Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-25

grown bolls.
Hon. George II. Pendleton is still
confined to his room from the injuries he
received somet time since, by being thrown
from his buggy.
Gov. Walker, of Virginia, seems to
be liked on all sides. The unfortunate
result will be that he viii have TO offend
some of his friends.
Prof. Samuel F. 3. Morse tripped
| and fell down a fight Of stairs at his resi-
| dence in P~oughkeepsie on Saturday, and
| broke one Of his legs.
Dickens reminds the funny man of
! the Roston Post with no disrespect to
| him-of a hog; because we get so many
good things from his pen"
Prof. Shaler, of Newport, KY, is in
| Boone county digging for mastOdOn bones
for Cambridge University. He has
exhumed a large quantity.
Pixies Music Hall has been engaged
by the Woman's Suffrage ladies for q
State Convention, to be held in this city
on the 18th and 10th of September.
TWO-thirds of the one hundred and
fifty thousand votes cast upon the ques-
ton of lay representation in the Metho-
dist Church have been east in favor of Hhe
laitW
A suggestion is made that, Thack-
cray, Reade and Dickens having been at
| tended to, a cheap edition Of the works Of
| Irving would do good service and be
largely welcomed.
Among the passengers by the
| steamer Japan from China who arrived
at San Francisco the other day were l02
/ Chinese women, sent especially for the
practice Of prostitution.
Col. I. c. Trabue, of Livingston
county, KY, has raised 1876 pounds OF
Irish potatoes from two pounds, which he
| planted in the spring. He expects to raise
another crop this year.
The Syracuse papers announce the
| death Of Joshua Y. II. Clark, former Pres
/ ident of the Onondago County Historical
Association, a prominent citizen, and a
writer OF much literary merit.
DIR. D. G. BrintOn, editor of the
Medical and SUrqicgI Reporter, announces
" A G~uidebOOk of Florida and the South
Atlantic States, - designed for tourists n
invalids, to be published mAugust.
Hon. Charles W. Upham is prepar-
| ing for a future number of the Historical
lEG0a-ine a reply TO Mr.. POOle's article on
Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch
| craft" in the North AmericGa ReDie1C.
The Sisters of the Holy Cross, of the
n Al1EAAtAAA NUN AZ ~ a. - ~ 'A
their order in Alexandria, Va, in the
spacious building formerly occupied by
James HallOwell, on North Fairfax street.
Arrah-na-Pogue" will be pro-
duced at NiblO's on the second of August.
Messrs. Dominick Murray and Charles
W heatIeigh and Miss Rose Eytinge and
Miss Josephine Fiddes viii be in the cast.
The Jefferson CTexas) Times chroni-
cles the death of Col. John Anderson, an
old resident OF that place, by accident.
He fell from the second story Of the Com
mercial Hotel, and died from the injuries
he received.
1t is reported from Ballard county,
XIV. that about l06 citizens are out in pur-
suit of the murderers of Mrs. MeCor-
mack. and when last heard from were on
their track and only three-quarters Of an
hour behind them.
The next new fashion for men at
the races and seaside resorts is the follow
ing suit: A short, tight coat of light gray
clota, with two rows of buttons in front
and a black velvet collar, light gray pants
and a felt upturned pudding hat.
Bowen, the black and tan Mayor Of
Washington, officially recommends thai
white and negro children be educated in
the same schools, and gives as q reason
that in all other respects all distinction as
to race and color has been abolished.
The Western BOOKSELLER, published
by the Western News Company, of Chi
eagO, advocates the abolition, by publish
ers and editors, of the practice oTcreditmg
new publications TO any II local bOO6sel-
Ter. a custom which it considers unfair on
all sides.
The present numerical strength Of
the Baptist Church, in the United States.
according to the Year Book, is LII, 98S,
being an increase over last year of l2,O62.
These figures would De materially increas-
ed if the returns from several States were
not SO imperfect.
New England fingers may yet be
caught under the emancipation trap. |
While the cotton manufactures of that
section are complaining of hard times and
small profits, the factories put IN opera
ion in the Southern States are doing a
prosperous business.
The RussellvSlle (Ky.) Herald says
Of tobacco: "The reports we have from
planters in Logan, and from all sections
OF the state, indicate that the growing to-
bacdo crop is the most unpromising we
have had for years. IL Will be short and
sorrv-at least, such is the tenor of u
information
1t is probable that the French cable
will now ID landed on u shores without
further difficulty. The Company have
offered to surrender their exclusive priyi-
leges upon French territory on condition
of being permitted TO terminate the cable
on u territory. and have furthermore
agreed to accept the terms that may be
prescribed by Congress.
The WeatherfOrd CTeXas) Times re-
ports an Indian raid into Parker county
on the 9Th. They killed several horses
and captured a good many. Three Indians
were Killed; one white man, a Mr.. Tindle,
was badly wounded in the thigh. The
Indians were driven of and most of the
horses were recaptured.
Messrs. Scribner, Wexford 4 Co.,
have imported an edition Of the revised
McCullOch's Dictionary Of Commerce,
lust published in London by the Long
mans. II is very complete in its text,
having been in the present issue revised,
enlarged, and entirely reset, and contains
beside eleven maps and thirty charts of
important ports.
During the thunder storm of Sunday
the lightning entered the telegraph Office
at Paducab, Ky, and after melting some
ofthe wires, passed of down the gas-pipe.
A young gentleman who was in the office
at the time, represents the room 40 being
a blaze of light. he escaped unhHrt, and
entirely satisfied with what he saw of the
u No
The Pointe Coupe Oa.) Echo says
the cotton throughout the parish is mag
nifcent, and many are 0 topping the
plant to check its further growth. There
IS neither sign nor talk of worms. The
Of cane in that parish, as a general
hing. Is o but what there Is of it is in
a iourishing condition. The corn crop
will be abundant.
The Savannah Netcs, Of Saturday,
that 'sreports from plantations along
ne river give the most favorable accounts
the rice crop, which bids fair to be one
the best that has even been grown. We
seen several stalks, cHt from the
Ferry plantation, owned by Or. Il0s, +.
and the Proctor plantation, own
ID by Col. John Screven. The stalks
nearly six feet in height, n some
81 the ears eleven and a half inches in
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