Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-08

NEtS NEEhIa-
Y Our dates nom all points arc to The tiin
instant.
The weather was Good and cloudy al Cincin
nati, Indicating snow or rain. The river he'
receded three inches during the twenty-fou
hours ending on the evening OF the second
with six feet fun on Rising sun Bar.
Al Pittsburgh the river Is stationary, with i've
feet IN The channel.
There is ave feet in the canal, and four feel
on the shoalest bars along the Lower Ohio.
the Cumberland is rising. with twenty inches
on Harpeth shoals.
The river at 81. Louis still continued to ad-
vance IN the twenty-four hours ending at 10
An. Thursday, St rose one foot and two and a
half inches, and * now twelve feet ten and a
quarter inches above low water mark Of
eighteen hundred and sixty three, with seven
feet in the channel out % Cairo.
The Missouri river is IN fair boating order, with
four feet reported on the bars 10 Leavcnworth,
and about the same stage from that point 70
Omaha.
The Illinois river is stnl rising. with fully
seven feebof water in the channel 70 Peoria.
Tie Upper Mississippi river is in nne nayiga-
bic condition, and rising. There is now a chan
mel depth Of fully six rand a half feet TO Keokuk,
and three and a halt to four feet on the lower
rapids.
There were thirty inches in tho Kanawha
and falling. when the T. J. Pickett came out, on
Tuesday. There had been considerable 5ain,
and Capt. FARLEY, OF the Pickett, is Of the optn-
ion that there VIII be a rise in that stream.
The riverat Evansville was rising steadilybut
slowly, ard the sand-bars ABOVE the city have
/ disappeared, and the countenances Of Ade-
wheel stealnbOats are growing brighter.
| AT New Albany the river was recetling slowly,
1 with i've feet water on the bars thence TO Ev-
ansviue. The weather on the second was warm
and rainy.
| Il rained hard at Nashville on wednesday,
with the Cumberland rising slowly, having
swollen four inches on Tuesday.
I.aiLr aae reported up Tie Allegheny, with
tircu fees 10 o. City.
~ wheeling On tAe-evenlng % the third tlo
river was falling slowly,
ss-seeretsry seward is said 70 be Preparing
ply 70 Earl RusselI's letter TO Minister Adams
relative to the proposed commission 20 adjUdl.
cate claims against the British Governments.
sB-several counterfeit Treasury notes Of
large denomination have been received at
Washington, having passed through the hands
ofvarious sub-Treasurers.
Hs-The Minnesota god mines on, Lake Sure,
r.-r. are richer than at hrsJ supposed quartz
IA wing been discovered worth eighty dollan
per ton. 4
BsS-The Richmond Enquirer, under the control (
OF one OF It's old proprietors, has again made its
appearance.
ps. The order from The Secretary OF War rel.
atIVe TO the mastering out Of the veteran re- /.
serve corps has ruaily been published, by which Z
II appesrs thar hos, W no wish to be discharged
can be accommodated, ana those who do not I
can wait til something. turns up relative 70
their cases.
~ There are said 20 be nineteen thousand .
cavalry stiIl in the service IN the military diyi
sion commanded by Gen. sherman
n% \ washington dispatch to a New York !.
paper lntiinates tilat Chief Justice Chase win 7
resign.
ns- The claim department Of the ssnitary
Commission at Springfield received, a few days
since, five thousand eight hundred dollars from {
Washington in liquidation OF soldiers claims. I
Advices from Mexico state that no serious as
Saull las ygl seen made on Matau1oras, and 4
THAI tic IEnp np1rI4llsts were confident OF holding
Tie place.
a. The Tunia ambassadors were received yes I
terdaY Oy Tie President and Secretary OF state. Z
Tho letters OF The Dey OF Tunis were presented. 4
with some Introductory remarks by the Embas- I
sldors, which were responded to by the Presi !
dent in his usual happy manner.
ns- There are apprehensions Of a dearth OF food I
ia North Carolina before the next crop is Sc
cured. The present crop is materially injured I
by the drouth. and is extremely limited in The .
parts OF the state where there were military .
operations on a large scale
A steam tug exploded at Norfolk, Va, on
sunday. The boat was blown 20 atoms, and all I
ON board, five persons instantly killed.
The Missouri legislature convenes Tomorrow.
10 is au adjourned session OF The old Abolition .
Legislature, and, OF course, no good can be eX-
pected from II.
ne. Brig.-Gen. C. L. Kilburn, ASSISTANT COM
miSsary- General OF subsistence, United states /.
Army, has been announced in General Orders z
as Chief COmmissary Of Gen. Meade's command. /
ne- Capt. George B. Sussen Proyost-liaIshal
of tnc District pf Columbia. has been brevefted
by the President, Major Of Volunteers, for gai-
liant and meritOrious services during the late
rebellion.
nc Acting Assistant-Surgen c.. B. Hlggin-
bolham, Of the Navy, hls received four months
leave OF absence prior 20 an honorable dis
charge.
uu Capt. Jervis Cook, sixty-filat New York
Volunteers, tried and convicted by court-mar-
tal ON various charges, has been sentenced 10
be dismissed the service.
