Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-12
THE NEWS.

The Mississippi Press Association
will meet at Holly Springs in January.
-Whittier's new volume is to take the
title Among he Hills, from the longest
poem.
Harriet Martineau is about to pub.
lish some newiy-wTitten biographical
sketches OF fifty prominent personages.
A deed has been recorded at Topeka,
Kansas. covering thirty pages, and trans
ferTing SS9 PAS acres of land.
1t took two freight cars packed full
to carry to Washington the records Of
the mastering office at Colunb bus, Ohio.
Hon. D. w. Voorhees, has gone to
Oxford, Miss, for the purpose of acting
ss counsel IN an important law case in
the United States Circuit Court at that
place
1t is stated that during the last fiscal
year S20l, ,473 600 registered bonds were
/ issued frGm the United States Treasury.
I OF these, nearly S27 600 eco were issued
II exchange for coupon bonds,
The explosions in the coal mines of
/ Great Britain during 1865. up to the last
disaster in November, caused the death
/ Of 2s6 persons. The deaths from the
falling of the roofs of the mines and OF
coal, amounted during the same time to
! l6S, making q totsl of 449 lives lost in the
! British eolleries.
The explosion of dynamite at mine
near Fort Montgomery, on the Hudson
river, wss caused by gross careiessness.
+ The Gsn containing the compound was
opened by the man who had it In charge,
to exhibit it to his companions, who
/ were smoking. A spark from one of the
pipes fell into the can, and a terrific eX-
I pl0sion ensued.
Now that Fort Lafayette, which Is
better known as the American Bastile,H
has been destroyed, the key OF it should
De sent to Mount Vernon to be hung up
By the side Of the key Of the French
Bsstile, which was sent to Washington
by Lafayette, who little thought when
he did 1t that a fort would be named In
honor OF him only to be degraded to the
level Of the Bastile.
1t Is asserted that about one In three
Of the gold sovereigns in circulation in
E0gland is light in weight. The evil
dence given before the Roy-l Commits
sion on International Coinage showed
that the average value Of the sovereign
in ordinary use was one penny below It's
legal value of twenty shillings. The
government is recommended 70 take the
light pieces at their nominal value and
recoin them.
According to foreign Roman Cath
Ole newspaper, there are 1929 Jesuits
employed in missionary work OF these
there are l30 fathers, III scbolsstics, and
55 brothers cosdjutors in England II
isthers, 3 sckOlastics, 3 brothers CCadju-
tors in Scotland; fathers, 81 sebolss-
tics, Sc brothers coedintoFs in Ireland
In the United States there are 305
fathers, I4T schOlastics, and 3C7 brothers
eeadjgtors, beirg distributed in New
York, Maryland, Missouri, New Orleans
and California. In Canada the number
is 81 of every grade.
The unclaimed interest in the United
States Treasury, il is reported, has here
tofore been collected by agents st
charge OF from ten to fifty per cent |
These facts coming to the knowledge of
the Secretary Of the Treasury, letters |
were addressed by him to 358 persons or !
corporations, 3l7 Of whom responded, |
and received back interest amounting TO !
$50 362 in gold. It is stated that there is !
still list at the Treasury containing 500 |
names Of persons whose residence can |
not be sscertsIned. There is q balance |
remaining unpaid OF S33 lS8, and it is |
proposed to publish the names and !
amounts due.
The principal western feeders Of the |
Pennsylvania Central Railroad are now |
consolidated with the main trunk, and /
the PittsburR, Fort w yne and Chicago, /
and the Pittsturg, CincinHsu and st. !
Louie roads have become practically a /
part OF the Pennsylvania Central, and |
over one thousand miles Of railway, |
stretching from the seabOsrd 10 the great /
cities OF the Mississippi $ailey, pass uus /
der the control Of one company, whose
iron arms reach for freight snd passen-
gers from Philadelphis 20 Chicago, Gin
clnnati and St. Louis. This is al i'm
pOrtant movement, and one calculated TO
benefit in material degree the trade OF
those cities.
in reference TO the Honduras Rail
road project Between the Atlantic and
Pacific it is statPd thst The government
of Honduras IN the autumn Of isa7 raised
3 loan in London, Paris and Amsterdam,
for the construction Of the road. This
IOsa, il is asserted, was taken in one day.
and is noSy Ct a premium. The surveys
made by the oid honduras Company,
verified by detachment Os .2Oyal Eng
lish engineers, have again been tested
and found to he correct. In addition TO
this, tce e plant" material and men for
building tins arsg icstv miles from Puerto
CRballos to 5 Antisgo axe EcT 10 Hondu'
ras, and the contractors, aftej q PeF50Dal
inspection Of the line, have undertaken
to finish and equip the road before June
I, 1871. It is predicted that this route
will shorten the passage froui New York
10 Ssn Francisco by the space OF eight
days.
in lecture on Street Life ia Europe,
Wendell Phillips gave haPi3y fllustrs-
ton OF the danger OF drawing infereDces
as to the customs Of a people from the
in the streets. Mr. Thacke-
ray, IN wandering through Ireland, was
struck with the constant repetition OF the
letters @. ?. o over the doors OF the
houses o. inQuiTing the meaning OF
these sym bols, he was told that they l
stood for God Preserve 0COnnell, and
tbereupon insertsd the circumstance in
his manuscript notes, as a proof of the
GdeIify and love of the Irish towards
their iessieE. fortunately, 'rhackersy's
came under the supervision OF al
Irish proof-reader, who did sot allow the
sjgns OF the General Post Oiiice t. se
made use OF as the foundsti3n for COM
ments which would have been supremely
An inspnrtant question as to the ae-
tusl point OF time at which he rebellion
was suppressed, is coming Up for argu-
ment and dfclsioa at the approaching
session Of the Court of Claims The
matter was argued at the last term be-
fore four judges, who were equally az
yided in opinion, and is now to be pre-.
septed before the full beIch Of i've
Judges The point arose in toe following
way The owners Of captured and ahan-
doneG property must by the statute pre-
fer their claims fer the proceeds within
two years after the suppression Of the re-
beIlion. In the cotton casssI argued iast
term, the collector fOF the United states
insisted that the rebellion was suppressed
on June !, 1865, when Kirby Smith sur
rendered, and that the Limitation ex
pired on June l, 1867. On the other hand,
IL is contended that CODgress has Incl
dentally fixed the day as August 20, 1866,
the date Of the Presidents proclamation
Of peace.
-Disraeli, in his recent speeeh before (
his constituents ia BuckiDghsmshife,
when asking for a re-election TO Parlia-
nent, gave a mcst singular reason f0T |
he prevalence Of FeniaBianl. First, he
asserted that Ireland was prosperous