Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-08-14
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PEE AND SCISSORS.
KENTUCKY LtenLArURE-Aeeording 70 all
be returns received, the Democrats will have
a majority Of seventeen on joint ballot in the
Kentucky legislature.
n Gen. wM. WALKEE, accompanied by
Col. ~sLATTIR, Of New Orleans, Left Augusta
Saturday afternoon last for Savannah. Gen.
H~ESEISesES, who passed through Augusta a
days ago to whit bis relatives in Burke
county, was expected to Join bin at some sta
ton Of the Augusta and Savannah road in
Burke county, and proceed with hiu to Savan-
nah.
ouR MIxIsTER AT PARTs-The Paris cor
respondent Of the London Cosrt JOsrnal writes
ts follows;
+" His Excellency PlenipoteniiaFy Mason,
having been reprimanded for ihrowing bis arm
round The back Of tie Empress Eugeoie's chair,
5 making up bis pack to ~ TO som. retire
G tent. where be means, 50 says report, to study
he stinit.es, Ia order to behave better next
time.
We guess the above is a sillY ] bel upon
be staid and conservative old Virginisn who
represents the United States in Paris"
Amor yER SPuRagoN.-A brother Of the eel
sbrated Mr.. Spurgton has commenced preach
irg Ia Boston, England He ~ said 10 BE- only
II years old, and bis eloqusnce, while different
u style. is rep1rted 10 be fully equal to that Of
his brother.
RACHEL rms AcrREss.- Her emseisted hg-
IRE and hollow voice 20 ionErf excite any pity.
She merely goes about because she is too
stingy to get hurried, y said the fat Jules Janin,
be man who has written volumes 10 praise Of
her acting, the very fret time that he saw het
after Der return 70 Paris.
THE CoTrox CaoP OF ls57-'5s-The No
bile Regisfsr SAYS: ave sincerely believe.
from a careful examination Of The reports from
~ the cotton growing sections, that the pres
ent growing crop will not exceed 100000 or
3,l00 GOO bales.
NoRrH CAROtIHA EtEerIoN.- RALEIGH.
Aug .e-The first aud sixth Congrsssona dis
ricts have been closely contes' ed, and it is
bought Smith, American, has been elected
yer Shaw, D~mocIat, in the first district. Re-
urns are favorable for Scales, -DsmHret, over
PuFyear, American, in the sixth district.
~LrEkNelOs DklDGk-A LduultT
bridge Is talked Of 10 connect the .. tied States
Siih the Cansdas, and to take the place of the
suspension bridge, the dimensions 10 be as fol-
lows: Length Of bridge $40 feetl height Of
piers above water f25 feet, with a double rail-
way track, csrrisss way, sc. The reason CIV
n for this project is the familiar one, that sus-
pension bridges are liable to failure
MINNESOTA PoLIrIcs-Tne examination OF
/ the ofErral rafurrn aaNa fha g DauI DID,
On file IN the Office Of The Secretary Of the Ter
ritory, shows that At The election for delegates
70 the constitutional convention, the Demo
cratic party had & majority Of over sixteen
hundred. Yet the Black Republicans talk Of
beir bogus convention representing The polii-
al sentimeut Of a majority OF the people Of
the Territory,
PozFoIsE Skin FoR Boors-Ats 4 fecs Mt in
i~ustrisl exhibition OF one Of the London socie-
ties, among other novelties was some curried
leather from the skin Of a white porpoise. A
repuTt SAYS that = It seems TO possess the es-
ssntial requisite Of toughuess and sOftness. ard
ass been considered Superior 70 The skins OF
and animals. The prizes is The same as that
Of the best calf skim but 4 sample pair of boots
shown is stated 10 have worn out seven soles.s'
GRrEx HA1R.-The BuAeiin Therapeatiqu,
contains he curious case Of a worker IN met
is, who has wrought ia copper only Eve
months. and whose hair, which was lately
,hits, has now turned to a decided green.
Chemical analysis has proved that his hair
contains a considerable quantity Of acetate Of
copper, and it is to this circumstance that il
owes its change Of color.