IA The President has appointed Cadet VIII
liam r. LcVeunore, TO be First Lieutenant In
The Second Artillery, vice Smith. promoted.
ns The Louisville Journal denies that Col.
Iaqutss has been acquitted. De was held %
Court
The Evansville Journal. Of Thursday, says
% II rtined all day yesterday with but little in
termissiOn. and the day was extremely disa-
l-reeable The river here is rising steadily, and /
there is good wafer now tOr medium class boats I
from Louisville 10 Cairo. The Wabash is also /
rising
The Nashville Banner of Thursday, SAYS:
Is The long expected rain commenced falling I
here yes5vrlay morning al dav v-break, and +
asted tls-aU@hOut the day. II is still raLnlng oA I
grable rise Is favorable. The Cum berlaud was /
rising slowly last evening with twelve inches .
sSant On the shoals
60 The revolution in Hayti has about come I
TO an end, The revolutionary at Cape Lay tlen .
having agreed 70 surrender the town TO Presl- I
dent JediaUd The whole affair has been q farce !
thel never having been over 1ye hundred in I
ing been confined within its limits.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE TO BE LEFT WITH /
CoEGREss-Wh the President viii do, hear, I
Is 10 throw the Empire" Louis Napoleon, aud /
he Monroe doctrine upon Congress, and leave
hi 10 tnnt body 70 say whether Max shall be pO-
Iitely told 70 quit, or whether we shall do as all
Europe has done, recognize nun - the eonstitu-
TED authority in that country.LS Special dispatch
% ne Philadelphia Led1er
~, Mason Grey late Captain Of the Thir- |
teenth New York cavalry, who was sentenced I
by a military commission which convened in I
this city. september fourteenth, eighteen hun
dred and siXty-nvei TO De c0ntlned at hard labor
for the period OF five years. in such State prison
as the proper authority may designate, and pay !
a fine 20 the United states of one thousand dol
lars. and to remain IN confinement until such
me should be paid, has been released from the
Old Capitol b order OF the secretary OF War.
ss- The following-named officers OF the regu-
lar army have been retired from the service
by the Board OF Examination in session at
Wilmington, Del: Capt. T. J. c. Bailey, Seven
toenta Infantry; Capt. T. II. Carpenter, Seven
Cavalry; First Lieut.. L. Murphy, Filth Cavalry;
First Lieut.. W. 7. Pennock, First Cavalry Sec
ond Lieut., Robert Catiin, Fifth Artillery.
IRASsrAREvT HoUsEs.--In the vicinity OF
surprise Valley, Nevada, IS an extensive quarry
Of gypsum, perfectly chrystaliz0d, ana as trans
parent as blocks Of ice from the clesreSt pond.
THIS rock naturally breaks in perfect squares,
and without cutting can be used for building
purposes. Several houses will soon be erected
Of this material, aud il IS thought that no win
dOws viii be required, as the blocks Of gypsum
will admit light. a building constructed 81 this
material would certainly present a splendid
and fairy like appearance
a. Brevet Nlaj.-Gen. ". H. Enory, COM
manding District Of West Virginia, has been
promoted to MaJor-General OF Volunteer. and
BreveI Brigadier- General L. 8. A. Brevet Lieut.
Col. Thayer Melon, Assistant Adiutant-q -qensral
OF Volunteers and MAJ. j. d. Rider, both OF
Gen. EmoIy's stat, have been relieved under
tho PROVISIONS Of General ofdsr No. one hun
Generals once, @ad ordered 10 report from
lant-General Z. 3. A.
By Funeral services over the remains of the
late Commander Downes, who died at New Or
leans, September tweuty-drst, aged forty.three
yearH, took place al the residence of his brother
ln-law, IN Boston, IN the tWenty-fourth. Rev.
Thomas II. Lambert, D. D., of st, John s EpiscO-
ket containing the remains was draped with tho
National mas and adorned with flowers, and
bore silver plate inscribed with the name, aGe,
date and place OF the death Of the deceased.
There were present on the sad occasion nunner-
ous officers OF the Navy, smoRg whom were
Rear Admiral Strlughan ana many officers OF
the Charlestown laqtl, faymaster Bates Of the
receiving ship sld Others, The remains were
taken 90 AaUnt Auburn for tntermeut
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ANOTHER MYSTERY * JERSEY CITY.
The people Of sersey CITY are again
exercised over another mystery which
threatens to create an excitement equal
ing that occasioned by the story of the
Haunted Church. y From a certain
house in the Third Ward, there eemanates
almost nightly horrid screeehes, yells and
grOans, mingled with the cry of murder,
which alarms the neighbOrhoOd. A few
nights since a policeman on that beat
heard the noises which were so terrifying
and indicative of the infiiction of VIC
lenee, that ne went to the police station
to state the case, and inquire if he would