Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-09
SHORT PARAGRAPHS.

Paris has subscribed about $4,000 for a
/ statue to Voltaire.
An autograph Of Torqusto Tasso, at
tsched TO q pawnbrOker's check, has
/ been sold ia Psris.
"A receipt signed by Moliere Ia 1883,
shows that the expenses OF his dramatic
company at that time were eighty-eight
dollars in i've days.
M. Lsboulsye has accepted q liberal
offec to undertake q lecturing tour in the
United States. All his travelling and
hotel expenses are TO be paid, and the
sum Of Sl60 in gold viii be guaranteed to
him for each lecture.
The New York Evening HAL says
There is no question IS to the fact that
our citizens generally are 8-miog them
selves TO sn extent heretofore unknown.
Our greatest fear nov Is q getting shot
by some quiyering coward, by mistake.
Several years ago young man dis
covered fndiscTetious on the part Of his
wife, which led to a divorce. She left
town snd engaged ia some mechanical
business, the savings from which
amounted TO $1,000 This she offered 10
her husband, provided he would forgive
and forget. He consented, and they are
again husband and wife.
DE Priest Dick Turpin 1.-THE wild
city man Of the Mobile Register, ia de-
scribiDg 8 veiocipede race ia Mobile lste-
iy, says: The boys were wild with JOY
and the ladies discOns0late, the c0ustruc-
ton Of the animal being such as to pre-
clude the latter from iuduiging Ia and
epj 3yiDg the plessUrable excitement Of d
veIoeipeds ride.n
Josh Billings has joined the W0-
mans r ghts mOvemsut. He says
" Yu can't git rooster to pay any atten-
shun to 3 young chicken, they spend:
their time in Growing, stTutting, and O0-
casiOneliy Gnd worm, which they make
e remarkable fuss over, calling up their
wives from s distance apparently teW
treat them, bus just z the hens git there,
the Cuss bends over and gObbIes up the
morsel."
The effort Of the South to Offset re-
construction by Industry is bearing fIuit.
The Baltimore GGzCtt6 ssys: Tired OF
bsiag buffsd and rebGffed, wearied with
their efforts 10 obtain political privileges.
the sensible and practicable portion Of
the Southern community have, like CaO-
dide, come at lest TO the conclusion that
the only secret OF wisdom and true hap.
piness Is to cultivate their own gardens,
and it must be confessed they are doing
1t very successfully"
-One Of that worthy family, the
Washburnes, who was s General and Is
now mem Der Of Congress, has applied
for the Office of door keeper OF tbe
House. He is a candidats, and the In
diana delegation support him, This Of
fca is the lowest IN grade and pay Of
sny OF the Congressional servants, but
there is 3 stealGge connected with II. A
Brigedisr wanted to keep q restaurant in
the basement, but negro beat him and
got 1t. o, Tsmpora.
The bill Ia relation to the appoint
ment Of midshipmen from the lately re-
constructed States, introduced in the
House some weeks since by Mr.. Norris,
OF Alabama, has passed both Houses of
Congress and become Law. This meas
uTe Is OF great importance to Alabama
and such other States IS may be affected
Dy its provisions, inssmnch es under the
law as it was no appointments could be
made TO the United States Naval Acad-
emy from those States before 1870. Ap-
pointments can now be made during
February, or st any time before the 4.h
of March.
The Cincinnati Gazette states that
the Adams, United States and American
Merchants Union Express Companies
have agreed On an arrangement where
by The two drst named Companies will
recover the routes and lines heretofore
conceded by them 70 the Merchants
Union Express Company, and the con-
solidated company viii OCCUPY the routes
and lines originally held by the Ameri-
can Express Company. This arrange
ment does not involve any increase OF
the capital stock OF the companies who
recover their lines, ard hereafter each
company will operate on an independent
footing, without pooling OF earniBgs, or I
any other incident Ct associated inter- 4
est. The change Of lines will probably /
be effected by March lst.
-O0s OF the Vice-Tegents OF the Mount /
Vernon Association has corrected certain
widely circulated statements ia refer 4
eUce 10 the management OF the Mount 4
Vernon estate. The estate, Ii is asserted, !
Is not, ss represented, te1anted by g 4
family Of eight 5 sluthern persons, but /
paid superintendent IA gentleman con
eected with ths Washington family and .
Two ladies' from the State of New YORK, 1
with the needful seTvents, occupied the I
mansion house until recently, when the /
superintendent Wes dismissed as mat 4
ter OT economy. several rooms, not OF 4
special interest, have been kept closed 20 4
the public on account OF the depreda- 4
lions Of visitors. Ii e. stated nothing is I
safe from them. Several Of the ivory /
KEYS have been wTenehed from Martha (
Wsshington's haTpsichOrd, and it is ne |
cesssry to employ servants especially to /
guard the house sud grounds from spoil
alton.
Spring Hill College, lsrge and ven
ersble Institution Of learning uUdsr the
administration Of the Society Of Jesus,
situated some seven miles from Mobile,
Aa, was totally destroyed by fire on
the night Of Fridsy, 5th inst. The col
!ege buildings were very extensive, and
cost bstween two and three hundred
thousand dollars. The laboratory, one
Of the most extensive and complete 10
America, e cabinet OF geology worth
SO 600 q similar cabinet OF botany. q
vast collection of curiosities, a library Of
l2 coo volumes worth $50, 0,000, the philo.
sophie apparatus, the fruits Of forty years
OF labor and collection, along with relics
Of gems. ivory and precious stones, rare
paintings the wardrobe OF the siu1ents
and pr0iessOrs, all were destroyed. The
loss is irTepzrable, and viii be learned
with regret throughout the whole eoun-
try by hundreds Of men-some Of them
now ia tie "sere and yellow lsaf," who