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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29
THE CHILD ANGEL.

They made her grave at evening,
They kuelt by her side to weep,
They covered her DER with flowers
And left her alone 70 sieepi
Yet ave along their pathway.
O'ershadOwed by tempest Wild
A beautiful newborn angel
Looked over the clouds aud smledt
They sit by the Silent hearth-stOne,
They weep in the twilight gray,
They mourn for the broken music
The glory that fed awayl
They gathered around the altar,
And w their sObbiug prayer
The song OF a newborn angel
Is rising in rapture therei
They sleep, and the air around them
By duttering wings are stirred,
And streams Of celestial music,
Low whispering strains are heardi
They wandertn amaranth DOWerst
And meet by the Eden streams
The beautiful, bright child angel
That blesses them in their dreamsi
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29
Alsaca ia the theatre of a curious kin,

Alsace is the theatre of a curious kind
Of epidemic. For some months past,
thousands Of persons imagine they see
all sorts Of figures on the house win
dows, commencing with those inhabited
by public functionaYies. These are
chiefly religious or warlike. Madonnas,
zouaves, Turcos, cannons, c~uirasses, ETC.,
are the objects most frequently seen, and
it appears to be an occupation IN most Of
the villages to watch the panes Of glass
for hours together. The work Of the
field suffers, and each day q new village
Is favored with a new apparitiOn. This
epidemic took its rise at Rastadt. iR the
Grand Duchy Of Baden. Crosses, swords
and death's heads were there e on
the windows. Its first appearance in
France was in the reimbursement of
Wissembourg, since which it has spread
TO Strasbourg.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

THE Arkansas State Fair, to be held
in Little Rock on Tuesday, October 18th,
and continue one week, promises to be
in every respect n Of the most import
ant ever held in the State. There will
be racing every day, and already many
very fine stables are in training for the
contests for which prizes from twenty
five dollars to n thousand dollars are
offered. The cotton premiums amount
to over n thousand five hundred dol
las, and the prizes for good stock sur
pass all previous years. The. good peo-
pie Of Little Rock have spared no effort
that might in the least contribute to a
grand success. We hope Memphis
and Tennessee viii be represented at
this fair, and that it may be ours to
chronicle that pre-eminent places were
assigned our farmers and mechanics.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

Al A sample OF the way things are
done in Arkansas by the Radical lead
ers, we quote from a letter in the Lewis
burg Wlde-Awake, TO which is appended
the name OF R L. Greasy, who says:
" During my %sojourn at Rose Greek, l
told by a good citizen that Names,
the bushwhacking candidate for Clerk,
had lately been there, and that while
there be tried to get up a conspiracy to
follow after the registrars Of Perry
county, and bushwhack them and get
them to report kuklux outrages, and
have the county put under martial law,
get the militia ordered out, and have
the registration dispensed with, so the
Did registration of the county would
have to stand, or the present officers
hold over"
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a very remarkable case of fraud is I'M
der investigation at Northampton,
England. 1t appears that two plausible
persons, who had made themselves &C
quainted with the names OF certain par
ties claiming to be interested in Chan
Gerry suits, have been visiting among
them and receiving money on the
strength Of representations that they
are emissaries of the Court of Chaneery.
This is a ease in which the absence of a
public prosecutor-one Of the chronic
grievances Of the British public, which,
however, it makes not the faintest effort
remedy-will not entail a failure Of
the ends Of justice, inasmuch as it is
stated there are not fewer than seventy
persons eager to prosecute, so enraged
are they at having been completely
''gammoned" by the sOi-dtstdHt Chan
Gerry officials. When a century ago,
some scamps in Paris got possession Of
an old ladyis plate byrepresenting them
selves at St. Peter and st. Paul-who
were resolved TO prove Interpretation
IF her piety by a personal visit-they es-
punishment, so far as the charge
If robbery went, through a flaw in the
evidence; but that then omnipotent
~unctionary, the Archbishop of Paris,
promptly ordered them to be hanged on
he score Of blasphemy. So, on a like
principle, it may be presumed that if
he pretenders now in custody escape
he frying-pan of a Criminal Court, il
will only be to fall into that fearful fire
4 a civil tribunal known as contempt
# court, ? which has before now kept
nen in duranee for a lifetime.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29
An INGENIOUS COMPARISON.
The following ingenious comparison
Is published in the HOmaa's Journal.

