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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-08
Lawyers Should not be Asscs.

Judge Underwood, OF Rome, Georgia
to fur young lawyers who had irsI
passed an examination in his court
Ioung gentlemen, ! want 20 say 3
thing or two to you. You have passed
rs good an examination as usual, Der.
haps better; but you don't know apv.
thing. Like those young fellows lust
back from their graduation college, you
think you know great deal. That is 8
great mistake. If you ever get to be OF
any account, you will be surprised at
your present Ignorance. Don't be too
Dig for your breecbes, Go round to the
Justices court. Try to learn something.
Don't be afraid. Set off upon q hiqb
key. You will, no doubt, speak q great
deal OF nonsense, but you will have one
oousolatiOn-nObOdy will know it. The
great mass Of mankind take sound for
sense. Never mind shout your case
pitch III. You are about as apt to win
IS lose. Don't be ashamed Of the Wjse.
looking justice. He don't know q thing.
he IS 3 uead-best on knowledge. Stand
Ia your rack, fodder or no fodder, and
you ii see daylight after q while. The
community generally supposas that you
Will he Ta-cals. There Is no absolute
necessity that you should. You may be
smart without being tricky. Lawyers
ought to be gentlemen. Some OF them
don't come up to the standard, and are'
a disgrace to The fraternity. They know
more than any other race generally,
and not much in particular. They don't
know snythiug about sandstones, car
boniferous periods, and ancient land
animals known as fossils. Men that
make out that they know s. great deal
on these subjects, don't know much.
They are humbugs-suDerb hUmbugs.
they are ancient land-animals them
selves, and will ultimately be fossile.
You are dismissed with the sincere hope
1t the court that you VIII not make
asses of yourselves"
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The HANK OF Tenne.see Cos,.

-'daH FIII5 HIOH anu AIHtTICdni ON.
The argument o; the Bank Of Tennes-
see case was concluded yesterday, snd
the case was taken under advisement.
Chancellor Marks will leave FOR Win.
chester this morning. He announced
from the bench that he would not prob
ably be able to return and render his de-
cislOu upon the issues involved before
the first Of September proximo, on ac-
count OF business in his own circuit.
Some minor DEGREES OF q provisional
character were rendered in the case yea
teIday.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-08

Another case Of suffice lately occurred
In 3 small village in Lucknow, India
The following are the details Of the case
Having bathed and dressed, the suttet
went to the burning place, accompanied
by her relatives and 3 number Of low.
caste HindOOs, who were in charge o.
the dead body. Wood being scarce, the
funeral pile wEs ia part constructed Of
other fuel, which WAS heaped around the
woman as she sat with the head Of hel
deceased husband in her lap. The pile
was then covered with straw, her
nephew handsd the suttea \ lighted
torch, and ii a moment the whole mass
was on fire. The Chowkeydsr and the
policeman, when they arrived, found
only hesp Of ashes. About thirty pei
SONS, including the village Aeadsman
and the woman's relatives, have been
committed to the sessions on the charge
of having been directly or indirectly
guilty Of murder.
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English AG1iatcrs and aRo Prince q
RQISz

English AEIiatoEs and sho Prince O.
wales.
Chicago Tribune.I
Tue popular agitatOrs in England have
found good working material in the
prince OF Wales's visit to india, and
will not probably abandon tbs suEiec!
while the interest in it continues. The
immense meeting IN Hyde park, few
Sundays ago, Yves significant and i'm
pOrtsnt. it's said to be the largest pub
lie meeting ever held in London. About
one hundred thousand people were pres
ent. BJadlaugh spoke, and he was suc-
cessful in raising the popular enthusi.
asm, or fury, to a high pitch. He 10
quired, "WhO is this prince OF Wales ?n
and answered: This prince of Wales,
for whom cur money is spent, is no
prince of ours; he is prince of the
wealthy classes 4 still holder utter
ance, and one which must chill the srdoy
of the noble LORDS, was this: eff these
great popular meetings, and their pro-
tests against the diversion e public
moneys to princes, continue o. De de-
spised by parliament, on ths rex. UcCa-
sion when 8 grant is proposed to prince
We will carry our petition and our pro-
test ourselves into Westminster hall"
Besides this vast meeting, six Others
were in progress in other parts Of the
kingdom at the same time, and more
than forty had been held in the country
during the preceding week.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-08

A narrow-gauge railroad through the
mountainous regions Of Vermont has
been projected, and the northern end OF
the route has been surveyed. It is 20
run from Shelburne Falls, in Msssachu-
sets, to North Troy, Vermont, a dis
lance Of two hundred and forty-six
miles. The estimate Of the engineers
for building the lower end Of the road is
twelve thousand five hundred dollars
per mile, and it ia thought that the cost
Of the upper end will De less. The mar
row-gauge is continually growing in IA
vOr fer railroads whera the prospec Give
traffic would not warrant their conslruc-
ton upon the more expensive plan Of
the ordinary gauge.
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sEAH DE 3.
DARD BEST.

