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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-31
WENPEES APPEAL
,ry.Ar. -: og-ygaE 81, 1875.
TIE rATE OF vIs>IssIPPI.

~.e Gravity of she issues that now
ut the people Of Mississippi, ard
i.al Importance ~ rleiT proper
animation, have aroused a spirit Of
sy and de'em.a son which We
ri as the hsrbinger Of victory.
is the last number Of the APPEAL
rat viii reach ouruumerJus subscribers
IN Mississippi before the election. We
ave given much Of space for the pur-
nose Of advancing the Interests Of the
v-paying people, struggling for deliv-
4-auce, and on the present occasion we
$50 only invoke them to energetic 1rork
. the day Of the election, and q vigi-
ant watchfulness Of the bslI0t-box sitter
the election. In the eGcr. to attain
sod government, to dethr0ne wrong
and corruption, sud 70 enthrone right,
rouesty and reform, thousands Of colored
len who are weary Of strife, the cease
less round Of riots and a foolish expendi-
ture Of the taxpayers money, will vote
with thewhites. Every man in Mississip-
pl feels the baIeIuI influence OF q profit
cate government, Of the riots and dis-
cords between the races, and good men
Of both col0rs have entered upon The
approaching contest with all their cour-
sge, with all their energy, and a fixed
determination tina, nothing shall be lef,
uud0ue which the emergency requires
8. their hands. They cannot afford con-
Gscsuon; TO see the hard-earnings Of al
industrious life exposed 10 the rspa city
n the tsx-gatheTer. They 60 into the
election on Tuesday under the broad
banner Of pesce between the whites and
blacks, and Of reform. They have
merged every personal consideration
aud look only to the common good, tor
the relief ol a long suffering and dis
,ressed people. They are battling to
preserve their homes tom the
e1uduue.i robbery Of the merce-
nary knavs- VINO have So long ruled
and ruined one OF the richest States
~ the south. Ames is working for 40
election u the I'm tied States senate.
shall the tsx-psying people be destroy
rd simply to promote the aspirations Of
.sch a creature? ]. would be q just
-etribution for his scsndalous and dan
qerous course Il the next legislature, in
stead q making him senator, should i'm
peach and remove him. He certainly
deserves such fate, for be mas tried by
false information 70 misiesd the PTesi-
dentinto what would, Is now appears,
have been a dangerous and needless act
~ interference. There is no doubt Of
ms motive in this. He aimed to coerce
10 his will not only the Democrats but
also Che Republicans Of the State. By
showing the negroes that he could COM
mauf Federal intervention st his will
he meant to impose himself upon them
~ General Granite mau."
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orr LittIe BaIIet.GirI.

New HOT k Graphic
She appeared suddenly in our midst
one morning, at rehearsal, as the latest
addition 10 the ballet Well-groWn girl
of fifteen, with a swarthy complexion,
pretty features, and a pair of eyes SOUR
rel like in their Quickness, blackness
and brillisncy. Feeling sorry for her
loneliness and shabbiness, l took Occa-
sion to speak to her, and before the re-
hearsal was over 1 vas in possession of
various items Of information concerning
the new bsllet-girl. Her name was
Samantha; she lived up by the market.
place; her mother did not do much OF
anything-I learned later that her
mother was q steady and indefstigsbIe
drinker of whisky-she had q step-
father, and she worked in q tombstone
yard" She hadn't done anything he--
self yet except fetch things, bat she,d
''seen the show loss OF times from tue
gallery, you know" and she wanted to
be "big actor" herself some day-did
l think che ever could be one? Now,
though Samantha had in that first con-
VersatiOn Let slip such words as "heirn"
and "his'n," though it was painfully
evident that judiciOus application of
soap and water to ner pretty face would
Tighten her swarthiness by several
shades, yet when she put that sudden
question to me touching the possibility
other ever becoming a big actor, some
thlng-perhaps it was the keen intslli-
gence ia her eyes, or her bright, quick
way OF speaking-something made me
answer unhesitatingly and quite honest
ly, eyes, Semanths, l think you'll make
an actress" l was quite honest then
| am quite honest nOw-When l saw
believe the profession lost q posi-
bic ornament when p8of semantha fell
by the Wsyside In two or three weeks
the new ballet girl had herself quite
tavOrite with US all. She was very OBJ
s. want and clever mimic, and would
initiate US TO our very faces without the
slightest consciousness OF her rudeness
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The stouewaII statue.

