Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-20

THE Parisians spend s,O00.5OO francs
per year on corsets, and 200 francs on
the luxury Of glass eyes. -,
A mill. twelve stories high, with
twenty run of stones, is being built IN
E"PIease send me thin Clothes" is the
affecting communication reported to
have been received by lady from the
spirit of her departed husband.
In Cleveland anegro baby fell out OF
window and nearly killed q gentleman
passing along the street.
The interest yielded upon the money
invested in the city railroad Of New Or
leans is equal to 2S@ per cent.
-Brownlow was not only in favor Of
making slavery perpetual, but be was for
whipping them well, " while they were
Mrs. Lincoln got $4,000 for her fur
niture, at auction, in Racine.
-Fiftv-one newspapers are published
by the Methodists in the United States
There are $40, 600 Good Templars in
North America.
The latest English charity is the dis
peusing of " tickets for baptism TO the
poer who cannot afford that luxury.
The latest on dit in the Court Jour
nal is that George Peabody and Miss Bur
dett Coutts are 70 be married. This Is
a revival of an old rumor.
Hon. Allen A. Hall, United states
minister to Bolivia, died at La PaZ, the
capital Of that government, on the 18th
OF May last
A little boy in New York made a
kite of his fathers SOS. Governments
never went so high before.
Of Q fsaN Ia "a Of q -
inal court. has decided against the con-
stitutiQnality Of the Indiana law Tor the
protection of fish.
A coIored Boston barber, named
George A. Hill, was arrested at Chicago
last week, where he had eloped with
pretty white girl, Of West RoXbury,
aged eighteen.
The conviets in the Illinois peniten-
tiary are earning for the state ten cents
a day each, over the cost Of food clothing
and guards. 49,,
A decree Of President Juarez, dated
June 99th, has been received, opening the
port Of TampieO to foreign and coasting
commerce.
-Brevet-Col. Chss. Ewing has been
ordered to join his regiment 10 the de-
partment of Dakota.
A Methodist college IS to be estab-
Iished at Lucknow, in India, where the
Nethodists now have schools, with an at
tendance Of 5000 pupils.
"A dreadful pestllence is prevailing ~
Hong Kong, China, said to originate
from unwhnlesOme food. The natives
are diving at the rate Of 200 per day.
An Ohio farmer the other day sold
short horn bull, "Geu. Grant, for
twelve hundred dollars.
At the regatta at St. Cloud the two
international prizes were won by a cluO
/ from 81. Johns, New Brunswick.
Al a recent concert at the Sydenham
/ CRYSTAL Palace, Grisi sang Minstrel Boy,
! Mario the serenade from Don Pasquale,
/ and Adeliua Patti, Handels Air, Let the
/ Bright Seraphim.
The statement that any considerable
number Of southern men are organizing
/ to invade Mexico, is another radical lie.
| While they heartily detest the butcher
/ JuareZ, auG his eXecutoner, Escobedo,
] they have, as body, no such idea, and
/ few individuals even Rre SO foolish.
Mr.. Fields nose was not pulled by
/ Mr.. Jones. in New York, the other day,
/ so the Post says. Jones went for the
nose, but Mr.. Field intTenched his pro-
I boscis behind his umbrella and the bel
| lfgerent Jones was unable to flank the
/ for,ifcation.
Gen. Rousseau has been detailed to
take formal possession Of Russian Amer
ica. on behalf of the United States gov
eminent. Ex- Senator McDougal, o
/ California, wants to be governor OF the
I walrusses.
A boy of eighteen and girl Of fifteen
were married at Barnard, VI, the othei
day, and the same thing happened to
. F-r. .Ta-f4f ~ q a
seventy at SwanZy.
Joseph Perkins, Of Cleveland, has
been appointed a member OF the board
I Of charities of the state of Ohio.
I. A Jewish paper deprecates the iiirt
ing which goes on in the chOirs of thell
I temples when Gentiles are employed. A
| fascinating Christian tenor recently rar
away with lovely soprano daughter o
1 Rebecca, under the very drOppings OF th'
sanctuary. -,
A south Carolina negro was struct
nv a locomotive and thrown fifteen fee
i'm the air, falling back on the boiler
When the train was stopped, be merei!
complained that the boiler was uncom
fortably hot, descended and walked OH
"A sensible Nirginian suggests tina
marble monuments for Confederate dea'
will not feed the starving Coniederat
widows and orphsDs.
The EatiOp says John Adams one
/ remarked to Mr.. Sparks, looking at th
portrait of Washington That OLE
woodenhead got a good deal Of his repn
tation by knowing how to hold III
tongue" Irrevereut Johnny
Balloons are now sent up ID Englsn
to which rockets packed with powdere'
|, ma0nesium are attached. As the mag
. nesium burns the country over an eXteh
sive area is Illuminated as by brigh
moonshine. -,
The credit Of Austria is rapidly risin
in the financial world, owing to the re
cancellation Of the government with Tn
NIapyars and to the introduction c
thoroughly liberal reforms.
There is religious persecution j
Fgvpt. The COptic patriarch has under
taken TO crush out the Protestant nus
sions. and claims the authority Of To
yiceroy Of Egypt for what he IS doinI
The senate, Yesterday, confirmed th
nominations of Hon. George Bancroft 8
minister, and Alexander Bliss. of Ne
York. as secretary Of legation, at Berlin
I Johp Hav was confirmed secretary Of J,
I cation AT Vienna also, but we have sti
no minister at that court.
A farmer wrote as follows to Oh
tipguished scientific agrieulturalist,
whom he felt under obligations for IL
Producing variety Of swine
4" Respected Sr: l went yesterday
the cattle show found several pigs
your species. There was great variei
Of hogs, and ! was astODished at not Sc
ing you there"
} oThe timely theme writer Of the Ne
York Commercial gets this of abo
hand organs:
!, Saws he, his tunes are not upon my carte,
y But. shere he turned his crank with motto
.sI,ii T'i,i,5 i've You Handle"
The Maysville Ky Eagle say
- 1--WE learn that John L. Scott has sn
his peach crop 10 Cincinnati tirm I
> 1000. the purchaser 10 gather the fru
y nav ali expenses and tske all risks. v
learn that the crop is very large, and Il
quality of fruit good. The orchard co
tains fifty acres, and cost Mr.. Scott, son
years ago, 81, 900"
The st. Louis board Of health h
had the hull Of an old steamer fitted vi
the necessary arrangements for Gum
ing boat; aud upon one end Of it b
been built dead-house, capable OF co
tanning eighty bodies, with tables
most mortem examinations, inques
etc. ms mas Deeh uoue ou ACcouht
the objections Of citizens to the lOcau
Of dead house in any part Of the city,
GEN. SIcKLEs maintains ia prince
court y in Charleston, 5. C., as one
the give Monarchy Men u set over
3e- southern states. A letter in the Ha
oi ford Times describes his appearan
M thus
5 "In public Gen. Sickles makes
chief appearance on the drives - OF
ejtv on pleasant afternoons. His tul
oufr is quite a show. He drives himse
four splendid black horses, with harm
m brilliant with silver mOuntiDgs, attach
re- a. = Iirht hl ack fnlr-saated carrVi