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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-05
AN OUTRAGE
That Calls for PrOnrpt Action on the
part of Our Government.

New YORK, March A Paris cable
says: "a party of Americans travelling
from Brussels to this city were sub
jscted to indefensible brutality at the
frontier station OF Feignaes the night
of the 1st instant. They were awakened by
the customhouse officials 10 have their lug
gage examined, were abused for not imme
diately complying, and assaulted by the COM
missioner Of the police for protesting against
the way in which Mrs. Reynolds, Of PIovi-
de nee, was treated. That lady was roughly
dragged ont of a sleeping car, bare headed,
without bonnet or CLOAK, and exposed to the
coarse jeers of the dOHaaeeS. The male por-
ton resisting the violence done them gen d
draies with fixed bAyonets were called TO the
assistance of~tfe officers, and three Of them
were arrested and refused permission to tele-
e@aph the American minister and their
friends They were not released until morn
ing, and were condemned to pay fine of 500f
each, coupled with police surveillance for
eight months. The case seems exceptionally
bad, and calls fer prompt action on the part
OF our representatives here. Leon LonlenIn,
of Chicago, was one of the party"
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A mnn VINO saw . MIMIC nle.


"Ain't il a curious thing that nobody ever
sees a mule die?" remarked an old teamster
in Gumber & Webber's saloon. "Ns man
living ever saw a mule die, s'pose2'
Thus remarked Mr.. Daniels, lighting
fresh cigar: ''In 1850 ! was mining on The
south fork Of the Yuba, and it came my turn
to cook for NV gang. We took turns each
week, you know. Well, l was going to show
how economical / could run The cOmmisssEy.
went and bought peck OF driei apples.
They were all stuck together in a lump, lut
got 'em jammed into the pot, poured in
some water, and started the fire. Presently
q few of them began to rise up to the top OF
the pot, SO i skinned 'em of and put 'em in
n pan. Pretty soon some more bulged up, and
skinned them of and put 'em in the pan.
The first thing | knew, after | had skinned
that blasted pot awhile, had % get another
Pes', and then another, and by the time I'd
got four pans heaPed up full, dag my skin
II there wasn't more apples in the pans tn IN
there was IN The pot. That IS thought so
at the time. l kept getting more pans, and
buckets and lard Cans, and all the while
plumb frightened TO death for fear Of the
bows would come in and see hoy extrayagant
| was, for had been blowing on how cheap
| could run the meas. The blasted Hqples
still kept comm out Of the pot. put 50 -
papers ont on the floor and covered EN- with
fruit And, by Joye, the place looked like
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New YORK, March A mass meeting oil
Irish citizens was held at the Academy of
Music, Brooklyn, tonight, to celebrate the
anniversary of the birthday OF Robert En-
met. Congressman William f. Robertson
presided, and made an address on Ireland's
condition. lie was followed by Senator
Jones, of Florida. Letters OF regret were
read from Congressman Cox, Mr.. Conkling,
General Hancock, Henry Ward Beecher,
Senator Bayard, Horatio Seymour, Mrs. Par
nell and Benjamin Butler.
Emmet's birthday was also celebrated in
this city by a gathering in Cooper Institute.
where appropriate addresses were delivered
by Senator Jones, of Nevada, and William J.
Hynes of Chicago
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4 TronbIesonc PORTRAIT.