New York Herald
The statue unveiled showed all Of Fo.
ley's pure and high atmosphere OF art.
H Jackson, overlesping contemporary
ar. taxes its place WOrtbily beside the
no!la Washington of HOudOn, which
stsnCs in The rotuIds OF the capitol
brIildigV. Trars IL the same self-cOntrOl
in suborcinat.nE III, details, in holding
fast, not 10 the unme@ning lines Of pho
tographic portTaiture, but TO the higher
expression Of character and Individual
itV as idealiZed in form. Even at first
sight the statue shows that the sculptor
mas scorned Gll trick and msnnerism.
His work is simple and true. Like all
the greatest sculptors, Foley has wisely
abztsined from representing violent &C.
ton OF bodily excitement. There is
pOise and strength and self-control-
M st heroic Of all yirtues-in every line
Of the calm, easy figure. The soldier is
stsnding with his right arm akimbo.
The body is not stiff and upright, as in
self-oonscious attitudinizing, but it sways
easily on the hips The barred head, nei-
lheT dropping nsr thrown back, but
turned 8 little to the night, is look
iBg keenly, but without excitement,
into the distance 1t is as IL he
we're watching with confidence in his
subordinstes for the fulflllment Of an
order already given. The left hand,
raised " the level Of the left shoulder,
Is holding the hilt of a sword, whose
point, without bearing any weight, is
resting lightly upon the top Of the low
stone wall that symbolizes the heroic
name. The legs, incased in military
bOOs, are wonderful in the perfect nat
urs4ness of their attitude and move
ment, The left leg is thrown alightly
forward lie bent st the knee and relaxed
by the absence Of any weight upon it.
Tbs night leg comes down straight and
strong, beszing the burden of the body,
but free from every sign Of muscular
strain or fatigue. The attitGds com.
bines ease and dignity; it has, more
over, TIE high merit Of endurance. In
the trsa nlent Of the costume there is
the ssule freedom from conventionality
on the one hand, and from vulgRrity on
the other. The uniform of CoDfeder-
ate general il unmistaksbly expressed,
but there is no milliner exaggeration OF
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JACKsON'S STATUE.

The gteat event of last week was the
dedication Of the bronze statue Of Stone
wall Jackson-the gift of sdniring
English gentlemen, first among them
being Sir ]. Beresford Hope. The last
work Of Foley, the Irish sculptor, 1t is
considered TO be among his best, rs well
in the likeness IS in artistic conception
aud design. The story Of the origin Of
the famous So1t5riqUet "StonewalI" -
told by the figure, which in the dignity
Of seif-contsined repose bespesks tae
ir0n-Iike characteristics that secured Ior
jackson pre.eminence So G, commanue'
OF men. The artist seems 10 have d.
vined the man, or borrowing sugges-
ton OF the modern spirisuslists, may
have been impressed by the hero, may
have become ovenshadowed by him be-
youd Inc power 10 otherwise than con.
vey his impress 30 realistically and
truthfuliy as be has. But be that as it
NAV, IL is certain he hiss left legacy to
Virginia OF bis genius as an artist that
Is not second to Houdon's Washington
nor CrsWford's masterpiece, one that
BY general accord ranks with the finest
efforts OF latteT-dsy sTt Richmond
is proud OF it, and Virginia, IS
well they may be. Considering the
march and movement Of art in the
United States within the past fifteen
years, and how much of spurious scuip-
tor has found conspicuous place even 10
New York snd Washington, the capital
Of the great commonwealth, whose
greatness is attested on every page OF
the history Of the Republic, is to be con-
graduated that she has become con-
spicuous for the possession Of the best
srecimens Of the sculptor's srt to be
found ia the Union. And II, as the st
Louis Republican says, she Is to
add to Foley's Jackson" Houdon's
and Crawford's master
niece "ststues Of Lee ana Stuart, and
3. other WORTHLESS, the beautiful capital OF
gallant State viii become by far the
Sc richest depository Of the plastic art In
So America, and as sgch viii simply repay
ss g pilgrimage" Ii is TO Us hoped that
the example SCI by Virginia msy arouse
a spirit Of emulation among her sister
commonwealth, and thus in time pro-
vide the country with s grand gallery OF
sculpture not inferior 10 those which
lend go powerful attraction to lands be
yond the seas. Our own Tennessee
might thus muster q glorious company,
than which not even Virginia could sur
pass it, When will our Jackson be set
up IN enduring marble?
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Franz LIsEI in Leipzig.

