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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-02

ST.. Louis, February I.-CottOn dull T;
low middling. 2Sc. Tobacco dull and
unchanged. Flour i'm better demand hut
unchanged, 81 25E10 As, whole range.
Wheat declined 5al0c. Corn dun, 739
S3c. Oets OWL, 66(a 69e. Provisions in
active. Pork, SO 50ta2O. Bacon, clear
sides, l236al3e shoulders, l04. Sugar
cured hams, Ice. Lard quiet, lIG13Jc.
Hogs easy. S. 75R6 35.
New YORK, February Cotton &c
lower; Uplands 333c. Flour steadier;
superfine 5000 -. Wheat quiet and
unchanged. Corn quiet at ll4c. Gro
ceries duh but steady. Pork $50 50.
Lard 13ie. Money easy at 6Ga7 ster-
ling nominal at Sc; gold 35s. Govern
ment stocks and freights unchanged.
CINCINNATI, February Flour and
wheat unchanged. Corn dull, 55@62c.
Oats dull, sic. Whisky. 25c in bond.
Cotton dull and declined }c; middling,
3O630lc. Hogs nominaIly unchanged.
Provisions are held firmly bulk meats
dali lard quiet, i2ie. Gold, i344.
New YORK, February dry goods
are dull, and colored cottons are slightly
lower.
Louisville, February /. ~ Tobacco
active; sales 81 hhds at s. fS5G15 so.
Flour, SO. Prime wheat, 81 SIS. Corn,
shelled, Csc; ear, zoe. Oats, 35c. Mess
pork, 81 bulk shoulders, packed, Sic.
Bacon shoulders, lie clear sides, 134c.
Prime lard, l24c. Cotton, 293e. New
Orleans sugar, 15e. Molasses, soc. Raw
whisky, 81 q.
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Coin, URcWFT'e15t Honey
0Isd GeUoTgsBteEsc Securities.
for Street PaYemens.
MAYORS OFFICE,


GEALED PROPOSALS viii be received st this
- Office until o'c ocE OF saturday, February
sd. 1850, for grading and paving. with NIGH
OLSON pavemeni-Nain street, nom Auction
toU-lhoun Second street, from Winchester TO
BeaI; Poplar street, from Front to the city
limits; Adams street, tom Front to the citv
limits; Jefferson street. FEN Main 10 Charles
ton aNenHei Court street, on toe north and
Second; Madison street. from Front to the
Aemphis n ChariestOn railroad bridge; Beal
street. from Front 10 W~eilingtOn. and Front
street, rom Union to Bsal
Also, for paving with STONE-FrOnt street,
ffom Market 10 Union Center alley and Sec
ond alley, IRON Market 10 Union, an all alleys
running from Front TO Second between Market
and Union streets. W
The entire length of the proposed Nicholson
pavement viii measure about six and three
tourt1S miles; and the entire length Of the
proposed stone pavement will measure for
streets about two-thirds of a mile, and for
The TENS and conditions on which propo-
sails viii be received and entertained. specfGca-
Tors Of materials aud work, terms Of payment,
and other information relating thereto. II
required, can be obtained AT taiS ONCE. or OF
Francis Foster, City engineer.
Bids mnSt be fnclOsed In ENVELOPES and
stamped with tealiRg wax across the fold OF the
paper, and indOrsed, Proposals fur paving
- street with pavement, manning the stree
or alleys and kind or pavemeufl, and must hs
addressed 70 the Mayor aud Finance Commit
Parties making proposals viii he required 10
bid for each street SEPARATELY
Terms OF uaymeRt are One-half cash, the
balance in thirty. sky and ninety days from
W. @. LOFLAND. Mayer.
N. B.-Ths right 10 use Hicholson's patent is
secured BY the city, sud viii he let to contrac-
tors az the same price paid by the c~ity-nteen
cent? per yard ieo~ "
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FOREIGN.

ST.. JOINS, February 1.-The gov
ernor's message was read in the assembly
to-day. He laments the prevalence CT
pauperism and attributes it to the failure
of the fisheries, and urges the necessity
of planting crops not liable to failure.
LONDON, February LIT is announced
that the Austrian troops in Mexico will
leave that country with the French
forces.
Consols advanced Ia. to-day and are
now quoted at 80 5-I6; SOS have
declined n-16, and are now quoted al
- u-1G.
FLORENCE, February l. Count Bar
nell has been appointed Italian ambas-
sador to the court of Vienna.
LIVERPOOL, February I-NoON.-The
cotton market has undergone no change.
The brokers' circular reports the sales to-
day as estimated at 600 bales. Uplands,
TIGo
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FROM LOUISVILLE.

