Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-11

WAsHNGToN, Sept. 8.-The proeg3=loT Of a
faro bank WAS arrested 10 day Dc beiIig reUorted
that a paymasteT in the navy, who Hs iHtafHri
here in custody, has been pstroIiuus his es-
enlistment BY large adventures. TIE o.her
gambling houses, principally on the avenue,
were closed early last night, probsMy from a
fear that their business would be iIz9Trupted
or suspended by the government
Reports from various points on the Virginia
side cf the Potomac represent that all was
! quiet curing last night and this morning.
Our forces near Alexandra found elk brass
slX-pOuDd cannon yesterday, buried In the
ground a short distance from the railroad
station. They were taken to Fort Ellsworth.
"THE MEN WHO BsoUGHT THE TROUBLE
UPON Us."-The following item is from the
Boston TrGps!ler. The people of the North, it
seems, are beginning to inquire, who brought
the present trouble upon them, and it will not
take them long to make up their minds on the
subject. The drunken man" Of Dover is
but the representative Of millions Of sober.
starving freemen, who will yet rise in their
might and avengs their wrongs:
On Saturday afternoon, upon the arrival of
Hoo. John P. Hale at the depot, in Dover, N.
H., (the place Of his Tesidence) a man, an
parently intoxicated, to whom an acquaintance
had pointed out MIR. Hale as an "Abolttionist,D
stepped up to Mr.. Hale, and with the remark.
" You are one Of the men who have brought ali
this trouble upon US" struck him in the face,
knocking of his hat. Mr.. Hale, seeing the
condition Of the man, replied, "Get out of nv
way" when the drunken fellow struck him
again. MIR. Hale did not return the blow, but
walked quietly away. The depot master and
others inteTiered to prevent any farther assault.
The attack did not appear to be premeditated.
ard the affair was over in a few minutes.
The IMMORTAL PfcAYUEE INDUCES A LIT
TIE ELF-LAUDATION.-BuGier couId not pos
slbly keep from Washington after Com. String
ham captured the little fort on Hatteras. He
was afraid Stringbam would reach there before
bin, and therefore clipped for annapolis,
while the commodore was compelled to 90 to
New York and disembsrk the prisoners. But
Ter reached Washington from Annapolis in a
couple OF hours, and Immediately presented |
himself at the White House, where the Illinois
ape laid hands upon the bald pate Of Picayune
and blessed him, saying, "surely, Picayune,
thou hast redeemed myself. Thou didst play
the part of a coward in the peninsula, and
mesnly abandon the trip to r richmond, ria Big
Bethel, but heroically hast thou captured a
sand-bsg fort off the North Carolina coast, and
it affords me iDefFsble pleasure to pardon all
past ~offenses, Advance Picayune, and take q
drink" IL need not be added that Picayune
o5eyed with a~lacrity, and filling a pint tumbler
10 the brim with Illinois double-distilled, swal- |
lowed it down with a sroan, prefacing the OPP
Grafton with the model toast, "Here'5 to the
President of the U. S. Navy" to which (sotto
UOoe) l now DISQUALIFICATION Express.
THE VALUE OF WooL The value Of wool
is likely to be appreciated in the South this
winter, in consequence Of the war. North
Carolina would be one Of the best sheep rails
Jog countries in the world, were it not for
useless dogs that destroy the focks.
Let the Legislature, now in session, enact a
Ia y to eEterminate the great excess Of the ca
nine race in the State, by heavy taxes, or
otherwise. A curious writer. has entered into
a calculation that the number Of dogs in the
Confederate States costs twenty millions dol
lars a year to feed them.-bedeH IN C0 ErD.
The above is a most excellent suggestion.
and we hope the Legislature will puea tax on
dogs, especially pointers, settlers, hounds, and
ours, that will so diminish the number as TO
enable the farmers of the State to raise sheen.
There are many portions of the State admira-
bly, adapted to the raising OF sheep, and it is
a crying gin and shame, that a number Of mis-
chievous dogs should prevent the production
Of an adequate supply Of an article so essen
tial to human comfort as wool. Let the Legis-
then at once take steps to rid the State
these canine pes,s.-RGleigh Register. l