Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-07
NEWS sUmMART.

In New York yesterday, cotton was
dull and lower uplands, &c. Gold 1861
In New Orleans, cotton vas unchanged;
low middIiDg, 24825c.
The negroes in New Orleans attempted
to get up a riot yesterday, by taking pos
session Of the Rampant street cars ap-
propristed to whites. Particulars appear
in our midnight dispatches.
The commander at Fortress Monroe
has been ordered to obey the habeas cor
pus for the production Of the body of
Jefferson Davis in the United States
court at Richmond next Monday.
Attorney-G General S~tanberry closed his
argument ia the Mississippi and Georgia
injunction cases yesterday afternoon.
The substance is in our telegrsphio re-
port
The Chinese rebellion is spreading.
On Tuesday evening the Fsirview oil
tanks, about nine miles up the Allegheny
from Pittsburg, were struck by lightning
and $40, 900 worth Of oil destroyed.
James Adams, proprietor Of a pretty
waiter girl " saloon IN st. Louis, was
sentenced on Wednesday to be impris-
onsd ak months and pay q fine Of 500
for employing girls as walters contrary
70 law.
The New York Winter Garden theater
will not be rebuilt.
The molders union at IrontOn, Ohio,
are on a strike. Some Of the molders
went to Work and the strikers attempted
TO run them out Of town at night. In
the row one of the strikers, named Chas.
Livermore, was killed.
A great number Of refugees are arriv-
ing in New York from Ireland. They
give very discouraging accounts Of the
state Of the country, and say that the
Fenian movement in ireland is entirely
abandoned. 1t is said hat Col. Roberts
has made a speech, calling on the Fenian
brotherhood for aid for the families Of
Irish prisoners.
In 8 magistrates court in Savannah.
the other day, there was quite an ex-
citing scene, growing out Of the fact that
the justice had hung upon the wall Of
his Office a steel engraving illustrating
the poem Of the Conquered Banner"
and bearing q representation Of the Con-
federate flag. Col. Hesseltine, a lawyer
interested in a pending case, protested
that he would not plead in a court where
that flag was displayed, and, after some
shsfp talk from the lawyers, the icon
qusred banner " was turned to the wall.
The Kenton, (O.) Democrat nomin-
atss HOn. Geo. II. Pendleton for presi-
dent.
A woman named Julia King was
burned to death in a fire in st. Louis,
Friday night.
A young man named Charles Smith,
while running near Canton, Miss, the
other day, accidentally struck his face
against a tree and was killed.
Rufus Tanner, 3 brakeman, was killed
in Holly Springs, Miss, last Sunday by
falling between two trains.
Five hundred coo3s were killed N two
weeks In the Mississippi bottoms by
citizens during the late overflow.
A cavalry company has been stationed
at Jackson, Miss.
Gen. Ord has issued q very timely
order I" TO preserve health and prevent
as far as possible the prevalence Of cpl
denies in the states Of Arkansas and
Mississippi during the coming summer"
The Mississippi Central railroad COM
pany contemplate reducing the fare on
their road and putting on a double daily
train.
E The editor Of the Brandon Miss
RepublscaR has been shown 8 hens egg
with a small snake on the little end Of it.
The snake is made Of the same material
IS the egg-sheI, and lies on top, but
fastened 10 the shell. The head Is fiat
and perfect, and the tail winds around
the egg.
A lady living near Trenton in this
state was, q few nights since, delivered Of
q child, the head Of which, and the body
from the abdomen up, were those Of a
living rattlesnake while the lower limbs
were those OF & human being. The
strange object has all the characteristics
and appearance Of q snake, Is still alive,
and will probably live and grow 10 its
natural size. The lady is rapidly recov-
ering her health.
The Overton (Maxweli) hotel, Nash
vile, will be ready for occupation jan
uRry !, 1865.
Last Monday morning, near Moulton,
Ala, Col. e. c. Gewin accidentally shot
Clay Young, m~istaking him in the early .
dawn for a deer. A similar acct
dent occurred south OF Huntsville the
other day, resulting In the death Of q
man named Farley. j.