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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-03

Nj. Benz amin Butler was in his youth des-
tined by his mother to become a Baptist min
lister, and she sent HIM to Waterville college
for preparation. Mr.. Bland, a new bio
grapher, relates that one of the professors de
hvered sermon in the chapel, in which he
said: Il. None but the elect can be saved.
2 OF so-called Christians probably not more
than one in hundred will be saved. 3.
Heather people will have more consideration
OF the Almighty in future lite than men of
christian nations, who hear but do not profit
by the Word of God" After hearing this
sermon the young Butler petitioned the fac
ulty to relieve HIM from further attendance
upon preaching, upon the ground that ac
cordlng to the proportion stated, not above
SIX persons in the college could possibly be
saved; and as there were nine worthy profess
sors, all OF whom were doctors of divinity, it
would be presumptiOus for him, poor stu
dent, to hope for even the remotest chance of
salvation; hence IN attending church he was
only making his damnation more certain and
terrible.
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AuetiOned or

Chicago special to toe Globe Democrat,
3lst ult.: The fur1iture Of the fremont
house in this city was sold under for closure
of mortgage to-day. It cost originally two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, has
been used five years aud had about twelve
thousand dollars worth of additions Four
years ago 1t was mortgaged for fifty thousand
dollars to the National life insurance COM
pAny by It's owner, Mr. James Couch, vino
had leased the hotel from the Couch estate,
and furnished it. The interest was paid ali
along, Tut last January the principal became
due and the Undergraduates demanded the
money. Mr.. Couch was unable to pay and
the furniture was advertised for sale January
18th, but before the day of sale E. S. Jaffray
Z Co., of New York, who held a second
mortgage for eleven thousand dollars, FIVE
thousand dollars of which had been paid, got
out an injunction on a technica;ity that the
sale was not advertised to occur on the prem
ises. Mr.. Samuel Butler, trustee for the
mortgage-holders, was present to-day with
the attorney, who conducted the sale. The
furniture was put up in bulk, and, With the
only bid made, went for fifty four thousand
seven hundred and two dollars and ninety
two cents, to Mr.. Fl. II. Gregg, private seere-
tary of Mr.. John A. Rice, the new proprietor
of the hotel, who succeeded Mr.. Couch He
has leased the nouse for four years, terms
cash; The purchase is, of course, made for
Mr.. Rice"
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from the kettle, was ridiculed for idleness
and called dreamer. The face of his statue
in Westminster Abbey is characterized as
'the RECONCILIATION of abstract thought. "
He aud his vapor were laughed at by just
such men as sneer at Cowdon, Eads, Keely
and Edison. But when he condensed the
vapor and made it the grand fulcrum and
lever to move the world, The idle dreamer is
canonized by the civilized world. When
Franklin went under the thunder storm,
with the kite and the key, he was regarded
as visionary abstractiunist. And so it will
ever be. There will always be men who will
sheer at anything they cannot touch and
taste or see. If the world were made up OF
such men it would lapse back into anarchy,
superstition and ignorance. With such men
as Edison, Keely, E3ds and Cowdon, civili-
cation advances. They are the men who
break up the dull monotony of life, awaken
our sleeping energies, and bring out some
thing for the benefit of mankind.
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st, Louis Globe Democrat, I'd: While
doing duty in the vicinity of Grand and Del
mar avenues, at few moments before mid
night, on Sunday, Officer Hayes came across
a little colored girl, who was wandering
about the street in an almless sort of way,
and evidently unfamiliar with the locality.
In response to the officers Inquiries as to
where she lived or wanted to go, the child
related terrible experience. Her name was
Sylvlna Croxton, and her age fifteen. She
and her parents had come in from the south
on Saturday morning with the boat-Ioad OF
| colored emigrants, and were furnished lodg-
| ings that night in one of the colored church
| es, the name or location of which she did not
remember. The next night mulatto, who
| did not give his name, but who had been
about the church the greater part Of the day,
! and seemed deGrous of assisting in the relief
of the emigrants, offered to take the girl
home with him, saying that his family had
comfortable quarters In the western part OF
the city, and could conveniently provide for
| her, The chlld's parents consented, the offsr
being a usual one, of course, IN the crowd OF
emierants. and about dusk she was taken
a,yay. The two went as far west as Vande-
vauter and Hogan avenues, jud giDg from the
chiloH's description of the locality, and there
the man sudd My threw her to the ground
and theu, after outraging her person the Sec
ond tim. ran off. She had tried to scream
for asgista 'uce, but the brute prevented her
She describ ed him as bel g about five feet
fen inches IN hight, and rather heavy-set.
The GIRL was taken to the fifth district sta
ton. but has pro badly since been removed by
her narents ~
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ANOTAEk VICTIM.
An Eight Yea2 Old Child EOrcIbIy
Seized and Outraged by a Two
Legged Villain In the state
OF PeDnSyIVania-The
EIend az Large.

