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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-10

appeal to his readers, saying: "If
there Is anything you know, that is
worth knowing, that we ought to
know, and you know that We don't
know, please let Us know it.D
any son, y said e good mother to
her yo0ng hopeful, did you wish
your teacher q happy New YearF73.
No, ma'am," responded tie boy.
swell, why n0t?" "Bscause,0 safd.
the youth, she isn't happy unless.
she's whipping some Of Us boys, and.
l was afraid il / wished her happiness
she'd go for me-"
The Danbury (Couueeticut) News
says: "a young lsdy in a neighbor-
ing town has taken Up dentistry for z
living. All the gentlemen ~pafronizs
her. When she puts her arm around
the neck Of q patient, and earesses his
Jaw for the offending member, the
sensation is about as nice as they
make 'em. One young nan has be-
come hOpelessiy infatuated with her.
Consequently he hasn't 8 tooth IN his
head. She has pulled every blessed
one Of them, and made him two new
sets and pulled them. she l. now ct
work on his fathers saw. he holds
the cav.
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based are doubtless connected with
the infirmity OF kieptomania, which
sfiiets this unfortunate lady. So con-
1rmed a kleptOmauiac is the princess
that the annual drains upon the Hos
pOdar's private purse by the victim
lied merchants OF Bucharest, from
whom his wife has ''conveyed"-as
Charles Reade would say-articles OF
value, keeps him in q condition Dor
bering on poverty.
The home of Rt. Rev. William Hen
~ Odenheimer, bishop Of New Jer.
sey, at Burlington, is just now q house
Of deep sadness. A few days ago
the intelligence reached the prelate's
residence that his scn-in-law, Mr.. z.
N. Ball, had died in Charleston, South
Carolina, just at a time, too, when Mrs.
Ball, the bishops beloved daughter,
was dangerously i'll under her fathers
root. So serious was her case, indeed,
that the family dared not commune
cate to her the dreadful news from the
South. She has since somewhat inn.
proved; but now the bishop himself
is Frustrated with illness, and COM
PEELED to give up his list of engage
ments for the coming week.
Charles Sumner is pure English
descent. His father was sheriff OF
Boston. Although he dislikes Grant
very much, yet they resemble each
other, both being imperious spirits,
unwilling to admit anybody to terms
Of equality with themselves unless
there are certain points of Difference
admitted. Grant was originally a
Democrat OF a very shallow and mar
row school, and ne got to dislike Sum-
ner under the current name of fana-
tic. The President, in those days,
probably looked at no question with
a thinking mind, and fell into the
general current of Conservative feel
ing, which was that every Abolition
ist must necessarily be some sort of a
convict. The President has grown
into the apprehension Of freedom like
a poYUenW, and as such Sumner de-
sDises him.
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The supreme court bench consists
Of six judges. 0nIy three of these
heard Mr.. Phelsn's argument in be-
halo the merchants, and against the
eonstitutionality of the merchants
tax law, and yet the whole number Of
judges pronounce upon the question.
Judges Sneed, Nicholson and McFar-
land were the members of the court
who heard Mr.. Phelan. OF these
Judges Sneed and Nicholson may be
said to concur with Mr.. PheIan. OF
several opinions heretofore rendered
by the court, alleged to be in Opposi-
ton to Mr.. Pbelsn's position, two
were written by Judges Nicholson
and Sneed. These judges have
changed their views; and yet those
Of the court who did not hear Mr..
Phelsn's argument, override the two
whose convictions were chsnged. II
the full bench had heard the argu-
ment, we are inclined to believe that
the decree Of the court would have
been different. Is it not utterly indie
Unable that such a question, involving
such momentous issues, should be
thus determined? Should not a re.
hearing of the case be awarded? Does
this settle the merchants tax case
that originated in this county, and
may it not be taken up from Jackson
to the supreme court Of the United
States?
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TRIPLES.

