Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-15

u This telegraph is silent to-day, SO far as
p1esB reports are coneerned.
nEmPmas INTRLLEGENUE.

Several refugees, ladies and gsntsm en-. arrived from
the BiuH City yesterday and Sunday, BY when ws
have been favored with las city pspers.
Active preps- stious were in pro gress 70 give a public
reception to Gen. Gran.
Tn recorder reported bis collections Of fines IN Al.
gust s3Is995. This was paid in by four hundred and
twenty-five persons. He had tried i've hundred aud
any nine eazos during the month.
The msrkst-msster, Mr. Kirkland, reports thsth s
81 the Bssls street market for August were
$4,000 At the Poplar street market The collections
for tie same period were s367.5o
The Irving block WAS undergoing a reuovating pro-
cess under the supsintsndeuee o. NJ. W. W Jones.
The BHlatn.s commercial report Of the 9Th sAys
d" Buadsss in our city is still duII, although there is mere
sctivity manifested than for soms months past. The
retail trade Is quite active, although the activity does
not extend 10 wholesale dealers. The restrictions on
trade stl operate agaiust a complete revival Of bus
ness. It's 20 be hoped that these restrictions will bsre-
moved, aad thus unb idle the commerce Of he futsrs
emporium Of. The Mississippi valley. Such a consum-.
matlsn is devoutly wished for by ali classes Of our efi
zsns. There were immense piles Of freight On the lsvee.
This freight was principally osts, cora. potatoes.
Hour aud apples. There Wa cOnsiderabis activity
manifested by draymen aud porters to see which should
hsve ths most Of q Say's work. Ab ut sixty bales Of
cotton we're brought in. The market Is declining.
prices ranging from a 20 504. The river still continues
to fall aud navigation is becoming more difficult every
day. The sand. over on the Arkansas shore, lies
presd out Ike q Htte Sahara, and looks 60 BE- q min.
iaturs plain Of degoatiau.
a serious attempt to murder an cd citizen. Nj. John
d.. BAN, who resides or Caussy street vas made on
he might Of he 81, by asqass Of soldiers. Fortunately
after he had been severely handled, his cries brought
friends TO bis a-ssstanee, but the raseaIs osczpsd.
The weather throughout the greater part Of August
was colder thzH ever experienced in West Tennsuses-
The BuQain says. The cold snap Of Ian week has been
too much for the growing crops they show IN
heir unhealthy color and duI growth low
they have lsngsishsd under 1t. Cotton watch
was Backward at the best and needed steady
heat and great degrees Of it, viii not fully recover from
thisb-cks=t.' Nothing but prolraetsd warm weather all
through this month, csH secure even moderate piCkiag.
Corn is not 20 much the saherer, yet it shows plainly
tbs effects Of weather which demanded thick coats by
day and blankets by night, 10 make It tol4rabie. even to
he stoutest Of Us. Let Us all pray for q hot September
and fros,r late and light
The military suthOFiies have nearly completed one
o. the most extensive lauudies We have ever seen.
ne building is situated between Market and Exchange
streets, usar re naval landiug. It Is about three hun.
dred feet 'ong. provided With trouzhs for the washing, |
and tables for drying the clothes. This washing estsb.
istmeut is FOR the use o. the hospital