Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-21
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The Q1een Of Prussia, who, for ten
. years past, always wasin feeble health,
! has entirely recovered, 1t is said, by eat
ing plenty Of grapes every day. f
Secretary Seward denies emphati-
I ealIy that be is about to lead 10 the altar
; beautiful and accomplished young lady,
and Is accused of Femarking 20 o friend
recently that there was "not id word
of truth 10 it, J 81 ~ ~ fAAs41
The odor arising from whslebOres in
corsets has been considered go disagree
able that an ingenious DaOdiste has ar
{. ranged perfume to be placed in the cor
set which will eounterbalsnce the ancient
y a8d fisb-like smell, and prove quite sc-
ceptable to those OF the fair sex who en-
compass themselves in these hold me-
tightsn
The foreign mails bring the particu-
lars OF the attempted assassination of the
\ Viceroy OF Egypt. While tbs Viceroy
2 was examining sn illumination put up
in q narrow street, q steel ball armed
with sharp points was dropped into his
carriage. No gunpowder was used, and
the ball striking the side Of the vehicle,
the Viceroy escaped uninjured. No clue
bss been obtained in reference to the
perpstrAtoT of this assault.
A convention Of colored men, called
a at The instance OF the Civil and Political
Il Rights Association, > society organized
by the expelled colOred mem bers Of the
Georgia Legislature, met in Macon, Ga,
on October 9Th, and, sfter q session of
three days, adopted an address setting
forth the political condition of the col
ored race in Georgia, and concluding
with resolutions fsvori1g the support OF
the Republican party.
The statistics of prostitution in Han
burg show that of the registered social
evils y there, ninety per cent. are natives
OF Germany. Among the fallen an
gels" " from foreign countries are nine
American girls, seven colOred women,
thirty seven French women, eighteen
English women, seven Italian women,
two Spanish wemen, one Mexican
woman, twenty-three Danish women,
fourteen Swedish women, etc.
"A few days since, hackman driving
down the Rue du Bsc gave a severe cut
with his whip to dog who was quietly
trottiDg along the street. The dog ran
after the driver, barking aDgrily. The
driver gave him another cut the dog
sdroitly caught the lash In his mouth,
and as the horses were moving rapidly
! the driver was obliged to let go his whip
The dog broke it into three pieces, to the
amusement OF the bystsnders and con-
/, fusion OF the hack driver.
Kate Rentz, the famous equestri-
enne, who in 1859 accompanied the EN-
peror Of Austria to the Italian var, and
Of whom Francis Joseph was so enam-
ored that the hesupplicAtiOns OF his mother,
( the Archduchess Sophia, 10 dismiss her
and give no further encouragement to
4 the sesndalOus stories then in circulation
| about him and his mistress, were utterly
I fruitIess, now keeps a coffee-house in
MRntua, which the Emperor Of Austria
1 is said 10 have bought for her.
A young fellow by the name Of Mau-
. rice F., 3 native OF Pesth, mas broken
! twenty tender female hearts in Vienna.
I The young rake promised to marry all
/ these women, some Of whom were not
/ yet seventeen, while others were over
! forty years old. He seduced four fifths
of r,,.anl. borrowed all the money they
bsd. and len left the city. But the pc
lice pursued and cs1TSSht eins' and he Is
now in jail in Vienns. laO Is only nlne-
4 teen yesFs old. s--s -
"A journal, entitled the Neeg Times,
published at st. Petersburg, advocates a
more intimate alliance snG cooperation
between Russia and the United States.
The -Nelg TEBSes enthusiastically ex-
eisfips "0ur national hymn and Yam
kee Doodle, our dOuble-hesdsd eagle and
the starry banner might, on occasion,
show to Europe that the Russian mon
Archy and the great American Republic
can march together in earnest for earnest
ends"
The death Of Gen. Jacquemont,
cousin OF the Oriental traveller, is an
nOUnced by the French papers. It is
stated thst the General was the first per-
son, when st the head Of his troops in
lS4S, and when the present Emperor was
President of the Republic, to give orders
20 the different bands OF the regiments
under his command to perform the air Of
&" La Refine HortenEs." Louis Napoleon
wss SO much plsased at this that he drove
Up to the General and told him nothing
could have afforded him greater pleasure. /
San Francisco expected when the I
ParepR- Rosa troupe announced the Gre /
alton " that it was to be given in q strict /
Biblical costume. The indelicaey of Pa !
repa appearing as Eve" so shocked !.
one honest citizen there that be wrote 10
mis- newspaper to inquire IL it would be
proper, under the circumstances, to take /
his family. The reply was that as /
. Adam would wear dress-GORt, and 1
4EVev hoops and train, there couldn't (
perhaps, be much harm in indulging the 4
ladies. A1L e1l -At
The latest Paris fashion is to have on.
ones table an album called " coAfes-
siODs.n Each page contains tWenty-fOur .
questions, which one answers - hon
estly, ss Wittily, or as f&ucifully as one 4
oleases. 10 some OF the alblDas now
current contain the autographs Of cur 4
most distinguished people,. A iavorite 3
amusement of the contributors to these
albDDas is TO assume 3 character and keep |
it till sl the questions have been 1
answered. One person writes ss If she .
were a cook another as if he were q /
hOstler, and 50 on.
Last Friday, when the steamer Mil
Waukee went ashore on Lake Michigan, I
Capt. Louis Bordewitch, Of the schooner
HibbaEd, made three trips TO the steamer I
at the risk Of his own lie, and saved !
seventeen persona. Next day, fishing |
lSost was eapsized of Grand Haven
and Capt. BOEdsWitch, seeing the scci-
dent from the shore, proeGred assistance,
launched q lifeboat, pushed through 8
furious surf, and saved the crew Of the
fishing boat, four IN number, who were
eliDgiDR to their craft, and nearly eX-
hausted. The gallant Captain deserves
a handsome public acknowledgment for
nus heroisha- ilzs ilsfaa.-a eserss8 8ts I.
Levi Pitts Gregory, made crsgy by 3 4
fright during the war, hanged himself
in q curious way, II Dixon Springs,
Tenn, the other day. Ia the morning
he was unusually excited, and started |.
for the woods. Search was soon after
made for hiln, sod next day be was
found hanging by the neck la the fork OF
a limb Of an immense sugar tFss, sky
three feet from the ground The tree
was three feet In diameter, and limbless
for forty feet from the ground. He had
climbed the body Of the tree aseended to =
the upper limb, crawled out fifteen feet
upon thai, and dropped himself into the
forks. and 80 peTiEhedL -
l--J smes Walsh, five years old, was
burned to death IN st. Louis on Wsdnes- [
day, bis clothes having taken fire from :
q stove On the same day, Powell
Hoh, aged seventeen years, died Of
burns received several days before Hs4
was kindling fire with coal oil, when
the esn exploded. On Thussday ID tbs
same place, Rev. kfr. Lankfey was ss-
yerely burned by tbe explosion of some
chemicals, which be was preparing for
the exhibition of diesolving views. for
the benefit OF the Mission sunday
school. His little sob was also severely
iplaree- -aH .ssszsa Eaus sEn
Gays the Pensacola O6serVer Of the