Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-04-15
SOUTHERN NEWS.

The Mobile Ala Register thinks tina
the Connecticut tidal. wave bOthers the
New York Herald
MessEs. G. Watkins, (. n Dewell. d
II. Jones, }. L. Trezevant and Edward
fitzgerald have been elected directors o.
the Little Rock cotton factory.
When a good-looking man is put in
lah az Van Buren,, Arkansas, for murder,
the ladies' Of that place give them bon.
quet5 and decorate the prison walls with
flowers.
Matt ard Tom Wallace, charged with
oelng accessory TO the murder of Thomas
n. Payne, in johnson county, two years
&goi We're acquitted al Van Buren few
days ago.
aberdeen Miss Examiner: Another
Eeavy rain on Friday night ard all day
Saturday. Could it have been delayed
Two or three days the farmers would
nave gotten through with complaining.
As II y, there is more corn planted ia
hon,Oe county than there has been I'D
70 Lne same date in many years.
How rejoiced will be the scsndalized
minister of New York, when he reads
the following from the Augusta Ark. }
BuIctiJi, under the head OF "Guilty or
N.-AAS 4hLb y iIo question
about Beecher; and to believe him
guilty is not to declare his crime an un-
natural one. On the contrary, it is per-
Iecty natural. 1t is go common, even
among the clergy, that it ceases 10 ex-
cite horFcr, II it creates surprise"
The Minden (La) Democrat Of g re-
cent date, says: Yesterday, at two
O'Clock in the afternoon, our town was
yisis by a real tornado on a small scale.
II first attracted attention by a roar
- milsr to a regular storm. One OF
Mayor Goodies biilygosts was on top OF
q neighbo's fence cropping the leaves
and buds of favOriLe TO- bush, when
along came this little 'phunny fellow
ana taking billy by surprise, whirled
MIN around, over and over like q flying
acrobat, aud finally crammed his head
In hollow stump and left him, The
sun was shining brightly and no cloud
was to be seen. Although our Rrial
visitor was decidedly rare specimen Of
its kind.n
The Little Rock Gazette, of Friday,
has the following account of q terrible
tornado: On and near the Bsdgett farm
our informant counted seven houses and
q number Of other buildings destroyed
10y the storm. In every direction trees
were uproOted, rendering the roads in
some places impossible for vehicles.
The rain, which fell IN torrents, dam.
aged crops and badly rutted the roads.
lhe following from the scene of ruin
came TO hand last night: "BADGETT
FLACE, HhErsday evening-EditOrs Ca
zette--A terrible tornado passed through
the Ba6gett farm this afternoon, blowing
o'LWH several houses and buildings, in
'eiuding the ginhouse. II also wrecked
Ehe dwelling occupied by Mrs. Jones,
killing her and wOUnding others. The
damage cannot yet be assessed. Will
send you detsils as soon as poss BILE. Am
writing on the wreck of table in the
ruins. JOHN SHARP"
The following recent opinion Of the
United States supreme court relative TO
the status OF the legislatures in the Con-
federacy during the war will be read
with interest: "In these cases the ques-
ton was whether insurance companies
chartered by the State OF Georgia when
IN rebellion have any legal existence.
The court holds that as the legislature
was the law-Dlaking power Of State de
J0ctO, ALI enc ctments not in actual hos
tllity to the constitution and the Union
OF the STATES, and not prohibited, must
% held - have the force generally &C.
corded 20 the action OF de fIctO public
ofneeTs. Any other doctrine would work
unnecessary hardship upon the people Of
the. other States, and without any adj
Vintage to the national government.
Lhe incorporating acts had no relation
20 anything else than the domestic con-
Germs OF the State, and must be trested
as vslid.n