Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-24
GryERALEEws.

/ pressed strongly for Consul General to
Havana.
The expose Of Grants treachery has
damaged the General among the business
men Of New York city.
Gen. Leslie Combs, who Is an appli-
cant for United States Marshal of Ken
tucky, is likely to get it.
There was the deepest snow cf the
season at Cincinnati on the night Of
| the 10th.
"A fire took place il the warehouse Of
the Chair Makers Union, Cincinnati, on
the night of the 10Th loss, SIS, 900, partly
: insared
"A fire at Atchison, Kansas, on Sun
day, destroyed the dry goods stores Of
Howard & Co, and Gunabaum & Co.;
loss about s25, 900; insured.
"A girl, aged thirteen years, named
Susan Trout, died in Columbus, Ohio, on
Sunday, from lOckjaw, caused by over
exertion while skating.
Timothy Digman and Geo. Helman
were suffoeated to death, Monday morn
ing, while digging q well near Bergen,
NJ.
-On the 18th, at Lugtoran Landing,
not far from Monroe, the steamer He
meyer was totally destroyed by IRE,
with 900 bales OF cotton.
Near Bloomington, Kansas, a few
days since, a farmhouse was struck by
lightning, killing two daughters and a
son Of Mr.. Warman. The latter and his
wife were in the house at the time, but
were not injured.
j. Russell Patterson, son OF the Pres
ident Of the National Bank of Commerce,
fell through the ice on the MouongaheIa
river, at Pittsburg, while skating on Sat
urday, and was drowned.
The fire late Sunday night, near
Fairhsven, Conn, destroyed Theodore
Weider's house and barns, with all the
furniture and large quantity of grain.
Loss about $50, 600; partially insured.
The Hon. Norman Williams, of
Woodstock, VT, died at his residence in
fthat town on Sunday, the 18th inst, OF
paralysis, under which hs had been
gradually falling since March last.
Ira c. Paine writes to the Racine
AdUOcdte, that recent decision Of the
United States Circuit Court for lows
invalidates some $500, 600 worth of bonds
issued by Racine in aid of the Racine and
Mississippi Railroad, now outstanding.
The Ways and Means Committee has
decided to report an entirely new revenue
bill, and making it substitute for all the
laws now in force, instead of adhering
TO the previous practice Of reporting GER
tain amendments to various sections OF
the old laws, thereby creating confusion
in the department and among tax payers.
"A lnsn in Chillicotbe, Ohio, heard a
commotiOn in his her, house the other
night, and, calling out, a Who's there ?''
received no answer, and fired into the
darkness. The next morning. dead
negro was found with chicken under
his arm.
The Director Of the Bureau ofStatIs-
tics has caused to be compiled volumin-
Gus tables relating to the railroads of the
United States, which. show at the close
OF the calendar year 1857, the total mile
age was SS s5l, and the total cost Of the
roads and equipment 81 ,665, 4S3, $50.
AT the battle Of MOskowa the French
infantry fred ], 100000 cartridges, or
twenty rounds a man. At Konnigratz
the Prussisns fired about ten rounds q
man. But at Nachod, one regiment, Nc.
81, fred twehty-three rounds a man. At
Presburg, where the maximum of artil-
Iery fire took place, one battery fred one
hundred and fourteen rounds per gun.
The Scientific American doubts the
practicability of using petroleum as a
substitute for coal as fuel. IL considers
the experiments that have been made
With the former article quito unsstisfsc.
tory as regards economy Of burning.
"A case Is reported of Miss Emma A.
Tours, of New York, causing her death
by tight laeing. She was rather full
haiti, and Wishing to reduce her fair
proportions, drew the lacings so tight as
to produce apoplexy Of the lungs. She
was Sunday School teacher, and went
to the dedication of new chapel, death
eyertsking her while returning home.
According to the New York Herald,
the war against Abyssinia, by Britain,
was undertaken for very comprehensive
purposes. The British Government
aims at nothing less than the subjaga-
ton of the whole African continent
They contemplate ruling over territories
more vast and richer far in agricultural
, and mineral wealth than Hindostan.
An ordinance has passed the blseB
? and tan Convention making it misde
meanor for any planter to discharge
r from his employ, previous to the coming
2 election, any registered voter, and pun
/. ishing such offence with six months inn
. prisonment at hard labor, was adopted
Was there ever anything more diaboh
eally despOtie? The Convention oUgh
!, to furnish supplies to pay board for th'
negroes thus biIletsd on the unwilling
employees.
The New York Herald most trul.
(which is remarkably and graphical.
4 remarks: f'The work OF Transforming
the republic into a military despotisn
u advances with startling rspidity. w
II have, or are 10 have, the nations
70 Executive reduced to an sutomston, th
3 Supreme Court reduced to q nullity, th
l. head of the army reduced to a mer
a. servant Of the Radical faction, the State
"a reduced to q mixed dsspotism Of bayC
/, nets and negro senai.barbarians; and a
this In bold defiance Of the Constitution
!, the pledges Of Congress itself and th
S viii Of the people. We may well ask th
10 question, therefore, what comes next, {
10 where will be the end Of these sudaeioG
is revolutionary doings Of the rampant rsG
y ical party ia power9 We can only al
swer that it is abundantly evident thi
"a this party do not intend to stick attrifi'
or hesitate in any scheme to maintal
themselves in power, even to the procl
io nation, II deemed expedient, that Il