Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-05

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search of Jhe entire premises, inciudin
the roof and cutters, but were unable
discover any arms. 4 crowd soon co
q lectej in front OF the house in which ia
- business OF Hopper was carried on unt
~ some days since. The shop is now empty
% however, ard the lower window
- have been mufled.
4 Dublin .Nov. III 5sp0udeuce London Time
ARREST OF STEPHENS, THE HEAD.
- The most important arrest yet mad
was effected by the police this morning
Z Mr.. Stephens, TIA e alleged Head Ceute
/" of the Feniaus i'm ireland, for whose ap
! prehension a reward Of two hundred am
Z ninety pounds was offered, has at lengtl
been made amenable 20 justice X
stated that on the night of the seizure O
/. the IRISH People, Stepneus-who, it WI
y be reC1ileoted, was, according to the evi
u dence of Magic, the infarmer, in tl
u house in DenZiife street, where seyera
( interviews are sworn to have been ha,
with him-Ou hearing of what had oc
CURED changed his appearance with th'
u readiness pecUiiur to him, and, procuring
= a pair Of crutches in the ueighboThOOd
: succeeded in making his way to place
= of shelter.
: From the Dublin Freeman.
! THREATS AGAINST THE POLICE.
Thd police report that several threaten
iDg letters have been received, warning
: them that they would be fired at. Il Is
I stated bv the WTI of last night that there
were specific threats that, if Stephens
were arrested, blood would flow as a re-
prisal Hughes, the officer fredat is the
Inspector who broke into the Irish People
office. and Is also the officer who arrested
stephens, though not the person who
identified him. II is Tumored the
threatening letters received by the police
are so numerous that the commissioners
have supplied many Of the men with re-
yOivers.
From the London Times, Nov. lG.
THESHENA AND0AH AND CAPT. WAUUELL.
We earnestly hope shat the officers and
men of the Shenandoah have not been
( liberated without communication with
E Mr.. Adams. Il Is fer the American
government either 10 prosecute them un-
der our Jaw, or 20 claim them under the
E.xtradiJion Treaty. If"piracy, though
. specified IN the treaty, does not include
acts like those attributed 70 Capt. Mad-
dell. tits only because those acts, if proved,
would constitute him pirate in worse
seuse-a hosts human gCNeriS. sup
posing our government 70 have been
satisfied that he was wiuuily guilty
of them. and not Ias We mu
assume. that he was the victim Of ignOr-
anos. they were clearly bound To
bring him 20 iUs ice, OF, al least, 10 give
+ the American Minister an opportunity
oftaking proceedings against him On
le other hand, it is not consistent with
the spirit Of our law TO detain any one I'm
custody on mere suspicion, ana IL may
be that uo priHU fGcie evidence could,
. in this case, have been procured within
fsFrF
stances il is difficult TO see what else our
+ Government could have doEe. ii Mr..
Adams was really consulted, but was not
Drauared 10 lodge iuf0rmati0ns for piracy
until he could obtain witnesses from CsI-
ifornia, and if as is probable, no
. Ieual breach OF The Foreign Enlist
nlrnt Ayt could be alleged, on
what ground could we refuse 10
land these persons In Liverpool
/ They were not prisoners Of war for no
. war exists, nor, if it did, could We as
neutrals make prisoners. They were not
within the reach Of criminal law until
some definite charge had been preferred
AGAINST them. and this does not appear to
have been done. They may still, OF
. course. be kept under the surveillance Of
the n.7lice. hat we cannot further restrain
+ their personal liberty. In the meantime
T ii is much 70 be regretted that anything
I Ike demonstrations of sympathy should
De- made iu their favor. Capt Naddeli,
/ like Can't. -emmeS and other command
gTs of Confederate cruisers, has done ms
very best Jo embroil Us with the United
States, and we have NO cause 20 be CRATE
fgT e. him. though 10 would be- hard
To blame him for coming half round the
world 10 seek revenge at Liverpool. lfhe
has not gratiEed yIHdictiye passion 10y
ur1luuging the horrors of war, after be-
ing apprised of the conclusion Of Ie1ce,
he has not done one single action, 50 far
a4 we are aware, than can gutitle him 20
admirati0u. Luming merchantmen at
sea for warlike purposes may be lawful,
but is not heroic, and has what an Irish
nan would calf the least 20 a re>em-
blauce 20 common hucaneeTng. His
own statements about his summers
cruise. rs we have seen, are not
strictly veraciOus, and If those made
hv the CAPTAIN Of the Gen. Pike be cor
rect. Ills conduct and language toward
rbe unfortunate men whom he captured
in the whalers was singularly brutal.
What may have passed afterwards We
have vet To learn from an independent
source, and until we do we decline % ac-
cept Capt. Waddelps word forit ORHiu
Dr0sgWJggttT contra SDOltdiOreHl. Not
even fOrbearance, much less respect, Is
due 10 one whose career, beginning with
an evasion Of our law ans an abuse Of our
neutrality, ended with an enterprise
which may yet prove TO have been sheer
piracy. we should not in the least have
pi-ied Capt. Waddeil had he fallen into
The bands OF the American navy, and
we should not pity him now If he should
he convicted Of q felony al common law.
Prom the London Times City Article.
THE SPANISH CHU-IAN WAR.
The news Of the declaration Of war
between Spain and Chill and Of the
blockade 0f the Spanish squadron Of
VALPARAISO and other Chilian ports was
received with some astOnishment to-day,
since although the attack was known 10
have peen threatened, few persons con-
versant with the presentp position Of spain
and the periis, financial, colonial, ana
political by which She is environed, could
entertain the belief that she would
actually provoke such contest
The mercantile consequences Of the
blockade of the Chiliau ports must prove
highly important since II i irom thaJ
country we receive our chief supplies Of
conner, Thus, out Of G5,0l6 tons Of ore
imported last year, 20,G6i were from
Chill. while of copper regUlus the guam
tirv from Chill was -, go tons, the sup
plv from an other sources being only
500 tons. OF pure copper wrought
and unwrought, Chilli also sent u
s0l $50 cwt.. ont OF an aggregate OF
las. .5s1. The next important source Of sup
rIv Of this metal is Cuoa, and, as IL Is
not altogether out Of the range OF posi-
buifv that the quiet progress OF that
island may, before the dispute ended, be-
come ina some degree compromised, the
uncertainty now introduced into. the
trade is very great. The effect oi the
announcement to-day has been general
withdrawal Of the stocks from the mar
ket. only a few sales Of small parcels al
an advance having taken place. Ihe
English smelters it appears, hesitate 70
name a price until they shall have re-
ceiyed further intelligence.
Eaa- Some curious experiments have
I been made lately I'm the Hamburg To-
. oiogical Gardens. Several Of the carln-
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