Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-21
RTr DeBow's ReUiew estimates the
next cotton crop at ] 800, 900 bales.

Bar DeBow's ReUiew estimates the
next cotton crop at !, 5oo,OOo bales.
RAJ There were sixty-three cases Of
smallpox in Columbus, Ga, on the nth.
na-Judge Ormond, Of Tuscaloosa, Ala,
died at his residence in that city ON the
second.
R The venerable Mrs. Harriet
Pinckney died at her residence, near
Charleston, s.. C., on the 18th.
Rs Application for a bonded ware
house in Montgomery, Ala, has been
forwarded to Washington.
Ia A man named Hermann had his
pocket picked Of $4,000 on a train be-
tween Chicago and Detroit on the 18th.
~ DR.. James Burns, who lived in
Mobile during a greater part Of the late
civil war. is announced in the New Or
leans papers as a candidate for coroner Of
that city.
RI- The Columbus GA Enquire says
the body Of a white infant-apparently a
s~tin-boTn-was scratched up out Of the
ground by dogs near tie grave yard at
that place on Friday last.
IA We learn from the Seafiad that
the fine dwelling and out houses Of Col.
a. A. Fisher, three miles from TaIlahas-
see, Fla, were destroyed by fire on the
morning Of the 10Th inst.
Ia The Athens lGa.) Watchman Of
the l4th says, that although the very
cold snap some weeks ago killed every
thing green, the wheat crop of that sec
ton o gives promise Of doing well.
B There seems to be no little excite
ment in business circles in Mobile in con-
sequence Of the demand made by bro
kers upon factors of fifty cents per bale
for all cotton bought. The matter has
been referred to a meeting Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce.
pa Ms. Elizabeth Ball, tried by a
military commission in North Carolina
for killing a freedman, has been sem
fenced to one wears Imprisonment i n a
-penitentiary. As there is no such insti-
tuition in that state, il is likely she will
be kept under guard unit leXecutive Glenn
ency is exercised.
ET Direct trade between Norfolk, Va,
and Liverpool, VIII be opened on the
10th of April. The steamer Ephesus,
5000 tons burden, is the pioneer, to be re-
inforced or replaced in the coming au-
tumn by two steamers OF the first class,
which will together constitute a regular
monthly line.
Ia Street railroads are about to be IS
tablished IN Augusta, Ga. The Chr0n-
is1e and Sentinel understands that the
parties who conceived this desirable inn
provement have Al their command
money enough TO go Immediately 10
work. The effect Of street railways upon
Augustus prosperity viii be wonderful
~ The Little Rock Dispatch says
Arkansas can afford good homes for a
more inhabitants. The valleys
Of the Mississippi, st. Francis, Cache,
Currant, Strawberry, White, Little Red,
Arkansas, Saline, Ouachita, Little, and
Red rivers, and their many tributaries,
afford rich %aIluyial soils in great album
dance, well adapted to tine growth Of
corn, cotton, wheat, rye, oats aud po-
tatoes.
Ia The Montgomery Ala Nal gives
the following good advice TO young men
in that section Of country:
50 far from there being nothing foryoungmen
to do nov. there never was SO much before We K
mechanic We want men VINO viii a
hold Of the plane or UrOwel. men who are not
afraid OF being spil-d by the dust uf the forge
or The machine shop. The young men can not
al be clerks. There Is not room enough IN The
country for them vixen they all grow 20 be
merchants But there is room enough for any
number OF sturdy mechanics Take hold, then,
men. and learn a good trade There -
no disgrace in IT,. Be something, be lsglL. DE- a 7
man .
30 The Mobile Tribune learns that on !
a recent trip Of the steamer Louisa to {
that port h9m New Orleans, a number !
Of negroes made themselves very free q
the cabin, occupying sofas to the ex- c
of their white brethren, walking {
rom one to the other end Of it, cracking s
rough jokes, etc, and extending =
heir impertinenc even TO walking boldly
INTO the ladies cabin, seating themselves
md entering into free conversation with
he ladies maids" g
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