Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-02-08
LArE NORTHERN INTELLIGENCE.

LATE NORTHERN INTELLIGENCE.
The London TiE5s correspondent-so says q
New York letter writer in the Philadelphia In
qs6ra-sas to sail for homer the Arabia, which
left New York on the ssth inst. He says he has
written all about this miserable country and
war that can be written, and that the people do
not appreciate him.
1t is stated that the late strikes at government
navy yards were caused by an order from Wash
ingtOn to reduce the pay ten per cent, and re-
quire ten hours labor per day. The workmen
were much excited, and held an Indignation
meeting.
The Chicago Journal learns that on account OF
the high price of cotton, and the greater dura-
blity of hemp, the Post Office Department is
substituting mail bags made of hemp for those
Of cotton, which have been heretofore wholly
used. The same paper also adds that the nsnu-
facture of goods from hemp has been brought to
a high state of perfection, and the material is
particularly seryieesble for articles of a streng
and coarse texture. Hemp is now raised to a
considerable extent in some Of the Northern
States for the seed, and yields 8 good profit for
that purpose
The Tribune prays for " chilling FROST to
harden the mud in Kentucky. This the editor
thinks is all that IS now required to put the Fed
eral armies in motion, and he adds: An advance
during the past week has been impossible on
account Of the moist, rainy weather, which has
converted the theater Of war into an ocean Of
slush and mud VIZ ought soon to experience 3
" cold snap" and then expects TO hear some neWa
that will mark an epoch in hist,Ty.
They have been srresting civilians at Chicago
who were srutting the streets dressed in soldiers
forgery. AIuding to the fact, the Times says
There is another class for whose benefit a sep
srste order shoald be issued at once. It is the
~niggers. A darkey in the dress Of e soldier
What next can be expected A monkey might
with as much propriety put on the W~aisteoat and
collar of a gentleman, and, with cane IN his
paw, strut the streets as Independently as any
one.
Lincoln has accepted the resignation Of Brig
adier-Generd Reynolds, from Indiana.
The Boston CoHaeteiaE BaiietiH's list Of fail
ures gives three in New York, one in Boston.
one in Providence, two in St. Louis, and thir-
teen in other plaees-a total of twenty for the
week.
By order of Gen. Sherman, a correspondent Of
the New York Tisaes has been sent from Port
Royal on account of alleged disrespectful
language used in speaking Of the officer named
The Louisville Journal Of the 3lst inst says
A brigadier-genersl, while walking along the
street in Alexandria, having been shot al with a
pistol in the hands of a drunken lieutenant, the
provost marshal Immediately issued an order
for the seizure aud destruction of all liquors
found in the hotels and restaurants in the city.
The order was executed at once by the provost
guard, who visited every rum-hole in the town
A large quantity Of the ardent was destroyed.
The St. Louis Republican states that John
LoughbOIough, late surveyor general Of Missouri
aud Illinois, Mas arrested in that city and provi-
ded with an apartment in the military prison.
Dispatches from Mr.. Corwin, with treaties ne
godsted By him, have been received in Wash.
%ington. One of the latter, said to be an extra
dition treaty, provides that neither nation shall
surrender to the other fugitive slaves or poitica.
offenders. The other, 3 postal treaty, differs II
! important particulars from that negotiated SONS
months ago by the Mexican minister at Wash
ington.