Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-22
IHE NEWS.

York.
The cholera has made itself known
and felt in Paris and Moscow.
Gov. elect Walker, of Virginia, has
in a letter TO Sen Candy accepted the ap-
pointment of Provisional Governor, and
will enter upon the duties of his Office on
the Tuesday next
On boots the professional" women
of America challenge the world. Miss
Anthony wears ~eleveHs, Mrs. Stanton
Fights, Mrs. Norton sevens, Lucy Stone
hves, etc. We sigh over their size.
John Sherman made a speech the
other day and said that George II. Pen
dleton lived in '~'PrIncely style.' And so
does the Senator. But the difference is
this; Pendleton lives on his own money,
and Sherman lives ON somebody else's.
A German named Paschardt, re-
siding in Hoboken, n. J., recently cut his
throat, after fearfully and fr%ightfully
mustlating the bodies of his sons, two
grown young men. All the parties have
since died.
Four dredging boats are on their way
TO assist in cutting the canal from the
Mississippi to Lake BOrgne, below New
Orleans, by which shipments in bulk can
be made to Ship Island in all weathers,
and there transferred to vessels.
The Augusta (Ga.) C0nstihdioRalist
states that the negroes, as a general hin
in Georgia, have abandoned the madness
of political strife and gone 70 work
with commendable industry and cheerful
ness. This EXCELLENT change on their part
has met with a cordial response.
The Rome (Ga.) Courier states that
the black tongue is still prevailingto a icon
siderable extent in Floyd county, and the
adjoining counties Of Alabama, among
the cattle and deer. Seven dead deer were
found at n small pond in the woods.
about twenty-five miles from Rome. in
Calhoun county, Ala.
The Tammany politicians had sew
eral ward meetings ON SATURDAY. in the
movement TO Gust Belmont and placing
Tweed at the head of the National DEM
ocratie Committee. Resolutions favorine
the change were passed at all those meet
ings, and Tammany is expected to nave a
circular letter presented soon to the Ma
uonal Committee, asking for the desired
change.
DR.. H. c. Hamlin, of Maine, SAYS
that valuable diamonds exist in Alabama.
and could be gathered and prospected for
by expert labOrers. They have been
found near Gainesville, and further to n
northeast, at the Glade and HorshaW gold
mines. Some of these stones We're OF.
several karats weight and Of Cine water.
one OF these which had been polished in
London, was shown to bin in Gainesville.
and It IS a gem Of the purest water.
Secretary Boutwell, reports much
dihenlty IN ascertaining he condition of
financial affairs in New York CITY He.
was approached by parties of respectable
standing, who gave Information of most
contradictory character. He has deter
mined upOn general outlines for his re-
port, and intends to make il quite short.
The expectation at the treasury now. is
that the Secretary viii show a reduction
OF the debt Of about sixty millions in De-
csmher We shah see what we shall see.
The Southern Republicans in Wash
ington have suggested the propriety Of
naming some man from the South To fill
the Cabinet vacancy. They 10 not have
much hope that the President viii ac-
quiesce in their appeal, but they will new
ertheless intimate that Gov. Wells of
Virginia, Gov. Scott, Of South Carolina
and Congressman Stokes, of Tennessee.
would be a fair trio to select a Secretary of
War from.
The London Times of the 9TH con-
talns a letter from Lord Lindsay. giving
new evidence IN relation to the Byron
scandal in the form OF unpublished leftare
from Lady Byron in ISIS, and Lady Anne
Barnard. Lord Lindsay reviews the en-
tire case, and says: In the face Of the
evidence now given, positive, negative
and circumstantial. there can be but two
alternatives in the ease, either Mrs.
stowe must have entirely misunderstood
Lady Byron, IA beea thus led into error
ana mlsstatement. or we must conclude
That under the pressure of a lifelong and
secret sorrow Lady Byron's min had be-
come clouded with an halluciDation in
tion.'' 49,
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The Treasury Department promises
70 make extraordinary efforts 10 SUNNY
the pressing call for small currency. The |
companies have Informed me
Department that they will be able 10 fin
ism, by the last of this week, $4,000 in 4
fractional currency daily. By the first Of
October the one, two and ten dollar notes /
will be ready for issue. when the comma
mics propose to furnish $500. 600 per dsv-
and, IL possible, increase the amount. The
bank note companies delivered YESTERDAY
Sl55, 600 in small currency.
The recent order of Gen. Sherman
as General, countersiEned by Ges- Sher-l
man as Secretary Of War, extending the
time for holding the elections in Texas
from one day TO four, SIS looked upon i'm
Washington as a ready meaIs of voting !
the negroes as often as Radical e~xiceneies !
may require. The alteration was recon-
mended by Gen. Reynolds. who is known
10 be very anxious TO carry out General
Grants promise 10 Gen. Clark. namslv, 1
TO aid the Davis men in every way legiti-
mstely in the power of the Administra-
ton.
HSan Francisco dispatch, of the
both, SAYS : The steamer Great ReDuBlic I
has arrived from Yokohama and Hong I
Kong. She reports that in the foreign
settlement OF HiOgo great alarm prevailed
on AeeonRt Of a night attack made by a
ALI. T~htanaties, for ~thepurpose OF exter-
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