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

NeEHE III klE nAElOAl VI -
there been more rapid progress In building than
during the present year.
1t IA estimated that there viii be 10000
miles OF completed railroad in this count by
the end OF $50.
Arrangements are In progress to es.ao-
llsh a semi-monthly line Of s5eameIsibetwssn
Charleston snd Liverpool.
The foundation stone Of q new Gus
tomhouse was laid at Cairo, IL, on Saturday
last with appropriate Masonic ceremonies.
On Saturday night last, the Democracy
of Cairo. Ill, had a large and imPrsssing pro
-eession-3ndeed, the hnsst political gathering
ever seen In that city.
The Ann Arb0r Mich Democrat ex.
pects that the Democracy will carry that state
BY & majority Of not less than 5000 Tor seymour
and Blair.
The South western railroad OF Tennes-
see has lately been put in running order TO
hcMinnTilIe. and Capt De Davenport has
contractedio build IT thirty miles beyond.
A rumor prevailed in New York on
Saturday last, according to the Sun, that A. T.
Stewart. the great d~ry-goods msp, is to be Sec
rotary Of the Treasury in case Grant is elected
President. How much hangs upon an " IL"
Bertha Gebhart, 8 sewing girl, was
burned TO death in 81. Louis, on Saturday night.
Amer dressing her hair she. in turning round,
struck a night lamp which, falling, set fire 10
her dress. Before assistance resched her she
was burned almost TO q crisp, In sight or her
helpless grandmother.
Mr.. George w. Hanks, at one time
publisher Of the Russelvile Herald. aud, during
the war. Of the Nashville Unton, died IN E3ge-
hsld on Friday, and was bariea at Nashville on
Saturday, last. At the time OF his death ne was
a member Of the Erm Of Beckett, BSowne d
Hanks, Job printers, Of Nashville.
The Nashville race track Is being
put in trim for the approaching " han meet
ing. Already a number OF stables have ar
rived. many OF them from the EoElh. Tue old
Rentsel sportsmen I'VE use the word In the Eng
Ish sense are taxing hold, and ouc ancient
capiLal is likely 20 recover her kistOIis reno "a
for . horse racing"
The Southern Eagle, Water Valley,
Miss. publishes an account OF the recovery OF
& child from the effect OF a highland mocoa-
sin snake bite, by the application OF the mai
stone. The child IS = son OF BENZ. Ford, rsSid-
ing near Waterford, Miss, and the stone used
is the property Of MT. Ben $. Miiam,of Water
Valley.
A bomb-sheh teken as a mementO OF
The war from the Cverton HIS. near Nashville.
and deposited IL TN academy near Cleveland,
Ohio. burst a few days ago whne two students
were trying TO dislodge the contents with a steel
rod. The result may be better Imagined than
described StEaLEE 40 HEg Inc NLAAOA1 EeALE
men escaped with but q few 6ruises each.
The Washington ID c. Union OF the
I'd Inst. says: Mr.. Robert Brown, one OF the
oldess citizens OF Washington, disd yesterday
At the aE-cfs4 Mr. BIjTn supeTintsnded tbs
construction OF tie capitol building proper the
old central part. The Presitents house and the
Immense dry DOCK st the Gosport navy yard,
and be was the contractor for the building now
occupied ss the general pOstofice.
UsH--4s-L - .Fs.--c-.l A.
United States by his Illicit amours and inprO
priedes in chile, thus delivered hinselfin a re-
cent speech - wish TO God we cOaId make a
charge. I Just wish Robert f. Lee, HOratiO
eymou and that SEQ 1ndrel aud traitor, Frank
Blair. Ihissesl ~ers here to-day with this GRO I'd
alone. We would put liberty and Union Ia the
advance against them and treason.
The Wilmington N. c. journal Of
the 18th Elt, states hat the reports that they
have been enabled TO gather in regard to the
cotton crop OF that section, and in fact, the
whole State, indicate tina. the yield viii be
about equal 10 that o flast year. The number
OF acres under cultivation IS much less than
was the case last year, but the yield TO the acre
has been decidedly bstser.
The French vintage has already be-
gun IN the neighbOrhoOd Of Lyons, ard some
specimens OF new win have slready been sx-
hibited, OF very hne quality, highly colOred sHd
fun OF Life. The crop OF the preseat YEAR, is con-
kidered superior bo-h IN quality and quantity,
10 any for many years past. The great heat Of
the summer has ripenet the grape In great per-
lection, and this vine OF the vintage OF % viii
be Al a premium for fifty years,
An IrishmRn named D. o. Sulliv =,
editor OF the Irish People, Published in = v
YORK, has sold himself. according TO the New
York World, 70 the Radicals, for The SUN o.
$3.50. Erishmen OF all classes, creeds and de-
nominations should re'uas 10 take this fellows /
800 and anah1a hHmu 70 wa~Ta~n 49, q A. - I
be a renegade to principle. No true IrIsnmau, |
or Irsh Catholic. can be a Radical.
A farmer named Walden, who resides
on the Nolensvills PIKE, nesr Nashville. went
out Into the fields IN Thursday 20 attend 70
some work, when, becoming heated with his
Labor, he hung his coal, containing a small 4
~portmOnsie en- the fence. UpCu his being
called away to another part OF the de!d. the I
coat was taken hold Of by a COW AMI incODti-
mentally chavei" up, and with 81 his port
monaie containing the handsome SUN Of sZJl
IN -greenbacks.
Gen John Logan " threw dirt y at Mr.. /
John Oberly, the talented editor Of the Cairo
Democrat, 10 which thst gentleman responded
10y such q castlE alton as Gen John deserved. /
Against this the General complained, but
When invited 10 square acsOuuts" IN The
manner usual with gentlemen, Hon. John Lo-
gan backs dOw0, and contents himself with
throwing dirt sg ain. John = gan is brave. but
he viii not hghtin defense Of what he knowsi is
wrong He is wrong, hence he wont neht evan
for himself
The cultivation of the orange In
Florida Is stated TO be more cxteosive Than can
be inferred from the Bureau OF AgrfcuIture.
From 1000 to 10000 trees were set out iast year
Of which 5000 were planted out on Flint river
and In 1855 AID 1865. at least 50yOO9 Usre
trans2lanted and budded IN East and Middle
FIorida. The price, Instead OF being s5 10 S0
per thousand on the trees, as stated sbouIa
have been, so 20 $50, and some choice lots sold
as high as SIS. The orange grows wild ali over
Florida, and good trees, when trans planted ana
budded, bear 500 20 $50 oranges each.
The Montgomery Hat of the 2lst
saws: Yesterday, between the hours OF one
80 Two nm. one Peter Ward was shot In two
nIaefs. one ball passing through the shoulder
and lodging behind ia his shoulder blade. the
entering above his hip and lodging in the
r sshv portion OF his thigh behind. Ward wes
shot BY q young msn named Eylen, who works
al the paint shop al the Florida depot. From
what we can learn Eylsn wasJ distilled in shoot
ing "a ne ives assaulted several times by Ward. I
are glad TO hear that Ward Is doing well.
TIE balls were both extracted by DR.. Ryan, one
OF the police officers.
A number Of fsDRticRl female spiritu-
lists Of Chicago have originated q new religion
upop the following as the basis principles
Their msdness "Thnt the oppression under
vhIch woman abors "a owing to 3 misisserpre-
.stIon o. Scripture In relation TO the doctrines
n the Trinity that, 10 truth, instead of tines
,ersons IA the Godhead, there are really four