Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-22

MAJ yAd4lus LAC Vi eur
grants the past year is owing to the es
tablishment OF the line Of steamers be.
tween Baltimore and Bremen. The
present year il is expected that 20, 600 OF
25 600 emigrants will arrive. The favor
able returns from the operations Of this
new line show what can be done when
the steam packets between the ports OF
Philadelphia and Liverpool commence
making their trips.
The Kentucky Times says: We have
seen twin babies, twin horses, twin
calves, and twin apples, and twin almost
everything else, but the twin hen eggs
which were presented TO Us the other day
by Mr.. J. NJ. Ashly, is the greatest curl
o5ity OF all the family OF twins; We
never before heard of or saw anything
like them. They resemble very much
the safety gusge on q steam engine in
shape, and are about the size of blue
bird egg; one of them is perfectly formed,
the other is shaped exactly like the COM
mon gOurd which grows spontaneous
about the garden or bRrnyard, having
the handle and all complete.
Another curious problem that they
work out very prettily at Washington is
how to get horses and carriages at Gov
ernment expense. Various solutions are
] EnEIGNus DNb Lli6 UcEly . lkAC LGH 4OAh
/ Journal Of Commerce, Is that invented
! ~ the commissioner of an important
/ bureau. His department has official
/ horses and q carriage. These he sends
round to his own stsble-where they cost
to take care OF (say) $40 week. This
money is paid out of department funds.
/ When q carriage is really wanted at his
/ office, a hack is hired, and that goes into
Contingent expenses" Neat, isn't?
1t is reported that several professors
OF University College, London, have ex-
pressed their willingness to give courses
OF lectures to ladies, on the plan which
has bean carried out with such success at
Edinburgh, Manchester, Clifton and
other towns. The lectures will be given
u der the auspices of an association, in
cluding many influential names, which
is at present bsing formed. 1t is pro-
posed to commence in February with
two courses, literary and scientific, but
the scheme may be greatly extended
next winter.
The negroes in southwestern Georgia
are generally renewing contracts with
their last years employer, and manifest
less disposition to change than at any
period since the war. The Macon IeEe.
graph admits that they are qniet, we'll
behaved and well-dispOsed. Prices
range ffom $65 to Sl25 in money and ra-
tiOns. About $50 is the average. The
system of planting upon shares is less
popular than 1t was q year age. Tne
plan OF paying raen according to their
worth is 3ow adopted.
"A vessel arrived recently in San
Francisco from Tahiti, having on board
80, 900 pounds Of fungus" gathered on
the trees in the southern part of the So
ciety Islands. This fungus Is in appear
ance like very thin and dirty India rub
bez, and is to be shipped to China for use
in making soup in the Celestial King
dom. The value is about twelve and q
half cents per pound at the Islands, and
about 100, 600 pounds are produced there
annually.
For some time past the Hudson's
Bay Company, which claims title to an
immense territory in the northern part
of this continent, has been trying to sell
cut its possessions to the Dominion of
Canada. The p-ice asked has been el,-
600, 900, which the Canadians found alto
gsther too large a sum for their means,
and they now even dispute the right Of
the Company to the most valuable
portion Of the trsct uni consideration.
There fs s brisk rivalry In Wester-
ley, r. L, between the missionary of the
Christian Association and an advertiser |
Of patent medicines. The former painted
in large letters on s fence, What shall |
do to be saved ? F" and the latter under
il, "Uss IS German Bitters - But |
the missionary retaliated by painting in
another place, under "Use Is Ger !
man Bitters," the text, "Prepsre to
meet thy God
Henry Ward Beecher has published
an affecting account Of an intelligent old
horse, named Charley, that once saved
him from being q stuck " In the prairie.
His gratitude to the faithful equine was
touchingly enthusiastic. Did | not
dAaca- EhnHt and 80 49, ,,i,,
- e--s~ss' NAN ~ oAASJ :
YES, kiss him too ?D The tenderness Of
paired by the fact that he sold him the
neTt dag.
The New York Times says the pay
OF good shorthand reporters in that city
is from $4,000 to $1,000 year, and there
is not a sufficient number OF properly
qualified members of the profession. In
view of the needs Of the future it is pro-
posed TO teach the art Of photographic
writing to the advanced pupils Of the
public schools.
The Alma wis., Express reports q
most wanton case of abuse OF little
child five years old at Durand. 1t seems
that after whipping the little one nearly
to death, the parents threw it into pond
Of water, and as soon as it came to the
shore they pushed it in keeping it there
till death came near releasing it from
the clutches Of its tormentOrs. The man
wss fined $50 and the woman $40.
Charles G. Addington, aged 90 years,
was, on the 4th inst, married to Mrs,
Susan Moore, aged "a, both residents OF
Scott county. Va. Out OF only eight
persons present, five of them were wild
overs aud one widow. Both bride and
groom had been previously twice mar
Cied. The groom has now living be-
fvvoaD 250 and 400 grand childran