Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-06
PERSONAL.

The Emperor Alexander and his son
Alexis are eHrOute to England.
Sam. J. Tilden Will be Democratic
candidate for governor of New York
next fall.
Vice-P President Wilson had long in
teTview with President Grant in WASH
ingtOn Monday.
Hon. VIM. Orton was elected presi-
dent Of the Pacific and Atlantic tele-
graph company at Pittsburg yesterday.
It's announced in London that the
REIMBURSEMENT of the position of Glib
eral whip by Sir Robert Peel will only
be temporary.
The London Daily Ne1OS suggests that
public meeting of the holders of Erie
railway shares be held, and that Ste
phenson, one of the London manages
appointed by President Watson, be
given their proxies.
The members Of the newly elected
medical faculty OF the Vanderbilt uni
versity at Nashville have been assigned
to the following chairs: Paul +. Eve,
NJ. D., professor of operative and clinical
surgery; William L. Briggs, NJ. D., pro-
fessor OF the principles and practice of
surgery; Thomas l.. Madden, NJ. D.,
professor of the theory and practice of
medicine; William l.. kichOl, Nj. D.,
professor Of diseases of women and chill
dren, and Of clinical medicine; Van S.
Lindsey, NJ. D, professor of physiology;
Thomas Menees, NJ. D, professor of OBJ
stetrics; Jas NJ. Stafford, NJ. D., profess
sor of chemistry; Thos. A. Atchison, NJ.
D, professor of materia medica and
therapeutics; Thos. 0. Summers, jr.,
NJ. D., professor of anatomy; JnO. Ii.
Calender, NJ. D., professor OF psychic
logical medicine; Colonel ThOs. K. Ma
lone, Of Nashville, was also appointed
member Of the law faculty.
The Kansas City Times Of recent date
had this as editorial: ''TO one person In
Little Rock, the warlike preparations of
Baxter and Brooks bring any but pleas
ant recollectiOns. The hills Of East Ten
nessee, the beautiful little town of
Greeneville, the dripping forest and the
sunshine struggling through the mists of
early morning, pass like panorama be-
fore her eyes. Ten years have passed
away and still she sees in her dreams the
spectres of war-VisiOns OF men on horse
back dashing in and out through long
red lines OF battle, and the roar Of srtil-
leTy and the rattle OF firearms dispel
slumOer from the eyes. There was a
time when Mrs. Williams gloried in the
triumph Of her treacheTy, and laughed
at the misery she had wrought. Her be-
tTayal of that gallant Confederate, John
II. MOrgan-the circumstances Of which
are too well known to need recital here
she once regarded as the crowning act
of her life. But the hour Of her triumph
has fed. Upon her once Tayen-blaek
hair care has sprinkled its powder Of
gray, and over her guilty soul remOrse
has hung its mantle Of gloom. The
busy preparations for war recall to her
mind the hustle and confusion that
followed her advent into a dark gap
OF the mountains in Tenne see on
stormy night in August in
1864. Now she takes no part in what is
going on; then she was the leader of the
troop that marched through the rain
and the gloom to surprise the man who
had accepted of her hospitality. and
who had trusted in Ler honor. Mrs.
Williams Is still a handsome woman.
aad a widow. She seldom appears upon
the streets, and when she DC es her face
is closely velled. Many conjectures are
made concerning the cold, beautiful Wo-
man who always walks alone, but no
one has ever YentuIed to break in upon
her meditatiOns. What they are or
how she passes the weary hours a. they
come and 90, none may ever know,
Solitude is alike her passion and her
misery. Often in the silent watches Of
the night she is heard walking steadily
TO and fro across her chamber floor, and
this is ali that is known. From those
around her she keeps her history and
her sorrows. FOrgetfulness is the only
thing she Graves, and death alone can
bring that boon to her. There will come
a time, however, when all her hOrrid
visions will fade away forever, when
even the echoes of strife and war will
fail to reach her ears. Nothing distuTbs
the quiet OF the grave"