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Is THERE GODP

How eloquently does Chataubriand
reply to this inquiry: There is a God
The herb of the valley, the cedar sports
in His beams; the elephant salutes Him
with the rising orb of day; the bird sings
Him in the foliage; the thunder pro-
claims Him in the heavens; the ocean
declares His immensity; man alone has
said, "There is no GodW Unite in
thought at the same instant the most
beautiful objects in nature; suppose that
you see at once all the hours of the day
and all the seasons of the year; a morn
ing of spring and a morning of autumn I;
a night bespangled with stars and a
night covered with clouds; meadows en-
ameled with flowers, and forests hoary
with snow; fields guided by tints of au-
tumn; then you will have q just con-
ception of the universe. While you are
gazing upon the sun which is plunging
under the vault of the west, another OBJ
server admires him emerging from the
gilded gates of the east. BY what in
conceivable magic does that aged star,
which is sinking fatigued and burning
tin he shade ofevening, reappear at the
same instant, fresh aRd hunidwith the
rosy dews of morning? At every in
slant of the day the glorious orb is at
once rising, resplendent at MONDAY,
and setting in the west; or rather our
senses deceive US, and there is, properly
speaking, no east, west or sosth in the
world. Everything reduces itself to a
single point, from whence the king of
day sends forth at once a triple light in
once substance. The bright splendor
is perhaps that which nature can pre-
sent that is most beautiful; for while it
gives us an idea of the perpetual mag
nifieence and restless power of God, it
exhOrts at the same time shining ims
age Of the glorious Trinity.
Starching a husband is novelty in
domestic warfare which is quite refresh
ing. Such an expedient was called in
requisition down East, q day or two
since, and a refractory husband brought
to terms. The "ugly brlten was Just
/ the least bit drunk, and the wife grew
tired of his nonsense in and around the
kitchen. There was no broOmstielS
handy, so she gave him notice to quit.
he didn't seem to heed the notice, so
she uneeremOniOGsly seized pail Of hot
starch, and bespleared hira with it from
head to foot. The starch came of
quickly, taking the skin with it wher-
/ ever II touched. He was sent to the
/ Health officer, and declines to prose-
cute, saying he would take lodgings in
some other quarter, and, like q dutifll
husband, send his wife money to support
the family.
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GRA,NT AND MEXICO.

The Mexican Commission now inquir-
ing into the con ditiOn Of affairs along
the Rio Grande gathers facts, we imag-
inc, that President Grant may have rea-
son for the annexation Of Northern
Mexico. No government of that un-
happy country, with its heterogeneous
populations, can give it peace save
through compressive and repressive
force. Grant may produce q popular
diversion favorable to his own re-elec-
ton by suddenly absorbing Mexico. The
ccHp dpetdt viii be struck before Noyem-
Der. Grant has the nerve TO act, if only
some one supply wisdom to advise.
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CHICAGO, August 11.-Yesterday af-
ternoOn, the body of man was found
floating in Chicago river, which, upon
the inquest, was found to be that OF
Francis Mace, an old resident and mer-
chant Of Joliet, Illinois. He had been
missing several days, and his friends
had been looking for him. Although
the body bears no marks of violence, the
absence Of his watch and q hundred dol
lars in money which he is believed to
have had on his person, leads to the be-
lief that he was robbed and then thrown
into the river.
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aIissnnri mnr.IerS

ST.. LOUIS, August 1.-THE body Of
a man, Bearing marks of violence was
found in the river yesterday near Brook
lyn, Illinois. 1t is supposed TO be q
man that was murdered.
A young lady named Willis, living at
Liberty, Clay county, Missouri, had an
alteration with her brother Friday
night, and ina fit Of desperation seized
shot gun and fired one shot, killing
him instantly. L.a.-
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SUMNER.
His Answer TO Professor White, Of the
San Domingo Commission.

