Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-13
CORRESPONDENCE.
HEWpHES APPEAL
TgIDAY MoRNIsG, G H. Isee
THE NEWS.

The planters Of Florida are
nnaIInzaaeexspsyae6ai Ns dis 3, 80 81 &
invested N East India railways.
Mexico, ia three centuries, has pro
dCead S5y500.0C0 IN silver bullion.
The T~silahRtchie river is to be bridges
ST Pamela, Miss.
The work on the railroad bridge a.
Psrkersburg, West Va, is progressing steadily
In Detroit sill the police court fines are
devoted to tie public library.
Wisconsin has tried peat for domestic
fuel, and likes it.
Great Britain raises 80. 600 600 bushels
OF wheat this year-s,Ce1,eo0 more than last
year.
Fort Scott, Kansas, IS grading its
streets, snd using the o5sl thereby obtained
for fuel.
Indianapolis expects to slaughter TO-
OO hogs this year. This work viii begin next
week, probably.
More than one-seventh Of the State Of
Mississippi is advertised for sale under ezecu-
ton.
Twenty-Five million feet of lumber 4
stored in the lumber yards Of Minneapolis and
st. Anthony.
Rev. Robert J. Breckincidge was mar
LAE4 10 Z Re 1870
Thursday last.
The whole number Of youths between
the sges OF five snd twenty-one in amIton
county, Ohio, Is IT, 24S.
a few days ago Capt. George Price, Of
Edmonton, KY, shot and killed q man By the
name Of Boston
The Scotch plaid cloths and pOplins
sre much worn now-the in wraps for carri-
axe. also in dresses and suits.
The Synod Of North Carolins will
meet in the First Presbyterian Church in VII
mlngton, on the 18th inst.
Swearing oa the Bible vas first intro
duced into Judicial proceedings by tbs Ssxons,
about a. D. COO.
Toronto hiss shipped nearly twelve
thousand bushels OF apples this season, aud d
thousand bsrTels are SIN awaiting shipment.
The Australian colonies have 100000
horses. s.gl.O0c cattle, Ss.50o.ogo sheen, 100000
pigs 2.5JlOJ0 acres OF cultivated q
A meeting Of the members Of various
Carts;isa societies wss held lately in New
York. 10 arrange shout a plan fc- evangeIzing
Spain. These plcus souls mad better e7angelzs
tie wIckedest men and women n Gotham.
A dispatch from Nashville on the
lOth inst SAYS: ID The stockholders Of the Nssn-
vile and Decatur Railroad had q meeting 10
dav. aud confirmed the act!sn Of the President
OF toe E0aA IL Nt@eAANN--E
completion Of Ire road 10 Montgomery, Ala
The work viii be pushed forward.
The Church Of the Holy SspUichre,
At Jerusalem, has been completed. The foreign
mails state that 6 formal instrument bearing
witness the completion OF the grand cupola, IN
conformity vita the protocol OF the stu sep
TENDER, 1852, was signed on September 2sh by
the Governor OF Palestine and the Consals
General Of France and Russia
The Board Of Education, in New York
city has made an estimate OF the expenditure
for school purposes 10 ls5a, which amount 10
s7I5OOlG. The legislature had however, al
thsrszada fund or So S75.sS 70 be raised, audths
ovsrplus ofSE5s S l. 10 De expended in iDcrsas-
ing the salaries OF the teachers and IN erecting
& norma school.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
ba4recently sent out West az agent Who. With
Gen. Hazsn, will distribute the annuity goods
10 the friendly members Of the Cheyenne,
ioaK. Arapshoe, kiO=a. COnanche and
Apache tribes OF Indians in hope that q bene-
ns1al effect viii be produced on the hostile
bands.
By the failure Of the old Bank Of North
Carolina. which "a reported, the state OF North
a.olina viii lose s. 0,Q-0 Of its Literary Fund,
and the University Of North Carolina $4,000.
