Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-25

Minnesota papers speak Of the re-
markable atmospheric phen0mencn
hexperienced this summer IN their
State, upon the sudden changing of
the winds. They experience the chill
illness of the extreme north, aad~ip
fifteen minutes are broiling under the
heatof -a-torrid- cline.
The Natchez Courier learns that one
of their oldest citizens received a visit
from his sister last week, after a sepa-
ration Of forty-seven years. When
the gentleman arrived at manhood,
he left his home in Germany, leaving
a young sister of about fifteen years.
They met on the wharf boat, he an old
man, she an old woman. Ie6a BE- 80
Some time ago it was stated that
Mrs. Ives, daughter of Mr.. Motley,
was engaged to q brother of Earl
lCowper. 1t IS now currently reported
IN London that Mrs. Ives intends TO
bestow herself and her many attrac,
tiOns-she is very rich-up0n Mr..
Vernon Hareourk a gentleman better
known under his nom de plume of
HHistorieus." bz TX %
Some months since a son of Nj.
Koru was captured, while herding
cattle near Fort Mason, Texas, by q
rowing band of Indians robbers of the
Kickapoo tribe. Mr.. Korn has now
received q letter from Santa Rosa,
Mexico, where several hundred OF
these robbers are harbored by the
Mexican authorities, stating that one
of the KickapOo chiefs had the boy,
and would give him up for the sum OF
4 two hundred dollars. -u aa
The foreman of the plantation of
Colonel Sam McComb, in Baldwin
county, Ga, had a barbecue on the
18th, and after dinner a storm came
up, and all the negroes repaired to a
gin house not far distant, to get out OF
the rain and have adance. While one
woman was ON the floor dancing, a
thunderbolt fell, killing her instantly,
and, passing through the floor, struck
a mule standing hitched under the gin
house, with like fatal effect.
Mr.. McGhee is the champion water
melon raiser of Georgia. He took
into Rome last week twelve hundred
superb melons. He pulled during the
first part of the season twenty-five
melons from three hills, which melons
averaged over thirty-fiVe pounds
making over seven hundred and fifty
pounds of juicy glory from three hills.
Some days ago hecarried over fifteen
hundred melons to the Chinese on the
Alabama and Chattanooga railroad.
Pig-tail thought they were "muehee
goOdee."
The Courier es Eats UniS gives the
following account of an invulnerable
euirass: cit is a cloth cuirass 0fa tis-
sue extremely supple and tight, the
stitches of which are exceedingly close
and absolutely impermeable. The
process of making and preparing ii is
a mystery, but what appears to be
claimed is that bullets will not pene-
trate it. They glance off or fall harm
less. The inventor himself is said to
have stood the test of this. Clothed
in a sort of flannel vest, very light,
he received the charge of a gun with
iout experiencing SO much as a bruise.
This belongs to the class of important
if true.'"
GustaYe Dore's last drawing is said
to be the most spirited and dramatic
of all his works, although decidedly
inappropriate at the present moment.
! 1t represents the French army march
ing by night, weird and shadOwy,
| along the banks of the Rhine, while,
on an eminence near the troops, stands
a group of the first Napoleon's Yeter-
ans, who, in spirit brightness, wave
alOft their banners and encourage their
successors. The Intensity of power
and dramatic force of the painting are
represented as unrivaled, and its eff
feet upon even the commOnest and
most plodding people is said to be in
Simultaneous and most powerful.
Cardinal Antonelli has addressed a
letter to the PapaIN uncio at Belgium,
saying the Holy See has heard that
some of the Bishops think that the
Apostolic Constitution, including the
| dogma of infallibility, proclaimed by
the Gcumenicol Council July 18th, is
lnot obligatory upon the Church SO
long as Il is not published solemnly
and officially by the Pope. The Car
dinal says that every one should un-
derstand that this view is an error.
The Constitution was duly promul-
| gated, and the POntiff confirmed il.
It was advertised in all the usual
places, and is binding upenzthe whole
Catholic world without further notice.
Bismarck has declined to guarantee
the inviolability of the Pontiical
States. This is a tub thrown to the
Italian whale. Victor Emmanuel has
no desire that other nations should
interfere in the affairs of Italy when
the French soldiers have been with
drawn. He wishes to dominate in the
Roman States as he does in other nor
tions of his empire. This he will do.
unless some one of the great powers
should put their spoon in the dish.
Austria will not, neither will Russia.
and if Prussia stands OFF, the Italian
game is certain. At the same time.
the position assumed by Bismarck
will please the Protestant and Ration
alistic element of Germany. s
General Sheridan's company having
been declined by the French, he has.
attached himself to the Prussians. If
is to be hoped that he will not insDire
them with his sentiments, nor in
duce them to adopt the style of war
fare which he carried on in the Shen.
andoah valley. The most exact re-
same of his principles was contained
in his late letter justifying the massa-
ere of the Piegan babies; I'm taking
the offensive, [ have TO select that
season when i can catch the fiends,
and if a village is attacked, and
women and children killed, the re-
sponsibility is not with the soldiers,
but with the people whose crimes ne
cessitate the attack. During the war,
did any one hesitate TO attack a vii
lage or town occupied by the enemy
because women or children were
within the lines? Did we cease to
throw shells into Vicksburg or At
lanta because women and children
were there?"
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LAST week an Did man named John
Roberts, commonly known as the