WASHINGTON, August l1.-Senatol
Sumner has written a letter addressed tC
A. d. White, ex-San Domingo Com
missioner, in which he says he is sur
prised by Whites statement that he had
misrepresented the facts with regard to
Frederick Douglass. Sumner repeats
that his allusion was to the exclusion OF
Douglass from the common table of the
mailpacket, which exclusion he re-
buked, and that he said President Grant
carefully omitted. Frederick Douglass,
who was in Washington at the
times, from the dinner 10 the commits
sioners, and thus repeated the indignity.
Summer quotes the statements Of a Mr..
Green and James Wardley (colored) to
show that Douglass complained Of the
neglect and felt it keenly. Mr.. Sumner
adds that Douglass, at his house, said
that he felt the Presidents neglect,
which was less excusable as he had
gone to san Domingo at the express in
vitation of the President, and on his re-
turn was insulted on board the Potomac
mail packet, and that an investigation
by the President would have been a
proper rebuke to those who had insulted
him.
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INDIANAPOLIS, August 1l.-MajOr W.
c. MOreau, who was nominated two
years ago as a candidate for Congress in
the Eighth District on the Democratic
ticket, and member of the Executive
Committee that called the Louisville
Convention, has issued an address to
the Democracy of Indiana, in which he
denounces the nomination of Greeley,
and calls on the Democrats of the State
to organize and send delegates to the
Louisville Convention on the third of
September. He claims that there are
thousands of Democrats who see no oc-
casion for turning their backs on the
party, and who will not support a Re
publican for President.
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PITTSBURG.
Destructive Fire. Loss S15, 5,0O0-ARIron
Bridge Broken Down in a Storm.

PITTsBURG, August IA destructive
fire occurred at HOopville, eleven miles
from this city, on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wanye and Chicago railroad yesterday
evening. A large hotel owned by r. +.
Robinson, and Which has been for some
years kept as a summer resort was en-
tirelv destroyed. The fire originated in
a defective flue. Several guests barely
escaped with their lives, losing all they
had. Moth ing was saved from the build
ing except q large mirror and a few
pieces offurniture. The loss is about
fifteen thousand dollars, and but three
thousand dollars insurance.
On Saturday evening the iron bridge
across the ShenaAgo river, at New Cas-
tie, Pennsylvania, broke down during a
heavy thunder storm. One man who
took refuge under it was killed.
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Death in DeIirium.

COLUMBUS, ONO, August IA Ger
man butcher named Word Streiberger,
while in a fit of delirium incident to
typhoid fever, eluded the vigilance of his
watcher on Friday near midnight aud
wandered away. He was not found till
last night, when a man fishing at the
State dam discovered his body floating
in the river.
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WEATHER.

Probabilities TO-day-Ciear Weather.
WASHINGTON, August II, s pm
The area of lowest barometer is now
south of the lower lakes, more on to
New England, with clearing weather
and notherly winds from Lake Erie to
West Virginia, extending eastward
bv Monday over the Middle and
Eastern States: with sOuthwesterly
winds and cloudy weather from the
areas in the meantime from Virginia
northward; there win be variable south
erly and northeasterly winds and partly
cloudv weather in the South Atlantic
and Gulf States; and nOrtherly and
westerly winds with clearing weather
from Minnesota 10 Michigan and south
ward to the Ohio Valley, and extend
ing by Monday to the lower lakes.
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PrTTsBURG, August IA young
married lady, Mrs. John Jones, residing
on Hamblin street, Allegheny City, at
tempted to light her fire this morning
with kerosene oil, the can containing
two gallons Of OIL The explosion Of the
can threw oil and fire over her, so that
she was burned TO crisp, and died
within four hours.
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Radical and Democratic Meetings at
Pittsburg.

PITTsBURG, August I1.-A Republic
can demonstration over the North Caro-
Ina victory was held at the postOffice
Saturday night. About two thousand
persons We're present. Addresses were
delivered by Messrs. Decamp, Pomeroy
and Van Notte of this city.
A RDemocratic ratification meeting
was held at the same time at Allegheny
City. Between fifteen hundred and two
thousand people were present. The
meeting was addressed by James H.
Hopkins and others.
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THE Radical masters of North Caro-
lima have adopted Brownlow's and
ClaytOn's device, and thrown out the
votes Of Democratic counties and dis
tricts until Grants agents in the State
were assured ofthe election of the Grant
,.andidata
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Ready Help.