Other funds, the property Of widows, orphans
and charities viii also be lost. This bank was
At the close Of the war in a better condition
than any other IN tbs state.
4 statement is going the rounds Of the
pres. saw the LsGrang7 Reporter, that Hon. B
ii. Bin win soon make his residence in Angus
Ia. Ga. This f. r mlstsE=. lie only intends to
open a law once ia that city ans concentrate
i business there, while mis- family will con-
tirus 10 reside IN Athens. This Is the statement
Nj Il. msde 70 Us.
4 husband and wife, and their hired
man recently rode % s Johusbury. VI, where,
VIII e the husband was settling the lawyers
ices for a divorce froun his vile on a charge o.
adultery. she and her hired man were being
married. Ths fret pair had eight children, the
youngest only three weeks Old, aud the whole
affair was 50 scan3aious that the INDECENT
~neizhbors compelled the newly married pair
70 leave for more ~congsaial Q~uarlerE
It Is ssid that one Of the most impor.
taut kinds OF business carried on 70 Washing
ton Is the trade IL public documents. The
regular booksellers DO = good deal ia IL the
pr0uEfug dealers much mOr1; while here and
there yoa may find Government clerk clan
desiInely engaged in The business. Books are
purchased there, directly from Congressman
FOR 8 mere trine, and then sold 10 distant pur-
chssers for fabulous prices. One dealer in old
books. named Hunt-r, hiss 40 less than three
establishments in WszhIrglSH alone.
After making every allowance for the
distance Of toe AuEtralasian colonies nom
England, IL must be confessed TIA: their chief
towns ere making little progress. Thus, Ia the
magnifcent island OF New Zealand. the prin-
cfpal cities, in December last, contained very
little over 5g,o00 Inhabitants, distributed az fol
lows: Auckland, ll,l5S; New plymouth, 2IS0;
Wellngtoo, 1900; Nsrier, lS27; Nelson, 5s52;
Pictou. s65; Christ Church, e6F: Lytteton,
25IO: Dunedin, IZ6G, ana Inysrcargiii, pod.
For an that. We are never % hear the end OF
British enterprise In the Anupodes.
A Rhastly scientific discovery is report
cd from TURIN, where Professor Casturant, the
cslsbrated OcUlisL. has f0urd a way OF killing
animals By forcing air iatO their eyes = few
seconds. and almost without causing them
rain. Experiments were recently made at the
Royal Veterinary School, and Il is said thai
they have fully proved the ruth Of The Pro-
sessor's invention. Within the space Of q few
MINUTES four rabbits, three dogs and o goat,
were killed Ia this manner. The n osl remark
able fact Is that the operation leaves absolutely
ne outward tTaee-
A Californian has projected and fin
fshsd ia model wha. be fOndly anticipates win
prove the greatest ship OF the age. u Is 10 he
the same size as the Great Eastern, except that
Il viii draw ten feet less OF water, but as IL Is TO
be used exclusively as 3 passenger SHIP, the loss
OF tonnage amounts 20 nothing. The state
rsoms are t. be isuated amidshtps, where tho
occupants VIII not be so much Affected by the
rolling OF the craft, and the engines ana other
maohinery are 20 be placed in an enter jacket,
81 itwere. Passengers are 20 be given bedstssds
instead OF buUks, and ohaIg ID $50 for q passage
10 England, 10 be made IN seven dsys. meals
furnished at two competing restaurants on
beard.
Postmaster General Randall has yet
undsr advisement the action tiat should be
sgkeu by him IA reference TO the late set Of
Congress. providing for the establishment OF q
line OF msn steamships between New York
anA Liverpool. The law does not give the
General discretion absolutely in
~ ma ter, but irasmuch rs TIE parties who
10 nm IN, pro 'eet and lobb3fd the bill through
g. men Of n .n.ie1 responsibility, and some Of
them entirely WITHOUT means, she Postmaster
does not Fee warranted ia giving the
Governments guarantee S,W9,o0, without