Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-22
THE NEWS.

Miss Alice Carey, we regret to say, lies
dangerously i'll 81 her residence in New
York city.
The Jackson Tribune is to have an agri-
cultural department, which VIII be under
the charge OF c. ". Greene, Esq.
The Trustees Of the Peabody Educa-
tionsl Fund rave made an appropriation
Of $4,000 forschOoI purposes inthe South.
We learn from the Grenada Sentinel that
the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
Company have employed twO hundred
Swedes as section hands.
The intensely cold weather Of the past
few days has been general over the whole
country. 4 whit man and a negro were
frozen 70 death near Huntsville Friday
night.
"a good shoemaker and a good barber
either could do well at Goodman or Du
rant. No competition at either place
So says the Central Star, Of the former
place.
Some old "rat" has been doing" our
neighbor of the Corinth Nsgs out OF some
Of his spare cash, for which the COriuth-
ian goes for him in a frst-class notice.
The Knoxville Whjg warns the public
against an impostOr, calling himself Cal
boun, who is travelling g the country
soliciting cards from the merchants for d
city directory.
We learn from the Iuka Gazette that
"a man by tbs name of Sommerhill, liv-
ing just across Bear Creek, al SJeininl's
Ferry, was killed at Newport a few days
40, by q posse OF men with The Deputy
Sheriff, who had followed him TO thai
place 20 arrest him. oommerbilIs oheUse.
Ne hear, was striking a little boy with q
hickory pole, almost, il not altogether,
killing him. We learn that the persons
who killed S0mmerhiI have been az
rested and carried TO Tuscumbia, TO have
the matter Investigated"
A dispatch from New York yesterday
ssys: Last evening q heavy rain storm
set 10 ana continued until midnight, cAus-
ing e heavy tide in the river, and flooding
the Easements OF the houses near The
river. Much damage has been dome to
property. THIS is by far the coolest day
Of the season"
Correspondence from salt Lake reveals
the fact hat the passage ofthe act to give
the III suffrage in Utah was the w0rh
both Of MormOus and Gentnes-the Legis-
lsturs which passed il being Mormon and
the Governor who signed IL being q Gen
tile. The two parties entertain different
views OF the way IN which it viii work.
The Mormons held services IS usual in
Williamsburg on Sunday, and there was
8 large attendance and considerable en-
thusiasm. The assembly was addressed
by newly Srrived emissaries from salt
Lake. The proposition TO build q Nor
mon church Oh Grand street, Williams
burg, ezciJes considerable indignation
anon the Inhabitants.
The United States steamer Nantucket
has notified the authorities j Haytieu
ports that st. Domingo is under Ameri-
can protection. At the same time Gen.
Csceras, son Of Baez, went with i've thou
sand men TO the Hayden frontier. The
rumor is that he will demand satisfaction
Of the HaytieEs for the late occupation Of
De3abOB, on Dominican territory.
There is q game now going on in tie
Southern States which are under the con-
troll Of the csrpet-b@ggers 10 perpeguate
their rule there indefinitely, by the legis-
lative bodies already elected passing laws
20 perpetuate themselves in power for
years amer the expiration Of their terms.
This is said to rave been done lately in
Alabama as a part Of the same policy.
United States Senators are chosen ia al
vance Of the regular time for the holding
Of the election.
T~wenty-six years ago an association
was formed in New Orleans for the pur-
pose Of erecting a statue 10 the memory
Of Frankhn-Prinler and Philosopher.
The commission wac intrusted 10 the
sculptor Powers, and an advance payment
stipulated al The lime paid over 70 him.
For some cause not stated, Mr.. Powers
did not fulfill bis contract. he now, IN a
letter 10 the New Orleans Tunes, proposes
TO do 50. And 50 New Orleans viii al last
have it, statue.
The Pensacola Observer, OF the 10th
inst, says Large bodies move slowly,
and our railroad would doubtless have
been completed long since were st not
that Il il d part Of the network OF western
roads now being controlled by heavy cap
f~talists, and 8 portion Of the Chicago
air line" which Messrs. Fink, Richard
son, and otbel .lTsctors Of our road are
hnancierina. BE week, however, viii
connect Us with the Mobile aud Mont
goneTy road
The OkOlona Immigration Society, Or
cameo oEIy = lew months ago, have sue
oeeoe0 IA Importing I'VE ~ haloy AM
Industrious LaDOrers INTO that county.
SatIsIac.iOn Is expressed At the manner III
which These sclJIers conduct themselves,
ana betake themselves 10 work. Every
q eNerts bimssh 10 make them pleased
with the country, and write Tor their
friends in Germany and Sweden. Prop
erty IN thai county is looking up rapidly.
Land is already selling from SIS to so per
acre.
In an editorial responding to the Helena
Ca1 ion, the. Little Rock GGze1e Of
Wednesday says: Bad as the east end
Of oul Memphis road il we can improve
or change the line Of it hereafter, As ne
oessity shall require. The fact that we
srs assisting TO build q great city a. Mem
pbts, Is 3 sboan consideration, IN comPar-
isou with the balance of benefits which
viii accrue 70 Arkansas. The completion
Of the Memphis road viii bring to a. an
increase Of population and add a wealth
70 the State that VIII equal the building
q q hundred such cities as Memphis
d.. Schuyler, OF New York, preached q
sensation sermon on the late voorhees,
murder on Sunday evening. be altriD-
uted the tragedy TO liquor declared thai
rum selling and murder 20 haDd-in-hand,
and charged that the very same men who