Washington Correspondence New York World.
In the White House hang only three por-
traits OF the ladies who have reigne1 there
one Of which, the portrait OF Mrs Hayes
Cousin Lucy to the population OF the great
State of OhiO-ls an elephant of great mag
nitude and difficulty. For many years, per
haps ever since the White House was built,
an exquisite portrait OF Martha Washington
has hung in the East Room. 1t is OF eItraor-
binary beauty, and, by some happy inspi-
ration of the painter Stuart, L believe), it
has an air of grandeur about it that is sell
dom conveyed to canvas. She was, in
truth, a naughty and beautiful creature,
of most unrepublican carriage, and her
full-length portrait looks down in solitary
majesty from the walls of the room which
is the throne-room of the republic. With
the conspicuous bad taste characteristic OF
reformers, the Woman's Temperance Union
had full-length portrait Of Mrs. Hayes
painted, an exact imitation in attitude, and
so Oh, of Martha Washington, and by some
occult doings it Vas hung likewise in the East
Room. Now, there is an unwritten law that
nobody but Martha Washington shall orna-
ment the East R0om-a law something like
the prejudice against the third term-and
this law had never been iniringed. Mrs.
Tyler, the wife OF the only president mar
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BALD mountain, near the North Carolina
border, whose strange rumb'Ings and tremb-
ling4 excited so much attention awhile ago,
has again been in motion. The mountain
shook SO strongly that the vibration was felt
for miles around. The grinding and crush
ing of the rocks sounded like the below of
volcano; a cloud rose from the lettering emf
hence, caused 10y the dust formed and shaken
off under the gigantic trembling. There has
been no sufficient geologic examination made
for an explanation OF the strange phenomenon
to have been formulated.
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ROBERT EMMET'S BIRTHDAY.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Speaker Keller
presided at a meeting tonight in commem-
Grafton of the anniversary of the birth of
Emmet Among the speakers who addressed
the meeting were the Hon. Messrs. Ford and
IIsz ,ltne, Of Missouri; Cox, of New York /;
Butterworth, of Ohio; Colonel NJ. ID. Ball, of
Alaska, and Mr.. Hardenburgb, of New Jer-
sey. The speeches were not confined to a
consideration OF Emmets character and
services alone. Several OF the speakers
were outspoken in denunciation of English
rule in Ireland, dwelling eloquently upon
the wrong done through its perpetuation.
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Judge BIatchf0rd's Decision in the Me-
Alpin Shield Plug Tobacco Case.

An important decision widely affecting the
interest OF the tobacco trade throughout the
country was rendered yesterday by Judge
Blatchford in the United States Circuit Couri,
in the suit OF p. Lorillard & Co. against d.
II. McAlpin * Co, manufacturers of the
famous "Shield Plug Tobacco" claimed to
be au infringement of the ''Seidler Tin-Tag
Patent" His Honor refused to grant an in
junction, assigning his reasons therefor
that McAlpin's Tin Shield does not infringe
the patent. The case was regarded AZ a test
suit, being vigorously contested on both
sides, and watched with interest by the whole
trade. Clifford y Clifford appeared Tor LoriI-
ard; Samuel A. Duncan and b. F. Thurston
Ion McAlpiu.
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Mr.. BARNES, of Kentucky, " the mountain
evangelist" who anoints with oil and heals
the sick, is the coming sensation. The St.
Louis Republican announces that "he takes
well, parts his hair in the middle" Ii he
eau convert men from gambling in futures,
from selling oleomargarine for butter, and
cornmeal mixture for ground pepper, he
may be forgiven even il he should wear a
RIM in his nose
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General strike I'm Prospect

PrrrsBURG, March 4.-Representatives OF
the various lodges Of the Amalgams ted As
sociation in the county, met here this after
noon and resolved to notify the stockholders
in the Homestead mill, who are interested in
other works hereabouts, that unles they made
a settlement of the difference now existing at
the Homestead mill, before the 18th instant,
a general strike in all these manufactures
will be ordered. Such strike, should it oc-
cur, would effect about ten different esiab-
lishments and throw several thousand men
out of employment. All quiet at Homestead
to-day
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THE Louisville Courier says; "The prote c.
ton gougers have been so frightened by the
comments on the outrageous Mckinley bill
that they have not dared TO urge its passage.
The bill is measure of the steel combinl-
tion designed to exclude the possibility OF
competition. The bill, among other things,
proposes to tax the cotton-planters addition
ally on cotton ties not less than 1878 900 4
year, or $40 10 a ton. That is the 'protec-
ton which the spectators say is such bless
ing to American farmers and planters"
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TOLEDO, March AT 10 o'clock this
morning a fire broke out in the Chamber of
Commerce building, occupied by the Western
Union Telegraph Company, Second National
and Commercial National Bank, law and
insurance Offices, etc. The fire originated in
the mansard roof from a defective iue. The
damage will probably reach 5000, which is
covered by insurance. The premises men,
toned sustained no damage from the fire, but
were flooded with water and abandoned for a
short time. The offices of the telegraph COM
pany were reoccupied at noon, and by night
order was entirely restored and business
MOVING "a usnal
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The Brazilian Senator Martins, famed for
his powers as an orator, in speech recently
delivered in Rio dc JAneiro declared that
Brazil must definitely fix period for the
extinction of slavery there, and that January
l. 1870, should not he permitted to pas
without seeing the last slave freed. The Rio
correspondent Of the New York Post says:
these declarations OF Silveirl Martins have
more meaning in them than though uttered
by any other public man in Brazil. lie is
shrewd politician, and he would never take
this step without feeling certain Of lis
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-05

