Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-17

OE6lEMI UFONI The GAMBLEk1s-A1 RgAANN
made a descent upon the gambling den in
Chicago, on the night Of tie 18th ult., and
grabbed thirteen OF the occupants. Eight OF
them were gamblers, and the other FIVE were
men Of high position in life, and two Of them
deaeons in the church.
PR-EPARArIoNs IN VrEGIEIA-According to
the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, the State
aTmory. located in that city, is in full opera
ton. 1t turns out from Z 900 to 5000 musket
snd rife cartridges a day. At the 1radegar
works, two ten-inch columbiads. destined for
Alabama, are nearly completed, and two fierce
looking mortars for South Carolina will soon
be ready. In the casting Of one mortar and
gun $4,000 pounds Of metal were used. Shell
and cannon shot lay about promiscuously and
in heaps, and a large number Of men are en-
gagged in the manufacture Of these destructive
messengers. Several cannon Of large and
small caliber are in process Of manufacture, or
already completed, and in another department
the gun carriages are getting ready under the
hands OF competent workmen.
An UEFoRTUNATE AFTRAY.-We regret to
record an unfortunate and bloody ARRAY be-
tween two young gentlemen belonging to the
literary department Of the University, which
occurred shortly after eleven O'Clock last Fri
day night. We do this more with the desire
to correct msnyidle rumors and stories in rela-
ton to it, than from any disposition to give
publicity to the matter.
1t seems that on that night there was a small
concert given at the town hall, which was
wound up with a dance by the audience. Sooa
after the dance commenced, a dispute arose be-
tween Mr.. Fearn Watkins and Mr.. Geo. Mil
Ter, both of whom we believe are from Kinds
county. Watkins objected to settling the mat
ter there, as ladies were present, and tried to
eysde it until the following morning. But in
half an hour OF 90 after the ball broke up, they
| came together agsin in front Of the new Ma
sonic hall, where Miller renewed the quarrel.
Watkins then drew one Of Smith & NELSON'S
seven-sbooting pistols, and commenced firing.
He fired six shots in all, and at the fourth one
| Miller fred a Derringer and missed. One Of
Watkins balls entered the body Of Miller Just
above the navel, another in the left hip, anoth-
er in the right cheek, another in the right arm;
the fifth cut way a portion Of his watch
chain, while the sixth missed.
As incredible as it may appear, Miller is
not only still living, but bis physicians inform
us that he will recover.
An examination was had before Mayor Rob
inson on Monday, and after a complete hear
ing Of many witnesses, Mr.. Watkins was ac-
quilted without a moments hesitation, it
clearly appearing that he acted in self
defense.
We sympathise with both the young men in
this unfortunate affair. No one here desires
to zee the matter prosecuted any farther, so
far as the law is concerned.
P. S. Since writing the above, Mr.. Miller
has 20 tar recovered as to be able to travel
home.-0rford Mercury.
Pneumatic mail dispatches are under exper-
imsnt both in London and Paris In tubes
from which the air is exhausted by a small
steam engine, movable pistons fitting tightly
are made to carry letters and papers from the
general post ONCE to the various stations,
where they are taken out and delivered. Car
riers are thus spared miles Of walking. The
rate Of dispatch viii be forty miles an hour
Nsv York Post.
The French government has determined to
take the entire business Of manufacturing
friction matches into its own hands, expecting
to realize 20, 900, 600 francs a year from the
chips. The danger Of fires and poisoning Of
children are the popular pleas which the fnan-
cial chiefs Of the.French offer for the change
A priest in Lassur, near Toulouse, France,
has been fined twenty dollars for growing po-
tatoes in q grave yard. He liked an article
with a good deal of body te it.
A letter from Turin says the present year bids
fair to embarrass the ministers OF finance in
many quarters. In India there is a deficiency
Of six millions sterling, in England two, and
in France of four, while in Italy q loan Of
LHtlkN UilllVu1 II IHAAAIcu 70 meet Anc cA pend
iture and armsments OF the new kingdom. and
in Austria the confusion Is so great that not
even the minister is able to prognosticate the
eventual want Of the empire.
Amaa who recently committed suicide in
one of our country towns in the first place pur-
chased two and a half ounces Of laudsnum
from an apothecary, and having drankit Il, went
to sleep, hoping to awake In another world.
The mixture, however, was more in the color
than the form, and so the man woke up the
next morning in this world and having no
confidence in apothecary stuff, be went and
hanged himself on a tree.-FeD Bedford AeT-
cEry.
MORE HEAVY ORDNANCE AND AMMUNI-
TIoE.-We hear that Governor Picksnsbas six
hundred and sixty kegs Of powder en- route,
which was shipped from Wilmington on Mon
day morning for this city, having Just arrived
there from the North. A bill Of lading for
twenty-ssven hundred other kegs Of powder
from the North, per order OF Gov. Pickens,
was also received at Wilmington on Monday
Notwithstanding is all thirty three hundred
and sixty kegs Of powder. Two heavy ten
inch mortars from Richmond, ordered by Gov.
Pickens, in addition to those already arrived,
were shipped from Wilmington on Monday
morning on the Northeastern railroad. Also,
four hundred nine inch shells and a large
amount Of shot, ete.-Char, C5sriey, 14fh.
ETThs Charleston Courier of the 14.h inst.
says:
Inquiries and investigations'that have been
made concerning the accidental shot from one
Of the Morris Island batteries, establish the
fact that the sh0tted charge had been left in
the gun by mistake, and a new charge was
put down.
We only refer to the matter to correct false
Impressions and confident aAd apparently au-
thentic report which we mentioned in our last
issue.