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HIRAm ~. BESNEHs.
Dedicated 10 TIE VIE ortAis Hero and Martyr.
PAUL HAYSE.


when the drums beat and the tumpets blaTe.
When banners flauut In the stormy arr,
When al fought OF The deeds that must soon be
The hearts Of a thousand leap up as one
Who could not rush Ihrrugh the din and smoke,
The clunon's crash md tns saber stroke.
Scarce consc o 5 OF ebblng blood o. breath,
WITH laugh for wounds and a SCOT at death?
But whsn on the silent breeze there comes
No thrill OF tTumpets nor throb OF drums,
Hut only he wal OF the SICK laid low
By the treacherous blight of ewless foe
who, theu, will upglTu-hiS loins for fight
With the loathsOme pest in tie poisoned night,
No martial music his pulse TO start,
But the still, small voice Of the ruIhful heart?
Who. then? Behold him, the calm. the brave
on his billoVy path to an allen ( ave.
Serene in the cnarm Of his tod like Will,
The soldier Is armOTed to save not kill.
All, sw fly he speeds on the mist-bOand stream
This iilgrlm wTdppt in his tender dream,
His vision Of help for the sick laId low
By the evil spite OF an ambushed foe.
All! swiftly he speeds mid the hollow boom
or bells tn I are tolllng TO death and doom,
TAU even the sounds OF the bells grow III;
For the hands of the ringer are lax and chill.
And tine hum OF the mOurners is heard no more
on the misty slope and the vacant shore,
And the rew frail creatures that greet him seem
But the ghosts Of men by phantom stream.
still the hero his own great soul entIced
To suffer and toll In the name or Christ.
To fOlloz wherever his Lord has led
To the famshed hut or the dying bed.
He medicines softly the feyered pain;
TO the starving he bringeth his lden grain;
And ever before him and ever above
Is the sheen OF the unIurled wings OF Love.
Meanwhile. In his distant house. are those
Tnat lis going has robbed OF his sweet repoSe.
The days pass by them like the leaden re 4rS;
The nights are bitter with tears ana fears
Till, at last, by the lightning 81 amour sped,
Comes-a name and da,e with the one word, Dead!
AND the arms OF The smiiten are lifted high,
And the heavens are rent by an ansulshed cry
Dead! dead! Vain word for the wise to heart
How false its echo on heart and earl
To the eaTth-an1 earth'S he may close his eyes
But who dareS tell us u sTtlr dies!
And of him just gone it were best 10 say
That IN some charmed hour OF night or day
Having given all hat his soul could give
BrdJe Hiram Bsrher begins to lire!
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a United states Judge ON the Jury
system.

Justice Miller before the State bar associ-
alton: at requires all the veneration which
age inspires for this mode trial by juryl of
dispensing Justice, and ali that eminent men
have said of its value in practice, to prevent
our natural reason from revolving against the
system, and especially some of its Incidents.
If a cultivated Oriental were told for the first
time that nation, which claims to be in ad
vance of all others In its love of justice and
its methods Of enforcing it, required as one
of its fundamental principles of jurisprudence
that every controversy between individuals,
and every charge of crime against an Of
fender, should be submitted to twelve men
without learning in the law, often without any
other learning, and that neither party to the
contest could prevail until all the twelve men
ere Of one opinion in his favor, he would GER
tainiy be amazed at the proposition. Nor
have the European nations differed much
with him In their estimate OF trial by Jury.
1t has been well understood and received the
careful consideration oil continental jurists
for great many years, without being
adopted by any Of them, In the form that we
have it from England. Many attempts have
been made to introduce it in some modified
shape, but | think 1t is safe to say that it has
not in its essential Anglo-Saxon feature met
the approval of any people except those of
that race. In the days when kings exercised
arbitrary power, the jury was, among the
sturdy, liberty-loving EUglishmen, valuable
barrier against oppression by the crown. But
in this country, where the people are SOW
ereign, the jury Is but too often the mere re-
Election of popular impulse, and the safety of
an innocent man Is more frequently found to
depend on the frmness of the Judge than the
impartiality of the jury. Still it Is probably
wise that no man shall be convicted of an in
famous crime until twelve minded men
are convinced of his guilt. l am also forced
to admit, however, that even in civil cases
my experience as a Judge has been. much
practitioner. And l am bound to say that
an intelligent aud unprejudlced jury, when
such can be obtained, who are instructed in
| the law with such clearness, precision and
breFity as will present their duty in bold re-
lief, are rarely mistaken in regard to facts
which they are called upon to fnd.''
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Harper's Magazine for Deeemberl
AFTER DARK.
WILL WALLACE HAKHET.


