Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-06-22
DAILY APPEAL.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1855.
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.

| A4eotcSlfEA NEWS
Coz FELrx LAsAvvE.-The fernando Pres,
has the following.
"cOl. F. Lsbauye, the old eitiztn of twenty
two years 10 the county, 1t will be seem Is again
before the people for the ofRee Of Circuit Clerk,
which 4 is admitted on all hands be has dis
charged the duties OF with remarkable indus
try and fidelity. The Judge, members Of the
bar and the people, pronounce him number
one Clerk
Witheat designing to interfere at ell In
sae affairs Of our Mississippi .nsighbOrs, we
take the liberty Of sddhg our cordial endorse.
meat Of every word Of the sbovc, and this we
DO from long and intimate acquaintance with
Col. LAsAUvs. We think we are not claiming
toe much for him when we assert thst, every
thing considered, be is the bee. Clerk we have
ever known.
THs EKW ORLEANS, JACKSON AND GREAT
NORTHERN RAILROAD. The MisstSSippian
learns that contract has Just been closed with
/ The well-known contractors, Messrs. Cooke,
/ Bradford & Co for grading twentg-siX miles
Of this road, north Of Canton. The contractors
have agreed to lock for their pay 70 the re-
sources Of the Company outside Of the earn
ings Of the portion OF the road already een-
pleted.
The Eosciusko CareHicis learns that the
Commissioners appointed to procure subscrip-
uoBs for stock in the New 0reant, Jackson
and Great Northern Railroad, in Attala, Leake,
Winston aHd Choctaw counties, are meeting
with considerable encouragement.
GEN. QurTNAs AND HIS NAToHEz ES-I
cAEFNEET.-COl. ROOD, Secretary Rx. Com,
announces, through the eelamns Of his paper,
the following pleasing Intelligence;
81 A letter has been received from Gen. John
A. 0aitman, dated 30th ult., In reply 10 one
addressed hin, accepting the position assigned
him as Commander Of the July Encampmeht,
g dependent, heWever, upon the adjournment of
Congress in tins to enable ne (him) to reach
home before the dsy proposed for the encamp-
meht.' Nith old C Chapultepec y atits head, !
. Camp Phsrsalis . will be what lt ought 70
be, and what our citizens contemplate making
instructive, interesting, agreeable, and long to
be renenesfeda
CoEISTH.-Well, we are going ahead not |
withstaDding the bard times, some half dozen
good houses are going up 10 sighk q our ofhee
The Artesian well is progressing hnely I'VE eX- 1
pect soon to see good fresh water spouting from 4
the bowels OF the earth to its surface, in the
midst OF our town.-RsPHblicGa.
UE1vERsrrY OF MIssIssIPPI.-The exsmina- /
ton OF the Senior Class in this Institution came
off on the 9th, 10th and 11th Of this nonth |
The exsminatioa was written and Unusually /
rigid. The whole class, forty In number, will /
be recommended by the faculty 10 the board Of
Trustees, for the degree Of B. A The follow
isg are the distinctions conferred:
FIksT HoNoR-James H. Jones, Macon coun-
ty, Ala.
county, Miss.
Third HoSOE-Jsnss R. Montgomery, Mad
isOh county, Niss.
Jas. E. Campbell, Brandon, Miss.
Wm. F. Cross, Lexington, Mics
James I. Fant, Marshall cuunty, Miss.
Robt. ]. Gllmer, Lafayette county, Miss.
James T. Holmes, Memphis, Tenn
Wm- L. Lockhart, Choctaw county, Miss.
Robt. ID. McClellon.- Holmes county Miss
Jno. Baxter Paine, Holly Springs, Miss.
H a. Stuart, DsSsto county, Miss.
W. c. Waldrop, PontOtoc county, Miss
The above speakers are arranged in alpha
betical order.
We are proud to see among those who have
been chosen as speakers from the Senior Class,
are recorded the names of tEo Of our worthy
young friends from Marshall county, James T.
FAINT, son of Col. James W. Faht, Of this vicin-
~, and Jne. Baxter Paine, son Of the Rev.
Henry H. Paine, Of Holly Springs. This is
distinction that TIE friends of these young men
should justly feel proud of.-HOlly SPrtngs
GssaK.
FEDERAL CoURT.-Tbis Court opened on
Monday last, bis Hon. Judge Gbolson, presi-
ling. A large number Of members from the Z
liferent bars were present, and much business
dispatched. The appearance docket greatly
The cass Of Edward B. Wilson
Va. US. Robt. Winston, Miss, was decided
It this term. Verdict OF the Jury $4,000.
SUIT for seduction, &e.-P0Hteiot EramineT,
JEIe Is.
PeIsosED.-Mr Samuel Ksath, of Attals
county, Mississippi, was poisoned few tsys
since, BY chewing and sWalleuing some Hem
lock root, which he mistook for Angelica.
THE oSEhFLow.-The Coahoma CitizeB, of
The 18th inst, has the following paragraphs:
WATER BoUND.-We are Completely water
bound, our Office being unapproachable1 ex-
eept by water craft. This has been our aw-
fHi hx' for " 10, these many days" This state
Of affairs is getting somewhat woFrieomes
and Improbable. Therefore, II tae waters do
not sUbside soon, we intend to erect guards and
Tenders around our Office and 90 into the wharf
boat business.
The CREVAssE.-The waters coHtinue to
how in at this break, but pass of so rapidly
down the Pass, that the damage to this county
will not be so great as at hrst thought by our
friends Who furnished Us oar information as
published last week. Many Of our RBeet plan
tstions are from three to Four feet above the
water, and the water is only rising an inch in
twenty-foor hours. By next week we will be
able to give tolerably fair estimate Of the
damage, etc,