Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-03
THE NEWS.

The Kentucky Insurance Company, Q
Louisville, has passed into the bands OF q he
ceiver.
Mississippi exscts S tax Of fifty cent;
per bale from every bale OF cotton raised In ina
state. -
4 large number Of Spiritualists are
holding the hnh national convention OF incl
sect at Rochester, New York.
s. f. Gore, member of Congress from
Georgia appeals for s September term OF Con
sress.
WiIlism Looney, SOD of Mr.. Looney,
ofthe Kentucky House louisville was crushed
TO death between the railroad cars on SATURDAY
lsst.
The President delays his visit to Ter
uessss til the question Of a September SESSION
"a settled. The Presidents health Is exceed
ingy good .
The Mobile Sunday Times OF August
son announced the death OF Mat R. Evans
Esq, the father OF Miss Augusta J. Evans, the
distinguished Southern suthoress.
The Marquis de Csux, having married
Pats. was DISMISSED from his place N Napo-
Icons household, and his successor has been
appointed IN the person Of Count Henry de
Susrez drAulan. Count dfAulsn belongs 10 an
Old Fau6Ourg -. German family OF high Ane-
sge and legitimate connections.
The work on the Suez canal Is prose-
cuted with such vigOr that the directors affirm
that it will be finished in ls69. Ten thousand
men ave employed upon the canal, which viii
be tventy-siI feet deep all tie way, two hun
dred and forty feet wide at the top, and about
ninety feet wide at the bottom.
On Monday last the Sheriff Of TWiggs
county, Ca, had occasion, with a posse, TO ar
rest several negroes engaged in a riot the week
previous. One negro attempted 10 escape and
- IL 81 Tho 49, mara HkARREafUpE nm 4
great many Others, not engaged in the riot
gave themselves up, being ap~prehenstvs that
the whites Intended 10 Il them.
The queerest character in the queer
state Of Kentucky died al Louisville on sun
day morning, He was called "~Live-Forever
Jones" because he taught the doctrine thas by
persevering. fasting and prsye one may live
forever. He was Just seventy when he died,
and from the time he was twenty he was never
known 70 eat but once.
Rev. William D. Stewart, of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church of West Virginia,
was received as q deacon and the ordination
VOWS administered by Bishop Clark, during
the meeting Of the MsthsdiEt Episcopal CNOrthl
Con erence, al Hamilton, Ohio, last Friday,
Rfte- which he was Transferred TO the Tennes-
see Conference.
The New York World fsvors the sd-
dress nom the Southern Generals, and says
Eucn an address, setting lOrLn WnAL the oouku
Is willing 20 regard as the settled result OF the
war, might sllsy g~rOundless apDrehensions
and make the Democratic majority so large
that everybody would recognize the Presiden-
Hal election as a hnsl settlement.
At the session Of the Fenisn CODven-
ton, in New York, on Sunday, President Saw
sge delivered an address urging member TO
vote Tor Democrats OF Republicans, in the COM
ing political campaign. VINO were favorable to
Wha EanHam aam-a He than HnEHEHEl man -
signing, and his resignation was accepted.
subsequently, a union OF the tive wings OF the
FsuiaBs VS. affected, and they met as one
body. A new constitution was adopted.
1t is generally believed on all hands
that Congress viii rot be called together In
September. y variety Of causes have cOnspir-
ed 70 bring about this result, one OF which, and
probably - p5tentEs any, IS that the old-line
Radicals are beginning to fear that the carpet
baggsIs viii outstrip them in radics ism and
bear OF their laurels. Senator Morgan writes
that he knows Of no action having been taken
with references TO the September session.
Gov. Seymour, in a letter to a gentle
man "a Washington, says that assurances Of the
decadence OF RadicslisIn and Democratic sue
cess Ia November come 10 bin nom al sections
OF the country, snd that Whstever the result
may be It viii have the effect OF admcniShiug
the Radicals that there IS rover in the cOun-
Try whose wishes they cannot with IMMUNITY
ignore, and thus cOsTes them into something
IKE good behavior.
