Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-08
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From late Chicago and Louisville papers in
our possession we take the following telas'
The Cincinnati Gqzcfte saysfhai during the
present week the heaviest shipment OF army
poods ever made from that, OF indeed any other
point vii be sent to Louisville. It viii consist
Of 10000 blankets, 10000 shirts, 10000 pairs
of pantsloous. 80. 600 blouses, 10000 EOck coats,
and 10000 pairs Of drawers and socks.
The Boston Commercial Brlteiln says s lady
of that city procured IN the street where she re-
sided about forty blankets as a donstion TO the
soldiers. but that the latter were charged at the
rats of two or three dollars each for them
What was equally singular q several ladies IN
8 neighboFiug town sent through the sanitary
commission a lot Of islies put up hermetically
sealed cans, and q lot OF choice wines ssetc-, to the
soldiers When the packages were received, it
was found that ae ~ielies bad been distracted
from she cans, and The wines drank. Some Off
cisls must have suffered from an OveTpOUeriug
fit Of abstraction
The New York EUcaiac Posi- says that du-
ring the recent illness Of Gen. Mcclellan, when
his friends thought him ina somewhat dangerous
condition, one Of them urged upon him the pro-
pIiety OF e0nGding whatever military plans
De had devised to some competent and
Trustworthy person. His reply was, that his
plans were understood, and that when 1t began
20 storm the people would hear the thunder all
around the sky.
A lotier from James Guthrie, the Secretary Of
the Treasury under Gen. Pierco's Edministra
ton, generally 5~ustains tie financial view taken
by Secretary Chase. 1t also approves Of Gen.
MeClelan's defensive position upon the Roto-
mac; but be thinks that offensive operations by
the Federal columns are the best plans Tor dri-
TIng tho rebels ont Of Kentucky. General Buell.
is made tho subjected his high c-ommendaion
The Munf0fdsvile, Ky, correspondent Of tie
Cincinnati GGzfifc says that for the third time
al women have been ordered from camp If
any refuse 10 obey Tie order Immediately, the
officers under whose protection they are viii be
eashiered and discharged. This order is sup.
posed to be intended to meet some chronic cases,
several officers wives having remained in de
1ance Of former orders.
In the large, aTistocratic, uptown house, Of
worship IN NeB York, where the salaries are
5000 or 5000 per yesr, and the aggregate
expenses nearly double this amount, there Is
financial distress. Most OF the pow-holders are
men Of reputed wealth, bat the failures and
losses Of the war exert powerful influence, and
fesrfully cripple their resources.
In Utica, New York, last Saturday, James
Dunn, az Irshnan about forty years of age, a
carriage trimmer by trade, under the influence OF
liquor, brutslly murdered his wife, and after
wards deliberately ended his own life by cutting
his throat with = razor.
CAm0-H will surprise some people when
we state that Cairo is about fifty miles further
south than Richmend, Va, and full sixty miles
further south than Louisville, Ky. This fact
may help those dOubting % believe the reports
that coine 4com Cairo, that there is not 8 par
tiele Of snow there, but lots Of mad.
A society Of Social Christians, designed 10
~nlrh Hna4-nfl. On afia rn-nrnraEnF erafam has
been commenced il Phlalslphia By them tie
social Is made IA element Of progressive piety,
and tie evangelical is not the cardinal fea-
ture
Il win be a subject for regret % msny that
Col Brown. as brave defender Of Fort Pickens,
Is compelled BY the stste Of his health 10 be re
lieyed rom his command. His illness was
caused By exposure while in the discharge Of his
aIduous duties
It. is now stated that Cen sherman simply
ebeyed orders ia not advancing himself INTO the
interior after landing at Port Royal It was the
purposes Of the government 70 make permanent
and impregusble base Of opsTati0ns about Beau
fort
Il requires about 2Oe men 10 each OF the sixty
xeCiEents OF flinoB troops % I'll them up TO the
m~asindna standard, making 1900 recmits IN
all
r I'LL H. AA-Af VA NNleA AAANAANA+f 10Nr
has bequeathed $500 70 the American board Of
foreign missions, $500 10 the home missionary
society. and $3.50 to tina tract society.
Ia the Legislature OF Wisconsin a bin is pend
ing whieh provides for the taxation Of all rail
roads IN The State 10 ~the~GmoUiit of three or fOuT
per ccntum upon thoir gross receipts
There sre af present about 1860 troops al
Camp Dcnnison, Ohio, including feUr regiments
of infantry, four Of cavalry, and i've batteries
Of artillery.
A tslegrsphie Dispatch says it is Iumored that
she President has appointed Col. Which, Of the
I'D Indiana regiment, a bngadier-generaL
The new tea plants are now in bloom IN the
National Conservatory a. Washington They
bear & white hewer, and hlitA air with q de-
hghffui perfume,
Wm Goddard, who was arrested IN cy1thiaua,
Ky, y fe~ days ago, on a Charge OF treason.
has besa discharged from custody.
A number Of hirteen inch m0rtars ordered
from Pittsburg iorlhe Mississippi nertaT feet
are on Their way 70 Cairo by railroad.