Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-20

some industrial purpose. He ssys that 1t
wss found twenty feet below the surface
nf the ground, at Nicksjack cave, on the
Chattanooga railIOad. 1t was The Opin-
ion OF an Indian, vino had attained the
age Of one hundred ard ten years, when
the stCns wSs found, that it was lot the
work no anship Of Euy triba OF which his
IeOple had any tradition.
The Morristown Gazette tells Of Gu
riosity of nature existing three miles
essC Of Rogersville, Hawkins county,
which is 2 wonder TO the curious. 1t is
spring u water which Gibbs and flows
with the regularity Of clock-WOik. AT
fiood-tlde there IS discharged about one
hundred gallons per minute. which con-
tinues fifteen minutes, when ebb tide Is
establi he'd. and when the minimum
volume is being discharged, it would not
exceed twenty gallons to the minute.
Tue waters are nure and clear; they con-
tain small per cent. Of calcaflcuS mat
ter, and evolve just sufficient csroonic
acid to render them delicious. AT aII
seasons a tempeTa ure of fry degrees
Fahrenheit ia maintained, and no Dnete-
OrolCgic influence affects their qualities.
Knoxville Chronicle: But the selsc-
ton Of Harlis under the circumstances,
against his viii, as Mr.. HeIms, ot the
MayristCwn G1zstte, says, SHOWS the
sqiTit OF Tennessee Democracy, snd toe
people understand it. It is too late now
to mend the matter. 1t will hurt d..
nlocracy lust as badly to take him eff
the ticket as to keep him on. 1t is u1-
derstcod that he is q candidate for the
United States senate, and Isis nomina-
ton st Nashville last week was intend.
ed to give him prominence for that po.
sition. Senator Key has been altogether
too cJcs2Tvatige TO suit the views Of the
fre-eating Democrats OF Tennessee who
control the party, and he is to be laid Ou
the shelf. harTls is the msn who is to
succeed hinl if the leaders have their
way.
Rutherford Herald: Ii is good omen
wien the brains o. our party can ba
brought to the fore, and this Henry Of
Navarro will again lesd or people on to
victory as he has done in times past.
Whatever there may be startling in The
fact that IShsm @. Harris is again be-
FIRE the people, will coon be removed
when it ia known that he Is not the iaw-
head and bloody. bones that he has been
represented. He is a national man in
his idras, and when the people Of the
north le8rn that fuch mau as he is can
ignore the psst and plead for the Union
OF the States, il will be the best evideI cs
that can be adduced to coDvincs them
that the body Of the psople are in earn
est when they clam0r for the Union and
its preservation.
Nashville American: A formidable
bowie. knife, in leathern case TIPPED
wit tin, viii be presented to the His
toricsl society st its next meeting. This
knife was taken from the battlefield of
Fort D0nels)n by P. G.. Warforj, Of
S .ewsTt county. On the Saturday even
ing before the surrender, and on Sunday
morning, there was very hard fightitg
on the right, and for few moments it
was a hand to hand struggle. 1t was
here that the gallant colder and owner
OF the k if5 lost his life. On coming to
cl0se quarters he drew his knife and de-
Eended himself with it until shot down.
He was supposed TO have belonged to
that heroic Confederate regiment known
ss ''The Bloody Tenth Tennessee" The
morning alter the surrender Mr.. War
ford, while walking over the fl Id, came
upon this dead soldier, lying where he
had fallen, the knife still grssped in his
hand. With some diff 'ulty he took it
from the brave fellows fingers and bore
it home as a mementO OF the battle.
Very recently it was turned over to An
son Nelson, secretary OF the Historical
sOciety. It WIS pre- s3nted through w.
7. Quarles, and besTs the marks OF hard
service.