Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-20
EVENING DISPATCHES



n WAsHINGTON, Jan. ia bill wa
reported in the House yesterday. estab.
fishing a uniform system Of bankruptcy
in the United States, and made the
special order for the thirtieth.
The Senate confirmed Van Valken-
burg as Minister 10 Japan, and Martin T.
Ryder United States Marshal for Ten
nessee.
The admission Of the Tennessee dele
CATION to Congress is regarded as only a
question Of time.
New York stock Market.
NEW York, Jan. 19.-The prices OF
stocks took a downward turn Steady
investmentin 1898 first and third series
advanced &c. Old sos closed &c lower
Money continues easy. The rates are
generally five per cent.
The Ways and Means Committee at
Washington, arrived at no conclusion on
the loan bill. 1t is generally believed
that it will be adopted.
A bill has been reported IN the Senate
authorizing the construction of a teIe-
graph line between New York and the
West indies.
Foreign News.
NFw YORK, Jan. l9.-West India adj
vices say a bill abolishing the old Consti-
AhsAgAA VI 9ttAAAbAA1T anu NEENlIAK AN NEUNE-
lative power in the hands of nominees of
the English Crown, was passed I'M the
Colonial Parliament, with closed doors.
some time ago.
Ex-EmperOr S~Oulouque had arrived at
Island Curoeo, where he proposes a per-
manent residence.
Compensation Called For.
RICHMOND, Jan. I9.-Tbe Governor
sent u communication to the House of
Delegates indOfsing a memorial of the
New York and Virginia Steamship Com
pany asking compensation for two steam
ers, valued at three hundred thousand
dollars, seized at the Richmond wharf at
the beginning of the rebellion.
Found Guilty.
New YORK, Jan. 19.-GonzaIes Her
nandaz was found guilty of murder in
the first degree. He was remanded for
sentence.
New fifty cent notes were issued yes
terday.
The Secretary of the Treasury will re-
duce his clerical force from twentv-eeyen
hundred to two thousand.
Col. LOOMS, Special Treasury Agent
is investigating the m~atterofthe burnins
of twenty thousand dollars worth OF
Government cotton in Richmond last
Tuesday.
The steamer Montezuma brings Kings-
ton, Jamaica, dates to the seventh. The
Island was quiet. The HOLIDAYS passed
without trouble.
A Washington paper states that the
Government Will notify Il officers on
the Rio Grande at once that strict neu-
trality must be preserved.
The Treasury Department has decided
that where q holder of a certificate of |
Indebtedness failed to indorse it, be was
entitled to it. In the above ease the
certificate was stolen from the mails.
The New York papers publish the list
of paroled prisoners and discharged
soldiers lost on the steamship Gen. LYON
on the twenty-eighth of March last.
A Vera Cruz correspondent saws that
an ancient capital of Mexico. of |
twelve thousand inhabitants, has been
captured by the Juarists under Muroz;
and that Marshal Bazaine, with all the
Imperial troops at hand, hadstarted from
the city of Mexico to attempt to retake
the position.
An apparently well founded rumor
says a couple OF valuable silver minea
have fallen into the hands of the Liberals,
All agree that Maximilian's position IL
most critical.
The New FTenchcommander, Admiral
SidielOf, had arrived at Vera Cruz. He
proceeded forthwith tothe city of Mexico,
consult with Marshal Bazaine on ex-
isting relations between the United States
and France and Mexico. The latest adj |
vices say he is preparingfo for active move
ments.
President Johnson's message was re-
ceived in the City of Mexico with feel
of relief, that war was not to be inn
mediately made upon the Imperial Gov
eminent.
Vera Cruz papers regard an outbreak
between the United States and France
only a question of time.
A Toronto dispatch says Gen. Sweeny's
address, promising hostages for Fenians
convicted in Ireland, has renewed fears
Of Fenian invasion Of Canada. The To-
rOnto Leader premises Sweeny a batter
if he comes within Canadian jurisdiction.