Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-30
TELEGRAPHIc.
EVENING DISPATCHES.


NEW YORK, an. "a Washington special
sayssemmesh has prepares an elaborate argu-
ment, which was presented to the President on
Saturday nightly his counsel, Judge Hughes,
wherein he claimsthe benefit OF the sherman
Johnston parole, and that N Is entitled to a
discharge nom prison under that parole, until
after his trial and conviction.
Secretary Seward and party, greatly improved
in health from their West India trip. arrived
here on Saturday on the steamer Desoto. They
touched At ST. Thomas, Port au Prime and Ha-
vana, spending a few days at each place, being
cordially received by the authorities.
The Dominican and Haytien Republics are
now at peace, tile recent troubles having been
quieted.
College Burned.
SOUTH ORANGE,lN. j. Jan. a9.-Senton Hall
College and Marble Seminary building burned
last night Motives lost.
Burial of Union Soldiers.
WAsHINoTON, Jan. z.-Gen. Donaldson, Chief
OF Quartermaster's Department in Tennessee,
requests surgeons, chaplains, agents OF Sanitary
and christian Commissions, quartermasters,
oIhcefs anu soldiers, who served In the army al
any time during the war, in louisiana, Tonnes
see MISSISSIPPI orGeorgia, having knowledge Of
the location OF cemeteries, places of burial. or
1@f+N VI 0NAbAA NOIUINHfN IN llfEE
States, TO send TO Capt. Z. B. Whitmore. Assis-
tant Quartermsster. at Murfreesboro. sncb in
formation as will enable him 10 identify eases
Of burial.
A.special says sherman, Thomas, rfeade and
sheridan have been directed by Ger Grant to
confer at his headquarters relative tc The redue-
ton OF the military force. the disposition of
troops, andsffairs generally within the limits
OF then respective commands.
Fer the four hundred yacaneies In The re0ular
there were over six thousand applicants.
Gen. Grant remarked that the proper filling Of
these positions had caused him more anxiety
and labor than the management Of our army
in the I e d.
The ChattahOochie National Bank of Colum-
bus. Ga, was the only one established last week.
Total number, sixteen hundred.
Thirty deliveries Of national currency
amounting TO nearly three millions. were made
week by the Treasury Department.
Prize lists have been received al the office Of
the Fourth Auditor, and distributions will be
made in month or 50.
Arrival Of The Leo.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29-The steamer Leo has ar
rived from Savannah. a fire was discovered
among her cotton when of Cape Hatteras.
saturday last, but was extinguished In a few
hours.
A Washington special saysthe Western Mem
bers of Congress oppose the removal OF the pro-
of Importation OF cattle, alleging that
the cattle plague is known TO exist in New
FoundIand.
Tn Secretary ofthe Treasury has ordered the
five cent notes to be ealled in, as p OF forty
different eounterfeits thereon are in circulation.
A new plate is TO be prepared.
River az Pittsburg.
P~ITTsBURG, Jan. 29.-Six feet three inches OF
water in the river. Weather cloudy, with indi-
of rain.
Document Of Mr.. Roberts.
NEW YORK, Jan. &.-President Roberts, Of he
3snatorial Fenian Brotherhood, has issued a
relative to the comparative manage
nents under Killian and O'Mahony. h
JMahony bonds are being sent TO different por-
ions Of the country.
A Berlin letter says il Is gravely asserted that
he Prussian Prime Minister denies bringing
bout an alliance Of Prussia, Russia and Amer
ca against England, Franc and Anstria-the
to occupy France on the Rhine, the
russians to attack Austria in Hungary. and
with her navy, TO keep the fleets Of
and France In check, while her armies
,verrun Canada and Mexico.
The friends Of Gen. Sweeney, Fenian Seere-
airy of War, are endeavoring to procure his re-
nstatement in the Federal army, and appear
onhdent Of success.
Secretary Stanton announces that a list Of
he successful claimants for the capture Of the
residential eonspirators will shortly be an
CD New York Market.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29-NooS.-Cotton nominal,
[ $50 ACC. Gold 3g7Ee.