Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-08-15


eESEakL Summary
George W. Harris has been agrolnisd Post
master ~ Knoxville, Tennessee, 10 place Of ?
W. Earnest.
y Fayetts MsMuIen. who has been sppoiuies
Governor Of Washington Territory. made a
speech the other day in bis Old District 10 Fr-
ginia, announcing hirseif a CANDIDATE foi Con-
sTess 10 1859.
The New York Herald announces an edition
weekly, TO be called the s'Famtg Hsrald
By emitting most all that appears in the daily
issues and supplying its place with bett'r ma
terisls for family reading, a decent family pa
per might b. produced.
Subscriptions are being raised to build a home
Tor these veterans ia New York. T. IL intended
to be a permahent home for the disabled and
retired, Who have served as vOlunieeTs, ana
we h'pe tbs enterprise viii meet with hbeTsi
encouragement.
The Postmaster General has decided that
he sellers price mark on III a. Leaf o. a book
s-nt by mai, SAB scts the whole to letter post.
age. Psrsont AIS purchase, therefore, TO Tsmi
{ ffieads, must be careful to erase The trade
mark.
Miss May, the American primadonna, who's
great success 10 London has recently csused .
1FHsdtiouf VIII frkAIN 70 lfe UUlAfA NLaftA a
toe end Of the ere ent month, IL IL said, and
e~oEHen-s either a; the academy or at concerts.
IN New York, some time Ia September.
The BaaaIO EEpreis tells a good story OF a
Quaker who vas charged the exorbitaht sum
y seventeen dollars for a horse rad Blgvv 70
a short drive, End uroh being presented wub
he biz s.saPly remarked-"T Thou mistakes
ne. do not wish to purchase Tbs establish /
neut, bat only to hire in
A fellow went a f-w weeks since. into fbs
store OF a fashionable %Biiliiasr. cHs-e yaH
an skirts?" asked be. 'trlenty on an ki.dau
What Up S6d ask a corf?D said The chas
"A eord3 . r 9lied he woman. "Yes.I wau,
about a cord. Up in our disgings the peril
roats has gin out. Isse you ADVERTISE scordss
sSirts,' and ! thought while my band was IN
usr tainted.
The totsl huhb5f Of smigrants who sailed
from Liverpool for all foreign pats during H.,
iuarter endi"e june last, was 6S 435 BEL z en-
increase OF % 80 az compared wnh he cor
responding quar- er OF 1856. OF bar plumber
IS 263 have proceeded to the Uaited ats
lO,oOo 10 Victoria, us 20 Canals 1852 %
New South Wsiesi 500 to Tasn ANA ; AID .
te" 70 heH Bms wiek and elsewhere.
A DC. King has shot seveniy-6ve pigeons in
seyenty-twO shots, at New York CITY, winning
|aHE
hree thousand dollars. Tue first fortv-twf I
we're killed IN fifty single sbo's, and the r.
nsinder were kdiedittNenty-two double shots
two birdie being let out OF The cage at TIE same
sime. Az the close be offered to bet one thou
sand colirs that be could sill ninety-f0ur bids
in one hundred shots.
The Portsmouth (Yirginia) Transcript states
hat tbe reason WIS Only IS coo vas subsc.ibed
al the Oh Point CouysnIon to he Hon. Dali
annr 49, - wra aH
between oUuttErn ports and Europe was hat
Zach Subscriber was limited Q, one share OF
500. u adds that one gentleman vas ready
o subscribe for $1,000 Of the stock, and thai
several citizens Or Portsmouth are nov snx-
Ious to add their names 70 the list with those
WHO have already contributed 10 this great en-
er1nZe.
we iesfn blythe Bangor Wig that on sunday.
b. ID ms, the Re-. Mr. b ,Fts. pastor Of he
Catholic church 10 that city, msd- an earnest
aud foreible appeal to his congrega-io n. 81
ing forth he terrible effects Of int m1erancs.
fnd calling upon the congregation 10 iliu them
selves into a society, under the sanction and
authority 81 he church, for the suppression o.
he evil The result OF this appeal was hat
he congregation remained after the services.
about one tho sand persons r ceived the pledge
n the most solemn manner.