LEIPZIG, September I3.-ThrOugh
the kindness of NJ. Louis Kraft, the
genial proprietor Of the hotel de Prusse,
who is doubly fortunate man, in that
he has one OF the oldest and best hotels
in Leipzig and has an American lady
for his wife, / received an invitation to
q concert in honor of DR.. Franz List,
rendered to him by his admirers here,
who took this way of bidding him fare
well, as he is eylToltte for Rome, and is
very doubtful of ever returning to Ger
many again. The programme consisted
entirely of LisZt's own compositions,
including selections from "PrOme-
theus," songs for soprano and bass, and,
finally, an "Elegie" in memory OF Frau
Marie Won Moukhanoff, written for
piano, violincello, and harp. List
himself played the piano. 1t was a
moment long to be remembered as The
great maestro, with his tall, erect figure,
sat at the piano, his face besming, head
thrown back, and seeming to read his
thoughts written in the air. At the
close of the concert there was tremend-
GUS effort made to have him plsy solo,
which was entirely successful. He play
ed ole OF bis own works, and such tones
as rolled from the ends of his gugeTs,
such gigantic fests Of technics aud such
power / don't think were ever heard
from any other man,
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Rebacca Hending Davis writes: AT
every resort this summer, from the
e.azded mountain hotel to the tent on
the beach, whatever else was wanting,
there was always TO lie found the invita-
bic baby, with It's retainers, the mOtuer in
the chief place Of seTvitude. 1t was not
by any means, IS she supposed, regard
ef by the rest Of the boardeTs sc boon, q
something dropped from heavenly
places. There were growing and
sweariog enough in ether rooms
when it shrieked all night with
collie, and the interest OF the
old bachelors IN its teething or pipk
toes was not hsifsO feryent as she fondiy
imagined. Yet they, with everybody
else, crowded about btT when she came
GU, on eporch with it il the morning
She was homely little woman, and the
bgbv Little else then q long sweep OF
muslin dapery, with round, bald head
atom: bat there was 3 something III her
face as she looked at il which drew every
passer-bv ne arer and warmed his heart,
iJs. ns q message from his own home
would have done, or q glimpse or the
GREAT mountains. or q sudden stirring
song. It was the Old picture OF the
mother aud child, of which artists never
lire. aud which did 50 much TO human
igs the world for many centuries. No
matter who this young mother may be,
whether Laura in silk or Dolly the
washerwoman, it is the love in her insig,,
nificsat face which makes it rich and
rare for us-fhe love and absQi ate faith
Ia her child. Every woman gives to
her siekly, dull baby the royal title
which Germany found for her master
thinker-he is the only one. Into what
ever wrecks life may fall FOR her IN the
fu uce, he is certain-a rock 10 build
upon, no sandy foundation.
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NINE LITTLE GOsLINGs.

Boston Correspondent New York Tribune
Seldom has Susan Coolidge displayed
her STORYTELLING art more chaTmingIy
than in NIne Little GOsiings, her book
for this year, which Roberts Brothers
have nearly ready. The very titles OF
the little stories have fascination in
them. What child would not long TO
read about 'tCurly Locks, +" and "Gocssy,
Goosey. Gander," and Little Bo Peep"
and "Mistress Mary" aud "Lady Bird, y
and Zone, Two, Buckle My Shoe" and
"Rid a Cock Horse" and "Lady Queen
Down. Down-y 81 Her poetical preface
Is so pretty that l must give il to you:
When nursery lamps are yelled, and nurse Is
In accents low,
Timing her music to the cradles swinging,
Now fast, now slow
Singing OF Baby Bunting, soft and furry
In rabbit cloak,
or rock -a-byed amid the toss and furry
OF wind-swept oak;
OF Boy Blue sleeping with his horn beside
ofmy son John,
Who went to bed tlet ali good boys deridt
With his stockings on;
OF sweet Bo-Pesp following her lambkin'
straying;
OF cows, considerate, mid the Piper play
Which tune TO choose.
OF Gotham's wise men bowling DER the bill
or him, less wise,
Who chose rough brambIe-bushes for pillow
And scratched his eyes
1t may be, while she sings, that through the
Soft footsteps glide,
And, all invisible to grown up mortal,
At cradle side
sits Mother Goose herself the desr old
mother,
And rocks and croons,
In tones which Baby hearkens, but no other
Her old-new tunes
l think 1t must be so, else why, years after
Do we retrace
And ring with shadowy, IecOllected laughter
Thoughts of that face:
Seen, yet unseen, beaming across the ages,
Brimful OF fun
And wit aud wisdom, battling all the sages
Under the sun?
grown.up child has place still, which nc
other
May dare refuse;
l. prOWn-up, bring this Offering to our Mother
To Mother Goose;
And. standing with the babies at that Olden,
Immortal knee,
[ seem to feel her smile benign and golden,
Falling on me.
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lures, but also supply 70 children Of 80
elder growth" the higher instruction 20
necessary 10 growth in culture. The pro
lessor says that young but able lecturers
visiting the towns ard cities Of the three
kingdoms, sent out by Cam
fridge, Oxford, Trinity or other
Of the universities able to devote great
deal Of time to tue work-probsbly the
most successful Of them will be induced
10 devote their lives 10 this puTsuit-wiil
accomplish much more than has been
accomplished hitherto by the flying
visits Of the most distinguished men.
The utmost tE8t OCCASIONAL lectures
without teaching cga 90 Is to stimulate
the desire for knowledge. such course
u lectures as il Is now proposed TO in
stitute differs IN nothing but name from
the courses Of s university professor
This scheme, II il succeeds, may lead IN
time 70 greater things. As it Is now
the eminent, scholarly ability o. GreaI
Britain and Ireland is monOpolized by
two OF three great centers-London and
she universities absorbing it all. This
as is Capitalization in politics, money
or trade, is found to work disas-
trouzly 20 other portions Of the
country. The scheme Of uni
verify extension will break up this Per
nicious system. Il will bring the pro-
tess0r to every mans door, and enable
pupils IN the most distant and obscure
towns to avsil Themselves Of that which
now can only be had st the places
named. In the words Of Professor See
lev, lit returns into the provinces from
90 the university certain proportion o.
Il" the ability which came from the pro-
'' vinces originally, but which hitherto
4" has had no channel 10y which it could
/" find its way back" and so will dis
seminate the purest light Of learning Il
the remotsst corners Of the empire. Tnii
is unqu stionably q good moye-on'
worthy OF -itation IN the United
States, cursed rs they are by horde O.
mountebank lecturers whose greed o
gain puts all things else out Of view.
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How Long New York Editors Live.


