Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-09-05

Weatheral's, the drul store on Main, be-
low Union, and get a glass of soda water.
Taste Es article, and you viii know what soda
water is
TIE PosT OFFIoE.-Ths city post Office,
which has been advertised for the last two
weeks TO be removed @to-morrow" will prob
ably remain in its present location for ten days
OF two weeks longer.
RErUExED.-AJ Keller, Esq, of Raleigh,
has Just returned from a tour through the
Nor h-wsstsrn States. He reports Illinois as
ogfaia for the Little Giant, and says al the
adjacent S,s'ss will adO likewise"
AoKxow1EDGMENr.-We received on yes
tsrday a catalogue Of the Southern university,
located at Greensboro, Alabama, Of which the
Rev. William o. Wightman, D. D., is presi-
dent The session commences on the first
wednesday in October next.
vo-E on q CARs.-The vote was taken
on the down train OF the Memphis and Ohio
railroad, on day before yesterday, with the
following result; Bell, 43; Douglas, o, and
Breckenridge, IL. Observation seems to prove
that the Bell-Everettites are fond Of travelling.
NEW FEu-We publish this morning the
card Of J. J. Rawlings & Co, cotton factors
and commission merchants. Though the firm
is new, the establishment is not so. Webb
Rawlings have long stood among the hrst. Ex-
p~erience, integrity. courtesy and attention to
business may confidently be looked for from
J.. ]. Rawlings & Co.
STEAMER ISsoMAH-This fsvorits pssssu-
ger packet, formerly in the Memphis and New
Orleans paeks' company, is undergoing repairs
below the mouth Of Wolf river, preparatory to
the coming fall trade. We learn from her cap
tain, J. D. Clarke, that she wilb an right -
and on the line again BY the 18th or 2Otb Of
this month.
PRoF. RTAS.-ne professor again made
bis appearance before a respectfully large
auditory last night. He is decidedly sui gen
eds, and does the thing up in a style peculiar
to himself. Owing 20 the complete dsarth Of
s-mussmsuts for the past few weeks 10 the city,
the whole community " and bis wife, should
turn out to Tear aud see him.
Week OF THg PERs1A-Tbs wreck Of the
steamer Persia, which was burned at the land
ing several months since, and sunk in he river
within the vicinity Effort Pickering, is gradu-
ally being raised. The stoves, and such other
furniture as has suffered no material detrimsnt
from being submerged in the water, have been
recovered. Efforts were being made on yes
terdsy evening to raise the boilers.
PERsovAL-we were pleased to see our
friend Dr.. John Kennon, II Tsllahatehie
county, Miss, in the city the other day. He
was a practising physician in our midst a few
years since and attained a high position alike
in tie profession snd the community. His
many friends in Memphis viii doubtless be
highly grstifsd to learn that be contemPlates
returning tOtsks up bis practice in our city.
MUNICIPAL NEGLEcr.-Whsn the river was
up some weeks since. the contractors then en- .
in paving the wharf threw the surplus
sEesvsted dsring the leveling md grading Z
on the outer side n y ssrs. !. J. smith & Co.'s
whsI boat. Since the N Of water, we learn F,
from Mr.. Smith that le ~smbsnkmsut TINS
created has become quite an Inconvenience,
and calls for The attention OF the city council
By way Of remedy.
wins L. GREEN, Esq Our young friend
returned from Upton county on ysster-
dsy, where be has been soiourning with his
during the cheated term His re-
ports are quite favorable to the national Dei
moe-sey in that fsiihfulo old county, which, be
informs ne, viii give a majority Of at least two
hundred for Douglas and johnson. The boilers
have never claimed over forty GRITTY votes in
county. p,
PEACE WkERAET.-Ths weather was hot on
yesterday, but John Hotter was +" a little more
so.n He beesue 50 threatening and obstrepe-
Tous, that nothing would DO but that be should
be made the Wei Of a peace warrant BY
Esquire Horne On yesterday morHing. Such
LITTLE espsrs must be expected, however, 50
long as whisky is loan 20 low and the Their
momstsr standing eorresPondibgly high.
SAD Aoc1DEzT-Cor0nsr Horne yesterday
morning held al inquest over the body Of Thos
Newell, a youth Of some fourteen years, who
came to bis death by the accidental discharge
Of . pistol in bis own hands. He was in the
Office OF DR.. Bailey on Main street, and was
esrelessly banding TIE instrument, looking {
the muzzle, when, by its discharge, tbe I
ball passed through his right ~eys-bsll, and
into bis brain, producing Immediate /
death. He was, we learn, the son Of Captain {
Newell, Of the steamer HH. /,
ExTEssfoN OF WELLHoroE STHEET.-If
mistake not, a motion was made more than
tx months ago in the city council, having in
new the extension Of Wellington street,
through from Beal TO Union, and passed the
bird reading. It has been, Notwithstanding, !
|. dead letter. upon the statutes Of the city.
This Is very important enterprise, and should
certainly Be eonsummatel without further
,srley, as Wellington street will then furuish :
/ convenient avenue IF approach and outlet to
be business part Of ihs city for the inhabit- :
ints Of s0ulb Memphis. =
I-NPEovEAEvT IN STEAM CTLIEnER PACK
.Es.-Mr. Henry D. Dunbar, Of this city, en-
sineer on the Mississippi and Tennessee rail- :
road, has just secured a patent for a valuable !
invention, By which The common springs and !
screws are dispensed with, and a new mode Of
used, By which the object Of packing
is more perfectly secured. and the barkfug :