Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-08
..99ailg appeal,
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8.
NonrHEKN NEM-s IrnMs.

PulNroES roE THE ARNIy-The Troy n.
l.) Hlis says that a government agent is now
ulou the lines OF the Rutland and Washington
railroad, engaged in buying 100000 bushels ot
potatoes. Il is said that hc is authorized to pay
as high as twenty-five cents bushel for a good
article.
THE CoSroF WAR.-Tbe Cincinnati EaquirT
says;
Some idea of the cost Of war may be CLEANED
from the expense of firing two thousand shells a.
the rebels n the hght al Greenbrier. They
averaged between titfy and sixty thousand dol
iars.
The GslHpolis JOh.o) Dispatch deprecates the
withdrawal OF Federal troops from Western Yin
giuia. and says thsir presence Is now more nee
e.-sry than ever. for armed bands OF Secession
ISIS are -prnging up iu every quarter, and the
F-deul hold upon ihat part of the State is more
l.recariOu- than ii ha, Leen al any time during
The war.
New YORK HARB0B DETESSEs.-The sys-
tenn Gi defense which has been adopted for New
York harbor, taking in al the works, old as
we'll a. new. viii include when complete, four
t-ru different works, mounting l,597 guns
The largest OF these works .s the fort al SANDY
Hook. on which e2j0,0U0 have been spent, and
which will require az least Sl,550,U 900 more, be-
sides "a sum perhaps equal % this 70 secure It's
Aiuudatjon rom destruction by the sen. besides
rb.s. there {, q lori begun on Wjlletts Point, in
iu. East Iiver ON which SlJU,diu have been
,EBended and which will require Sl5- UUo
more Altogether, the New York l0ris have cost
SBG5G ,364, aud will need, in order 10 complete
them, according to the estimates OF the engineers,
S3523 ,l39 more.
THE lNrLCN OF Cold Ion, the special
Washington correspondent Of The Baltimore
>rp, of the 2jth ult-, says:
The influx Of gold into the country continues,
both from. commercial sources and the home
product California produces as much as ever,
and the prodnci Of Oregon has become very inn
portaut Gold IS also being f0und in Nova
scotia, aud in the Red river of the North, as
yyeH as at Pixies Peak. The pOduct of Aus
1ralia, and OF the Dral mountains, continues
undiminished. The immense annual addition to
Che general stock of gold arriving rom all these
sources, win have the effect which political
economists have ascribed 10 it, in general ap-
preciation of value Ia this country Il viii sns-
iain and increase a vast bank aud government
paper currency
Crops IL NEw ESCLAND.-The Boston
TrareileT says:
The hay, corn, potato and other root crops are
most abundant SqUashes were in large sup
ply; potatoes are selling for half the price OF
TWO wears since. and are free from rot Barley
an5 oats are plentiful Butter has not been so
cheap for d long time. We have heard Of good
butter purchased tor thirteen cents per pound
during The present autumn.
Ura." one Of tine Baltimore SNa's regular
correspondents, huu Washington city, commit
nicates the roIlo,,ing, under date Of ObtOber
18th:
JoHN c. RVE's CoNrBIBUTIoNs-Chec hecks
.riven by J. C. Rives, Esq, OF SO each, 10
each Of the families Of the men belonging 10
ihe first district OF Columbia regiment Of vol
uniesrs. were distributed in tine regiment this
morning; also 81 extra for each child. The
payment Of the money commences on the isr
ol November.
Many persons are coming here from the North
10 learn the fate Of relatives who were ia the
baule near Leesbrg-
SERI0US ACCIDENT TROH A BOMB SHEI.L.
The Port Tobacco lNd) TTnes, Of the 24sh
uh.. contains the following notice of an acei-
dent which occurred near that place:
Just as we are going to press, we learn u'at
uEsaHN l1-ts Mlitlt sunni Aut eulAlti- AZ
rqcbed to the regiment stationed at Budd's Fer
~ were examining a bomb shell which had
been thrown across the river by the Confeder-
ate battery on the opposite side, an explosion
took place caused by efforts to get out the pow
de-. The damage was, we learn, considerable.
some nine OF ten men were wounded. one Of
nom has since died, and two others likely 10
.lia. The tents and surroundings, it Is said.
we're prertv much demolished. The COnfeder-
&C.. haiiery must have very heavy guns, and
.4.ms Of the shells aud solid shot have been
iaund al least one and quarter miles from the
shore
The New Albany (Ind) Ledger Of Saturday
evening saws: The steamer Grey Eagle brought
20 Louisville this morning as a prisoner a young
man named Holt. a nephew Of the Hon Joseph
ilolt, an officer in the rebel army. Ife was out
,n a reconnoiiering expedition from Bowling
t,reen when captured He says be would rather
be shot than sent to Fort Lafayette.