Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-16
1KmPmss ENrELLrGENCE.

The Bulletin OF he 2d has bseu received The coto7,
market is reported buoyanf with bat very few offer.
lngS sll Of which taken at advanced rat Five
hundred bSles went up the river On the steamer Alice
Dean tbs lst The receipts for forty eight hours
were one hundred bales by the Rose Harbleton from
Helens. Money reported dull with but little doing
e her in currency exchange The wholesale market
was cbsraatsrizsd by iuactivity, and the
transactions we're fsw aud for smsII quantities
Eleven cases are reported to hsvs been disposed of
By the recorder, and fines the amount OF thirty dol
s-s collected OF the tried we're one for nuis
anee one for disordery conduct thres for usdemesn
or and six for drunkenness. Two only of the cuipa
bies were eOlOred while nine were white foIksr
Mr. J. f. JOhuson, old policeman, died at his resi-
delcs on the ist inst he had long been In the employ
Of the city policeman and at one Zine held the pc
sitOn Of csPtain OF the day pOllos His record has
bsen ereditabie and he will be greatly missed by
large circle Of personal and official friends
oa the Isl alarm of re avss caused by the sxplo
sion Of bottle Of phosphorus sn Rsnkhsrdts drug
store corner Of Main and Market Streets bat before
te engines had reached the spot the flames were sub
dued through the efforts Of the proprietor ard several
customers who happened to be in the at the time
of the explosion
On the night Of tbs 3Isi the reEiieaoe Of Mrs Towns
ley, Eekes street. the eOsner of HerasndO was
burglsriously entered and sIl7 In money stolen.
A national bank has been established at No 9 Msdi
street. having csPtal of 500 900 paid in Chase
has designated as the depository of all public money
IN the city.
Il Is ststed that there large number Of counter
Felt treasury notes of the denomination OF tenties in
circulation In The city. and from the msuner In which
they showed the public Ii is the gensrsl impres
on that regularly organized band Of counterfeiters
aro in the city for the purpose Of psImlng tbem off
upon the uasHspoeInE public Tsas bad also began to
make their appearance.
correspondent of ths Bulletnj takes ths bogus
Lesiure Of Arkansas task aeiiOn with refer
to the Memphis and Little Rock railroad bill This
work has for years been project the citisans Of
Memphis, and although almost nsurmouutabIe obSta.
eies stood in the way of It's construction As lavish
IberSity Of the city government and the lndomi able
energy Of of the leading men were fast psahinT
the work to completion when the war broke out and
put stop further operations. The city OF Memphis
has furnished S55OOoO sOr the prosecution Of the work
and Eost Of the privats subscriptions have been made
By her citizens.
The city Of Little Rock came Handsomely up to the
work. and subscribed 100000 the stock in he road
for which city bonds given. which were Ssadily
eouvertsls. The county Of Pulaski made the same
liberal subscription upon the same terms
When In the early part of 1861 the work Jagged for
want OF ready cash. the State of ArAnEas through her
Legislature aftsr much delay consented to loan ths
company $4,000 al interes eight per cent per
annum- The interest upon that has been paid up
toFsbuSy, 1863 leaving yssrs Interest due on the
Eotes in February 1864 The correspondent states that
it Is for this pay CssOOO) that the present ela
ture of Arkansas would deprive the ctixenE Of Memphis
and Little Rock, the county of Pulaski and private
stockholders Of tAsir rights and hand the road to
set Of shsrpers-Ehoddy conirsctorE-Uho, with true
gamblers instincts had for weeks been doggng the steps
Of LEGISLATOR who however honest n their Intentions
had not the shfewdnes to through The msy schsmez
Of the enrmOrant crew by whom they had evidently
been Influenced.
The road is reported to have paid handsome revenus
since operation by military authority, which Il Il
claimed should go the benefit of the company The
attention of tho mayor and aldermen iI called to III
matter