Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-10

GENERAL TTEHs.
!. The Canton (Ohio) Republican men.
!. tions the rumOr that Mrs. Lincoln is tc
e marry resident Of that place.
Il Hon, Randell Hunt, of New Orleans,
o fell down stairs in New York hotel 8
S few days ago, and was severely injured.
In Hanrich, England, two little boys,
r twelve years old, were sentenced to six
months imprisonment for stealing six
! pears.
3 A negro woman recently found q sum
9 OF $4,000 in gold in an old stable in st.
; Joseph, Mo-, and was swindled out OF
$4,000 Of it by a radical lswer of that
town. TheaSt. Joseph Union promises
to give his name.
E Gen. Seott's will, just probated at New
2 York, bequeaths all his property to his
, daughter, the wife of Col Scott his Pu-
laski sword TO the West Point academy,
. and bis sword worn in Mexico to his
grandson Winfield Scott Hoyt.
The "judicial mind - Of the Hon. Mr.
Boutwell, has discovered that the presi-
dent is not required to execute the laws,
but 70 see that they are executed. Itisa
wonder that so sagaciOusa statesman has
lasted so long.
The Wilmington Euening Star ssys:
/ 1.-The Croundpea Is the enriching product
~ this county. We are informed that a
gentleman near this place made S25, 900
last year Off his cIop. A Mr.. Nixon,
who lives near Rocky Point, viii make
this yeSr from 1900 to Is, 600 bushels,
and the prices will range from 81 to 81
per bushel."
a telescope for the examination Of OBJ
jects situated under water is said to have
been devised in Paris and to have been
tested in one Of the French canals. 1t is
reputed to have enabled the observers TO
see pencil marks distinctly st q depth Of
more than five feet. Its practical appli-
cation will be to the examination OF the
bulls Of ships, without placing them " in
dock"
4 person applying for the benefit of
the bankrupt law cannot obtain q dis
charge from his debts if he lost any por-
tion of his estate in gaming within four
months Of the filing of the application.
No debt created by bankrupt while act
ing in any judiciary character can be dis
I charged under the bankrupt law, but
such debt may be proved with others,
and the dividend win be credited on &C
count.
/ A young woman of eighteen years has
| been doing s. thriving business in Barton,
/ Vt, by borrowing mourning dresses in
/ which to attend the funeral of her
mother. She sobbed a h zctz dress from
/ one kind hearted lady, "a shawl from
another, 8 funeral cloak ITOIl another, !
and then took train. The son of one
Of the sufferers suspscting something, !
followed her to the depot and got back
] a "a - ~
afflicted soul, who swOre ut him rOundly. |
The rest Of her plundeT she made of
with.
The long prevailing drought has
seriously iuterfered with the regular run |
ning OF the trains to Devall's Bluff The /
various bsyous from whence water is /
usually taken for the engines are dried 1
up, aud IL is difficult 20 obtain asufficient /
supply along Inc road. ThisaccOunts for |
the delay in the arrival Of the train.
White river is reported as unusually low,
and the packets find it impossible TO |
make their connections regularly.-Ljttie |
ROck Gazette.
A good deal is said in the way of CEN
sure concerning the publication Of letters
recommending or opposing candidates for
Office. Some have been published Rd-
dressed to the president, and now others
are brought out written by him. We DO
not see how such letters can be private.
They are addressed TO public officers, and
relate wholly to public affairs. They 20
upon file in the proper departments, and
are part OF the archives and public
records Of the government, If it is un-
deTstOOd, as it should be, that those who
write such letters must expect to be held
responsible for them, it may make them
q little more careful than they are apt to
be.-NGJO York Times.
Considerable excitement was created
in town few nights since, by the scci-
dental killing of negro man. The ne
gro If seems, went into q saloon on the
corner Of Markham and Rock streets,
and offered 20 sell a pistol TO boy en-
plOyed in the saloon. While the boy
was carelessly handling the pistol it eX-
plOded, the shot taking effect in the ne
gro and causing death in "a short time.
From what we learn Of the affair, it aD-
pears to have been purely accidental.
Fears have been entertained Ofan attempt
to lynch the boy, but we trust they are
without grOunds.-Litkg Rock COnSegU1-
tire.
As passenger train was approaching
3 Pennsylvania tunnel q few days ago,
a young couple in one Of the cars was no.
AAtNtA ~ A4NNt a IEhk 4ODuLFSe lDL EhtLl
other. This suggested fun. Some mis-
chiev0us chap, as the train was about the
middle Of the tunnel, Illuminated the
car by lighting a match, when the loving
couple were discovered hugging and
kissing each other in the most loving
manner. OF course there was an imme-
diate cessation Of this delicious amuse-
ment. The passengers rOared with !
laughter, and the lovers were immensely
Lovers should not allow {
themselves to forget, when going through l
8 tunnel, that q sudden illumination of
the car is likely to happen.
The Germans have produced a cannon
which beats any piece of artillery vet
made On this side Of the Atlantic. II is :
a cast steel hreech-losding gun, resting q
upon 3 cast steel carriage, the whole I
made Of cTUciDle cast steel. The inner .
tube was forged from a massive IngOt of i
forty and half tons under q fifty ton O
BANNER, and weighs, in its present con- h
ditiOn, twenty tons. The difference in ! a
the weight has been lost through the Il
usual process Of forging, turning and \
boring. The cast steel rings form q a
three-fOld layer at the powder chamber =
and at the muZzle portion a two fold +,
layer. These rings weigh together thirty n
tons, and have been manufactured, in q fI
similar TO the tube, from mas :,
sive ingOts ami without welding. The ii
list gives the particulars Of this h
piece of ordinance: Total =
weight Of the gun, fifty tons; diameter \
Of bore, fourteen inches; total length Of o
gun, 30 inches; weight of ihe solid shot, i,
i2t2 pounds weight of the shell, 1850 A
pounds charge Of power, 10 to l30 n
pounds. This gun has been in progress e.
Jf manufacture, day and night, for six +,
zen months, without interruption. The
mechanism for wursing the gun is such
hat one or two men can quickly elevate,
iepress and turn it, and can, with the
greatest speed and certainty, follow and
,over any passing plated vessel. The Z