When twilight gathers In her sheaves,
And wheeling swallows skim the fiume,
Tie ploughman. turning LONE Sard, leaves
His plough mid-furrow In the broom,
And through the melancholy ewes
The orange drops It's snow-white bloom.
The old delights that 90 and come
Through sorrow, I'm the falling dew,
Like waves that wore wreath or foam
The darker that the waters grew,
Flow round my solitary home
At evening, when the stars are few.
So, sad and sweet as bridal tears
For broken homes, 10 sac witt draw
The child we love. have gone the years
We climbed the frosty hills, and saw
Descend on all the frozen meies
The sunlight breaking through the thaw.
Like one who in the drifting snow,
When all the untrodden paths are dim,
Hears faT-Off voices, faint and low,
Across the woodland calling him,
] hear the loved OF long ago
Singing among the seraphim.
And as the soft, assembling light
Falls, shadOwiDg into dusky red,
think how beautiful the night
With gathering stars is overspread,
Like seeds OF many an old delight
Through sheaves OF SORROW harvested
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tent, sometimes even the bed of his adver-
sary. and deprive him altogether of food; in
which case, however, etiquette prescrbes the
same abstinence to himself. the strongest
stomach, Of course, carries the day. A Gus
tom OF this kind was once so prevalent in the
were trained TO remain q long time without
food. They were then sent to the door of
some rich individual, where they made a
vow to remain without eating till they should
obtain a certain sum of money. To preserve
the life Of Brahmln is so absolutely duty,
that the money was generally paid; but
never tall good struggle had taken place, to
ascertain whether the man was staunch
Hindoos
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vhere the grave-dIggers were at work The
fTst grave-digger threw up s1oyelful Of
tones. "Whose skull is that?" said Ham
et, in a sepulchral voice. "Stewarts! |
claim tle reward!' SAID the grave-dig9er in
al aside. The reply was so unexpected that
Mr. Booth, cid stager as he is, came very
near laughing. "Horato," who had not so
much self-control, mad to go up the stage,
and the second grave-digger hid behind the
pile OF earth till he could recover from the
fleets But Owen Fawcett never smiled.
He is too good humorist TO laugh at his
)wn jokes.
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NihiIists.

The ingenuity OF the Russian nihilists is
amazing. They have succeeded In SNUG
Cling regular files of their revolutionary pa
pers into the political prison at Odessa, where
three hundredof their friends afe confined,
and the officials have been forced to forbid
the reading of literature of all kinds In the
cells. 4 government official was recently
travelling froE ST. Petersburg to that city,
where he waste take pat II 2 criminal pro-
cess instituted against certain nihiiists. Ee
secelyed a waniDg from the revolutionary
tribunal co. tomeddle in the affair, but. not
needing this advice, proceeded On his jour
pey. Arrived at Odessa, he could not find
ms trGnS, Ehidh was somehow missing froEa
the luggage vsgoa. After some delay, how
ever, 1t was found It had been opened. and
although noneOf its market able contents had
6sen abstractsl, the papers relating to the
pending trial hd all disappeared. In their
place the procreur found letter from the
secret government, blaming him for having
neglected Thea well-mealt caution, and in
forming him that as his conduct had not
been IN any cher respect reprehensible, the
executive co3Saittee contented itself with
depriylng hir1ot the papers connected with
the trial In which he was en- gagged. The new
chief of the 1eaddrnIeJ-is, General Drentein,
hes entered upon his duties at st. Peters
huro. but his bead cannot rest easy on his
sLoi7iders He has already received notices
80 me nihIliAs that it will be well for him
10 nrepare fog Heath: When he appears on
f6e sfreets the Ossack patrols aye doubled.
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To the LOt-OWReFs of EImW00d
Cemetery,