A singularly painful circumstance at
tends the death Of a Missouri gentle
man, which occurred last week. Last
winter he made an agreement with his
wife to the effect that should she kindle
the fire forsix months he would do it
for the same length Of time. She had
just completed her part Of the contract
when he died. It is very sad afisir.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

Silas Cooper, living near Lincoln
Courthouse, West Virginia, one hun
bred and six years old, is d lcandidate for
marriage, desiring a handsome, intelli-
gent, and industrious girlsof sixteen to
take the bed and board left vacant by
Lucy Martin, his first wife, who died
last March, aged one hundred and ten.
Silas voted the Democratic ticket
straight In August, and ais only politi-
cal desire now is to vote Tor Greeley and
Brown.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

A late English paper gives some par
ticulars of an enterprise of Worldwide
interest, which is now engrossing the
attention of railroad capitalists in
Europe. This enterprise is the construe-
ton ola railroad in the valley Of the
E~upbrates, to connect Antioch on the
Mediterranean with Bassora on the
Persian gulf, and thus save five days
time and one thousand miles of distance
in the circumferrancOus steam naviga-
ton Of the globe. The trip through the
Red Sea Is one Of the most expensive
and most unpleasant parts of the trip
between HindOstan and England. The
completion Of the road from Antioch to
Bassora would soon be followed by ex-
tensions to Constantinople on one side
and Bombay on the other, and thus ten
days time for passengers and fastfreight
would be saved between Europe and
China. A committee Of London CAPT.
tslists lately studied the Euphrates
railway project, and reported that no
company could afford 10 undertake the
work without government assistance,
and they viii appeal to Great Britain
and Turkey. The shortest line viii be
about one thousand miles-a moderate
distance to save two thousand miles Of
perilOus and difficult navigation.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29
DEATH OF THE KING.

Charles XIV Louis Eugene), King Of
Sweden and Norway, died last night at
Stockholm, This monarch was born on
the third Of May, 1926, and assembled the
throne on the death of his father.
Oscar 1, July, 1859. He married a
Princess Of Orange, the daughter of
William Frederick Of the house of
Nassau. But n child was born to this
marriage, a Princess who, three years
ago, became the wife of the Prince royal
of Denmark, brother Of the Princess of
Wales. The successor to the throne OF
Sweden and Norway will be Oscar Fred
erick, born in 1929, the brother ofthe late
King. Sweden and Norway, by reason
Of their isolation, are but little mixed
up in the troubled politics of Europe, and
verify the aphorism of " happy is the
people whose annals are dull" The
death Of the King will therefore be an
event Of no great Importance, certainly
not enough to shake that delicate and
mysterious equilibrium, the " balance OF
power" OF TO pretend "an area of low
barometer" inthe political probabilities
of the continent. The good subjects Of
the Crown will cry, 1.-The King is dead,
long live the King!" After the old fash
ion, there viii be q double coronation at
Stockholm and at Drontheim, and Oscar
III viii probably reign in peace over q
simple, thrifty and happy people.
Oscar l was esteemed q of the wisest
and best mOnarchs of Europe, and his
son Wilde degenerate indeed II he prove
not virtuous.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

Gus and incontrovertible, Andrew
johnson has the unblushing audaeity to
proclaim from the stump in East Ten
nessee that Governor Harris robbed
the bank fed from Nashville, taking
with him the peoples money and the
childrenis schoOl-fund." There Is a
strong sense Of justice, fairness and
humanity in the breast Of every honest
man which is outraged by such calum-
MES as Governor johnson has perpe-
trRted for the purpose Of destroying
Governor Harris. VIII the people Of
Tennessee elect to Congress = man who
has deliberately concocted and scat
tered over the State a malignant, wlful
and deliberate falsehood? Every man
In the State knows that the charges
made BY johnson against Governor
Harris are without a shadow Of founda-
ton, ami If the people sustain the fabri-
Gator Of such ealumnies, it will prove
that they are as vindictive and mends-
eious as the INSCRIPTION creature whose
ISLANDERS they, by their votes, indorse.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

