Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-10
REMs srumARY.

The midnight report from New York
quotes gold at 81, and cotton &c as the
closing figures Tor yesterdays transsc-
tons. New Orleans dispatches report
cotton unchanged, at 28@24c for mid
ding. Gold, 36I.
Gen. Sheridan's last order extends the
limit Of registration IN New Orleans to
the 3lst inst.
On the Sth inst. the negroes Of st.
Louis, in q public meeting, demanded
equal rights and privileges to the street
cars, the public halls Of the city, and the
school fund.
The shipment Of gold from Australia
during March was 165, 900 ounces.
The receipts Of internal revenue on
Monday were S73S,572.
The eight-hour bill has failed in the
Massachusetts legislature.
The mayor of Philadelphia has ap-
proved an ordinance creating a loan OF
g,sO0,OOO.
Horace Greeley denies having APP
piled Tor Mr.. Davis release.
The eight-hOur bill failed 20 become
3 law in Pennsylvania.
The loss by fire in the United States
during the month Of April amounted to
over $1,000. 600. The total loss since
January lst, as reported, is Sl4, 4O8, 900.
The report that Postmaster General
Randall had rendered his resignation to
the president is uniounded. 1t is denied
by both the president and Gov. Randall.
The Albany Journal and Springfield
Mass Republican are engaged in a
crusade against union leagues, and call
for their disbandment.
Secretary McCulloch expects to see
gold ten per cent. cheaper than it is
now by the time congress is in session
again.
The Union Pacific railroad, from
Omaha to the North Platte, has been re-
paired, and is now in running order.
Offensive and defensive treaties have
been accepted by Salvador, Honduras,
Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador anG Bo-
llvia, and Il IL believed Chill and Peru
will accept,
"A meeting Of negroes was held in
Macon, Ga, last week, with closed doors.
A white Niger, it lie said, made a fiery
confscsaOn speech.
His holiness Plus X. has conferred
on John Murphy, Of Baltimore, the dis.
tlnction Of printer TO the pope,n an
honor never before received by any one
II this country.
The newest feature in the strike
movement, at New York, was the de-
mand Of the ~hod-carriers, May first, for
an advance Of their wages TO three dol
lars per diem.
The highest rate paid for gold at any
period during the past five years was
IS, in the month Of July, 1854. Since
1852, 1t has never sold for less than lbs,
and this was in March and April Of last
year. The lowest quotation since Jan
uary LIST, this year, is 1872, and this was
in January.
"A gentleman wbo has recently be-
come interested In gold mines In North
Carolina, brought from there last week
several specimens Of quartz, which, on
analysis, show q product Of about seven
hundred and twenty dollars per ton. A
considerable number Of northern men
have lately taken stock in these mines.
The japanese commissioners have at
length avowed to Secretary Seward the
object Of their mission. It refers TO
ironelads and naval affairs.
The impeachment committee are
stln engaged in taking testimony. The
purport is about pardons and restoration
Of property to s~ecessionists.
Stories about the spOlistion Of Booths
diary are revived, and the attention Of
the committee directed TO the subject.
The registry report in the District Of
Columbia is completed, and the whites
have q majority Of 967.
All distinction on account OF race or
color has been abolished on the New Or
leans street railways.
Registration Of voters in the eastern
counties Of Virginia is about to be com-
menced.
-Tbe French government is pushing
So nranaratiOns for war with such randi
fbsf contracts for arms have been I
~ Ia belgium and English manufae-
rs-s 4 fact without precedent ia tie
Tisiofy of French srmiDg'