LOUISVILLE, February 1.-The river
has been rising at the ratdbf one inch
per hour for the past twelve hours. The
ice is heavy but rotten. Tie Clifton, for
Memphis, and the Rowena went through
the canal. The David White and Hodge
leave for New Orleans tomorrow. The
Memphis and Henderson packets resume
their trips tomorrow. 1t is raining
heavily. Mureury A..
Lewis, alias w. Thatcher, was arrested
at Bowling Green. KY, aud brought here
charged with passing a forged draft on
the Second national bank Of st. Louis,
TO Geo. Wicks, a merchant Of this city.
Lewis represented himself as the junior
partner Of Lewis, Hinsen d Co., Of st.
Louis.
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PROM WASHINGTON.

WAsHINGToN, February 1.-The pres
ident has sent to the senate voluminous
documents on the subject Of Mexico, in
Guiding a letter from Seward to Marshall
o. Roberts, wherein Seward says the
president does not deem it necessary or
expedient at present to interfere in mat
tiers concerning civil contracts Of citizens
Of the United States, arriving in Mexico,
and the Mexicans.
Hon. Phillip johnson, republican
member OF congress from Pennsylvania,
died last night.
The president has nominated Gen.
Fullerton as postmaster at st. Louis.
, The Impeachment is making no pro-
gress.
The senate's finance committee have
agreed to report, on Tuesday, a bill for
funding the compound interest notes
held by the banks.
1t is currently reported that the tariff
bill viii eventually go before a commit
tee on conference.
CONGRESSIONAL
Seaate.-The bankrupt bill was tsker
up and discussed.
HoUse.-The house was engaged to
day in discussing the senate bill regulat
ing the tenure Of civil officers.
A joint resolution was passed to pal
Capt Daniel G. Freevett, OF Tennessee
for four months service ia the army.
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THE REPORTS OF PRINCE OF


The prince of Wales is going in bad
company, if the following story, told by
a London letter-writer, is true
A matter which greatly diSturbs the
good and loyal subjects Of England isthe
intimacy between the duke OfSt. Adams
and the prince of Wales. The duke Of
st. Adams is a young man about the age
of the prince and he has succeeded, in
the course of his short but eventful life,
in getting up one of the most notorious
regulations in Europe. His character Is
so bad that, with very high rank and
great wealth, be is not tolerated in the
respectable aristOeratic society of Lon
don. He began his career by getting
into all sorts Of serapes at Oxford, in
which city he used to appear with
greater regularity the police court than
at the college chapel, and from which
university he was finally expelled in dis
grace. Since then he has been the hero
OF innumerable adventures on the con
tinent, s%candalous and otherwise, is well
known in every gambling house, and
brothel and police court of Paris, and is
as accomplished a william, for s young
man, as you can find in many q day.
AT Oxford, one day, while he was yet
10 his teens, three differentyoung women
appeared in court against him with
charges of seduction. Since then he has
matured in every species Of dissipation,
and is as well known to the London po-
lice "a any loRg-fngeFed Jack from Bill
Hnrsgate. And this is the most Intimate
friend, companion and confident Of the
heir to the British throne. They are
constantly seen together, often go arm in
arm together alone o'nights land where
they 90 to is hardly a mystery. st.
Adams stays by the week at Marlboro
house, and the prince OfYales as regularly
reeiproeates by visiting the duke at
his house and they are, in every
way, " hand and glove" Not only this,
the duke of st. Adams is the intimate
friend of the princess, as well as the
prince of Wales, and is often seen riding
alone with her in the parks. 1t is natu-
rally a matter of uneasiness to the Eng
fish that so graceless a ~reprobate should
be so familiar with their future queen,
who is quite too giddy now TO suit their
staid taltes, and who is vastly imprudent
In her association with this noble duke.
Thus we see the prince of Wales and his
fair wife goingon in the same path that
George the Fourth, OF ~disgraeeful MEM
ory, trod, and we may look forward to a
not very promising reign whea another
tory and dissolute king aseends the
British throne.
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RENTS AND REAL ESTATE IN GIN
CINNATI.

