Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-09

tloH IN ths, gIoomlest terms. One
fourth Of the people have perished
hardly q house with unbrOken windows
. snd but one old mission house is fl to b,
used. The churches are all scattered.
Mr.. Coreoran, the Washington
banker, has given large sum to vii.
liam and Mary college, Va, to repair
the damage done by war.
a wax doll in the Virginia Memo
rial bazaar is inscribed as 81 presented by
Julia, child of the south, daughter Of
Stonev all Jackson"
Gen. Henry A. Wise, it is stated, viii
deliver the annual address before thetwo
literary societies of the University OF
North Carolina at the approaching COM
mencement.
Gen. Ewel is farming most success
fully near Spring Hill, Tennessee. He
has a thousand head of stock, and the
best wheat and grass in the neighbor-
hood.
The Savannah Advertiser says that
Dr.. J. J. Craven, the author of the
Prison Life Of Jefferson Davis" has
bought property in Savannah and deter
mined to make the city his permanent
home.
The receipts from customs and in
nal revenue for the last ten months are
three hundred and sixty-four million
dollars, showing q falling of of thirty
Ols millions, as compared with the same
period last year.
"A Cuban named Garrette was burned
20 death az Steubenville on Tuesday. A
linen coat, which he was wearing, took
fire from a gas jet.
The Leader, weekly paper owned
and published in Charleston, S. c., by a
company of colored citizens, is out in an
editorial, warning the colored men
/ against northern adventurers and Office
seekers.
1t is said that the widow of Bishop
Polk is teaching school in Tennessee.
The queen Of Spain has exiled her
dress-maker en- account Of politics.
In New Jersey they baptize infants
with hot water.
According to the report of the agri-
cultural department, the United States
supports about 5000, 900 dogs Of every
degree, at an annual expense Of $780,
900, 900.
"a pneumatic express company, with
a capital Of half million of dollars, is
about to be chartered by the Esssschu-
setts legislature. Ex-Gov. Andrew, Col
Iector Russell, and other prominent men,
are the incorporates.
The emperor of Brazil has put
tombstone over the remains Of poet
who died of starvation in his dominiOns.
a party of scientific gentlemen are
about proceeding on a tour from Bloom
ington, H., to the western slope Of the
Rocky mountains. Gen. Grant has or
dered q company Of cavalry to accom-
pany the tourists.
Seventy thousand Germans, il is
said, have engaged passage by steamer
to the United States. The new Prussian
CONSUMPTION laws are driving many out
of the country.
The viceroy Of China, it is reported,
Is diligently engaged in the study Of the
Bible, and has issued proelamstions
against certain forms Of idolstry and
idolatrous professions.
"A barrel OF -four can be purchased irI
Paris, sent by rail and steamer to Liver
pool, and thence transported in a sailing
vessai to Boston, at less expense than it
can now be purchased in the latter city.
Lieut.. Rice, with a detachment Of
the second United States infantry, on
Friday night, attempted to arrest two
murdeFers at Nicholasville, Ky. He
was resisted by superior force and was
unable to make the arrests. He was
wounded in three places, but not fatally.
A soldier was also wounded.
The English and Americans are In
elined to close their sections Of the Paris
exhibition, but the petition sent from
America, that the whole building be
closed on the Sabbath, only ezeitss guf-
Jaws of laughter. Why, say the Psri- |
SLAMS, that is the best dsy Of all.
The English parliament enacted, in |
ITO, that "whoever shall impose upon,
seduee and betray into matrimOny any |
of his majesty's male subjects by scents, /
paints, cosmetic washes, artificial teeth, |
false hair, Spanish wool, iron stays,
hoops, high heeled shoes or bolstered |
hips, should be prosecuted for witch |
craft, and that the marriage should be
null and void.
Well executed counterfeit fifty cent
currency have been PVT in circulation at
Philadelphia. The engraving on the |
face of the notes Is excellent. The OBJ |
verse is slightly blurred. The notes are
one-eighth Of an inch narrower than the
genuine.
"A deed was filed April q, in the Of
fee Of the recorder Of Santa Clara
county, Cal, by the Quicksilver mining
company Of Pennsylvania, conveying to
the Quicksilver mining company of New
York the new Almsdeh mine, in e0nsld-
Grafton Of three and half million dol
lars.
The latest idea which has occurred
to hatters is to can their business eapu-
toIogy. Instead Of saying, "who is your
halter ~ it will be proper to say, "who
is your csputologistg'
Twenty bishops who died in Ireland
during the past forty five years, left, sew.
orally, money amounting TO the aver
age Of $275. 600 each, not TO speak Of real
estate. Tything in Ireland pays.
A company Of coiorsd soldiers left
Philadelphia last December, to settle in
Liberia, and have arrived at their new
home. They are delighted with 1t, and
advise their friends to join them. An
other company is to start in few days.
The people Of the United States, in
1870, consumed a, 900 pounds of opium,
at q cost Of sa0,s00; in 1850, $1,000
pounds, at cost Of S24s, 900; In 1850 the
reached lls, 800 pounds, at
cost Of s4S7, ,750. !