Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-26
TIE LATE sENAroa conwIN AND THE

LATE toBWlN AND TIL
MAxn1u1AE GOVERNMENT. A lat,
Washington correspondent says:
Three circumstances have just trans.
pired. which have a mostimportant bear.
ing, and throw a food of light upon the
Mexican question. They are the reported
refusal of the Senate to confirm Mr..
Campbell's appointment as Minister q
Mexico; the confirmation Of the retreat
of Juarez from chihuahua to Ell Paso,
and his flight thence TO San Antonio III
Texas. and the attempts that are being
made to smother up Mr.. COrwin's views
i'm relation to the Mexican question, left
by him as his legacyto the Government.
That Mr.. COrwin left q luminous
memoir on the subject ofMexican affairs,
which he bad madeline study OF the last
five years ofhis life, is well known. mat
Mr.. Corwin was in favor of the continu-
ance Of our paicy Of neutrality toward
! Mexico; that he was in favor, also, OF the
ultimate recognition Of the present Gov
eminent in Mexico, is not denied. BUT
an insidious attempt is being made 20
weaken the strength of Mr.. COrwln's
position, by the statement that he was in
Maximilian's pay at the time Of his
death. This reckless statement has been
boldly made, and has been repeated by
several newspapers. Ineed nOtsay there
is not a particle of truth In it. Mr.. VIM.
! H. COrwin will have something TO say to
those traducers of his fathers character,
on his return from Mexico.
SMALL Pox IN CAIRo.-Esquire Shan
messy informs us, says the Cairo Demo
crdf, that to his knowledge, there are
about thirty cases Of small pox among
A. - = IL .MnVurlnffaVr.
These poor ~unfortunates are obliged to
seek shelter in sheds, as there is no pro-
visions made for them by the city or
county, and are dying at the rate of two
or three per day, like so many cattle, of
cold and starvation. Yesterday after
noon, a negro, said to have been put of
a steamboat at this port, and suffering
from this terrible disease, applied TO the
military hospital for admission. He was
driven off, and wandered about our
streets at q loss what 10 do. OF course
the sidewalk was freely rendered him
ladies and gentlemen wading through
the mud rather than interfere with him.
A colored man brought him to Esq.
Shannessy's office, but he could do moth
ing for him. He finally took refuge in
one of the deserted shanties in the
neighbOrhOOd of LAX Edwards, where,
without fire, food or proper attention, he
will, in all probability die. Mr.. Shan
messy informs US that there are about
sixty cases of smoll poX in this city, and
that the present building used for a pest
house. is not at all adapted for the pur-
pose.
pJ- Franklin w. Smith, a Boston
contractor, was tried by court martial
and found guilty Of pocketing one or two
thousand dollars out of a contract with
the Navy Department for supplies. The
report of the court martial was e u to
President Lincoln for his examination,
who returned il with this characteristic
endorsement:
WHEREAS, Franklin w. Smith had
transactions with the UnitedStates Navy
Department to a million and Il quarter
of dollars, and had the chance to steal a
quarter of a million, and
WHEREAS, He was charged with
stealing only ten thousand dollars, and
from the final revision Of the testimony
it is only claimed that he stole one thou
sand dollars, l don't believe he stole any
thing at all
Therefore, The records of the court
martial, together with the finding and
sentence, are disapproved, declared null
and void, and the defendent is fully dis
charged. A. LINCOLN.
York Times.
B8- A foundry in Chicago was blown
into ruins ON Monday evening by the ex-
plOsion Of boiler. Fifty persons were
at work in the building, but nc lives
were lost. The boiler was condemned as
unsafe some time since, and a thick wall
was built around to protect it, but only
added to the destructive character OF the
explosion.
4 keel boat, painted black, was seen
the sloop Lillian, in the bay, last
Thursday, between Pelican and Half
Moon shoal, bottom up, and apparently
cut almost in two from being run over
by a steamer. Oranges, barrels and boxes
were floating about, and a dead negro
was seen among hem.-GaiUeston Civil
ES~ The CdrOtiaidn Of the tenth says
hat the weather at Charleston has been
than it was ever before known in
the recollection Of its editor.