Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-03-06

snssehes. II they iutend 70 adjourn
ri.edss bv the frst Monday IA jane, they
should not neglect the transaction OF pubic
Nj. cisnsns' motion was agreed to BY q
majority.
n. Morris, Of Illinois, asked to BE-, and
was, excused from service a. a msmber o. ne
committee on roads and canais. ~ crtieisea
unfavorablv the construction q the standing
committees, and for his remarks be was
called 10 order from the Republican side.
Mr.. Colfax, from the committee on me
pest Office, reported q bin Authorizing pubntn-
ers 10 print on their papers the dates "heh
subscriptions expire. Passed.
A large number Of private bills were r.
ported. Adjourned.
The Locusts OF 1850.
Frmt ne National Irssnirmesfl
MrssHs. EBIroHs, The loeusts (cieada
systematically viii appear very extensively vi
year, occupying probably = larger surface o.
the country than those Of a7y other year;
The following States and parts OF STATES WIN
Be occupied BY them, wis
New York and Conneeticnt-non 2 p
Island Sound % Washington county n, ~
from the Connecticut rfverto ne hudson Its
and several counties IN New folA -
Hudson river, to Montgomery county, on ne
Mohawk river. New Jersey-oeeupying me
whole state. psnnsylYania-in that portion
bounded bv Peters mountain on ne soutn,
NshantanFo mountain on the morrill, the Del
aware river on the east, and ne susquenenah
river on the west Maryland-Iom Anne
s-r,d.i county 10 he middle % 81. Mays
county; from the C~hesaPeaks 70 me Fo,9lh4e
liver. Virginia-from The south part OF Lou
doun county 10 The Roanoke river from the
Blue Ridge 10 the Potomac river. Worth Car
oIine-Caswell. R~ocknEham, Sexes Gniliord,
Roman. Srrrv and adjacent coanhca. Michi-
gan-about Kalamazoo. Indiana-Dearborn
/ and adjacent counties. They VIII commence
emerging IN North Carolina about the lUin OF
May, and a few days later for every hundred
miles a. we progress north, until me - y
Tane. In Washineton county. New YORK. Ihls
will afford a fine opportunity 10 test nc ecr-
rselpess IL ne assertion that they DO not aP-
pear regularly every seventeen years; None
al he southern tribe (thirteen year loeusts)
appear this year. Respectfully
GIDEON B. SMITH.
~ The legislature was 70 have adjourned
on Monday last ; but we learn from Messrs.
YIN. Fleming and Robot J, Lowe, who have
returned. that there was no qnofum on Satur-
| day. Agreat deal Of business was len undis-
posed Of for The want Of a qn0rum- The MILF
ltarv bin, to place 100000 at the disposal OF
the governor, became a Lax. The bill to ban
] ISL free negroes failed HUNTSVILLE Mde Gun
verted into a 81 city, with the authority to
have a pro ten mayor.
Joint resolutions 70 call a convention In the
event Of the election Of a r. R., were passed.
| Also an act 10 prohibit the Northern bankfrom
having out the notes OF banks Of other States.
| Free negroes are allowed to choose masters
and become slaves. The bill 10 eXsmptforeign
goods, etc, imported direct from taxation, be-
came a law. Also to call a convention to
amend or make a new constituiion-lO0 dele
/ gates to be elected next August, and 10 assem-
bic next N0vemheri.EunfsriIe adr0c1tes
Feb. %.
"A BET ON ~DouGLAs.-The Helena CATk.)
shield has the following, which shows that one
Of the Representative in Congress is not
afraid to baekup his judgment:
Hon. A. Rust passed down on The Lady
Walton, one Of the Arkansas river packets,
/ last Thursday night.
From a friend who was on board we learn
that Col. Rust was vehement in bis praises OF
| judge Douglas, and gave l. as bis decided opin-
ion that The Little Giant would Be he "lUSky
man " at Charleston. And to prove that he
did think 50 offered to bet largely, and did bet
$1,000 that Douglas would get the nsmination-
Trees grow bss. when planted near he sur
face, the roots, exeep. The top roets5 being
spread horizontally.
What four American coins make ffty-one
cents, no more and no less?