Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-07

naltt6 ol nAAuiEt WHICH NoEAl seem u
be peculiarly hostile to cotton culture in
Algeria. In the first place, a great dea
I Of rain falls throughout the spring
washing the soil until late in the sea.
son-meanwhile the weather is chilly.
/ To secure the necessary time Tor the
| growth Of the cotton the seed have to be
planted while the soil Is deeply saturated
and cold the consequence is that g
large portion rot and never germi.
nate. a prolonged drought allows
I the wet season. There are nc
summer rains, while a burning sun
parches vegetation so that such cotton
! plants as actually have struggled into
life are dwarfed for the lack Of season
able moisture, when, as in most cases,
irrigation is impracticshle, and finally,
just as the bolls ripen and open torrents
Of rains deluge the face Of the earth and
destroy the greater part Of the cotton
| that has survived other adverse agencies.
With the knowledge Of these climatic
/ facts, we feel warranted in doubling
whether the cotton harvest in Algeria
is magnfeent"t
LATE NEHs.
The bricklayers, ship carpenters and
painters Of New York are on a b" strike
A number of rev olutionists are forming
societies in New York 20 agitste the
question Of Canadian independence.
Negro troops from Texas have intro
duced the smallpox into Fortress Mon
roe.
The metropolitan police in New York
have issued an order for the arrest Of all
street sweeDers and beggars.
The Common Council Of Chicago has
under consideration the prohibition Of
intramuraI iuterments.
The New York Fsnians are cIamoring
against Roberts and O'3Iahony, who re-
fuse 70 have their books inspected
Gen. Hindman is said TO Be occupying
a pleasant home near TIE AIemads, In
Mexico.
The new Ievee At West Baton Rouge IS
reported perfectly safe. r viii be able
to resist at least four feet further rise of
the river.
The Collector Of Customs at New Or
leans has seized 10000 cigars on the
ground that they were being Struggled
into the United States.
Smallpox has broken out among the
Indians at Fort Sully, and they are re-
ported 20 be in such a starving condition
as to eat their young ponies.
The New York distiIlers, who have
been under arrest for fraudulent returns,
were released from custody Wednesday,
on the ground that the law does not cover
the case.
Several negro soldiers had 4 dance in
the military hospital building in Louis
vile on Tuesday, which ended in the
murder Of a negress by one Of the black
guards.
The number of deaths in the city Of
Chicago for the year ending the 31st ut,
Was 3702-a decrease Of twenty-five COM
pared with the exhibit Of the previous
year.
The receipts Of internal revenue on
Wednesday were S2,1I7,245 81. The re-
ceipts last week s4,457 $40 81, and the to-
tai receipts from the beginning Of the ifs
cal year are S243, S30,2 POI %.
Gov. Wells, o. Louisiana. in compile
ance with the request Of Gov. Cox, of
Ohio, has Withdrawn the requisition for
I the rendition Of Durham, charged with
grand larceny.
The Hon. L. A. Rollins, Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue, has decided that
all persons who are required to take out
licenses under the internal revenue laws
must give new bonds before receiving
licenses for the ensuing year.
A poor old man named Heinrich
Bochler and his daughter, a child Of
thirteen summers, were in such destitute
circumstances in Chicago as to sleep In a
dreary stable, which unfortunately took
fire on Tuesday night, consuming the
miserable father and his child TO ashes.
The democrats Of Rhode Island have
nominated for Governor, Lyman Pierce,
Of Providence; for Lieutena Governor,
Gideon II. Burfee, Of Tiverton; for Secre-
tsry Of State, VIM. J. Miller, Of Bristol;
for Attorney General, Joseph $. Pitman,
Of Providence; for General Treasurer,
James Atkinson, Of Newport.
Twenty-nine negropaupers were buried
in Louisville, Ky, last month. The
journal says the record Is black in more
senses thaa one. It marks the CLEAN of
philanthropy so-cailed. 1t is lustrous
with misery. It is the echo Of the freed
mans shout.
Professor J. d. 3. DeBow was before
the Reconstruction COMMITTEES on Tues
day, and gave his testimony on the status
Of the South. His account is said to
have been substantially that the South
ern people are in fair condition for re-
construction.
By reference to the Congressional pro-
ceedipgsi t viii be seen that the Senate
bin granting lands IN alternate sections
70 aid in the construction and extension
Of the Iron Mountain railroad from Pilot
Knob 70 Helena, has been read . second
time and referred to the Committee on
Public Lands.
Secretary McCulloch is DESTROYS that
the loan bill shall pass without any addi-
tional amendments Several senators
are known to be opposed to the bin, and
certain amendments to it are being pro-
posed by members Of the Finance Com
mittse.
A Washington telegram says that
Senator Wade intends toofersn amend
ment 10 the Paris Exposition bill pro
viding that no money be paid out 10
carry it into effect until Napoleon with
draws the French troops from Mexico.
This viii probably give rise to sdebate
which viii open the whole Franco
American question.
The New Catholic Cathedral IN New
York, when completed, win be $50 feet
long by 825 feet wide, and the towers viii
be us feet high. Inside the building, the
nave will be $50 feet wide, and the ceiling
100 feet above the floor The architec-
ture is 10 be Of the pure Gothic order, and
he estimated cost IS S., 900. It viii.
occupy an entire square Of ground,
bounded by Fifth and Madison avenues
Forty-ninth and Fiftieth streets.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has en-
powered the city government Of Phiia-
delphia 70 open q new aqueduet when
ever The present supply from the schuyl-
Kill is insufficient for the necessities Of
the community. Says the Inquirer:
Il is proposed, by means Of dana, to
make an artificial lake between Swenks-
vile and Zieglersyille, twenty-six miles
from the city. The expense Is estimated
al ten millions Of dollars.
We learn FROM Louisiana that a move
ment is now on foot tohulld theroailroad
from New iberia TO Orange, on the sa-
bine. a distance Of as miles. The rail-
road from Orange TO Houston, Texas, Is
now in running order, a distance Of 1I0