Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-01
TELEGRAPHTc.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.


New YoRK, March 3f.-In the case Of
the recent distillery frauds, one or two
Assessments as high as $4,000 have been
made.
The reports Of tie Revenue Commits
sioners On excise have been published,
showing that the imports Of January
n kebruEry were over SO, 500, 700. To
prevent A panic, the commissioners rec
ommend 10 Congress an increase on the
imports OF fifty per cent, except upon
unsized printing paper.
BUFFALO, March sl.-The most de-
structive fire ever known on Oil Greek Is
raging on the Egbert and Strong farms,
and the towns of Petroleum and Center
are ID great danger.
ST. LOUIS, March 81. Cotton dull;
middling 34c.; -four Is dropping, at 6se
94e. for extra; double extra unchanged;
corn fiat at 65c.; oats heavy at 43c.; pork
264c.; bacon unchanged; bulk meats 100
l4c.; whisky unchanged.
C~ECINNATI, March 3l.-Flour I'M
changed wheat, low grades, dull; corn
53ci oats 3se whisky - "a; bulk meats
and bacon unchanged; lard dull at ISc
cotton quiet at sec.
NEW YORK, March 3l.-The steamer
Henry Chaneey, from Aspinwall, and
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cisco, have been signaled.
The Catholic Mirror of Baltimore saws
that Archbishop S~paulding, as delegate
apostolic, has issued letters, calling a
convention OF all the Bishops and Arch
bishops of the United States, converting
them at the Metropolitan church in Bal
timOre, on the first Sunday in October
next, 70 inaugurate a sacred council.
New YORK, March 3l.-Cotton heavy
and dropping at Ale; flour quiet; whisky
8 y; molasses dull; pork 255; money
easy and unclaimed; sterling 4; gold 2sf;
/ Government stocks shade better; stocks
heavy.
Per steamer Chancey from Panama,
il IS said that another revolution from
the Mosquito department is expected.
The reports from the Barboso mines are
favorable.
There is no later news from Central
America.
HALIFAX, March 3l.-A heavy South
ernly gale yesterday Frustrated several
buildings and the telegraph lines in all
directions.
SAN Francisco, March 31.-Ex-Gov.
John McDOugal died yesterday of apo
plexy. The Mccarthy Investigation
Committee report that the charge against
him Of bribery, was wantOn, NAL .ous,
false, and defamatory both to the Senate
and the people represented in the Senate.
A resolution endorsing the acts Of Con-
gress passed the Senate by a vote of 50
to 2I-
MADISON, WIS, March Sl.-The SEN
ate to-day instructed the senators in
Congress 10 vote for the Civil Rights bill
over the Presidents veto, by a vote of
every Union man, without exception
LOUISVILLE, March 3L.-Leaf tobacco
q~uiet-sales l26 hhds; groceries of all
qualities a shade lower; flour dull, 81;
corn 5T@6O; oats, As; pork SIS; bacon
shoulders l3e; clear sides I6; raw
whisky, q.
NEW ORLEANS, March 31.-Cotton cas-
Ter; sales to-day 1900 bales; receipts :, 700;
low middling 37937l; gold 25I; sterling
334; New York bank checks GOA dis
count.
The Mississippi river is swelling to an
alarming extent. Pilots report the Pass
a'lautre far better than the Southwest.
The steamship Monterey passed through
yesterday without delay.
The RUatan Islands quarantine has
been removed.
The steamer Peruvian sailed for Liver
pool this evening, with 1900 bales of cot
ton.
The city is full Of visitors, and the pop
ulati0n is $4,000 more than before the
war.
Gen. Scott leaves for New York on the
eth prONmO.