Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-08
NEWS.

Johnson Club.
The meeting then adjourned.
GENERAL VIEWS.
Real estate to the value Of S29,97O
changed hands in Rutherford county,
last week.
a fire broke out in Bridge street, New
York, on the 4th, 10y which property to
to the amount Of $500, 600 was destroyed.
Miss Lucy Shipley, a young lady sew
enteen years of age, was burned in the
most shocking manner, in Jersey City,
last week.
The negro man, Fortune Wright, who
vas found guilty Of a murder committed
in Carrollton, was hung on the I'd at the
parish prison, New Orleans.
On the ID, the Rev. I. X. Gutheim
c~onsecrated the new Jewish cemetery at
New Orleans, situated on the GENTLY
road.
Col. Dick Morgan has been in Lebanon
during the past week, on business con-
nected with the house of Gen. BAIL
Duke, in Cincinnati.
The gas monopoly Of Washington have
sent in a bill of six hundred dollars for
the gas used in the post office building
during the month of February.
Gen. Scott, who was somewhat in
jured, but not seriously, by a fall from his
berth, on the trip from Key West to
New Orleans, is recovering slowly.
Two thousand bales OF cotton were
burned on the 5th in New York. Loss
$500, 600. The fire Is supposed 10 have
been the work Of an incendiary.
The Lebanon Herald of the Sd says
the remains of Gen. Robert Hatton will
arrive there on the I'D, and be inferred
in his native soil on the following
day.
An "afair Of honor" took place in
Richmond, Va, on Saturday last, be-
tween Mr.. r. u. Ogden and 1. NJ. Hanna.
Four shots were fired, but nobody
hurt
The Cleveland BuHRer says that for
many years Bradley county has not ex-
perienced anything to equal the present
extensive preparations for large crops 0
all kinds Of produce.
Capt. Logan Weatherford, of Arkan-
sas, late Of Gen. Churchil's staff, trans
Mississippi Department, died at the resi-
dence Of his father, near Port Royal,
Montgomery county, last month.
A dispatch says the recommendation
Of the Internal Revenue Commission, to
reduce tax on whisky, is not likely to be
adopted. From present indications no
change viii be made on the TAX.
A company of enterprising Yankees
are boring for oil on Mr.. Glymp's farm,
in Williamson county, with fattering
prospects Of success. They have already
reached a depth of about 200 feet.
On Sunday last the remains of the
Hon. Andrew Ewing, who died at At
lanta, Ga, in the summer of 1864, were
received in Nashville, and privately
inferred in the family vault.
Miss Editha, daughter of John Page,
Esq, living near Big Island, in Bedford
county, Va, was drowned in James river,
near Waugh's Ferry, on the evening of
the 2Sth ult,
The Fire Department Of New Orleans
had a grand parade on the 4th, the ami
versary of the origin Of its organization.
About twenty-five companies joined in
the procession.
The disbursements of the Treasury De-
partment last month amount to 81, 927,-
Il. During the same period redemp-
Of mutilated fractional currency
were made, amounting 10 the sum Of
s2s5, 900.
The Franklin Reuiew says that farmers
throughout the county are not very san
Of the success of the present sys-
tenn Of labor, owing to the fact that the
negroes are tempered with by interested
Chas. Ricb's steam planning mill on the
of Madison and Sumner streets,
North Nashville, together with his resi-
ience, was burned to the ground on Mon
day night. Loss about 10000, without
insurance.
The Office Of the Second Comptroller of
the Treasury Department, which has
the settlement Of all military and naval
claims against the Government, last
reports accounts involving the
sum Of ST., 1867, 459.
The case Of Miss Salie White, held
bonds for the last two years on a
Of murder, for killing a negro
woman, formerly a slave belonging to
the family, has been dismissed by the
court Of Rutberford county.
The late storm did considerable dam
age in Franklin and vicinity. The para
pet wall on the storehouse occupied by
Mr.. Kaufman was blown of, and the
of the Methodist Church was
damaged.
The Franklin Reuicw has heard Of nu-
merous instances where negroes have
gone IN plantations perfectly wei salts
fed for a while, and then despite con-
tract and every other influence, they
been enticed away,
Darby Kelly, the notorious land and
murderer, was arrested in Mobile
last week, on a charge Of disturbing the
peace. The evidence against him
not being conclusive, he shipped on board
the Hattie Coburn for Liverpool.
Bishop Alexander Campbell, generally
known as founder Of the D~isciples' de-
nomination Of Christians, and eminent
as a theologiau, and especially as a de-
batter, died at his residence at Bethany.
near Wheeling, Va, on Sunday night
in the 18th year Of his age.
The official returns from Davidson
county, show that Patterson has been
elected sheriff; Love, circuit court clerk
Nichol, county court clerk; Diggons,
criminal court clerk; Wilson, county
trustee; Glenn, county judge; Collins,
revenue collector.
The Liverpool Journal contains an as
sertion that the British Government has
private information Of n privateer being
at sea on g Fenian Grand This IS given
as one Of the probable reasons for the
suspension Of the habeas corpus act in
Ireland.
There has been a destructive confla-
grafton at lie Island Of Santa Cruz,
West Indies. One or two persons were
killed, and upwards Of s2oO,OOo worth Of
property destroyed, causing much suffer
ing among the population.
A riot occurred at Lucca, Jamaica,
lately among The soldiers at the post, one
of whom was severely logged. One
man, an inmate Of the State prison, was
released from custody by his compan-
ions. Thesoldiers were finally over
powered by the police and citizens, and
imprisoned to await trial.