The air scarce Tired
With whispered word,
Yet the noisy city its import heard.
Can it be so,
That an hour ago
That name was as high as it now lies low?
And friends were dear,
And lovers near,
And the haven of hope was shining clear?
Did eyes shine bright
with sweet delight,
And never hint OF the whitening blight?
Is yesterday
80 far away,
With its tender sighs and its laughter gay?
With the poison flung
By the Sin HmeiesS tongue,
The deep death-knelI OF all hopes were rung
And the tidingS grew,
As they alWay do,
None caring 10 ask be they false or true.
Alone! AlOneI
The friends have flown
How weary and Old the heart has grown!
The lsughter's fed,
The heart is dead,
And crowned with sorrow the innocent head
Never again
Win the cruel stain
Be washed from the soul SO crushed with pain
- Till Death shall bring
Its kinuer sting,
And the poor, tried heart stopped sOrrOwing.
Heaven eeud
Death be friend,
And this cruel life soOn have an end!
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1
| New Haven Palladium
| Yesterday morning Messrs. Blyden-
! hulgh and Plunkst, counsel for Thomas
f. Hamilton appeared before Judge
/ StOddard, in the city court, claiming
| that their client was a competent wit
I ness. The court directed 7 ]. Fox to
| produce testimony to SHOW that Hsmil-
| ton did not believe in a Supreme Being.
Michael Dillon testified inst he had
| heard Hamilton SVar himself q Pan
theist, by that meaning that the uni
| verse constituted God. James Reilly
said that Hamilton told him that he
! and every other man who believed in
/ God was fool, and that money was his
God. David O'DOnnell stated that
| Hamilton had denied the existence Of
God ami devil. The court thought tie
devil was not in this case. Patrick Carr
said that Hamilton said that everybody,
lawyers aud all, would be the same after
death, Then 8 few witnesses were heard
to show that Hamilton did believe in a
supreme Being. Judge St0ddard said
that, although he had a doubt as to the
competency OF Mr., Hamilton SIS q wit
ness, II he decided against him ne could
have no spPeal. But, on the other hand,
II the accused person was found guilty
on the testimony OF Mr.. Hamilton, be
could appeal to the supreme court, where
the question OF Mr.. Hamilton being 8
competent witness could be decided; ne,
therefore, admitted the evidence. Bar
thoiomeW Carroll was then tried for
breach OF the peace, and judgment was
suspended. Ii seems strange to some
thst Hamilton himself was not asked V
the court whether be believed in u
Supreme Being or not. We could an
sWer the question ifhe could not?
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Walt whitman.

E7tW IO4h UIdpulC.I
Walt Whitman is reported il! and ill.,
digent, and spending his last days at
Camden, New jersey. be hiss had a
somewhat checkered life, and Of mis-
productions opinions are divided, though
no one questions their viguF, originality,
and courage. Emerson was one Of bis
earliest sppTeciatOrs, and his word Of
generous commentator sold an entire
edition OF the LeGUes Cf Grass TenDysOn,
5winburne, ana ROssetti have eXtOi.ed
him, and the Westminster ReyjGJy
crowned him SIS the representative zoe
Of democracy. Still, all Americans be-
lieviDg themselves cultivated critics
declare his writings ali uninteliigl6ie
tissue Of jsrgCU, and questions his san
ity. Ana what is still more remarkable
is that his works have SIS pet found no
publisher, though they are in steady
demand, and some o. them cannot be-
procured st the book stores. He was
obliged to be his own publisher, or sing
his songs to himself in q smGtl'eEed,
dumb way. TIis Is what it costs 10 DO
decidedly original in America ia the
last half OF the nineteenrh century.
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PnbIicnnn nnn sinners

@A~it'A-l "a -yL SlitullOIsI
There were three OF them sitting lszi-
y upon the platform, looking like cast
iron tobacco signs. "Dere'5 gOiH' to be
anoder 'putlikin psper here purity soon,
de foxes say" said one. Gam we ali
Eiggers got to subscribe, kase the lection
is coming nigh unto hand" said the
other. " Scribe uothini" said the third
one, es he IOOsened 10 his cotton sus-
psndeT; Gym done wild dis 'publikin
business, / is. Didn't hear de preach
er Teadib' in the bible 'oOut the 'pubIi-
kline? Why, when the Lord hisseif was
on dc yeurtn dey used to set in &c high
piscss at the front gates Of de towns, az
take up taxes, an assessments from the
foxes. An now these 'puhlikius doin'
de same ting, don't ser see? Now, dey
don't ct no more Isessmeuts Outen dis
Niger for no 'Iections, 'scribins an
uOthir,?U
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-08
a burglar Bonse. q By a Young Lady.

