Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-17
THE NEWS.


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ss The Columbus Lader announces that
q Gen. Alcorn stated to a gentleman
Va in Columbus that he did not expect to
u remain as Governor, and II Il was re-
r. Quired of him, that he would abandon
~ the canvass"
The Corinth Miss Neios Of Satur-
day says that the cotton factory enter
prise in that town is now i'm the 1ull
tide of success. Mr.. II. II. SawyeT5
and Rev. J. T. Freeman deserve, as
they are doubtless receiving, the
thanks Of that community.
1t is estimated that there are eight
hundred and fifty cotton mills in the
United States, running nearly seven
millions OF spindles. OF the cotton
mills, nearly four hundred aud fifty,
or over One-half, are in New England,
running over five millions Of spindles.
- The capital employed in the cotton
manufacture in this country Is esti-
mated al Sl09, 900, 900.
Sir Samuel Baker, the putative dis
eoverer of the source of the Nile, Is
now conducting FIVE thousand Egyp-
tian soldiers TO its upper waters, IN
order to cOurpel the Inhabitants there
top culture. Old maps, recently dis
Il veOYered at Venice, show that the
Nyanzen soarces were known and had
been visited before Sir Samuel was
dreamed OF.
The Troy Messenger says, forcibly
and truly, that no theory could be
more fallacious than that Southern
commerce should necessarily be man.
+ Ipulated, muddled, fingered and blis-
tered by New York jObbers. The
South owes no such tribute TO the
North, nor never did, OF necessity, ae-
knowledge her as an authorized agent
to control the prices OF her commercial
products; vet, il has heretofore been
Il humiliating truth-one that should
cease and determine forever.
Louisville has a real live sensation,
something after the manner of the ia
Inous Gaines suit. Quite a STIR has
been created among prOperty-hoiders
there during the past few days on ac-
count of the statement made that the
heirs of John Campbell are about TO
bring suit for some three thousand
acres of land in the city, and il takes
in the very heart Of the city; and the
improvements on ID are estimated to
be worth over thirty millions of dol
lars.
The Knoxville HHig Of Saturday
says: The freight train on the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad ran
off the track below Athens yesterday
morning before daylight. Ten cars
ran off the track and were pretty
badly smashed. Nobody was hurt.
We did not learn the cause Of the
accident. The mail train due here at
lI:O7 am. did not arrive until I %
last evening. 1t was delayed at the
scene Of accident, and it was necessary
10 build a track around the wrecked
cars before proceeding at all.
The Winchester (Tenn. Home Jour
nal of the llth says that those who
are cOngraulating themselves over
the defeat of eX-President johnson
should remember that their rejoicing
can only be ephemerai-their Joy
will he turned into SORROW" for, as
sure as gun-harrel is iron," Andy
will be in the next Congress. Will he
be in the House from his district in
East Tennessee? Is not that his old
l,iace? Can he not ventilate the Rad
ical party there as well as in the Sen
ateo Was not the House eN-President
Adams position? As the old negro
said i'm reference to the travel Of the
lOcOmOtive-"ye7, good folks, he Is
good a. dar now"
The United States Judges are about
70 renew their demand, made early i'm
the war b. Chief Justice Taney, that
their salaries be exempted from tax
alton under article ten of the COnsti-
tuition. which declares that their COM
pensatiOn shall not be diminished
during their continuance in Office.
Chief Justice Chase, then Secretary Of
the Treasury, ruled that il was con-
stitutional 10 tax them. II this ruling
is set aside, all taxes collected from
the Judges must be- refunded. They
will then claim the difference between
gold and greenb3cks on the same
ground. II IS presumed that Chief
Justice Chase would have no very Sc
rious objections to taking the tax that
would be refunded.
The Louisville C0laier-.JOuHal, OF
Monday, says that the greatest curiOs-
ity in the emigration line is the move
ment OF Irish men and women going
from the south OF Ireland to make
their homes among the Arabs and
Berbers of Algeria. The Cork CORStt
tuition says that over hundred o.
these people have already booked
themselves for Bona in a steamer
chartered By the French Government
their passage being free. a CathOli,
priest goes with them, and the district
where they intend 10 cast their lot /,
said TO have some agricultural advau
tages. We hope that they Will make
themselves comfortable, though W.
shouldn't like TO sec Africa become tn,
rival Of the United States in attract
5ng Irish emigrants. For the mos
part, they are valuable population
There is one feature in the late de
cisfOu Of the Supreme Court Of tbs
=, Ste which IL not, perhaps, distinctly
und, ,~stOOd, and which il were vel
for All Oarties to understand. Tit
question recently came up in the cas-,
If Thorninp' 'on vs.. Smith and Hart
lev. and the idea prevails that this de
cision will enforce the collection OF al
debts. notes or claims based upOT
Confederate money without any re
gard whatever 10 the condition upOI
which such transactions We're found
ed. This is incorrect. If. in the al
tempt to collect such claims, II can bI
shown that they were Rlade ia the uSl
of the rebellion, or in any way Tor 1t
benefit, they are held As void. Thi'
i the construction Of the matter b.
some ofouF ahkst jurists.
Special dispatches from Zanzibar,b b!
way OF london, convey very interest
ing and pleasing intelligence from DIR
Livingstone, dated TO 1hs 9Th Of Au
Gust. 1865. lie was then In gOO'
health. lie requested that supplies
nautical instruments and almanacs 10
1869 and 1870 be forwarded to him
thus indicating, a. was supposed, al
intention TO remain in the cOunUr.
some time longer. tie claims TO hav
discovered the true sources Of the Nile
He spent the year previous, 1861, Il
exploring the section of the eOuntr
lying south Of ningamjaka Lake
WkisR he found TO contain many smal
szprings or inner lake fountains, whic
b. claims 10 BE- the true sourceOf III
river Nile. Theletters are written o
srnah scraps on paper which Dr. L'
lngstone begged from the Arabs, VIII
copveyGd the written documents
the coast FOR transmission 20 EnglanC
The St. louis DeHlOcra, OF Saturda
says: 4" Last night Nile. Zagrino wa
going through her usual trapeze pc
fornSnces, and had come TO that pa
where she stands on one foot, W.T.
the bar In rapid motion, Whe
she lost hef teldhct- oilC d00o.AiPeo
10 grasp the bar with her hands, Dt
missed it, and fell headlOng upon IN
fiOor inside Of the orchestra railing
striking on her right hand and breal
ing her wrist. 4 deep cash was ais
cut IN her forehead, and her shOuldt
Was severely bruised. A cry OF hO
rOr arose from the audience as the gi
fell, and men started up IN the wilde'
excitement. Every cheek turned q
pale as ashes, and men and wOme
became Is tremulous as though striel
en- with palsy. On striking the fiOC
near the bass ViOl, the girl lay still
and Il was supposed that she va
.Sead. Her lather, who had bee