80
CINNATI.
The Cincinnati GGzette says that rents
in that city remain very high. Houses
that before the war rented for eight and
ten dollars per month cannot now be had
FOR less than twenty-five and thirty dol
lars. A single room which could then
have been had for three and four dollars
per month cannot now be touched for
less than ten and fifteen dollars, and
even twenty dollars per month. At
present a common house, containing six
OF seven rooms, in a central location,
will command from fifty to seventy-fve
dollors per month.
We have the same evidence OF high
rents in Memphis and not long since a
fntile attempt was made by some Of
those who pay rents, TO have them re-
duced. OF course the movement was
merely ide. Rents, like every thing else
Of the nature of prices, are regulated
chiefly by the relative proportion of de-
mand and supply.
But it also occurs to US that the depre-
citation Of the currency accounts in large
measure for the difference between rents
in Cincinnati before and since the wal.
For the value Of the paper currency is
not determinable by comparing it with
gold, which has become an article of
merchandise, and for which there is no
general demand. Few persons have
special occasion to use gold, or care to
have it. It performs only a few limited
offices and moves in limited circles, and
not much except in the great CONNER
cial centres, where duties are payable, or
Il is needed for expectation. The real
value Of the currency is determinable by
he amount of rent and wages it will
nav. the amount Of provision and fuel it
win purchase, and the like and for all
those purpose it is worth far less than it
appears to be when compared with gold.
1t is not that rents and provisions are
high, 50 much as that the currency is
worth much less than is generally inn
agined. II OF q cent represents its
nominal value, as compared with gold,
viii fully represent its real value, as
exchangable for commodities, and this
after the great diminution Of the amount
in circulation.
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Late at night, while the fire and lamps
burn low and dim, we lay down No.
IO.O89, Vol. LXVII of this noble old
journal, aud lean back to think, over
come by the many memories which its
familiar caption calls up. We have read
it constantly for thirty-two years, minus
the four bitter years Of civil war, and had
the good fortune to know its old editors,
JOE. GALES and WM. w. SEATON, both
great and good men, now Numbered with
the dead, but of immortal memory. Not
only OF these princely gentlemen does
the LteUigencer remind US, but Of many,
many another whom we were fortunate
in Knowing, and whom the country has
lost,-WEBsTER and CLAY and CRIT
TENDEN DAWSON, the Commodore, -
Of Georgia, peerless at the dinner table
RUsK and HOUsTON, FLOYD, kindest-
/ hearted Of all living men; that noble
gentleman, BUTLER, of South Carolina,
PRENTIss, worthy TO be called CHRYsOs-
TOM, golden-mOuthed, and not only be-
yond comparison the most eloquent, but
the most genial and generous Of men
large-hearted Tom. CORwIN, KEITH, gal
LIANT and good BADGER, wise beyond
! other men, OF admirable wit and always
enamored Of the Truth; SEWER and
DOUGLAS, CLEMENS and QUITMAN,
with many a dear old familiar face, of
others less known to fame and even more
beloved, crowd around US as we write ;
the dead mingling with the living,
PORTER of the Spirit and INMAN the
Artist, and glorious JOHN BROUGHAM,
and ALEXANDER DnnTRY, large-souled
as one Of HoMER's heroes and wise as
PLATO BRECKINRIDGE and BoNHAM,
BOYCE and ROBERT JOHNSON, four men OF
like princely natures,-a1 these and
many ike these we met at Washington
in the better times when the Senateo Of the
United States sat in the old Chamber,
and that city was the capital Of both the
Northern and Southern States. Ebeu,
jHg0ceS how the yearsdrift away-and
we become garrulous, and forget that
the long list Of names, and the memo
ries they call up, Of " the reflections Of
the gods" and times gone never to re-
turn, and scenes already dim as they
recede into the Past, have interest for nc
one but Ourself! Nevertheless, it is
written-it is a cry from the heart. Let
it stand. Thank God, neither Power OF
Malice can coniscate and sell for coin to
knsves the happy or the sad mementoes
If the PAST
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FROM NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, February L.-Ex.Gov.
Washington Hunt is lying at the point
of death.
The French steamer Europe, from
Breste the 18th, has arrived.
japanese advices state that owing to
the internal disturbances in that cOun-
try rice has risen so much that the gov
eminent has become quite anxious about
the condition Of the people. Serious
riots are reported.
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singular Lawsuit.

