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Mr.. Arthur \ charged b. 10 friends
Of the late President with directing al
biz Efforts toward tho " stalWsrtiza(ion''
a the Republican party: and % one un-
familiar with the Significance and derira-
ton of this political term. lhore 4 some
thing dreadful IN ~ very IookaL
All Il means. however, = that the
President y pursuing about che same
policy IN the distribution q his favors
that Presidents generally %. who have
frauds % reward and enemiss y
punish.
MI. Garfield adopteda similar COURSE.
His support came principally from the
Half-breeds and bic patronage went -
that direction- Il We conseqoen(ly
said q him That " No. aiming -
"~hybridize' The party.
Mr.. Arthurs ndherones 80 e ne
Stalwart persuasion. and Ne naturally
feels like giving them = many sofs
places - he cen, which constitutes. IN
the eyes q the Garfield Republicans.
The crime a :. sta1Wartizafion."
n this y the extent u NJ. Arthur 4
Standardization" o. 3 fnir sample Of
Il, The StalwArts may reasonably clam
% Be the ccntriretaI forces 81 che party
pulling for dear lie against the centrif-
ugal energies u the Half-breods.
a year n and che party q the head
- - Adm.nistration vas appropriatinz
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The DEFENSE OF THE s.EssEx.r

When / Was : small youngs-er. Years
AGO. We boyS used 70 b. told thrilling
s;ories Of what was called The Last
War" In these later days. We have
had : war on our own soil. which was.
let Us hope the last war that We shall
ever b engaged in - long . the Ameri-
can Republic lasts But boys u N older
genersiion than this knew The Last
War % b the warbetween the United
States and Great Britain now generally
called The War Of 1872 Happily.
though the contest Vas not : long one.
Americans can look with pride II the
American navy Of that perioi- The
names Of Bainbriige. Hull. Decatur.
Porter. Perry. and many other gallant
s.il0r<. VIII Be- remembered - long -
The traditions Of the United States navy
endure
In 1915. the frizaie .-Essex." com
mandei By Captain David Porter. after
committing much havoc upon the
British marine o. the Atlantic coast Of
south America sailed boldly around
Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean.
Porter had resolved % strike out into =
new neld Of operations. and carrying
into tbe Pacific the trsr American flag
that had 6oaied from the masthead d
. m17-of-war. he swo0ped down upon
the British merchantmen and whalers.
causing Tremendous c-on<ternari0n No
body had dreamed that the Yankees
would dare % send Z man-of-war into
this distant sea. and The British frigates
were making things very uncomfortable
for the few American merchantmen en-
gngedin the Pacific trade The arrival
Of the "Essex'' soon changed I'll that.
Within Z year she had captured four
Thousand tons Of British shipping. and
had taken four hundred prisoners. She
may Be said % have snbsisfed up0n the
enemy. - the vessel was not only
supplied with everything needed for
rep1inh rigging. ammunition clothing
and provisions. taken from the enemy :
captured shirs. but the men were paid
with money found o. board Of one q
her prizes
Orders we're given that the Essex
must b destroyed q All hazards. BY
any British m1n-of-war that should Be
fortunate enough 20 catch her. But the
American frigafe was feet, and difficult
10 catch Finally. in February. 1914.
The fr;ga-e. accompanied by : small
craft called the .E<<ex Junior 4
cruiser made over from one of the prizes
captured from the British by Porter.
cast anchor in the harbor 81 Valparaiso.
PERI. The Peruvian Gorrrnmenf No.
NJ then indenendent Perm BEING \
nrorince ~ Sns;u. Buf V~a,raraiso ~,
: ncufnl ron. nlthourh the people ~
Peru. .nd the Spani-h. aIzo. wee <ome.
what unfrscndlr T. he Americans. 50.
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The history d the Radical party since
1861 is ! series q mon>trous and shame
less political iniquitieS No twenty
years Of the history a. any party THAI
cursed any country under the sun
can exhibit such An unv1ryin< record
Of shame!es<ness cormPtson and mis-
During all this period there $ ab
solutely not : bright Or respectable pare
in - history The eight ears 81 <iolid
and venge'ul >tnpidity-ot drunken and
laWicSs iniccency- that 60 20 make mp
Grants contribution % this infamous
hiStory-years Of savage political pros
tuition and prosrriptionZyeArs q un-
con titutionai and unrelenting s,xngery.
have never found reSpec'anle de-
years are the bitterest 81
them all The four years q The Great
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and bribery and al manner q s~ncakin2
unrighteousnesS Il WIS essentially
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il crawled- II came in AZ the window
and went nj through the cellar cov-
ering under the consciousness Of is Ut
Ter and irredcemable meanncs& a put
. premium on tcachery BY seeking &c
buy Democrats with Federal oficcs, and
would have freely battered is charac-
ter. II il had possessed anythiny decent
IN that line. 10 have captured 4 solitary
Judas. OF course the methods BY which
the Federal Offices we're famed out
gained nothing . the oily meanness o.
Hayes q compared with The rugged
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-06