Cincinnati College OF Music is very
successful cnItivator of "the art of sweet
sounds" and has pupils from nearly every
State in the Union. We hear that our friend
Perrin, the splendid organist that used 20
excite such admiration at Calvary church,
and who is now one OF the most efficient
professors at the Cincinnati institution, finds
his labors anything but light, and signs for
the liberty of his old Memphis days
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Meeting of Creditors of the NeWeomb.
buchanan a,aIlaIaaIrx

LOUISVILLE, March 4.-The Newcomb-
Buchanan Company to-day sent out circulars
to the creditors of the company, and those
of George and Andrew Buchanan individ-
ually, notifying them of meeting to be
held at the counting room of the company
on Wednesday, March 18th, at II o'clock.
1t was learned from reliable sources that a
full statement of the affairs of the company
had been arrived at. This statement, how
ever, could not be secured for the public, and
it seems that nothing Is to be known until
after the meeting of the creditors.
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SHOULD Cannon, az is likely, be excluded
from sitting in Congress, he can rely upon an
extensive amount Of domestic consolation TO
console his sorrows; with four wives to pet
him he can bear good deal of grief. A
Cannon so primed and loaded is bound to go
-.
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4 CORRESPONDENT Of the Salt Lake II D.
tns wiltily remarks that "if a verdict of
gully, found by jury of twelve men, is
sufficient to hang Guiteau when he, being
then certainly the verdict of the United
States Congress, when that body says that
the Mormons must and shall not assassinste
the republic, even if they say they have been
inspired 50 to do, ought for similar and far
better reasons, also be sufficient"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-05

WHEN Cashier Baldwin was arrested for
immense distractions of money from the
Newark On. j. Bank, much was said about
the intense resp"ctability of the Board of Di-
reetors, who were charged with no more than
inattention to duty. One OF them is now
arrested, however, on the charge of being
pious BaIdwin's respectable accomplice.
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FOREIGN FLASHES.

TUNIs, March News from all parts of
the regency is satisfactory. Two baitalions
of French troops have returned to France.
VIENNA, March 4-The correspondent of
the Manchester Gttdrdiua at Dalmat has
been ordered to quit Austria within three
days.
ST. PETERSBURG, March "A ukase has
been Issued authorizing the appointment of
a professor of Polish literature at the War
saw University.
ST. PETERSBURG, March Am emissary
started Tor Berlin Tuesday with an impor-
tant letter from the ear to Emperor Will
ham. 1t is believed the car wrote the letter
Immediately after the reception OF SkobeIof.
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Council Of the Archdiocese of Cincin-
natl.

