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

The Democrats have a majority in both
houses of congress and could have stihed de-
bate as the Republicans did in the zenith of
their majority; but 1t will be seen that the
Democrats have allowed the freest discussion.
The debate will not close before Tuesday or
Wednesday. 1t is evident that the appro-
priation bill, with its amendments repeating
the election laws and the test oath, will pass
both houses. The Republicans are backing
up Hayes with the hope of inducing him to
veto the bill. The repeal of the election law
and free election, unawed by the military
and partisan marshals and supervisors, will
be a death-blow to the Republican party, and
Hayes is hesltatlng whether he will scuttle
the piratical craft that made his Presidency a
grand larceny or whether by bailing and
pumping in the way of a veto he will keep
the thing aAoat fora few months longer. The
Democrats propose to repeal these obi
GUS laws, just as they were enacted, by amend
ments to the appropriation bill. If the Presi-
dent should veto the bill, and thereby starve
his army and stop the wheels of government,
the responsibility will be upon his head. The
Democrats have burned the bridges behind
them. They cannot retreat If they desired to
do so, and would not if they could. The con-
test is one solely of free elections and impair
tial juries, or elections controlled by troops,
marshals and supervisors, and juries organ
lied to do the dirty work of partisans. The
Democrats are determined to restore the old
manner Of selecting juries and holding cleo
tons. The country was safe and prosperous
under the old and time-honored mode of con-
Quoting elections and selecting jurymen, and
the Democrats have resolved to bring the
government back to its legitimate functions.
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BILE to believe that this wonderful child really
existed andlwas not trick of some sort. The
collar OF the jacket was uubottoned and
turned down, revealing the white skin of
human being, through which could be felt
the collar bone, upper ribs and breast-bone.
There was growth of feathers only down to
the shoulders.
Alter conversing with Mr.. and Mrs. Rath-
bone for few minutes, the reporter took
his leave, after learning that the case would
be examined to-day before special meeting
OF the st. LOUIS medical society, at the school
board room In the Polytechnic building. The
child will be at the Polytechnic from ten to
twelve o'clock, when the public will be al
lowed to see him free of charge. The med
ical society will convene at twelve o'clock,
and will hold their session with closed doors
In order to avoid the crowd. Those who de-
sire to see the child will be requested to en-
ter at the Chestnut street entrance and pass
out at the Seventh street entrance. Mr.. Rath-
bone states that no visitors will be received
at the residence of his brother on Tenth
street.
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PRESIDENTIAL GOSSIP.
Donald and WnlIace-Their Opin-
Ions OF TIIden, Hendricks,
Randall and Grant.

Washington special to the Cincinnati En-
qttirer: 81 accompanied Senators Wallace,
Garland and M'Donald to Washinptc1 on
Sunday, after their investigation of the
Philadelphia election. M'Donald expressed
the opinion that there would be severe COL
test between Tilden and anti-Tilden, and he
believed that Tllden would be beaten. He
thought the Democratic candidate would be
either Hendricks or Thurman. He said it
was a mistake to suppose that Hendricks
had lost any support. 4 don't see,' said
M'Donald, how Hendricks can again take
the second place on the ticket. 1t was a sac
rihce on his part to do it before. His friends
In Indiana are hostile to his playing second
fiddle to Mr.. Tlden. 1t is not true that
Hendricks is deficient in pluck and
forhtude. He is not beligerent
man, but in action is firm and sound.
don't think he is a man of intense ambition.
When called to station, however, he acquits
himself like man. The people of Indiana
love him, and think the Republicans there
have perfect confidence IN his ability. Mr..
M'Donald said that he retained his whole re-
spect for the electoral commission scheme,
Notwithstanding it made Republican Pres
ident. He thought it was bright thing in
the story of the country, that two hostile par
ties, in their mutual fear of civil war, had
agreed upon a compromise, when one or the
other must lose. As to Tilden, Senator
Nj OonalQ SAID: lie naQ IL In MS power TO
stop the electoral commission at any tune.
He could have done 1T when Judge Davis
refused to sit. Judges Field and Clifford
wanted Tllden to interpose at that time and
stop the commission, because they knew that
the Republican judges would be partisan.
Mr.. M'Donald said: Il don't think that
Hayes has been failure. He has tried to
govern according to law and moderation
NJ Donald paid compliment to Marshal
Kerns, of Philadelphia, but said that his ties
timony was a clear rebuke to the Federal
election laws"
Senator Wallace said that he regretted the
contest between himself aud Speaker Ran
dali. When he entered the senate he had
offered his hand to Randall, and said: ''The
world is big enough for US both" Randall,
however, was treacherous, and kept as his
stipendiaries certain Bohemians, who would
be content with nothing less than Wallace g
extinction. Tiden, according to Wallace,
wa, practicing all his tricks in Pennsylvania
If he could not get the nomination, he wanted
the party beaten. 1t was rather ringular
that all these Democratic senators spoke of
General Grant in terms of the greatest kind
ness. M'Donald said that, while Grant did
not know much about law, he always ex-
hibited the law of common sense.
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Death OF a LadyIn Church.