PROVIDENCE, R. l., August 1.-THE
Steamer Bristol remained on the beach
at Portsmouth this evening. The
steamer Charlotte is alongside with a
powerful steam pump to free her Of
water, when the leak is checked.
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TERRIFIC storm.

WORCESTER, MASS, August I1.-This
city was visited this afternoon by the
most severe thunder-shower ever expe-
rienced here. -Four houses were struck
by lightning, and the streets were badly
washed by the rain in many places.
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ST. LOUIS, August ia large lot OF
matches sent here from a factory in
Cleveland was seized yesterday by the
Internal Revenue officers for irregularity
in stamping, and telegram sent to the
United States officers at cleveland TO
seize the factory there.
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A@MoIIr McGuire. Gone up.

louisville, PA, august ll.-Patriek
| Hester, the notorious leader of the
Molly McGuiresn of this region, was
yesterday sentenced to two years and
seven months imprisonment for reading
the riot at ShamOkin last May, and for
chilly breaking open the Catholic Gene
terry.
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WILSON.
The Nattick CObbler Makes a Speech at
Fort Wayne. r-

FORT WAYNE, IND, August l1.-Yes-
terday was a lively day in this city.
Senator Wilson in the afternoon made
his great speech in defense of the ad-
ministratiOn to a large and enthusiastic
audience. Several of the surrounding
towns sent in delegations by special
trains. In the evening there was q
grand torchlight procession in honor oi
the news from North Carolina, and
Senator Pratt, Of Logansport, delivered
to a large audience in the rink a mas
terly speech of two hours duration,
which was much praised for its fairness
and ability. Senator Wilson left for hi:
home In Nattick last evening, after ad.
dressing an immense crowd at Warsaw
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MADRID, August ll.-Kind Amadeus
arrived at Bilboa, in the Province o.
Biscay, yesterday and was cordially
welcomed by the people. The King is
sued pardons to several leading CarlIsts.
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THE Bolivar Bulletin is delighted with
the condition Of the crops, and says not
one word of the candidates. 1t may re-
fer, however, to the crop Of candidates,
which grows apace.
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POLITICAL.
wilson Going Home.

ST. LOUIS, August ia dispatch re-
ceived from Senator Wilson to-day says
he is obliged to go home in consequence
of being worn out. He viii speak in
this State, however, early in October.
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MASONIC TEMPLE.

DY order Of the Directory Of the Ma q
ID sonic Temple OF Memphis, the NJ
seventh call OF ten per cent on thefWN
amount Of stock subscribed VIII be due AZ the
Magnolia Block, on
Thursday, August Isf. Is72-
II. H. HIGBEE, President.
A. ]. XHEEIEIl, secretary. ans
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Established in 1929,
SHREVEPORT REAL ESTATE

TN view Of the great interest manifested in
i matters connected with Shreveport, La, by
reason OF its prominence as the eastern term
mus OF the great Texas Pacific and Of other
railroad lines. we call the attention OF parties
desiring % invest in cal estate in our city 70
the fast that We are largely engaged in the
purchase and sale Of real estate; and any
business tntrusted to us in that line will re-
eelye our prompt attention. We viii take
pleasure in answering any inquiries concern
ing Shreveport LEWIS 4 LEONARD,
Real Estate Brokers and AuctiOneers,
ans Shreveport. Louisiana
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TELEGRAMS.
a Twenty.rhou.and.polIar Fire.

SALLTsvILLE, PENN, August H.
Seven dwellings on Wood street were
burned last evening; loss, twenty thou
sand dollars.
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.LASALETFE ACADEMY
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
Mo. 1z8 Third Street.

FTNHE Academic Year consists Of Two Ses.
sions, of i've months each; the first CON-
mencing on the FIRST MONDAY IL SEPrEM-
BER; the second on the 4IRsr MONDAY IN
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DEAD.
Mrs. Matthews, Mother Of Yice-Presi-
dent COlfax.

