Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-10

San Francisco.
Smoking pipes Of the Roman age
have been exhumed in Scotland, and are
exciting the curiosity Of the antigua
rians.
"A heavy business is done in Paris IN
Chinese queues for ladies' ehignens. The
price is two francs and half per tail.
"A few days ago number Of negro
! Iaborers in Wilmington, n. c., who had
been receiving 81 25 struck for s., which
was refused, and white men employed
in their stead.
The test oath in the South
"D-nn the carpet-baggers."
"A delegate at late Radical Conven-
ton wanted the vote of his township to
" cast a eunuch."
"A sporting man being solicited to
insure his life replied He'd be id if
he'd play any game where he had to die
to win"
One suit of rooms in a Saratoga
hotel has been rented for the summer at
$500 week.
-Torrill A. Crenshaw, young mer-
chant OF good character and standing,
committed suicide in Athens, Ga, q few
days ago by shooting himself through
the temple with pistol. No cause for
the rash deed is known.
w. B. Turner, Jr., Of Kosciusko,
Miss, formerly publisher of the Good
man Star, was treacherously murdered
few days ago, by one Samuel Sanders.
Sanders escaped.
-Chas. Seller, Of Williamsburg, N. Y,
was accidentally shot by friend named
Stephenson, on Saturday evening, kill
ing him instantly, and seeing what be
had done, ran to the foot Of Grand street
and drowned himself.
John Coole, who killed two step sons
named Quayle, at Warrensyille, Ohio,
June 9th, cut his throat Tuesday night
in his cell with a razor borrowed from
fellow prisoner. Coolies companion in
the cell was awakened by the blood drip
ping on his face. He found Coole dead.
His trial was to have commenced on
Wednesday.
Peter Cagger, the eminent Demo-
cratic politician, who for many years
possessed greater influence in the State
OF New York than any other private cit
izen, save perhaps Dean Richmond, was
killed Monday night. In company with
his friend John z. Develin, he was driv-
ing through the Central Park, intending
to attend a reception of the Manhattan
Club. AS they were turning a short
curve a wheel gave way and the carriage
was capsized. Messrs. Cagger and Dew
elm were dragged several rods beneath
the wreck. The former was instantly
killed, and Mr.. Develin was so severely
injured that it is not thought probable he
will recover.
Three persons, named VIM. Wood,
Tom Hughes and VIM. Leonard, were
drowned at different places near Cincin-
natl last Saturday.
&C. G. Baylor, the same fellow Joe
Brown sent to Europe during the war,
has turned up in New York as Secretary
OF an association of Southerners "who
uphold Impartial Suffrage" He is a
great rascal
"A powder mill in Scitieo, Connect
cut, belonging to the HszardvilIe Pow
der Company, exploded on Tuesday
morning, burning the only two persons
in the mill ia q shocking manner, and
so that their lives are despaired of.
Michael Bailey, q workman for many
years, and Francis Richardson, Superin-
teHdent of the Scitico Department, are
the sufferers. It is but three weeks since
q mill on the same site was blownup in
the night, with no one near.
President johnson aud Mrs. Slower
and family have arrived at Greenville to
spend the summer
The Cincinnati papers mention the
arrest Of DR.. Fornden, the agent Of the
Cherokee and Choctaw ball players, who
recently visited this city. A man named
Lennox was also arrested. After giving
successful exhibitions in Cincinnati and
Dayton, it is alleged that the manager
poeketed the funds and left the red men
to take care of themselves. They went
TO Cincinnati, and an agent WIS sent out
by the Government, who caused the ar
rest Of the parties named.
The proceedings OF Congress Friday
were not important. The Senate made
the Tax and Funding Bills the special
order for to-day. Fheresolution, exclud-
ing rebel States frOm the Electoral Col
lege, was postponed Mr.. Butler sub
mitted to the House his report Of the im-
parchment investigation and Thsd. |
Stevens, in discussing the proposed extra |
allowance to Department clerks, found |
an opportunity to refer to Mr.. Greeley as
" an old scare crow from New York"
"A dreadful hail storm has lately oe
Cured in Texas. Great injury was done
to the crops, and the roads were blocked |
up for miles with fallen timber blown
down by the tornado. Whole farms of
twenty acres were demolished, and some
Of the planters were moving off. Hail |
stones fell weighing five pounds.