Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-11
THE MEMS.

J. "A feiUCipeue lloinE-ecaOCi Will De
E opened ID New 1ork BeKt Saturday
e The Daily Chronicle, Of San Fran
cisco got out an earthquake edition."
The manufacture OF the Frencl,
cable Is progressing at a rapid rate.
Nearly one thousand miles have been
already shipped on bsOaTd the Crest
: Eastern.
The Spanish Provisional Govern.
ment hss contracted n loan for $50 900 O1O
with Messrs. ROtnschiids, the money To
be devoted solely to the nayment Of tlie
baii-yesrly Interest on the home and for
, eign debt.
There are said to be nunltarg Of law
/ yeTs in New York who make It their
business TO hunt Up people injured by
railway and other disasters, aud offer TO
take charge of these cases, If iey get
he lions share Of the "damagesn Tor
pay.
According 10 the D.ctionnaire des
Contemporaries, the family Of Berryer,
the distinguished French advocate. came
originally from Germany, and bore the
name Of Mitueberger, which. after their
renewal to Lorraine, was abridged and
softened into Berger.
The compromise Of frauds on the In
| ternRi Revenue by the Com missioner, u
is reported, has been decided By SIR
Evsrts to be entirely illegal, and that
such cases must hereafter be submitted
TO the Secretary Of the Treasury and the .
Attorney GeEersl.
! Strange phenomena are reported in 4
/ the Sierra Nevada Mountains, at n .
| head Of Kern river. The earth is saidir
have been shaking for more than ~
! weeks-almCst 8 constant shake, rolling
/ rocks down the mountain, end the earth
waving like the sea. Il is supposed that
II is a vol lcsDo getting ready TO burst cut.
! 1t IL reported thst Immediately after
I the meeting Of the next session OF the
| FOrtisth Congress, 3 movement will be
made to repeal all the laws which have
been passed during the last three years,
limiting the political influence Of the
President and extending the authority Of
Congress, such repeal to take effect on
and after March 4, 1863
Recently paragraph was published
telling how a well tO-dO farmer OF HGr-
rison county, Ind, fCrcsd his daughter
10 work in the fields with negro. Soon
she gave birth 20 mulatto child, and
was driven away by her flther. She
now brings snit against him for ten
yesrs' labor, performed since she came
OF age, and as the law Is on her side she
will probably get 1t.
Gov. Wells, OF Virginia, has recent
~ psrdoned e prisoner who was convict
ed by the Jury under the plan Of arriving
at verdict by drawing lots. Ballots
were placed ia hat and seven papers,
containing the word "gullty,u having
bsen draED,, the defendant wss convict
cd. The jury originally stood eight for
acquittsl, two for conviction, and two
for q compromise verdict, sud had been 3
al firrr Nrr ho,, I,k Q
terry method was adopted.
There is . vast difference in the
weather this year, between the Wes: and 7,
East. About the Berkshire bills OF Mas
sacbusetts the srow drifts are two and
three feet deep, while upon the broad
delds Of Illinois the sun shines sweetly,
and th6 farmers have hardly commenced :
to get in their corn. The borders of our :
Northern land are white with early
SNOW, while its southern skirts sre I;
friDgsd with departing flowers.
Difficulty is often experienced in 4.
tnrniDg certain metallic alloys as OF ,
zinc, cCpCsr and TIM in lathe, owing to :
their extreme nsGdncss and The rea;tiuess a
with which the cutting toGis SpcOme a
blunted. 1t has, however, been ssceTs :
tanned that II the point of the tool while 2
ia Cse, be kept constantly noistened !
as readily as with red hct metal Steel i
tempered 10 "A light yellow has been r
turned with the greatest facility by using 4
a mixture of two parts OF petroleum and '
one Of oil OF turpentine. 3
-Frassts, Il IL asserted, is treating .
King George OF Remover very sbabhily. il
OI annexing Hanover, in 1857, Prussis 4
entered into q solemn compact E5GGriDg
to the eE-king his Landed estate, sum g
Of 81 eco GOO, sud az annuity Issuing j.
out OF IS 500 600; and King George 81
agreed to deliver up an investment Cf q
SO 0O9 GIJ in the hsnus Of bis agents in :
England, which part OF ths compact was o
paid over. Prussia, however, hGs re- q
fused to perform her promises, and has G
cOnfiscated the property ard pension '
which Was secured to the ex-King. I
The decision Of the Taylor viii case Q
q case involving over half million dol a
lsrs-et White Plains, n. Y, day or q
tvO since, ss st,FsGtipg much attention, q
ss by thet decision tHs ROucan who had p
liyed with Taylor IS his vile without &C q
tusl marriage, was held 10 be his legal Z
wife and their Offspring legitimate heirs .
In her testimony Mrs. Taylor stated that y
she had never been married with cere- Il
mOng, but hsd entered into marriage re-
Is.ions understanding that by the laws Il
Of New Yolk she gould be recognized as \
married If Mr., Taylor acknowledged her e
publicly as his wife. She was + seem ,
stress IN his house st the time, snd he J.
DREADED ts1s- ot'fections Of hts grow A. y :.
daughters to the iARtch.
The fiusncss OF South Carolina, &C. :
rording TO the message cent iB 6y Gov y
aTnor Scott TO the Legislature on no =
vember 80, are in 50 encouraging condi- 81
ton. The aggregate receipts for the six ~,
months ending October 81, werB 2435 573 q
and the expenditures i409 5SS. The Gov u
ernor Bsssrts thEt no State in the Union =
hes fsirer prospect or meeting her lis =
bilities thaH South CarOiinE. The land y
given by the United Stat S Government, -
L is recommended, should be devoted to .
the establishment Of an educational in 3
stitutjan ia Charleston, for instruction Ia 9
agrleultHre aud the mechanic arts, and .
tie higher DTsnohes OF science aud the :
classics. A liberal policy in reference to a. a.
the removal OF political disabilities by :,
the Legislature Is recommended. - y
During Miss KellOgg's concert ct
Hall, Philadeiphis, last Satur- v
day afternoon, q quantity OF smoke n
found it, way into the To0m from tbs ii
store below, where 3 fire was being Sin- u
died Ia stove, the pipe Of which was II
Dut Of order. The crowded audience q,
vyes st once thrown into the widest cORS h
fusisn, grown msnsnd womea beheyed .
ike children and iciots, sctesE1ibg, strug- AZ
Cling, crying, shouting, doing everything r,
but the one proper thing 10 be done gu :,
such .Cccasions, namely, 20 sit still, to as- j
certain IL there is any danger, and q
then to move out quietly and orderly. :,
A very large number, mslOrity being a
lost all presence Of mind, and n
rushed for the doors, crazy with excite =
ment and fright. The sttendants, know n
ing that there vas no danger in the hall, n
very pIudeuuy ciOssd the dOors, and 80 =
prevented the accidents sad probable !.
loss OF life that would have resulted from =
; stampede or The stsirways. The 3,
whole panic Wss oyeF 10 8 few minutes, a
The audience subsidized, and the concert n
went Oh. AT its close there was general h
restoration of Opers-glasses, mnf1s, fans, =,
napdkerchiefs aud other va4uaOles which ~
had been thrown away in every direc n
Iion during the panic. B.