Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-10

ACAAN
The manufacturers Of the wares from the pre-.
cious metals require a little over SI,000,000 il
specie annually for their work.
Commodore Mutt will act as groomsman a
the wedding of his friend Tom Thumb, and th'
bridesmaid will be q little sister of the bride-a
young lady quite as minute and pretty as the
future Mrs Thumb.
Mrs. Mary w. Foster died at Mount Holly.
Vt, some days since, Rged one hundred years
and three months. She had one hundred and
thirty living descsndents, down to the fifth gen,
Grafton. She had a brother killed st BraintTee,
and herself knit socks for the soldiers Of 177e
and 1862.
The Legislature Of Washington Territory has
passed an an act Furnishing persons refusing to
receive legal tender notes At par, by imposing a
imprisonment.
Many people suppose that the States Of Ohio
and Indiana have an interest in the banks bear
ing their names, and are bound for the issues Of
these banks. Nothing is further frem the truth.
Over one million and a half bushels Of coal is
now on the waysdown the Ohio from Pittsburg
1t will be distributed as follows Cincinnati,
542, 900 bushels st. Louis, $4,000; Memphis
1S5, 000; Louisville, 208, 1000 together with
thirty pairs Of floating boats containing 100000
bushels.
n CyilbehVhlcub VI the NOW 1OIA IIL0NHe
says that Gen. Sumner was relieved at his own
request, made two weeks ago, and not renewed
since Gen. Hooker's appointment. Also, that
Gen. Franklin is relieved absolutely, and will
probably ask q court of inquiry.
The Office Of the ROckport (Indiana) Demo
cTat was attacked BY g mob composed Of sol.
dieTs of the 9TH Indiana cavalry, e company Of
which is stationed near that place) on Wednes-
day night, and the contents, with the exception
Of the press, destroyed. Mr.. Jones, the editor,
estimates his loss at $500.
Tie amount of agricultural implements an
nually produced in the United States is esti-
mated st over seven millions in value, Of which
the middle States produce two and a half mil
lions.
A writer in the Prairier Farmer gives es the
product Of twenty acres fifty tons Of hay and
fifty bushels of clover seed, which sold for five
hundred and sixty-seven dOllars-over twenty
eight dollars per acre.
Complaint is being made in OHIO and Michi-
gan OF the poor prospects for the next wheat
crop.
Pennsylvania last season exported coal to the
value Of thirty-four million dollars. OF coal aud
coal OIL she produces more value than California
does of gold.
Generals Sumner and Franklin are both the
SoulukS ~ AeHh u Ocu6Ibl uQOhefg appointed
to the command Of the army of the Potomac,
and this affords a ready solution of the cause Of
their retirement from their respective commands.
Minnesota has disposed of forty thousand
acres of her school lands for 3 quarter of a mil
lion dollars, and there yet remain two and q
half millions to be sold.
The New York Times correspondent declares
positively and unqualiiedly that Burnside's let
ter. wherein he assumes ali tha TesDonsihilitv for
the fredericksburg carnage and defeat, is q let
ter I'm which there is nothing his but the sig
nature, and to which his good nature-not his
conscieuce-consented."
Ths number of men drafted in Bucks county,
Pa, was one thousand SIX hundred and nine
teen. Four hundred and 6hy-nine were re-
iected, and two hundred and forty-six have not
reported for duty.
The Boston Journal is now printed on paper
made of wood. The high price of rags com
PEELED it to take to the timber literally, and
it is well pleased with the result. The paper is
soft and firm, with a smooth and clean surface,
and admirably fitted for newspaper work.