Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-12

Heller ls IN faTlS.
George B. Mcclellan is the latest
nomination" " for secretary Of war.
The ex-satrap Gen. Sickles sailed for
New York Saturday on the steamer
Manhattan.
Mr.. Stanley, agent of La Rne's min
strels, died Wednesday night Of yellow
fever, at New Orleans.
Napoleon is said to have never been in
better health than now. At the camp at
ChaIons he rode st q speed too strong for
several Of his generals.
Garibaldi, while on his way to attend
the democratic congress at Geneva,
dined with the Prussian minister at
Florence. I'D
Charles Campbell, formerly "TOwn
Talk - OF the New Orleans Times, died
in that city en- Wednesday last, Of yell
low fever.
Agassiz is superintending the illustra-
tions for his " Journey in Brazil" the
work being sll written and in the print
e. q hands.
r,Uhe duke Of Northumberland is ninety
wears old, and very sick.
The. virile pen Of Wallace Gruelle, Of
the 10 ulsville Standard, is sad to belle
his name.
Hon. Charles Sumner has sold his res
idence in Boston, intending to make his
home at Washington.
Bele -Boy'd il winning no great ap-
plause at st. louis as an actress.
Miss Menken, the fair Mazeppa, is now
in Paris, after a decided failure in vi
emma. ,
Mrs. Francis D. Gage, the poetess, has
been stricken with paralysis.
J The duke Of Edinburgh arrived at Rio
on the 18th of July in command oi the
steam frigate GalAthea.
A German woman in East Saginaw,
Michigan, recently gave birth to hye
children at one confinement!
The Washington Chronicle says that
Mr.. Stanton will be back in his place as
secretary of war in less than eighty days.
Jimmy Elliot, the ex-champion prize
fighter Of America, was sent to the work
house in Detroit, a few days sinces Tor
vagrancy.
Mr.. Bayard Taylor is at present in
Gotna, Germany, where he owns
house. One or two Americans are ms
guests. He is at work on MS own trans
lation Of Gmthe's Faust.
Senator Yates, Of Illinois, contradicts
the report that he intends TO make his
residence in New York.
Gov. Andrew will deliver the dedica-
tory address in October, when the
/ Everett statue which is placed in the
Public Garden, Boston, is unveiled
Gen. n. B. Buford has been sppointed
4 TO examine the eastern section OF the
Union Pacific railroad in place Of Frank
4 =. Blair.
! Ex-President Buchanan has recently
1 purchased several lots in the Woodward
| Hin cemetery, near Lancaster, Pa.
The health of Archbishop Spalding, Of
/ Baltimore, is better, but is still far from
being good. he il in France, and con-
templates a visit to England and Ire
land. Aaai -l-,ist
Lord Brougham will be ninety on the
| 18th On his latest return from Camel
] he had to be carried In chair from the
depot to his carriage.
The hundredth birthday of Mrs.
| Eunice Munger was celebrated on the
Sth Of August, near Piqua, Ohio. She
= the widow Of Edmund Munger, who
erved as brigadier in the war OF 1872.
Gov. Baker, Of Indiana, has issued
W Tits Of election to fill vacancies in the
| Il gislature. This is supposed to indicate
a probability Of = call for an extra session.
A school teacher In Cincinnati died in
few days from insanity produced by a
be okseller refusing to publish a grammar
| of which the teacher was the author.
THE real name of the actor Davenport,
who died last week in Boston, was
| De'yen, and he was the younger brother
of Msj. .-4Cfen. Deven, late of the cavalry
service. He played at the Varieties
theater, in this city, last season.