Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-06

millions, 45I thousands and 90I years
for one person to count them, working
ut the rate of ten hours per day. These
flies, If gathered together in one mass,
would make a pile 49, times as large
rs the New Memphis Theater, ana
should they all visit the city at n
time, and be permitted to feed upon
the population, the flies would grow
lean after the first day, and at the n
of the third day the greater portion
would be dead of starvation.
A few DAYS since we called the
attention of the postal department TO
tho fact that the negro route agent
over the Mississippi and Tennessee
Railroad was using the mail-car as a
vehicle of free transportation Tor MS
colered friends. Here Is some par
ticulars of the fellow, which we cut
from a country cotemporary: He is
q muIatto. Moses Hopkins by name,
and halls from Memphis, has some
education and a fair share of intelli-
genca. He is probably a picked man
put forward as a representative OF his
race. He succeeds a Mr.. Lancashire.
If the latter was displaced for cause
we are not aware of it, and we suppose
he was put aside simply to make room
for his more favored successor. The
latter. however, on entering upon the
duties of his office, felt distrustful OF
his ability to discharge the trust, and
yaiulv tried to induce Mr.. Lancashire
to assist him two or three weeks. He
at length went to work on his own
hook, and how well he gets on remains
to be SEEN"
"A special dispatch, dated yester-
day, from Louisville, to an attache OF
this office, gives the following, in ref
erence to the late change of managers
of the Gait House, Ofthat city: "The
management of the Gait House has
passed from the hands of Capt. Silas
i. Miller, to Col. JilSon p. Johnson, a
well known and popular Southerner;
a man without an enemy, dignihed
and genial in department; in every
way the man to be placed at the head
of this splendid hotel. He has pur-
chased the entire interest of Capt.
Miller, who retires and visits Europe.
The South will hail with delight this
desirable event, and the Gait House
will now be a most delightful retreat
for the people of the South. The Col.
has a large and influential relationship
and connection in Kentucky and
| throughout the South; was a Confed-
crate Congressman, and a soldier in
! the Southern army. J.C."
Our people thought they had some
right warm weather last month, but
let them read the following and thank
fortune that they were not baked
brown: "Oyster culture is a chic
source Of the wealth of the inhahi'
tants of AreachOn, (South Of France.
most of whom possess what are called
Dgycs of oysters. These are formed IN
the mud ofthe marine basin on which
the town Is situated. But such has
been the heat Of the sun at low water,
and the complete absence Ofsea breeze
at the same period Of the Day thai
the mud reaches q state OF actual ebu'
Iition, the consequence Of which wa,
the destruction Of the oyster beds t.
an extent valued at n and a half OF
1.-Two million Of francs. In addition to
this, the eeis, for which the place L
| also celebrated, and which burrow in
the mud at low water to await tie re-
turn Of the tide, were literally
boiled by thousands"