Turing ny Illness Of yeIl1T-ieFe-, iEteTmenis
- were made on "a number ~ II sats lots whose
names have not been placed on the + al b. x. We
have plat DO x k nt '-5g 20 I.' axe 2. name,
10 alton and number 90 earl. grave made ig lots.
We have The names a. Ur-fie- and EheG ELslEu.
But ga cases where more Lsl one person burned
curing the epidemic. 90 ts- same l1t. We cannot
designate each iulyi;GEl grave ail be .Lan- fuI
u relatives and friends, when visiting the CrwsteTyi
and when convenient. ttst tleg 1-ll cEG GA me ~
my Office, ~ the Nom gate, ana give The infOT-
mati1n- Also o. members o. Tie o.Ie7eut societies
holding lots Ia ElmHucu. o give ur ali the assist
ance IN their power In Designating each Individual
grave. / am doing even ~ Do Ilg poser. day aud
night correcting ire lie, that u-clriei during
the rec Mt epidemic, and hope uVeTy tleld q EIi-
wood VIII help me-
SAMUEL ". PHILLIPS, Sup'L
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wife and Children.

Boston T. dHscyipt, Ellsworth (Me letter
Zone man described to me his night of peril
twelve hours il the water clIuging TO the
mats, after day of great labor, beat about
By winds aud waves, One of their number
was washed away. We threw him rope
and would have dashed him to the mast, but
he was too weak to hold on How did you
feel when you saw him going DOWN. some
one asked. 20, did not mind il much, FOR
! thought we must ali go sooni ! did not be-
lieve we could hold out long, for every time
the waves rolled up we had to duck our heads
under water so as not to be swept off, He
stopped talking for minute, as if 1t were
more than he cared to think about, and then
he said: But that man was the only single
man among Us. He had no wife and no
children, and that, believe, is the reason he
could not hold out. think it was my wife
and my home which kept me alive that night.
II had not remembered them | should have
let 20 many times"
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How to Amuse an Evening.

Some anoDymous maleiactor sends the
Cincinnati Breakfast Table the following
"recipe for an evening party" Take ell the
ladies and gentlemen you can get, put them
into a room with a small FIRE, and stew them
well; have ready twelve packs OF cards,
piano. handful of prints and drawings,
and throw them in front from time to time;
as the MATURE thickens, sweeten with polite
ness, and season with wit, If you have any;
if not, hattery will do well, and is very cheap;
when all have stewed for an hour, add ices,
iellies, cakes, lemonade and wines.
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ciared that the ceremony should proceed no
further. Donovan grabbed the girl by the
waist and exclaimed, in piteous accents. Oh,
Melissa, don't you consent, for you promised
me first Ayres had her around the neck,
aud yelled in stentorian tones, Go on, es-
quire, we are half married now; finish up the
job The magistrate, under the circum-
stances, refused to proceed, and Ayres, al
though halt married. is no better off than
before. and Donovan is disconsolate."
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o-,ons Wsy OF collecting Money.

r. Habratta mode of recovering debts is
o,,+ions Whe1 the creditor cannot get his
,,,a,ov and be dns TO see the debt rs rather
desperate be sitsdhpE I upon his debtor that that
hooS,,,ss in certain mysterious degree,
mastes Ct one goes IN or out without without
niS s,1FFers his debtor to eat; and This fam
shns contest i carried F on till till, the he. teot I i
ps f,od Is a greater punishment than the
Tanf Of money This is curious .1 mode er. OF
Az rio' sroong the Mahrattas; Gcindiah him
self seif. :be chieftsin, not being exempt nom
= Tre man Eko sits the dhurna, goes
~ The house or tent OF him yhom he
70 5e9 to bring to terms, and remains
there until the affair is settled; during
FnnFned 10 bis apartment, and not suffer-
cd To Communicate WITH sHy person but
those whom the other may approve OF. The
laws bv which the dhurna IS regulated are
as Welt defined and Understood 18th as those Of Of
meant TO be very strict, the claimant carries
a number Of his followers, who surround the
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ggeteorIc Gold,

Galveston (rexas) Neics: 1.-The remark
able specimen of meteoric iron, resembling
steel. picked up in the NOLAN dessert and
carried to Fort Yuma, a short time ago, is
thus described: 1t weighs about pound,
and carries free gold, of which nearly dol
lar is on the surface. 1t is not magnetic,
ard has successfully resisted simple and COM
pound baths of acid In this respect it re-
sem6les specular iron, but in no other. One
of its surfaces shows fracture that reveals
a crystalline structure, the color Of which Is a
steel gray, tinged with yellow. 1t has de-
fed the best cold chisels in the blacksmith
shop, and has not broken or Clipped under
heavy blows. If its composition can be imi-
tated it viii produce the hardest and tough
est ALLOW known"
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cor the Sunday Appeal
MEGOEX's SAD MUSINGS.