From the Albany knickerbOcker.j
A most singular lawsuit has just been
instituted in our Justices court. It is one
that depicts, in unmistakable language,
the depFaved state of morals that exists
in our city. A short time since two men
were counting two girls ia the same
house, concluded to marry, and the eere-
mony was accordingly celebrated. After
four weeks cOh%abitatiOn both of the men
became dissatisfied with the objects OF
their choice. They believed that each
had made the wrong selection, and that
q change of women would be more in
keeping with their peace and happiness
From some cause the same feeling ex-
listed on behalf of the women. A trade
was spoken OF, and, singular to relate,
agreed to by all parties. One Of the
men had a better looking oma than
| the other, and thought that this should
bring a premium. He demanded $50 to
boot. This was agreed 10, and the money
was to be paid in two weeks. The
change of wives took place. They lived
together for three weeks, vet the $50 was
not forthcoming. The money was de-
manded several times, but not received.
Now the party claiming the money has
engaged legal counsel and Instituted snit
in the Justices court for a breach Of con-
tract and the recovery Of the money.
How it will terminate remains to be seen,
The controller OF New York wants
50, $50, 500 SO to run the municipal af-
fairs of that city for the ensuing year.
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NOT QUITE a wEDDING.

qThere's many a slip lwixt the cup and the
A matrimonial engagement, which
was expected to eliminate in marriage
Thursday night, came, we learn, to a
very sudden and abrupt termination, a
few hours before the time appointed had
arrived.
From motives of delicaey we forbear
publishing the names of the parties.
The lady resides in the First district, on
a street between st. Joseph and Girard.
She has been attached to q young man
for some time, and finally marriage was
agreed upon. A short time since she en-
trusted her devoted intended with q dia-
mond ring, valued at $1,000, which she
desired to have repaired. The happy
day which was to make the two one
flesh, rolled around, and preparation was
made in grand style for the approaching
nuptials, and a large number of cards of
invitation transmitted to their mutual
friends.
Thursday morning the expectant
bridegroom called on the young lady
who was so soon to become the partner
Of his lows and his sorrows, and seeking
. nrivste interview, with great contFition
confessed that he could not produce the
diamond ring thst in a moment Of
emergency ne had pswned il, and could
The smile Of gladness which lit up the
features of the young lady to that
momant gave way to a deathly palor,
her Iins Guivered and her eyes flashed
with indignation. She turned coldly
rom her sutton, and informed him that
rom that moment all connection be-
tween the two ceased-that she would
never become his VIE.
The Young man pleaded with great
earnestness. but all in vain, the young
Iadv was memorable, and nothing he
could offer would shake her resolution.
with a heavy heart and a downcast
eo~untenance he left the house,
AT night. in accordance with the invi-
tatious issued, a large party gathered at
the residence of the young lady, n
their surprise was great when they
learned the true state of affairs.
The Young lsdy took matters very
extraordinarily; she retained a gay and
pleasant demeanor toward the guests
She evidently had determined that
though she did not become a wife that
nIght. She would at least have a merry
time of it: and so all did, and in the
festivities of the evening the real cause
which led to the assembiage was almost
forgotten.
ate dreams as she reclined on her lonely
pillow, we cannot tell those of the dis
appointed bridegroom must have been
dark and dismal.
The whole affair was novel and singu-
lar, and has created considerable gossip.
New Orleans Rcaytme.
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10 TTEwArnoss OF THE APPEAL