A Rio Janeiro correspondent Of the
New York Herald gravely narrates
the following whopper: "a remarkable
ease Of lightning stroke occurred Of late
in the province Of Rio Grande de Sui.
Some men were jollifying in a hotel
during a thunder storm, and one cried
out in Jest that he wished q bolt would
strike the house and upset them all. His
words We're Immediately followed by q
tremendous report, and when the party
recovered from their fright five men
were lying senseless on the ground,
of whom, whose head had been against
q wall, was dead. During the fash one
who was supping at q table was seer
surrounded with flames. BE was i'm
mediatley stripped, and was found IN
injured, but his inside clothing was'aD
the lining Of 3 waistcoat-pocket
burned, and a gold coin melted that was
In another. His shoes wereals0 burned.
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fEMPHIS APPEAL
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Eor PFeadms-RoR1CE GREELEY.
F3r WcePrcddmf-B. GRAFT BROWN.
F0r Gcrenor|oHN C. BROWN.
for Ceigrs-s-LANDON c. HAYNES.
c0agress STATE az Large-B. r. CHEATRAM
Hr senai0f-H CLAY KING.
IN CREWS.
PEFTON J. sAITH.
EU RepressntatiUs-HUGR D. GREER.
4. B. HAYNES
{" JAMES n HARRIS
" s. 2. CANNON.
JOIN OVERTON.
JOSEPH BARBLERE
Tor Eozt~L y. ELDRDGE.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

II Is announced that Rochefort. who .
was exiled to New Caledonia, is DYING.
h1s constitution being too feeble to 5esr
up under The hardships Of prison life.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

Conscience is the best friend we have;
with it we may bid defiance to man;
without it, all the friends In the world
can be Of no use 10 you.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

A retired actor, with a fondness for
poultry, was asked why be named a Ia
vorite hen "Macduff2" He replied that
il was because he wanted her to clay
on.p
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

HOusemaid Ito constant visitor:
"Missis sends you this, and you needn't
come again, for we're all going to the
seaside on Saturday, MendieaBt:
"Tell the lady Pm much Obliged TO her,
and Pm going TO the seaside myself
next week."
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

A ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of Perry eoun-
ty, Arkansas, writes to the Lewisburg
Wide-At0Gke that the Radical Sheriff
collected the school tax in greeubaeks,
but paid State money into the State
treasury, making twenty-five cents on
the dollar by the thoroughly Radical
operation. But that is not all. This
State money has been sentback to Perry
county to pay of her school-teachers
with, and they are compelled to accept
it as pay for their services rs such teach
ers, or keep the orders given them by
the Trustees another year, and very
at that time, to have the same
kind Of pay offered again.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

A writer In a Dublin magazine, speak,
ing ofthe poor of Ireland, says: MANY
thousands ofthem were often destitute
Of the only food they possessed
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reedoms bfeath Of me-

The military spirit Of the South has
produced other battle lyrics of q high or
der, and the social aud passionate lyrics
of Pinckney, Timrod, Flash, and others,
are all representative in their grades If,
then, the lOftiest exercises Of ideality and
the fullest powers of sustained imagina-
ton are not vet evidenced in the liter
airy expression Of the Southern States,
there Is plainly a noble genius in it for
dramatic description and passionate
song that only needs cosmopolitan ex-
perience and wider culture to realize a
kind Of iEtelleetuai American italy. It
is distinct from our Northern mentality
as the tropics are from the pole, and.
once well clear Of the misrepresentation
brought upon it latterly by y host of sill
~ female amaturs and a few equally ef-
Terminate abusers of prosOdy, should
command its distinctive rank as q
splendid intellectual force in the highest
national literary system.-0rPhe1s C.
Kerr.
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But behind them slowly creeping
steal the wan and ghOstly years
All their beams in shadows sleeping,
All thei blossoms drowned in tears;
And the cleaning wings that lowered
Bleaching lie on burning sand,
And The darkling stream Is covered
With the wrecks Of shadow land
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Dust and darkness dimly cover.

