Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-11

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Now, il may be premature, but 1t cannot
be hurtful to any one, 10 discuss the
probabilities OF next years gubernatOrial
canvass. shall not pretend to say that
! Andrew johnson viii be candidate,
| for know nothing of his desires or in-
| tentions, but can say that il he is not,
the fault will not be at the doors Of his
| Thousands of friends in the State. The
| APPEAL says 'parties are dreadfully
shipwreeked,n by which l understand
that the Democratic party Is shipwTeck-
ed, for that astute journal will not be so
| foolish as to assume that the Republic
cans of the State are anything but firm
| " united. Who wrecked the Demo-
cratic party? Who was at the
helm when the vessel struck
the rock? q Was it not the
men whom the APPEAL calls its friends?
Who engineered and steered the course
of the party in the Nashville convention
in August of last year? Was it the men
| for whom the APPEAL is heard appeal
ing? And now, since the APPEAL con-
fesses what we all know, that remnants
of the party are floundering in the sea,
only saved from annibilation by few
frail planks lashed into a raft, would it
confide that frafl thing to the care of the
men who drove the good ship to de-
struction? We believe it would, but
there are thousands of us who will climb
aboard the ship of Captain Andrew
johnson, and reach the harbor in safety.
We may as well look plain facts in the
face to-day as to wait until next year.
Let them step forth, then. The first is
that the Bourbons will make one more
effort to get the State fully into their
power. The second is that there are in
dependents, or Johnson men, enough in
the State to defeat that object, and who
are ready to face the issue whenever it
comes. Third, that there can be no
compromise effected between these two
political elements; nothing short of the
unconditional surrender of the BourbOns
can bring the two together, and that
is a thing for which no one
has any hope. The fourth and plainest
fact then follows : that the State lUiH nit
ness q Republican UictOTy IN the merit
general election. Andrew johnson owes
the Bourbons nothing; they are indebted
to him for all the successes they have
had since the waI. But he does owe to
the forty thousand friends, who stood by
name and his energies in completing the
doomed in Tennessee, and if, in accom-
plishing its determination, the scepter
shall pass away from its chief antago-
mist, so let it be. Far better that both
should lose than that the former
should win. We are a Republican be-
fore we are a Bourbon. Next year we
shall march ont to the battle with An
drew johnson at our head, and the fight
will be q POJaTdRce. Gentlemen mourn
ers around the corpse of your bogus De-
mocracy, consume the funeral-baked
meats in time, or you may lose them as
well. AN INDEPENDENT.
KNOXVILLE, August 7th.
A HORSE STORY.
We learn from the passengers on yes
terday mornings train of the Selma,
Rome and Dalton road of one of the
most startling incidents which ever oc-
Cured in the history of railroad
left Alpine, a horse was seen on the track
about one hundred yards in advance.
The train came laundering on, and
the noble beast was not slow TO take the
hint, and moved himself off at a rate
which told he knew a thing or two him
self about railroads. The chase con-
tinued for a mile right along the track
when the horse reached the bridge, over
Talladega creek, he went boldly forward
upon atwelve-inch plank. When about
half way across he turned to look back,
not needing the biblical fate of Lots
wife. He thereupOn lost his balance and
fell across a scantling which formed part |
of the framework of the bridge. The |
train was stopped, and the animal,
which had made such race, was res
cued from his perilous condition by |
means of ropes and chains. In that |
single mile-dash the horse ran over three |
trestles, and what is wonderful to relate, |
the horse actually widened the gap be- |
tween himself and the train, and but for |
turning around to see chow the |
old thing worked" could have bid def
ance to his snorting iron rival.-Ald- |
bdHla State Journal.
THE COST OF A SONG.
Last Wednesday night, about half |
past ten O'Clock, negro man, named |
John Morgan, was shot and fatally |
wounded at low negro den known as |
the upper part of the city, by James
Cooper, another negro, under the fol- |
lowing circumstances: 1t appears that |
sitting in the front piazza of the house
when Cooper, who lived in a |
room in the second story, came to the |
front door and ordered the party to stop |
the fuss. He then turned, went UP to |
his room, procured his gun, an old mus !
ket, loaded with different-sized shot, and |
came down again. Proceeding to the door |
he put the gun to his shoulder, pointed |
it at the crowd, and called out, "Clear |
the way, I'm going to shoot" Suiting |
the action to the word, he fired. The entire |
load struck Morgan in the left groin and !
he fell to the floor fatally wounded. |
Cooper was Immediately seized by sew
eral of the men present, and held until |
the arrival of a policeman, who took |
him in charge and carried him to the |
guardhouse. Morgan fingered in great |
agony until yesterday at two O'Clock, |
when he died. Coroner Cox summoned |
a jury and held an inquest over the
body about four O'clock in the afternoon. |
The facts ELECTED from the witnesses
were substantially as given above. A
physician was summoned, at the request |
Of the jury, to examine the body. He
that Morgan's death was caused |
by a gun-shot wound in the left groin, |
the shot entering the bladder and other
internal organs. The jury returned the
verdict: "We, the jury, find
hat the deceased, John Morgan, came
20 his death from a gun-shot wound,
said gun being fired by Jim "copper"
augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
INDIAN OUTRAGEs ON THE BORDER.
The people on the Texas frontier seem
10 be suffering worse than ever from In
1ian marauders. Scarcely asingle paper
IS received from that portion of Texas
put contains sickening details of out
lawry and baTbarism. Last comes the
that the little town of Frio
has been invaded by a large band of |
daring Indians, forty in number. They
captured stock, attacked the Mexicans,
one, and murdered DR.. Mas
sey, seventy-seven years of age, the
family escaping. The savages destroyed
ali the furniture. They then plundered !
the house of Mr.. Graham, when they
were attacked by seven citizens who had
but four guns between them, yet they
made the savages retreat. They were
being pursued by both soldiers and citi-
zens when the messenger left. Great
excitement prevails.-NeaO Orleans Re
publican.
CHANGE OF GAUGE.
We learn from a reliable and undoubt-
ed source that Colonel A. S. Buford,
president of the Richmond and DAN
vile railroad, has called a special meet
ing of the directors of the North Carolina
to take place at the company's
shops in this city. While it is not GER
tainly known what the real object of the
is, yet it is currently reported
that Colonel Buford will surrender the
lease of the North Carolina road which
was made to the Richmond and Dan
vile railroad, and thus put an end to
the litigation now going on touching the