Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-08

himself and the profession whether or not
tuberculosis can be contracted by inocu-
Iation. lie t~estiles that 40 unpleasant
consequences have as yet been expe-
rienced.
The present Chinese population of
San Francisco is estimated at from ten to
q welye thousand. The streets in which
gthey principally live are as follows: Du-
pont, between Sacramento and Jackson;
Commercial, between Jackson and Du-
pont; SACRAMENTO, between Kearny and
Stockton, and Jackson, between stockton
and Kearny. The great bulk of this en-
tire population is on Jackson street, where
there are ten thousand in n block. Of
buildings.
1t is said that one of those chests of
letters left by Gen. Arthur st. Clair to his
daughter, Mrs. Graham, and by her at
death transmitted to her son (who is re-
Gently decased), contains three thousand
valuable letters from the most distln-
guished revolutionary officers and patri-
OTIS, more than one hundred of which are
Washington's. These relies have been
kept intact since the death of Gen. St.
Clair, in 1915, no one having been permit
ted to look at and examine them.
A portion ofearth near the residence
of John Johnson, in Plainield township,
Mich, sunk recently to adepth of about
eighty feet, carrying with it several trees
and stumps. The open space is funnel
shaped, about seventy feet across the top.
Some Ofthe trees lodged half way down,
while others went to the bottom, leaving
the leaves and branches within reach of
the mouth of the opening. Two or three
stumps and a log about fourteen feet In
length thrown in Afterwards passed out of
sight. A distant roaringsound as of rush
ing waters is said to proceed from the
chasm.
In the June number of LippiacOtFS
Magazine, there is a very interesting ac-
count of Deborah Samson, a girl who
served as a soldier during the American
revolution, and preserved her disguise
through many adventures, hardships and
wounds for about two years and a half.
She left the army with high testimonials
from her officers, and received a pension
from Government. Her parents were in
reduced circumstances, and before assn
ming male attire she had been apprenticed
to a farmer, il Plymouth county, Mass;
III her family had been n of considera-
ton, Gov. William Bradford being her di-
rect ancestor. She married in l7S4, being
then in her 24th year, and became an eX-
emplary wife and mother. She died at
Sharon in 1927.
We have another Indian war on
hand, and California sends us a hint how
to conduct it and even make it a merciful
contest on the part of the savages The
whole plan is in the one word hostages.
We are not without instances to show that
this plan has had reasonable success in the
hands of Government officers; such sue
cess as ought to encourage us in its use.
We would urge the most extended appIi-
cation of it. Indian communities
are controlled by Just that class of
ideas that enables them to under
stand such a system, and it would
be cheaper to hold in durance half the In
dians of the plains than to fight them as
we nave done hitherto. One live Indian
in hands is a reason for peace to all his
brothers: one dead Indian, |grinning at the
moon. is an Indictment to further hostili-
ties.
The L. S. Brewers Congress, now
holding its ninth annual session at New
ark, n. j., represents the lager beer inter
ests Of the country, and is attended by z
about one hundred delegates. The pro-
ceedings are conducted in German. The
principal object of the Congress at present
is to obtain a reduction Of the custom du-
ties on barley, largely imported from Can
ada. The statistics of the brewing bust
ness for the year ending June 30th, l06S.
are as follows: Barrels of beer brewed,
5,6S5,66i; bushels of barley used, 10000
OF which $500, 600 was of foreign
growth: capital employed in the business.
SO, Sj6, go; men employed, 7I07; acres of
land planted in barley, 1882; value, S34,-
300, 900; capital employed in malt houses,
500. 900; capital employed in cultiva-
ion of hops. Sl,279,2 go. Total capital ems +
directly and indirectly, Sl05, 1885,
men employed, directly and indi-
'Gctly, 5G,66S.