Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-03
60 n REGISTER.
PERSONAL.

Nh. MoFFArr. the coroner Of Shelby
county. who has been down south on 8
sanitary tour, returned home yesterday
much improved In health, and hearty as
ever. He will resume the duties OF his
profession tomorrow.
LOUIS WILTON, of New Orleans, for
merry captain Of the Etsamer Victoria and
of the Imperial, is at the Peabody hotel.
he states that the same reformatory revo-
luton Is in progress in New Orleans thai
moves johnson, by popular force, INTO the
mayors ofhcs.
WE notice among the recent srri-
walls at the Commercial hotel the reg
istrstion Of Captain w. J. Crook and
bride, Of Forrest city. The captain Is as
sbsnny a. 4 bic sunfower,n and we'll he
NAV be, for he has welded one OF the Islr-
est daughters Of our sunny CLINE, Long
may they chime in union.
GKoEeE FRAEoIs TRAIN transmits the
following dispatch. 1t Will be seen thai
he has gobbled the legislature; That taxs
ton, bonds, public schools, are all forgot
ten. and that the capital and our lEw-
givers are clean gone daft for Train:
NASHVILLE, December 2.-Edit0Ts DIP
peGL-JusE addressed the Legislature 1oI
Two hours, and was unanimously noml-
mated for the presidency by acclsmation'
"NEXT PRESIDENT AMERICA"
COLONEL ]. @. PEAY, of Little Rock
Lewis Acres, of New Orlesns; George
Coils, Of New York; A. ID. Rsdmsn, Of
Boston: G, L. Parsons, of st. Louis, and
D. ]. Weatherbee, of Illinois, are sojourR-
ing at the Peabody hotel. One OF these
nothern gentlemen said lsst night that be
had travelled within three months the
whole north, and had seen no city wearing
such an aspect of unmixed prosperity as
Memphiz, and that this was the only city
save st. Louis, thoroughly imbued Will
the progressive spirit OF the age.
HIS host of friends in Memphis will re-
qret to learn that Mr.. Thurman, OF the
law Arm OF Warner, Lee q Thurman has
determined to remove to GreenY1lle, MIS-
sisissippi, where hereafter he viii MAKE
MS houna. We commend him to the good
grsces Of the citizsns OF Greenville, IS 9
gentleman, a gallant soldier and a lawyer
Of merit. Wherever and whatever he en-
cages in, Mr.. Thurman will carry VILE
him the good wishes of q host of frtenesi
TO whom he has endeared himself by his
qualities IS 3 gentleman.
THE Frisrs Point Data, of the 18th
ultlmo. saws: "GoverDor Aloorn has be6n
spending 8 few days at his home, AZ Jones
town, in this county, looking sitter his
extensive private business Interests. he
is making his arrangements TO procSed 70
Washington to take his sest as Onlpeu
States Senator at b beginning of the
next session. Mississippi will lose q good
governor, but the United States senate
will gain q champion by his accession.
We understand IL is the intention OF
Governor Alcurn to resign, and turn over
the gubernstorisl dignities to Lieutenant
Governor Z. c. Powers, some time next
week.
FRIEND of the APPEAL, writing from
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, of the wedding
of Mr.. IA J. Smith and Miss Mollie
Bigley, at Alpsville, in the Keystone State,
writes that Madame Rumor has 1t that
q big dry goods merchant near the Pea
body contemplstes seriously carrying on
another coal kings daughter from Pitts
burg to Memphis. How far they have got
in the arrangement 1 sm not informed,
but one thing l do know, that the fair one,
II this rumor be true, will have no cause
tn regret her connection az the wife Of one
known and respected m all his CONNER
cial intercourse as 2 true a l cannot
vouch for the truth Of Madame Rumor In
this case, and L only give it as II comes to
me-"
A WRITER in the New York Clipper
paws the toilo wing merited compliment
to q gentleman known to all the Old
printers Of Memphis as an ''ornsmenJ'
20 the profession, and the most excellent
artist in the business: "Ah, there is Pick
Russell. Don't know him7 Why, l
thought everybody knew or heard OF him.
Somewhat stout, with beard always cut a
Ia q, s., G., aud q little above medium
hight. he strolls quietly down the shady
side Of broadway. He's Just come from
Cincinnati-why, Idont know-but when
at home he il at the head OF OF the
largest show printing houses In the world
His partner, Morgan, than whom a better
fellow never lived, paid q Visit 10 the
writer last summer, when he wss lying
sick. racked with remittent fever, and a
welcome visit IL Was. Just walt, SAID
Morgan, last walt till our new office is
done. and I'll show you the hsndsomest
lob printing house in the world"
TIE Union and American OF Thursday
saws that the people of Tennessee will
learn with regret thst Hon. T. A. r. Mel
son, one Of the judges Of the supreme
court of this State, hss resigned his posi-.
ton on the bench, 20 take effect on De
csmber 9th. The reputation Of Judge
Nelson ss a lawyer, nigh as IL was before
has been increased by his opinions IS one
Of the ~assocists judges OF our highest
state court. While his brother judges and
the bar will will especially feel his relig
nation. the public, which has become "a
know him better and esteem him most
highly, will all Join in the sorrow which
his retirement wall produce. To MI the
vacancy occssioned by the reslgnatioRF7pl
Judge Nelson, his excellency the goves
nor has appointed Mr.. James i. Shields,
Of Granger county. To the people Of
East Tennessee, and to the bar of the
State, Mr.. Shields Is well-known as Q
lawyer of the highest standing, one who
will wear the ermine gracefully, and sc
devote himself to his high calling as &c
carry conviction that the position lie ss
much honored by the occupant as the
occupant by the position,
THR following beief and modest card
appeared in the Ledger Of last evening
"MEAPHIs December z, ISL.
ITO the Editor of the Ledger;
'Something has been said IN the psper'
of tn ; city about my becoming a esndi'
date for Mayor. In sdditiOn to this 1 hsvC
received numerous personal solicitations
Allow me, through your paper, 70 thsnk
those friends who have proposed 70 honol
me. and TO say thai 1 cannot, under any
circumstances, consent to become a can
didate. Yours respectfully
"R. A. PINSON."
The above Is in perfect keeping with the
good sense ana patriotism tor which
COlonel flntOu HHb etrA D0oh N
Ruishsd. Devoted to his business, Rnc
determined on building up h fortune
broken by the late civil war, in which hS
participated as a gallant Confederate ON
Ger, he cannot devote the time necessary
10 : proper conduct of the mayors ofhee
He, therefore, very properly refuses 70 81
\ candidate. As the president or th'
chamber of commerce be now gives a.
much time 10 public affairs as we have
any right 20 demand Of him.