Dusky piniOns hover over
Trusts betrayed, and lying low;
Records OF the "Old, Old story"
Scattered with relentless hand,
Dreams OF love, and pride, and glory,
Sleeping cold in shadow land
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

Twenty-Five years ago the mother Of Blon-
dine, who writes the following admirable
verse, was the preferred poeti-al contributor
% the APPEAL. BlouG4ne shows how VerY
nearly sweet slXtceu" can teA ~ story of In
.rnlla tendernnss-EDs Ar..AL-L
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-29

Rainbow wings are softly fitting
Through the deep entangled wood,
GhoEtly shadows Silent sitting
In It's twilight solitude;
Fairy echoes sweet are ringing
From the rivers cleaning strand
As The elves are softly singing
Syren sOugs OF shadow land.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-23
ESPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE WORCESTER SPY ]
WASHINGTON. Dec. %. 1872.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec %, 1872.
Secretary Boutwel's order issued a few DAYS
since, that the revocation of claim agents power
of attorney by claimants will in all cases be
recognized by the department, causes great ex-
element among claim agents here, especially
that class that lives by working up swindlng
agreements with persons having claims, honest
or dishonest, which they imagine can be gained
only by some mysterious influence or under
handed operation of the agent. Hitherto, for a
ong time, the practice of The department has
been protective to agents in not paying the
claim till the agents fees were allowed Now
the agents must protect themselves.
There is absolutely no truth in the statement
that the Tribune has been offered to Speaker
Blaine. He has not been approached with the
subject.
Mr.. Lynch of Maine and Barnum of Connecti-
cut, the subcommittee which investigated, last
session, the deialcations in Treasurer Spnner's
bureau, will remain here during the recess to
prepare a repvrs Spinner will be eXonerated;
but measures will be proposed to make delalca-
tons in the future more difficult.
The president will return Tuesday.
On New Years day, in their official call at the
White house, Gen. Sherman and staff will wear
the newly designated army uniform for the first
time.
Minister MOri has received most favorable re-
ports from Japan concerning the establishment
of a system of education there. The only want
now is teachers, and there will be many of
them found in the United States.
The president will ask of the next congress a
revision of the consular system TO correct some
abuses in the collection of fees and other evils.
The system now pays $4,000 per annum more
than its maintenance costs the government.
The Louisiana delegation has its most i'm
portant members still here. Following Mr..
Froudcs example, they propose TO appeal TO the
people of the United States, and will have a
meeting tomorrow to consider the language of
an address. 1t is not thought that Justice
Bradley will answer favorably the request to
hold special session of the circuit court at New
Orleans.
The Chorpenning claim is very adrotly put
ting in an appearance before congress again,
claiming areopening on the ground that the ac-
ton forbidding payment was hasty and without
a knowledge of the facts. There is no chance
for it this session; but, curiously, some persons
engaged during the canvass in trying to be-
smear the postmaster general and administra-
ton with this claim have turned to abusing MI.
Dawes and others for killing it, HART
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New Work. Oily News.

New YORK, Dec. 22-The Stokes jury, now
complete, comprises six merchants, Que archi-
tect, one insurance agent, one carpenter, one
builder, one printer, and brick manufacturer
Deaths of the week, $40.
N. b. Duryea, murdered by Simmons, was
buried at Greenwood on Saturday with Masonic
honorS.
Four members Of the Louisiana citizens com
mittee held interviews with some members OF
| congress and others at New York on Saturday
seeking advice.
All testimony in the case of DR.. Irish, charged
with poisoning i. o. Anderson, was concluded
Saturday. The case will be summed up Mon.
CAV.
Goods were stolen from Hamburg dock Sat
urday morning, comprising silks, satlnS and
one case of chromoS for a weekly newspaper.
All were valued at $4,000.
A. L. Stewart fell on the steps of his residence
| on Fifth avenue last evening, disocating an
ankle and breaking leg.
Ihe trustees OF Columbia college have pur-
chased Il tract Of land at Fort Washington, in
the upper Fart of this city, whereon it is ex-
pected the college will be permantly located.
Two hundred and thirty-fVe of the large
number of destitute Italians recently arrived
here left here yesterday for Richmond, Va, TO
work on railroads in that state. Eighteen had
previously left for Vermont.
Elisha Gregory, one of the proprietors of the
Canterbury concert saloon was committed with
out bail today for attempting to kill George
Wilcox, and accidentally shooting Theodore
Williams in the Grand Central hotel last eve
ming.
The receiver of the Stuyyesant bank makes a
statement showing the assets to be S66S lis and
llaoIltles S62I ,440. large part of the assets
are not now available, and the value of the re-
mainder is not yet aseertained. 1t is said the
prospect OF paying dividend to creditors is
very remote.
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EirGs.