Williamsport special to the Cincinnati En-
gurer, March 30th: ''The citizens of this
place are highly excited over brutal outrage
committed last night on the person of a little
girl named Arthur Henninger, aged eight
years, daughter of respectable parents. She
was sent on an errand by her parents, and
when ON Third street, near the courthouse,
was suddenly seized by a man and earned
into an alley, and from thence to the river
bank She was told if she made noise she
would be killed. Notwithstanding this threat,
when the brute violently outraged the little
one, she tried to scream, but was prevented
by his putting his hand over her mouth and
q threatening to throw her into the river. She
then lost consciousness, and remembered
nothing more until about three hours after
ward, when she became conscious, and made
her way home. Medical aid was summoned,
who pronounced the child in serious condi-
ton, with the chances against her recovery.
The police authorities were notified, and this
morning arrested man named Paul, who
absolutely denied any knowledge of the af-
fair, and showed that he was in neighbor-
ing beer saloon when the affair occurred. He
was released, and left town at once. From
additional information received to-day it was
shown that he was In the neIghborhood, and
ne will be rearrested when found. Threats
of lynching are freely made, and will be car
ried into effect if the perpetrator can be
found"
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No yyindaws In Hell.

He'll was described in detail, last Sunday.
in Norristown, Pennsylvania, by Rev. ]. 7.
Hayslett, pastor of the Mount Zion A. NJ. E.
church. He compared it to red-hot furnaces,
burning prairies, and a river covered with
blazing petroleum from the wreck of an OIL
train. Having reclted the parable of Laza-
rus and the rich man g vain petition for a drop
of water, he cried: 'Not even drop of
water! Not in silver cup! Not in china
cup! CA voice, "No!0 Not In gourd or a
Gala bash! But from the tip of his finger!
You call this floor dirty now when we ask
you to get down on it, but in hell you would
take drop of water from the foot OF any
saint in glory if you could get it. Think of
1t. The smallest prayer cannot be answered
there In conclusion, he said There are
no couVeniences there for guests, no seats,
no cushioned chairs; no carpeted rooms, only
a fiery lake of fiery waves; no windows there,
no floor to the prison-houEe OF the damned!'
He urged his hearers not to go there.
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storm on the CentraI pacific.

Truckee Republican: Saturday night
was the fercest and stormiest ever known on
the Sierra Nevadas since the completion of
the railroad. The wind blew hurricane
the snow was light and dry, and the air was
so Tiled with the storm driven particles, that
1t was Impossible ottentimes to see an object
ten feet distant. The wind tore the branches
from the trees, started avalanches rolling
down the mountains, and howled and
shreked and raved like a thousand demons.
The storm piled drift thirty-fve feet deep
by the side of Cardwell's house at the Sum-
nit. Wherever there was a crack or crevice
IN the sldes of snowsheds, the snow would
soon be sitted in to the hight of six or eight
feet across the track. In places the top of
the snow-sheds was bare; in places the posts
and uprights groaned beneath a mass forty
ieet deep. Harder work was never per-
formed by railroad men. Relief-traIn men
and the snow-plow crew were out in the
storm four nights and three days. During
all TINS fight with the storm, the men had
scarcely two consecutive hours of sleep. The
OIockade was crushed through on Sunday
morning, and soon atterward the sky cleared
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A-d-a-meni
RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION
The st. LOnIs and Southeastern Rail-
way Passes into the Hands OF
the Louisville and Nashville
COmP8nN-AnOtherC Change
on the Tapis.