Miss Louisa Donaldson, aged twenty-five
years, daughter of Mr.. Stephen Donaldson,
No. 112 South Exeter street, died suddenly
in High Street Baptist church, Baltimore, on
the night of the sixteenth. Miss Donaldson
was In attendance upon lady who was one
of the nine candidates for baptism. This
lady had been down into the bap tismal pool
with Rev. J. 7. Craig. the pastor. Miss DON
aldson had assisted her in changing her
clothes in one of the retiring-rooms after the
ceremony. The two ladies walked out into
the lecture-room in the basement of the
church. Miss Donaldson, who was baptized
a week ago, asked her friend if she did not
feel happy, or words to that effect. Receiv-
ing an affirmative 2nswer, Miss Donaldson
saiu she was unable to give expression to her
own feelings. While uttering this sentence
she suddenly fell back, and in a moment was
unconscious. Her father and mother and
other relatives, who were upstairs among
the congregation, were called to her side.
Miss Donaldson recovered sufficiently to rec
ognize her parents, and then, with deep
respiration, expired.
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Women NihiIists.

Ladies who move in the highest circles of
Russian society have joined the nihilist con
spirators. No fewer than three young ladies
OF high birth took leading part in the late
outbreak at Kieff. The policeman who was
killed during the struggle fell bya ball simed
at him from revolver, which was fred by
Olga Raffowska. Two preliminary meetings
of nihilists were held before the affray-one
composed exclusively of men, the other of
women At the latter, according to the same
authority, appeared the daughter of General
Gertsfeld, whose father lives in st. Peters
burg and belongs to the hingest Official class
of the empire, and also the enthusiastic
Countess Panin. The name of the young
countess is inscribed on the books of the
University of Kieff. She is a Jealous stu
dent, and renowned for her singular beauty.
Her mother is dead, but her mother-in-law Is
a court dame of the Russian empress, and a
power in st. Petersburg society. Her great
grandfather was favorite of the Empress
Catharlne. and was the second imperial chan
cellor of the Russian empire
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Il IS said that movement is making
among the ladies Of New York for general
reform in domestic service, and the servant
girl question has become topic. 1t seems
that the servant girls stick up for war wages,
twenty dollars month, and prefer no service
to less pay. They cannot be made to under
stand how twenty dollars is three or four
times as much money now as it was during
the dark days of the rebellion. One object
OF the movement is 10 teach them this lesson
In political economy and simple arithmetic.
Another object is to provide for the founding
of an institution for the proper training of
servant girls to enable them to earn the
money they get. They generally require
kitchen culture to make them good for any
thing. For the present the ladies' in interest
are secret society. and do not intend to ex-
pose their names until after they adjust the
servant-girl question to suit their own ideas.
If enough people go their way they Will get
up corner on servant girls.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-04