Only some fern and MOSES
Gathered that merry day,
when LIES sad dreams and crosses
Were forgotten in the play
OF the sunlight mid the meShes.
OF the laurel bending low,
Eiecking with its shifting shadows
Ny crimson cheek and brow.
Was Il simply the sunlight,
In its glsdsomeness and glee.
That made the world seem So bright,
50 bright and j NyOus TO me?
An! only angels bending
From the clouds. so near us, know
The secret OF my blushing
Mid l.ureIs bending low.
Angels, with looks so tender,
Dad you. oh, did you then know
My noble, brown eyed lover,
would SO soon be lying low?
All brown eyes. fondly beaming,
B-amlng with loves rdptured vow,
He are calmly, sweetly sleeping
Meath the lauTePs branching boUgh.
And now this moss, once so green,
Like my aching heart scar;
And mem 'TieS of what has been
Alone remain for me here.
Oh. pale hands folded softly:
Oh, cold lips and placid brow,
Angels gard ye while sleeping
Meath the laurePs branching Dough.
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SOME Cinnamon in San Francisco are great
ly troubled because, few days ago, when
they unearthed the dead body of one of their
compatriots, intending to take it back to the
Celestial kingdom, whittier all good China
men long to 90 when they die, they found
the body turned to stone. The freight on
the body will be as heavy as the body itself,
aud therefore the Cinnamon dislike the
thought of paving the expenses as much as
leaving the petrifactlon in this country to
adorn the collections of Yankee Snowman.
If the Ceestials were chemists they might
easily settle the matter by remembering that
if their friend is really petrifed they can
never hope to find his body again, and all
that they csn send back home is no more his
remains" than the Cardiff Giant was the
sad relic of anybody. The flesh has gone,
and ''stone" has taken its place.
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Ring AIfo.ss a 81. 80,

King Alfonso Is represented as haying
written to the pope asking advice on the
subject q contracting q second marriaf,e
teIsonally, &c says, the thought of other
nqPuals Is oistazteiui To him, but continued
csl'bacy may be detrimental 10 the Spanish
monarchy. The papers. too, are beqInpInr
70 discuss the same subject. The kiao and
his married sister, the COUNTESS de Girpenfi
are ehildless, their two younger sisters are
unmarried, and the throne is at the mercy of
an accident or crime. Among the Bourbon
prlncesses considered eligible are the late
queens elder sister (who Is possibly too
old for Alfonso, the Princess Blanche. Of Or.
leans, the daughter of the Count OF Trapani,
and the daughter Of the Duke of Seville OF
other prIncesses, a Protestant being out of the
question, tle second daughter Of King Leo
pold, OF Belgium, is regarded with the most
favor, though she is rathef young. The aues-
ton, especially since Moncasi's attempt on the
kings life, Is regarded as a serious one, mas
much as contested success in or a weak re-
geRcy in Spain or Italy might lead to the
proclamation Of a republic, which would
probably bring about in Europe another '48.
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$50 ON Squire. We are Half Married
Now: Einish I'D the Joh.o

Cincinnati Commercial, November 18th: "a
special from Vincennes, Indiana, says that
johnson township, in that county, was the
scene of funny attempt at a wedding last
Wednesday, which has just been developed
this morning. In that locality lives Miss
Underwood, the fair daughter of an honest
and respectable old farmer. Two young
men, one T. Ii. Donovan, a farmer, the
other. William Ayres, miller, were paving
court to the fair Melissa. She could not de-
eide which one to favor, having promised
each one to marry him, but finally, being
wooed more ardently by Ayres, she consented
70 take hIsn it 1t could be kept secret from
Donovan. Ayres came to this city, secured
license and the necessary outfit, and ON
Wednesday, in company with William Sell
ger, justice of the peace of this place, pro-
ceeded to the Underwood farm. The bridal
party were on the floor, and the esquire had
nearly finished the job, when Donovan, to
the surprise of every one, rushed In and de-
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concourse OF friends. In Elmwood there
sleep many Of our old citizens, but this con-
secrated spot never took to ITS embrace bet
ter man than Robert C. Brinkley.
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HONEE AGAIN.