Monday night burglar made his
way into the upper story Of the resi-
deUce Of William Dixon, living in the
eighth district OF this county. As be
walked across the floor he awakened q
daughter Of Mr.. DixOE, who had pluck
enough to jump out Of bed and seize
him. He jerked loose from her, and
made for the window, through which he
had effected an entrance. A he was
getting out Of tue window the young
lady sgam csught hold OF him, hui he
proved too strong Tor her, sud IL ally
succeeded in making his escape.
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THE THREE wATCHwesDs.

To watch, TO wait, to work!
An, me, the fiery sun,
The level, tTeeIess, barren, dew-drained fields
would the work was dome!
To watch, to work, to wGitl
All, me, The tedious roar
Or wreck S rewu oceans rooted with soInbel
clouds
would the watch was DER!
To wait, TO work, to watch!
An, me, thou absent friend
CONTEST thou quickly? So thou saidest,
would
The waiting had an end!
Ny soul, be still and strong!
Sight follows after faith;
Ia al. advancement OF the true and gOod
He COmeth as he saith.
MY soul, be still and strong!
Here on the Lords estate
No place is useless no experience vain
WOTK on, watch on, wait.
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The Gronbic savs il !. rrdorstooJ -,

The Graphic says it is understood that
the fifty. one shares, or controlling inter
est, OF the Tribune stand in the name of
DIR. William Walter Phelps, and that
Mr., Jsy Gould has a mortgage OF five
hundred and ten thousand dollars, the
marked up value OF the stock, upon
them. The Graphic is wrong. The
fifty-One shares stand in the nsEe OF
Mr.. Whiteiaw Reid, the young editor,
and he h0lds them under the Jay Gould
Jay Gould is the resi-, while
the young editor is their nominal owner.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-08

The look Of sympathy. the gr1tle word,
spoken 80 low that only angels heard
he secret art or pure seif-ssCr.Gca,
useen by men, bat m-Tlsed ry angels eyes
These are not Iesr
The sacred music Of g tender strain,
Wrung from poets heart by g ief and pain,
And chan'ed timidly, with doubt and fear,
10 busy crowds, who scarcely pause 10 hear
Iulsg are not last.
The silent teIrs that fall al dead Of night
over soilcd robes, tIUt once was pure and
white;
The prayers that rl,e like incense from the
soul,
Longing for Christ to make it Glenn and
These are not lost.
The happy dreams that sladdened all our
youth,
When dreams had less Of self AMI more Of
truth:
The chiIdGood's faith, so tranquil and 50
sweet,
Which sat like Mary az her II sstcr-s ceet-
These ar5 not H. o.
The kindly plans devised for other good,
so seldom guessed, 50 littls understood;
The quiet, sJeaGfast 10 e. thaE strOvr 60 win
Some wandeger from the ways % sin
These are nCJ lost.
Not lost, o Lord for in Thy city bright
Our eyes shall see the past by clearer li2ut,
and things long hidden from our EaZf below
Thou wilt reveal, aud we shall surely know
These are not lost.
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Out OF the sobbing rain.