SOUTH BEND, IND, August ll.-Mrs.
Matthews, mother Of Nice-President
Colfax, aged sixty-seyen years, died at
half-past four o'clock this evening. The
cancer that has affected her for five or
six years has been very malignant, and
more than once the fatal signs of APP
preaching dissolution have appeared,
but new remedies, sought for by her
family in every part Of the country,
have kept its ravages at bay, and the
unweariness Of her husband and family
have undoubtedly prolonged her life.
Last winter, however, she grew worse,
and since her return from Washington
she has steadily declined, suffering great
agony much Of the time. She viii be
long remembered at Washington as hav-
ing presided at her sons receptions dur
ing his speakership, while be was a
widower. she was then the life of the
social circle, brilliant in conversatiOa
for one OF her years and universally be-
loved and hOnored. Her end was peace
ful and without much suffering. Her
funeral Obsequies win take place Tues
day evening.
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Recently number OF heavy robberies
have been committed in Greenwich.
Stampford, NOrwalk and other places
along Long Island sound. Detectives
are now working up the case, and it is
alleged that suspicion points to the crew
Of the United States steamer engaged in
the coast survey as the perpetrators of
the rObberies.
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A correspondent asks whether the
Lebanon Herald is edited by Congress
man GOlladay. The Columbia Herald
has the cue and may tell.
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NASHVILLE, OCTOBER 4.
Tickets, $3.

THE Board of Managers of the State Fair
i take pleasure in commencing this liberal
arrangement TO citizens generally throughout
the State.
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THE EX-PRESIDENT.
Andrew johnson Swinging Along the
ParallelOgram from Carter
TO Shelby.
He will Speak this Week in Memphis
Landen C. Haynes Old Friends
Made Happy.

Special TO the Appeal ~ ~
KNOXVILLE, August 11.-Ex-Presi-
dent johnson left this city to-day for
Nashville. Crowds followed him to the
depot His visit was a perfect ovation.
His room was crowded with people. He
will make a speech this week in Mem
phis, where he goes at once from Nash
vile. There was never such an effect
produced, the lawyers say, by any
speech in Knoxville as by this last Of
Andrew johnson.
LANDON c. HAYNES,
The nomination of Landon G. Haynes
for Congress, in Memphis, gave exqui-
site felicity TO the people of this blessed
city. Here he is most admired and
beloved, and best known. Memphis is
most kind to the children of East Ten
nessee. The Heiskells, Scott, Cannon,
Mather and Haynes were all of this
place.
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MEMPHIS INSURANCE AGENCY,
No. % Madison Street.

NOs - 4Af4AASOA A0t1OSSs
ID DEPRESENTING four OF the LARGEST
n and BEST Companies in the United
States, all Of which went triumphantly
through the Chicago and all the other great
fires in the country.
Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford. Conn.
Assets, s., 5,O00, 900.
Hartford Ims. Co. Of Hartford, Conn.
81 - ASSETS, sS, S,O0o.00O. Y
PhRnix Insur'nee Co. of Hartford, Conn.
Assets, S1,s0O.0eO.
Franklin Insurance Co. Of PHILADELPHIA.
Assets, 81, ,5o0, ,0G0s e-ssass--1s--
We are prepared this season TO insure, on
favorable terms, Gotten in Sheds, Cotton in
Compress, Cotton in GINS, rs also Cotton Gins
and Country stores and Dwellings. Can also
insure on the ocean, and make losses payable
TO the eOnsignee st points Of destination
when parties SO desire. Business respectfully
solicited. All losses promptly adjusted and
paid 81 this ONCE.
II. A. LIrTLETON q co., Agents.
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ANnREM JOHNSON.

