Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-12
TELEGRAPHIC.
EVENING DISPATCHES.
FeuIasus sympathi1iur win esn. sweeny

FeniaEs Sy-mpRthizinE win Gen-sweeny.
New YORK. Jan. I1.-At a meeting Of
the George Washington Circle Of Fenians,
resolutions We're passed sympathizing
with Gen. Sweeney at the uncalied for
harshness Of the Secretary Of War, dis
missing him from the army, which they
say was done at the in~stigatiOn Of Sir
Frederick Bruce.
A Washington special publishes Stan
toms order disbanding the tWenty-hdh
Corps as an organization.
The general order mastering out GER
tain officers has produced condemnation
among the decapitated.
The Convention Of Collectors and
Treasury agents Of the Canadian frontier
will probably present a memorial 10 C0n-
gress for an act eftectually closing smug-
Cling on that frontier.
DR.. Bacon, in behalf Of the faculty Of
Yale College, sent a communication te
Speaker Coliax, requesting the House not
10 array itself against the Presidents re-
construction policy.
The rumors of an impending Cabines
reconstruction are believed % have some
foundation.
The President is anxious 10 know If
Mr.. Adams proposes IN immediate re-
turn from London. This, in connection
with other small straws, is believed to
indicate the coming breeze.
The Assassination COnSPirators.
FORTRESS MONROE, Jan. U.-Capt.
Alexander, of the Empire CITY. arrived
from Key West on the third. He saws
that DR.. Mudd, Spangler and OtLaugh-
lin, the Lincoln assassination consBirn-
tors, were in good health and compelled
to perform the most mental Offices about
the prison. Mudd has behaved with the
most exemplary prOpriety since his at
tempted escape.
Petitions.
TORONTO, Jan. 1.-THE Montreal
Board of Trade passed resolutions YES
terday affirming that no adequate means
exist enabling Canada TO compete with
Erie, and that the WeIland Canal must
be enlarged, the great ST. Lawrence
lock deepened and strengthened, and a
new canal built between Lake Cham
plain and the st. Lawrence.
Petitions are said TO be circulating in
the rural districts for a peaceful secession
from England and annexation to the
United States.
Mexican Matters.
WAsHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Acting
Secretary OfState says no official infor-
matioh has been received relative TO the
kidnappingO of an American child in Mex
leo by MaXimilian, and no other infor-
nation deemed advisable to make
public.
Express Robbers.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE names of
the Adams Express robbers are Fair
strOm, Lockwood and Cloat.
Congressional.
New YORK, Jan. IA special q v a
bill viii be offered in Congress early to-
day, for the reconstruction of the SUI
preme Court, and reducing the number
Of appeals, and increasing the number Of
Circuits and Circuit Judges.
Senator Wilson's bill for increasing the
regular army makes its maximum nine
ty-twO thousand. There viii be one
Lieutenant-General five AIajor-G Generals,
and ten Brigadier-Generals The bill
has been referred to the Military Com
mittee.
The President III replying 10 the res0-
luton of the Senate, asking why Mr..
Davis is not brought to trial, transmits
the Secretary of War and AttOrney-Gen-
erals responses to them. The Secretary
Of War emphatically declares that the
President was advised by the law officers
of the Government that Mr.. Davis should
be tried in Virginia, and that the Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court declines
holding Court in that State for an indefi-
mite period of time. Thathe is held be-
cause he was captured by United States
troops; has been indicted for high treason
by the Grand Jury of the District of Co
lumbia, and is charged with melting the
assassination of President Lincoln, and
the murder of Union ]prisOnersof war, by
starvation and other barbarous treat
ment.