Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-22

reconnoitre the enemy and then imprudently
gallopiDg bach toward his own line, General
jackson was slowly riding to the front, whlle
making every effort 10 hurry forward the
troops, when he was fired on by d portion OF
his own men on the right (south) OF the road,
and obliquely from rne rear, and that
then the horses of his party that were
not shot down wheeled to the left, and
ne galloped into the woods on the LETT
to escape the fire, when he was fred up
on by another body Of troops on the north
side of the road 1t was by this last FIRE that
General jackson was wounded. One ball
struck him in the left arm, two inches below
the shoulder joint, SCATTERING the bone and
severing the Chief artery; 4 second passed
through the same arm, between the elbow
and wrist, making Its KIT through the palm
of the hand, and third ball entered the
palm Of his right hand, about the middle,
and, passing through, broke two OF the
bones. All the circumstances surrounding
the wounding, as well as those Immediately
proceeding and succeeding, are told with
graphic dlstlnctEess and picturesque detail,
and General Early's article. although appa-
rently intended only as reply to some erro-
neous statements of General Revere, in his
book entitled Keel and Saddle, is really a
most valuable contribution to the history of
the war"
lIishaps of Literary Men.
London letter to the New York E9eHing
Post: MANY OF our leading literary men
have recently died or fallen Ill. DR.. Apple
ton, the talented editor OF the academy, has
succumbed to the disease from which be has
so long been sufferer. He had an uphill
fight with the scholarly journal assoc ated
with his name, AID at last he succeeded in
establishing it. Bat the work has been too
much for him, and he died at the early age
of thirty seven years. When | saw him he
looked quite ten years older. By his death
we experience a distinct loss to teTatuEe.
Mr.. Herbert Spencer, who is compelled to
reside In France for health s IKE, has been
very i'll, but l am glad to say that be is nov
in fair way toward recovery. He has mtCe
great progress with bis ney work, when
may be expected to appear next year. Prlf. |
Clifford, the eminent philosophical and met
aphysical writer, has been sent on a voyage
to the Mediterranean for his health, but bis
friends indulge the utmost fcrebOdIpgs for
him. 1t is feared that his malady is incura
Die. Mr.. Wilkie Collins has bad long at
tack of sickness, but is now better than ne |
has been FIR some years"
Southern Historical Society Papers. |
The above work is monthly, published |
by Rev. J. William Jones, ID, at Rich |
mond, Virginia, and secretary of the Soutd- |
ern historical society. The object of the /
publication Is to vIBdicate the name and !
IdIQe OF IHOs6 VINO nlauS our great SG1QSHt6 |
for constitutional Freedom durinZ the late |
war between the States. The lovers of his. !
toric truth will be pleased 10 read papers |
from some of our ablest Confederate generals, !
discussions of the most important battles and /
campaigns of the war, official reports and |
rare manuscripts, which have never been in |
print. The present number contains many |
of these rare documents from Generals |
Breckenridge, Wade Hampton, Bragg, Cor /
don, Benning johnson, Heath, Taliatero and |
others. The subscription price of the South |
ern Historical Society PopsrS Is three dollars |
per annum, in advance.
Maryland Medical Journal,
We have received tine March number Of /
this excellent work. Its contents are truly !
admirable. The work includes clinical re- |
ports, correspondence. reports OF societies, !
recent progress in gyDecology. editorials, |!
notes and records. besides the following |
original papers: Differentiation OF Drunk. !
enness from Coma" etc, by John Morris, !
d. D., Of Baltimore, Maryland; Partial Re- |
tention OF the Piacenta after Labor" by B 3. |
Brown, Baltimore, Maryland; An InauEu- /
raj Address, delivered before the Clinical |
Society,"" by Christopher Johnson, MD, !
professor of surgery in the University q |
Maryland. The WORK is published monthly /
by Manning & Ashby, Baltimore.
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One of the latest works out is Castle Ho- !
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S,reckfus, translated by Mrs A. i. Winstsr
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THE SILENT OBSERVER is an interesting I
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amphlet to its constituents reviewing the
HJris made by the free-traders b. break :
own and destroy the protective tariff system
the United States. Il declaIms against ;he .
tafiff-tinkerIng" attempted by every con-
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le old rule, Let well enough alone" Ii ,
egards all attempts to change the protective
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