Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-26
CORRESPONDENCE.
MEMPHIS kPPNAA.
TaURsDAY MORNING. NOV. 20. 1865
THE NEWS.

Inc DosIoUlCe al 0lhN AAIueNtA4Cf 0uAOA
county, Tenn, has been discontinued
Knoxville, Tenn, is full of vsgrant
dogs, which are actually per!shins OF starvs-
lion.
Yszo0 county, Miss, offers s reward OF
seven dollars for every wolf scalp tskenln than
county.
Col. Samuel Il. Lstcher, editor Of the
Lynohbu 2 VA Gazette and Banner, died a few
days go.
The Charleston Mercury, we are sorry
10 see. has suspended publication but we hope
the suspension viii be but temporary.
The timbers sre being delivered for the
erection Of s new Presbyterian Church at For
est, on the VicEsbaTg and Meridian Railroad.
Samuel Wheedbee, OF Asheviiie, n.
&. died at Knoxville, Tenn. on Thursday. De
was on his way to Mississippi with his family
Judge Clover hss been elected by the
people Of Monroe county, Ga, to I'll the va
cancy fn the Legislature OF that STATE, oocs-
Eoned byI the exclusion Of his former slave
george Clover.
Mrs. Smith, q widow lady, and the
mother OF three little boys, was murdered near
her residence in Union parish, Louisiana, q lew
davK $50. She was shot in the back part OF the
head, and her throat was cut j. u. 1aylnr,
r, has been arrested, chRlged with the crime
I The jacksonville, Fla Union. of the
I0h list, says We were shown yesterdaya
sweet potato, which Ees raised on Mr. AcCoI-
rnick's place. about ten miles fron This ehy'
and which weighed fourteen POUNDS and .
hal. The potato IS fourteen inches long and
tigat inches in diameter
The Columbia (Tenn.) Herold advises
the planters OF Naury county to sell their cot
ION in Columbia IN preferences 10 Nashville snd
New Orleans. and produces figures 10 show 1t
IL in 80 - Fna @rr
1y fully s65.OoJ on this years crop OF lZ0o
bales.
Ga the night OF the 18th inst. q negro
man entered the residence OF Mrs. Thomas L.
Rurrsy, st Beaufort, :. C., AID attempted 10
commit q rape upon a little girl oil twelve years
who vss sleeping alone IN one OF the rooms,
The clies OF the chud alarmed the negro, and
he made his escape through the vinaow.
It is proposed TO have s.grand jubilee
in Selma on the IOfh OF December. 10 celebrate
me cample.ion Of the selma, Rome ana Dalton
Railroad to Rome. We have no doubt II viii
BE- 3 splendid AFFAIR. The citizens of Selma
Know how 10 DO such things, ard Then they
have got the generosity 70 carry cut their well
conceived plans.
The Georgia Agricultural and Immi-
grafton Convention meets in Macon, wednes-
dsy. Tie 9th OF FeCsmbsr. Livery county in the
safe viii be represented. The Convention, the
Constitution says, VIII do much towards inaugu-
rating q new agricultural e-a in that stete. II
viii bring the people together upon n platform
upon which hey can all asree-the material
Interests OF The Empire State.
The sleeping room Of Capt. George
Weeks. = Bsaufor,, s. G., was broken into by a
me- TO q few nights ago and robbed or siOo IN
gold. Mrs. Weeks discovered the negro in the
room and seized the bag OF gold which he hsd
taken from the trunk when she was Knocked
Senseless by the negro, who made his escape
Her husband, who was in bed in the room
GsPt sSundly throughout the entire affair.
There Is q good desI Of difference in
Fanny Rembie reading "Merry Wives OF
Wind-o- and Initiating Fs'staff's voice, and
seeing Escke,t act that character, but there is
not Z bit o. difference in tne morality or i'm
morality OF the play. Yet one attracts an au-
dience Of fashionable ladies aud popular ut-
vines, the other a slender hOace Of m2Rculines.
Tgee1ledum vs.. Tweedledee.
In the csss of the South Csrolins
Railroad Company vs.. The Colunbia and Au-
ggsta Railroad Company, Justice willard, Of
:he Supreme Court % S0ath Carolina, ordered
tina a wrls Of injunction do issue enjOining
the defendants, their officers, agents. and per-
sons employed by them, from entering upon
lhe lands, night 81 way, or any franchise OF the
c0mplai1ants. for the purpose OF the cooslruc
lion Of The Coiumbia snd Augusta Railroad.