the city had not taken proper precaution 10
take care Of smallpox patients, and that the
Board of Health was disorganized at the
time, for which the city was liable. The
lady got judgment for SI00.--.-.--.George
Polston was fined SIS for keeping vicious
dog that had mangled a little girl. He
cursed the judge with BLACKBOARD oaths and
had to pay $40 Seven miles be-
low Chattanooga the Tennessee river
widens and the bed sinks from twenty
to seventy feet deep, mountains rising
on all sides; the basin has an area
of twenty-five acres. On Monday the
entire body Of water in the basin
uplifted, az If by volcanic force to hight
OF six or eight feet, and as soon as 1t set,
tied the sediment that had accumulated
at the bottom arose to the surface, a' Il
thrown by an explosion, and was carried on.
There is a tradition of a similar occurrence
long ago. There is proposition for the city
to borrow Sl5O,O0O to spend in improve
ments; experience prove the he who Dor
rows, sorrows'; pay as you co. An cleo
trio light is to be put on the summit OF the
Academy which will brilliantly illuminate
that densely populated part Of the city,
which has never been reached by gas. The
city has to furnish no lamp-posts or lamp
lighters, nor has the company expensive
mains To run. Within day after contract
is made an electric lamp will blaze on any
elevated spot .........T The Chattanooga Iron
Company begin the Improvements on their
blast furnace early next week, and will carry
on the work by day and night terms. They
have engaged two electric lamps to light up
the grounds. The Cleveland CORE
spondent OF the Times writes: "Dr. Haley,
prescription clerk at Pugh's drug store, has
got himself into trouble by too freely dis
pensing documents calling for the 'overjoy-
full 1t is related of the doctor that he is-
sued over 900 prescriptions in one month,
besides filling most of them after writing
them out. He was fined $50 for the first
offensen
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-06
THOSE STUPID POSTS

Everywhere people in towns are becoming
wearied with the telegraph posts. They are
a nuisance. They obstruct the footwalks,
contract the narrow space of the alleys, and
are an abomination to the sight. This nuis-
ance is borne by the people unnecessarily.
The wires can be put under ground, where
they are out of the way of the hremen dur
ing confagrations, and safe from doing in
jury to property. That safety is needed now
electric wires are becoming common. Broken
electric light wires communicating with
telephone wires set FIRE to telephone boxes,
and of course when not observed, as in the
night and on Sundays, whole premises are
liable to be burned down. A Senate COM
mittee of the New York Legislature has re-
a nuisance it decides must be put an end to,
and the wires run under ground as is done in
many European cities. The telegraph
people want it believed that under
ground wires will not work. They
work in other cities, they work under the
sea for thousands of miles, and the talk OF
impossibility is throwing dust in the eyes OF
the people. The New York Senate Com
mittee propose that, in the city of New York
all telegraph, telephone and electric light
wires shall be put under ground by moi
later than the end of the year 1884. In the
meantime no new lines are to be put up; il
they are, citizens to be authorized to take
them down. If the proposed law be adopted
New York will be free of the stupid posts
and if the authorities of towns and cities
will lay tax on every post within theil
limits, other places will be relieved of them
also. Away with the stupid posts.
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A FATAL MISTAKE.
DIR. Preston E. Buckner, of Greenville,
Miss, Shot and Killed by W.J.
Wentworth Under the
Impression that He was Burglar-The
MalIey TriaI-A Brutal Son
Murders His Mother.

Special TO the Appeal
GREENvILLE, MISS, May 5.-About Il
o'clock last night DIR. Preston +. Buckner,
late of Louisiana, was shot and killed by w.
]. Wentworth, under the following eircum-
stances: DIR. Buckner had been in the habit
of visiting the eatinghouse kept by Went
worth, on Washington avenue, between Null
berry strickland the river. At the hour named
the doctor had gone around to the back OF
the house, had entered shed in the rear,
and in approaching the house had aroused
Mr. Wentworth who got up, seized his re-
yolyer and opened the back door. He says
he hailed the intruder, asked who he was
and what he wanted, but the object he could
Just see in the form of a man continued to
advance, saying nothing, and turned to the
left to make his exit through Il hole IN
the side of the shed, and as
he was passing through the hole
Wentworth fred at him, believing him to be
a burglar. The shot took effect and passed
through the right lung from behind, and the
supposed burglar fell on the outside OF the
shed, dying almost Immediately, and proved
to be DR.. Buckner. The deceased was
native of St. Louis, forty-two years OF age,
the son of the late Bernard Bnckner, of Nir-
GINA stock, and a kinsman OF the Buckners
of that State, Kentucky, this State and
Louisiana. His father had been very
wealthy planter in this county and bear
Milliken's Bend, La. The son was highly
educated, being graduate of the University
of Louisiana and of the medical department
of that institution. He had inherited a large
property from his father, but became dissi-
pated, ate opium excessively and became re-
duced to almost vagrancy. He was homeless
and inofensiye, and the manner of his taking
off is regretted, though no particular blame
il attached TO Wentworth for the shooting.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-06
ARKANSAS NEWS.

