Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-25

u ATS MORT y Is Hkt
Tuaasi railroads under the streets of Ne" York
hAv1 been determined upon, ii is no" proposed to
use stationary engines with endess wire cables 10 bssl
n. cars The pisn la to pises engine on one or
beth ends OF the line as may be required By ne length
having sufficient pewsr TO haul wire cable ruaRing
the whole isngh Of She line and bAek and slsO all the
cars AZ The same time.
Nearly whole eOspany Of the "a West Virginia
Gede - cavalry was captured At Winfield, on the
Kauawha, few days ago.
The Maine Lsgislat ture have defined the Lord day"
extend legally from midnight sstnrdsytO midnight
Sunday.
The number Of lOeOnOtives taken by The United
States Government at the Portland cOmpsay's works
was six.
Mr.. Powers, of ST. LsulG examined before The Blair
liquor investigating committee TO day, testified that
BAr order for liqusr had been changed sincs be sd
Increasing the amount sight times. So it seems one
Yankee will commit the erms 81 forgery to prove
/ other 3 rascal.
H was rumorsd in Washington, recently. that Liza.
eOIn falling get any other general take H. has
offered the command eF CsliforHia to Gen Frenost
gusns ihs Rosflous AbolI;ioniSt of the old school
has been renOminsed for Congress in shs 5h Indiana
district
Mr. Psndlson'E bill introduced IN Congress, fer brrE-
bag Cabinet members the door secures majority Of
ths eOmntsss neluaing several Influential Adnlnsira-
ton lssders Inits favor.
The mechanics In government employ at Washington
preparing for general strike the lat Of May
less they obtain thrse dollars day. Ths govern
mszt ia willing pay the wages private estab
llshmsnts.
Two hundred and forty-ons Confederate prisoners
from La Crescent Arkansas and Texas arrived In New
Orleans from Alexandria the 26th ut, in charge Of
Capt Bash, Of the s5th nlnOlA
oa the Oh mat. Major. General Sherman issued an
order directing all veteran regiments TO return
promptly At the expiration Of their furlouRhs to the
ssld Those bslOnging to the army Of Ohio SEd
Cumberland we're 70 rendezvous Nashville those
of the SFmy of the Tennessee ct Cairo Commanding
scers CT the regiments were to be held to stric, te-
OOuRiastY Tor each days absence beyond ths stated
time Those who Indulge the idsa that the Fsdsrals
rot and have not been FOR time, eohcsntrat
ing an enormous army in AIddis TeuEsssse, viii sd-
nit their mistake some dHy-psThaps when II is too
lats
Ths late burning Of the MsaonIs hall In BostOn in.
voIysd an irrepEable less in ;hs destruction Of the
archives portraits valuable relics and rsgslis belonging
\ to the Masonic order. Hardly anything was saved.
The Insurance on the building about $4,000
The Elii allowing the New Jersey soldiers to vote,
dsieHssd by strictly party vote tbs dsHOerats
oppOsinEit IT.
GOV Yates, Of Illinois, has been on visit to New
OrlssnE
| The Vermont AbOlition State Committee have me-
nerszsd the National Committee postpone the time
/ for holding the Baltimore Convention.
a letter from Provost Marshal General Fry to the
Senate shows that Kansas has put into the Said II 35
white troops, 3O72 Indians, and l4sO negroes.
Robert L. Mcdonald, Of St. LoHis, wel-knoEn law.
yer has bsen arrested charge of disoyslty, and
pAroled under bond Of Thousand dollars the
of bis health would not permit his imprisonment
The New York Herald states that the New York Tri-
buHss daily circulation has fsllea of half only
p OO0 that lis weekly has been reduced
100000
A proposition has been Submitted in the Northern
Congress providing for the retemsAt Of supreme and
district eOurt GeEsS when they attain the sgs seven
~ they DO desire upon liberal salaries graduated
according to the length Of their terms Of service
In The House Of Representatives bin has been
ported suthorizing the construction Of two bridges
asrosH the oho enable the railroads Of Indiana and
Illinois connect with railroads the opposite banks
Of the river in Kentucky. The railroad companies are
ready to build the bridges without cost the Govern.
/ msnt.