Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-02
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


oAFr. JosEs FLUsHEI soME BLACK BRDs-Oa Sat
Er&y aisht some isvss entered the premises Of Ms
aurisJ, sHd NEE spelnaa, soldlers wife and robbed
then Ct all their wearing apparel bed clothing
Capt Jones' WIKI policeman London ysserdsy started
oat t. iuTsstgsss the al In. They tracked the parties
from tie house - the MeDoaoagh soad. whsrs the
stolen articles packed on horse aud from thence
70 tie house Of Ers Elder BeH in Clayton county a.
tssa miles distant from Atlanta Upon searching the
house several of the msssg articles found In the
wash tub, bat IN Tie house. and negro Eomsn cen.
plstsy rggsd cut from the missing clO,hlng She re.
fused TO tell Whsra she go; asm bat afer enc OF two
"hiP2agl said she gst tthsn fron free negro named
Tom Floyd She wa hired TO MrA Bsu. and belongs to
Dr. DorIey Of thil city. Capt Jones and Mr. London
pursued Tom FIoyds track eight niles into DsKalb,
where they sausht him with larss bsg fall OF he
miaalng articles. he proved not TO Be free negro,
but runaway, belonging to Hr. Berry. CT Newton
county He had passes oa hls person. signed 5y a NJ
J. . Churchill who, Il appears has been sc.ir a bis
guafGaa Floyd dsass that he stole the articles. but
isAies that tssy Wsrs stolen By negro named Gus
Wftiel. who has been runaway for over two years
ana that Gus had dividsd with him. Capt Jones IN
tAl purH1ng hf Investigations, and has promised a.
further details.
sTEAEoE ViSToES-Ezry this morning Z large
uasErai was captured In Toe freight room Of the EE
press company. How b. cams there Is unknown He
Wss a. once e3useribsd. boxed Bp, and would, It Is
thsaght De forwarded % the camp nsar Dscat-r A
otLeF cas- sls1 70 oar kn5risigs rat entered
ths sleeping room of iro gsn.ismsa Of our asqusiu-
ia1es. moaa,s1 ihs bed 10 which hey were sleeping
devoursd "Eo0bsTr' Ia tie pocEs, Of 3 pair of
pants hid away between them, eaTri-d oR . Poeksi
book contained thsrsiu and abs.sesd thsrslroua By
EaaHing tbrogzh he leather q Ld1d-ed dollar b-li
This morning fhs Lost book AID money vas found bat
he thisf had escaped
SEIZURE or sTfLLs.-Thres stills II fhs Eppsr snd
Of DsKAlb county have been seized By fhs ov sushor
ities l9r bsag oPsratsd In violation q shs laws OF
Georgia The owners of the stnls rssss the seizure
llsgs aud the qusstlsn q ia Legality or mszalhy will
be tried to-day,
| STILLS II CLAYTON CoUSTT.-Capt o. Z Jons5'
City Nsrshsl IN bis raid yesterday into Clayton county
found sHo 9tils n swamp. Taey were lid costly
sconesd In the to euds tAe Vglanes Of the civil
authorities, who carrying aul GeY. Browns prOe,s
nation against dis.Eleries.
BE VIeILAST 1t issised that the rscszt ssvs-s and
disastrous Ere st Whining on n C. Il due to iss sss;
that the city z not lighted By gas night and had
Ha.ehnen o. hrsuen enough 10 prose. lt. Atlanta Al
ths present time Is not supplied With gs and baE few
WstshInsn 70 guard Where there 50 much a. stake
It s=sms both unviss and ipoliIo in ths powers thai
lbs" to suffer It to be 80.
ROBBERS SODA few nights sge, some burglar
entered ths residence sf q. G. Holcombs, Esq eless
Of council slllrsd by the prospect Of securing rsh
spoiIS They sadly disappointed, and the only re-
ward for tbsir t-ozbls Old pocket knife, and
copper cent TIE copper cent was very bright, sns
they doabess sbaeklsd he idea Of securing gold
piece. They entered and departed without waking
Of Nr. Holeombs family.
| COBoEER's ELECTIOE.-Thers bsinE . ds =. tie
election in January las, FOR q Fuit0a county
80 slsction vii be hsld on he git Instant
ELEcTIos OF OaDISART-&F. r. B. Nansam, elect
ed OrdinSy Of Fulton county In January lsss having
recently died an election to fill the vacancy will be
held the 2lst inst The office requires steady ".
right and experienced H @. Holcembs, Esq, the
present CIsk OF Council is announced in columns
to-lsy asa caDddlis for that Office. There will BE-
other candidates, espsble doubtless snd the people
can choose Tor themselves.