Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-06
CURRENT NEWS. :"
Detrolt's tunnel to Canada will cost
an 49,. 400

invented a new machine with which
to escape from the upper story of a
house when it is burning and the
proper egress blOckaded by the fiery
element.
The "Lee Memorial Volume" so
long delayed by causes yer which
neither the faculty nor the publishers
have any control, is now going to
press, and will be pushed through as
rapidly as possible.
1t is rumored that the Duke of
Sutherland, lhr. John Fender, and
Mr.. Fowler, the eminent engineer,
are about to purchase the Suez Canal
for &c, 000, 600. The undertaking cost
the French company e25, 900, 600.
Senator Morton eomplimented the
Courier Journal two or three times in
his speech last night, and gave that
paper the credit OF cOgent arguments
that YER used in Congress and helped
to secure the Passage OF the Ku-KluX
bil.-LOUiSUi0e Ledger.
It is stated that, by a recent decis-
ion in the law courts, the Marquis of
Butte comes into an additional income
of $500, 900 and arrears to the amount
of 100000 1t is further reported that
the Marquis trustees are about to run
a line OF steamers from Cardiff, South
Wales, to New York.
Speaking of General Buffers candi-
dature for the GoVernOrship of Mas
sachusetts, a paper of that State says:
" Because the Fifth Congressional
District has got him, like the small
pOX, that is no reason why he should
be spread all over Massachusetts,"
Referring TO Mr.. Stephens, the
| Louisville Courier Journal says: ave
| thought it vas his custom to crush his
foes to a jelly with a club as large as a
telegraph pole" Not at all. Large
clubs for powerful foes; but for the
Courier Journal a very small twig.-
atlanta San.
1t would appear that His Royal
Highness King Amadeus, the carpet
Dagger King Of Spain, instead of be-
ing driven from the throne, is to be
snubbed of it by a gradual, voluntary
dissolution of the COrtes. There is
something grandly terrible in the
sc0rn of old blue-blOOd grandees, who,
while lavish in all the outward marks
and signs of loyalty, quietly withdraw
to their castles as though the Royal
presence was communicating. 1t is a
thing no fellow can stand.
Every year brings an increase IN the
correspondence passing between the
United States and Europe. For the
quarter ending Both June last, the
number of letters sent was 1851 81, of
which S8l, 1872 were for Great Britain.
During the same period 1866, 1886 let
ters were received, of which 830,662
were for Great Britain. The direct
German lines brought 499, 346, and the
French lines only 1920. The total
number of letters sent and received
was 3,218,S36.
Fifty companies of infantry, five OF
cavalry, and a light battery of four
guns, are to constitute the military
force of the District of Columbia. This
is a heavy array of men and guns for
such a small territory in a time of
peace. But General Grant favOrs a
military form of government, and
wishes to surround himself with bayo-
nets, in order to be prepared for a coup
detdt in case such a step should be
necessary to maintain power. From
the Ku-Klux bill to a NapoleOnic coup
d'etat, the step is but a short one.
How the trlnscOutinental railway
has affected the ocean trade of San
Francisco, may be seen from the
following figures: The isthmus steam
ere, during the first six months of
1868, brought goods to the value of
$23,457, 600; for the same period in 1869,
1913, $50, 000; for the same period in
1870, 6 ,103, 600; for the same period In
1871, $4,721 900. In the first six
months Of 1869, 100, 600 tons of freight
were brought in sailing vessels around
Cape Horn; in the same period of
1870, $1,000 tons, and in 1871, 60,209
tons. The freight money paid on
these importatiOns was $3,280,000 in
1869, $2,034,0 900 in 1870, and 81, 1920, 900
in 1871.
The Charleston papers of yesterday
announce the death OF Edmund Rhett,
jr., for many years associate editor Of
the Charleston Mercury, who died on
Saturday morning at COrdesville, d
village on the Charleston railroad.
The Courier says: "Since the war
Captain Rhett has lived in retirement
on and near the family plantation on
the AshpoO, where he has devoted
himself assiduOllsly to growing rice.
This involved frequent exposure to the
malarial influences of that section,
and is believed to have fastened the
disease under which he has suffered
for many years.
The Li6erte OF Friday evening is
responsible for a report which, If
founded OF truth, requires either an
explanation from the government or
the severe judgment Of the world, by
the press or otherwise. 1t reports
that 1900 WOman-COmmun euses of
eOur5e-have been sent OFF to Cayenne
by the Nereide, and that $500 have
also been shipped from TOulOn by the
Ceres and the Amazon. This report
seems circmstantial. The writer seems
to nave seen a portion at least OF the
shipment, and describes in vivid pic
lures the despair. of the women in thus
being sent to a living death; and to
heighten the picture the fact may be
added that one have been legally
tried.
A recent number of the Catholic
World directs attention to the rapid
growth of the Roman Catholics in the
United States. 1t says: nowhere
has the Catholic Church increased so
prOsperously within the last fifty years
as in the United States of America.
Two thousand churches and chapels
were built; an ~illcreasesof 1900 clergy
e 100 schools established for the
Catholic training, of 1000 boys and
"a, 900 girls. Moreover, there existed
in 1857 66 asylunis, with 1868 orphans
of both sexes; &c hospitals, with 5000
beds; 4 insane asylums, besides many
other charitable institutions, all sup
ported by theprivate charity Of Cath
Olics."
Texas will build this year 500 miles
of railroad. The State within tire last
three years has given $50, 000, 600 to |
railroads, amounts from the legisla-
ture and counties. The International
will complete 40 miles; Texas Central,
50; Texas Pacific, 20; San Antonio
and IndianOla, ~; Galveston and San
Antonio, 40; WasO Tab, 80; Houston
and Red River, 40. Grading viii be
done on all these roads, and the work
completed first part of next year.
Texas ships 100000 herd of cattle
this year; out Of Red river, 225,0 600
bales of cotton. A large amount Of
cotton is shipped at Jefferson aud
Shreveport, coming direct to st.
via Cartel, line. Immigrants
travelling by this line save time and
money, and ave I'D the great annoy