Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-27
TENNESSEE HOAEg GUARDS,
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BosToB, December S4-A privass letter,
have received sz3szs from Cape Town 10 ad-
vance ten thoussRd rupees to the Alabzn1s, aad
iheY have large number Of letters awaiting
her arrival, NOW daily expected. She viii meet
with very eocl reception from the Europeans
here
WEST PeInF, Dse S4.-A great test with
SiaGord5 pIojectilss to-day pT5ducad WondsTful
results. An iron target SIX aud eight inches
thick, backed with fifteen inches Of live oak.
was perforated and set or bEs BY TIVE shells,
sontaiEiEg oEe gallon Of Gresk aEe each. The
aperture made in the iron was fsurtsen inches
in diameter, snd the Wad sad bolts we're terribly
broken. The ignition was secured By impact
and it eeniinued TO burn until extinguishsd by
direction OF the etdser IN charge. The gun
used was an sightinsb Psrrost rife.
WAsHIEGrOE, December "a --As tire terms
Of the Presidents emancipation and amnesty
proclamation DO not, in words, iRclUde IN it the
Indian Territory, Efforts are being msds By the
Indian bureau to adjust the iif3aultiss growing
cut Of eel lain indians having made common
csuss with the rebel Government and to base
the settlement Of ths pzinSiPleg asserted in lhass
DfselamatioEs. Already the Creeks have ncgc-
Iissed treaty with this e9vernneut, providing
fer tho abolition Of slavery sn0ng Them, on
condition Of their being Tsiastatsd ia ths en-
ioymsnt Of the benefits which ey forfeited BY
tbsir digloyRlty. And similar treaties are con
tsmplated with the ChoctsWs sna Cherokees;
ibs latter, through their own council, have BIC
vided for freeing their slaves, as ssipGlation 70
that end Is required in ihe new treaty.
PHILADELPHIA, December 24.-It IS under
stood ihsi the National Conservative Uaiou
seuventioB, ncsy in this city, has Tsafi1msd the
nomination Of Major Genersl Geo. B. McClsl-
y
". B. Campbell, Of Tennessee, for Vice PIssi-
dent
4 London letter gays Earl Rosseu did really
Tesiga the foreign Secreisryship, Dat tAs Q as0n
s0ula not find il II her heart 30 secepti H. because
Of tho recent troubles about Lord Palmerston.
Tbs respectable Russell was necessary to tie
Gshine! to smooth ever th9 Haws Of hia chief
Chicago received I2Ss090 hogs IN enc week
recently. In = continuous line they would
form = bog telegraph enc hundrCd and hfty
miles long, or a sausage hne $500 miles
n le1ght-enough to reach from San
Ffsusisco to New York.
4 negro eocseFiPi yyso puibl head ouS Of lie
jail w.Edsw, in Washington, wss instantly shct
Tor dsrkeRirg tie sinosPheTe.
LGl8 military orders in the district Of Men,
phis, will probably cal three thousand militia
into the service Of the Usi.sd States, Tor home
def.nse.
4 magician, Professor L9vo, latsly exhibit
ing in GsIwichs Conn, advertised THAI be
w5Rld csuse tAs mysterious disspPaaragce cf
youeg lsdy,' aud kept bis PrOHiss By Eun-
,irg CT with another mans vile. The PaiT
have since been esptUred.
FoRT SMrrH, Ark, Dseember 23.-ColoRel
Williams, eomuanding at RossYlle, Arkansas,
has secured loE GcveEnmont, bslea AEd in pro.
cess Of giEzipg, some two h6EdTed bales Of
rebel cotton, and has Withia reach Of his camp
eae handed lhsUssnd buskeis ct corn, and IS
ga.hsriDg q thousand bUshsls psr day Hs can
DatEp, II sals can be procured, tEo huudrse
IhousAcd pounds 81 porS-a0 5ei-e done by
the Tegimsns, with the assistance Of one extra
train. besides running TIVE mills and hunting
bGshW haekers generally, several Of whom have
Been captured.
A mortgage was lately pus On record iG Hi
nois, which had 81 coo Eogth Of Government
Stamps attached - IS.
Tho personal efsets of J A. Csmp5ell, Of
Alshams. lsls Ja5ge Of the United States Sd
pgeme CsuIs, which had been seized aud con
| aezned us1er the R-ovisioBs Of tbs eonsses-
| ton act waIo sold st auetio1 on Thursday, At
/ his late residences ir Washington. The sum ui
! 50 300 gss realized from ihe sale.
/ The Nav York TTtbEss has this Item: "fhe
New England clergy sle, it is said, talking Of q
strike fOr higher saIsriss.7
They have "CEiPples' Union" ia Brooklya
/ The society was orgsnizsd last Aeveaber, and
consists enly Of persons who have lost liRb
OF lis permaueut use, in tia servise OF Ghe
United States The objects Of the society srs
benevolent. There are already about twenty
members
GENERAL BUTLEK's COMMAND EixTESDED
By order Of the WsT DapsrtmeBt, me county
of st. Msrys, Maryland, and eouRiisa 0
Narthamptsa and Aeeomae, eastern shers G
I 20 toVu
mshd. Several negro regiments will At enee b
recruited fron that district.
TRUsTRN PoLK-Ex Senator TTussen Poll
arrived IN the city Saturday evening On th
Ohio and Mississippi railIesd frem Sanausky
He wss accompanied by his daughtoT, and
. looking 70 be il eKcellszt health We beAr
, repcrted that hs hss been exchanged fer q dis
tinguished KsRtaeky prisoner, formerly held b,
! the rebels. lie was not under guard. Isl. LeHs
RspublieGa, Ala
IIsZr ARD TfiE PoPE-LisEt, the pianist
has been lsiely honored, st the convent whsr
he is staying. By visit from the Pope bsiof
. = hor be played lie Biano for a haur. Whsl
he was dcas, Pias lX embraced the pianist a.
. said sYoa have made ne hear eeleslii
, harmOniesj thanks to y0u, I can Row iofn :
! idea Of what E1gei chorUses eRght 10 be.
Isisz. is now busy IN setting 20 music the hts
} Saint Francis, Of AssisEi-.-ths saint She, q
!, eording 10 Rsnsn, approached in lAs sbaIast'
, nearer % Christ than any Other man who n
E ever lived.
, AFREECH OFFIeIAL IN Sr. LO5gs.--A gsi
!, llsmsn Of pEenineas ofieisl station, nams
Z Capt PICARD, fssnsrlY post ssptsin In 8
3 naval seTTlss Of France, and &s present SO 9
! tsese ef the French embassy in Loadon, b
!. sssn in shis city for several days past s. &
|. LizdeM hotsL He comes to the West, i
I. sppuoss5, On an important mission f0T.eae aio
i. fesf;nsTls he FepTesente tespg iess than ezsEsi
q iEo izfo a6s setics sslllY end means Of 81