Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-04-29
DAILY APPEAL.
THURSDAY EoREIYG,-.1 .1PRIL %. IS.
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NEW oKLEASs Aprn ~, isss-
MEssEs. EDIrOEs: No event almost daily
trsnspiriag is more snxiously looked for than
the arrival here Of the " Memphis packet ,
The cotton factor expects cOnsiguments, cab
shd back drivers generous return for their
services, hotels = harvest from the guests to
Arrive-of all these the St. Charles appears to
be the favOrite Of your ladies', and on no oeea-
sion has there been such an array Of Memphis
beauty as was to have been seen in her par
Iars ona u-sIIr ourv- suru frospvf
- e can have vita an ss. uraaos OF permsnsney,
In pers1ine more conservative and rec
Z % restrain thsn 70 snnou Fpscuatiun.
one o. the most marked features the present
oonnae-oial Eoairs s the great zhurdsncs OF onc
Oof reaae-s vii rensuber that have ANTICIPATED n
ss@u II 4 the natural sset = the blow river 10
q nes y the disastrous pubic and private fAiur
nlen thosf credit to Its very foDddaius. Caritsus
beams excsednEiy csutfrus and wosId ony lend NJ.
Seea ooaeitons o. seerv oen6aed ths fxvursd app
esnts 70 vsry select circle -hIs narrowed ihs es1p
ilttn snd reduord rates of Interest Money has hes
seenY eoAned a. al sverige selo~ ths leFsl limit
-AtsaiA4 sHifSr aud ',tr4r--'a-t-i in The kzuk
TIE breszss are fragrant now FROM the magnO-
las, the pihks, and roses in full bloom.
A ride down to the lake on the Shell road, a
PomPiao .fsk dinner, with strawberries and
cream is delightful; in fact, u there Is para
disc on tAiS grssa earth its here, Just now
and there could be no place more pleasant to
spend few days.
The public mind has been some shat excited
this last week on the railroad question. some
Grs foT, others opposed to the Jackson Road
being extended at ones beyond Canton. It isl
msEeli' q struggis between the SIS and the Ouss
thers Is always fuss here preceding The an
nuai election for directors Of the road. Out
sideot this, we have the high water and ere
vase excitement, with slight suspicion Of a
dsnpening down from the rise row reported
coming. A regular inuaSatioa OF the whole
city Would. help US very materiaHy-nofhing 1
short Of it eau ever purify these streets and
alleys.
The everlasting Gsiass case was admins !
tered on, a day or two since, by Judge Nc
Caiip, who decides adversely to the claims Of
Mrs. Gaines. she appeals to the Supreme
Court 0i DE United States; takes L EP where
.Gsr is plain, and it is to be hoped that she
may yet sueceed. The Grand Jury has been
unable to agree as to finding true bill against
tsrby, who shot Stone here few days since.
Hardy is in the parish prison, and has al The
isuai comforts Of life be occupies the paTlOr
Il this establishment.
The Memphis packets are refusing 70 take
rsight for the plantations oa the river; and it
Eould seen now that Z" a river place" !" was Dot
Just The things Half the plantations on Red
iyersTe under water, and mere coming. With
o bad prospect for making a crop on these
inundated lands, there is a gloomy feeling in
be eounting-rOoms Of those commission houses
which are under advances, or aeeeptances,
ssed ufoa The next crop to be made in these
Ocalities. What the result viii be, no reason
bic calculation can now be made; but it is
robsble that the waters may reeede yet in
ime to make crop. Cotton has been rather
eayy during this last week, and the quotations
omihsl. There is no let Up yet in our usual
pribg trade. Sales on q credit have been I
1mswhst abridged, and We have, mercantiiely
pesking, done quite healthy business"
nus far Money matters are easy our banks
ave three million dollars more specie in their
aults than notes in circulation. Exchange 2
d New York sight drafts are one-hslf per cent
seount KY days sight, two per cent dis c
,unt. When your banks commence paying q
1seis at the counter for their issues, exchanges
III b. in favor Of Memphis. Silver half dol \
re (nsw eoin) can be bought here to-day at a
le per cent. discount. The banks will receive
deposit only few dollars Of This coin at b
ne. MUSTANG, Jr.