Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-14
GENERAL ITEMS.

The Dr. Blaisdeii who was arrested
the other day for procuring sffidRvits
against Collector Bailey, with a view to
his removal from Office, was brought be-
fore United States Commissioner o.
borne, in New York, on Thursday, and
gave bail in the sum Of $40 900 for bis
hppearsnce to answer.
AT meeting of the Republican Gen.
eral Committee, held in New York on
Thursday night, a motion to recommend
the appointment of Horace Grseiey by
the Governor to be City Register, that
the fees might be paid to Gen. Halpinels
widow, was greeted with such storm
OF Kisses that the mover Wss compelled
to withdraw il.
Mr.. Seth B0ydeD, Of Newark, says
that with twenty years, cultivation he
can raise strawberries as large as pine
apples, which will retain all the delieacy
OF the fruit now grown. This is eonsid.
erable Of an undertaking, aud we hope
Mr.. Boyden may live for twenty years
but we very much doubt his success
"A letter from Panama states that the
passengers who left New York on the
steamer Ocean Q1een the I65h Of July,
were detained at AspinWall near three
DAYS, in consequence of q portion OF the
Panama Railroad track and 8 euIvert
having been carried away during a storm
al Oaispo Station.
-Ol Monday two wOrkmen on the
Catholic Church Ia Fall River, Mass
who had gone up to the tower, now one
hundred feet high, for the purpose OF
viewing the scenery, stepped upon the
waiter on which they had ascended,
without notifying the engineer. The
waiter descended very rapidly, and both
- nj.
IN LaWrsnce, were seriously hurt.
BY the Cuba cable We have tele-
graphic news frsm Mexico City to the
8Ist Of July. Honorsto Dominique had
pronounced against the Government Ia
the State of Vera Cruz, and had seized
some villages along the railroad. He
ESs leyying heavy tariff on bis own
account on the freight thStcsme into his
hands. HOstilities were going on in the
state Of Puebls; hut in Qleretsro the
insuTgeuts had been compelled to submit. |
OrtegR and Patoni had been released by
Ju4reZ. The blOczads at Nj allan had
been raised. The yomito was sewers at
Vera Cruz.
The LrIg! Of the Reno brothers, who |
are now confined in the New Albany /
( lInd.) jail, comes of st Lexington on |
{ he 7th Of SeBtema Ger. There are five /
cases pending in that Court against each |
uf the prisoners, and the proof is thought /
70 be so positive against them that they |
will be convicted. SJme Of the States I
Witnesses, il is claimed, can identity Que /
as the man who fired at Mr. Hawkins, !
The express messenger, who was over I
powered and thrown cut OF the car while /
at fuil spesd, near Marshieid.
Col. ThCs. J. Johnston, late Ptesi- |
dent of Macon College at Danville, Va, /
wss killed ct MattOon, III, on Saturday I
last He vas IN the sleeping car which /
is backed on 3 running switch snd left /
at that place. Asce-taining that the /
train had started, he run to the front END /
Of the car and jumped out, probably for.
getting in the excitement of the moment !
that the car he was on was still in mo- /
ton. As he jumped out he fell, and The !
car passed over him. he, it Is said, was I
= brother Of Gen. Joseph E Johnston.
Mr.. Leo. MaLherly was killed re- /
Gently, in Sunf0wer couaIy, Miss, by /
Harrison Nelson, who formerly lived at !
Vicksburg.
A lot Of Yankees recently visited |
Canada and a Lumber OF farmers living 1
near Hamilton and Guelph have been /
victimiEed by them. The "operst0rs,n I
duly provided with surveyors chain and 1
compass, present themselves in the fields /
near a house. claiming to be surveying I
the line for q new railroad the "Iins - /
is made 10 run either directly through I
the house or across the door way; the
farmer protested aud begged, the sur
veyors sym pathiZed, and, finally, rather
than put him to so much inconvenience,
TO go back mile aud change
the direction sufficiently to take the road
away from the house if the owner would /
pay the thirty or forty dollars for the ex-
ira trouble. The proposal was, OF course,
glsdly accepted and the money paid and |
poeketed, and the surveyors started their
line again through another mans prem
ises, where the same farce was Te-enScted.
The ingenious hHmbug has been exposed
at length, but the victims have not re-
covered their money.
The Vicksburg Herald says: We are |
informed that on last Saturday night, as
two gentlemen were sleeping GU the gall |
iery IN Madison parish, L2., about eight /
mites from this city, huge panther I
sprung ia upon them, seized one by the |
shoulder, biting cut an icamepse piece, |
and striking him vieio0siy about the face |
and chest with 6is huge paws, tearing |
away great masses Of flesh with escn
stroke. When the stage passed it was |
thought the wounded gentleman would |
die.
The Columbus Ca Sun has received !
the following sensible card, the writer |
being prompted by the return of civil |
government:
"A CARD.-The undersigned having |
been appointed Justice of the Peace by /
the military authorities, and their pow /
ers having ceased, | will 90 longer exer- /
else the nowers o. that Office.
Aug. 3, 1868 MICHAEL MCCaHEY.'