In his speech at Mr.. Baecher's house
ct Pe5kshill, on Monday night, Hon.
Chsuncy III. Depew vas impelIed,
by an sllusion to the great amount OF
testimony and the little evidence taken
in the siX-mOuth5 trial of the Tilton
suit, to tell an sneGdOte OF the late Prasi-
dent Lincoln, which we do not remem-
Der to have aaen in print. Mr.. Depew
prefaced il by saying that when, as
ST cretaTy OF the state Of New York, he
visited Washington in 1864 20 look after
the army vote, he brd occasion frequent
ly TO refer matters directly to Mr.. Liu-
coin, who one day WAS reminded OF a
story which be declared was Ons Of the
only two anecdotes original with him,
notwithstanding his reputation for story
telling. 81 only apply the good stories
others tell me" the President said. The
story which he thereupOn proceeded to
tell Mr.. DepeW was to the effect that
many years before, when pTacticiug in
Illinois, he had appeared for the defend
ant in case Of assault and battery, in
which the complainant did not seem to
be very much injured, although he had
been through long series of brsWls. Ia
the course Of plaintiffs examination,
Mr.. Lincoln asked: GLOW much ground
did you fight over?'' about six acres"
was the reply. Don't you think"
asked Mr.. Lincoln, "that that was an
small crop Of fight for SO much
gr0und?" Amid the rOsr OF laughter
which followed, and il which the voice
Of Mr.. Beecher was heard above all the
others. Mr. DspeW suggested that il
was needless 10 make the application to
such quickly appcecistiVe audience.
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. came q poor wandering Ou'C asst come afiG' d.
ute u 10 The auuIor Of "Bcaut.ful Sow
but this IS no. sO-ED..
Oh! Owed him long I wed him well,
Now Urn with The ha,e OF q fiend Of he'll,
And curse the uay O. a. IN uIS arms fell,
Not dTeamiI-- then Of pain;
Not d'eImtns then what the years would
bring,
For my tOul was as white as su angels wing;
Now, here I wander lova-lOst thing,
Ont in the soothing ram,
was TO city maid, with eyes
Burned black with pa sion, filled with lies;
No, mine were as blue as tbs bluest skies,
Ana spok5, on wOundrous plain;
The hidden thoughts they gathering hol',
Like innocent lambs n my bOSom's fold,
But the shepherd slept and the thief grew
Then sob, oh! sobbing rain.
Aye, the thief grew bold, and my peace is
gone;
Like a God-cursed thing, I keep wandering
Nor heed the black storm as it breaks upon
My weary, weary brain;
but clasp my hands DER my aching breast,
And shrek out prayer for the grave and
The winds laugh aloud down the darkIng
At the sobs of the sobblng rain.
Oh, alas! for my home on the distant moor,
Alas! the old eyes that watch by the door,
That watch for face they'll never see more.
Heart, cease, oh, cease this pain!
Alas! for the flower that 0IoOmed on the
The Frost ike a lover. kisses to death;
Would I We've flower, TO fail meath its
The'n sob out sobbing rain.
l passei tonight by his castle Old,
One that he bought when his heart he sold;
In his arms his bride l saw him fold,
Close by the windOw-pane.
Her white face dropped meath his glowing
Like northern plant under tropic sky,
A whitening bud meath his blasting sigh;
Then sob, oh, sOObing rain,
Her white arms were yelled with Iaces rare,
While mine are thin and blue and bare
To the keen knife OF the midnight air;
My fingers ache with pain,
While hers with jewels are cen weighed
down,
Jewels 1T to lash in an emperor's crown,
While of hunger die and in tears 1 drown,
Here in The Sobbing rain.
Aye, his bride is she; what then ami,
That the world with its scorn should pass me
With lis jeering lips and mockIng eye?
loveC-alas! in vain;
And yet, though no sanity prayers were said,
A God looked down when we were wed;
Then sob, oh! sobbtng rain.
Bee the Ightuing's flash in the low-hung sky,
Like r bold, bad thought in Villains eye.
What night for death! Oh! that could die,
And 50 end all this pain;
Ny feet are so weary, my feet are so sore,
Would they bear me, 1 wonder, far as the
Moor?
Would they taEe me in, who watch at the
door,
out of the sob5ing rain?
What Is this mist that veileth my eyes?
Oh! IS it my tears, or the mist in the skies?
And still my heart and breath how IL flies,
And yet feel no pain;
Zee! starry lights CLEAN by yOn open door,
\ al It's not the one ! knew on the moor,
And strange voices call me, L ne'er heard
before
Out OF the sObbing rain.
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Ehe Eiz.t sHouso in 4ennsssse.

