Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-27

thst he Is n "Ameries, where free though,
and Tree speech are ih= birlhri.ht OF every
law abiding person. ard Who also is CRATE
iui that he lives "l1 al age, ss we'll IS IN =
community, in which bigotrv AMI fzusticism
are subj ected TO the sc-pter Of iustice and
reason, ana have learned the srt OF noder-
stiOD." Taxing advantage Of these favoriny
conditions, DR.. Wise pzr--s both jed ism
and ChrIs,iaaIty in review, and points out
what he consider the defects of both systems,
happy in the tendency OF things toward the
universal religion, a universal republic, one
God and one great gathering of human
Christians OF all cresdf, IS we'll 81 Jews, can
read these lectures with profit. Ordsrs will
be received for them oy Mansiord, on Main
street.
The Shorter ssriss of three volumes on The
Nary IN the Girl War (Cnsrles S:r,bner's
Sln-), has jus. been completed By he publ
cation of Two book. R-sr Admiral Daniel
Ammen mas nsrrated the naval operations
along The Atlantic COas, from Cape Hat
terss 10 Cspe Florida, with the a'd Of oficisl
reports The events are group d sround two
center4 of opers;ion-the one al Port Royal,
headquarters of The South Atlantic b ock-
aiding uadron; the other W thin the sounds
aud on the coast OF North Carolina, over
which the North Atlantic blockading teuad-
ron hclu WdiCUs Inc UuJ una InlCllQ
Waters is by Commander A. L. Mshan
TIE operations here described extended "on
the seabosrd, over the Gulf of Mexico, from
Key Wet to The mouth of the RIO Grande;
and inlaud over the course Of the NJ ssissippl
and its st1ueuts, from Cairo, at the southern
extremity of the State of Illinois, to the
mouths Of the river" The narrative ends
with the battle of Mobile Bay. Both volumes
include many maps and valuable statistics
in appsDdices, and completely indexed.
Elsewhere III today APPEAL We copy from
the latter the account of the battle Ia front
OF Memphis, and the contest OF the Arksnsas
with the Federal fleet.
UNDERGROUND RUSSIA is one of the most
remark able books OF the year. II il from
the press of Charles Scribnsr's Sons, asd is
in their best style of printing aud binding.
More could not be said in that direction. All
that is romantic in Nihiism and Terrorism
is herein set forth, and the self-denial and
patriotic fervor OF women as we'll as men is
painted in living sad glowing colors. 1t is
impossible to read there pages without fell
ing Of sympathy with the people who suffer
and endure Sd much for human lib,rty
Granting that they ahead Of their time,
that they dem and too much, are toe radical,
| too extreme, still their singieoess OF purpose
| and fidelity even unto death, win upon our
l. Gy dul We C1H1Ot nS'p lSSliDZ IOr
| the time that they are not only right from
the American stand point, but from their own.
That they have compelled some reforms, ia
| admitted tn al they will be able TO accom-
| plish the grea'est-rrpresentativ conslitu-
| tionat governmeut-rems TO be seen.
| Latest accounts from Russis say th at they
al N even sull higher, and have for year
| past been preparing the way Tor revolution
| that il successful will change the whole form
| of the Russian government. But, returning
to our mutton, 20 book yet publi-hed on
| Russian Nihilism is 30 valuable as this In
dergrOtnd Russia, dealing SO sympathetically
as it does with the Nihilists aod Terrorists
| and their work.
THE Paris correspondent of the New York
Tribune writes that epeak Of Judith Gautier
| afisr speaking Of E -ckmann-Cbstrain,i is like
leaving an old.fashioned garden filled with
| thyme and holly hooks and sweet with p&psies
and pinks and glly flowers, te enter a con-
J servatory, rich in palms and rare exotics,
and heavy with the drowsy perfume Of mag
nolias and Nile Hlies. j dare not myself
describe her, but l borrow Frederic Bszin'.
words: "a princess, queen of the Orient,
| with the oval face of the moon, Haiz would
say; with the eyes of the lotus, Bhartrih ari
would say with brow OF polished ,sper
L'-tai-pe would ssy;-such she appears TO us
| IN all Inc mysterious splendor OF antique
Oriental beauty, with her exquisite psllor
the calm royalty Of her pleasant features
and the strange sweetness of her eyes." ii,
lie enthusiastic, but it would be impossible no
to be; she is not merely a moderate rhymer
but another Ssppho, tuning her Tyre on the
yellow sands and singing the white moon
beams of the opal skies. The daughter O.
Theophile Gautie-, she has not only inhs rii.
ed her fathers rare talent, but added to it ih,
wonderful grace and beauty of her own
"Thrre are three priesihoods that of tht
Good, that of the True, that of the Beautiful
/ saiuts, thinkers, artists are the three distinc
tive forms of this substantial unity, which i
the Ideal" Nine. Gautier is the priestess o
this soul-worship, and poet in SO true and
exalted a way that her very heart beat
seem a response to the rythm Of an sll-sur
rounding poetry.