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. PA fire at St Paul,
Minnesota, this morning burned the Old Set
tiers Home, together with Warmers block and
Prest,s' saloon. Loss $4,000,
RIPoN, Wis, Dec 1.-The dwelling house OF
Gen. Mcdonald, at hartford, was burned this
afternoon. Loss $4,000.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec. 2t.--A fire last night
at Dardanelle destroyed nearly half the bust
ness part of the town, including the United
States land office and post Office. All the books
In the land office were destroyed. The most
valuable documents in the post office were
saved.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Dec. 22.-The BAPTIST
church IN Warren was found on fire as the sun
day school was assemblying yesterday after
noon. 1t caught from the furnace, and was ex-
unguished with loss of about $4,000.
A fire in Pearl street church, Fall River, this
morning, was discovered in time to prevent Sc
rious loss.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 22.-Feucht and Lenckhardrs
grocery store, on Front street, was DESTROYED by
fire this morning, Loss $4,000; insurance I'M
known.
BosToN, Dec. pa fire tonight on Boston
street, Dorchester, destroyed a block OF three
wooden buildings, known as the Durgin block.
The damage is about $4,000; partly insured in
Dorchester office.
PATTERSON, N. j., Dec. 22.-Wiliiam Golfers
rolling mill was burned tonight Loss about
$4,000; insurance $500 Collier has been
arrested on suspicion of firing the building
and VIM. Bentley, Waterman, as an accom-
phce or witness, Collier says the plumbers were
tnaWlng out the water pipes before the fire was
discovered.
BosToY, Dec. pa fire at about one O'Clock
this morning destroyed Mrs. Charlotte Adams
ladies corset mandatory, on Washington
street. The damage amounted to from $4,000
10 S2OOO0i supposed to be fully insured.
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1lOuISIaIIH.

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The Times New Or
leans dispatch says that enormous frauds are
being developed in the auditors Office under the
administration Of the late auditor, connected
with the issuing Of state warrants for the use of
the Warmoth register and commissioner of cleo
ton. Already an amount has been discovered
OF nearly S15U,000, of which $4,000 worth are
in the hands of the proprietors of the New Or.
leans Times.
The special session of the legislature has Just
passed bill against bribery, which was imme
diately signed by Gov. Pincbback.
New ORLEANS, Dec. 21-The proceeding to
force Mr., G. A. Weed, proprietor of the Times
into bankruptcy, was commenced Yesterday in
the United States district cOnrt by j. II. Mckee,
a former partner of the defendant, and a writ
was issued directing the United States marshal
to Professionally seize the establishment of tie
New Orleans Times, press, type, ETC, subject to
the further orders OF the court. The seizure
was made yesterday afternoon, and all business
closed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21-Judge Bradley has
not si9ntied any intention TO 20 TO New Orleans
during the present term of the United States
supreme court, and it is pretty certain that be
will not do so unless requested by the president,
who as head of the political department of the
government, Is more especially charged with
political relations between the states aud the
general government. 1t is understood that the
supreme court does not regard itself as having
any power over the question whether Judge
Bradley should or should not 90 TO New Or
leans. He bradley would be very reluctant to
take such course. However, he is willing to
do anything in his power to aid in settling the
unhappy difficulties which exist.