One of the most heroic incidents of The
massacre OF the British camp on the borders
OF ZUzdland is related by correspondent OF
the Daily Nea0s. 1t seems that when all was
over, the ammunition Icing exhausted and
nothing remaining for the men to do but to
sell their lives as dearly as possible, desper-
ate but triumphant effort was made to save
the colors from the foe Melville, the adju-
tant of the Twentyfourth, and Coghill, Sir
Bartle Frere's aide-de-camp, managed to
fight their way through the enemy, who was
surrounding them, Melville having torn the
colOrs from the poles and carried them off.
They reached the Buffalo river-about nine
miles off-in safety, though closely pursued
by the enemy; but in attempting to SWIM
the river, both their horses were carried
away by the stream. and they just succeeded
in reaching the opposite bank, still grasping
the colors, where they were so exhausted
that they were unable to go any further. A
volunteer, who had been with them up to
this time, with difficulty effected his escape,
being, OF course, unable to give them any
assistance in their defenceless condition, and
the last he saw of them was that crowd of
the enemy was closing round them.
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HOW the RIshons snner.

Father Hyacinthe has been interviewed in
Paris by a New York Herald correspondent.
He said, among Other things: ct was not a
bad idea, that of your Excellent archbishop of
New York, Mgr. M 'Closkey, at the Vatican
council, when he declared that there should
be law passed that no pope should be
elected who had not resided in the United
States of America at least four years. If we
could have had Mgr. M'C!oskey, of New
York, or the venerable and sanity archbishop
OF st. Louis, Mr.. Kenrick, elected pope. we
should, l believe, have already entered upon
a new era of Catholic progress. These men,
with other American bishops, whom l could
name, as the great Croat, Strossmayer, held
out as long as possible, foreseeing the evil
result OF the new dogma of infallibility, but
at last the pressure from Rome became too
great; they saw before them the dismember-
ment of their dioceses and the shipwreck of
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ALaw that Ought to be Repealed.

Among the numerous bills brought in for
the consideration of the French chamber of
deputies this session is one affecting marriage
laws as laid down in the" code civil" NJ.
St. Martin desires to see marriage between
brothers and sisters-iu-law legalized, his ar
guments being that they are not contrary to
natural rights, and that, as a matter of fact
they actually take place by means of dis
pensation, no less than fourteen hundred and
sixty'seven marriages of this kind having
been registered during the year 1875. The
bill maintains the prohibition of marriages
between uncles and nieces, aunts and ael,h news,
but clause Is inserted giving the president
of the republic power to issue dispensatlons
IN grave cases. The most important feature
In NJ. ST. Martins measure is, however, the
proposal to render the marriage of priests
legal. As the law stands at present, not
only are the priests prohibited from marry
ing by the civil code as well as by canon law,
but in the event of priest entering into
wedlock, the union is considered null and
void, the woman a concubine, and the chill
dren bastards.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-04
Empty shells with Kindly Words.

COLUMBIA, S. c., March 31.-General
H. |. Hunt. commandant of the post at
Charleston, having been requested by Gen
eral B II. Rutledge to furnish four empty
metto monument, recently repainted and
generally improved, has written the latter
gentleman letter consenting to do so. and
asking for instructions as o where, when
and how the harmless missiles are TO be de-
livered. General Hunt takes occasion while
presenting the cannon balls to express the
warmest sentiments of esteem and friend
ship for the surviving members and the
memories of the dead of the old Palmetto
regiment, with whom he served in Mexico.
General Hunts letter, together with those of
General Rutledge (who one would suppose
from It's perusal to be every inch a soldier,
and death in obeying orders'') }, and Colonel
Sims, will be fled among the archives of
the State aud the empty shells will be
forthwith placed In position.
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DEPRESSION IN England.