The broom drill is prevalent at Fort Smith.
A Mormon church has been established in
Sewer county.
The Forrest City Times calls for a vigil
lance committee for the purpose of suppress
ing incendiarism at that point.
A family of bears has been causing great
loss to the owners of sheep in Harrison.
About thirty were killed in three nights.
The press of Arkansas consists of 123
newspapers and periodicals, divided as fol-
lows: Weeklies, 10; dailies, 8; semi-month-
lies, 8; monthlies, 2.
Fayetteville Democrat: "Some of the Ar
kansas editors are thus early bowling for
their ANNUAL d lad head excursion. These
excursions have never yet proven any great
benefit to the State or the profession"
Van Buren, Argus: "Since the reduction OF
the city tax on dogs. they have increased
about fourfold. Quite little town il
springing up at London's Mill. There are
now about twenty houses besides good
school and church house"
At WiDfrey Ford, in Frog bayou, there il
| deep place which those who know Of it &C
round. A Mr.. Rose, who did not know, wen
straight on, and was drowned. There is nj
good sam aritan there to put up sign-boarC
| with the necessary caution. Human life
COStS ltSs THAN SiSh uOdiuSs anu, pesiuer, WIN
cares?
| Little Rock Democrat: "All efforts to un
ravel the mystery surrounding the bah.
found in the river a night or two since ar
uuavailing. The police mystiied. |
was at first supposed to belong to girl il
| Argenta, who recently came there from
| lizard county, but an investigation prove
she had gone TO Texas week or ten day
previous to the find. The whole case is yer
mysterious"
Fort Smith Herald: "a report comes fror
| Hartford, in this county, that Frank james
the desperate, passed through there las
week. 1t is said there can be no mistake q
10 his identity, as he was recognized by tw
or three persons who knew him several year
! ago. He was travelling in g. large sprin
wagon with a woman and several men. The
all acted rather suspiciously, and were cart
ful that no one came near. They were goin
in southerly direction, probably to Texas.
Little Rock Gazette: Captain ] w. Travi
passenger conductor on the Little Rock an
Fort Smith road, has long been known as on
of the most religious railroad men in th
country. Sunday morning the officials Of th
road assembled at the general Office and pre-
sented Captain Travis with an elegantly
bound Bible. The speech that accompanie
the presentation was fine testimonial to ii
recipients merits, but the finest compl
ment of all lay in the thought that the loo
of truth was the testimonial most suited
| his character and ylrtueso
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Alabama,

