Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-29

court. The~case of the Sist-teuters, as q
whole, will doubtless be weakened By d.
vision among themselves. Brady is sreported
to be very Indignant against Dorsey, for the
latter's attempt o throw him over.
All the funny newspaper men are exercis-
ing themselves upon Tom Ochiltree, OF Texas,
now that he is elected to Congress, and upon
his reputation for pendacity. "Gath" spoke
of the Texan az sine biggest liar in Amer
ica." Soon after Tom aDd Gath's wife t5et;
and, said the woman: "Did you zee my hus-
band's reference to you, Col. Oshiltree, in
his letterP "Yes msdam, did. But there
was one mistake in ii. There are. three
greatest liars in America. 1 am one OF them;
your husband is the other two"
The general sentiment of army officers
here is in favor OF that clause in the army
appropriation bill cutting down the number
OF aids-de- camp and reducing the extra pay
aiioyyed hem Gen. Drum; adiutsnt-seheral
OF the army, said to-day: at is good
thing. and ought TO have been done before.
There are more aids now than there is any
necessity for. Such places, like kissiDg, al
ways go by favor, and where they are made
the more attractive by a big increase of pay,
they are more or less demoraliziDg TO the
discipline Of the army"
II is about as much as Senator Hoar can
do TO watch one Butler in Massachusetts.
In the SEQ nAe. 10. slssE thinking over The
soz1s"ka AZ Vigorous words aud Significant al
lusions nhieh be hat en- pIoyed in the heated
debate on Saturday night, he went to Butler,
of South Carolina, with whom the spat oc-
CURED, and asked forgiveness. He got it.
Pesce reigus. The belligerent proceedings
were toned down in the interest Of Christmas
snd harmony, and will never appear in the
Congressional Record as they actually oc-
CURED.
Another sensational contest for a seat in
the next House from Eonisiqna is expected.
1t will be that OF Albert C. Jeuin against
Carleton Hunt for the right to repre- sent the
New Orleans District in the House. It is
now represented by Randall L. Gibson, who
goes 10 the Senate as the successor of Will
lam p. kellogg on the All of NJ arch next.
The ground of Janin's contest will be that
grave frauds, for which the grand jurors OF
New Orleans now indicting numerous
Democratic Politician, were committed BY
Hunts follower. The evidence will be in
tere sting reading.
Senator Wade Hampton has not yet put
, in his appearance at the national capital.
When he comes, however, he will occupy the
same rooms at the Meiropolitan Hotel he
occupied last winter. The Metropolitan is
pre- -eminently a Southern hotel. 1t is kept
by Southern man and fir quented by South.
ern guests. At its Widespread tables it
would be hard to find a seat except among
the men, women and children OF the various
sections south of Mason and Dixon's line.
The junior senator of South Carolina is at
present in Mississippi attending 10 some
pressing private business connected with
planting IN eerests.
| A correspondent writes: "About the last
man in the Senate would think of slapping
on the back would b, Senator Butler. Not
that slap any man on the back, much less
United States senator, for 1 dislike the
| man who puts his hands on me. Bat he is
the last man l would expect to see ap-
preached in that way. Yet there is no man
| on the floor of the Senate whom you could
| approach with more assurance that you
would be treated with the courtesy due be-
tween gentlemen in private life. Senator
Butler, wife, and two daughters and one son
| live at a quiet clearinghouse. He occupies
several rooms, including Office and parlor, at
| 5l4 Thirteenth street. The house is kept by
a French lady named SlassoD, well known in
Southern circles. His servants are colored
and from South Carolina, and are very much
attached TO his family. Edmund, his body
servant, who has waited on him for many
years, was his slave and servant during the
| waru