The New York correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette Gays, in q recent let
ter: A small number of our editors
have died in early or middle hte'
William BeggetL, foTmely OF the EOe1o-
ina Post, was thiIty-seven; William Il.
Store, OF the Commercial Advertiser,
snd Henry J Raymond, were each htty-
tive. Look on the other hapd at such
OF the departed az Charles King, OF the
american. NJ. NJ. Noah, Of the Evening
Star both defunct}; Gerard HsliOck,
formerly 0f the Journal Of Commerce;
. James Brooks, formerly OF the Express,
and James Gordon Bennett, sr., all OF
whom reached old age, Bennett being
seve1ty-siZ. Greeley, at sixty-two, fell
victim TO excessive anxiety aud do
nestle misfortune. Webb, formerly oil
the Courier, Is near fourscOre, and Bry.
ant has passed that ususl extent OF lie.
TnElloW Weed is another instance,
Turaing to the religious press, here ere
Baecher aud Bowen both past sixty;
Oliver Johnson is about the same
sge; Jonsthsn BeaTitt was nearly
fluF-scUre at the time OF bis death, and
reBEIs Prime, Of the Observer, is stu
in active service, though past seventy
[ repeat, | canDOt recall case OF suicide
among this cl&ss, and il there be any
such on record / shall be willing to stand
corrected. mention this particular
feature as Identified With tAst condition
OF mind which Is more occupied with
the cares Of others than OF its own. II
a-v one desires to escape from those evil
irtiQ=uces Of which have spoken, let
him keep busy, and az much as possible
labor for the ueS! Of others.
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UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

In England the question OF unl v..,, ,
extension IL being advocated with a
view to aiding the public school scholars
who are ambitious Of higher euuC -.,
ton, and who, by examination prov
themselves fitted for it. Professor o. 20
lev tsope Of the ablegt advocates OF thlS
reform which, he thinks, when ONCE -
tablisbed, will not only meet the wS 1
Of students, by supplying courses Oh iec-
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AReformed keyboard.

A correspondent writes to the Boston
AI,erfiser: "a letter lately received
from Germany contains matter OF SUI
ficientIy general interest to warrant my
sondinS You an extract or two. We are
fsst becoming 30 musical that proposed
radical reform Cor, at least, changel ID
sur household god, the piano. YllI s2.
neaI TO 3 wide circle of readers ana II
must be new to them, for the good reS,
son that one of our first makers mas Ioiu
me that it was new to him. Doubtless
the keyboard of the piano was origin
sIIy made with keys representing tne
notes only Of the diatonic scale, anu tne
necessity of completing the Wnale chIo-
matte scale caused the ADDITION oI the
black keys. Now, as between the third
and fourth of the diatonic scale, and
between the seventh and eighth, there
il but the interval Of q semltone, the
KEYS answering to those notes could not
be separated by a black key. Hence
arose the division of the black keys into
groups Of three and two. But for thus
Continuing il tine original model,
there can be no reason to doubt that
the keyboard would have been
made at first as now proposed, viz:
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y Dol y 90 H~.
TWO gHRI TIANS.

