fulfilled with savage zeal.
Some facts have been published by
the European journals regarding the
harvest prospects in the grain growing
countries of Europe. In Prussia the
prospects are not at all favorable,
especially for the early crops, and the
late ones have suffered severely for
the want of a warm sun. As is the
case in this country, there has been
little or no summer in Prussia, and
this has had its effect on the crops. In
however, matters are differ
ent, and the prospect of q good,
healthy yield has gladdened the hearts
of the farmers. The wheat and barley
crops of France, especially in the west
andsOuthWest, have greatly improved,
and promise a productive and bOun-
tiful yield. Russia will, according to
all accounts, be up to the average of
last year. The promise of an abun-
dant harvest in Hungary is gratifying,
and in ROumania, Bulgaria and
Besarabia the promises are fattering.
German Bonheur, a half-brOther of
Rosa BOnheur, and a former pupil Of
GerOme, was a gallant soldier in the
cause Of France until captured at
Sedan, after which he escaped, and
returned to his home in a pitiful con-
Young, enthusiastic, and
visionary, he was inducedt to join the
Communists, and at the fall OF Paris
be was arrested by the Versaillists,
and would have been severely dealt
with but for the in~tercesslon OF his
He is now free, and, 1t Is to
be hoped, cured Of hisagrarian f0llies.
The report that Augusta B0nheur,
brother to Rosa BOnheur, has been to
Belle Isle, for his participation in the
schemes of the Commune IS wholly
unfOunded. He has never had any,
thing to do with the Communists. He
lives very quietly near Versailles, and
has so much of his sisters artistic
that many cOnnOisseurs prefer
bis pictures to hers. Juliette Bon
heur, now Madame PeyrOut, shows
line talent, but does little on account
Of her domestic duties. IsidOre, 3 sec
md brother, is a very promising
sculptor. Rosa Bonheur herself, hay-
acquired a handsome independ-
snce, resides near FontaineDleau, and
loes very little work. she makes
constantly, but rarely finishes
anything.
The Calcutta correspondent Of the
london Times, writing On the Sd OF
Tuue. ssys: I'VE are in the midst Of
ne festival Of the bathing Of Jugger-
lath; his great day-the Roth Jdtra,
II the Journey OF the car-WiH be on
he 10th. Fancy a line Of road about