Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-15

was chosen temporary chairman, and Gov.
Merrill, OF Iowa, permanent President. The
report Of Gen. Warren, who has, under author
ity OF Congress, made a survey OF the Wfscon-
sin, is entirely favorable to the improvement.
Resolutions were adopted 10 that effect. and
empowering the chairman to seEd 3 commit
tee TO Washington 10 procure the sanction OF
COngres'.
An interesting bit OF FASHION gossip
comes nom Germany. Il appears that a con-
ierenca Of German ladies OF weslth and posi-
ton has been held At Stuttgart, at which a
motion was agreed 20 declaring the necessity
OF modifying vomen's t~oilettes, with . view to
check The extravaganza, the Tad taste, and In
csssaEf changes OF their vestments. The con-
ference then directed The Association for the
EdUcsacn anc AmeliorstloH of the Condition
o. Women % organize a commission composed
OF painters, doctors, tatIors and moGistes, for
the purpose Of suggesting new JoHeites. The
Gezaetfe dcs FeHnies viii publish the IecoE-
mendRtions Of the Commission, and hereafter
We SHAH see none bat the modest, sensible,
economical fashions, the - Gil Of the Periods
will disappear, snd men VIII be at their wits
end for somethins 10 tSit women with.
The Detroit Advertiser Of November
It'll says: As the telegraph has already in
formed our readers, swrit Of habeas CORPUS hes
been sued out ia behalf Of Morton aud ThOmp-
son, the express robbers now in fail at sand
wlch, awaiting extraditioD. The evidence upcn
which these nen were discharged at T ronto
was that Put. Brown, the messenger who was
robbed, was u party 10 the robbery, and submit
ted 70 De bound and gagged, hence no robbery
was committed or, in other words, there was
sn embezziemeat OF the express ConPany's
money. The second plea for the discharge OF
the prisoners viii be urged on the ground that
where there was no foEce used, no robbery wss
coma itted, so as TO bring the Onense within the
recognition OF the Ashburton treaty.
The Free Church Of Scotland, siBce
the separation from The Presbyterian Est6S-
hme In 1873, wen nearly five hundred
c ergymen voluntarily resigned their homes
aud uvings, has blilt nine hundred churches,
six hundred ana IL . Haases. three theological
colleges, two normal or training Institutions
sad i've hundred schools. It's average Ennual
income for the three years previous to IS has
been sl,5003O, and during her Twenty-Five
years Of existence, without State support, the
sum raised By her amounts 10 over S4g,010,O50.
Honolulu sdyices TO October 1874 hsve
been received by 6 sailing vessel. Toe COM
mercial news is uuimp1r:ant. There had been
no foreign arrivals, and nothing later had been
heard from the VhaIing feet. Eregusnt shocks
Of earthquake were felt at HlO. The stmOs-
phere was filed with smoke. and the natives
predlcted that a great ida wave would deluge
Honolulu by October 4. Hundreds OF the ma
uyes were ordered 10 The mountains FOR safety,
but the prediction failed o. accomplishment
The Scottish Iron Works during 1867
produced l,05l, 600 tons OF pig iron. There were
le4 blast furnaces in the ccCntry, OF which liz
were At work, and 81 Of those 81 work are cold
blast. There were exported zS8 4G9 tocs Of iron,
OF which the Uniteo Ststes took li7,&g0, Ger
many and holland, S9,0G0, France, 6e,gU0, Brit
ISL America, 1890, tia Y, l4,21J, East Indies and
South Ameries, 1900, Russia, $500, and Spain
snd Portugal, 500. The export Of British ron
70 The United states during 1851 was 24,S0O tons
larger than that of the preceding year.
Gen. joseph E. Johnston and wife
passed through L~ynchburg, Va On W5dnes-
day evening, November 18th, on their return
urp rom Europe, and en- route for Mont
gomery.
Right Rev. James Gibbons, Bishop OF
Wilmington. OF the Roman Catholic Church,
was installed N Office by Archbishop spaldiDg,
Of Baltimore. on Sunday,