Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-18
LATE NORTHERN TEws.

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On the 22d uls. Ge8. Warren, commanding
shs Miscayenaiing forces on MatagoTda island,
Texas, landed st Port Lsysees, with three hun
drsd men and few pieces Of artillery. No one
being there to oppose them, ihsy commenced to
pluuder- she town They carried Of large
warehouse a Ere bEoks oct Wills they were
destroying a square and = hsiL
Gen. 4 ". Slocun is assigned to the district
Of VicksbuIg, extending from the mouth Of the
Arkansas rivsr, os the Tess side Of the Missis-
sippi, and Tsllshatehis river, On the east side,
down to the department Of the gulf. HsadqusT-
teTs At Vlehsbarg, Miss.
Gen Shaekelf0rd, whose csptuTs and rsleaas
by gusrrillas has before been mentioned, wss
taken under interesting circumstances He
went to Hadisouville, Ky, 70 be married. The
gueTrilss went to the house where he was stop
ping, dressed in the national uniform, and the
general sGpposinz they HeTs soma OF dis old col
diers, went 20 tle doort0 meet and welcome them,
when q revolver vas placed st his breast, and
he was told he was = prisoner 70 John Morgan
He vas SLOWED sn hour to get ready 70 20 with
them, they, in the meanwhile, demanding Of
him 10 take the cath 10 the Conlsdsrsey, and 81
the szms tine expressing thsir purpose 70 shave
his head and face smooth. Shackelford pcsi-
lively and persmpsoriiy refused 10 take the cath
under any circumstances. The citizens, how
ever, iutsrfsrsd, and after OBTAINING him fer an
hour, the rebels released him.
The Ohio SsasssHen has q sensation account
of mob II GFeenTilis, DasEe county, on Non
day last Tbs law ofiee Of Wm. Allen. an sx-
( Conxrsssmaa, and DsmocEat, was aSsaied and
/ gutted and MI. Allen himself suffered violence.
The StatssnGa charges ths responsibility for the
disturbance upon AbchE0A isnates, loyal
/ lsspUresi and drunken sOiders"
/ a correspondent 70 the OHIO Stats JszrEEL
suggests tas following ticket for tho Chieago con
Yeaa0R;
i / suggest tha following IS q very suitable
/ ticket for nomination at the Chicago copper
head national convention Fo- PfsG6sHt JeH
DAVIS, sf Richmond; Vies-Pfssidect, Q. i Val
! landigham, Of CsRada West Fer regular eabi-
nes oficers-SeeEetaTy os Siats, Fernando
/ Wood; Seors.sTy Of Treasury, Jshn G. Bseslin;
/ Secretary OF War, John Morgan; sscTstsTy o.
/ the Navy John Sgidell; Secretary Of the Inssri-
1 or, DGa Voorhees,; Attorney GausEsl, Geo Z
Pugs; Postmaster General, Judgs Woodward
I for Kitchen Cabinet" Sam. AsdaEy, Dr.. 0lds,
/ J. L. GTesns. Bill Allen, Ton Barley, ssm
/ Csx sld George Converse
A number Of philsRthTopie persons in Boston
are eEdeaYorinR to establish st Home for dis
| charged female prisoners.
/ The naw salt vEeils as LsasiBz, Mich, turn
out to be Of excellent quality.
A military hospital IS 70 be bdilt imnsdislsly
in Detroit,
The spotted fever IS prevailing 70 an alarm
/ ing extent in the western porsion OF Wiilismson
county, Ill In Oue sTaall seitiamsnt over
twelve persons have died Of l. If relief IS OBJ
tanned in the firss siAges Of the disease, the pa
tent is likely 70 recover, but the delay Of q few
hours IS almost always f=tei. Is hss committed
fearful rg7ages in souas parts q 0hio and
I Ia -
months sinee.
4 is great maple sugar sesgon IN Vermont
Five to eighs tons are shipped every week fEona
BrsttlshoIo
Tie Portland Adrsrtissr (Republicsn) ex-
presses the opinion that If John c.. Fremons i q
candidate for the presidency against Abraham
Lincoln, she latter wiz NOT get ons electoral
vote IN the whole Union!
Loyal fashions eontiaus to extend. They
awarded ths highest pEizs, q = rsesnk baby show
in Cincinnati, 70 ''piekaninay "a eolOFsd in
fanf,
ira DetroiT Free Press IS informed thas gold
has been discovered within few days in Decs-
tuT, Van Barren county, Mich The locality IN
which it Is foazd gives stroRg evidence Of vol.
eanic action, end S made up prineiDalY Of
quartz Tsck, green sl0ns and black sand The
gold thus far found IS fue fake gold Il has
been tested BY powerful aeida, sgpllod By com-
pesoAh eueEllst5, sAG pfOnOllceQ , fe1ulne aftl-
Gle, and q very rieh quality. The exeifsment II
that quarter Is Represented as being very great,
though, IS yet, not enough has bssE developed
} to show WhssheE the gold exists il very large.
paying quantities. Fhe people are rushing
there nom all qusEsers II that parsof the Slste
Van Barren county is sif1ated On the eastern
shore OF Lake Michigan twenty to thirty miles
north Of the IndisEA line.
The assistant trsssuzcE IS Kew York Is paying
the gold interest due on the Nay coupons, IN
z secordance with q letter Of Instructions received
rom the Treasury DspsTtHienE April IA. and
dated Washington, Agfa Is Pregieus 70 the
date Of this Letter, ApEa r. the Tressurv De-
T vArsmsnE ss WashizgY lska sFssusd nc Inslruc-
J lions, direct Of ind e. .sa's fsss payment
Of tho coin dividends dac Hay L The amount
of gold das FOR dividends bR 1ss May IS about
: $13 090,000, and The assistant treasury in New
York City holds about 81, COO 600 10 geld.
Qaits 3 navy has been constructed By he
} ConiedsrHsss il the last eghlssn months, azd 4
rumor does net lie saws tas Memphis BElssfsz)
. ] It is far superior to sing hey have jet sss
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