Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-24
CURRENT NEWS.

The Catholic World for March is in
structive and able. 1t contains q
number of excellent articles on
Catholic topics.
Artificial ivory can, it is said, be
prepared by mixing cOllodlOn WIN
phosphate Of lime; a beautiful, hard,
white mass being the result, which
readily admits Of fine polish.
1t is rumOred that Bret Hsrte has
decided to settle at Chicago, As editor
OF the Lakeside Monthly, with a salary
Of 5000 and a part interest in the jour
nal. Which he should rise to explain,
1t is estimated that the cost Of the
present European war for sixty days
would build another Pacific railroad,
and the metal in the munitions Of war
destroyed would yield iron enough
for the rails,
1t is mentioned in iEngiish papers
as a coincidence, that eleven members
of the House Of Commons died in 1859,
and the same number in 1870. All
who died last year belonged to the
Liberal party.
Mrs. Scott SiddOns has been reaping
8 harvest Of gTeenbacks at Pr0vi-
dence, Rhode Island, the frIit Of read
iDgS OF Shakespeare, Scott and Tenny-
son. Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg COM
menced an engagement in the same
city yesterday.
The last rail of the E, II. and n.
railroad was laid yesterday afternoon,
and through trains to Nashville viii
run in a few DAYS. This is the short
est route from Nashville to st. Louis
by sixty miles. 1t will iDjuriOusly
affect the Northwestern road.
Miss Emily Mason, of Virginia, so
well known throughout the United
States, has recently returned from
Europe, and viii soon visit New York
10 arrange for the publication Of vari-
Gus novels and other works, the result
OF her long residence abroad. She is
at present engaged on boys "Life Of
Robert I. Lee"
Maine, despite the march Of civili-
zaUOn, is still a good fur-prOducing
State. Over 10000 mUskrats are
caught every year, while an average
OF 1900 sable and 1000 mink skins are
sent TO the market yearly. The carl
b0u, or reindeer, which had almost
disappeared from the State, have be-
come quite numerous of late.
Some of the stockholders Of the
Nashville and Chattanooga railroad
are about commencing a suit to test
the validity Of the contract made by
the directors Of the road with the
Government, and which created a
liability Of 81 GOO, 600. The question
involved is whether this is the debt Of
the company or Of the directors who
made the contract.
The bitter sectarian spirit thatchar-
srterizsd the English Parliament IN
davs agOne Is dying out. The uni
versities bill, which provides for GER
tain reforms in these Institutions in
England, was sought 10 be hsmpered
with various amendments, excluding
all but EDiscOpalians from the benefits
OF education in the great colleges Of
England. The proposed amendments
were promptly defeated.
The House Committee on Pacific
Railroads have instructed Mr.. Wheel /
er, chairman, 10 report the Senate
Southern Pacific railroad bill so
amended as to cut OF all branches and
additional land grants, thus securing
tbe main trunk line from the eastern
boundary Of Texas TO San Diego. 1t
Is thought the Senate viii immedi-
ately concur, and there will soon be
another road across the continent.
The leading characteristics Of NJ.
Thiers, the President Of the PrOvis-
iOual government Of France, are great
learning and industry, accurate judg-
meut, iufleEible honesty, and the Ies-
0Iuti0n to adhere in his action TO the
convictions in arriving at which he is |
conscious Of having expended 20 great 1
labor. He has undOubted executive /
capacity, and viii probably make the /
most satisfactory President France |
could choose at the present time.
AT the present time the people Of |
the United States pay an aggregate Of 4
tavstiOn larger than has ever been |
. borne by any modern nation in time /
of peace. The Federal taxes amounted /
in 1870 20 S4Il .000, 600, and those Of /
this State to $50, 800, 600, or $ll % per
capita. Taking the New York rate Of |
local taxation as a basis, the whole /
country would have paid last year an /
aggregate Of $3.50, 900, 900, or 81 S3per /
head.
Mrs. Benjamin Chapel, a lady |
about seventy years Of age, disap-
EfFaEe-L alDAA uGA ADAlC a. bDuAA
Wiudham, Connecticut, on Friday
last, and although search was made
for her, she was not found until Mon
day, on the plains between South
Windham and WillimantiC, where
frozen 20 death. Apparently she had
survived the cold and exposure till
within a few hours Of the arrival of
q F-En-L. Eha HaH hon fueaun for D
q number Of years.
The most valuable article in the
March number Of the GALAXY is that
on L" The Higher Education ,n Amer
lea" in which Professor POrter's
treatise on " The American Colleges
and the American Public" is criticised
adversely, and is made the text OF an
essay upon the comparative merits of
the German and American system of
education. Justin McCarthy's LADY |
Judith" is continued without loss Of
interest, as also is "OveTl8nd." A
oue-legged man tells his real and his
sariO-cOmic troubles very well. The
number is altogether a good one.
The receipts Of the principal British
Foreign Missionary Societies for 1869
were as follows:
WESLEYAN Missionary Society. S7Og 307 65
Church Missionary SOcisty...... 703- $50 so
Society for the Propagation Of
the Gospel ..........--............. 5OOISO %
London Missionary Society. 81. gJ7 90
Baptist Missionary Socisty...... 548. lg6 40
Moravisn Missions. -. 5O.7O7 45
South American Missionary
...............-. 81, ,l72 IS
English Presbyterian Missions 1908 go
Turkish Missions Aid Society Is 475 81
IOtal....-s...---.-..--.---. -szi tst ,UOo 10
The Miners Benevolent Associa-
ton publishes q statement Of the
causes which led to the suspension Of
oDeratiOns in coal mines. At the
the operators had a
surplus stock Of 2,OJO,O 900 tons Of coal
on hand, and a subsequent rise OF two
dollars per ton has already netted the
sum of $4,000, 600. The miners, with
out exception, are ready to resume |
work, but the operators chief object
f------ a.n arrarlvT and advance