To NtSo
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aspect to the interests OF different parties IN
ne APPEAL. the paper, the printing estao-
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A dispatch from Chicago says: "Ris-
tori states that her receipts at her per-
formances Tuesday evening, at the opera
house were the largest since Der debut
on The stage, amounting to $500. Mos
cow ranks second, and Brooklyn third.
or the $500, her personal share is $500.
Her own personal receipts since her
arrival in this country, in September
last. have been $4,000,
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A letter from Rome, dated the 29th
ult., is published in the London Daily
Telegraph, and contains an amusing ac-
count Of an attempt Of the duchess de
Monticello to obtain an invitation for
the Empress Eugene to visit Rome.
The writer says:
There has been a regular family
squabhi8 Un the question of the empress
visit to Rome, resolving itself at last into
the positive and absolute refusal of the
emperor to allow the prince imperial to
accompany his mother. 1t is not quite
certain whether the emperor has wen
now consented to sanction his wife's
expedition, but there is no doubt
that he firmly refused for some time,
and was driven at last to meet all
her arguments and circumstances
with his tayOrite weapon of perfect ST.
lence. About a fortnight ago Madame
de Monticello, who is still at Rome, re-
ceived a very urgent letter from the EN-
press, begging her tOObtain an invitation
for her from the pope, if not in writing,
at least verbally, as the only c of
cOnquering the emperOrs objections. The
duchess went at onee to the Vatican, but
was told that interview with his holiness
was impossible that Ire did not receive
iauleS Ii JnaL part Ol TIE pdldcei anu
besides, that he was engaged. The
duchess begged to see Cardinal Pacca,
and on his appearance she burst into
a flood Of tears, and id kared that the
empress instructions ere so i'm
perative that she cOuA not 90
without seeing the pope The card
inal, seeing the lady was shiyering
with cold, first ordered a fire to be made,
and then went TO his holiness. wEO is
said to have been much amused, and
have very good-naturedly gone to the gall
Ieries where ladies are received, and sent
for Madame de Monticello. The duchess
used all her e~loquence to enforce the EN-
press request, assured the pope that even
a word of direct invitation would be
enough to obtain the emperor's permits
sion, and that the empress felt it to be
her duty to visit Rome. His holiness at
once replied that he should be very glad
at any time to see the Empress Eugene,
and that if she felt it her duty to come to
Rome, either TO show her respect to him
as the head of the church, or to visit the
tombs of the apostles, he highly approved
and app,auded her good intentions but
he thought that a wOman's first and
most immediate duty was always toobey
her husband. The duchess Of Monticello
took her leave and retired.
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A California correspondent, in a recent
letter, gives a sketch of n of the piO-
neers OF that state, with the preliminary
reflection that "there must be something
exceedingly fascina6 g in the life Of a
trappeT, spent, as has been, among
the widest portions of the Sierras, TO
induce a person of his character to en-
brace ii" The name of this young man
is Hartly. He is about thirty years Of
age, although his fresh features make
him look much younger. He is small in
size, slim and erect in figure with a frame
knit together with sinews of great
strength and endurance.
Years ago he was clerk of an importing
house in Philadelphia. By strict econ
omy and close attention to business he
laid up quite a nice little Aoperty, and
had as fair prospects beford him a. any
young man could desire. Then came the
crisis of 1857, and left him penniless.
Not discouraged by a reverse of fortune,
he left his eastern home and came to Cal
~ifornia, and failing to obtain such a situ-
alton in the city as he thought himself
entitled to, he went into the mountains
and established himself as a hunter and
a trapper among the Sierras. During
the fall of 1861 he built a cabin on the
head waters of the American river, and
proceeded to fortify himself against the
coming winter. During the winter the
snow fell to the depth of twenty-eight
feet and a snow-drift covered his cabin
twenty-five feet below the surface, and
so great was the pressure that it required
thirteen massive timbers to support the
roof. He tunneled an entrance to the
cabin, which was thirty-fve feet long.
During that time he tended two hun
dred and seyenty-five traps and dead
falls, and ne succeeded in obtaining
many valuable animals. In 1862 and
1868 he lived in the vicinity of Castle
Peak, where he remained for five
months in complete isolation. At one
time, when beseiged by storms, he was
kept a prisoner in his cabin for thirty
two days, the snow being at that time
over IA feet deep e the surround
ing country. In 1868 be heard from
some herdsmen, who had been ranching
their cattle In the mountains, that
the country round about Meadow Lake
ahounded in Lodges of some kind Of
metal, of what they were unable to tell.
In the following year he penetrated the
region alone, and from one of the high
peaks neal by discovered the Excelsior
ledge. He at the same time discovered
the Great Eastern ledge, and at once
located them. He also discovered and
located numerous other mines, which, if
they turn out as well as present appear
ances indicate, will make him n of the
m~illiOnaires of the country.