Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-01
NrMa anErHE nay.

Efforts to secure a pOstponement ol
the Louisiana election are so far unsue-
cessful.
Last year the people Of England paid
income tax Of about 81, 900, 900.
"A boiling hot salt water lake has
been discovered in Montana.
The harvest in Spain this year has
been most abundant.
1t Is stated that half a million panes
Of glass were broken in Philadelphia by
the hail storm on Wednesday. ---
The fever at Tortugas originated from
opening filthy sewers, which had been
closed for five years.
The cholera still prevails In st.
Louis, and has lately carried of 8 num-
Der Of the most promising young men in
| the city.
Mr.. Allen, of Eldorado, johnson
county, Mo, lately harvested over four
hundred bushels OF wheat from twelve
acres Of land on Muddy creek.
The Shakers OF Cleveland, Living
stOn county, gathered q crop of four
/ thousand bushels OF oats from field of
forty acres.
In consequence of the severe drought
prevailing in Kentucky, the farmers in
! some OF the interior counties, are COM
PEELED to drive their stock many miles to
water.
"A San Francisco company succeeds
| to the possession Of all the property owned
| by the Russian fur company at Sitks,
and have sent out an agent to take pos
session. They paid 5000 900 for the char
ter. ...-.
The last mail to Havana from Mad
/ rid brought an abrOgatiOn of the new,
and OF the restoration Of the old, system
! OF taxation as Gen. Msnsas had proposed
| to the home government.
1t is understood the statedepSrtment
is by no means despondent about obtain
ing 8 fair settlement Of the Alabama
claims, although it may be hindered
and delayed by the death Of the lamented
Bruce.
The New Jersey railroads have agreed
to adopt q uniform rate of passenger
transportation, at two cents per mile,a and
to do away with express companies
privileges, carrying the packages them
selves.
The diminished arrivals of peaches
from Delaware enables the growers in
New Jersey to sell their products at q
much higher figure.
"A man in SRcrossnct, New Jersey,
was fined one dollar for working his gar
den Oh Sunday, and fifty cents each for
two swears in which he INDUCED at the
proceeding.
"A match picking race came
off on Wednesday last, on the plantation
of DR.. Cafey, near Montgomery, Ala,
four hands on each side. The first four
picked as follows: 494; 1853; 433 372.
The last four: 4S9; 48l 4I2; 385. To-
tai for first, 1852. Total for second, 1857.
"A man, supposed to be a returned
Californian, committed suicide on the
22d, by hanging himself to a tree few
miles below Detroit He was an entire
stranger in the neighbOrhood, but letters
found upon him indicated his name to be
Clarence Brewster. He also had 5000
in his pocket and in a belt, nearly all in
gold.
"A Macon IGeorgis) writer estimates
the cotton crop as follows: Texas, 27O,0O
bales: Georgia. 225 600 bales; Alsbema,
2OO, coo bales; Mississippi, Dds, 600 bales;
Louisiana, 200 900 bales; Arkansas,
I25. 600 bales; Tennessee, 10000 bales
South Carolina, $50, coo bales; North Csr-
olina, 100 900 bales other sources, l25, 900
bales. Total, l SIS, 900 bales.
An English weekly newspaper has q
column of advertisements from persons
desirfpg exchanges. It is patronized by
ladies only. Some of the exchanges pro-
posed are very curious. One esffers music
and novels for 8 scent bottle and os-
trich feathers. Another wants birds
eggs fOr foreign postage stamps. A third
offers Longfellowis poems for a yellow
psrasol, and still another wants vol !
ume Of Swinburne's poems for copy Of
Euclid
The New York World suggests that |
while they have a society for the sup |
preston Of gambling, another for the |
Of intempeTance, and another \
for the suppression of cruelty to animals, |
that it would be well to organize a /
'' society for the suppression of frauds |
upon the Internal revenue by sworn gov
ernment officials" who defrsud the ma |
ton according to the Tribune, of nearly |
half a million Of dollars each day.
The Austrian frigate Norwood, which /
is 10 convey to Europe the remains of |
is to be upholstered In a /
becoming manner, So as to serve as a |
floating funeral chapel. The people of 1
the Canary islands presented a laurel |
wreath, beautifully worked, to be placed /
upon the burying case. The case is cOm-
posed of q zinc shell, inside of 6 wooden |
one, the two being placed within beau
tiful metallic case, aTtistically finished |
gnd of great value. The whole weigh |
about eight hundred pounds.
Mr.. Ernest Jones, at his recent lee
ture in Dublin, gave some interesting |
statistics. He said there were Il O0O, 900 |
acresi in three kingdoms. In l770 there |
were go 900 owners OF this land. In 1856 |
the number had diminished to $1,000. |
and was still decreasing. The duke OF /
Cleveland might ride twenty.three miles /
through his estate; the duke Of Devon |
shire had SO, 900 acres in the county Of !
Derby alone: the duke Of Richmond |
possessed 10000 acres, and the marquis /
Of Breedalbane might right 100 miles in
q straight line through his property from
bis own house door.
-GrGsshOppers are reported covering |
the ground to the depth Of two inches
abOuts BenI's Fort.