Some of the English manufacturers are be-
ginning to find out why they are losing their
hold upon foreign markets. The iron manu-
facturers know that the Belgians were able
to undersell them not only in foreign
markets, but in England itself. To discover
the reason why Sheffield firm employing
two thousand workmen sent agents to in
vestigate and learned that the Belglans had
more economical mode of heating. Like
sensible men they at once adopted the i'm
provement. Unless the English manufac-
turers looK more closely into the matter they
will ind their goods driven out OF Mexico,
South America and China by American cot
tons. The London Times says that hum
bred English workmen who would not be-
ieve that their work was equaled on the con-
tinent of Europe, were sent to the Paris ex-
position, where the concert was taken out of
them, and since then they have not been so
much inclined to strike. 1t is believed that
one cause, if not the principal cause of the
present industrial depression in England is to
be found IN the self-conceit of masters and
men and the dishonest shoddy work for
which the masters are mainly responsible.
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SEWANEE.
The University or the SOuth-Its Pro.
EreSs-lts Future Assured Be
YOnd any DOubt-One of the
Rest Educational InstI-
buttons In Ten

SEwANKE, TENN, March 20, 1879.
Feeling well assured that many of the
readers of the APPEAL would be glad to hear
from the University, and especially In regard
to the opening of the spring term of 1879, |
will avail myself of the kind interest your
paper has always taken in the educational
institutions of the State, to make brief men
ton of the new term Just opened here. Not
outstanding the financial depression of the
country, we have opened with one hundred
and seven students present and a large num-
Der yet to come In, and not the least CRAFTY
ing feature is, that while more than seventy
five per cent. of those present last term will
be here again during this, there has been a
large increase IN the number of new students,
among the latter several from Memphis.
The total for the year will in all probability
exceed two hundred, and should there be no
return of the fearful scourge of last summer,
the number will doubtless be more than we
have had for several years past. The
theological school has also opened with
an increased attendance. The terrible woe
of last summer, which brought the tears to
many an eye here, and bowed many q strong
heart in grief, will, we humbly pray, be
spared the land during this. But with all its
narrowing grief, its fearful scenes, the past
nas showed the wise prudence of those who
located what was then intended, and would
have been but for the war, the largest uni
versity on the American continent, up here
among the mountains of Middle Tennessee.
On this mountain, far above swamp and
miasm, far above the fearful scourges which
have swept the valleys and coasts, the sons Of
the south may find an atmosphere which is
truly God-given. Bids are now out for q
large hotel here, with one hundred rooms,
and extra cottages, and it will doubtless be
pushed through to meet the needs of the
( crowds of visitors who annually resort to
these mountains. Upon the whole, the pros.
| poets of the University are brighter than they
have been for several years. This should bt
indeed cheering to ali friends Of the State. tc
| all who feel not only an interest In the mate
rial value of such educational centers, bu
also feel grah6ed to see their State coming 81
rapidly to the front IN point of number anc
character of its institutions of learning.
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withstanding that disclaimer, 1t still insists
he must enjoy. 1t is pre- eminence that does
not belong to him nor to any one man, living
or dead.
"a His acceptance OF the situation is an
old story to those who know him, and that
he is hopeful of the future of his country is
also an old story. For ten years past he has
been doing all that he could to increase that
prosperity both by words and works. As to
slavery, they are honestly and frankly ex-
pressed. Instead of being berated for such
an admission, he ought to have credit for it.
1t proves that he is man of as high moral
courage as of that physical courage which
made him one of the heroes-the hero-ot
the Mexican war He is not the first distin-
guished statesman who has survived cher
ished policy to confess that it was mistaken
one. English as well as American history
can furnish the names of many such.
(8.) If every man In public life is to be
pursued for his mistakes of judgment or
errors, who of the wretched party that began
its career by war upon the constitution shall
escape. Many, if not most of these,
survive to see reversed the policy
of hate, vindictive, passionate, jealous
hate Of people whose prosperity
was an incentive to the loosing of every bad
passion. The very debate now occupying
the attention of the house is to them proof
that their blunders of passionate appeal and
legislation, planned with view to brutalize
the populations of the south, was crime for
which there is no justification, and in the &C
complishment of which the absence of states
manship was conspicuous. Mr. Davls's err
rors are not fatal to him as public character
Even in Calhoun we do not find perfection
and we know that both Clay and Webster
were as human as human can be. Yet we
revere and honor their memories-the illus
trious trio.
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An OId-Time Picture.

