Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-14

The MurfTeesbOTO' MOHH0F Of the
18th says 4" The thriving little city Of
the mountains, McAiinuyiile, has fol-
lowed nobly in the wake o. Hemphis.
Last Monday Samued Henderson, Con
sentative, was elected Mayor at that
place, over johnson, Radical, by q
handsome majority. Tine defeated eau
djdate halls from Ohio, and was q Major
in the Federal army
There were only fOrty-three mar
rage licences Issued in Madison county
within the past iye weeks!
The pa~rticularsof & distressing ARRAY
I at Huntersville, Madison county, OH the
eth inst, in which an old man named
Britton was killed by his s0n-in-laa
Rantin, Will be found in our local col
umns. The latter was held to bail I'm the
sum OF 5000 to answer 1T tie Circuit
Court, which is IN session at Jackson.
There arc four hundred eases on
docket for adjudication the present term
Of the Madison Circuit Court.
The Jackson Wig Of the llth says:
4 squad Of eight or ten negCQes reached
tais city yesterday from Memphis. They
were thought to have been yoteTs.
Dan Castello's show will be at Chat
tGnooga to-day.
All the rivers in East Tennessee are
rising. The Holst5n Ut Knoxville, and
the Tennessee had risen four feet at
Chattanooga on the 10th. An overflow
is expected, unless cold weather should
cheek the anticipated rise.
The river 1t Knoxville is higher !
than Il has been since tie food lastyear, !
ard Is rising four inches per hour. The
false work for the third and fourth spans
Of the Charleston and Rockville Rail-
road bridge have been carried away.
There were f5rty.6ne marriage |
licenses Issued in Hardeman county
for the month Of December. We did
not notice NJ. l. Parish's ama9g them.
AT HGTtsViiie, on the Cumberland
river above Nashville, hogs are selling at
five cents gross and corn shelled aud
sacked at s. p per barrel, This is the
cheapest we have heard Of-OnIy forty
tive cents per bushel. Let it be bought
up for the destitute Of the SCulh.
On Sunday OF last week twenty-eight
barges Of coal started from the Cum6sr-
and mines for Nashville, where it sells
at IS 80 per ton for round and sJlOr lump
NTsCELLANE0UA.
Every merchant who alysrtises.
laughs in his sleeve when he hears a
merchant, who does not advertise, coIa-
plain about dull times.
The Medical Gazette Of Paris states
that NJ. Lang anterie, Of Paris, after o.
serving the effect Of sulphur on the old.
Jun OF grape vines, YVES led TO admins
ter it in several cGsesO OF Group. lie mixts
t-easpoonf1l OF sulphur IN a glass of
water, and gives 2 t~easpOOnful Of this
mixture every hour. The effect is de-
az wonderful. The disease Is
cured in two days, the only symptom
remaining being q cough arising from
the presence of loose pieces OF false mem
braDe in the traches. Mr.. Z. saws he
followed this plan in seven Gases. all
being severe, especially the last, in ,
the child was cyauotle, with pro-
truded rolling eyes, and noisy respira-
ton.
The following Is the order in which
the original thirteen States adopted the
Constitution OF the United States. Ac-
cOrding to aproyision Of the Constitution,
1t became binding upon the S.ates rati-
Tying 1t when adopted by nine Stateg. }
New Hampshire the important ninth
State l. delaware, December Z, 1887 2 !.
Pennsylvania, December II, 1857; 3 T,
New Jersey, December18, 1857; !. Gsor-
gia, january 2, lTSs; 5. Connecticut, :
January 8, l7SS 9. Ma-slcbUs9tts, Feb
ruary z, 17Ss; z. Maryland, April IS, l7S8i {.
8 South Carolina, May %, 17SS Q. New
June p, I7S6; 10. Virginia, ,
June Is, I753 II. New York, JHiy 20, !
I7S8; II. North Carolina, November 81 I
1889; -. Rhode Island, May 81 1890. /
If We remember rightly, The Chinese !
have not until very recently c0ined any I
gold or silver. Tie small change OF the !
country hss been the cooper cash" Z
one-tenth Of our cent, or there 7
abouts, while the only silver coin in cir {
e~uiation was the Mexican dollar, which
time became 10 some extent the stand
ard o fvalue. Silver was generally made
into what WIS called "5y0ess silver" 8
the metal being swedged or pounded into {
the shape OF q clumsy shoe, the pieces y
ittIng one into another like SO many s
and being dealt out by weight, y
our bankers aud brokers buy and sell a
Gold was little used, and not c
coined at all, Qflate, hewever, the Chi v
oese are coming gold, and samples are q
exhibited here as euriosities. These coins q
are in the main like the copper cash with (,
which every Califuraianis familiar, hay- e
.ng q square hole IN the middle, q poll
shed rim around the edge without mill ;.
ing, and raised characters between the Z
raised disc and the center. The gold q
appears to be entirely pure, or alleged @
differently from ours, being os 3 bright =
yellow hue, and lacking wholly the red Il
.inge observable ia 0eF coin, and the n
is equal to about three dollars and a
iorty cents Of ouc coinage. The exact y
Of the coin We do not know. Il Is q
equal to or coinage In anisb, but is 4
lar HtheleEa. quite 4 naoEso.ra eaiu = !,
fTGfciseo ala Castoraiaa. d