LOUISVILLE. April 2.-The Comier-J Jour-
nal says, eNtorially: eve print elsewhere
in this issue the details of s'hly important
move in railroad combination S, being the
transfer OF the securities of the st. LOUIS and
Southeastern railroad company to the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad com pany, through
long and patient course of purchasing on
the open market. The st. Louis and South
eastern railroad will consequently pass under
the control OF the Louisville and Nashville
railroad company, and no railroad event OF
such importance has occurred in the south
for many years. Those acquainted with the
Green line AID its relations to the south and
without elp from us. Since railroad com.
olnahoOs have assumed such gigantic pro-
oortloyIs in the north, it would seem III the
line of southern interests to consolidate IL
like manner. 1t is also to be on the tdISt
that the Louisville and Nashville interest,"
Vail soon be Ill possession of the Montgomery
and Eufaula railroad"
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A NEW YORK HORROR.
The story OF Poor Emily &rahamb
Brutal Treatment In the County
Insane Asylum ON Black
wells Island,

New York World: ''Ihe horrible story OF
Emily Graham is an indictment of several
departments of the municipal system OF New
York. First a harmlessly insane woman
wandering the streets is met by policeman,
who decides at sight that she is drunk and
disorderly and drags her to stationhouse,
IN which she spends the night, nobody be-
ing called to verify or reiute the policeman s
diagnosis of her case. This is a scandal to
the police force la the mornlngtAe Is taxed
before a magistrate, who, instead OF lnQulr-
Ing into the pollceman's story, promptly ac-
ceptS 1t and orders her to be sent not TO an
asylum but to workhouse, declining to
change his sentence after an explanation from
her husband. When the woman's condition
is made plain she is transferred to place
called an asylum, but credibly declared to be
place of torture, from which her husband
only rescues her in time to see her die 1t Is
declared, not only by the bereaved husband,
whose bereavement might have made him
unjust, but by an impartial physl-
clan, that the woman's death was
fastened if it was not caused by
the neglect amounting to brutality, even If
1t did not go the length of active brutality,
with which the woman was treated. Tins ls
scandal to the whole system or so-called
charities and corrections which costs the peo-
pie OF New York SO much money and about
which most of them know so little. They
would know even less but for the clear and
careful articles which have been officially pre-
pared Tor the World. In one Of those papers,
from which we elsewhere quote, it is shown
how neglect and ill-treatment of patients
| like Emily Graham were actually invited by
| the system which prevails In our hospitals.
The darker horrors of her story were not fore
Swallowed, for the reason that what Is told OF
them requires not merely slovenly system,
bat brutes to administer it. We refrain from
further comment, for which the case gives
ample opportunity, until the facts of it are
brought out under oath. The one gratifying
circumstance about the whole matter Is that
| the coroner who is to conduct the inquiry is
neither a member nor a tool of the organlza-
| ton which deforras every department of the
| city government which it controls"
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same school, and tins religious press urges
their excellencies to abstain from balls in fu-
ture The first viceregal bali ever given Ii
Canada was given by the Court de Frontenac,
governor of Quebec, on the fourth of Febru-
airy, 1867, and the Jesuit journal in recording
the fact quantity says, Heaven grant that
nothing further come of it. Bishop Leval
denounced it and called on Frontenac to be,
have himself, but the sturdy old count replied
by producing Moiere's 'Tartuffe' at the Cha
teau st. Louis and insisting on the attend
ance of the clergy. The Marquis ct Lorne
cannot order his reverend assailantsto attend
the theatricals and balls at Rideau hall, but
it Is safe to say he cares as little for their at
tacks as Frontenac. the close of the session
will be celebrated by a grand mask repre-
sentation of viceregal life IN the olden time,
and by ball to which all Ottawa society will
be invited. His excellency is just now too
busy to appear much in public, but the prin--
cess is out every day, visiting the schools and
public charities or presiding at charitable en-
fort emf ~
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VICIOUS VILLAINS.
Nick's Agents Place DISTINCTIONS on
the Iron gaOuEtain ROad-An En-
gineer's sharp Lookout Pre-
vents a Terrible Disaster.

