Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-26

tion. where, after hearing a long lee
tnre from the Court on the enormlty
oftheir offense, they were fined SIO
each. Three of the party paid b
fines assessed, and the remainder Will
Hoard it out" with the janitor OF
the First district.
Pat Twohig, hack driver, and Cor
nelius Casey and ThOs. Grimm Tiehus
and fellow-pitchers, were Drough1 70
trial this afternoon at the SecOnd Dls-
frict. Pat was discharged, ana Us
chums and late customers were hneo
s. each.
-Tba Chinese of San Francisco
mon Snoken to about Memphis,
tHhongbt IF was the ancient city of the
NiIa that was referred to instead OF
The infant city of the Mississippi river.
Tbav promise to come here, chop
Sticts idols and all. We have en-
0aged n to wash the linen Of the
universal suffrage" gents.
The charge of being ga seducer
and aIewd and abandoned character
generally" was clearly established
sgainst Nose Webster yesterday.
J1stiee Griffith required ofthe black
debauchee a bond of $1,000 for his ap-
pearance before the Criminal Court.
Nose went to Jail in default of the Sc
curity.
A correspondent of the Ereniag
Ledger saws of the last ball at Raleigh
Springs on Thursday evening last
saws; Many bright bellies and gallant
beaux came out from Memphis-fair
beings, as gentle as angels of light and
timid as the wild and innocent gaZelle,
| with faces as beautiful as a poets
ideal Peri; sylph-like beauties and
forms of Venus lOveliness and Juno
stateliness. graced the occasion with
their presence.
Mr.. NJ. J. Wigs, of Water Valley,
Miss, is in town and called upon us
Yesterday. He is known as n of the
| most intelligent citizens of his State,
and possesses a fund Of genius and in
genufty of which any genuine
work-a-day Yankee might be proud.
He has already given u a great many
useful inventions, but his latest-in
the shape of a cotton planters des-
tined to the highest place in the eSti-
| nation of his fellOw-citiZens, COM
bining all the uses and utilizing prln-
ciples of the harrow, plough, roller
and cotton drill. We understand
that a factory for the manufacture OF
this useful agricultural implement has
bpen established at Water Valley,
where they are being sold at q price
within the reach of all. We hope
/ there is a fortune in this machine for
our friend and his cO-labOrers.
On the 18th inst. we published
mart of a letter from a correspondent
who was very severe upon the city
school appointments, characteriZing
the teachers, en- masse, as imported
Yankees. The editor into who's,
hands the communication fell labOreo
under the same mistake. Our atten
ton having been called to 1t, we de
sire to set ourselves right and to dC
the School Board the justice Of say
ing that many, very many, perhaps :
majority of the teachers of our pub!l
schools are native and to the manor
born, or else natives of SOutheri
States, or Northern men and wOmeI
with one or two eXceptiOns) OF many
wears naturalization in this section.
The following Is among the dis
patches yesterday morning, date
Havana, August 9th: 1.-THE Gov
ernor of MatamOroS, in a communica
ton to the Captain-G General, says
The insurgents have been driven from
fhe neigh6orhQqd of Jaquay lie Grand
and that they JeIEcSted eastward
Advlees from Serreta Esges,tS are L
the effect that Gen QuesdoraS f9fec
lad not appeared OF flat place as wa
expected,U There is not one " ID
four proper names used III this VeTj
lucid niece of news that would Civ
tsay one only moderately well poste,
in the geography of Cuba any idea {
what Is 1ntGhtei to he conveyed
% &atamoros shostl be MatanzaS
"Jaauay le Grand" shQalq Ee Sagu.
la Grande; "ssgr9ta Esperita" shcui
be Sancto EspiFitsi and "QueSdoras
should be Quesada.
Mrs. iGainor, Closer this time, 4.
Especial request, has q few lady boar
eYs. For continuity's sake we Wi
say thai Hrs G.'s rancho is located q
the G0raeI Of GayOSo and DeSot
streets. Al the R52tai hour yesterday
Mrs. G.'s lady friends as2ped tn
doors for the matiBee. Two p9lP'
men, on the free list, walked in 1
spend a few minutes looking II th
show. The dead-heads took eSeeE
tioas 70 the character of the exhibi
ton and hissed audibly. Loud erie
Of " put 'enl Outi'' and a few empt.
bottles were the aasWer. The polio
took advantage of theiE e@eiai pos
lions and walked the whole cabcodiG-
manageress, l-esseeess, stage boss, an
company off to the stationhouSe. 81
perin:endent Pearne told 'em 10 stan.
up and look the jury in the iaGf
Matte Smith, Belle Forest, Lizzi
Campbell, Eliza Fostner, Molli
Smith and Mrs. Stephens did as re
quested. "Fine YOU all FIVE dollar
10, ~ eoE1 tho C,rpt