A poser for an oculist-a window.
blind.
Congressman, like COINS, are often
paired of.
A mai Of standing-the s~treet-ca1
conductor.
How do they weigh cells when eels
have ne scales?
The obvious remedy for the " strik-
ing cOOpers-cO-OperatiOn.
Why is an old coat like an old ket-
tie? Because it represents hard wear.
When women are in arms thew
never oppose the liberty Of the press.
"BOys will be boys" is nonsense.
Boys will be men, II they live long
enough.
Why is a sloop embIematic OF the
past and iuture2 Because It's afore
and-after.
The EDgllshman who called the
HOOsac tunnel a 'bIssted hOle'' wac
literally correct.
Where ought we always to find the
milk of human kindness2 In the
pale of the church.
Bankers ought to prosper. They
always take so much interest in their
business, you know.
AgOOd motto for seamstresses: As
you sew, so shall you rip-espeoially
if you only sew so 10.
If your neighbours hens are trouble
some and steal across the Way, don't
let your angry passions rise; Ak n
place for 'em to layl
A New York Justice told a witness.
"Young man, If you speak in that wav
again this court viii forget its dignity
and punch you ia the SMOOTH
Nero Is acquitted of the charge Of
playing the violin at the buruiDCof
Rome. John s. @. Abbot has proved
an alibi. Besides, the emperor couldn't
At Independence, Kansas, they
u tnufacture the best whisky In the
State, and "Fhy spirit, Independence,
let me SHARE" Is a favorite quotation
In the vicinity.
Dobson says his friends seem de-
Eermined to give him the title OF DR..
His butcher. baker, and all the rest do
20, but they put the DR.. after his name
instead of before it.
A Cleveland dry goods clerk, a poor
orphan, desires to engage board where
he secret OF how he pastes his hair
Town In sc0llops vii be considered a
Iuf1cient equivalent. /.
A friend who did the Coloradian /
Mountains last fall has informed us I
hat he got as ravenOus as . raven {
mopg the ravines, and sat down in c
OF the gorgeous gorges and g0rged {
fmEeli. Y
An Indiana editor mad q pathefle
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HISTORY OF THE Gent.

The old red cent is rapidly passing
away and it will not be long before il
will beknOWn only in memory and n0,
mismatic collections. Its history is 9
matter OF sufficient interest Tor preser,
walton. The cent was first proposed
by Robert Morris, the great inanciel
OF the revolution, and named by JET.
fersOn two years after. It began to
make its appearance rom the mint
In 1892. It bore the head of Washing
ton on one side and thirteen links on
the other. The French revolution
soon created a rage for French ideas
in America, which put On the cent In
stead Of the head Of Washington, the
head OF the goddess Of liberty-a
French Liberty, with flowing locks.
The chain on the reverse was replaced
by the olive wreath Of peace. But the
French liberty was short lived, and so
was the portrait on our cent. The
next head or figure succeeding this
the staid, classic dame, with a hilef
around her hair--eame into faslsf8n
about thirty or forty years ago, and
the finely chiseled Grecian features
have been but slightly altered In the
lapse OF time.
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mere insction. The Democratic party IS
more and more inclined to cooperate
with all honest patriots In q strenuous eI-
fort to reform The government. This f9el-
ing Is gaining strength day by day. ana
Il Is not expedient to hold the national
convention until Il shall have reached Us
full maturity. It may be- expedient mo
body can vet tell to put an eminent Ldo-
eral Republican sc the head Of the Demo-
cratic ticket; and things promise 20 De
ripper for such q movement four months
hence than they are now. Such q policy
II steadily growing In Democratic iaVofi
and the later the national Il
to be held the more hearty and unanimous
Il viii be IN supporting this lin OF action
lit should be judged wise.
Such seems to be the general senti-
ment of Democrats throughout the
country, and we are grsufed to know
that our county committee has wisely
determined to drift with the
popular current Of Democracy.
By prudence, the Democratic
party Of Shelby county can
90 into the next canvass not only
united, but with strong reinforce
ments and powerful allies. When the
bugle sounds the charge, Democrats
will come into the contest an unbro-
ken and disciplined host. II we would
have Radicalism swept away by the
torrent of swelling patriotism, and
the champions Of our country snd our
CAUSE borne upon the waves Of tri-
umph, we must commit no folly in
the South calculated to weaken our
friends struggling for doubtful States,
II the Southern people are wise,
their potent voice will speak
the c~onsecrated words, "Peace, be
still" and before its presence the ele-
ments of faction, desPotism and
corruption will subside, and the
dove Of peace spread her wings over
the troubled waters. Let the hearts
Of responding patriots take courage
in the hope that the country and its
institutions can yet be preserved.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-10