President Buchanan, in RELY to the invita-
non TO the banquet given By The city au hlrities
OF Washington 20 the RAILROAD excursiouigts.
mentioned by our Washington correspondent
wrrte a brief letter m which be uttered he FOL-
loving admirable sentiment:
"Riilrcads are truly said 10 bind The iif.r-
rnt PORTIONS Of the Union together in bor+s n
iran bus neither iron nor . amait is 70 ef.cfu-
At for To 8 puf pose as kind and t~aftiatI- hearts
fr,m different and distant sta e. u1 { "a toge her
~ bonds Of mutual respect and affection, snd in
a common love for one whole, grea. anl eiori-
ogs country
The Troy (N- Y ladies' have INTRODUCED =
new feature at their Fairs, which makes hem
I draw ike sfeam-eugihes. An the most be-
Eitching girls wear piscsTds, labelled kisses
one shilling zach" and m some cases wber.
dealers possess extraordinary beauty. as high
~ went five cents u obtained. Geutl.men
who are fond If gathering this kind Il fuit.
melting from the tree" 90 in for it according
70 The weight Of their purses; and one Of The
newspapers states thar one ross clipped, 1Tizht-
~ ed gIrl realized S62 IN ore . aniag. Oas
gentle an actually purchased Sll worth o.
his honey !
The No ADvANcE WAGES MovEMENr-The
mo advance wages 10 seamcno movement,
though partially unsuccessful in New York.
seems to be gaining ound in Boston vsrvrap e.
~, where enc bu drrd az twenty owners have
EANa=FA wv - SIC tAn MN.EM Llrh
say will be 80 much to the advsntase Of ths
seamen sni the interests Of comm-rcs. Mr.
Samuel Hooper, Of the frm " WE APP efou
& Co, said, that several ships hld obtained
crews under this system The merchants cen
5 dered the best course 70 be pursued a. prs
ent to be, carry out the reform system as Tar
~ practicable, allowing it to gsstually work
is way into the public favor.
Very few cases Of sun stroke have occurred
here this season In OtDer places. 10 Eevar
Ne notice thar they are very numerous W.
call The attention II the press where such oc-
cur 70 Z simple preventive which We have made
known at different times for several years pas.
The preventive consists IN welTi e = piece Of
spo &c dipped in cold water beneath the crow.
90 the hat II nav b fastened to the bat on
not, AID wet as often az the wearer choices
Persons much exposed to the sun nav airaps
protect themselves from the fsrcenfss OF its
rays in this way. Persons who employ gangs
q men, many OF whom may not BE- able 10
read, would suhserve the cause Of humanity D,
iuf0TmiIg them Of his simple means Of pro-
lection from sun str ks. A large sponge fast
eEed to the tep Of a horses head will protset
that noble aninsL-N o. Bulislia.
The editor OF the Boone County CIndiana)
Pioneer has been informed that a snort tim
since a man, aged about 90 years, living H.
Morgan county, was taken sick and died.
Previous TO his death be c. He'd somr Of hrs
neighbOrs. AID told them he was about to
die, aud that be had something weighing on
bis mind which be wished to communicate
10 them. He then stated that he had for
hirit years hesn connected with a gang OF
robbers an cOautsrfeiters that be had never
stolen any himself, but had concealed a large
mount OF stolea property f; that the baud b.
belonged to was composed # some hu dred
snt fifty persons, well organized, and 50. ne Of
them apparently respectable citizens, 10 good
circumstances, and that mos Of them lived in
Morgan and Hendricks count 3. lie then
gave the n mes Of SINE Of them, and two Of
hose named are now in HeudrIek county jail.
A British journal says that NJ. John Hari-
ing. managing partner in the B e-ton Manor
irohwoTks, Leeds, has just pat-niei an i'm
proved method Of freeing iroh-stone and other
metal ores from shsie aud other extra eous
matter. To those who are not acquainted with
he mode OF winning iron-stone and preparing
u for the blast furnace, It may be necessary o.
premise that the iron ore is embedded IN sha!e.
which must b. removed prior 70 be ore being
sent to the blast furnace. Hitherto this has
been accomplished by spreading the ore upon
he furnace, aad subIeeting It 10 the action of
be weather until the shale is sufficiently
loosened to allow Of Is being clipped o.
mapped" of the ore by manual labor. Th,s
is a work of months and years, and IL is DO
only a long but also a costly process, in con-
sequence OF the number Of men necessarily en-
iloyed inspreading, chipping, &c. NJ. Hare
lng's discovery dispeRses altogether With tn
,eeessi-y for subj-et.ng the ore 10 the action n
he air, and by tue application Of steam sc-
Omplishes in two or three hours hat which
n previously occupied one or two years.
The Navy D'psrImen. have sdvices from
Captain Hudson, of the Niagara. TO the 22d
July. Ole hundred and tyeniy miles Of cable
all she is to caTry-had BEEN co led on her,
md after taking in the machinery 10 pay Il
sut Chen ia course Of progress) she was %
cave for the Cove Of COrk-dfter an expert
neat trial OF the machinery mentioned above
70 take place in a day or two. II had been
determined 10 laying The cable frOm