Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-06
c PARAGRAPHS.

Or. Rodgers wiIlecture In the Crane
Operahouse Sunday evening"
The Sunday-schOOl children are t
sing at the Exposition Sunday night
Everybody viii attend.
The stockholders Of the Mississippi
and Tennessee railroad viii meet at uhl
Peabody HOtel, in this city, on the TWEEN
tleth instant, for the election Of director
and officers.
AT vespers in st. Budgets Church
nextSunday afternoon, Professor Mayer
the accomplished organist and leader o
the choir, win be assisted by the Tyro
1 lean troupe Of vocalists that have beer
singing most unsteady in this city 10
some weeks past.
We acknowledge the reception from
the faculty OF the Southern Norma
Musical Institute Of q card Of admission
to the rehearsals and concerts Of that in
stitution, conveniently and beautifully
located in Chattanooga The second
term commences on Thursday, the four
tenth instant. and closes on Thursday,
December twelfth.
A fine opportunity Offered to pa
rents. Miss Lucy E. Jones, Of Virginia,
will take a few scholars 70 instruct in
the r6dimentaTy branches ofan English
education; also q few IN the higher
branches-French, music and mathe-
mates. Apply 10 @3 DeSOtO street By
permission, Miss Jones refers 70 Enoch
Ensley, w. 3. Waldran, DR.. Hodges,
and Col. Eli Rayner.
The Ninth ward seems 10 have been
blessed with remarkably good clerks
holding the election yesterday. They
mad their tickets counted, and had re-
ports Of the result down in the Sheril7s
Office about eight O'Clock. The Sixth
ward followed in about an hour, though
the latter ward had over eleven hundred
ballots to count. II was near midnight
before the other wards commenced COM
ing in On such occasions good cieTics
are very valuable and satisfactory.
The contest for a premium OF fatF
dollars in gold for the best bale Of cot
ton raised in DeSOto county, Mississippi,
this season, took place at RobertsOn's
Cross Roads. The premium was offered
by Chamber s. Marshall OF that place.
and twelve bales Of cotton, each weigh
ing four hundred and fifty pounds, were
entered for competition. The Judges
were Messrs. w. L. Stewart, W. NJ.
Brown and H. c. Trader, all Of this city.
After a close examination the Judges
awarded the premium TO Mr.. Alfred
Cole, Of DeSOto county. Thestaple was
sold on the ground at twenty and a half
cents per pound.
"A Nashville paper says: [" Sheriff
Doyle, Of Shelby county, yesterday con
the below named criminals to
the State Prison. Their names, terms
Of Imprisonment, and the respective
crimes Of which they were convicted,
herewith given, and are: George
Simpson, larceny, n year; William
Johnson, involuntary manslaughter, m
year; Henry Moore, larceny, IA year;
Thomas Ford, larceny, two years; Sam
Brown, larceny, year; John Jones,
horse stealing, ten years; Charles Ander-
son twhite) larceny, d year; Jordan
Johnson, assault with intent TO kill, three
years; Frank MeCaw, larceny, three
years; Charles Williams, larceny, three
years; Charles Evans two cases, grand
larceny an mule stealing, fifteen years;
Joe MahOnty, larceny, three years; III.
Woods, larceny, two years; Newton
Bedford, larceny, three years; John
Jackson, attempt 10 murder, seven
years; Sam Johnson, mule stealing, ten
years; Mary Taylor, larceny, one year;
o. :. Daily white, larceny, ten years.
Of the above couvicts One is a female,
two are white, and the rest all eolored,
showing that the free Ameriean-African
has but little integrity Of charac-
ter, and sadly needs the teachings Of the
missionary and the enlightenment Of
.hristianity-the influence Of which is
more than all the Union Leagues,
inculcatiOns and hypOcriticI
friendship Of Rsdicalism in redeeming
this unfortunate people from the qusg-
nires Of depravity, ignorance and vice.