Fke Fiat S4OusO IN Xeunssste.
Nashville Banner.I
1t has been stated that Ex-President
| Johnson died very near the spot where
| the first house was erected in what is
now the State of Tennessee. Is not this
an error? Ramsey Gays Fort Loudon
was erected in 1855, on the south bank
| Of the Tennessee, about thirty miles
from Knoxville, and adds: "LOud0n is
remarkable IS beng the first fort or
other structure erected in Tennessee by
AnglO-AmeriGsn5." He quotes SImms
as reporting rapid accumulation Of
settlers in all the choice places in the
neighbOrhOOd, and subsequently says:
ia the spring OF 1853 the garrison Of
Fort LOudOn was augmented TO two
hundred men. In few months, by the
arrival of traders and hunters, il grew
into thriving village" This fort was
destroyed in 1860, aud the settlements
broken up. In 1853 another fort was
erected on the north bank Of the HOIs-
ton river, nearly opposite the upper end
OF Long island On Hawkins county,,
and was known as Long island fort, but
no permanent settlements were made
near it for 3 considerable time. The
first permanent settlement was formed
on the Watsuga, in what is now Wash
ington county. Ramsey says Captain
William Bean came from PittsyIvania
county, Virginia, "and settled, early in
l7t9, on Boon's creek, a tributary Of the
Wataugs, in advance of Carter and
Others IhO sOOn after settled upon that
stream. His cabin was not far
from WatGuga." This settlement was
probably ten or fifteen miles distant
from the place at which Ex-President
Johnson died.
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A Northern Girls 2DIuiOn OF Southern
GIFga.

HeEtEeFs Girls 1BtutOn OF Southern
GiEIa.
Miss Constance FenimOre WOiStOn, in the
Cleveland Herald,l
You can tell a southern girl at once.
She is roUnder than her northern sisters ;
indeed, she is never thin or lank; she
walks with l8nguid step, and ali her
movements are slow and INDECENT; she
is never alert. She has fine, soft eyes,
with a serene expression, very different
from the quick, keen eyes OF the north !;
che has rot the beautiful white and red
complexion Of New York and New En-
gland. rather is she sallOw, with g few
rose tints; you might call her cream
color. She never looks anxious, what
ever happens; she does not think she
can help matters by her advice or inter-
ference, but sits back cGlmy and leaves
everything to her " bTotheru or "pa,"
pronOunciDg the latter word in way l
defy a northern girl to initiate. The
word might be used AZ a shibbOleth; it is
not exactly "pay," but half way be-
tween that and the sound Of 'a'' in
"cat.n Our southern girl dresses pie
tuTesquely rather than trinity, and has
brighter c0iOTs and more tlOsting ends
aud curlg about her than northern belle
allows. She has pretty, plump hands,
but she Is not particular about the gloves
that cover tEem-I mean particular
compared with Fiith-avenue rules. In
short, she is 2 more voIuminOus sort of
a girl in every way, and cares less about
"the fashion," She has one decided
advantage over the northern girl, how
ever, and that is her voice. Il is sweeter
and lower, little triDante, perhaps,
but essentially gentle SID wOmsnly.
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The Highest Bridge Ia ,hg World.

DanNllle lhy.) Advocate
The highest bridge IN the world will
be built at the crossing o. the Kentucky
river, on the Cincinnati Southern rail
way, near the Shaker ferry. The BaIti-
more bridge company, one OF tie most
noted in the United States, has secured
the contract. The bridge will consist of
an iron deck truss Of three spans OF three
hundred and seyenty-five feet each, CEN
ter to center, supported by two piers and
two sbutnents. The piers will be built
Of masonry to hight OF sixty-fOur feet
and six inches above lOW-water mark,
and the additional distance below low
water mark will soon he determined by
bOrings under control Of the resident en-
gineer. These piers will be one hundred
aud twenty feet long end to end of cut
water, ana thirty five feet wide on the
top, built hollow, with the walls twenty
four feet from the end. Upon the ma
sOnTy will rest the iron trestle-Work
The grade line is two hundred and sew
enty-fve feet six inches above low
water. The abUtments will be built
upon the cliffs on each side OF the river,
and are to lie f0Tty-eight feet high, de-
pending upon the shape OF the Lodges Of
rock. When this structure is completed,
Kentuekians can well point with pride
to the highest bridge upon this Conti-
npnt
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Oh! l Owed him long, / 1ved him well,
NOW / b Urn with The hate OF q tieud Of he'll,
And curse tUs uay O. a. IN ms arms fell,
not dIeamiI-. then Of Pain:
Not d1clmtug then what the years would
bring
For my tOul was as white as sn angels wing;
Now, here I wander p lOva-lOst thing,
out in the sOBbinE ram
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CUR Is HE EAIS.

THE following poem was written by the
once famous Dora Shaw, VII sfJerward be.
came q poor wandering Ou'C lst. come Gfig'b b.
ute % To the author Of beautiful Sow"
but this is uO.sO.-EDa
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" rung from "A poets heart by g iaf and pain,
Aud chanfed tImiGly, with tDubf and fear
10 busy crowds, ThO scarcely pause 10 hetT-