a special dispatch to the APPEAL an
nounces the purpose Of ex-President
Andrew johnson to speak in this city
during the week, and this fact gives
some degree of significance to the fol-
lowing note received yesterday:
EDITORS APPEAL-I am sorry to see
you giving so much space to the
speeches Of the former Military Cover
nor Of Tennessee. who so mercilessly
oppressed our people, and the more so
since ] know that one of your number
once on a time, and when it was dan
gerOus to do so, gave him what he de-
served in the ArqUs. He is thorn in
our sides that / wish some one would
pick out, so that we might be done with
him forever. Who will smut the mouth
Of this curse of Tennessee
CUMBERLAND.
Our friend objects to $50 much space
given to Andrew Johnson" 1t requires,
we beg leave TO say, a vast deal Of space
TO contain Andrew johnson. He thinks.
Most men copy. Few carve out grand
ideas and pile them up in massive, i'm
posing outlines like Egyptian pyramids,
as does Andrew johnson. He copies
and follows nobody. On the contrary,
he ever had force and genius enough to
compel his party to follow him. Men
who think will admire such a man. He
used to come down from the mountains
hurting mountains at pigmies who op-
7osed his progress, crushing them out Of
existence as did the old monarch of
Olympus when warning with revOlted
deities. He came, announcing fresh
thoughts and aggressive ideas that made
great, broad fissures in the horizon Of
partisan thought and prejudice, never
afterwards closed. He taughtOthers, bor-
rowing little, giving everything. Con-
seious of his own greatness and original
ity, he led the way, and, as when he
crushed Know -NOthingism, never
stood still tremulously inquiring which
way the wind would blow. He usurped
prerogatives of the god of the winds
and beeat a breeze that became a whirl-
wind Of popular passion that swept
once OmnipOtent KnOw-NOthingism
from the face of the continent. He has
done some things which We condemn,
but many more that we approve. He
is perhaps the soundest if We may not
say the profOundest, most philosophical
thinker of the day; and while admiriRg
the grand proportions Of his massive
intellect, aud confessing his patriotism,
we cannot find it in our hearts TO become
querulous, and stupidity complain be-
cause there are spots on the glowing face
Of the god of day. Let US hear the
philosopher and statesman, and pro-
found thinker, and whatever personal
faults may be ascribed to him, they can
be no greater or grander than his origi-
nal and admirable genius for statesman
ship.
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Terms per Session, Payable in Advance

For tuition in the English Branches, SIS, So
SIS, $50, according 10 the age or class of the
pupil.
riOr OF LaSaiette. Tn we" ami
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General Dabney H. Maury is in Col
umbia. - Ska e-+
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MEMPHIS FEMALE SEMINARY

TTE COURT ST.-Principals: Mrs. Emma c.
llU Tucker and Miss Mary McKain. The
next session Of the school viii begin Mon
day, September 2. 1879. catalogues giving
full information can be obtained by applying
to the Principals. aull
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How TO Manage Negroes.

Tx Governor Perry, of South Caro-
lima, was always Union man and op-
posed to secession, but he is an honest
man and consequently opposed to the
thieving scoundrels who now rule South
Carolina. In late address to the peo-
Pile Of his Congressional District he
says:
IL know that the negroes are banded
together, as race, under the lead OF
vile carpet baegers and infamous scala
wags, who would as quickly sell thei,
God Tor thirty peces of silver as they
have betrayed their race aud countr,
,or office, promotion and the hope o
stcaliug, swindIing and plunderln.! But
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shall we Meet Again!

The iollowin- is said to be one of the
most brilliant articles written by the
lamented Geo ID. Prentice:
The fiat of nature is iuexpruble.-
There is no appeal for relief from the
great law which dooms to the dust We
flourish and fade as the leaves Of the
forest, and the flowers that bloom and
wither in day have no Trailer hold
upon lite than the mi4hticst monarch
that ever shook the earth with his foot
steps. Generations Of men will appear
as the grass, and the multitude that
throng the world 20 day, will disappear
as the footsteps on the shore. Men sell
dom think Of the great event of death
until the shadows TALL across their own
pathway, hiding from their eyes the
faces of loved ones whose living smile
was the sunlight Of their existence
Death is the antagonist of life. and the
cold thought of the tomb is the skeleton
of the ieass. We do not want to gr
through the dark valley, although it
dark passages may lead to paradise; We
do not want to lay dowii in the damI
grave, even with princes as bed fellows
In the beautiful drama of Ion IN
he pc cf Immortality, So Elegantly nj
tera] Nv the der. esps,s;l g r..al. s., 1
deep response IN every thoughtiu
soul. When about to yield his youn:
existence as a sacrifice to fate hi
Clemantha asks il they shouli NEE
again, to which he replies: 81 hav
asked that dreadful question Of t e hill
that looked eternal--of the clear stream
that flow fJrevcr-of the stars auon
whose fields of azure raised spirit ha
walked in glory. All were dumb; bu
as l gazed upon thy living ,ace, | fet
there is something in the love that maj
ties through its beauty that canuc
wholly perish. We shall meet agaii
Clematha."