Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-15

From the city papers Of the 18th, we learn that Judge
Swsyne, Of The criminal court, was met at his first step
in dischsrging the duties devolved upon him by the laws
Of the State, by a peremptory Interference On the part
Of the Federal authorities In his charge to the grand
jury the judge, as required by law, reeited particular
laws u their attention, among which were the laws Of
the state relating to slaves and slavery. He imagined
that the usual pr lection would be given to this Interest 4,
by the puaishm- ut in his court Of negro thieves, kid.
nspPsrs, etc. but = peremptory mandate from the pro
vost marshal soon dissbused his mind Of any such I'm.
preston. The order is positive So far as the negro is
concerned, and says: "The Judge Of the criminal court
having charged The grand jury on esrtsiu points where a
conflict Of authority might arise, all persons will take
nosice-Thst shy attempt to execute State laws at vari-
snce with the orders Of the President aud the military
commander, will be construed as a contempt Of the
authorities Of the United States. and will be summarily
punished The status OF the negro is involved in the
war now existing, and viii, in its progress, be clearly
determined In the mean time the runaway slave must
be treated ss free" The court is then given to under
standit must cnnfne its business 10 Furnishing murder,
Arson, burglary and crimes mala4 in ss''
In the recorders court on the 18th there were fourteen
eases, aad one hundred and three dollars wss collected
IL anes. VIM Grant, a grocery keeper, was fined ten
dollars for making nuisance. D. Harsllo, charged with
whipping his wife, and other ofsnses, not appearing,
a deposit OF twenty ave dollars he had made for his ap-
PsarAnce was forfeited.
a new paper, ais announced viii make It's appear
anee in a few days, to be edited BY B. F.. G. Brooks.
The soap factory of D. Pante, near the Winchester
eemetery, WI destroyed by hro on Tuesday night
The loss was $1,000, and after the FIRE oaes fairly com
menced, ali efforts to suppress the flames proved Of lit
tie avail Mr.. Psnte is insured for $1,000 In the com
psny represented BY D. c. Trader, ESQ.
Both the cifv fourn L. rontfnna ba~,i,. .h,,t -.
wharfboas wreck, and ths BgUziH say. We learn.
wi h satisfaction that he wis, fmaster, Mr. Butler, has
the matter in his hands, and by his efforts there Is yet q
ehsnes Of the work Of removing the exposed part Of
the boat being done this season. Mr. Butler informs MS
that he Will receive proposals from any orc disposed to
undertake the job Of taking TO pisces and removing
such portion Of the hull ofthe wreck as Is shove the sur
face Of The water. This wcod, as shown when a portion
Of Il Ess removed under Mr.. Bztlar's superintendence, a
few weeks ago, IS sound and good. Among it is a vast
amount Of iron those who IN 'ertske the Job viii be al.
lowed Il, whole Of the material they may remove. and
such anooey bonus as VIII msks the job a profitable
one.
Referring to the river and The landing. the Lrgus
ssys: The present condition of our leves is not what il
should be by any means, and a little looking after would
not be smiss before the severe winter months set In. Is
Is true that the arrival and departure Of boats are not 50
~ $3.50 NA~ANLH HhA Ar1E -
no good reason existing why the lsves which has been
constructed at so great expense, should be allowed to 70
70 m Ia enc or two places the pavement has sunE,
snd the unPaved part Of It would be much better with
8 load or two Of gravel thereon. Altogether It deserves
to be the subject Of some overnight and that immedi-
stely.
The ButIstiz calls attention to the speculators IN cot
ten, etc, who are operating without the usual city
license. Mr. Nsrlepthsl had been 6ned ten dollars
for acting a. a cotton broker without license, and TIVE
other parties were arrested
meeting Of the bar was-advsrised to be held on the
18th, to pay some suitable tribute Of respect to the mem (
Org OF Judge Brown, deceased
The 4rus' or bitches" left by the removal Of ths
railroad ties on Main street have left that thoroughfars
In a bsd condition Vehicles are considerably impeded
BY them. By a very lite sxertion, the roGgh places
could be made smooth.
On Monday the amount Of fines paid at the recorders
court was ovdr two hundred dollars. The eKsu plary
locslof the Bulletin sermouiz over this as be thinks
" two hundred dollars worth Of sin in one brief moraing
Is provocative Of mOrslizlng."
-Four rufdans entered the Senate eating house on Tues
day night, and on being refused an order until previous
indebtedness was ~iquidated, demolished ell within their
reseb, and then made good their ssesps.
A party engaged IN robbing M. Ssnegtsr was fred
aeon by the provost guard, and one Of the robbers
killed. On Monday last ar. Sangsts- attempted to move