Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-25
CORRESPONDENCE
MEMPHIS APPEAL
"WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOV. 20, 1855

"WEDNESDAY mORNINs. NOV. 20. Isos
THE NEWS.
The use Of grspe-shot has been sbol-
Lshed in the British army.
The Emperor Napoleon is likely soon
70 have another heir TO his name and dynasty.
The annual earnings OF the American
people are estimated a. 1850 cO0,00. and their
domestic trade as nearly S,OO0,OO0,000s year.
Nashville merchants have $50, 900, 900
invested in the tobacco trade. In ls40 the capt.
tslinvested was oniy $4,000.
The women Of Alton, n. H, Quilted q
liquor shop in that place last Wednesday and
empted the fluids into the street,
The John Kelly nominated for Mayor
Of New York b, the Democracy, ives formerly
81 riR and subsequently a member OF Con-
grsss.
TIE Vermont House of Representatives
have passed q biz, hxirg the standard weight o.
= bushel Of onions st 81 pounds, The Ssnste
has passed. z bill fixing It at 80 pounds.
A model Of Melrose Abbey. made Of
cork, is on exhibition at the rooms # the His
Tor cal Society in New York srd attracts much
att niiou, every oetsil OF that famous structure
be Nc represented with the utmost fidelity.
o th- $50 O00 teschers in the United
Stsses IT IS ss-r'ed stII2C GO are females. The
city ofBoston hes SIS female to o Tale teach
sz; Sew York city s20s females IN l75 males;
the STATE OF Ohio 1920 females TO 65Fmsles.
Il is stated that numerous Jewish fami-
lies residing in London and Lisbsn, having
asked n the Provisional Government had
sorogstei The old laws which expelled them
fFnm Spain, have recsiyed sn Affirmative an
Ever.
The comic papers Of Buenos Ayres
contain caElcstGres OF the leading persons in
the Nsshb1rDe ansir, including our Minister
himsslf-Who is represented IS running on
with bis umbrella snd csrpet.bag 81 s stats of
great alarm.
There wss q distinct shock OF earth
quake felt on Staten Island OH Sunday last. A
feeling OF dizziness was experienced by many
who lost no time In getting out Of their houses
As soon As their bewildsred senses would allow
hem.
The Ohio National Bank Association
net IN Cincinnati on Monday. The resump-
tion Of specie psyment ives argued at length,
End was agreed 10 Gs advisable for the best in
terests OF the country. without taking any
definite action the Convention adjourned 10
Hseet in Columbus OF the third Tuesday in
May. Iss9.
Wisconsin, il Is asserted by the journals
oftbat State. has a Larger population OF foreign
born Inhabitants than any othsr State. OF the
nsturalized citizens, the Germans are the most
aum-rUus, the Irish next. and the Norwegians
third in point OF numbers. There are slsO a 4
crest many English, Duteh, Welsh, Belgisns, 1
Scotch and Bohsmians.
Hon. George G. Leiper, whose death,
IN the eighty-third year OF his age, at his resi-
dsnce, in delaware co Irty, Pa on November
18th, Is announced wss very prominent in the
political history Of Pennsylvania. He was a
mani her n Tnugrarr fam pa-pv-fvanFu frovn
ls8 10 1881, and was twice chosen Presidential
e~leetor, bO.h times voting for Gan Andrew
Jackson.
According to the Texan newspapers,
the question OF div'dlDg Texas into three States
will be brought up before the Constitutional
Convention, which Is 70 re assemble next Ge-
csmoer. The proposition, when heretofore
introduced, II is stated, was rejected by g small
msjority, AID it IS reported that several Of the
delegates who were previously opposed to the
measure, are nov IL .avoT ofiL
The Geographic dispatches from Spain
say that Gen. Prin s. in favor Of making the
Prince OF AstUTias knR-hiraself to re Regent. l
Gen. SerrsnO, whose influence With Gen. Prm
Is unbounded, has been said, in The scapdalous
chronicles about Queen Isabella, TO be the
5Atber OF The Prince OF AsJuTiss. He was the
Queens lover at the time the Prince was b9rs,
and the paternity OF Isa5ellA's childrea is
never assigned 10 the King.
A recent account Of the industrial
establishment IA Lelpsic states that the num-
bsr ofprintlRg offices amounts TO %. with about
so competitors. IN 1855. the number OF hand
presses was %, OF sicg c power presses, ISL. and
o. double power presses 8. Il viii be under
stood that Lcipsic is The center OF the book
publishing busins s OF Germany, and that E
large proportion ofGermsn books are printed
there.