Tuscumbia Albanian. "The cool weather
of the past two weeks has been very favora-
bic for wheat, but has been bad on corn and
cotton. Cut-wormssh have done great deal
of damage, necessitatipg much replanting OF
corn The prospect for a fruit crop Is first
rate"
Tuscumbia Democrat: "Much fear is felt
in regard to the wheat The rust has APP
peared in several localities. Oats are very
fine. Farmers representing 10000 acres
of land in the valley surrounding Tuecumbis
have signed petition TO have no fence law
in this section"
Huntsville: On Sunday, April 30th, a
great change from the cheerful prospect was
discovered in Madison county. The farmers
stand face to face with the utter loss of their
progressing wheat crops. Something like an
army worm has made its appearance in GER
tain fields, and is causing great damsge and
une asiness. Major J. II. Stevens, The popular
president of the National Bank, has a field
of wheat in the suburbs OF the city, for
which he would not have taken $500 last
week. Yesterday there were countless thou
sands of worms upon it, and he regards his
crop as almost an absolute loss. Others are
in the same predicament. The places at
tackled are mostly south OF town.
Huntsville Democrat: ave hear of some
SIGNS of rust, but none to hurt yet. The
prospect for oats and corn are propitious.
Too early to predict as to cotton. The army
worm. or worm like it, is destroying cab
baces' In other respects gardens are gener-
ally looking we'll. The wheat planted on
ground recently in clover is said to suffer
most ........T The United States commissioner
of agriculture, in his report in 1879, says:
The best way to prevent the spread OF the
insects is to destroy conhne them TO the
fields in which they appear. Destroy them
by crushing with rollers, or by poisoning
with arsenic, Paris green, or London purple,
applied rapidly by mixing.with water and
using fountain pump or garden syringe.
II this be impracticable, prevent their mi
grafton to other fields by means of bitches
and pits dug around the infested field"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-06
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Trimble, Dyer county, has 200 Inhabitants,
a church, a flour-mill, hotel, school, and
reports, never in better health"
At Newbern, Dyer county, the liquor
saloons are closed, and the churches expect
to have large congregations in consequence.
Paris Inteligencer: "The people of Henry
Station, on last Monday, held an election 10
abolish their charter and establish their
school under the operation of the tour-mIle
liquor law. Whisky was defeated"
Nashville American: 1.-The General Con-
ference is doomed to Easements remarked
lay delegate yesterday. AT Atlanta, four
years ago. he said, we held our meetings in
the basement of the church, and in Nash
vile we are sent there.
Justice is needed virtue at Trenton. Har-
rison, the postmaster at Dyer Station, was
found dead near there, with a bullet-hole
near his heart His wife is left widow and
his children fatherless; yet we learn from
the Paris Intei[igenctT that mo arrests have
been m ade yet, though it is quite settled as
to who did the killing"
Dyersburg Clipper: "DyersburgIans some
times fight a little, but when they fight, they
make no chiIds play of it, and they some
times resort 10 the only logical means of end
ing difficulty, which is by ending the ex-
iste1ce OF one of the combatants. Dyers-
burg has more lat Heu anu pretty women,
more frogs, and 'niggers' and rats, can drink
more whisky and do more old-fashioned
'cussin' than any other town in the Western
hemisphere"
At Columbia, Judge McLemore, in his
charge, said, in warning TO the pistol-toters:
| 'He desired now to give notice that after
this court, the man convicted OF this oifense
| would 90 to Jail, no matter who he was, as
certain as grass grows and water runs" He
added: "When men who were candidates
took men promiscuously-the man and
brother-into the grocery and treated them,
or put whisky at places to treat electors, this
was clearly within the statute, and the law
must be enforced, and the grand jury must
do it."
Chattanooga Tunes: "The spring season SC
far advanced is not as healthy as its prede-
cessor by considerable ......... The stone crush
| ar a few days since crushed 100 yards oil
stone in twelve hours; this is much as 100
men will crush on an average in that time
this fact is positive evidence of economy II
the purchase of this machine ......... Mrs
Hopwood sued the city for $500 damages sus
tanned by quaranting her house for eighteen
days. when case of smallpox was discov
cred there. The Justice held that the mere
fact of a man taking small pox at her houst
was damaging to her, but that was in th'
nature of calamity, and the damage can b.
charged TO no one, but the proof showed tina
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CROP NEWS.


tennessee.
Bells Depot Progress: "There is complaint
of the cut-worm."
Trimble, Dyer county: Wheat crops are
looking fine; corn and cotton most all planted.
Nashville American: wheat is looking
very fine in all sections about Dayton, and
an abundant crop is fully expected. The
pc = oh crop will be short. Apples are not
badly hurt as yet"
Brownsville: sour wheat prospects at
present are very fatteriug. Corn is doing
remarkably well, and cotton is undecided ;
some Of the early planting rotted in the
ground, and will have to be replanted."
Cleveland: Rust has appeared in many
wheat fields in Bradley county, and fears are
entertained that serious damage Will result
from 1t. The condition of the crop is con-
sidered, however, to be a great deal better
than at this time last year.
Middleton Ne,cs: ave have never seen
the farmers of our community so wide awake
before. They have about finished planting
corn and cotton is coming up finely; wheat
is looking we'll and will soon be ready for
harvesting. The people are buoyant and
hopeful"
Paris Iuteltioencer: "The wheat has so far
recovered from its late backset, occasioned by
the cold snap a few weeks since, that our
farmers are again in high spirits, and are
sanguine of good crop. Corn has nearly
all been planted, and about one-half OF the
cotton crop is now in the ground"
Chattanooga Times: "Gentlemen from
East Tennessee state that above Charleston
wheat is not tainted with rust, and looks bet
ter than for many years. The hay croI
is very promising. New hay is expected II
three or four weeks. Our strawberry
dealers are realizing better profits from the
| fruit in Cincinnati than ever before"
McMinnville Ne1 Era: "The wheat croE
of our county, as a general thing, promises
| unusually well. 1t is singularly. free, up t.
this time, from anything that threatens Z
| to ten DAYS earlier than usual. The apple
crop promises we'll in most of the orchards
| and ii no misfortune overtakes it more thar
an average crop will be realized. The Peact
crop will be an average one"