Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-07

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men of that city, and appoint Cliff in
his stead. Modest gentleman
The Arkansas river is again over
flowing the country.
The wheat crop in North Carolina is
reported as unprecedentedly fine, and if
no accident happens to it, the yield will
be better than foEsyears.
New orleans advices say the City Of
Mexico has certainly surrendered TO the
liberals
The government officials of Paumaa
have held a meeting, at which it was re-
solved to declare the isthmus independ-
ent of federal rule.
-Four Indians have been registered in
the parish of Calcasieu, La.
Two hundred pounds of silver bullion
arrived in Denver, on the 25th ult., from
/ GEORGETOWN mines.
-Nicksburg, Miss, proposes to place in
nomination a negro for congress.
! "A writer in New York paper labOrs
to show that Greeley's battling of Mr.. Da-
Wis is a bid for q democratic presidential
nomination. II
Northern capitalists representing
$50, 100000 propose to invest it in Georgia
lands on the Atlantic and gulf railroad.
The freight business on the Virginia
and Tennessee railroad is rapidly increas-
\ ing.
! The Abingdon TlrgiaipR says that
l the wheat crop in that section was never
more promising.
Mrs. Hatfield, charged with the mur-
! der of Isaac Heard, has been acquitted
/ by the grand jury at Macon, Georgia.
/ The report that Gov. jenkins, Of
/ Georgia, intends to resign, is denied.
! Such q report would never be started on
/ Joe Brown.
The citizens Of st. Joseph have been
much excited over q rumor that the
| Hon. John Jacob AstOr was stopping in
/ their city. 1t was a caaard
Gen. Burton, commandant at Fort
! ress Monroe, with two cOmpanies-B
and I-of the Fifth artillery, have re-
ceived orders from Washington to pro-
! ceed to Charleston, South Carolina.
| Mr.. Peabody is in Scotland, salmon
! fishing, and he paid $500 in gold to
| the man who owns the stream where he
augleth.
/ There is a printing ofiice at the Paris
exposition, under the patronage Of the
empress, the compositOrs in which are
all women.
"A woman died in Birmingham, Eng
land. who had scarcely been sober for
thirty-five years.
brigham Young is shocked at the
! adulteries committed throughout Christ
endom, and points to the saints as exam
pies OF virtue.
The Gainesville lFIa.) NeJC Era says
/ there is not a single radical in the place.
Happy Gainesville! /
A Pttsburg burglar last week turned
on all the gas jets in the house he en-
tered, hoping to sufTOcate the entire
family Fortunately ne stumbled over
coal scUttle, aud the noise awakened the
lady OF the house before completely
asphyXiated.
A negro woman named Amanda
Patton was committed to jail at Mont
gomery, Ala, on Monday, charged with
the murder Of another negro woman,
few DAYS since, near CRrter's hill. Inc
weapon used was q common hand stick
such as is used on plantations TO roll logs
Prentice says there Seems to be
likelihood that the southern negroes will
get so aristocratic in their feelings as to
charge white folks fifty cents a smell.
Gen. 3. +. BHtler has a number OF
clerks engaged in copying his manuscript
Of the history of his campaigns. IL Will
be ready for the press in short time,
and is said to be quite severe ON Gen.
Grant.
The Columbia Is. c. F7l0nir Of the
3Oth saws The presence of Brig. Gen.
Green, the commandsnt of this post, Rt
the funeral obseduies of Col. DeSaus-
sure, on Tuesday, was a graceful tribute
by one gallant officer TO another who
fell in the stern conflict at Gettysburg
in which both were participants, but on
opposite sides. 90,
ultimo. says a woman, Mrs. Quinn resld-
ing in Flushing avenue, Brooklyn, sur
araH friarnsfG I-qlfpFnaV
bv giving birth TO four children, two girls |
aud two boys, weighing six pounds each. /
The mother and children are doing well. 4
-Felis Oates, Of the Crescent, says that /
some Of the fieas at Pass Christian are as
large as humming birds. When you 4
kick them out Of your way they bark at
vou and charge again. One of the larg-
est of these fieas was lynched some years /
ago in Mississippi /
The JUarez official paper at San Luis |
Potosi has recently published all the ofli-
cial correspondence relative to the safety /
of Macmillan, and comments upon it IN /
q manner that would imply that the
sTehduke would receive no mercy.
The grand priX de Paris OF lOO,UJO
francs, with the emperor's cup, the two
most eagerly sought for results Of French
turf contests, were run for on the 3d |
inst. in the B0is de BOulogRe snd won 4
bv the horse Feryauges. There were at
least 100000 persons, mailing from every 1
nation on earth, present on the Occa-
sion.
The trade of Yokohama, Japan, last |
wear. was S26, us, ,45l, the exports Sl6,-
1871 and the imports SIC, ,292, 81. The 1
exports consisted principally OF silks,
cotton and teas, and the imports Of
wooden and cotton goods, veivets, iron,
arms, ammunition, ship stores and
liouors. The English mOnopolized about /
two-thirds Of the commerce of the port,
while the United States got only one
ninth.
Gen. Stearn, the Mexican agent at
New York, who resides on Staten Island,
was serenaded by his Mexican friends 1
Saturday night. In his remarks he said /
Juarez could not save MaKimilisn, as
the people demanded retaliation for his
barbarous decree.
Mr.. L. c. Hail, of st. Louis, who
was wounded in a recent difficulty with 4
Mr.. +. s. PeFryman, OF Mobile died m
the last named city Monday afternoon.
The transactions Of the Troy, B. " 1
wool market footed S5, 600 600 last year.
This shows Troy to be the fourth wool
market in the United States. Boston 4
stands first, New York second, Philadel-
phis third, and Troy fourth in the hst Of
treat wool centers.
Owing to the state of his health,
Bishop A Atkinson felt himself impsiied TO /
tender his resignation TO the convention
at ifs recent session in Wilmington, n. /
n But the convention, says the ,J0ttTTldt, 4
in declining 10 receive it, testified their 4
appreciation Of his abilities and his
services.
AS the express train which left
Island Pond for Montreal on the 29th OF
Nav was getting near st. Hyacinthe, the
engineer, Joseph Gauepy, saw some
thing ahead, which he afterward discov-
cred was a child about four yesrs old, 4
walking on the track. Gariepy revetsed
the engine and whistled on brakes, but
finding it impossible 70 stop the train In /
time. rushed to the front of the engine,
down by the cow-eatcher, and snRtehed
the little one, saving her from instant
There is a blind boy in England who
can repeat not only the whole OF the 1
hundred and fifty prayer-book psalms,
and a large number Of metrical psalms,
and HYMNS, as well as considerable
amount OF mOdern poetry, lnciudlng
r,oIS-Inithis 81 Deserted Village but the
whole of Mlton's " Paradise Lost with
marginal potes and biography,
There are strong as veikas solid men
In Roston. A lounger in the gymnasium
savs that there are among the amateur
mnasfs sixty gentleEens who can lilt
Six hundred pounds; thirty who can lift
EIGHT hundred pauDds; ten who can lift
,,i1a hundred pounds; two who can lift
one thousand pounds, and bne who lifts
twelve hundred aud thirty pounds Tbs
iiftinv Is unaided by straps, pulleys, or
anv other mechanical help. The ma
;os;tv Of these strong men Of Boston fol-
DOW sedentary pursuits-they are editors,
eIergymen, lawyers, traders and clerks.
A. one Of these gymnssiHnns there are
three ladies who can lift six hundred
- a. onoh Rnd one who life saVan