Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-13

The origin Of the late steamboat fire at
st. Louis has been traced to the cook
house OF the steamer Nevada, where coal
oil had been poured on s fire TO hasten
combustion. Some Of the Leading steam
boat companies at St. Louis have discon-
tinued the use Of coal oil on their vessels,
and returned to lard oil.
The section IN which lumber is found
in Colorado has twenty-i saw mills,
and ten hour mills which have been set
up within the last few years. The quartz
mills In the State are counted at over
$50, costing siO,O 900 900. They should
average, if all were running on medium
ores, not less than S2S, 0O0, 600 per year.
a correspondent of the Mobile AdveT-
Hser cautions the cotton planters through
out the South to test the seed they use,
He says much Of the seed in market is
worthless, and viii doom many a planter
to disappointment when it is too late TO
repair the mischief, unless they expert
ment with the seed they intend using,
and ascertain thatits terminating powers
are uuimpaired.
The President has proclaimed that a
treaty has been made between the
United States and the Winnebago In
dians. This tribe conveys to the Gov
eminent all their right, title and interest
in their present reservation in the Terri
tory Of Dakotah. In consideration Of
this the United States will cede land to
them in Nebraska, and agree to subsist
them for one year in their new home and
/ furnish them with saw and grist mills,
agricultural implements, guns, horses,
and whatever may be necessary to their
domestic comfort.
The suit Of Charles Burrell against the
city Of Boston, involving a claim of $780,
600, for procuring recruits for the city Of
Boston during the war, has been with
drawn from a jury trial by consent of
counsel, and viii be argued and decided
On legal points beforethe Supreme Court.
Agents of the Freedmen's Bureau have
received general orders instrgeting all
Assistant Commissioners TO act as claim
agents for the cOlored soldiers and sailors
in collecting their claims against the
United States, without charge, excepting
for revenue stamps, ~notaries, fees, etc.
The Second Auditor during the month
Of March settled 26,07s claims, as fol-
lows Sc paymasters' accounts, IS Indian
agents accounts, 446 ordnance, medical,
and miscellaneous, I0,07l claims for
bounty, arrears Of pay, etc, 296 accounts
for recruiting service, enrolment and
draft, l5,087 property accounts, (Ord-
nance and Quartermaster II d Department.,
2 property accounts, Indian agents, and
As eases Of supposed deserters' money re-
funded. The total number Of claims re-
ceived, registered and briefed, was 3O,l47;
number of letters written, recorded and
mailed, 3S,629; besides which there were
224 acquisitions registered and posted,
and 7l16 certificates issued upon requests
of Paymaster General and the Commits
siOner Of Pensions.
General Sherman, commanding the
Military Division of the Mississippi, an
nounces that the new Department of the
Platte, recently divided off from the
Department Of the Missouri, by order of
the War Department, viii be composed
of the States of Minnesota and Iowa, the
Territory of Montana, and so much of
the Territories Of Dakota and Nebraska
as lie north Of the Platte and S~weetwater
rivers, except Fort Caspar, which is to
be left in the Department of the Missouri.
The following troops are ordered to be
transferred from the Department Of the
Missouri to that Of the Platte, viz; The
10th and 18th United States infantry, |
and the ID battalion of the 18th United
States infantry. The commanding Off
GERS Of these troops are instructed 10 re-
port to Brig.-Gen. P. st. George Cooke,
commanding the Department Of the
Platte. Headquarters at Omaha,
The common council Of Nashville
seem determined 10 improve their streets.
The following is statement Of the APP
proximate estimates Of work now under
contract /