Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-10

that Mr.. Henry Mittnacht, a Balti
morean, has been very lucky in that IA
OFF land Of gold. He has a claim not IA
from Diamond City, from which thret
nuggets OF gold had been taken, weigh
ing respectively S572, SI94 and SIsS.
The calaboose at st. Louis is in such &
Ioathsome condition that it drives it.
inmates to commit suicide. A young
man named Sands attempted to hang
himself on Friday night. When esusci-
tated and asked why he tried TO kill him
self, he answered: 1.-THE fumes Of this
place are enough to make any man Kill
himself
At a meeting recently held in Holly
Springs. Gen. W. s. Featherston, Col
Geo. B. Myers, Mai. T. W. Upshaw, Col.
John McGuirk and James Sims, Esq,
were appointed 3 committee to raise sub
scriptions toward defraying the expenses
Of the removal OF the remains Of Missis-
sippians from the battle-ground graves at
Franklin.
A rotary boring machine has just been
successfully tested in New York. The
machine makes a IS inch bore at the rate
Of an inch q minute through a hard,
gritty stone, common over the upper poE-
ton Of the island. The cutters, made of
ordinary chilled cast iron, are good for a
bore Of fifty feet in depth, without being
renewed or tempered and a ten-horse
engine is about all the required motive
power.
A gigantic aquarium is to be among
the wonders Of the universal exhibition
at Paris. The front alone is to measure
100 feet; every sort Of fish is to be col
leeted therein for the amusement Of the
public, and even sharks, cod, and por-
poises, are to exhibit their peculiar hab-
its and customs in grottoes and caves,
which are to be excavated ia the floors
of the building and filled with sea water.
The FeDians have set two naval eXpe-
ditions afoat, n from New York and
the other from California. The plan is
understood to be 10 seize Bermuda, ard
make it a base Of supplies, after which,
with as little display as possible, the
whole expedition viii be put to sea, fall
ing upon British commerce, and sweep
ing British trade from the seas with the
bosom Of destruction.
Boston has 20, 40 houses, Of which
70, 2S8 are occupied by one family, 47S5 by
two, 1854 by three, 794by four, 5Ol by five,
$50 by six, and 1875 by seven families. In
all that city, there are but 239 houses
which are occupied by eight or more
families, which includes model lodging
houses, ~barracoons, etc. The total num-
Der Of families in the city is about 5000,
which is about two families for every
house.
LaR reports show that huge ooalfelds
exist the Ural district in Russia.
There are also immense coal trains in
the Moscow district covering an area Of
/ one hundred and twenty thousand square
miles, and in the Don. Besides these,
coal has been discovered in the Caucasus,
Crimea, Simbirsk, Ekstarinoski, and the
steppes Of the Kherson, in the govern
ment Of Kief, and in Poland.
An English paper says that an expert
ment in the cultivation Of oysters in the
old salt marshes near L~ymingtyn, Hants,
Is successful. Many thousands of oysters
taken from various grounds are laid
down, and sometime hence means win
be taken to secure the spawn. Old oys-
ter shells are for this purpose strung on
cords stretched across the ponds near the
surface; 10 these the rising generation
will dutifully adhere, IL all be propitious.
We learn from the New York ECeuiHq
Post, that Chester Harding, one Of the
oldest portrait painters in this country,
died in Boston on Sunday week. He
painted the portraits Of nearly all the
distinguished men Of his day-Webster,
Clay, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams, AIlston, Samuel Rogers, Lord
Aberdeen, and the Dukes Of Norfolk, |
Hamilton and Sussex. Am0nghis latest
efforts was a pictUreof General sherman.
Gen. II. p. Watson died at his resi-
denee in Montgomery, Ala, last sunday
week, at the age Of sixty. Gen. Watson
was a native Of Yorkville District, South
Carolina, bat has been a citizen Of Mont
gomery, says the Nal, Tor a long series
ofyears, during which time he has filed
with peculiar ability being a graduate
Of West Point Academy the onerous
position Of AdjgtaBt and Inspector Gen
eral Of the State, which he held at his
death. Park Watson was a gentleman
Of the old school-kind, genial, frankand
big hearted, and enjoyed an extensive
acquaintance and friendship throughout
the U0ited States.
A leading Republican journal says
Thad. Stevens has NO single quality Of
a statesman, except strong conviction
aud fidelity 10 principle. He Is strictly
a revolutionary leader reckless, unspar-
ing. vehement, vindietive, loud for the
rights Of c~onquerors, intolerant Of oppo-
ltion, and as absolutely incapable Of fine
discrimination and generous judgmentas
a locomotive OF singing. OF a pleasant
humor and personal kindliness, he is no
more fitted for the task of reconstruction
which dev0lves upon Congress than a
jovial blacksmith 10 repair a watch, or
a butcher % take Up hidden arteries and
sundered veins in the very region Of the
hearth
The suljOined statement shows the
amount Of deposits and coinage at the
United States Mint at Philadelphia dur
ing the month OF March;
Gold deposits- s38sg7 S.
silver deposits and purchases.-- za934 81
Total deposits 2