The vacancy In the grade Of General,
viii occur on March 1, 1899, has given
rise 70 much discussion whether 3 successor OF
Gen Grant can be appointed. Although the
intention OF Congress may have been TO reward
the distinguished officer nov holding the po-
Eluou YET TIE Phrasenlogy Of the law on the
Fu7j CT w0nld authorize the promotion OF the
Northumberland, the next IL ~ ,~cession, 20
the super ? era q. The Act OF Congress OF
July ., 1888, roads IS follow: fhe grade OF
General OF the Army % the United States IS
revived; and the President IS authorized, when
ever he shall deem u eXpoclen'. 10 appoint, by
and WITH TIE sdVlce ana consent OF the senate,
= G, neral OF the Army ofthe United States, 10
De selected from among the oMeers In tbs milf
fary service Of the United states most distin-
guIsned for courage, skin ana ability, who, be-
ing com DissioBe1 Is General. may be author
incl under the direction and during the pleas
urs OF the President, 10 command the armies OF
1he United States" Thus 4 VII be seen that
there Is no restriction upon the power 10 aP- |
poiut another officer % the grade OF" General,
in the event Of a vacancy by the resignation OF
Gen Grant.
The New Orleans Rc0yitne Of Tuesday
says: We clip the sUbSincd paragraphs from
n Houston letter 20 the Waco E1Gu1ller. We
understand thai the writer Is Il responsible per- /
son, and ina position to tell much moro than
He cares 10 communicates Just now and further /
that the Central road cannot only mms 1
/
tne capital needed for the extension Indicated. |
but Tor an enterprise we have almost despaired /
Of ever seeing Tealizec-the Texas and New Or
leans road. 1.-THE d~lrectory ofthe Central IN
deTtake 10 butld our road, We win bid them
Ged speed In the enterprise; wiz ask no CUES
lions a. 10 whence tne required capital comes,
Rnd shall feel strongly disposed to think our
dsfest IN the Prudential contest may
is compensation after All: This
fact ! know. that n New Yolk director
nFaha Central RanrauA IN Faru-pN De Did, I
that, so sron As Grant was elected, they could
stretch out towards Red River At once. as they
could thea get al the capital they wanted. A
contract FOR one hundred miles, from Calvert
- Ellis, VIII be iet cut IN 2 few weeks, e. proof
Of what I say, and ourEection viii be electrified
by, the tdiBgs. II Is some consolation for cur
disappointment IN the Presidential election.
Grant has got q exica policy, and viii pnsh
a Southern Pacific Road through Texas al
TO those northern mineral States, that will
soon be ours-so said LOnsstreet when hare.
"Yours, H"
According TO the message OF Gov. Hol-
den, last sent to tie Legislature, the debt Of
NorSn Csro-ins on October I. 1858, was s1e. 2os,-
inclusive OF bonds Issued for internal i'm
provsments, amounting % nearly S4o1o nno.
The amount 81 interest maturing upon OCTOBER
lst was sli2.l04, which has been Paid IN cash 1
The interest maturing during the present fiscal
year, ending september 80, 1853, Wiz amount 10
81 O32,S95 The expenses OF the State Govern.
msDt during the present fiscal year are est.
at sS75,2Sa which, added 10 the Interest
'alling dne, viii leave si.s07 SIS TO bs provided
~. 10 meet this the Treasurer will have $50
- "a on hand, leaving the remainder 70 be
raised by taxation. The stocks and bonds held
By the state amount to slS,2il,i0o. The Cover
nor recommends that measures be taken 70 in
the payment OF the interest due the State
rom these stocksand bonds. The value Of the
property in the State is eslInsted al S2j0,000,Oo0
lpOn which an ad valorem tax OF one per cent.
would raise S2.5O0,e00. This. ne suggested, would
pay the interest which should be
met The Governor advocated very
Ar nsly the completion of the railroads 10
Fhica the state has extended aid, and recon-
nenas 3 liberal encouragement OF Immigration
md OF the Common school. and of the eanca-
loH OF me people ne advises the abolition OF
as present stay laws, and oTgas an Immediate 4
'rgAniEzIion OF the miItls