WE inform cur friends and the publ, generally
that We are ready for business again, and hope 70
receive a libeTaY-share Of public .atonrge House
and General Painting, KalsoEilIn-, Paper Eang-
Ings, WindoE-shsdes, etc Country orders ry0Hptly
attended TO
Rq0ES & E.aGETEL,
ESQ second street.
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Mr.. Emil Bloch, who was saved in the
wreck of the Pommerania, was for some time
in business In GAINESVILLE. with the house of
Bloch Bros, an old, highly respected and
leading mercantile house of that city. He
had Just started back to his home at Berlin.
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The other night, during the performance
of Hamlet at the Fifth Avenue theater, the
graveyard scene was in progress, and every
one was wrapped in melancholy. Hamlet"
and 'Horatio" stood II TIE gloomy churcbyard
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NGSmphiG
University High School
YOUNG EEEE AND Es0Es.
LYON l.. TE LEsEs, p. -, ( University OF
Val Erin riE ssi
= ID sSTEESAEEE a S.fssfaue

I'D. STEWART. Assistant.
YTNHE Trustees or this Institution We sDlrgd ne
/ pains o. pens TO obtain the Yer. .-sest --is
eat for lis MANAGEMENT.
Their object IS - establish q HIsu eeea.I OF tn
first CuEeT, 20 PIE are young men Tor cl.ts % lJr
the active duties n liIr-
Mr.. IyIer comes among Us, With the ns0st exalted
to -iimOnizls % character, while MS deETEe Ci
master Of Arts. from TIE UDive sits OF Virginia IS
in itself ample evidence OF h.s attachments Is q
scholar.
or Ii Stewart, y s scarcely necessary 10 SPEAK.
he EaS Tor years conducted, with etainsnt Success
Hlgh Scnool Tor boys In This community, where lie
has been a most accept be tea cher.
This school Vial be opened on Monday, EOFsn5-
last Of June.
Terms-SGS pes quarter In Advance.
Gr-For Circulars or other Information. address
&. L. z3A fEgE, - a.
President EsnarH ~ -TTSlzSees
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~ CentrIbutar. ana Correapondents

To Contributors and torrehponoehtn-
~ solicit letters and communications upon subjects
OF general interest, but such must always Be 90
crmuauled by q responsible name.
"" u Ill not return rejected communications.
Cur maii-books are Kept b. p0stocices, and not ~
.~.iividIRl names.
Be- men copies sent free OF change
Z letters c1mmuuicau1ns, or anything else forthe
ApPEAI, should be- adcrussed
o. ordering payers changed from one postot1oe 70
another Tie names OF both p0stOinces should De
GALWAY BEATING,
NJ. g.. GALEAwAT, Isl second street,
u ST. KEtrINs Z Memphis, Tenn.
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Grand Re-OpGning..

VIZ FLORAL ESTABL ISHEENT OF tie late
L FRED GoEBEL5, on Second street near
beale, Is new open. aud ladies ana Gentlemen are
cordially Fted TO come ana look az the beautiful
display Of flowers All kinds Of Floral designs such
as WTealhs, Crosses. Stars. crowns, Bouquets and
Baskets made 10 order III short notice in the most
artistic style.
Cut Flowers Always on Hand.
THEODORE GOEsFLS
Administrator on Estate OF +. GcebeIs
N BAH persons indebted 70 y. Goebels de-
ceased viii please come 70 ward and settle imnedi-
ately, and all 10 whom +. GOebes was Indebted viii
bring their claims properly sworn to.
u. GOEBELS, Administrator,
MEMPHIS, Tenn, November %, 1878.
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The plumbing and gas-ftting establish
ment of j. w. Y. Browne is now regularly
open. Orders promptly attended to.
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MEMPHIS APPEAL
By
GALLAWAYs& HEATING.
gvEEKLYu
Hates Of Advertising.

-.t insertion, per square .---.......-..-..sE %
Ibsequent insertions. Der square ..-.....--- nc
E-ut lines solid nuuuareil makes one s1uAfe, anu
twelve lines make one inch.
j. cal Notices twenty cents per line hra. lnSei-
ton, fifteen cents Ter line Ter week.
ants etc arU ten cents Ter line nrst Insertion ana
Eve cents per line each subsequent insertion
ID .ih ana Marriage uotlcrs, Funeral notices and
Obituaries are charged at regular rates.
W wil not Accept any advertisement 70 folio" Fe3a-
ing mater.
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The police force<.re not allowed to wear
buffalo overcoats. They are required to carry
their biiies, and It is feared that IF they wore
buffalo overcoats some one might call them
buffalo billies.