Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-23
NEWS


A noticeable feature of the paintings in the
routunda is the removal Of he excellent Por
trait Of the venerable Roger B. fancy, chief
Justice of the supreme court.
The flag officer Of the Confederate Navy at
Savannah advertises for contractors for build
ing five vessels, of about 166 tuns each, for the
Confederate Navy.
The New York papers complain b%itterlyth that
the confederate authorities are furnished infor-
nation Of the movements Of the Yankees, by
secession ladies who carry dispatches from
Washington carefully concealed in their
dresses. Everything is fair in war times.
An inventor in New York State exhibits a
grenade, intended to protect merchant ships
from being boarded by beats from privateeIs.
1t is oval in form, and mag vary in weIglL
from one to six or eight pounds. Il is intend
ed to be projected by the hand, and TWO OF
three g~renades thrown into a boat VIII, lt Is
claimed, blow 1t to pieces.
A northern dispatch says a bill reconstruct
ing the supreme court will probably be intro
duced during the present session Of congress.
To he consistent, they should amend the con-
%stituti0n in such a way as to make 1t uncoh-
stitutional for the supreme court to thwartt the
designs Of the president.
Extract of a letter dated one hundred and
sixty mites southwest from Chicago, Illinois 4;
Everything looks as blue az a milestone out
here, and a man who should be caught paying
a note would be an object Of public curiosity
The market price Of corn is ten cents a bushei.
Only think, a dinner at a hotel costs five bush
els good yellow corn.'
a Washington dispatch to the Baltimore
Exchange, states that the commander at Fort
Pickens has sent for reinforcements. An a.
tack by Gen. Bragg is daily expected.
Va Ioarp Ero, tho TiDcfrraRi z, 1,frsr that
the eleventh Ohio regiment, Col. FTizzle, that
left Camp Dennison Sunday for Virginia, CON-
menced throwing away their arms soon after
they got on the railway, and before reaching
Morrow all had been distributed along the
road.
FiitY-one prizes in all have been taken by
southern priyateers, whose aggregate value is
computed to amount to SO 900, 600.
The Tuscumbia Constitution says the number
Of bales of cotton subscribed to the confede-
rate loan in franklin county will be largely
over 5000 bales.
MIR. T. F. Christman, of Salem, N. c., has
invested a gun which throws IA balls at 2
fire, and ZOOS in a minute. Il is said to be a
terrible weapon. L is so simple that it can
be worked by a boy OF ten or twelve years. II
is now Oh exhibition at Raleigh.
Many people, at the North especially, sup
pOsta TIE ptOpie OF OeOfSl4 voted on tue CoA-
fedeTate Constitution, on the ID inst. That is
cot so-it was their State Constitution, having
adopted it long ago.
Isaac Winston, Of Tuscum5ia, subscribed
one thousand bales Of cotton toward the con
federste loan.
An exchange says that dow in New Or
leans it requires three persons 20 start a bust
ness firm; one 70 die with the yellow fever
one to get killed in 2 duel, aHS a third to winJ
up the partnership business.
The World, Of the 10th instant, says New
York city has suffered at least $3.50, 00O, 900 BY
the political difficulties. Has anybody beer
hurt by the loss?
The New York Day Book says "New Yorl
city never presented so sorToWfuI a business
spectacle as to-day. Business men are ruined
and hundreds are begging daily for bread"
Orders have gone out from New York t
Liverpool to purchase cotton there for ship
ment TO America. When the supply in Eng
land is exhausted, what will the Yankee man
ufsctures then DO?
The Cincinnati Enquirer saws the recruiting
trade in that city is hard at work
Two new regiments are now being organized
but it is doubtful when they will be full.