Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-09
MEMPHIS ITEMS.

sLamSzT srAlls-The sds Of stalls IN the market
houses took pl CO % the LIST inst. The whole uunhsr
vas shout one hundred, aad the revenue brought iuto
he ciy treasury from The sales was about Ave thousand
dollars.
DRowsEp.-A maa BY the name Of Mchasl Guin,
~dsekhand On tire sssanboaf v F Wilson, while threw
ing over q fender from that boat, lost biz hold ans fell
Into the river, from which be COLD notbs sascusdbsfors
life was extinct
THE RIVER AsD BusuSEss-Ths river aaie a III
Of three inches on the Cd the weather ~waswindY, dry
and cool3 business gulet; and the receipts Ct hs land
Ing very light, oelg 20 lie restrictions plsesd on ship
ments FROM the mp river ports
FmE-Tho Bagain mentions is destruction Of an
old iraae buiiHn occupied By negroes By IRE, and
says The fro might have been q loss to the ownsr,
but was q beueai 70 the nsighborhoed" AZ TIE locality
is not named We 60 not know who 70 rejoice with.
ABELLIeERESr FEaALE-sue Dougia vas arrsst-
cd on the "a and placed 10 the statiou houzs- It sssms
that sae concluded 10 lay aside the fsmsss attire and
Put on that Of the male, and started ont with the intsn-
ton OK being mouzreh Of ell She came zcros5. il her
possession was found 8 knife Of huge dimensions. with
the aid Of which shs Intended % make numerous cap
lures.
PRoFIrABLE-Tae BaAaiz mentions thai d certain
cotton dealer, who had two huHdrsd bales 81 cotton al
some point below, recently paid q certain stsambeat the
sum OF ssooo TO So down and bring 6 up, the stsanboat
having tls proieeHos Of q ~sunboati This payment Of
so per bale, sppsrenfy a freight, shows he great
/ value Of ms "proteeton7 Of the gsnboat, which is
said, Is not slways to be obtained The party beus-
aled undoubtedly hld friend q court
sERIoos CosFucr-Two men. by the name ,f
sanT Shock and James Peterson. when on jefferson
street, concluded 70 Try their skin as marksmen. Il
seems they resided sometime since at Grenade and
Peterson caused the arrest Of sock a. SPY. Tie
first tine they net since that time wac on the ID, when
Shock dew q revolver and fred ct Peterson The ball
passed through his over and under coat and producsd
only a slight ia5eniatioH Immediately over the heart.
The only thing that saved thshf Of Peterson wa two
bundles Of papers, the one ia his over and the other la
thu pocket Of lis under cost. shoek was arrested By
the provost guard aud held to bail for his appearance.
ASSAULT WITH IsrEyF TO KILL-A man by the
name Of Buttiaburs was agrastsd on a charge Of az
sauiting with intent to XII John O'Brsu. Hseens Bat
tnburc has been. and for sught We know is stn, in love
with a frsu dauFhter Of Eve, who, by the way, did not
return the affection wua that warmth be thought ascss-
s3ry tonske him q perfectly happy man. But she was
Of a different opinion. Joln OBHon seemed 10 be the
object Of her s@fseiilu. St least. 80 thought B1ttinburE,
and b rid himself q Hhat he considered 8 dangerous
rival, took the case into his own hands and John was
the suffer r Buttiaburg was held 10 bail in the sum Of
$50 to % attend the rininal court
REcoRDE's CouRT.-Nost o. tho eases before Reeor-
der Dickinson. on the 81 were fer drusksnnsss and
~disordsrly conduct Juis Clifford and Frank Potter
were fined $40 and costs FOR getting drunk and making
2 great deal Of unnecessary noise. A boy by the name
OF suIsr took q into bis hssd that he would carry a
small srmory with him for which the court caused his
funds to be depleted en-. AHsr said it was q hard Gaze
thas men when among thieves aad robbers, could not
have tie privilege Of defending himself. John Fsnton
concluded to Try his muscular powers for which be was
fined sl0and cost John sadhe was, as rule, 8 quiet
unofsndng individual, but the cor. did not like his
locks and IS the city treasury was in need Of funds the
sne had to be paid
THE IRvIsa BLOCK PsIsoSERs-The Bulsaa an
nounees that this Institution for the education Of viola
tors Of Federal military Law, has recently been fitted up
50 as to make &c .sszfs and comfortable" 1t d stated
that heretofore eivi, Federal aud rebel military pds-
oaers have been ell put into one apartment, and with
bad ventilation and other defects, they have been sub
isetsd to disease. Colonel Smith has divided the build
iBg iato three separate apartments or prisons, thus
placing the Federal, civil and rebel prisoners in separate
] MaLtas- Inc rooms alh now AlEAuEAI NeLllald4f aA4
instead Of prisoners being compelled to sleep on tie
aosr hunks are arranged on the sides Of the rooms. In
the front and rear Of the rooms ars high iron partitions,
placed few feet from ihs doors 70 the building thus
preventing escapes, ard at the same time, when the
doors are open, giving the prisoners plenty Of fresh air.
Notwithstanding This pleasant picture, We mus decline
a bunk"
FINANCIAL AND COHEERCLkL-It seems there Is q
new trouble about Tennessee money originating in g
surplus being forced uPen the market Tbs Ba1siHs
financial article says The reesas card Of the bakers
Of this city, in references 20 Tennessee bank notes,
seems pot to have been properly understood There are
persons who are buying up al the Tennssses money
they can find in Cincinnati, ST. Louis AID other cidef,
znd bringingit here, and forcing it upon Gle banks.
This T. al wrong. We understand the bankers to have
meant, in their recent publication, that they would re-
seive tennessee money Oh deposit and pay + outi in
Transactions 81 trey DO other bank notes, bus NOS that
they would hold themselves ready to redeem Tennessee
nousyin other funds. There is a vast difference be-
tween what they promised aud what osztsin parties re-
quirs Of hem, and We are sraaaed to learn that they
mean In future TO o5servelt.
But little was doing ia Gotten or gold. Tie staple
from middliug to good. vas bringing from 90 TO
Tenn sssse notes PSI, Southern bank notss 20 to 50, and