CINCINNATI, March 4.-1he iourth pro
viucial council OF the archdiocese OF Gin
cinnati will commence tomorrow at the
cathedral, with solemn and impressive
vices. The province, besides the archdic-
oese, includes eight sufragan sees-those of
Detroit Cleveland, Columbus, Fort Wayne,
Covingtou, Louisville, Nashville and Vim
cenne9. The see OF Nashville being without
a bishop is not represented Bishops Gil
more, Borgers, Waterson, Dwenger, Toebbs,
McClosky and Chattard are here. In the
council, the archbishop being i'll, his CO.
adjutor, the Rev. William II. Elder, will use
the pastoral staff
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SOME Of the protectionist papers speak OF
the German decisions chasing canned meats
with tin goods and hams with cotton as alb
surd. What, then, il the attempt OF the iron
men to cheat and blackmail the cotton grow
ers by chasing iron cotton-baIe ties as hoop
iron,
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The misuse Of the word "being,D by both
American aud Engiish writers, does little
credit 10 the modern esthetic choioa Of Ian
guage; here is a newspaper specimen: Tue
ietties now being constructed ut the entrance
of the harbor OF Charleston, South Carolina,
are being puzzled rapidly forward under the
direction Of General Gilmore, and he Is con-
fident Of a deep and safe channel being Sc
cured" We were being ecstatiiied as our hand
was being engaged with the pen that was be-
ing held in our fingers while the above was
being copied; it is altogether too-ah-too,
don't you know?
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CLEVELAND, o., March 4.-Alice Wright
soubrette of Harrison's Photos theatrical
troupe, jumped from a fourth story window
of the Striebenger House to-day and was in
stantly killed. No cause is assiged for the
act, but il is believed she was demented. "a
since an attack of typhoid fever last fall she
has occasionally manifested symptoms oil
mental alteration. She seemed in her usual
health and spirits this morning, and acted
her part, but after the performance she went
to the hotel and took the fatal leap.
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FHE Mormons are pelitioRiDg Congress,
and their cry amounts TO "Let rs alone" II
the whole criminal class in the United States
were " get up petition also, theirs would
be the same cry. The thief, the confidence
man, the gambling house, the star-route per-
jurers, the carriers of concealed weapons, the
stealing bank cashiers and directors, the shoot
ing cowboys and the rest of the law-breakers,
would fervenuy entreat Congress with the
cry OF Let us alone" and the whole class Of
defers OF divine justice, if they peiilioned
heaven at all, would fervently pray: "Let
us aolne
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KNOCKING AT THE DOOR.
Convention Called 10 Frame a state
Constitution for Utah.

SALT LAKE, March 4-The legislature
adopted concurrent resolution to-day,
calling a convention 20 meet April lob,
which, when organized, may frame a State
constitution for Utah, the name of the pro
posed State; define its boundaries; elect del
egates TO proceed TO Washington and urge
the claim and rights of Utah to Statehood :;
nominate and provide for the election OF
governor, legislature, judges, secretary and
other State officers, and representative TO
Congress; provide for a session OF the legis-
lature for the purpose of electing two United
States senators; submit their constitution
and nominations for State and other officers
10 the people for their approval or disaP-
prevail under such regulations as ii may
determine, and take such ether steps as may
I've needful to accomplish the end sought
No moEey for expense or pay Of delegates Is
yet appropriated.
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BELGIUM,

BRUSSELS, March 1.-Two brothers of the
merchant, Seltzer, charged with fatally shoot
ing Bsrnays, of Antwerp, 1t this place, in
January, have written papers protesting
against the accusation brsasAt against their
brother. They asseI; chat Use latter was at
St. Louis, Missouri, on the 18th of December
last, and they have requested aim to come to
Brussels and clear hinssif OF the charge
The brothers well kret!n residents OF
Antwerp.
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Increasing Demand for Cotton at Louis-

LOUISVILLE, March 4.-There is an in
creased demand for spot cotton at late
quotations, but holders are asking higher
prices, which buyers are not yet prepared
TO pay, and business is thereby restricted to
comparatively small sales. We quote good
middling atll &c; middling at lI4(Gl1sc; low
mIddling at l0!@l1c; good ordinary at lOi
@10sc, and ordinary at sc, with good de-
mand and light offerings.
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BUSINESS TROUBLES.

NJ. Esenberg Shoe Company Suspends.
ST. LOUIS, March 4-The NJ. Esenberg
Shoe Company, which has been doing bust
ness here since last November, and has
worked about 100 convicts in the Jefferson
City penitentiary, have suspended. The
firm will make no statement relative to
their affairs, but the supposed liabilities are
$50 900 or $4,000 They expect to make a
settlement with their creditors
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CUAMINGS-At her residence, 40 81. Martin
street, on FndAy night. March 9, l5sl, Ms. Macy
CUMMINGS. LYicksburg and Texas papers please
cOpy-l
The funeral will take place this SUNDAY aft
enOon al 30 O'Clock, from ST. Pstrick's church
CoLLINs-At Silver Rest, Shelby county, March
?. 1852. WILLIE SPENCE COLLINS infant daughter
of r F. and julia Collins, aged two months and
nine DAYS
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-05

The first through car from San Francisco
to New Ore ans without breading bulk
reached New Orleans Tuesday, by way OF the
Southern Pacific railway. 1t had been four
teen and a half days on the route. The
freieht-rate was 81 40 per hundred pounds.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-05

NEARLY half million dollars has been
sent TO aid the cause OF the league in Ire
land during the last twelve months. Ii is
stated that the contributions to the Catholic
Church in this country has largely decreased
in cnnsfouepca
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GENERAL WARRINGTON NOTES.
sfar-Rouie Contracts.

