Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-18

Secretary Stanton and wife have gone
on a visit OF q few weeks to Boston.
where they will be guest of the Hon,
Samuel Hooper.
Gov. Morton, of Indiana, will speak al
Columbus, Ohio, on the 9th inst.
WIG. Mcdonald, of Clinton county.
Mo, was murdered IN the 9th instant,
near Cameron.
Edward Conner, consul at Guaymasi
one of the pioneer journalist Of California
died on July 10th.
Judge James Armstrong died at WI
Transport, Pa, on Tuesday, aged seventy
four years.
Gen. Grant, on Tuesday morning. en-
tered upon his duties as secretary OF wal
ad interim.
Olive Logan is very angry at being
called a BOhemieDne.
Archbishop Purcell, Of Cincinnati, is
to have a grand reception on his return
home from Rome.
Advices from Mexico state that Lopez,
who betrayed Macmillan, has been as
sassinsted.
The president contemplates making a
sea VOYAGE as soon as his public duties
will permit, and will include Newport in
his trip.
Chas. A. johnson, a cOlored man, ban
ished from Mobile by Mayor Horton, has
been imprisoned at Montgomery for the
alledged offense Of selling papers ridicul-
ing Horton.
Hon. Lewis Kingsley, of Norwich, \.
Y, is appointed receiver of the national
] WT--asHT. L,vE- aw1 anFarah FfnnD his
duties on the 10th. D.
The New Orleans Crescent says Brevet
Col. Michael b. Sheridan, who has been
Frustrated with yellow fever, was able to
be at headquarters yesterday.
In New York, on Wednesday evening,
Richard O'Gorman delivered the funeral
Grafton of Gen. Mesgher.
It is reported ia Washington that Mr..
Ashley is to be indicted for his conspira-
cy to displsce the president.
Gen. Griffin has appointed Oscar F..
Hunsacker recorder of the city Of Gal
weston.
Alderman BoOle, Of New York, of Js-
panese reception and street cleaning
fame, is a hopeless lunatic in Il Of the
city ssylums.
AOl. NtlSDu AlGSlCIY ESCiEthiJ VI claAt
of Indiana, has lately lost his wife and
five children by congestive chills.
Mr.. Webster, of Covington, KY, a
tanner of horses, nearly lost his life OF
Saturday, at Murfreesboro, by a kick
from a horse.
Mr.. Bradley disclsims any intention Of
fighting a duel with Judge Fisher. and
his note TO the Judge was not a challenge
but a demand for a personal eXplana-
ton.
A movement is on foot, headed by the
most substantial parties, to erect fitting
monument to the memory Of Alexander
Dallas Bsche,
w. r. Roberts, president ofthe Eenian
brotherhood, arrived at New York Tues
day.
Bishop Akens, of Vermont, and Oden-
hamer, OF New Jersey, sailed for Europe
Wednesday, per steamer Chicago.
David Kurtz, chief of police at Lafay-
cite, Iud., died on Saturday morning
from too much morphiRe, taken as 9
remedy for disrrhea.
Sir Charles NJ. L. MOnck, the Oldest
/ bsronet in the United Kingdom, whose
nobility is traced back to Edward II,
died recently at Belroy castle, England.
Governor Flanders of Louisiana, has
ordered an investigation Of the connec-
ton Of ex-Gov Wells with the levee
bond swindle.
John Spearmaker, a market gardener,
left London, Ohio, for Cincinnati last
Thursday, and has not been heard Of
since.
l. Ordnance Sergeant Morrison re-enlisted
E a. T~.sA.I Gfatna wanrV1aw Wnaw Tr,l-
! 23d. receiving his papers in due form.
| He has been a soldier sixty-seyen years,
| and for ffty-seven years he has been
[ connected with the American service.
I Sergeant Morrison is now eighty-two
wears of sge, and has charge of Fort
Waleott, r L
The sultan didn't know how to shake
I hands when be came to England. What
wouldn't Gen. Grant give for such bies-
sed Ignorance.
Ernst Remains yearly income amounts
to lOO, 900 francs. His life of Jesus A"
alone yielded him $4,000 francs. Seven
years ago he was overjoyed on being ap-
pointed professor at the modest salary Of
5000 francs a year.
The grand master of Maryland has
accepted the invitation to lay, with Ma
sonic honors, IN the 18th of September,
the corner stone Of the monument to be
erected on the grounds of the Antietam
cemetery, .t
James A. Cutting, Of Boston, the dis
coyereT Of the "ambrotypen process,
died recently at the insane asylum at
| Worcester. Mr.. Cutting made a number
/ of ingenious inventions, and was the
protector Of the "Aquarial gardensn of
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kind in the country. slrEH Iarem-
Capt. Samuel Racquet, a gallant officer
10 the first Winchester regiment during
the war, and a prominent merchant OF
| st. Paul, diedin that city en- Monday Of
4 cholera morbus. He was a native OF
GAINESVILLE, and about thirty years Of
age.
At Lovettsville, Va, q few days since,
a colOred man, aged q hundred and
eight years, was registered. Twelve
! others beyond seventy years of age were
! registered there and at HillsborU, Isaac
Camp aged ninety years came forward
and registered.
Major A. r. Bobinson, for manyye
| crier Of the circuit court, at Springfield,
] H., has been removed, and Capt. w. j..
Allen appointed to the vacancy.
Foreigners are evidently getting a bet
ter opinion Of their American visitors
than they used to have. A late French
paper says paris is flooded with new
visitors-navsl cadets belonging TO. an
American training ship in CherbOurg
roads. The young fellows are a favorable
specimen OF our American cousins, being
stout, tall, well-buitl lads, and their quiet,
! gentlemenlike demeanor has made a
very favorable impression.
Considerable interest has been excited
in Bengal by the death Of Sumlohath
/ Pundit, the only native yet found worthy
Of a seat on the bench Of an Indian high
court. The Judge wa of Cashmere ori.
gin: his family never intermarried with
B~engaIese, and he kept aloof from ali
Bengalese usages. He began life on GOA
q year as a clerk, and then went to the
native bar.
Ira Aldridge, the mHIatto t~ragedian,
who was soon to appear on the American
stage, but died recently in Poland, was
borne in Maryland in 1910. In 1925 he
was Edmund Keenis personal attendant,
and thus became attracted to theatrical
pursuits. He accompanied Keen TO Eng.
land and returned TO this country as an
actor In 1880. He did not. succeed, but
ooiDg back to Europe, won many tri-
1mnhs. He received decorations from
be soyerelgns Of Russie, Austria and
prussia. and was considered especially
fine 10 gbakspearisn characters. His
wife was q white woman.
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