The crooked and narrow streets Of
Boston have al last become a nuisancs not 20
be borne By the inhaUi,ants, and energetic ef-
for : are being made 10 open VIDE thorough
fares in the business part OF the city. TO remedy ,
the present blockade OF vehicles To carry out
this measurs effectively some OF The old land
marks Of Eoston viii have 70 &c removed. a
slice It is stated viii be cut OF from the venera-
bs 5tate Hou c.
At Troy, n Y, Tuesday, Hon. Abra- {
ham Van Tuyi. aveuerable and most respected !
citizen, diJd suddenly while ezEsgsd IN re ID
iug the Bi9ie 10 Miss Rachel Ann Hay, his
nj scF, while conducting family worship. !
Daring ire reading he took Along breato, with
e considerable pause followed by a second and
third, the last Of which vas 50 long as 70 cause
dis Hay sol OK up and to Of cover that the {
Il b { " IS ding rom lis knees. The lazy al
once v nj 10 his aid, on : tgleaTn that thegood
and piocs mar was dead Z
At the late meeting Of the British Az !
soeis ton, Professor Huxley called attention 10 |
tDs .I.steBc-, g. great dc 9Th 1880 to 5,0N feet :
IN the Atlantic ocean, Of I'm uen e number . OF g..
sn u~jeIy-iks bodies W. ve-hu. dredths ofsn !
IBch IN diameter, and taickIy dotted through {
with minute soiid spicu Is, Of definite shape. I
withour expressing himself Is 20 tkeIf true :
1AIure ne oRsid-red them as possibly belong '
Ing among objects forming the com mon ground {
between plan s and animals ,
Rsverdy johnson has gone the whole :
Wendell Phil fps hog. In his recent reply 70 :
rHa rAATlzE nF gLruwaemnnHfna ~ aE1 N-a~H J II
mems Aid Union Of Great Britain, he gave his .
experience rs a S1u.hener, o. the cgloTed =
MAJ, deci@Ting him capable or receiving edu- I
cation and @ DEcOmiDg the equal Of the white D
rscs. Mr. Johnson stated that he hsd defended a
the claims Of hundreds Of colored persons, and :,
asserted his conviction thai they we're o. aver Il
age intelligence, Judged by men OF his own b
color. !,
Letters from Crete, dated Sapten Der >
3oth, report that the mountains are filled With
refugees, caiehy women and chndrt who are c
on roots, grass and the bark oftrees. 4
The whole fighting force, refusing 10 submit. :.
are SIN harSssiRg the Turks and presenting a. '
nrm g front as possible under the most adverse e
circumstances. The Greek Consul In New n
York also says that 6a.0O0 CfetRn refugees are
through Greece, and are entirely des- T"
titute. Recently q large BODY OF Cretan child p
reD, clothed in garments sent from the United Z
went 10 pay a visit OF thanks 70 the =
Consul al Athens.
A Madrid (Spsin) letter Of the Ist says
the American Minister, Hon. John p. Hale.
s as honored with a serehade tie other night
rom a number OF ofh6eTs who hsd enjoyed The d
protection OF the 'ti1n at the failure of ire 4,
ipsurrectI0n in Jane, 1856. Giost OF them Womb -
nave been shot had they been caught. AID al o
,bough the government knew their place OF re- O
,reat n took no measure to compel Er. Hale 10 a,
osve them up. A military band and a eoapauy -
~ guitarists furnished capital music. Speech o
= Iereanade, cheers given, and a grand time o.
-nioved generally by an immerse crowd that =
followed the music about" L
AZ a recent meeting OF the French s
\. csaemy Of Sciences. there was exhibited a "a
- OF ice, eight inches thick, and twenty -
long and broad. frozen ariiecially, In a few mo- .
epts. by a new process, and one capable OF n
snnn1ying blocks three feet In thickness ST
.a9aTv well. The reGigerstiye salt was the A
,isrste Of amonia, and the method consisted in a
-ssazinK the water into The shape OF hollow Il
-TndeE, with walls about fenr-tenths Of an n
n thick. and OF varying diameter 50 that !
~ could be slipped INSIDE The other mp to &c
any desired extent. When thus il
H1ns to:opposition they readily freeze to- N
atasy .-re, ally with the ADDITION Of some !,
80 and ,ro8e e = SOLD mass y