Little Rock Gazette, Sd: 'Last Sunday
there came very near being a wreck on the
Iron Mountain road, the horrors of which can
scarcely be contem plated. The northern
bound passenger train was running rapidly;
night had set IN, and the train had passed
Newport and was reaching Tuckerman sta
ton. when the engineer perceived something
on the track ahead of the engine, in the onter
edge OF the light thrown by the glare from
the headlight. Stacking up, whlstling and
stopping, an examination vas made, when
th5 discovery was N de that Z pile Of cross
ties was lying across the track, and that a
few yards further on cross lies were set down
in the trestle- work, arranged so as to s'rike
the engine, like the outer defense of fort.
Of course foul work was intended, but bv
parties to whose identity no clue could be
obtained. There is no penalty too severe for
such outrages. A bundled lives might have
been lost
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"DIPLOMACY."
The Warde and Barrymore Troupe
on its Legs Again-Win Play in
Little Rock Next Friday and
Saturday Nights.

Little Rock Gazette, Sd: "After passing
through a tragedy that has sent shudder
throughout the entire country, the Diplomacy
company is again on the stage. Poor Por-
ter's place has been supplied, a matter much
easier done as to his acting than his gentle
manly and social qualities, and with the same
force, and awakening the same enthusiasm,
the company plays to crowded houses. The
murder of Porter has and Will continue to
serve as an advertisement for the company,
though at death S instance. Miss Cummings,
who witnessed the murder, is a very popular
actress, having won high honors before
some of the best critics in America. The
other members of the troupe are justly cele-
brated, and our people may expect very fine
acting next Friday and Saturday nights,
when the company will fulfill its murder
prevented engagement in this city. The
people everywhere are anxious to see the
Company, aside from its excellency, and we
iuay consider ourselves fortunate in securing
su,Sh renowned player"
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MEMPHIS APPEAL
THURsnA1. APRIL 3, 1s79.
AZ EPInEMIC or PROrEsrs.

The perturbed spirit of Napoleon made its
exit from earth to eternity on careering
tornado. Toe exiled hero died amid the
flashing lightning, the loud thunder-shock
and the roar OF the tempestuous winds, which
seemed to have improyised themselves
for the purpose of giving eelGt 10 the
exit of stormy life. The legislature of Ten
nessee passed through deaths door, not on a
whirwind or a sirocco, but by hurting pro-
tests at cash others heads. This was an APP
propnate ending for such legislature. On
Tuesday last, many of the members entered
tie hall, loaded to the guards, crammed to
the muzzle with protests, and protests
swarmed through the capitol, buzzing and
singing like so many enraged hornets. Just
before the thing expired, nine senator's arose
with wrath depicted upon their brows and
commenced peltng other senators with a
protest. Six other senators received the fire,
and promptly returned it by linging at the
protesters another protest. The house be-
came infected with the protest epidemic, and,
headed by the venerable J. A. Gardner,
thirty members engaged in the protest bust
ness. 1t must have been a sublime spectacle
to see these statesmen hurting these protests at
each other. We presume precedent has been
established which will hereafter cucumber
the journals of the legislature with indignant
protests from dlsgrunted members. Here
after, when the SEN tive chastity of a mem
Der is solled, he will rush into the sanctuary
of the senate or the house, and, laying hands
on the horns of the altar, so to speak,
vow that he intends to cover himself with the
palladium of our liberties and privileges in
the shape of a protest. Indeed, the recent
legislature seemed to be afflicted with pro-
tests. 1t will never be attacked with protests
again. The defunct legislature was one of
great serenity until it engaged in the protest
business; then it made things hum.
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ChristianizIng chinamen In California.

