Memphis Daily Appeal

A Noble Boy.-A friend from Holly Springs related to us the following incident, which occurred in Jackson, Tennessee, a few days ago.

Little Bennie Malone, a boy about ten years of age, and son of Dr. B. J. Malone, of Jackson, resented manfully an insult offered his mother by one of the infamous Yankees quartered there, by striking him a severe blow on the head with a rock. Standing by a squad of Yankees, on the sidewalk, he heard one of them use some insulting language about his mother as she passed them, when he said: "Sir, she is my mother," to which the chivalric Yankee replied: "I don't care a d--l if she is." At this moment the little fellow let fly a rock which brought the accursed Yankee to the ground, whence he was carried to his quarters. When last heard from he was considered to be in a precarious condition, and fears were entertained that he might recover. Little Bennie was arrested and carried before the military authorities, but upon hearing of the case he was released.