Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-22
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

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tration Of what will be matters Of every
day occurrence when the plans Of the
Radicals shall have been fully consum-
mated.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Charles Dickens has arrived at Bos-
ton.
"A furious snow storm, half q foot
deep, has swept over the vicinity Of
Hartford.
"A. T. Stewart employs two thousand
men in his New York stores.
1t Is ascertained from an official
source, that Mr. Davis will be tried on
the indictment now pending.
There were several shocks OF earth
quake at Kingston, Jamaica, on the 18th
and 18th, and it Is reported that the city
Of San Domingo has been destroyed by
sn earthquake.
-"I Impeachment, Revocation Of Par
dons, Presumption Of Surrendered
Lands" is the legend Wendell Phillips
desires inscribed on the flag Of his party.
One Of the negro delegates to the
Virginia Convention stole a horse and
rode to the election in style. The Con-
vention will miss him, as he is now in
jail.
"A French physician is curing his
patients who are suffering rom debility
and reduced and eDfeebled blood, by
giving them the fresh warm blood Of
chickens, ducks and other fowls.
Another Of the articles in the Intel
ECencer, attributed to Attorney General
Stanbery, holding the extra session Of
Congress unconstitutional, was written
by Henry Sherman, Of the Law Depart
ment Of the Treasury Department.
The Columbus Ohio Crisis speaks
Of a politician in that State who " hates
himself because he is not a niger"
The Nashville Banner says that the
disease known as milk sickness is prevail
ing to q considerable extent in some Of the
counties in Tennessee, bordering on the
Cumberland mountains.
Mr.. George Howard, a gallant soldier
Of the old 22d S. c. v, last week killed a
bear, weighing four hundred pounds, on
the plantation of Maj. John F. High
tower, on North Saluda river, in Green
vile district.
The election at Wilmington, n. c.,
passed of quietly. About 400 votes
were poIIed, nearly all negroes. About
rs whites voted against a Convention.
The whites will vote tomorrow almost
ulADlL4kQ1AE against a NOuNEuLlDAs
The election at Raleigh, y. c., passed
of quietly. The negroes behaved with
the utmost propriety. A strong military
and police force was stationed at the
polls and parsded the streets all day.
About 1900 votes were cast. They were
mostly those Of negroes, and all Radical,
with two exceptions. The whites will
reserve their strength until tomorrow.
A special says: The President, it is
said, intends to direct Gen. Grant to
cause TO be mustered out Of the service
Gen. Howard and Gen. Gregory, both of
the Freedmen's Bureau. Gen. Howard
will still hold his position in the regular
army, but Gen. Gregory goes out Of the
service altogether.
Gen. POpe's last military exploit wa
the removal Of an Atlanta policeman for
making q negro voter behave himself at
the polls. Pope called it Improper
interference with voters at the polish
A special says Gen. Shermsnis com
ing 10 Washington, it is said, to perform
the duties OF General-in-Chief during
Gen. Grants SecretsTyship.
The statue of Edward Everett, by
Story, was unveiled In the public garden
10 Boston, Mass. Gov. Andrew was to
have delivered an GRAFTON, but his death
induced the committee TO dispense with
all public services.
The Marion IS. c. Star learns on
good authority that one Middleton, q
negro clergyman in that district, has
q letter TO the military auuhOri-
ties. declaring in substance that d" though
it may seem egOtism TO say it, his word
is law with the negroes in Marion dis
,rict, and that he will die before be will
pay the State tax.
1t is said that Louis Napoleon pro-
poses to Alliance the Prince Imperial Of
to Giselle, the youngest daughter
Of the Emperor Of Austria. II has al
ready twice happened that an alliance
IF this kind between France and Austria
1Rs been followed by the downfall OF the
French reigniRg dyhssty.
A dispatch from Alexandria beings
Intelligence that the American Consul
General, Charles Hale, has induced the
Viceroy to issue 8 decree permitting the
.eturn TO Egypt Ofthe American mission
.ries add native Christian converts, who
rad been exileo Troa TIE country.
The Conservative press o. Georgia,
.dvocate the meeting Of 8 Convention
L Macon, on the 5th Of December, for
be purpose Of organizing q party in OPP
10 Reconstruction under the mill
airy bills, and with q yieW OF %dRfesting
he Constitution to be submitted.
An AssassiE ip Federal uniform
the counting fsOa Of the Jack
on Miss Clarion, on Thursday night I
asst, and, after shooting st q negro, whom
le missed, fred at and severely wounded
Er. Ben. q. Wear, the mailing clerk.
The negro got : pistol, pursued and ar
him, and handed hin over TO the
Tickets to Charles Dickens course Of
our evenings Of readings were sold in
Boston, Monday morning. There was a
.reat rush. Nearly all the tickets for the
curse, abOut 5000, were sold, sGd hun
reds were disappointed. A few tickets
,ot into the hands OF SPECTATORS, who
fer them st twenty dollars cash.
AT Savannah, on the 10th, 10 the
United States District Court, Judge
srskine presiding, eN-GOY. Brown
Ounsel for the Hon. Foster Blodgett,
by Vag of challenge, to alsrge
majority OF the grand Jurors, on the
yrOund Of their inability TO take the cath
prescribed in the act of Congress OF June
Z, 1862. The Court sustained the objse.
ion, and directed the Marshal to i'm
.aneI . new Jury.
The Baptist Home Mission Society
lss undertaken to raise q half million Of |
10 aid in the erection Of church
diices at the South and West. The
money is to be loaned, not given. The
ate OF Interest is to be moderate. Each
an, when returned to the Home Mis-
ion treasury, is to be loaned again, and
hen again and so is expected perpetu
lily to increase, while il is perpetuslly
lseful.
The Catholic churches in New York
are to subscribe 5000 0 q year
gsrd the erection Of the new cathedral
n Fifth avenue until it is completed,
The assessments on some Of the churches
ire to be about 5000 per annum; on
,thers $4,000; while the remainder will
ubscribe smaller sums in proportion to
heir Numbers.
Alarming rumors are current at
Antwerp, As to the critical condition of
he dykes. It is said that the alterations
n the course OF the eastern branch OF the 1
Scheldt, made 10 constructing Weifs re-
have proved disastrous to the
These great defenders are men,
iced at several points, and an amount OF
aGGT costing millions will be necessary
. arrest the calamity. It is even doubt
ul whether there is still time to prevent
he threatened overthrow.
Two mail riders have been murdered
six weeks on the route between
Fort Gibson and Fort Washita. The
tort Smith Herald, OF the %, records
incident connected with the first
It is said that the mule the
irst mail rider was riding when killed,
i'd not leave the body, but stayed and
ed around it for ten days, when it was
ound by some persons passing by. The
mule had to 90 over a mile to get water,
nd the faithful animal would return
rom his watering place to the body
very day. This fact was discovered by
he beaten track the mule had made
ding to and returning from the water
ng place.
The tariff Of the Atlantic cable is
sttlsd. The following notifications go
lto effect the Ist OF December Falls
New York aud any place in
treat Britain or ireland, ten words, not
.xeeeding fifty letters 10 all, twenty-five