Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-15
THE NEWS.

A London dispatch Of the 18th says that
adyicesf from RiOJsneiro report the vomito
Is prevailing there.
Senator Ramsey is about to press action
by the Senate upon the House bill for the
abolition Of the ranking privilege.
John c. Heensn and James Mace are
giving sparring exhibitions, to the great
delight Of the roughs of Buffalo.
Paris has 5000 chihonnier (rag-pickers,)
6OOO Of whom are licensed and 5000 inter
lopers. Their aggregate gains are $780,
COO francs per n
The Roman Catholics are building a
schoolhouse in GAINESVILLE, Tenn, and
have purchased a lot with a view to erect
ing a cathedral at an early day.
Great meetings are constantly held in
London nowadays in favor Of street rail
roads. 1t is proposed to construct 12O
miles Of them, at a cost Of 81, 100000.
The Supervisor OF the Treasury will
soon make a report Of Internal Revenue
matters, which viii show a very favorable
condition Of affairs in connection with
that service.
A sporting character named Talbut
killed ex-special policeman Young, OF
Waco, Texas, the other day. Talbut
placed his pistol against the breast of
Young and, firing, killed him instantly.
The Senate Committee on Patents have
reported adversely on the petition Of Geo.
II. Carries for the extention Of patents for
improvements on steam engines, which
expired on thetenth Of the present month.
A dispatch from Paris Of the 18th an
uounces that the Count Montcslmber.,
Chief Of the Liberal Catholic party, is
dead. All the journals, including the
Ultramontsne organs, appear in mourn
ing. The Count was in his Goth year.
The New York Sun has discovered that
Grant is resorting TO the desperate expo
dent Of trying to form a personal party,
and run as its nominee in 1872 over the
ruins Of the organization that in 1865
placed him in the White House.
Assistant Postmaster General Terry has
received specimens Of the new postage
stamps. They are far superior 10 those
now in use, and are printed in a more
-appropriate name and color. They will
probably be ready for sale by the first Of
April.
A man named Harris, Of Bristol, Tenn,
supposed to have been killed at Gettys-
burg. and whose remains" were obtained
and buried by his brother, q few nights
ago astonished the latter by walking into
his house, altogether too lively for q
corpse.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has al
lowed to be protested some Of the unin-
dorsed Texas indemnity bonds, holding
that according TO principsls decided in the
case ofTexas VS.. White & Chiles, they
are not negotiable and therefore viii be
maid in Texas only.
Dr.. d. G. Stewart, Of New Albany, has
been at work twenty years in the trsnsla-
tion of the New Testament from the
original Greek, giving first the Crock
word. then the words from which 1t il
derived, and then the translation in Eng
fish. It viii require two years to finish
the book.
Two instances Of women having COM
,itted suicide with razOrs were recorded
su New 1Ork on EuDudg-Ouc bSluk Ll4dL
Of Eliza Geary, aged hhy-six, residing in
To,sev City; the other, a young lady
named Mary Hedgers, Of Sag Hsrbor,
New York. They both cut open theif
ahaomens. producing instant DEATH
60 far y hundred and fifty bills and
lint resolutions have been introduced
&c Congress, and are now before the ap-
nronriate committees. Many are Of a pri-
character, but wen excluding these,
mere Is no probability Of their all being
upon during the present session,
which it is supposed wiz adjourn by the
arst of July.
The Deaton (Texas) MsHitor says that
Decatur mail carrier says q largenum-
bar of Indians appeared IN the vicinity Of
Decatur. Wise county, on Thursday o iast
IN broad daylight, and drove OIL
6r tarsas without Opposition
anea th.a 81 lie
sizes footiff 1hst ?