WEALTH OF Nlw YoRE CIrr.-A table
sho the relative value OF the real and per
soual estste IN the city aud county of New
YORK, IS assessed in 1856 and 1857, has beer
submitted to the Board Of Supervisors, hy
which it appears that this year gives 81 435,
y12 increase over the valuation Of the last, tht
total being 1921 lie S5E. The assessed value
Of personal estate have decreased -four millions
thile the real estate has increased about eleves
and a-half millions.
RETURNED MosNs~s The Council Bluff
R0HParsi says that a tompsny o. returned MGR.
MONS aIs row eueau ped neal that place, an,
hat they intend to make the tufts their futurI
home. They have tried the " land Of PROMISE
and found promises more plenty than deeds, or
It least, Than good deeds. Tbs iair ard cheer.
ing promises made 10 them Fere all verse thai
broken, sad they Subjected TO restrictions mor'
rigid than those Of slavery. A. the risk o.
their lives, they made goad their escape.
MADELINE SMITH MISS Madeline Smith
Of Glasgow uotJrIety, was al the last secoun
residing with her parents. Great 5, mpath,
vas shown by the people s"d tradesmeh o.
Scotland towards herself and her family. A
subscription was On foot IN Glasgow for ID,
purpose Of raising u GIO 600 fund for t e young
lady, and an address would be presented to bel
father stating that, In the opinion Of the per
sons signing it, no dishonor should reflect OF
him from the recent occurrences.
The TEHUANrKPtc CoNPASY.-The TIE
huantepec Company publishes a card announc
tg its dissolution. The causes assigned are
Isl: Their inability 10 arrange with the own-
RS Of the Carey giant. ID: Tie impossibility
Of securn 9 a mail contract and-3d; The dis
roveTy Of The fact that he Sloo title is not IL
his company. The President OF the company
Mr. B1seTe, accompanied by Senator Be- anil
and Pierre Scale, went % Mexico in the las
steamer to eudsavor 10 make new ARRANGEMENTS
10 complete this important enterprise.
Jews II Ntw YOsK.-The Philadelphia
Pr,Sbyicrian says; - We learn from a Chris
ian brother Of the House Of Israel, who has
recently visited New York citv, hat every
steamer VII Oh arrives there from Europe brings
A LOAD If Jews. On Monday Of last week a
steamer arrived lnom Bremen with forty jew
on board. l. is slate that there are forty
thousand Jews in New York city. To meet
their spiritual wants there are but two minis
tiers, converted J-ws, and these have congrega-
tons out Of the city, and one colporteur, a lay
man."
GES. HENNssusEN-MovIaENrs OF GEN.
WALKER Washington, .fagssi 3.-Genersl
Heuhingsen and bis brother-ln law, DR.. Bel.
left for the South this afternoon, TO visit the
wife Of the former. now in Georgia. Those
bsst Informed in regard to Walkers move
I wa-Fr aa-~ fR-k H,r-s---s ~. -
purpose OF conferdrg with Walker in relation
% a new expedition for the invasion of Near
aqua, to start from soms point near New Or
leans, about the l5h Of October.
q A tail, stiff shirt-collar saved a man.
lite 10 an " affair Of honor 4" in san Francisco.
The parties were Frenchmen-the weapons
dueling pistols, ard distance fifteen PAGES
The seconds measured he ground, the parties
Rere stationed, and the word given. At the
Eord sire" they both let 90. The ball Of one
srszed the cheek Of the other. and glanced Of
against a s'if and highly-glazed shirt-collar
which probably saved his life The other ball
went skywaTd, IN 3earch Of the comet The
parties were anxious 70 fight it out, but they
weTe prevented BY their seconds, who adjusted
be difficulty.
u It is told Of General Zsehary TsvIor.
bat when Major Bliss brought him Santa An
mas despatch. proposing that the American
army should surfenier without further ceremo-
ny, the General, who al that moment was busy
writing a private letter on his ~camp-chest, re-.
piled, without 40 mich az looking up from his
work, "Tsll bin 20 90 t0-r-naming a
place seldom mentioned Except by hard swear
efs aad clergy men. But, - demonstrated the
gallant Major, 4" hat does not strike me as ap-
pTnpriate laf gusge TO use In a case Of this
sort ips a formal, official despatch. and re-
qiires, ] suppose, = written az swsr.' Tell
hin 70 90 To-" reiterated the General.
calmly" put II b. proper diplomatic phrase
and All that sort Of thing. according to your
own taste-but haf Is my answer.
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