Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-17

young lady, with a courage most remarkable
under the circumstances, struggled with her
3ssailant, and freed herself from his strong
grasp. The scene OF the encounter was on
Philip street, Dstween Camp and Coliseum.
After the scoundrel had been defeated he ran
OF without the young lady being able 10 racOg-
nize MIN. When the young lady reached
nome her terror and excitement eliminated
in iainiing-fit, on recovering from which she
was unable to tell anything ABOUT the assatl-
ant even 30 much as to say whether he WAS a
I white man OF negro. OF the assault, OF the
M uries, Of the shock the terror and the neT-
/ Vous prostralon, there Is no doubt Her dis
l ordered dress, the brutal marks upon her
I throat aud the pain she was enduring, spoke
plainly enough as to all that For the rest
/ she knew or remembered nothing. II seems
/ as II 10 viii be only when the wives and daugh-
I ters Qf our citizens are each insulted that our
/ people will awaken 20 their danger.
A COMPLETE REVOLUTION IN SIX
HOURS.
( From the New Orleans Piesyunel
As is always the case in popular up
risings, the events Of yesterday advanced with
giant strides. beginning IL public assembly
called 10 protest against the outrages on pri-
vale property and public liberty which have
disilnguishtd d the action OF the authorities
during the past week, it lOOmsd, within an
hour, mo revolution. at nine O'Clock In
The morning the eli ~ was in the possession OF
The Radical government: al four O'Clock IN
the afternoon the possessions OF that 90 Ogern- /
ment were confined 10 three or Iour public !
buildings-tEe statehouse, the third precinct
station, the armOry, etc. The peut-up indfg-
haIon OF me community gave way ike some 1
mighty torrent. depressed through long /
years Of suffering and oppression, held in I
check by fear, nope, timid couDselE, discord 4
OF opinion, the feenrZ yesterday burst all
bounds, as by some grand spontaneous i'm
pulse. Those who had plead for peace de-
naoded outbreak; those who had adj
kind II was as though a mighty
tempest had arisen before whose
,S,.. ylld fury the strongest oaks bowed
down. In the brief space of six hours
the entire ASPECT OF affairs was reversed. The
people were in the ascendant and the fabric
oI the Radical government dissolved like so
much vapor. The conduct OF our people old
not partake of the hating and undecided
haI ae terstlcs visible in the past. II was not
u that nature which has heretofore called
iorth the brutal sneers Of the janisssries, and
over which The Radical chiefisins have oeen
leased 70 make merry. II showed those COM
1laceht gentry that they had mt>L-Een The q
community they were lOnding with such high
lands; that The resurrection OF the old spirit q
vas not lfnpoSsib e, ana that gentlemen fight !
ng for what they CONSIDERED their dearest
lights were not 10 be herded ike cattle by a
and OF hired soldiery. IN that brief {
anal street, with numbers nearly equal
ne detropontans, superbly armed ana
,raVeiy ofheered, We're swept away before the G
harge OF the citizens, General Badger shot U
own and nfteen Of has men killed, and four
leces OF their artillery captured. II wes a q
out5 an elimination. II was the triumph Of /
us patriot over the mercenary, Of the gen
leman over the rurian. 1t was a rebdke to
yEanny, warning TO oppression. And 80, u
ne INST day " the Tel1QtsSdace is over. This q
sadlcai government, which mas been called
Q strong-so securely IOnndeI IN the CONT
ence OF the peopIe-this government uf 2
lhleh Mr.. Morton said IN the United states u
enate that II could stand forever on It's own
esources, has crumbled like some rotten &,
ming tnat only waited for a touch. ~
THE CROWNISG SORROW,
rom the Chicago Tribune, Independently ts
The STORY Of LOuisiana's woes u
'oes is long and sOrrowfuI. Il
as been Told over and over K
gain. II mas stopped the affairs Of congress- hi
As made magistrates hesitate and generals
emble. On the one side there has been con-
ant outeTy against oppression; on the other, u
anewed vigilance in forcing back toe spirit o.
lat reheiled against It. The election OF Kel-
gg was the cIOWning sorrow Of Louisianas N,
Juucai woe, ana never since that event have :.
le people been reconciled to the situation. N