IF the legislature OF Tennessee al
the special session may adopt a wise
measure preventive Of much useless
litigation, it viii enact a law like the
following bill now considered by the
legislature of Illinois:
"SEcTIoN 1. Be It enacted by the people
Of the State of Illinois, represented in The
general assembly. That in an Drosecu.
tions or civil suits for libel, 1t shall be
lawful for the defendant TO give in evil
dence, in justification, the fact that the sl-
legged libelous words or publication were
the proceedings of evidence given in
whole or in part before any court or corO-
ner's inquest; and where libelous publ
cations are made without malice, the de-
PENDANT may show, in justification, that
at the request Of the plaintiff sfull and
complete retTsction of the alleged libel
ous publication was made in the news
paper or periodical in which such publicR-
tion originally appeared In the FIRST issue
thereof after request of such plaintiff
II its consideration be impossible
because its subject and purpose were
not defined in the Governors procla-
nation cOnvoking our law-givers, it
is to be hoped that some wise mem
Der will file this paper and reproduce
it when the general assembly is con-
voked by constitutional law.
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DICKENS As AN Actor.

A correspondent sends Us the fol
lowing statement with regard to the
early career of Charles Dickens as
| professional actor. It may be fact OF
may be fiction: "The curious pas.
sion for the stage which characterized
the late Mr.. Dickens is pehaps better
known than anything else about him
not directly connected with his books
but few are aware that he was in his
earlier manhood actually a profession
al-in point Of fact, what Wss then
called a stroller This will explain
much Of the most amusing part Of
Nicholas Nickleby,' where the stroll
ers are placed before us almost as
faithfully as in HOgarth's picture,
MI. Crummles, Mr.. Lenville, Mr..
FOlair, The Phenomenon, and the
rest, were once living beings, and thir-
ty years ago, more or less, the good
people of AndoYer, Hampshire, Eug-
land, witnessed their performances.
My authority for this Statement is Mr..
c., of the Walnut street theater, Phil
adelphia, who was in Mr.. Crum miles,
cOmpany-Only Mr.. Crummles' real
name was Cromwell. MI. @. tells
me with no idea that am going to
use the information elseWhere), that
when some one pointed out Dickens in
London long after the Crummles times
he recognized in the novelist at Once6he
quiet young man who had once shared
with him the, heavier and walking
gents Besides the duties of acting
and occasionally arranging some new
melOdrama to suit circumstances
Dickens, being the best dressed man
in the company, vas sent a day or so
in advance always TO bill the next
town, get the license, etc. This was
called taking the town and was a
very responsible field Of duty. On
one occasion to guy DiekeRs-this was
after he first Joined and was not well
knoWn-he was cast for the part OF a
nervous servant in ''The Watch Dog; -
but to everybOdy's surprise he made
an immense hit and exhibited a yer
satility that was afterwards profitable
to both himself and to Mr.. Crummies.
Dickens demeanOr during his con-
nectiOn with the company was mod
est and reserved but Rolite, and at
last he became quite as popular with
his associates as be was with his audi.
ences. He was remarkable for his
close observation and particularly for
his quick study. More than once he
went on for parts Of fifteen or twenty
lengths at such short notice as would
considerably surprise our circuit ac-
tors in these cOstermOnger days. /
Why Dickens left CrOmwell-'Old
bricks and mortar as he was really
allied both in Nicholas NickIeby and
n reality-Mr. @. does not remember
without his diary for that season,
which is not accessible. But he has
he satisfaction Of recalling that dur.
his theatrical career he has played
With Charles Dickens."-[N Y. Iri6
me.
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DAMIEL w. VOORHEES,.

We presume no man questions the
Democracy Of this answering patri-
OF. Like the APPEAL, he believes the
principles Of Democracy are equal to
the correction Of any and all the evils
that beset the country, but,ike theAP-
PEAL, he begins to believe that the
country can only be saved by a COM
bination Of patriots Of all parties. In
a recent letter, declining to become a
candidate for governor Of Indiana,
Mr.. Voorhees, says: "Nor do any
doubts as TO the result of the coming
election in Indiana induce the course
/ have taken. 1 regard the overthrow
Of any party which attempts to sup
port and prolong the present admin
istration as certain a. the polls are
opened to a free people. The Oldest,
the ablest and the most distinguished
leaders Of the Republican party are
now engaged in proving that General
Grant is wholly unworthy of respect
or confidence. The Republican State
convention of Indiana, on the twenty
second of this month, took issues with
the very founders Of the party on this
point. I have not the shadow Of a
fear as to what the verdict of the
people will be in October and Novem-
Der next.D
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-10

