Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-15
APPEAA.
THE NEWS.
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IN New York.
It il stated that the cadets st West
point cost ths government about $1,000 each.
Greelsy's "Great Conflict calls
Grant a butcher as plainly as words can be
made 10 mean anything.
Professor Agassiz says the Emperor Of
Brazil Is the most cultured and refined mon
arch IN the world.
A letter from st. Petersburg says that
Russis is negotiating for the acquisition OF q
Norwsglan port where, in consequence OF the
Gull Stream, the ses never freezes.
An ovarian tumor, weighing ninety
I've pounds, has recently bsen taken from The
body OF Ms. c. B. Dame, aged thtIty-lhree
years) OF CambridgePOrt, Mass.
the New York Midnight Mission Soci-
ETY. seems to be doing good service. Since last
Msy seventy seven fallen women have been
admitted. o. these nI;y-seven kaFe been re-
claimed.
DueIing il not dead yet under the shad-
ow Of st. MarE. Two Venetians have lately
lost. respectively, a leg and an eye in a duel.
Cause: A charming young actress
A gentleman who has made an ex-
tended trip in Texas says the cotton crop Will
be s good one. In some sections the worm has
done harm, but other portions have entirely
escaped its rzvRges-
The " Bridge of Sighs,U according to
Figaro, has been translated, for the first time,
il French prose. We pity the sensitive Anglo
American-saxon VINO may attempt 70 read IT,
It wiz be more q question OF tears thsn signs.
Edmond Yates reports p" the first pri-
vate execution in England for the London
Star. q. 4 Ssls reports the same for the
Telegraph. This shows the high respect which
the English entertain for the graphic reporter.
There has been an earthquake at Gil
bralta. the frst which bss occurred there for
many years. II took place on the 18th ultimO.
Two distinct sl5cks were felt, but il does not
appear that szy serious damage resulted.
The sudden heavy shower at Troy, n.
Y, caused considerable damage in the lower
portions Of West Trey, Friday, Occssioniog a
lrsshet which carried OF lumber and other
property 70 the value OF SSEG.
It is reported that real estate near
Pixies Opera House snd Booths new theater, il
New YORK, las considerably dspreCisted IN
consequence OF The erection Of those baudings-
This has not usually been the case in the Vi
ciuity ofsuch improvements.
The Radicals are Ike another O'Cala-
chan, " On his last legs" They are gaining
old Zachary and Abraham Lincoln would have
done. had they been PreAidsntz In ihe days OF
" rscOnstrUclfOn.N
A large delegation Of gentlemen from
Washington county, Maryland, snd Franklin
county, Pennsylvania, and Capt. samue De- !
ford, Of Baltimore, agsntof the Columbus. In
diaDapolis and Chicsgo railroad, are new en-
gagged in examining and purchasing lands In
The Western part OF Ncrth Carolina.
A thoroUgh-goiDg Radical in Kansas I
City, No the other night hired a buggy, and
in company with a sOOty weRch, rode through
the city duriug the evening. Driving to oneof /
the most prominent saloons, the while driver
alighted and got 8 drink, leaving the ebony
lady TO hold the ribbons Rah for Grant,
A mechanic Of Springfield, Mass, has
produced a velocipsde which he claims 70 be
far superior TO the French. In ordinary hands
II viii average twelve miles an hour, and on a
smooth way like Boston Common, can he pro-
PEELED at the rate Of twenty miles an hour.
Il can be manufactured al 2 much less price
than the French veloclpedes.
A royal Spanish decree has declared
Senior Jose de Csceres Concessions ARE OF a sub
marine cable between the islands Of Cuba and
Porto Rico. In addition TO the scheme for a
French Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Flancs has
now on hand q project for the formation or a
cable commencing ct Nice, and terminating |
near Bona, (Algeria). Communication viii
probably also he established with Corsica, and
eventually itis proposed TO extend the line to
fhs Istkmus Of Suez-
A singular railroad accident occurred
on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad on
night, at Muldrough's XIII some i've
miles south OF Louisville. Two Of the cars be-
zane detached from the train as # neared The
top Of a grade st thai point, and ran back
wards down the hun. A few minutes AFTER
ward four other cars attached to the enigma
became detached and followed suit down he
hill. smashing themselves and the other fwo /.
into g tremendous jam. NOBODY hurt, strange
20 say.
The Wsrmouth Guards IN New Or
hears, composed of negroes. during a parade
the other night passed down st. Charles street
demons, insulting citizens and resorttng TO
every conceivable means outside or actual vIo-
lence TO provoke a disturbance. On 81. Peter
street they attacked an unofsnding citizen
and beat him nearly 10 death. They were fully
armed, and more than one revolver was threat
eningiy displayed by the sable eIniSsaries OF the
Yarmouth clan. There was nothing 10 pro-
woke the outrageous conduct.
The Berlin correspondent OF The Times
sives the particulars Of the accident TO Count
OF which we have only heard by tel
earaph. While riding on his estate OF Vsrzine,
accompanied by Two friends. his honss stepped
yith his f~0re-fest fnto q hole, turned a co piete
somersault, and throwing the Count, fell with
bis whole weight upon him. Miraculousiy
enough. he was not crushed TO death, bat e-
with q few bruises. Though speechles
IoF a few moments, and In a state OF great ner-
yous excitement for the next twenty-four
hours, he soon recovered from the effects Of
ais fall. I
The construction OF an underground r
in Paris. more with the view OF bring /.
ng IN market produce from the suburbs than !
'or the purposes OF passenger trshc, has been {
iec.ded upon. II is 20 start from the Hallss n
-~antrales at the extreme end ofthe Rue 81. Ho- :
and take the line Of the quays as far as I
g. Cloud, whence II will proceed 70 LAMarobe. | n
forts steeple cnases, where an immense :
fatfon IS 20 be constructed, HE will form u
starting point OF q new circular railway {
passing entirsiY round Paris at several mIles A,
The works are te be commenced on :
Champs Elyses between the PaIais de I'm B
iustrie and the Place de Is Coneorde. u
Within the last month large quanti- o
les OF pig lead has been miSsiRg from the DuL ?
ed states arsenal az BrdssbUTg. Pa Since y
an extra sentry has been detailed 10 q
uard the lead pile. On Friday last TIRES yawI "A
were roWed up Frankfort Creek, and !,
bout a dozen men, who pulled the boats, got o
shore at the blacksmith shop wharf. SIX or q
even OF the number Immediately started for -.
be lead pile. The sentry called TO them to
lslt. they paid no attention to II. He thea =
Ired, but he party did not halt. Major Beebe, a
D at the arsenal. also fired at the !.
who, bythis time, had become frightened 4
nd ran towards their boats. Thty were again o.
rdered to halt, and falling to do so the sentry ~
nd MAJOR both fred. Tse fng1tives plunged
ato the creek, aud all reached The opposite 81
aore except NO. ne'of whom Was shot and %
Ank Immediately; the other was made cap. :,
d. A third man was badly wounded, but -
iknsged 10 escape. "