Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-29
MEMPHIS Appeal
SATURDAY MORNING, NAY %, 1863
NEFS OF THE ia y,

Petersburg, Va, has q negro gauger
The Huntsville Democrat will here
after be published as an evening paper.
Senator Sprague was sightseeing in
Augusta, Ga, Monday.
Charleston, S. C., complains loudly
Of roost-robbers.
The Louisiana fig crop is very prom
ising.
Jules Janin is writing a biography
Of Lamartine.
Jouvin, the greatest glOve-maker, is
TO have a statue erected in his honor al
Grenoble, France.
Radical speakers arc advising the
negroes Of Virginia to burn down every
Southern white mans house over his head.
Madame Lew Say, a lady of high
position, has manage one Paris DebGt'
newspaper for the past year. -
Isaac Pitman, of Bath, England, the
Photographic inventor, has published a
complete edition Of the Bible in phono-
graphic characters.
DeLeon, of the Mobile Register, in a
letter descriptive Of b Salt House ball,
SAYS a pretty figure is easily understood;
what makes it 50 is quite another matter.
There is a clock in Rochester, n. V,
which viii run four weeks after once
winding up, and win play forty-eight
tunes.
Superintendent Kennedy. Of New
York, says that as things 90 now in that
city, thirty years hence. it Will be unin-
habitable, save by thieves and cut-thrOats.
A new hotel in New York istO have
throughout the summer season, a pyra-
mid Of natural flowers, feet
high, to be changed one or twice a week,
in the center OF the main bah.
Grants "Let Us have peace re-
suits in his h~urrying on Federal troops to
the south ntoreconstructed As wen as I'M
reconstructed States, and sending gold mp
10 war figures.
An u~ngrateful alligator seized and
badly mangled the hand OF Prot. Noble, of
the Savannah, Ca, Museum, the other
day, while that gentleman was cooling IL
OF by pouring water on lis back.
]. s. Peters is the name of the clerk
who absconded With $4,000 belonging to
the New York Corn Exchange Bank On
Wednesday. He is a young man Of TWEEN
ty-six years. The detectives are unable
TO find him.
The British Parliament annually
grants 9G00, 600 for educational purposes,
yet there are growing up in eleven Of the
principal cities two hundred thousand
children without the slightest education.
The Lexington, (Ky.,) races, which
closed on Saturday last, were the most
brilliant a~ndsuccessful everh held over any
Nurse in this country. Saturday was
lowering, and the track very heavy, but
still the attendance was fair.
1t is reported that the Turkish Gov
eminent, in consequence of the d~isordered
state Of its finances, has abandoned the
idea ofincreasing the army. 4 law, how
ever, throwing open the ranks 10 the sub
jects Of the Sultan without distinction Of
race, is about 70 be enacted, so that a vol
unteer force may be raised.
The officers composing the military
commission for the trial Of the Jefferson.
Texas, prisoners have reached their desti-
nation. Gen. L. Hatch is President, and
Mai. Goodfellow Judge Advocate. Ii is
hoped this last individual will not belle
his named during the sitting ofthe court"
Gen. John c. Breckenridge left Lex
ington, Ky on Monday on an extended
tour through the Northwest. He goes
particularly To visit some property he
owns in Superior City, Wisconsin, and
viii not return for a month or six weeks.
A gentleman of Rochester, N. H,
saw an advertisemA that a receipt for
the cure Of dyspepsia might be had by
sending a postage stamp TO the advertiser.
~ NAItAAllf Aiih StliL Ills STUMP Inc
answer was, " Dig in your garden and let
whisky alone"
The humorous papers of Denmark
are publishing caricatures of Uncle sam
in the garb of a penniless confidence man.
who buys everything and then refuses to
pay for the gOods-al on account of the
refusal Of the United States to eonsum-
mate the bargain in regard 10 the island
Of ST. Thomas.
The Fort Smith ARK Heruld Of
the I'D SAYS. cotton is not doing we'll
on account Of the cold and cnt worms.
Mr.. Frank Bates, from WaldrOn. Scott
county, informs rs that the cotton is not
promising. Insome localities the farmers
are p%loughing up their cotton and plant
ing corn.
The Madison (Ga.) Fam Journal of
the I'D inst. SAYS &c learns from Jpdge
VIM. Neal and other gentlemen, of this
county. that q light frost was visible on
the morning OF the 10th inst. He, how
ever, SAYS u did no material damage to
vegetation. This is the only instance Of
the appearance Of frost, at 50 late a date,
in this section, within The recollection Of
the Oldest inhabitant.
Gen. Butler was taking tea at the
house Of q lady friend in Washington the
other day. Tire General seemed to look as
though something was lacking. and the
following dialogue took place: Hostess
Can II be possible, General that voa
have n spoon" Bntler (rising indig-
nantly and holdingou both hands," No, |
madam; if you don't believe Won can
search meT1 -EsIF i
Mr.. Rice, of Gopiah county. Miss.
was arrested by the military The other
dav for drawing a weapon at a pubIic
meeting. While being removed to lack
son he escaped from the guard. Immedi-
ately a party of young gentlemen, in no
way implicated, who were attending him
TO offer themselves as his snreties To the
military authorities, were arrested, and
are stiH heidi in close confinement. q~7rrs
Capt. Glenn Marshall, Capt. Brown
ing, and two Densons were arrested z =,
Saturday night Hast bv the military
thorities n placed IN the sfbeEsCs
Jefferson, Texas, They live two 9.
fourteen miles below Jefferson ~
Bend. They were pretty roughly bsna1a5
we learn but alp0n iHvestigf sfion ooS7
morning were released. col. ~ Cav.
ford, Of jefferson, was arres ted q n Nom
day, andi is owint Che stoc kEle.
We learn that the nnual trade Of
Is over n hum 4re5 ard seventy
million dollars IN s2 the production of
he Island was 800 10000 dollars: taxes
paid in, 81, 100000 oIlars. imporfsl s- q
yV doLiars; eX oorfs- az 40f 0nO 5ollars