Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-09-03

There are said to be no less than 81 secret
societies Ia Cincinnati.
Judge Douglas has declined public dinners at
S. Anihnnr and 81. panl. Minnennfa

NNAANAAN -
Judge Douglas has declined public dinners at
st. Anthony and st. Paul, Minnesota.
Senator Rusk, Il is said, was the son Of a
very poor Irish emigraut who settled In south
Carolina on land belonging to John c. Calhoun.
Brownson's Quartely is said to be the only
Roman Catholic publication In America which
refuses 10 extend any sympathy TO tbs impe-
rial government Of France.
Tablesnx are the rage at Saratoga. On was
gotten up the other evening representing a
woman IN her natural dimensions. Few re-
e~oynized It.
The first oficial response 10 the Democratic
State nominations Of Ohio, comes from Toledo,
in the election OF a Democratic City Treasurer
BY 800 majority over the Black Republican
candidate.
The Richmond Dispaieh knows an elderly
and highly respectfully lady 10 that city. whose
grey hairs have suddenly changed to a dark
chestnut, leaving no traces Of the frosis Of
many winters through which she has passed.
Several writers in the Charleston papers,
urge the claims Of Gen. James Hamilton 10 the
vacant seat In the Senate OF the United States,
cause BY the death Of Judge Butler.
Mr.. Charles Turner. one Of the best mszzo-
tiuto engravers that England has prodncei, Is
dead, at the age Of 80 He worked in The
school OF M'Ardell, Of Fisher, and the Wat
sous, and wasa worthy follower of those ex-
eeliens engrayeTs.
The Petersburg Hielligsacer advises an
abandonment altogether Of the use Of gusno
By our sggicultdrists, 10 view OF the 1sgTant
eNtortions TO which they are subjected by the
Peruvian Government Il maintains that mil
lioFs Of dollars are lost every yearly its pur-
chase.
It appears from the census Of Great Britain
Of 1851, that in that year there were in the
country nearly six millions Of women above
70 years Of age, Of whom one million seven
hundred and sixty-seveH thousand were IN
married, and seven hundred and ninsty-fve
thousand widows.
A man in Rome, Georgia, prstends 70 have
discovered a sure, safe and simple remedy for
mosquitoes, black flies, house flies, etc, s. that
musqulto bars, traps, hoods, bags, and every
thing Of the sort, may be done away with.
Quick WoRK.-The Brownsville pa J Clip
per states thsta Steamboat l56 feet long, 81
feet vide and 4 feet hold, has recently been
launched at that place, which was built in 90
working days.
MILITARY CoNvENTIoN.-Adiutant General
Webster, OF Me, has issued a circular pr5pos-
iug TO hold a convention Of military men al the
Safe House ia Augusta, Me-, on the 18Th Of
October, for the purpose Of presenting tu the
next Legislature the reasonable wants Of the
soldier, and asking from them such laws and
regulations as may be necessary for the pre-
seTvation Of a well regulated and well disci-
plIned volunteer corps IN the state.
The Atlanta hfeii.encsr notices a small en-
CINE, with room Tor a half dozen gentlemen, H.
the place usually occupied by the tender. Il
was built by Dir. Dous herty, OF the Macon
and western Railroad, and is designed for con-
veying the officers up and down tie road.
A FRoG II IcE.-The editor Of the Savsn-
nab Ge0rgfGa was a few DAYS ago shown a
lump Of norhern ice in which a medium sized
frog Was comfortably and coolly enconsed.
His frogship showed symptoms Of life after
lis cool incrustation had dissolved, and nav
ing been placed Ia water, was thawed into life
and activity. 1t certainly was a curiosity to
IRE a live frog thus done up in ice.
An improvement in the manufacture Of gun,
powder consists in dissolving the saltpetre used
[. its manufacture, combining the solution
With the charcoal and sulphur, and then grind
ing the mixed Ingredients under the mil, in
pace OF grinding undissolved s~aiipetre with
The other ingredients.
n TELEGRAPH LINES OF THE WozIp.
The number OF miles OF telegraph lines which
have been constructed since the discovery OF
Professor Morse, amounts to about $4,000, Of
which one half is Ia the United States. and
the other in Europe, all Of which will proba-
ply be connected by the laying OF the great
cable across the Atlantic.
NEW BALE AT CHARLE rox.-The first
bale Of new cotton which reached Charleston
this season was received yesterday, 9th inst.
from Louisville, on the Columbia branch OF
The South Carolint Railroad. Il was forward
ed b. 5. Butler, Of s.. Mathews, Oraugebursh
District, and was forwarded to c. 4. Grasser.
EanEmr an Imn.H.-.l- M---E- q
6harf.-ChGTisStOH Courier.
