Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-08
MEMPHIS APPEAL
THURSDAY MORNING, IULY 8, 1869.
The NEWS.

gomery, Ala.
Two dollars per day is offered i'm
Louisiana for hands in sugar-making.
Oats six feet high have been raised
in Troup county, Ca, this season.
The Deputies elected to the Cortes
from Porto Rico have sailed for Spain.
Eight street-car conductors are I'M
der arrest in st. Louis for embezzlement.
The crop prospects in Kentucky
surpass the most S%anguine anticipations.
OfaH the Presidents of the United
states. Grant undoubtedly bears the palm
but it is an itching n
Mr.. J. p. Allen has become assOcia-
ted in the management of the Meridian
Miss Flag.
Ripe peaches in Northern LOuisi-
ana. The crop is short and of poor quality.
Too much rain in that section, also.
1t is denied that the instructions of
Gen. Sickles contained any reference to
the purchase of Cuba.
The exodus Of beef cattle from
Western Texas this spring is estimated at
not less than a quarter of a million head.
The first cases of sun-stroke are be-
ing literally announced in the Southern
papers.
Richard Lang was shot and killed
in New York on SUNDAY night while at
tempting 10 rescue a prisoner from an
officer.
A black woman while ont picking
~blackberries near Grenada, Miss. was
killed and destroyed by a panther a few
days ago.
The Pittsburg temperance men are
preparing for a grand demonstration. It
is thought they viii nominate a candidate
for County Commissioner.
The late Mexican Minister has pre-
scented Grant with a costly silver tea ser
vice, washed with gold On the inside.
Grant accepted, of course.
The extensive works Of the Union
Coal and OH Company, in the lower end
of Maysville, Ky, are being stripped of
their machinery, etc.
The editor of the New York Tribune
says that he has encountered a great deal
Of bad newspaper writing in his day.
Each n of his readers can say rs much
for himself.
Thomas NcCabe, of Covington, KY,
has recently fallen heir 20 a considerable
fortune in san Francisco, and, what is
better, is already in possession of the
money.
A heavy pressure is being brought
10 bear upon the President for active in
reference in the affairs of Cuba. The
President is said 10 sympathize very deep
" with the insurgents
Knock down that id blue coated
white trash!" is said by the Times TO have
been the cry OF the negro mob in Wash
ingtOn when faced by the United States
troops. We rather like that.
The second crop of figs has Just com
menced ripening in st. Marv's parish, Ia.
As usual the fg crop will be abundant.
b is one of the crops that never says
fail.
DIR. Naekey, formerly Collector of
the Port of Charleston, $. C., is in
Washington, seeking a reinstatement 10
the Office. He charges that his successor
lsa Democrat, and should not he COM
missiOned.
Gen. Meaue. at the dedication Ofthe
battle monument al Gettysburg. called
attention to the neglected remains Of the
rebels slain on the field. and suggested
their decent burial as q proper disposition
Of the dead.
Mr.. Bowen, Of Washington, II ap-
pears, not only sat down at the Getteys-
burgh dinner. with the African hat placed
his daughter by his side. The African
was formerly the head waiter here az the
National hotel.
The State Democratic Convention
"a California unanimously adopted a reso- |
luton denouncing the unjust system of
charges made by the Western Union /
Telegraph monopoly and strongly favor
ing the postal telegraph reform.
Jack Jones, cOlOred, residing in Sa-
vannah, Ga, aged los years, appeared be-
fore the Clerk Of the CITY Council a few
days ago, and registered his name, and is
now prepared 10 vote for Mayor and Al
dermen al the ensuing election.
IL is to be apprehended that the
ia Texas VIII materially suffer for
work during the canvass, as lOval leagues
are being organized all over the state. III
Is useless 10 expect negroes to attend TO
such minor matters as raising cotton and
when voting is going on.
FrOmlthe abundance Of rain thathas
fallen in the last few days-and the pros-
pect of continued wet weather-there are
fears entertained for the safety og the
wheat crop, in Lawrence county. XIV.
much o. which is over-ripe, and vel
standing in the fields.
The opening of the new railroad to
Louisville has revived the talk about
building a first class hotel ia ~CovingtoB.
Some prOperty-holders are anxious to do
nate nom "a thousand TO two thousand
doLiars 70 such an enterprise, provided
Of it.
Planters, farmers. and all others de
pendent upon crops in the vicinity of
baton Rouge, La, are in good humor re-
sPecIlng the prospect. The crOpO of yeget-
aDIes IS the largest and best made for
many years, and the cotton and corn are
looking fine and in good order.
During the last thirty days, accord
ing to a Texas paper, the Indians have de- /
and stolen more property and
killed more persons on the frontier Of that
state than during any similar period since
leXas was settled. The result is attrib-
Ite9 70 the Withdrawal Of troops from the
rior. "NA ~
a negro attempted to outrage a
H.IoN lady, near Goodman, Miss. one
- Ia l"'e Week but was frightened away u
mlSsO OF little white girl in the
nouse. ihs wretch was shortly affervyard
odftufed ana confessed his o1;ilf aTd nc II
capIors started with him 10 IAN T. ea-no
disguised men took charge of -
not been heard of since I'm anu n {
he committed suicide. sM
The New jersey papers anno,noo ,
the death Of Andrew Mead, a ;onrnnI0 '
Of repute and strong Democraf 80
throughout the rebellion defended ~
right OF the SOuth to secede as s~tronglv a.
any southern man could. PersonailV be ]
was u esteemed. He was 8 prominent