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

i against the GluCln1aLi RAILROAD
bin by % to Is. The bin pending in the
House is the one containing the amend
ments upon which the friends of the
measure have agreed. Though this viii
doubtless pass the House, there is not
much hope Of its becoming a law by the
present Legislature. The friends Of the
measure, however, regard the building of
the road as a question of time.
"The cold" says the Nord, of Brussels,
&" has become so intense that on Thursday
morning the thermometer marked gen
orally in Belgium ten degrees centigrade
below zero fourteen Fsh.L The lakes,
canals and ponds sre frozen over, and
skaters may now pursue their occupation
to their hearts content. Navigation is
partially interrupted on the canals of
Chartered and WiHebTeck. The low tenn
perature is perhaps in some measure due
to two large spots which at this moment
appear On the sun. They are Of a dame
ter of thirty or forty seconds-that is 70
say, two or three times that of the earth
and are consequently visible to the naked
eye through a smoked glass. They ap-
pear like black points, and, seen through
an ordinary opers-glsss, they present very
appreciate dimensions"
The New Orleans Commercial BlIIetia
of Saturday enumerated the following
among the guests Of the st. Charles Ho-
tel in that city: Captain Nat. S. Green,
the popular commander of the steamer
Mississippi; Major W. H. Rhea, formerly
| of the Memphis AUGlaRc6e; Colonel Dan.
@. Taylor; Colonel v. X Stevenson. of
Nashville; Colonel Jack Worsham. pro-
prietor of the Worsam House at Mem
phis; Colonel II. ". Cluskey; Captain
Dan. Able; Mr.. Sargent, Of the Cincin-
natl North and Vest; Captain John Bof-
finger and lady; Mrs. Thomas H. Allen
and her charming daughter; Mrs. sam.
Tate, of Memphis; Miss Zoe Valee; and
Geo. Knapp, of the Missouri RepuJlicaR,
wife and daughter.
Abdul Medjid Khan, the Commander of
the Faithful, has, by a rescript just is
sued in ConstantinOple, thrown open all
mosques to Christians OF every denomi-
nation, upon the simple condition that
they shall not SCOT at or disturb the wOr-
shippers at prayers. This is a reform o
genuine wisdom, worth more than a
thousand mimicries OF Partisan manners,
or copyings after English fashions. Here
tOfore aught else but the bare feet of the
most privileged Christian defled the
pavement Of a mosque, and oftentimes
the intrusion of the pOlluting stranger
would be the signal for his being torn
limb from limb. The Sultan's resolution
is a bold one, and his act one Of great i'm
pOrtance.
A dispatch from Havana, received yes
terday, says a letter from Santiago via
Cuba, February 18th, gives the following
account of the trial and execution of
members Of the Cuban Junta of that city:
Eighteen well known citizens charged
with belonging to the Cuban Junts, were
arrested and taken to IN obscure estate
at San Juan, about fifteen miles from this
city, where they were tried by eourt-mar-
tial, convicted Of treason and sentenced
to death. They were not allowed the as
sistance OF counsel, or the privilege of
summoning witnesses in their defense.
They were all executed soon after the
termination of the trial. Among them
were two Americans-John Francis Port
monde, a naturalized citizen, and Charles
Donce, a native OF the United States.
Acting Governor Ojdee ordered that the
men should be sent to the city, but Col.
Doe refused to obey, alleging he had re-
ceived different orders from Nalmaseda.
Preparations for the appearance of the
work on typical London" 10y Gustsve
Dore and blanchard Jerrold, are now SO
far advanced that the artist is about to
leave Paris 10 make his concluding stud
les Of phases Of London society during
what is called the season. The work viii
appear in forty quarto parts from the
press Of an eminent firm Of color printers,
and Will contain upward of one hundred
original sketches of metropolitan life.
Some striking prison interiors are among
them, and, next to the riverside life Of
London, we are told that Newgate seems
to have taken the most powerful hold on
Dore's Imagination. 1t is also stated that
Dore is completing a brilliant series of
illustrations Of the ARABIAN Nights" and
FOEldDQO EuIADepr anu MS dluiAACAn VIII
be delighted to know that he has redrawn
and refined his famous pictorial com men
taries Of Rabelais.
We notice in the returns made for the
year that Vermont has wholly lost her
early prestige for wool-growing, and that
New England, as a whole, has surren-
dered production, and embarked more
heavily in consumption. The Western
States, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas,
Ohio, California and Oregon, are the great
producing States, and Al buyers are con-
stantly paying more attention TO the Pa
cifc. The West sndSouthWest, too, are rap
idly crowding combing woods Of British
and Canadian production out oft market
kentucky alone having yielded 100000
pounds Of combing fleece last year, and
Missouri a good amount. These instant
facts run into future raising and man
featuring, and domestic industry as a
whole. They are not sufficient to base a
theory upoD of their independent weight,
while they confirm the opinion that our
manufacturer are hereafter TO stimulate
our agriculture and our commerce, until
domestic industry Of all kinds attains a
diameter and weight it has never known.