Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-03

isted there. The beautiful elm trees ara
crowded too thickly near the buildings,
depriving them Of sunshine, and make
the lower stories damp and unIhOle-
some. Shade is a good thing; but q
brick building must have the sun on it
from roof to basement.
The commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nue. has decided that the selling, OF offer
Ing to sell, distilled spirits at less than
two dollars per wine gallon does not raise
any presumption in law that the tax has
not been paid, because the spirits may
have been reetifed and diluted.
1t is not intended BY the recent cot
ton regulation-series 3,No. 5-tO require
permits and bill Of lading for the re.
moval Of cotton from point to point
within the district where the same IS
produced, as in case Of removal from
such district. A collector should not
exact a fee Of the taxpayer for marking
his cotton.
Fifteen members of the Cincinnati
Turner'S Society, who voted against the
impartial suffrage amendment. have
been called to answer before the Expcu-
tive Board Of that society why thew
should not be expelled, having in so
voting violated u Of their pledges on
joining the society, to advocate and sup
port everything tending 10 give equal
rights to all men, Only two Of the if
teen have appeared for trial thus far.
One Of them cleared himself, and the
other was convicted and expelled.
One man has . right to own as much
property as any other, the agrarisns de.
clare. Common sense says that he Ger.
tsinly has as much right to an equal
share Of property, as he has to equal
political power over his fellow men. The
Turner'S Of Cincinnati ought to take this
matter under consideration.
John Patterson and a man named
Hstohell, in jail at Franklin, Indiana,
the former accused of the murder Of
David Lyons, at Greenwood, Indiana,
and the latter supposed to be au accom-
plice OF Patterson, and $50 accused OF
committing murder in Kentucky, were
forcibly taken from jail on October 3Ist
by 8 mob, and conveyed to S~chofeldis
woods, near the town, and hung there.
Hatcbell nearly succeeded in making his
escape while on his way to the place of
execution, but was fired on and captured.
At the first attempt TO hang HatcheI
the rope broke, when another was pro-
cured and the deed completed. The
Journals correspondent says an Inquest
is being held to-day st the Courthouse.
and there is no little excitement In con-
sequence Of the affair.
Atlantis papers of October 81, contain
accounts Of a bloody row on election day
st Fayetteville, Georgia, by which one
white man and several negroes were
killed. The difficulty ~isreported to have
been brought about by two white men,
kaHmre,n Hwhnn #hn=a u-.a m LII fl
and who had not met for years until at the
polls. A bloody encounter at once COM
menced, numbers Of persons taking part,
the row winding up as stated. The mill
tary were sent from Grifin to the scene
Of disturbance.
Last night near Roulsten station, on
the Northwestern railroad, the passenger
train was thrown from The track BY
spreading Of rails. A brakeman by the
name of Lynch was killed and 8 number
of persons were bruised. The baggage
and express cars were JhrOwH down an
e~mb8nkment OF fifteen feet.
A pawnbroker ia Nashville, named
Cohen, wss robbed last night Of jewelry
and valUables TO the extent Of eight
thousand dollars.
The value OF the taxable property in
Great Britain is $50, O0O, 600, 900 10 the
United States Il is estimated at $4,000
900 600. In Great Britain the govern
ment tax amounts to ninety cents on the
one hundred dollars. In this country
the rate Of taxation is three dollars and
niBety-tbree cents on the one hundred
dollars. Ia addition TO this we must
here take into account our State, county
aud corporation taxes, wBjeh have been
mOnstfOHsly increased by the eOrruptiOns
and igesp0usibility which have creut
into the gOyerDment, ths aggregate Of
oar taxation thus running up 10 an
amount considerably greater than that
collected by Great Britain up0a taxable
property OF three times the value.
The following Isl return Of the cot
ton crop for 1857 taken by the Bureau Of
Statistics. The returns are from four
hundred spd eighty-four divisions, sew
eTai divisions yet remaining 10 hear
from, and show that five million aud
thousand and TWENTY-FIVE
acres have been planted il cotton, aud
that the estimated yield is one million
five hundred and sixty-eight thousand
four hundred and one bales Of four hun
bred pounds eaeh-the latter being the
weight assume IN the census OF 1860.
The yield Of 1850 was three million six
hundred anu hfty-six thousand and
eighty-six bales OF four hundred pounds
II is estimsted by the Bureau that
the returns yet to come will not maEeri-
ally alter the above figures.
A letter from Cenes, the principal sea-
port IN Crete dated September %, saws
several severe shocks Of earthquake had
in that town, causing great des-
trucJIon o alarm throughout the tOwu.
The first shock occurred on Thursday,
september $, at $40 pm. A trembling
sensation was felt, causing the buildings
10 shake everybody rushed out OF the
houses the heat was rather oppressive
although the water did not appear dis
Jurbed, the ships in the hsrbor were
trembling like q leaf. The shock which
lasted four seconds was felt Though not
30 aeveselyl IL the villages round Canea.
hours afterwards a second aud
much more violent shock was exps-
rienced, doing great damage to all the
houses, roofs falling in and walls down
mall directions.
The New Orleans PicGyuae thus
advises its readers OF the abatement of
epidemic in that city The disease
OF yellow fever, since the last week Of
has been steadily on the
decrease, and we think il can now be
safely asserted that it is no longer cpl
demic. With a continuance Of the cool
weather We are now having, il will soon
disappear entirely. The " tagging FROST
besides, must be near at hand. Though
the fever is now rapidly decreasing, aud
has evidently run its course, we would
still advise u absent citizens, or all uu-
accIimated persons, not TO come here
yet. Let them remain away fully ten
days longer. Within that time several
good frosts may be expected. The fate Of
the absent and unacclimafed who came
to this city in the fall OF 1853. even after
the Board of Health had decared the
disease no longer epidemic, should be
remembered