Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-24
CURRENT ITEMS.

The manufacture of malleable iron
Will soon begin at Springfield, Ohio
1t is expected that a company will be
organized for the purpose of building two
blast-furnaces in Syracuse.
The roling-mili in New Albany, In
diana, which has been idle, is now again in
operation, and employs two hundred and nfiy
men.
John Hay is married. In consequence
the forthcoming edition of LihIs Breeches is
postponed a year or thereabouts.-CoUTfeT-
Journal
An organization called the ttNational
Federation Of Employers" has been formed in
influence of the trades-unions.
The miners of Colorado are seeking to
have the mining laws of that Territory made
uni -orm with those OF the United States, es-
pecially in regard TO the width OF the lodes.
A Springfield, Massachusetts, firm,
who have already supplied the Russian gov
eminent with forty thousand cavalry pistols,
are now completing an order for twenty thou
sand more.
Coal from the Montevallo mines in
Alabama, has recently been tested by officers
of the United States at Pensacola, who report
that they 'find IL to be clean and free burn
ing, making steam rapidly, with no clinker
and very few ashes and believe IL compares
favorably with the Cumberland, now used in
the Departmental steam engineering"
The curious in cats will be pleased to
learn that there is one OF the dear creatures
IN Lansing, Michigan, over thirteen years old.
She has but one tooth. During her prolonged
career she has exhibited a propensity for
nursing pups, and at one time took charge OF
q broad of chickens. An attempt gently to
release her from the burden OF life, by poison
totally failed.
Galveston is evidently enjoying con-
siderable prosperity. "Our wharves," a local
paper saws, 'sare lined with vessels, our
presses overlooking with the heecy staple.
Even the streets are whitened with cotton,
for which il is impossible TO hnd shelter, and
vet every train and every boat brings for
ward accessiOns 10 the already overstocked
yards and warehouses"
The American iron and steel associa-
ton has secured the cooperation OF scien-
tiic commission, composed of the following
gentlemen, to aid IL in collecting and classi-
Tying the iron-ores of the United States for
the centennial exhibition: Professor ]. p.
Lesley, Professor +. A. Geuth, Professor Persl-
for Frazer, jr, of the University OF Pennsyl-
vania; Professor X. W. Raymond: Thomas
NJ. Drown, Esq; Professor Frederick Prime,
ir.; Eckley B. Coke, Esq, of the American in
stitute OF mining engineers; J. Blodget Brit
ton, Esq, and DIR. Charles M CresSOn, of Phil
adelphiR; Professor r. SteTry Hunt, of the in
stltute OF technology, Boston; Professor Geo.
H. Cook, State geolOgtst OF New Jersey James
&. Bayles, Esq, editor OF The Iron Age, New
York; DR.. Robert Peter, OF Lexington, Ken
lucky.
1t is constantly asserted, and as often
conclusively refuted, that as good steel is
Ssndusky, now adds, in homely phrase, his
testimony to that of others In favor
OF American steel. He says; "For more than
twenty years l have been manager of steel
works in Sheffield, England, and In Pittsburg,
America, and assert that as good steel is
made in this country as any in the world.
Why then should we, at the expense of our
reputation and independence, resort to other
countries for that which our raw material
and native intelligence can produce at home?
Pray, why should we not make as good steel
here as In England? Do We lack the skill?
Have We no brains? Or is IL ia the atmos-
phere? ! assert that We are surrounded by as
sktlltul workmen as England can produce, as
sisted by the patriotism that ever seeks 10 ex-
alt It's own countTymen in the depression of
no other"
The Chicago Tribune has the follow
ing, editorially; 'Rev. Mr.. Hammond the re-
yiVali,t, has been telling the story of David
Mattoon, the Rochester gambler, whom he
converted, and who afterward became m ayor
OF Oswego and member OF the New York leg
islature' an The Troy II Hg Wig takes up the story
shows that after Nation got into
The legislature he sold his vote for
and for $4,000 cash TO the Erie people and
when the day OF voting came he wasn't to be
found; During me 1 session ne was mainly oc-
teT1es of draw-pOker. Mr.. Hammond's con-
vert was an expensive one, as he cost the leg
Sl0000O, In this wicked world 1t isn't safe to
trust even one of Mr.. Hammond's converts
any length of time.
1t is proposed by q Constantlnople
paper that the European powers pnrcha5e the
Suez canal, in order to reduce the tonnage
dues and thus render it more available toI
the commerce OF the world. The canal Is not
now yielding much profit 10 its owners, put II
is doubtful whether they viii be induced 70
part with 1t, or that the European nalOns
would act in concert in regard 10 It's purchase
and management. The condition and pros
poets OF the enterprise may be judged from
the following results Of the past three years
business:
Number of vessel rs I0s2 i.l7z
Tonnage ....... 76l 800 l,439,9OO 20S5,000
Receipts igoldl 799 900 s 800 Si57syoO
The large increase in. the receipts during
1872 and 1873 is in part owing to the aug
mented tonnage dues imposed in July in the
former year. The entire amount invested in
the canal being $50, ,655, ,455. 1t is obvious that
the dividends SO far must have been very
mall.
The Nashville Union and american
says: Yesterday about thirty We Thousand
dollars OF Nashville and Chatts nooga railroad
lock changed hands at its par value and last