Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-04
THE NEWS.

Palace Car Pullman has offered John
Bright a free ride from New York to San
Francisco, If he viii come to this GUN
.ry.
a car load Of salmon, caught in the
rivers OF the Pacific coast, has reached
the market Of New York city, via rail
road. iuexcellent condition.
Both houses have agreed to terminate
The present session Of the Legislature on
Monday, the 7th inst, and 10 hold a sec
oud session commencing May 9Th.
an ErgIishman lately deceased be
queathed ez0J0 to DR.. Colenso as a mark
ofLis respect for one who has 50 manfully
stood against bigotry and intolerance"
Al a meeting OF the Board OF Health, OF
New York, yesterday, the Chairman Of
the Sanitary Committee stated that the
smallpox and relapsing fever are mark
ejly on The decline.
As Buffers friends propose to trot MIN
out as a candidate for President, why not
put his friend WhitJemore on the ticket
ss ylces or is The Big BetheHte vicious
enough OF himself.
The Commissioner of immigration OF
New York city reports the arrival OF 255o
immigrants during the week ending yes
terdsv. Tie aggregate number Of arri-
yals since January Ist is 95l2.l
The completion Of The treaty between
Tie United States of Colombia and the
United states OF America, for a canal
across The IslhmUs Of Darien, Is a result
worthy Of public congratulation.
Two independent Methodist churches
in Baltimore, with one in Cumberland,
the CHRISTIAN 4dU0cate says, are about TO
FORM a Congregational Association, ex-
pecling to be joined by DR.. Deems, Of New
York.
WeIearn from the Yazoo Democrat Of
lie Jth that the Grand jury Of Yazoo
county has found 2 true bill against David
Roach for the murder Of his brother Ben
iamin Roach, and against \. B. Street as
accessory.
There are i've hundred and twenty
ministers o. the German Reformed church
ia this country, Of whom n hundred
and eighty preach in German exclusively,
and two hundred and twenty-five in
English exclusively.
The viii Of the late Charles Fox, who
beaueathed about $4,000 to the United
States Government, is being contested in
the Surrogate Court OF New York city.
ID was executed in July, and the teststor
died in January last quite suddenly.
The Raaeags Of Paris, who will joke on
any subject, remarked On the day Of
Troppman's execution: Poor Tropp-
mann, the political excitement Of
The last week has been too much for him,
and to-day be has quite lost his head"
Persons from the northern and western
sections Of Davidson county, Tenn, say
that appearances in their localities indi-
cate that the peach r has been "nipped
in the bud" and viii not afford a yield
worth gathering for market purposes.
The Huntsyille Independent Of Tuesday
saws: on Sunday morning, about three
o'clock. the " Old Calhoun House" in
the vicinity Of town, occupied by r..
street. took FIRE and was totally con-
sumed, with a great part Of the contents.
A young lady in Newark, n. j., when
her jealous admirer recently SEN back
her letters with a request that she would
return his, answered that she regretted
that she could not comply Immediately,
as she had lent them tos young gentle
ma to read.
asThree Of the New York tbeaters-tbe
Theater Comique, the Bowery and Tony
PasJ0rs-are seldom mentioned in the
papers, says the EDening Post " and yet
they are crowded night afJernight." But
the people who frequent these places Of
entertainment seldom read the papers.
ANashviIle druggist has invented a rat
naint made o. O. preparation Of phospho-
u.s.. You FIRST catch the rat and then you
paint him. After dark he looks like a
ball OF Gre, and, going among his fellow
rats. they get scared TO death at the
Eight Of his countenance,v and vscate
the premises, be hurrying Up the rear.
The municipal election Of Louisville,
XIV, under the new charter, takes place
on Saturday nezt. No nominating con
ventiou was held. Every candidate runs
upon bis merits. Should the ratification
of the FIfJeenth Amendment be officially
proclaimed before the election, the colored
vote. amounting to 1000, viii be cast.
The grand jury at Montgomery (Ala.)
6oapd a true bill against NJ. d. Brainerd
l,arpet-bag Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for killing J.. ii. Foster, and he was re-
arrested. and bailed. Brainerd and Foster
married sisters; the former separated
from his wife, and the personal difficulty,
wbich resulted in the killing, grew out OF
the separation.
new use for the telegraph. The New
orleans Tunes says, we have been in
f,rmed Of a projected duel between an
80 az the Western Union Telegraph
Densrsment Of this city, and a gentleman
e-msrlx of this same department, but
Il Vioksburg, Miss. The latter has
-ont ! challenge by telegraph, which win
nr,bablv beaccepted-
Vaw York dispatch Of Yesterday says
aafber tidings were received Wednes-
70 h the missing steamers oliy Of
ass s.a smidt. The agents OF both
aarA~ - - alarm ann