Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-24
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The tax collectors book for Dayidson county
develops the following facts There are
"A tax payers who sTe assessed for $50.
600 and upwards 1870 persons for SIS. GOO and
uader $50. 600 36s persons for $4,000 and
under $25.00Oi aud So persons for $1,000 and
under $1,000. Tbs Union, commenting, says F:
These facts not only indicate the concentration
Of wealth in The bands Of : few persons. but
slss the Insignificant number Of property-hold.
ers who would be affected By the confscation-
act.
L. P. Williams, oBs Of the publishers Of the
S0atHsrH Homestead, sn sgricu'tu paps-,
formerly print'd in Nashville, is q prisoner Of
var in Richmond, having been captured with
Col. Strsight's command.
Andy JOhnssn's sdjutant has issued commits
sions 70 three hundred and sixty-One officers to
raise men in Tennessee.
John LeIlyett, chsirmal of tn COMMITTEES sp-
pointed By the merchants, to confer with Sscre-
tary Chase relative TO the trade Of Nashville, re-
ports that az understanding had beea arrived al,
by which goods are to be brought to the city,
without restriction as to q%uantilyi and the msr-
chants are to be allowed to sell goods to all
Guy ers, whether TO be rs-sold or consumed. A
liberal allowance Of goods viii be made to the
country, under such restrictions as The com
msndant Of the department may deem ita mill
.Rry necessity &c enforce. No repetition Of tie
Eve per cent. assessment viii be ~made-goods
having paid that tax ones being exempt. The
produce trade is to be opened south Of the Cum
beElsnd, as far as the Fedefal military oceupa-
ton will justify, the parties engaged in such
traffic giving proper bends 20 secure their com
plisnee with the treasury regulations.
The marAhAl Of the United States for the
Middle district of Tennessee, Is proceeding rap
idly in the coufsestiOn Of property. both real
and personal. We observe s number of notices
ia the Union, OF the 16~.h-among others, one
seizing the Maxwell house." belonging 70
John OvertOn, E5q, who " is engaged IN aid
ing and sbeLting a certain armed rebellion"
Col Browning, for a year past Andy Jshn-
sons private secretary, has been appointed Fed
eral sdjutantgenersl Of Tennessee.
Fhe Confederate 1rOn-CIads in England.
The New York Tribune learns from q passsH-
ger by the steamship Scotia, who enjoyed Pc
euliar favorable facilities for becoming familiar
with the facts, that the Confederats iron-elads
are being pushed forward to completion with the
utmost vigor Il says;
Two two Thousand ten ircn-elads, combining
the ram and monitor principlsa, are being built
By Laird, at BIksDhead. Ons Of these Is a.
ready launched. They are plated with four
iHeh iron; each carrying tF0 tUErets, twelve
inches thick, snd have formidable rams pro- sct-
ing from their stems. Each turret viii cary
two 200-pOundsr riAs guns, and each vessel will
be armed in addition with two IG0-pOundsr stem
chaseIs. The guns were ready at Preston,
Lancashire, and would be shipped and put on
board IN the Irish channel, The Esm which was
launched was expected to sail within four days
! alter the Scotia left. snd the second would be
launched by the time the first sailed. Ths des-
austion Of these powerful vessels was reported
70 be the United States; but nothing definite
WAS known cn the subject.
II order to facilitate their speedy completion
work was kept en- them night and day, several
gangs being employed to relieve each other
throughout the twenty-f5uT hours. We are in
elined to doubt the statement that either OF
.hese rams will be ready TO sail As soon as was
sKpeeted And for this reason Oar informant,
describing the progress Of the first ram, states
hat when be last saw her, last bsfore leaving
Liverpool, her smoke stacks were up, the tUrret
vas on deck ready TO be put IN place, and the
other about to be begun. New here, where We
are supposed TO understand these matters very
thoroughly, It takes several weeks to set mp the
turrets, and then the work of boring the ports,
fitting the shutters, and other operations, con-
sumo a gooi deal of time. Il is evident, how
ever, thas no effort or expense was being spared
to push forward the work Sinclair and Marry,
Of the rebel navy, were daily in Lsirds yard,
inspecting the progress Of the vessels and urging
he builders forward
Ram Ne. 1 was launched under the French
Gag. permission fcr that purpose being given By !
he French consul at Liverpool And what is |
more, the craft sill fsW ths Hi-e0lor when our
informant left. The destination Of these vessels
is well knewu TO the Bitish Government. Our
agents have closely followed them from the be
ginning, and the evidence accumulated Of their
eontraband character has al been laid before the
Ministry. Yet, thus far, no effort has been
made to restrain them from sailing.
But these are not all the offensive preparations
now in progress against rs IN neutral Great
Britain. A large mon-clad sl0op-of war Is well
under way in the yard Of q Liverpool ship
builder, whose name our informant has forgot
ten, and five others, Of . very formidabls char
aeEef, arc IN cQuIa5 OF GolStlcklOu IN bb Lilub,
One of those, now building by James &
George Thompson, over 1000 tuns burden,
have four or Eve inches of iron plating
upon eighteen inches Of tick. She viii
cot, however, BE- ready to sail for some months.
GA the day before the Scotia sailed the cap
of ram No. I wss heard to ststs At the
Adelphi hotel, Liverpool, that hs WOEld COM
maud thss vessel. He remarked IN converse
lion THAI lie was 3 Sontherner sEd . Iebeli
but more discreet than Mary snd sjnelsir, he
from going neal he iron-clsds, SO Is
to avoid hTiUging suspicion upoa their dessina-
ton. Public opinion in Liverpool appeared 10
have settled dowR~to this point-thsb the neH-
1slity laws Of England had been evaded long
sgo, AID It Wss tins that the farce came to an
Tie merchants and public men had come
10 the conclusion that unless the Government
to stop these pirates from sailing very
grave complications would arise between Great
aud the United States, which, It was By
no means improbable, would eulmiDsts in open
lostilities. Whether their opinion is founded OF
act, only the result can determine.