In VIENNA q new American star,
says a Paris paper, is slowly and sure.
ly rising to celebrity-the young tenor,
George L. Osgood-Where he is &C.
curing q reputation not only as a
first-elass artist, but as a composer Of
surprising merit. He is a Bostonian,
land is a gentleman of fortune, who
devotes himself 70 art from a pure love
of the divine science. The Germans
pronounce him to be the most perfect
interpreter living Of Schubert's and
Robert FRANCS songs. Hehas studied
two years in Italy, is an accomplished
singer of the Italian school, and is a
pupil of Siebers, of Berlin. His voice
is said to be of an extended Compass,
full and clear in all the registers, per-
fectIy equal, and competent to the
arduous labors of a public singer"
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A traveller in Polynesia concludes
as follows a description of the women
of TAHITI: 1.-THE most bsshfuI and
coy never will pass you without a
greeting, a glance Of the eye, and a
slight gathering in of her dress with
her elbows, to exhibit her buxOm
figure to full perfection. Or else, per-
haps, she will come up cOquettishIy,
and ask you for the loan Of your Sc
gar, take a few pulls at it, and hand it
back again gracefully to the rather as
tOnished owner; and then, with a
parting compliment, which you most
likely don't understand, lei you go
your way in peace-Or not. The prop
er way to walk with your Iady-love
in Tahiti is as follows: Yo0 put your
arm around her neck, and she hers
round your waist, and hangs on your
breast in a Imply, affectiOnate man
ner. It is as much scion les regLes as
walking arm-in-arm, and much pref
tier to lOOkat.
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SENATOR WILSON has returned to
Washington from his New Hampshire
trip. He expresses the opinion that
the chances Of Radical success are
doubtful. The fact OF four tickets be-
ing In the field does moi, In his estima-
ton, injure either party very seriously.
While he does not think the Tempe
rance ticket will draw very largely
from either Democrats or Radicals, he
admits that the Labor Reformers are
very solidly in favor of the Democrats.
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LDB
A GIN IRON LoNGgELLoW.

Come to me, o ye childrenl
FOR ] hear you at your play,
And the questions hat perpleKed me
Have vanished quite away
Ye open the eastern windows
That look toward the sun,
Where thoughts are singing swallows,
Ana the brooks Of morning run
In your hearts are the birds and the sunshine
In Tour thoughts the brooklets flow,
But II mine is the wind OF autumn,
And the first faIi Of the snow.
All what would the world be 70 Us,
II the children were nc mOre2
We should dread the desert before Us
Worse b a the dark before.
What the leaves are in the forest,
With light and air for ood
Ere their sweet and tender juices
Have been hardened into wood,
That 70 the world are children;
Through them Il feels the glow
OF a brighter and SUMMER climate
Than reaches the trunks below.
Come &c me, o ye children
And whisper IN my ear
What the birds and the wind are singing
In your sunny atmosphere.
For what are al cOntrfYings.
Audtthe wisdom Of our books.
When compared with your caresses,
And the giadneszo Of your lOOks3
Ys are brighter h all the ballads
That ever Wers sung or said;
For ye are flying poems.
all the rest are dead.
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s. s. Rembert, Esq, q citizen Of this
county for forty years, and we'll
known asa gentleman Of sterling In
tegrity and of wonderful inventive
genius, visits fernando and other
towns along our railways for the pur-
pose Of exhibiting to planters and
others a model Of his "Piantation
Compress" the simplest, cheapest,
and most effective ever made or that
can be conceived. It is all, even
more, than he asserts, and can be utll-
lied in many directions. Not only
will it enable each planter, al his own
gin, to put his cotton in shape
for foreign shipment, at less cost
than he now makes great ugly
square bales to be dragged about
the streets TO steam comprising
establishments and sampled from
point to point by rag piekers; but this
Plantation Compress can be used, one
mule supplying the power, to express
oil from hulled and steamed cotton
seed or from castor beans. Two or
three planters in a neighborhood or
a dozen should combine and buy
the patent for the county. They
can either compress cotton at the sew
eral railway stations or sell machines
costing each about $600-tO their
neighbors. In either direction the
profits will be sure and enormous;
and, very soon, by the introduction Of
the Plantation Compress, an annual
tax upon the South of six or seven
millions Of dollars will be annuIled
forever. Give Mr.. Rembert a hear
ing. While, very properly, he
should be paid for skill and
labor, he is an enthusiast in
behalf Of the interests Of cotton plant
ers, Of whom he has been one of the
most successful. Recently he has
neglected everything, that he might
perfect his Plantation Compress. IN
bounded success has crowned his
genius and toll, and farmers need only
witness the operation of this simple,
compact machine to be thoroughly
satisfied that he is chiefest Of practical
benefactors.
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The movement Of the anti Grant
Republicans against the administrs.
ton is growing wider and deeper eve
~ day. Neither OF the distinguished
senators who are leading it shows a
disposition to stay his hand, or to
cease the staggering blows he is deal
ing it. The influence OF the quarrel
Is extending from Washington
throughout the country, and many Of
the oldest Republican journals Of the
land are speaking words against the
President and bis policy thai would
haYe surprised them six mohtha seo.
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TaR ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC
ExMCUTIVE OOMHIrTEE YEsFEE,

