Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-12

IueD, anu lDas she IS lar from deserving
the deep condemnation that has been
heaped upon her by the public.
THE FLORIDA CAbETsHIP.
New York Tribunel
| WASHINGTON, March S-The basis
! OF the ce:sssge that Representative Pur-
man sold q c2de;Ship Is explained in
this way by one OF his friends: 1t was
suggested to Mr.. Pu,man that the son
Cf q wealthy end nrOrninent Democrat
In his district would be glad to go to the
naval academy. Mr.. PUrman suggest.
ed in return that this lads father might
find it convenient to give two CT three
hundred dollars to assist in defrSying
the expenses Of Mr.. Pgrman's cam
paiRn. Mr.. PUrman had no personal
conversation with the boys father. The
latter shortly began to boast that his son
was to be appointed to the naval sesae-
my, and that Psdi5ai Congressman
vvso 70 se psid three hundred dollars for
doing 1t. Mr. Purman, hearing of this,
declined 70 appoint the boy, bat did ap-
point in his stead one Brearly, said to
be 8 nephew Of Congressman Lamar.
The latter statement Is as correct as this
| b early is q nephew Of Mr.. LRmar's
dead brothers. wife.
THE "CONFB3." TONI INsoNs.
Chicago Tribune.l
! A gentleman well known in this city,
intimately acquainted with the family
| OF Mrs. BelknRp--the Tomlinsons-tells
how it was that General Belknap made
| the acquaintanc OF bis first wife, aDd
her sister, Mr., Bowers, his present
wife, During Sbefman's campaign in
| FIapro,'C - II Ill Il.
who were both iEt the Confederate ser.
vice, were captured, ard, ss prisoners OF
war, placed under charge of General
belknap, as provost-marshal. The els
| tiers visited him to il tsrcede for the ps.
rolling OF the brothers. 1t does not ap-
pear that they succeeded, but in 1870,
when one of the young men was clerk
at the Spencer house, Cincinnati, and
the other was travelling for q wholesale
house, one of them received the appoint
ment Of post-trader at Fort M'Doweil,
Arizons, said to be at that time the most
profitable trading post at the disposal OF
| the secretary Of war, and as to which
one of the TOmlinson brothers said they
expected 10 make one hundred and ten
thousand dollars q yesr out OF it. The
! appointment CT an ex Confederate to
this pO 5stion connected with the army
excited no little comment at Cincinnati
at the time, and there was talk of some
job connected with it, espeeiallY as with
out 1t people were at a loss 10 account
for the appointment, since one of the
Tomlinson brothers who shared in the
profits, besides being an ex-Confederate,
was reported to have killed three men at
Hsrrodsburg, Kentucky.
|
LEANS.
New York Tribune CEditoriaD.
The senate has refused Pinchback ;;
ses1: sn.y uve Republican senator.
| united in the work; but IL is eEOug.
All honor to them for Ii. It is amazins
how suddenly a spRsm OF virtue attacks
the party in power after stich an affair
| Rs the ,Relknsp, explosion. Here we
have in Quick succession the best minis
ter we have had Damed for England
since John Lathrop Motley was driven
out and Charles Sumner expelled from
| the party for complaining Of it, two or
| three excellent men talked Of for war
secretsry. and a man Of uuquestioned
character and ability finally selected,
Bsbc0ck sent to the right about, and
| Pinchbsck told to go hoihe. What an
! avalanche Of decency we might expect
| if Robson should follow Belknap, or
| ingalls, como to sudden grief We
might fairly hope, at least, that it would
not be unIil after the nominating con-
ventiOns that'a man like Caleb Cushing
| should again be nominated for such an
| office es chief justice, CT another Chand-
Ter selected to succeed another Delano,
or new "Boss" Shepherd thrust under
| the nos trils of senate that had just
/ condemned him. For the rest, it only
remains to congratulate the senate and
the country that the present spasm has
resulted in substantial justice. Mr..
| Pinchback was Dever elected to the sen-
ste. He had 10 manner of right to the
sea. he claimed. The effort OF this mu-
latto keeper OF New Orleans gambling
house TO use the power of the national
administration to forcs himself into the
| United States senate was as unwaF-
Tanted as it was indecent. His rejection
| by no means disentaDgies the com plica-
ton which the Presidents laWless acts
have created in Louisiana, but it is a
step In the right direction.
THE PRESIDENTS SON.
Baltimore Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, March THE par
s0nel friends OF Fred Grant say that
| General Sheridan anticipates big In
dian war this summer. The Sioux are
said to be on the varpsth and waiting
for the grass to get little higher. The
Black Hills will be the scene of the
Ecalping, and the President wants Fred
10 be baptized on bloody field before
he Ietires from the army and goes into
the banking business. How urgent was
the order for Fred's immediate departure
for Chicago will be understood when it
is said that the partner in the banking
business had to supply Fred with Gas b
on Sunday, and to do this was COM
PEELED to open the bank vaults on that
day. Fred told a friend lste Saturday
night that "pa" had thought he had
better get ont Of Washington until after
congress adjourn ed. Another explana-
ton of Fred's sudden flight rom Wash
ington is that the clearinghouse of
Sherman g. Grant, in which he is one Of
the partners, is on the eve of collapse.
Mr.. Sherman, who was formerly in the
treasury department, is q nephew Of
Senator Sherman, who, it is asserted,
put ten Thousand dollars into the con-
Germ. Senator J. 2. Jones, Of Nevada, it
is alleged, put twenty thousand dollars
in to help Fred. The house is said to be
in pTecarious condition, and will prob
ably close it's doors before many days. 1t
does not owe any money because il had
few depositOrs. Fred wants to be cut Of
the way when the crash comes.
Patriotic Declarations by the Alabama
Legislature.
MONTGOMERY, March 1.-THE Ala
bama egislatUre-with a two-thirds
Democratic majority in beth branches
before 8djournirg sins die, unanimously
adopted resolutions reciting that, as the
representatives Of q patriotic constituent
cy which Teveres the virtues and tradi-
tions Of the heroes and ssges Of the
American revolution, aud esteems as
sacredly dear all that pertains to their
bonor and glory, the general assembly
Of Alabama deems II proper TO declare
that the occurrence Of The first Centen-
nial OF the declaration OF American in
dependence is fit occasion for rejoicing
on the part Of the people of the United
States, and thereby extend greet ag of
fraternal gocd will to all gcOi people
Of every State and Territory Of the
American Union. The resolutions also
declare there can be nothing more ap-
prOpriate to commemorate the birth of
the republic than for administration off,
GERS of the government, federal and
State, to uphold the prosperity and glory
OF our common country, and to ihis end
is it also the duty OF every citizen to
freely and faithfully contribute his aid.
Professor Smiths Theory About the
shower OF Flesh in kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, March lin regard to
the shower Of flesh in Bath county, Pro.
fessor J. Lawrence Smith, the scientist,
says in bis analysis of specimens exa-
mined: ''In my mind this matter gives
every indication Of being the dried
spawn OF the Batrachisn reptiles, d)uLt-