Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-08
THE NEWS.

The negro population of Kentucky
in 1850 was 2S6, ,l67. In 1859 il was
1904. Decrease in nine years 90, ,722.
The French Postal Administration
announces that the postage on unpaid
letters rom America 10 France VIII
he Eighty centimes under ten drammes.
The name of William 5. GroeSbeck
OF Cincinnati, is mentioned by some
Western papers as a possible Demo
cratic candidate tor the Presidency IN
1872.
The number of acres Of land in
Florida yet unsold or appropriated, i
stated To be II .324, 1876, over SIX mil
lions more than any other Southern
State.
A telegram from Governor Reed,
Of Florida, says that the effort 10 Inn
peach him has been defeated, and that
his administration has been sustained
by twO-thirds of the House.
Taliadega papers express their in
tentiOn to fight heavy for the connec-
fion, at that point, of the Memphis
aud Savannah Railroad with the
Selma, Rome and Dalton road.
The Mark Lane Express, for Decem-
Der 9th, says: The United States have
once more taken the largest slice Of
the SUMS paid by the United Kingdom
for foreign wheat imported by 1t.
1t appears from the official records.
that New Jersey, though containing a
population OF only about l,00o,e00 Of
Inhabitants. Is the fifth State in the
amount of income tax paid by Its citi-
zens.
The bridge across the falls of the Ohio
at Louisville. has been so far compile
ted as to allow the passage Of trains.
Several months will yet be required
for the roadway for engines and the
foOt-way for passengers.
AIeSsrs. Thompson aud NanchOOte,
the agents tOF the American Cable
Company, have returned to New
York from the Hague with the conces-
sion for the landing OF cable nom
the Dutch Government.
The South Carolina Bones and
Banjo Legislature mas elected one
Wright. negro, Judge OF the Supreme
Court Of thar STATE Wright is Penn
sylvania negro, and his competitor
was Whipper, a Massachusetts negro.
= Greensboro correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution announces the
Duptials o. Miss Lucy Huger, grand
daughter Of the late Hon. Daniel HUI
ger, OF South Carolina, and DR. John
Elliott, son Of the late Bishop Of the
Diocese Of Georgia.
Success seems TO attend the endeav-
Ors of the British Government to nat
uTalize the tree which furnishes the
Peruvian bark, in the island of Ja-
maica. From 5000 to 10000 plants of
the cinchOna We're ready for sale last
spring at Gordon Town.
We learn from the Morristown Ga
zette. that the different portions of the
counties intended to compose Powell
county. voted against the formation Of
the new county. The friends OF the
measure will ask the Constitutional /
Convention "tO do something for |
them, as the GUzstte naively says.
John W. Marshall, who first discov- !
cred gold Ia California, al Sutter's (
mill, is still alive. He Is now living 1
at a place called Kelsey's Diggjugs, in |
EldOradO county. He is upward Of I
fifty years Of age, and is so reduced in I
circumstances that. though feeble, he I
is compelled TO work for his board and /
clothes.
a Dr. Dryden believes that ne has 1
Foupd tbs birthplace of cholera, in /
what Is described as " the endemic /
area of Lower Bengal" Carried |
thence 10y the and rendered I
active by heat and m9isture, 1t be- |
haves in way that may be predicted, /
and 10 which water and human be /
ings play but a subordinate part.
The Mariana (Fa.) Courier, Of the I
9th January. says: Calvin Rodgers, /
the midnight assassin who murdered /
Mis- Maggie Mcclellan on the night l
Of the ISt of October last in this place, /
EVas arrested at the residence OF
Andrew Watson, coiOred, last night, |
and ia attempting 70 break arrest was (
killed by the constable and posse.
The Washington Chronicle Of
Wednesday says: "Senator Ramsey, 4
Of Minnesota, rose ia the Senate on /
Tuesday and offered a resolution re- |
questing the Committee on Foreign (
Relations 10 inquire into the eXpe- 1
hiency Of some mediation by the Gov 4
eminent Of the United States between |
fbe Dominion Of Canada and the peO- /
pie ~ Red River"
Twentv-three years ago Michigan /
abolished Uie death penalty. Now /
there Is considerable discussion in 4
both the pulpit and the press Of the /
State a. TO whether il should not be I
restored. 1t appears 10 have been I
found that, while society spared the |
f1urderers, the murderers- failed 10 4
sparS society, and hence the effort TO |
put things on tie footing Of equal /
rights. t0-W;t: life for lie.
General Tate. the first cOlored en-
bassadOr 10 the United States, has had /
a brief career. He Zas Just getting 1
warm in his berth. and had been in /
vited to dine with the President, when 4
news came Of the execution Of his 4
chief aud his own Punishment. a I
Mr. Folsom i announced as his sue 1
cacsor. The name is suspicious; q sent /
Y4uf f.qe. Perhaps the sharp rascal /
who mas fusilladed Salnave proposes /
to come the Chinese over US, and has /
sent rs one OF our own ambassadors.
The Paris Pays relates the following /
incident OF the eXaG2inatlon OF Erince
Bonaparte Such spesch would save !
a greater criminal: In the course OF
the interrogatOry NJ. d'Oms asked the
Prince how it was that, when ne saw |
NJ. de FOuvielle draw a pistol, he had 1
fired on NJ Victor NOir, who was I
unarmed. "Because," he replied, y /
felt the outrage before ] perceived the /
danger" This reply is simply adj /
mirable, and We guarantee its authen- /
ITCHY.
VIM. Garrison, of Plattekill, in the /
lower part of Ulster county, New 4
York. committed suicide in the most 1
horrible manner on Thursday after /
noon last. He was found by his /
daughter-in-law ia the act OF trying I.
10 disembowel himself with large |
SuIl table knife, and had already ter |
=, " mutilated his person. Medical /
no Iig' -as called in, but he died in about /
q ald hour. Mr.. Garrison was |
nan a1 u wears old, and leaves, it is |
ABOUT ~ re Of S250,O0O.
A. rocant b, 'siness meeting Of the
that a VliLullto7o &c 9,.ouio ,e..is
Se snnointed for the pL' L'rpose OF reVLs- VS.
ing he articles Of faith, many tg Ollie o. 1lg
members demanding that l., ,'ey siioulu sglouh
rest upon a broader basis. DIT DesS @
or said that he approved of the p."Po,
sjtion to revise the creed OF t:V
Church. but that inasmuch as the !
committee for that purpose was 20 De
appointed by himself, he would ask
fhaU a little time be given MIN 10