San Francisco Post: ut may beiIstrnctive
TO those who imagine that christianity can
conquer Buddhism among the Chinese here
to be informed of some OF the results of such
delusion. The building in which the First
Congregational church held its meetings Is
now Chinese j7sshouse The old coiored
Methodist church building is in possession of
the Chinese. The Second Congregational
church was compelled to change It's location
through being surrounded by the Chinese.
The famous old Unitarian church, in which
the inspired utterances of Starr King used to
resound, mad to succumb to the encroach
ments OF the Chinese, and it is only uUes-
ton Of time when the First Presbyterian
church will become a Chinese temple, as it
| cannot exist as a christian church, oWinp to
| the surroundings of the Chinese"
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Scribner for APRIL
II SEEImON FOR THE SISTERS.
IRWIN RUSSELL.

IRWIN RUSSELL
ne,1er breaks colt afore he's OLD enough to trab
neber digs my taters tell dey plenty big to grabble;
| An when you sees me risin' up to struetify In
rs fusI e,umb up de knowledge tree and done some
apple eatln'.
sees some sisters pruzlnt, mighty proud o. what
dzy wearin'.
It's vel yO1 isn't apples. now, you better be de-
For whea you heerd yo' market price. It ID hurt so
You wouldn't fo,cn a dime peck, for all yo' fancy
peelin'S.
slstas-leetle apples 0Or you're rally mighty like
An So Tubs you, sstahs for yo' grace. an not yo
I don'e keer how my apple looks but only how it
tastes.
Is dey a sabaf-school heah? Den let him form his
How Jacob In debible's boys played of on dey
bTuddeFi
Dey sol hin to a trader-an' at las he struck de
Dat coined OBJ JOsephs strutin in dat streaked coat
oo htS'n.
Ny christian friens, dis story probes dat chen men
is human
He'd han a dozen fancy coats, eff he'd "a been a
'OOmanl
De cussidniss of shown of. be found out all
And yIt he wuz christian man. as good as ever
shouted. 3
1t larned hint An bet you when he come to git
his riches
Dey DIDN'T go for stylish coats or Philadelphy
b. eeches;
He dicIn't vase his money when experunce taught
MIN better,
But went aroun' a-lookin' like he's waitin for a
letter!
Now, sIstahs, won't you copy him9 Say, won't you
take lesson,
An min dis soIlum wahnn' bout de sin OBJ fancy
dressn?
How much yo' spen' upon yO'se'fi wish you might
remember
Yo' preacher amt been paid cent sence somewhat
In November.
better close. some gals dis sahmon's kinder
hiItin'
AwhispeFIn' an sturbin' all dats near vyhar deys
a-sittin';
To LOOK at dem, an listen at dey onrespec'ful
1aUber.
1t turns de milk OBJ human kineness mighty nigh to
clabberl
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A Confederate soldier in Rronp.

New York Sun: "a bronze figure of a
Confederate soldier, measuring seven feet in
helght and weighing nearly one thousand
pounds, has recently been flushed at the Ma
uonal fine arts undery. 1t was modelled by
the sculptor, Richards, and is 10 surmount
the shaft Of the soldiers memorial in Savan-
nah, Georgia. The figure represents pr
vate of the Confederate ar by. The stock of
his gun rests on tne ground at his feet, and
the fixed bayOnet extends from the top of the
barrel, in front of his shoulder. He wears a
belt, with Il cap box and a cartridge-box, and
on the clasp of the belt are the letters &C. S.
The coat of the uniform that was sent to the
sculptor to assist him had been too near some
campfire, and burned away from the corners
IN front. This is faithfully represented In
he statue"
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SAN Francisco, April "A San Jose dis
match gives brief account of a tragedy in
Foot HILLS, near that city. -Four members OF
a family were horribly mutilated by an ak or
a similar weapon. As to the mother of the
family it IS not known whether she Is killed
or escaped to the woods. The family lived
in seclusion in a rough habitation. Nothing
is known of them previous to their coming
here, a few months ago. There is no clue to
the perpetrators, and no motive can be as
signed for the deed. The family had no
property to excite such cupidity. & Nobody
has vet been arrested