Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-29

Texas papers as late as the goth have beer
received at New Orleans, from which the follow
ing summary is made up:
THE CONGRESSIONAL BLECTIoN.-The fol
| lowing are supposed to be elected: Wilcox II
| the first district Peter Y Gray, in the third
| Sexton, IN the fourth and Wright in the sixth
/ The other districts are in much doubt
The State Gazette says Mrs Price, wife of tn,
| hero of Lexington, and her son, and Mrs. Sibley
wife of Cen Sibley, and her daughter were IL
attendance at the Inauguration ball in this city
on the 9TH inst.
The legislature have passeda joint resolution
welcoming Mrs. Price to the State
They proceeds of the ball, 500, were palc
into the treasury of the soldiers aid society Of
| Travis county.
! TURNING An HONEST PENNY. The 6al
weston Macs says
The lack of change in gold aud silver is &C
counted for by the allegation made IN various
quarters, that many of the Texas merchants and
| other business men having specie, have sent II
| to New Orleans, where it commands premium
A children's concert given in Houston IN AID
of the Galveston hospital, realized SOS 4o
Good ioT the little ones.
SLF-The Cenueville Tunes says:
Excellent salt can be obtained in almost any
UualIIN al LNt SALINE. EIttStpllt l'fA4
West Point Water can be had there in the
greatest abundance by digging eight or ten feet,
sufficiently strong to pickle meat when taken
from the wen. Several gentlemen recently made
about twelve bushels Of good salt there in two
days and halt, using for the purpose SIX small
wash pots.
LERrHER. The people Of Fannin county are
tanning leather, perfecting it in three days by a
process accidentally discovered.
The Paris Press Of the 9th inst, says;
The weather has been SO dry for few weeks
that water is as scarce in the dry sections OF our
county as it was during the dry summer of 1860.
A number Of cattle have been found dead in
different places in the creek beds "bOgged down
in their efforts to find water. The cotton pcl1ers
are proiiting by the favorable weather.
The voters Of Anderson county decided by a
majority Of three hundred and thirty four votes,
70 sustain the issue by the county court Of $4,000
county script, for war purposes.
The Galveston Ne1rS says:
We understand that Confederate bonds to a
considerable amount have at last been received
by Gen. Hebert, and that the troops and others
Will soon receive some of their pay.
A letter to the San Antonio Herald, dated
New Braunfels, Nov. l3, says:
John + Torrey's extensive Touring mill, sash,
door and blind manufacJOry, was JOLaly ue-
stroyed by tire this morning, between the hours
of , and B. A workman by the name of Cooley,
who was sleeping in the third story, persisted IN
the confagrafion The real loss that our town,
our county. and even Western Texas has suf
fered by this visitation, cannot be estimated.
The actual cost value of building machinery and
necessary appurtenanCes, without speaking Of
the large amount Of -four, grain, lumber and
loose tools, cannot be less than $4,000.
BEEF PACKNG-A late number Of the Gal
weston Nclrs contains tie following:
We returned few days since from visit to
the beef packing establishment. on DcknsOn's
Bayou, belonging to Capt. J. G. Tod, and We're
gratifed to hnd that preparations are now being
ma ie to carry on the business extensively. We
learn that be is already under contract with Gen
Hebert TO furnish several thousand pounds of
beef within the next month or two.
Capt. Tod, we learn, IS now in New Orleans
for the purpose Of procuring the necessary ma
chinery and apparatus for cutting and packing
pork,
AT this moment the interior Of Texas is filed
with hogs from the San Antonio o Red river
and according to the information given US, there
are very few farmers who have not many more
than sufficient to supply their own wants
We believe it is an undenIable fact that IN
f vorable seasons Ike the present, hogs can be
raised IN Texas at less expense than in any part
OF the United States.
Companies, battalions and regiments are be-
ing forwarded to tie coast daily.