Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-20
THE NEWS.

obAA [4AhNiAs slA Dlu ANoA0Nht "a
Little Rock, died at his residence in
that city on Saturday last.
It is reported that Miss Hersee has
left the Parepa-ROsa troupe. She
sang and played not wisely, but too
well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson is to lecture
at Harvard on "The Natural History
of the Intellect" including maggoIs
OF the brain.
Charles Sumner, Horace Greeley
and B. f. Butter have been elected
honorary members of the French
Universal Peace League"
Antonio CarrascO, at this moment
the sole pastor OF the Central Protest
ant Church OF Madrid, is said to De the
most eloquent Spanish preacher Of the
day.
OIrs. Rogers, formerly Miss Char
lotte Thompson, has returned TO her
home in Montgomery, Ala. Her Cali
fornis engagement was most sue
cessiul.
A Lynchburg paper is warm in its
praises of new invention which, II
contends, will save one thousand per
cent? OF the labor in the manufacture
of tobacco.
The G1aflois says the principal of
free sTade gains ground IN France. Its
partisans represent, a population OF
20,O00, ,O09, whilst tie pFotecuonists do
not number over 4, 100000.
II is rum0sed that the late COnied-
crate Generals Sibiey, LOring and
Be,suregard are to become generals in
NTfn..v4err OF E'#rgrrs~ -
a salary III 5000 a year each.
The contractors of the Memphis,
FL Paso and Pacific railroad anticipate
no scarcity OF hands, OutsiCe OI Cninese
labor. which they look upon, all things
considered, As more costly-than any
other.
\ German theatrical review says
that If Boucicault lived and wrote IN
Germany, his income would be only
oue-fth OF what it is now; ana II he
were a Frenchman il would be three
times as large.
We learn that a gentleman is in
Austin. Texas, TO introduce Mexican
laborers into that State. He proposes
10 furnish them by the thousand, and
without cost of delivery 10 those who
may employ them.
The widow of General john Bowen
is making efforts to have the remains
of her husband removed TO the Port
Gibson (Miss.) cemetery, over which
the 22d Mississippi regiment, Of Bow
ems brigade, intend to erect a suitable
monument
Vienna has now thirteen large daily
papers which are published twice
dag, and the most popular Of which
has q circulation Of twenty-five thou
sand copies, and yields Its proprietors
every year a net profit OF d hundred
and fifty thousand fl0rins.
The retiracy Of our friend Colonel
John NJ Harreil from Jhe editorial
chair of the Little Rock Gazette, is
universally regretted by the press Of
Arkansas and OF the South. He is
or. rceiul and fOrcibie writer, and a
cent, .eInan Of marked ability.
The .Arkadelphia (Ark.) Sandard
saws that o. Wednesday last, most
cold biooded l.eurder was committed
about SIX miles fr,.. IN that place, on the
Military Road, near he residence OF
". A. Trigg, Esq, upo,e the BODY o.
Calvin c. Clark, late OF Ben county,
Texas.
The UltramObtanes in Paris say that
Bishop DupanlOup, Of Orleans, who
was formerly one of their iavOrities,
but whom they hate intensely since
the decided stand he took against the
inl8lhbil!ty OF the Pope, is too fond .
Of the. wiEocup, and OF even worse /
things.
The business OF ice-eutting on the
kennebec river, in Maine, between 1
Richmond and Gardiner, is unusually
kiVely. Large gangs of men are at
work, and the ice taken ont Is about
fifteen inches thick, and apparently OF
good quality. Ii j. thought the.
amount Will exceed that Of former
years.
( bill hiss passed the Pennsylvania
Senate which provides that where
witnesses in cases Of forgery, perjury
or felony, Uniawiully conceal or ao-
sent themselves, or refuse 10 answer,
they shall De guilty Of misdemeanOr,
anu punished by tne OF SOP and i'm
prisODmenJ two years, one or both, In
Che discretion Of the court.
Joseph Wesley Harper, who died
on Monday, was the third Of the
brothers of the great publishing firm.
He was at first foreman Of the COM
pOsitOrs' department, then he took the
place Of literary correspondent. John
an Fletcher are the surviving
brother The New York Post says
of JOSEPH Wesley: " He wrote in a
very clear I'D finished style, and was
a sound critic aud an excellent judge
OF the literary perlIs Oi books, We
have heard hat cs wrote the prelace-
which are found "a tGaDy OF the vol
urnes of The old Family Library, and
he always exercised ldrge influence
over the choice of the publications 81
his house, as well as over the conduct
OF Hurper's MagaztRe."
When the sub Treasury began to re-
deem the fiVe-cent nickel coin few
weeks ago. the clerks were surprised
TO find that a large number had The
appearance Of cOunterieits. Some OF
these coins were sent by Assistant
Treasurer FOlger to the Philadelphia
mint for examination. Mr.. James
Pollock, Director Of the mint, has
written to bIr. FOlger that, OF eight
specimens sent, four are counterfeit.
The motto, 'In God we trust," IS
much larger in the counterfeit than IN
the genuine. The yellow color OF the
spurious coin is also another test
This is caused by the presence Of zinc.
EcKfeldt, the Assayer OF the mint,
Nj. Sds his testimony. lie writes
also a. st re8dy test with ali kinds
that the M weight, which counter
Of coin Is the able to bring out
feiters are seldom = true weight is
right. He adds: 'Tn.
II l-6 grains" a most
Mr.. John Hsgan, one of tn 6as
skiilful mechanics in Nashville,
receiy ed a patent on an invention
which he claims will save railroads l
thousands of dollars in the course Of ii /
year. The invention is that of a con-
tinuous cap for railroad iron. The 4
can. either steel or iron, is slid in a .
groove on top Of the shank Of the rail /
in such manner as TO make il as sol I
id as ifit had been moulded into one /
piece. The fitting OF the cap VIII not .
cost Oue-tenth the amount now paid I
for new rails when the old have worn /
out. Ii has another and very great /
advantage over the rails now employ
ed, and that is the breaking OF the
Joints Of the rails, making continual
and smooth plane, over which trains
can glide almost imperceptibly, saw
ing the wear aud tear OF machinery
produced by the constant striking oi
the ends Of the rails, beside hoidlnE
the track in such a way As 10 make lt
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