The following Is the official statement
ofthe public debt made by Secretary McCul-
loeb on the Slst ult-, As compared with his OIL
eisl statement on the 3lst Of March, E65, Al the
close Of the war
July q, 1898 s.. SO, 5344sO 81
March 81, 2,8y6,e55,U7 a
1858, 4O8 "
The next statement viii show q further ia
crease. Buch Is the effect OF three years Of
Radical rule IN time Of peace.
The " Wickedest Man. John Allen.
closed his dance house on Sunday night last
and posted on the COor a notice that he should
soon convert u into q Afagdalen asylum. 4
prayer meeting was neld there Monday night.
which Waslargely attended by the abandoned
characters Of the vicinity. Daring the mestipz
John Allen made a snort speech, declaring
that he had been fully converted, and should
work earnestly fOr the rsior nation OF al in his
neiEh5OrnoOd.
A horrible tragedy occurred on the
night Of the 0th ulLim0, A. Belle River. a small
station on the Great Western Railway, Canada.
The saw and grist mill Of Z. Van Qfde1 Was
burned, and Van Orden, his wife and pspbew
were consumed in the flames. 10 il guppose5
that they were murdered and robbed aud the
mill then fired. Whilst the mill was Burning
another mill In toe vicinity, owned BY differ
ent parties, was Sci On fire and totally de-
Hoyeaa together with a million feet OF lumber.
The motives Of Gen. Rosecrans In 90
ing 70 While sulphur Springs having been as
sailed and mlsoepreseDted by Forney In bis Da-
psr In Washington, the General has publish.ds
card, In which he characterizes Forney's attach
s. unKind, and his allegations as untrue. ana
sets forth a. some length the motives which
promptsd him 70 take the action he has ana
for which be alone Is responsible. ForDev -
WnwHn IN = Hnwu r=fHrHa AHHaH w-EaE $500
ments and the abuse With which he alwavs -
lsbors anything not Radical. The Demoorstfo
press uniformly applaud Rosecraus and his
motives.
The editorial correspondent OF the A.
lauta Fl.e1i9eHoeris responsible for this: A ereaf
deal has been said about what Judge Chase win
DO. and a Colonel Brown, Of Kentucky. has re-
Gently been procured 70 make 3 speech. SAVING
that the Chase men are All for Grant. which hss
given great satisfaction TO the poor Radicals.
They have all reproduced the Brown speech.
and for the moment Browns imaginative be-
trayal Of private coandence-for It Il nothing
csc. even II he tells the truth-has made MIN
quite famous. Now 1 happen 20 know, for 1
saw the telegram sent By Mr.. Chase TO New
York before the nomination, but after the plat
form was adopted, in which the Chief Justice
accepts the platform unreservedly. There can
be no doubt, none whatever, that Chase VIII
support Seymour cordially and earnestly.
The Nashville Banner, Of Tuesday.
gives the following Legislative The
debate IN the senate yesterday was rather
warm, and the extremists fairly let themse;vas
ont on the Militia Bill, although that measure
was not directly under confederation. We 1--WE
slSeyhers a full report OF the debate. ana dessra
only 70 mention an inc dent which came nSa-
our observation. While Garner had on a f,u
head Of steam, and was working himself info
q state Of fndescribsble terror at the KukEuv
outraaes which his unhealthy Imagination
eoniared up, a deep voice just at our elbow Ut
tered: He lies like sdogi For six weeks nave
1 been travelling on horseback Through Hick-
man, Giles and Msury counties, and Ineversaw
more peaceable, law-Rbidlng peoplein my life.
lam an ex- Federal ofBcer. I1oughtthrough the
war and 1 came here's Grant aud Colfax man.
but. 80 help me God,H after what have seen
oftbe accused Radical despotism In this State.
7 live 70 get back toSL Louis. Ishai deposit my
1ote for Seymour and Blair" We asked him
ais name and received his card! Major Hora-
Ito D. wood, attorney at Law, northwest corner
Ftnb ard Chestnut streets, 81. Louis. Missouri"
The House spent the morning and evening ses-
Eaous IA sQusbbliDg over the penitentIary and
nnauce. with no prospect that more than two
orthrse mem bers wiliever get the faiDtest glim-
msr ofIight into their nurky intellecA con-
eerning these important questions.