Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-09-30
PERSONAL.

SHlEFJ USTlCE APPLETON, OF NlalUe, Is
the recipient of %banquets in that State
just now. He is about to retire from the
bench after service on the Supreme Court
Of a third of a century. He has been a
member of the Maine bar for more than
fifty years, and has been Chief-J ustice for
twenty-one years.
A SUITE of apartments is being prepared
in the mansion OF the Nanderbilts for the
use of Mr.. Irving when he reaches New
York. His ~sitting-room will,front on Fifth
avenue, and he will have a study, a toilet
room and bedroom. A large mirror is
said to have been purchased especially for
his use, that he may study and pose before
it. Plutus honors art.
THE proprietors of the Pensacola Ad-
rance Gazette have been fortunate in So
curing the services of Mai. w. L. Wal
thall rs editor of that paper. Maj. Wal
thaIl's ~attainnents as a writer and a scholar
are well known in Mississippi, and it is
needless to- enlarge upon what is so uni
versally recognized. We hope to see the
! Advance Gazette prosper under its new
management.
Ir is said that GEN Ignatieff, on a recent
| occasion, when somewhat bored by an
English peer, WHO insisted upon discussing
the Jewish question, said that Russia
would be delighted to exchange her Jews
for the Irish of Britain, the rate CO ex-
change being ten Jews to one Irishman.
An Irish resident Of st. Petersburg has
actually been negotiating for the emigra-
ton Of his c0untrymen to Russia.
DR.. PEDDIE, Of Edingburgh, Scotland,
recently stated to his church that his
father had been ordained pastor of that
! church April B., 1873; that he was asso-
ciated With his father during the last sew
enteen years OF his life, 50 that the father
and son had held the pastorate for 100
years continuously, and that counting all
the yeart of service they amounted to ZIG
years. Such an instance perhaps never
before occurred.
The Rev. Df. Howard Crosby, in con-
demning the present system that pun
ishes those who steal S. and encourages
and applauds those who steal S5,0OO,OO0,"
expresses q good and popular sentiment, in
which there may be, however, a slight
faint Of envy. The redeeming feature in
the case of the S5,000,000 thief is his mag
nificent repentance. Having stolen all the
money he wants, or all he can get, he de-
votes a small proportion to some worthy
object, and retires into sanity sanctifica-
ton.
COMMENT has been excited by the dec
l~aration Of the Rev. Thomas X. Beecher,
of Elmira, n. Y, regarding suicide. He
strongly defends the crime. When crit
cised he even went further by publicly
quoting the words of Christ: Therefore
doth My Father love Me because l lay
down My life that / might take it again.
No man taketh it from Me, but l lay il
down of Myself. / have power to lay ii
down." This simply amounts to the
statement that Christ deliberately com
mitted suicide-an eccentric one, TO say
the least.
THE Rt. Rev. Benz. d. Smith, Bishop of
Kentucky, will preside, by virtue of senior
ity over the House of Bishops on the oc-
casion of the holding of h Triennial Con.
v~ention of the Episcopal Church in the
United States, at Philadelphia, on October
Sd. Bishop Smith was consecrated in 1873.
and last year celebrated his golden jubilee.
He is nearly ninety years old. His resi-.
dence is New York City, and owing to the
intirmities of age, he rarely visits his do
cese. The secretary of the House OF Bish-
ops is the Rev. DIR. Henry c. Potter, rector
OF Grace church, New York City.
MGR. CAPEL says: 81 only try with all
my theological knowledge and Catholic
fervor, to make other men believe as | dc
myself. That's all there is OF it. 1t Ger.
tainly amuses me sometimes to hear
Protestant ministers say they believe in
every mar Judging for himself, by read
ing and studying the Scriptures, and to bt
guided in his religion by his own views
Then these same ministers turn directly
around, set themselves up for an authorl
ty, and after telling the people their owl
religious ideas, 60 right to work to instruct
them, and try to make them adopt tn,
same form OF religion they have. How
fallacious and contradictory it is"
LOUISVILLE COurier-JOurndl: zone of tn,
interesting men of the Educational Con.
%vention was F.. G.. Corrigan, of Massachu
sets. He was n poor boy, who worked hi,
way from he night school in Boston
through Dartmouth College TO a place il
Gov. Buffers law Office and to a member
ship in the State Board of Education, 4:
position usually held by the blue blood
/, and the aristocratiC culture of the com
monwealth. He is an ardent admirer o
Gov. Butler, and mad many friends her,
by his intelligence, liberality of views ant
evident warmth of heart. When GOV
Butler brings such men to the front, j
shows how he wins the fight in Massachu
sets against such tremendous odds"
} THE Rev. DIR. Henry c.. Potter, rector o
Grace Episcopal church, New York City
/ elected assistant to his uncle, the Rt
t Rev. IIoratio Potter, Bishop of New York
comes OF a race OF bishops. His lathe
, was Bishop of Pennsylvania, and hi
uncle, the present Bishop of New York
has held that Office since 1854. When Dl
Henry Potter succeeds him, he will be tn
seventh Bishop of New York. He wa
, born in Schenectady in 1885, and wa
. graduated at Union College, where he fol
Z lowed mercantile pursuits, but subse
quently entering the service of the Church
2 he was appointed to a charge in Green:
burg, Pa, where he remained two year
He went from there TO 81. Johns cburcl
Troy, of which he was rector for e
years, and subsequently he became assis
e II minister at Trinity church, Boston
d Fifteen years ago he was called to Grac
" church, to succeed the Rev. DR.. Taylo
He has now a high place among the Epi
copal clergy of the city, and has been eJ
o tremely popular in his w church. II
h is the author of several works, including
volume entitled The Gates Of Easter
q Trdrei, a number of tracts, an essay o
religious orders, and a volume Of Sc
!. mons Of the City that had a wide circuli
ton. For a number of years he has bee
: secretary of the House of Bishops, an
y active in promoting works among the poo
! He is considered a conservative churcf