Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-11

them, it is expected that he win either make 8
ssennd attempt 20 taxa ROCKVILLE, or else mat
be VIII rejoin the arms Of Gen. Hardsa At Ring
geld. In The second place, it appears that the
CepfederAtes aTs really endesvoriHg % carry out
Ice pFOgrasaas stated in my letters OF Nov. 25th
aad Dee %, namely 20 make Chatfanooge I'M
Esnsblo by Gen. Grant, By getting possassiou Of
the ssquRfehie Valley roads. Il would seem
that Gen. Grant has penetrated this design on
The part Of theseneny, for il is rumored bore tc-
day that he hss abandoned Chattanooga and u
falling back 70 TuIlahona. K.
sPeeULErIoE X GoLD.-Tho sscrstary Of
the Treasury is contemplating the sdeptiSa, vita
the concurrence Of Congress, Of some pl2n b.
which 20 eurtsl tho spesUlatol in geld, and re-
duee yrenian to its tree level say twenty-five
70 thirty ger cent. Ons m6ds is suggested u
tho bill introduced By Senator Lane, Of KansAs,
yesterday. Another viii 90 embraced Il : bill
or resolution, soon - be introduced IL tbs HGss,
suthsriziEg the Secretary 10 use The EuTpias gold
in The Treasury and the avails Of bonds sold
abrosd, in such ways as be may deem exPedient,
to kssp dowa the price Of s9ld sudof exchange.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has conferred
with members Of the Ways sud Means and Fl
nsbsial committees on this subject, but il Is not
ret known precisely what course he proposes to
pursuo.-RasAiHgtoz Correspondent q The ~.
2. TTlbsEs.
Tie gold markei In New York, On The I0ih,
became mach excited By shs intelligence from
! Liverpool that the Bank Of England had raised
the rate eff interest 10 nine per cent, a rate al
most unprecedented, Gold vas quoted yester-
day st 6I3, and Rivsls letters Represent that It
! IS az the rise, ia consequence Of tho great de-
uisad fer It abTos3. Il is also represented IS
the EEARersl opinion in Now York La@E the
passage Of the gold bill, introduced b. Senator
Lana, Of Indiana, wsuld net prevent = rise IN
geld. OEs lsttar states thst Is would tend TO
~IasfsAss tho rats Of p~roEian en- gold By do
strsyiug the bear INTEREST, whereby ths premium
is kept down.
ANOTHER C-HEsAPEAKE AFFA1R.
From tho New York Tribune, Doc. all
The Morning Star brings as passengers Capt.
J. Nichols, aad waiter G~reeEough, supereaTgo
Of tho schooner Jss. I. Gsrety, which was cap
taTsd By pirates The second day cat frsn Gsis-
Aoges.
Capt. NichoIa rspsyts shat he Left Matsmarcs
sn the 10Th November, bound for New York,
with a cargo Of Gotten and six passengers. Ga
the night Of the 18th, about Il o'clock, The cap
tain and two ReR On deck, one at tbe wheel aad
Me ether aisft, the six passengers made IA a.
sauls on tho captain with rsyOlFaTs, knocked
him down, and threatened 70 sho1t hin If he
Eads any Noise. They took him forward and
locked him ia The forocastlo, putting a guard
over him. FsUr Of them thsn went aloff SD
the mate, bearing the noise on deck, cane up,
and was taken IN the same msnner and put IN
the foreesstls with the eaPtkia and crew. Mr.
Greanough, tie superesrg0, n attemDtinq 70
eSne on deck, was kicked down into Lhs cabin,
and two 5hats were hrad as him, but fortunately
did not hit hiz.
The pirates ecnsped him to hiB berth and
kept guard ever him, with orders to sheet him
If re attempted any resistance. After keeping
! Ahar~ - ur.En~Ama.M To- ..ahA II --
all hands into tho small boat, and told them 10
find sher WAY to land the best they could. They
landed On the eoAst Of Sisal. after being two
days aud nights at sea. There they get nsgsage
TO EaVsna in q Spanish brig, and he srew were
sent 20 New York By the schooner Horace G.
Bel, frcm Sissl.
The SIX passengers had paid thsir passage 10
New York from hatsmoros. There names were
Z. E Hogg, Of Baltimore, J.. Brown, Of Canada.
Jas Clements, Kelly, Brown and JOAN Wilson.
This Wilson was mate with Gordon the SLAYER,
and be SAYS he vas IA the Toombs in New York
for four years and ten months.
They say tLst theIa are four other parties IN
MAtsmoros awaiting for vessels and chances ike
this, AID they arc sura 20 get them. The same
party expected to have had 3 steEmer AZ Nsts-
moTos, bat Is got sway before they bad lheiT
pizas laid After they had put the cartain and
crew In the small boat, they hoistsd the Coafed-
eTafe nag anG hred on theiT pistols as g salute.
ssying that they had authority from tie Conisd-.
crate Government so to do. WAcu asked where
they were bound, they said Belize, Honduras,
whera they would sell tbs vessel aud cargo.
Tho vessel was owued By Francis 9orety, Of
New YORK, and tbs e0Gton consigned 90 Sbepley
& Co.
or Gen. Grant we have this aH:cd1g inssII-
gsnCs;
Al army ofieer, dirstt from Chattanooga. IN
ferns the editor OF TIA indianapolis J0urna! tdst
Gsn. Grant is ssh suffering from his fal etNsR
orleaas, has Grewn thin aud stepping and
shows marks Of SO great 4 less Of health End
Htrangth 40 70 create. fears Of his recovery.
though he still works as iudefadgsbly IS ever.
Il is rum0red that Sen. Fitzpatrick, The eals.
brsled cavalry officer, has become insane,
The hatcher C~0tsTisr, Of The 18Th inst, sa7a:
" We we're psiHed yesterday 10 hear of the sud
esn death Of Mr.. Alphsus Wheslsck, Of eonrsr
tive ebills. Mr.. Wbselock has Beau for many
years 3 successful and respected merchant Of
hatcher, giving very general satisfaction in all
his ass.ings With cur people. Hs will be mach
m4ssed BY his friends, as a generous and kind
teeiiEg ssyeoiste."
The Ravels are kicking up their heels and
Fls7iRg monkey shines in Memphis.