TaR Action OF THE BEMOCRATIC
RxACUTIVE COMHITTEE YEsrER.
DAY.
Pursuant to the call Of w. ". Nc
DoWell, chairman, the Democratic
executive committee for Shelby eOun-
ty held a meeting yesterday, We
congratulate the public on the result
ofits deliberations. The meeting was
characterized by perfect harmony,
which argues well for future concord.
Ii win be seen from the published
proceedings in another column that
the committee are unanimously Of
opinion that a call for a county
convention at present would be
precipitate, and therefore postpone a
convention to the 10Th Of June. This
action viii meet the cordial endorse
ment Of the people who believe that
the Democrats of Shelby have nothing
. to lose by delay. The exigsncy does
cot require hasty action, and we eoua-
sci Democrats to 1Orbear all signs Of
impatience when the drift of events
and the current Of public sentiment
are operating 50 strongly in cur favor.
The committee, yesterday, was gov
erned by an enlightened discretion.
In postpOniBg a call for a Democratic
csupfy convention the members
were aetuated by the same motives
which prompts the New York World
in sustaining the National Democratic
executive committee, which refuses
to call a national convention. The
World says;
while Ve approve the zeal, we cannot
unite indoxEs the judgment, Of some i'm
e.nleive Democrats who are not satisfied
rifb the reticentI expectsnt attitude
w6seh has thus far been maintsined BY
fhe 0reEt body Of The party, including the
~srfonal D5moerafic committee end its
---i seUscious ehsirmsH. Nothing could
- more deplorsble. 81 present, thsB q
crrsmodlc. EERressiFe activity. AT a time
~ben events and the whole ann Of polti-
~ tendencies are operating N cur faTors
rrrfv would make & capital biunaern
trke any step, or attempt any
~c-ensnt which might interfere with
S1ortsueeus development Of public
~ ii il sll-important. in the
eert EsPre Of affairs that ina
1850 narts zssl be kept uBde the
~ ~ eohsr Judgment and fore
n - 4ever wise % ouy il 8 falling
Il r<fpg market. Il would not
4 arferosies b1t feIiY, foE 9 merchant %
ia ehss scsi 60 o. - Enen sEs pIles q
- eissdfiy d~ec1ntnEi pcrs On ne
49, sn8 - make heavy sales when the
49, seals Fisilg Everything {,
frsida ard outside OF 1he Demoexz &c {
800 oasratluE u our fay0rs (,
~ ne interest 81 me Psrty 10
f-rar.se t6nG1Deies have free
and oI1te Fltnput oeet5uStlsA I
amr SIS party n t4NNA4 e-tN
mffious Of Foeefs Thethar
coagtntson bs held ee4lys OF s
Ft6 Democrats p1xtyle RFoW~
t-sIess ~eVez1Hhete f7s4Y az ~ J
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THE Savannah and Memphis rail-
road is completed, says the Columbus,
Georgia, San, to a point twenty-seven
and a half miles from Opellka. This
road comes direct to Tuscumbia
through the coalHeIds OF Alabama.
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SOMETHING is wrong with Senator
Logan. The other day he was asked
to go up into New Hampshire and
make 8 lew speeches, but refused. He
said be did not caret to take part in the
canvass, and thought It would be a
good thing If the Republicans should
lose both New Hampshire and Con-
uocfiouf
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Colonel Thorpe, in q very interest
Ing paper on the United States
Treasury" in Harper's Magazine. hss
q note OF Alexander Hamilton. witt
ten while he was head Of the depart
ment, which presents food for rehee-
tim concerning the then and now
sperquieites, Of 0faea: "Dear sir
II you can conveniently let me have
twenty dollars for q lew days, send by'
beaEers A.