Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-12
B6s= A waiter in a Washington hote
fell down stairs and killed himself

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bama, has made his debut sS SDresen o.s 'n.2i
in Richmond, Va.
/ nra- The French savans say to Obtain
= sufficient ntnOurishmentfrom oysters alone
t a man must eat sixteen dozen per day
pB Qneen Victoria has recently
, knighted a negro. Nature had pyevi
7 ously nighted him.
! ssa- Since the war closed twenty-five
! thousand bales Of cotton have beeT
, shipped from Montgomery, Ala.
~ Gen. Grants report, which has
been in the hands Of the Secretary OF Wal
, for some time, has been recalled.
pa. There have been two hundred and
, forty-one Post Office routes restored III
the South, embracing eighteen thousand
five hundred miles Of service.
Bg- Forty thousand people We're pres
ent in Brooklyn, L. l., on Sunday, on the
occasion of laying the cornerstone OF q
Catholic orphan asylum.
hST Gen. Candy, in command of the
department of Louisiana, has been
ordered 10 muster out all his troops that
can be spared.
nea The President is said TO be san
guine that Southern Representatives,
who can take the oath, will be admitted
to seats in Congress.
neA- The wine of Champagne and Bur-
gundy will be of a rare quality this year /;
the vintage was never so favorable, not
even in the famed comet year.
psy- Max Maretzek has sued the pro-
/ pTietors Of the New York Sunday Aer-
cUry for libel, damages ten thousand dol
lars.
BsA- A Montreal dispatch states that
! five regiments of British troops viii be
/ sent to Canada West, to guard against
any possible Fenian demonstration.
BS- One Of Grau's sopranos is a golden
haired lady Of such marvellous beauty
that she is styled the Venus Ofopera sing
Crs.
rs Several prominent Missouri rebels
have been pardOned by the President, in
Guiding Gen. Frost, DR.. Pstten, John w.
Reid and George Vest.
Ia The New York press is just now
engaged in its annual but useless denun-
ciaticns Of the condition Of the tenement
houses Of the city.
BA- Several inches of snow fell in st.
Joseph, No, on Monday, and severe
snow storms have prevailed in several
parts Of Kansas within few days past.
BSg- a mule at Fort Wayne, Ind, has
a colt. The editor of the Fort Wayne
Gazette vOuches for the truth of the state
ment, because he has seen a picture of
the colt
pa The Commissioner of Patents has
refused to grant extension of patent TO
farm cultivators. He will ask Congress
to withdraw from the patentee the power
TO grant extension in patent cases.
aE- During the six months ending on
the first inst, the paymasteTs at Camp
Butler, near Springfield. have disbursed
nine million dollars in the payment of
troops.
ps2- A German named John SiebOld
stabbed and killed a man named Charles
Smith in q drunken row in Baltimore on |
Thursday night, and fatally wounded
another person named Fred. Schaffer.
nG- Butterfield's overland coaches con- |
tinue to run on the Smoky Hill route to
Denver, Unmolested by Indians. Gen.
Dodge has distributed troops along the |
route, making it perfectly secure.
ESs= An ordinance was presented be- |
fore the City Council of Chicago, author /
izing the issuing Of bonds to the amount |
Of one hundred thousand dollars for the |
purpose Of cleaning the streets and pre- 1
pairing for the pestilence.
EEg@ The afternoon train for Columbus, |
On the Columbus and indianapolis road, 1
was thrown from the track, near Milford /
Center, few days ago. A brakeman I
no IL
Injured.
rs "How is it, my dear, that you /
have never kindled flame in the bosom /
Of any mani" lid an old lady TO her /
pretty niece. 10 which the young lady |
replied, The reason, dear aunt, is, as |
you well know, that 1 am not good .
match -
Esa- Gov Fenton, Of New York, has
written TO the Health Commissioners in
the city, in which he assures them that
any preventive steps they take against
the cholera win be sustained by the Leg
islature and the people Of the State.
paa- A man passing through a gateway
I'm the dark, hit his nose against the
post. d" wish that post was in hell"
q Better wish it somewhere else" said 8
bystander, you might hit against it
again
rea- The celebrated trotting stallion,
Clinton, the property Of Col. A. L. Ohm
stead, of Columbus, Ohio, died very sud-
denly on Friday in Cincinnati, Of disease
Of the heart. He was valued at ten
thousand dollars
BSyH The Governor Of New Jersey calls
the attention Of the Mayor Of Trenton to /
Il.
measures 10 prevent the introduction OF I
meuds the prevention of communication /
with vessels in quarantine.
Ia Gen. Tilson, agent Of the Freed /
mems Bureau in Georgia, made q speech f.
before the Convention, which gave great I
satisfaction. lie says that the freedmen /
must tg0rk and stand to their contracts, /
and that good will ought 10 prevail 1
between whites and blacks.
nca- An old farmer, aged seventy-six,
living near indianapolis, having been /
missed for six weeks, was found dead 4
under the tlaGS OF his own house. His |
young wife, and a Juvenile farmer liyiag /
in the neghborhood, have been arrested /
on suspicion Of knowing something /
about the affair
RS Sixteen new cases of cholera are /
reported 10 have appeared on the At I
lauta, bat no deaths. The well passen- I
gers, it viii be observed, are to be re- /
moved from the Atlanta and taken on /.
board a captured blockade runner placed I
1T their service Ly the Navy Department. !
cS- \ petition is in circulation in
Nashville, which is being signed very /
genearlly by the members Of the Legis- /
lature and the bar, soliciting the Prcsi- !
dent 10 appoint Judge Trigg to the va /
cancy in the United States Supreme /
Court, occasioned by the death Of Judge !
CaTon,
"a a gentleman Of East Tennessee, /
who has been travelling extensively /
through North Alabama, informs the I
Nashville Times that the hog crop is very |
short, owing to the ravages of the cholera |
in the summer. The supply of bacon for 1
that region will have TO come from the |
Northern States, and therefore high |
prices may be expected to prevail.
PSH 4 young man by the name of /
Hopkins has absconded from Providence, !
Rhode Island, owing about forty 1
thousand dollars. During the war |
he has been in the grocery business,
and by paying his bills promptly, estab- |
lished a good credit. About three months |
since he commenced buying on time, and |
rapidly sold off his goods below cost, un- |
I'll about ten days ago, when he suddenly |
abscoadcd,
BGy~ Gen. Burnside promises to have !
the Reno and Pit Hole Railroad (ten and |
a half miles long completed in ninety |
days. Seven hundred men are to be en-
ployed in the construction. The route is
from Renoup Shaffer Run to the head of
Cornplanter Run; thence down Corn
planter Run to Oil Creek; up Oil Creek
10 Rauseville; thence up Cherry Run to
Plumer, and down Allander Run to Pit
Hole City.
rs. Queen Isabella has given another
instance of generosity. Some time ago
she relinquished portion Of her income |
in consequence Of the low state Of public |
eXehequer. She has now renounced a
further portion, and has ordered that the
amount Of the civil list so saved shall be
devoted to the sufferers of the cholera |
and hy the foods which took place some /
months ago.
BaD- Measures are before the Mississippi
Legislature to set apart a fourth of the
public revenue TO nav the State debt. 10