The contract division Of the postofiice de
par.ment to-day sent out nearly 5000 Motif
cations to successful Star-route contractors,
informing them Of the official acceptance of
their proposals for the service. The aggre-
gate sum of these bids is JsAeut 100000
A. f. Boone, one of the contractors now I'M
der Indictment for conspiracy by the grand
jury, has secured a large number of these
awards, although, if found guilty of this
oflense, the department may begin proceed
ings looking to the cancellation Of these and
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Forster, chief secretary for ireland, tele-
graphed Lord Cairns chairman of the COM
mittee to inquire into the working of the
Land act, declining to give evidence before
the committee
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THERE is suspicion in Europe that war
may break out between Germany and Aus
tia, on one side, and Russia on the other.
Should France take part with Russia the
affair would be formidable one
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Affecting scene in a Courl Room.

ELDoRADO, Ks, March 4 George ".
Scott and w. Fl. Harvey, convicted of
forgery, have been sentenced by Judge Lor-
renee, the former to seven and the latter to
three years in the State penitentiary. Ed
ward Bartholder. for burglary and larceny
was sentenced for five years. The scene in
the courtroom was most affecting. Mrs. Scott
shrieked twice, and was taken away in a
semi-conscious condition. The judge wept
unrestrainedly, and tears and groans were
seen and heard throughout the audience.
Great sympathy is expressed for Scott, Har-
vey and BarthoIder, whose families are good
people and much respected.
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turing Company have introduced the electric
light with a brilliant illuminator at the
works, and they are now enabled to carry on
their business at night.
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EMPLOYMENT for labor il 70 deficient in
London and other parts Of England that a
large emigration thence, principally for the
United States, seems likely to take place.
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CoEDTH, MISS, has organized a silkgrow-
ei's association, and the fashionable pursuit
there this spring is planting mulberry trees
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Female ror,nn..re,,.,., ne.,..

CLEVELAND, o., March A fortune
teller. Madame Duval, whose right name is
Mrs. Carney, died here Thursday. Having
no relatives here, the body lies in the morgue
until her son, whose place of residence is
unknown, can be found. She was reputed to
be worth considerable property in New York !,
and her con Is said to be man of wealth i q
Great harrington, Mass.
RuEuNArrs,f. neuralgia. hrsteria. female
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PARAMOUNT,
A SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES'

ON TENNESSEE COAL co. RAILROAD. VIA
~ Cowan. Tenth Year begins March IS ISL
Tenth Year closes December Is, 1882. The situa-
ton of the school, its vacation in winter and con-
tinuance OF session during the summer recorn-
mends il TO those who wish TO escape the trials of
malarial districts. TERMS PER YEAR S294
TIE Musical Department OF this school covers a
wide field IL is regularly graded school and its
course OF study is under the direction Of the COZ
LkGE OF MUSIC at Cincinnati There is a Sum
mer Term OF this department, beginning June LIST
and continuing tl October LIST, for those who wish
70 study music alone. Apply for circulars 10
MKS; IL b. kELL5 OR Mr.. SILAS McBEE,
Principals. Montesge, via Cowan, Tenn.
RkFEks-Aajor l. Minis. Mr.. Paul Itonare Rev
VIM. G. williams, Atlanta; Kt. Rev. W. N. Green.
Rev. ". y. Dubose. SewAnee, Tenn; RI. Rev Alex
Gregg, Judge A. II. Willie. Galveston, Texas. Gov.
Benz. q. Humphrey, Hon X. s. Buck, Vicksburg,
Miss; Hon. W. b. Spencer, New Orleans, La: Hon.
Jacob Thompson, Messrs. J. S. Day. W. p. Proudft
]. J. Freeman. s. Aansiield. J. J. Bnshy NeIlphis