ASCENT OF MoEST BLANC BY AMERICANS.
A letter to the New York TIMES, from the
Of Geneva, dated 81 ut states that the
ascent Of Mount Bianc-the second made this
Jear-was accomplished By two young men.
sons Of the Rev. DR.. Stone, Of BrOok.ine Mass
"ho reach the summit at 5 A. H., and descend
ed the same day. They were welcomed at
Chamouhix with music and the firing OF cannon.
Anew kind Of Industry is now worked out
Win success on some parts of the Rhine. Il
consists in catching a small Kind Of fish, the
scales OF which are much employed IS oma-
nents for ladies' dresses. These sell for tgo
dollars a pound. Fixed on black velvet OF
silk, they produce, by night especially. a splen-
did effect. The scientific name OF this fish,
which Is about six inches long, is Aspices al
Selys.
DEATH OF JOHN WILSON CRoKEK-The
papers announce the death. in London.
on the llth Of August, Of the Right Hon. John
Croker, the well known reviewer. at the age
OF seyenty-seven. He was ore Of the founders
OF the Eiinburg Quarterly Rsrie,1, which was
started IN 1859, his associates in the enterprise
having been Scott and Canning. He has con
linued TO be one OF its principal contributors.
and has for a number Of years confined bis
literary labors chiefly to that periodical.
A Spanish journal states that a son, whose
father being ia a state Of idiotcy was a heavy
buTthen to him, graveIV proposed to a neighbor
70 sell the old man., who was very fat. to be
melted down into grease! The neigtbor hav-
ing consented, a bargain was struck for 500
mails, and The purchaser procured a large caul-
iron IN which to boil the old man; but he au-
having heard Of the atrocIous affair.
had the buyer and seller arrested.
jenny LIND-Mr. Otto Goldsebmidt. N.
husband OF Jenny Lind, is at present m Erg-
land, making arrangements for the removal
thlther OF bis family, which is passing the
summer at the village Of Oberlessniiz. near
and has recently been increased bv
the birth Of a daughter. Mrs. Lind Gold
voice, it is said, has neither Lost In
quantity nor inquality, and she would not refuse
me oner OF another musical tour through the
United States.
FUNERAL OF Ma. DUPoSr-On Toas5sv
The funeral OF Alexis lrence Dupont, who va.
killed by the gunpowder explosion. took place
a. DIS late residence in Delaware. An i'm.
mense eoncourse OF persons was present. In
Bishop Lee and ten OF fifteen EDisconal
eleTgYmen, 10 their gowns and surplices. NE
funeral sermon was preached By Rev. Mr..
Breek, OF Wilmington, the elassmate Of the
deceased IN the University Of Pennsylvania
and bis Intimate friend ever since. Rev. MIR
and Rev. Mr.. Odenheimer slso tool
part in the funeral services.
TERRIFIC Hail SToRM.-About Eve o,eloeL
on Sunday afternoon, 23d inst, MerminsviIIs
n. Y, was visited by a most terrible bsi1
storm, accompanied with thunder and iobt.
llng- though the bail did not fan fer NOR.
han ten minutes, it came with such violence
70 smash hundreds Of window lights. and to
completely ruin the tobacco crop. which U.s.
more than usually promising. The darsgs
nus done must amount 10 many thousand dol
aIs. The stones were perfectly round. of a
nllkish whiteness, most Of them. il is stated
u the size OF a bullet, but many were seen a.
arge as a hens egg.
SHAWL PRINTING.-The present mode of i'm
designs on shawls is known 10 BE- an
one, having to be performed by ain
,le plates. But it is announced thar a German
manufacturer has devised a new plan. bv which
ie produces IN a single day thirty sbawls.
printed IN ten e%olors, with the mere aid OF one
nan and one juvenile assistant, thus diminish
ng by some 1000 per cent. the cost Of the on
.'ratiOns of impressing.
SMALL DEALINGS I y TRADE.-The New
fork Tribune says there is a large business,
lone IN That city IN the Importation Of Foreign
coins, worth less than a cent. but gen
rally passed for that sum. with this difference
that t1ey come from behind the counter. and
re not permitted to go back. The new cent.
rom the United States Mint, will soon be cir
'ulated IN such quantities as to exclude an
'ther coins Of the sans denomination.
JUD0E TANEx.-The venerable Chief Justies
fancy, who some six weeks ago went 10 the
White Sui bur Springs at Warrenton.
"a, IN a debilitsted condition. is said ~
'e now in the enjoyment Of excellent health
nd spirits, and looking better than be has for
be last fifteen years. To see him walking
risky over the Springs lawn, (says the War
enton Whig,) one would never suppose that
ne erect old man bad reached his SOth year
day he yet be spared many years to dignity
be position which is now adorned by his tai
nts and experience.