Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-14
THE MEMPHIS APPEAL
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The French claim to have inventao
the sewing machine. Howe, is that 10
French workingmen have an orean
, called The Cooperation.
, Diamonds have doubled in value in
ment
J Wagon trains of cotton are passing
through San Antonio for Mexico.
; "A great rise is reported in the upper
he'd river, and serious overflow is ap-
pretended.
The Indians are prosecuting a vigor.
Gus campaign against the whites in
Arizona.
The Japanese Dragon troupe arrived al
San Francisco Monday.
The Ogdensburg Journal says Gree
ley had the presidency in view when he
went to Richmond.
AT the recent coronation Of the M
peror Francis Joseph, king of Hungary,
> every country having diplomatic rela-
tiOns with Austria was represented, ex-
cept the UAited States; Minister Motley
having resigned, and Mr.. Bancroft not
: yet arrived in that country.
The sheriff of Kennebec, Me-, has
taken the trotter Ethan Allen, jr., for
: taxes.
The London Times says by the fall
Of the empire oRe chance of-civiliZatiOn
, has been lost to Mexico.
"A non-cont9geous fever has been
raging on the island Of Mauritius, and
has caused the death of nearly l4,00O
persons. Cause-filth.
"A Mississippi planter says thata belt
of oats, ten feet in width around a cot
ton field, will protect the cotton from the
worm. If true, it should have been ear
/. lier reported.
An iron railroad bridge is in process
Of construction at the Tredegar works,
Richmond, Va, for the Augusta and
, Columbia road ,etCy be thrown over the
Congaree river, South Carolina.
"A colony of German vine growers
are in treaty with the Virginia land
agency for the purchase Of twenty thou
sand acres near Lynchburg, in that state,
for vinyards.
-Ex-Gov. Hahn, of Louisiana, has
been refused registration papers on the
plea OF having given aid and comfort TO
rebels. We wonder how and when
1t is estimated that the export and
import commerce Of Galveston, Texas,
this year will be equal to fully eighty
millions.
The American soda-water fountains
at the exhibition are new things to the
French, and take immensely.
"A series of very brilliant balls are to
be given at the Hotel de Vile, Paris,
during the rest of the summer, the first
on the 10th inst, to which all the
crowned heads in the city are TO be in
yited.
"A steamboat entirely of steel has
been built in England for the use Of the
expedition which has gone in search Of
DR.. Livingstone. It is IN sections weigh
J Sv,g- F,rFv- aaah and n ha
transported overland to the rivers 20 be
explored, and there put together with
screws.
The commissioners Of the Paris ex-
position offer a magnificent prize for the
best poem on peace, and if il is open TO
American competitors it is estimated
one hundred thousand poems, at the
least. will inundats the lUckless dispens-
ers of the medal.
A republican paper is to be started at
Petersburg, Va, which will be against
confiscation, and will endeavor to break
HuBnicutt's control Of the freedmen.
The latest style Of wearing the hair
among the Paris mOdiSfes is the unre-
strained and flowing, called in England
the name style.
There are in England and Wales about
20 600 clergymen, OF whom 10000 receive
on an average s100 per EnnUD while in
actual duty.
In the Austrian state lottery, con-
nected with the loan Of 1860, the Bishop
of Brunn Count Schafgotschel has just
Won q prize Of 500, 600 flOrins.
Gen. Grant and Gov. Geary have
been invited by the managers of the
Soldiers national cemetery to visit
Gettysbug June goth. The former has
accepted, and ths latter will probably be
present.
"A new paper at Middlelown, Conn,
I elassities its marriages, births sad deaths
under The heads condolences" " So
ventures - and certainty which is
( as bad as the western EDITORS " "hatched," )"
matched - and dispatched"
Another first prize has come to
! America from the Paris expOsitiOn-a
! gold medal to Walter \. Woods moving
! machine. Mr.. Wood himself is danger
/ ously in at his home at HOOsic, and was
| too unweIl to attend the funeral of his
wife a few days since
] A Yankee, writing from Washing
{ ton, with the unserupulOus shreWdness
! OF a majority Of his compsJriOts, thinks
! Juarez may make good thing Of Maxi
milan by ransOming in p32ee of shooting
| him. MaXimiliaH's mother the Dowa-
/ ger Empress Sophia, Of Austria Is i'm
/ mensely rich, and as much as $50, 900, 600
/ could be paid if it were demanded.
| A yankee soldier and a negro got
| into a quarrel at Lynchburg, when the
negro kicked the yankee into well
l thirty feet deep, with six Of seven feet Of
water. In attempting to pull him out
. the rope broke and he went down agasn.
I A second attempt was successful, and he
I was brought to the top in nearly
Idying condition. It is thought be can
] not recover.
/ The Jardin des Plantes in Paris now
/ has a Canada beaver A house was
! built of logs for its accommodation, Eut
! it tore it down and built it over in style
more to its taste.
An American circus company has
leased the theater du Prince Imperial
in Paris, during the continuance OF the
exhibition. The principal feature con-
sists of the equestrian feats Of Jas. Rob
inson and his little son.
"A complete POmpeii of later dwell
lfngs has been discovered near Daben,
i'm Pomerania. About fifty buildings
have already been opened, and numer-
Gus remains Of bones, horns, leather,
wood and clay vessels, ETC., have been
found
The interior of the New York Times
office has recently been ref tied in very
handsome manner. The walls have IN
dergone the uew process invented in
Italy Of putting on a sort Of stucco with
hot irons, which gives the effect OF highly
polished marble.
The cargo Of the steamer Sheridan,
which was wrecked last winter near
Body Island, will be sold st public auc-
ton, in Norfolk, on the 18th inst. The
value of the cargo was estimated at about
81 600 OO0 The portion saved consists
of Russian tar, Inseed and lard oil, white
lead, zinc, dry goods, and hogshesds of
Irish, Scotch, and Bourbon whisky
The June regatta Of the New York
Yacht club was announced to take place
yesterday, and the following entries bad
been made: The new and splendid
Dauntless, by J. G. Bennett, jr.; the
Vesta 2. Lorillard the Rambler, by II.
Fearing; the Phantom, by the Messrs. I
Stebbins; and the Magic, by G. l.. Lor-
rillard.
AT Edingburg, Scotland, few weeks
since, a man named Pollock, living in a
tenement house, was reading by his fire.
side when the hearthstone suddenly gave
way under him, and be fell into deep
cavern full Of water. His wife reached
down and held him by the hair until as
sistance arrived. It turned out that the
house had been built over the ruins of
an ancient malt kiln, of which none of I
the occupants suspected the existence.
The Shenandoah valley is said to 4
have almost recovered from the desOla-
fions of the late war. Notwithstanding |
the ravages of the many armies that /
passed through it. and the almost total |
destruction Of houses, fences, and agri- !
cultural implements, il is said that this /
wear the farmers will probably have the |
finest and largest wheat crop ever raised /
in that region.
The mayor Of Kentshaack-some- /
where in Germany-having sought shell /
ter In a sand quarry with his two sons, 1
and a servant driving the carriage, was /
overwhelmed by a land slip. woman (
nsssipg accidently some time after, 4
near the scene of the disaster, saw a 4
horses head standing out Of the earth, 1
and went Immediately to announce the /
fact in the DeighbOriBg village. The in
habftants, proceeding 70 the spot, re-
moved the earth, but found only four
eorpses, the horse remaining alive.
The California mails bring further
intelligence respecting the intolerant \