Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-09
MEMPHIS APPEAL
WEDNESDAY MORNING, : : JUNE 9, 1869.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The income of Senator Chandler, o.

The income of Senator Chandler, o.
Michigan, for 1865, is reported at S44,77l.
The currency balance in the Treas.
ury on Saturday was Sz4,0 600, 600, and the
coin balance sl67, 600, 600.
The Census committee are hard at
work, trying TO improve the present sys-
tenn oftaking the census.
Hon. George H. PendletOn is still
confined to his bed from injuries received
from falling from a buggy.
Wealthy citizens of Covington and
Cincinnati talk of constructing a free
bridge across the Ohio ut the foo of Cen
trsl avenue.
The Austrian Military Budget esti-
mates the expenses of next year at s, 000,-
900 in excess of last year, and the army at
100000.
A telegram of June 9th, from Brus-
sells, states that the Upper Chamber has
confirmed the bill of the Lower House
abolishing Imprisonment for debt.
Gen. Schenck is announced to sail
for Europe in the Cunard steamer of the
9Th inst, and Will not accompany the
Ways and Means Committee TO California.
The new and magnificent "gold
room" in the north wing Of the Treasury
building is rapidly approaching compile
A--AAH 'AA 80 - - o." NV "a
pected, about the lst of July.
a dispatch from the wheat-grOwing
regions of Illinois says that the late rains
have caused wheat to grow too rank, and
many fear there Will not be a full yield of
that grain this year..
The European enyOysin China have
insisted that the official Mandarin, who
slapped in the fac. the French Embassa-
dor, shall make ar apology within three
days. 1t will probably be given in two.
The COllectOrship of the Sixth In
terna Revenue District of New York is
the most important topic that the politi-
clans infesting the Department Hobbies 1T
Washington now have to dispute about.
There was born, on Wednesday, ut
the country seat of Mr.. Aristides Welsh,
near Philadelphia, a fine male colt from
the queen OF the turf, the celebrated
Flora Temple. HI foal is marked ex-
aetly like the dam-all bay except a star
in the forehead.
a Radical storm is gathering in
Ohio, with reference to the selection of a
candidate for Governor. We hope IL viii
be dissipated before such a food Of bias
phemy Is poured upon the land as that
which proceeded from the Radical Con-
vention of Tennessee.
Joseph NJ. Dake, who died suddenly
q few days since in Chicago, had his life
insured for some $4,000. Among the
companies were the following: Charter
Oak, $4,000; Equitable, $4,000; North
western, $4,000; Htna. $4,000; Connect
cut Mutual, $4,000.
The North German Budget for the
current year is reckoned less than sixty
million dollars, whereas not more thar
forty millions viii be Yielded bv the whole
confederacy of German States-a plain |
falling off since the year 1865. Prussian
credit holds good for the chief part of the
deficit.
The Administration has decided to
make no more foreign appointments at |
present, and probably not anon imp0r- |
tant missions until Congress meets. mis-
viii leave Minister Sanford at Belgium
and Minister Marsh at Italy. A Secretary |
OF Legation TO Gen. Sickles at Spain will. |
however, be appointed if the latter should |
press it at once.
ALOndOn paper gives an account of
a new and gorgeous suit of clothes which |
Mr.. John Jay, our new Minister TO Aus
tina, had made by a fashionable London
tailor. 1t appears that he secured the ser
vices of the distinguished artistic who gets
up the heavy swells of BelgraVia so stun
ningly, and there is no doubt that he will
present himself at the Court of Vienna in
the height of the highest fashion.
The New York Times asks whv
didn't Gen. Butler %lanteer TO do the iob
of thrashing England, which he thinks
agreeable, and saws Chandler has done II |
for Michigan. e Butler ought not TO
fall behind him in pluck and patriotism.
II Doth OF these eminent saints will ten
der their services as 3" instruments of Di-
vine Providence, " there can be no doubt
OF their being instantly accepted with
thanks.
Pierre Carme, tho bfIiardist. in a
letter to Rudolphe touching his last chaI-
lenge, says: q hereby agree to plav Won
one French carOm game, 1000 points un
upon M second sized carom table which
a toss shall determine, for the entire sum
OF money, $1,000 a side, which is now, and
for over six months has been living idlv in
the hands of the shareholders. Once for
all, l viii make no match with Won until
matter ls adjusted, and when it is adj
iusted, rest assured that / shall come and
see you"
Great preparations are being made
in France to celebrate the centeusrv ofI
birth, which occurs on the 18Th
of August. Marshal valiant is charged
by the Emperor with the arrangement of
the programme, It is said that h Fm-
peror and Empress, accompanied by all
the surviving members and descendants
the Buonaparte family, win, on that |
day visit his birthplace in Corsica. BY
a decree, all children born throughout
France on the 18th, will be taken under |
me- especial care of the Emperor, on con-
dition that they are named Napoleon.
Mr.. Joseph Runyon, a compositor
At the office of the st. Louis EUegi3lg Dis
patch, dropped at his case while setting I
on Saturday morning. and died in 4
minutes. be was first RAISED mn and !
such restoratives as were at hand admin ]
stored. DIR. Steedman was sent for INIT ;
before he arrived the patient was a cornse !
Runyon was a native of Kentucky 7
de fought through the Mexican war un- Z
Ter the famous Joe Lane of Indiana. and
was a member OF the 10th Missouri in the !
late war for the Union. He was forty I
years OF age, unmarried, and leaves as his /.
rlends all who enjoyed his acquaintance. :
Rather Schweihoff. of the st. Libo- I
aus Ohurch, st. Louis. died al the Hos 5
1ltal OF the Franciscan Sisters in Onincv q
U.s., a few days ago. His ranains yre .
,arried 10 st. Iouis Mast Tbnr-da- {
hen inferred. The A~rchbisbon AZ, =
lis funeral sermon. The Repas6JiocS =
peaking Of the deceased, says: ssThe iau9t I
we took occasion TO speak of this 81.
'ellent priest, we described him as one =,
Who might have served as a pattern for :
Victor Hugo's Able Miriel. 10 see and '
onverse with him and not 10 love and s
him was impossible. The traits oil !
In his face contributed perhaps 1
little to arouse ones sympathies, but he t