so christians Travelled down a road,
WHO viewed the word with different eye
The one vas pleased with eaTih's aboje,
The FL. or longing for the skiss.
FoE one, the heavens were 80 blue
They nled tlS mind with fancies fond;
The UH- yT's eyes Kept piercing through
Only Tor that which Ties beyond.
Fhg one enchanting were tue tees,
rbe distance was d!yiuely dim,
The birds that nuttersd on the bree re
Nodded their pretty heads Tor him.
The other scarcely saw the flower,
Ano never knew tue tree, were grand,
He did uuf count the days and hOurs.
Till ne might reach the promised land.
And one little KIND cares
Would 10 a tender rapture move;
BE only opened his lips 10 bless
The Coo VINO gave him things TO love.
The other Journeyed on his way,
Afaid 10 bsndle OF to touch;
he only opened his Ups 10 pray
Re might not love thing too much.
winch was the best Decide, who can,
Yet why should We decide twlAt ihein
We mas approve the mOuTnful man,
Naryst the toyful man condemn.
HE'S "a christian who has found
That earth, as well as heaven J. sweet,
Nur les Is uC who. heaven bound
HaSspgTced the earth beneath his reel
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TOMORROW.
Origin of the Name "StOneWaII Brig
ade.''

Origin of the Name ''StOneWaII Brig
ade."
New Orleans Picayune, 22d.l
In your issue this morning [ notice
quoted short statement from Bowl
ing Green (Ky.) paper, giving the origin
OF the name "StOnewall brigade, "
which is erroneous, as we'll as the Incl
dent relative to the Confederate battle
flag, which does not apply to General T.
J. jackson, but to Colonel E. E. With
ere, of the - Virginia regiment, now
one of the distinguished United States
senators from that State. The correct
version of both incidents is as follows
During the battle of Manassas, about
eleven O'Clock in the morning, when
that gallant and meritoriOus officer,
Brigadier-GeneralB Barnard &. Bee, was
endeavoriUg to rally his troops III the
small valley in the rear of the Robinson
house, he noticed Jacks On'S brigade,
which had just arrived and taken posi-
ton little in the rear of him, in a
cOpse of small pines bordering on the
edge of the plateau where was about to
be fought the first great battle OF the
war. Bee, finding that his appeals were
unheeded by his brave but disOrganiZsd
Troops, then said to them: Orally, men,
rally! See JacksOn's brigade standing
there like stone wall" These words
gave the appellstion to that brigade,
and thence to its heroic com
mander. The other incident occurred
at the delivery Of the Confederate battle
flags to my forces at CenterVile, in the
autumn OF 1861. Many of these flags
had been msde from ladies' red silk
dresses, some of which were much faded,
but nevertheless highly appreciated by
our troops The brigade had been drawn
10 in columns Of regiments on the
plateau Of Centerville, around snail
elevation, where were stacked all the
flags for distribution. The cOiOnel5 Of
regiments marched 10 tbe font and
formed line near the cOlcrs. After
addressing a few remarss to trele OH
GERS, | handed each one, in gu ssion, a
flag. When came to Colonel Witners,
he remarked, General, it is nearly
white, and may be mistaken for flag
Of truce" 1 answered at once: "Then,
sir. dive it in the blood Of our enemies, Z"
which he promised, laughingly, to do.
But he had occasion to dye it more than
once in his own gallant blood, and
finally he was so desperately wounded
that he had to be put on post duty To-
ward the end of the war.
G. I. BEAUREGARD.
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" say to the King: Will not come, hts Queen
That SIn not, and never yet have been
Say 10 the King: will not stand again
A beauteous lie among his princely men;
Say to the King: Cold pomp and IT gal state,
And slittering servilude but mock my fate.
" Say 10 the King: am his slave, my lie
Made all bitter irony for wife.
81 Yet say ye to the King: Twere sweet to
wear
A sackcloth gown and kneel before him there,
" Unsandled, mean, amid that rich robed
thropg,
Bravlng its wonder as passed along,
4" SO he would raise me with one true, pure
kiss,
This were my wifehoOd, and my queenhood
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The Paris press are having a fit Of hor-
rors because English tourists there 90
IN the grand opera in check shooting
s,,ifg. knickerbOcker trousers and soft
5sIt hats, while their countrywomen sp'
,,asr in brown stuff travelling costumes,
fsf .brimmed straw hats, 6arege
veils and thread gloves. My gracious!