Mr.. Walt Whitman is quoted by the Pro
gress as describing the picturesque appear
ance on Pennsylvania avenue, long time
ago, of Francis Preston Blair and his wife
Some friend had given them couple of long
wooden stats; and finding these wands SER
viceabe the venerable pair used them in
their walks. Their steps were slow, their
costume was of ancient, by-gone style; Mr.
Blair wore broad-brlm Quaker hat. As
they plodded along, the moderate-sized, bent
form of Mr. Blair, in his snuff colored suit
without hoops, and pleasant face-asssting
their steps with those long, quite conspicuous,
unvarnished, yellow staffs-they made PIC
ture, Mr.. Whitman says, which remains dis
tinctly in his recollection to this hour.
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A Pretty Picture.

The Princess of Wales made pretty pic
ture with her children, at her brother in
laws wedding. She walked into the chapel
with George, her youngest son, by her side,
and her three daughters in front of her, evil
IDENTIFY startled by the magnifcence Of the
ceremonial. The princess wore a beautiful
gown of oriental pearl-colored brocade, en-
broidered in pearls and trimmed with ruffies
of exquisite lace and narrow bands of
fur. Her train was of dark amethyst velvet,
lined with oriental pearl colored satin. Her
three little girls wore oriental pearl coIored
brocade, trimmed with narrow pelisses of
silk of the same shade, and ruffies of lace
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-04
Insect JeweIrY.

Louisville Courier Journal: 'La Belle
Americaine, who recently appeared at the
court of st. Petersburg wearing, instead of
jewelry, magnificent live Mexican beetle,
seems to have started fashion which is rap
idly growing in favor. VIZ, the wearing of
all kinds of live insects as jewelry. Per-
haps the modern Romeo, ere long, instead of
'oh! wouldlng' he were glove upon Juliet's
hand, may sigh like furnace or porkh ouse
engine to ie the iris hued frog upon her
finger, or the green and gold snake around
her wrist, or the prismatic-colored lizard
upon her bosom. Ten years ago animated
lizards were in great demand as brooches
among certain heanties of the East -
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Aonn 70 be NIarried

Lady Elizabeth Campbell, sister of the
Marquis Of Lorne, is to be married next month
to Mr.. Eustace Baitour, aud 1t is said the
wedding tour will include visit to Rideau
hall. The wedding will take place at the
Duke of Argyll's Scottish seat, Iuverary
castle. Lady Edith Campbell, the dukes
eldest daughter, Is married to Earl Percy,
eldest son of the Duke OF Northumberland.
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Beauregard ON the Prentice DIficuIty.

Philadelphia Times: General Baaure-
gard, who il. now in Wilmington, North
Carolina, denies the statement of Rufus
the twenty-five thousand dollars secession
editorial m the Louisville Journal. He says
that he never met Mr.. Prentice until after
the war, in 1868, when the Gait house in
Louisville was inaugurated. He continues:
Il certainly would never have thought of the
absurdity OF Offering Mr.. Prentice twenty-f Eve
thousand dollars tor an editorial article in
favor of the cause, or of attempting to buy
him into neutrality with five hundred thou
sand dollars. 1t is absurd to think that
would have been party to making such an
offer to Mr.. Prentice, when we had such in
huential men as Bragg, Joe Johnston, Sidney
Johnston, Breckinridge and Buckner to en-
list the sympathies of the Kentucky people
on our side -
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Arkansas Legislative Matters.

LITTLE Rock, April Line governor has
vetoed the insane hospital bill on the grounds
of the inadequacy of the appropriation for the
purchase of a site and erection of the build
ing, and the improper location; also the act
amendatory of the general railroad law, on
the grounds of unconstitutional restrictions
upon the rights of existing companies, and
because the effect would be to virtually pro.
hibit future organizations. The governor
says: 81 gravey doubt whether, under the
operation Of the proposed law, the construc-
ton of another railroad wonld in our genera
ton be undertaken in the State"