Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-05
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LOUISVILLE, December 1.-The river
is stationary, with two feet nine inches
in the canal.
A snow storm is now prevailing.
Thermometer $50.
NEW York, December A.-The Post
says several mercantile failures are re-
ported this afternoon, some OF which are
said TO be Of great Importance. Like
the other failures reported among the
foreign merchants, they are said TO be
due 70 speculations in gold
RICHMOND, December A-The Con-
vention this morning elected Judge
Underwood President; George Nye, Of
shenandoah, Secretary William X.
Fall Of Richmond, Sergeant at arms
one white and two cOiOred d~Oorkeepers,
and Rev. Mr.. Mitchell, OF Richmond,
Chaplain. The vote on President gave
IS for Underwood, and 80 for Nelson.
WASHINGTON, December 4.-Tk5 re-
mort OF the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue states the receipts Of 1857 at
S265, $40, 474, Of which about S~57,OOO,OOO
was from incomes, SO, 769,O7S was from
raw cotton, 81, O94. 76l wss from refined
petroleum and coal oil, SS,66l ,gl4 from
cigars, etc, SIS, 245,477 from chewing and
smoking tobacco, S5,S7l, 345 from fer
mented liquors, SIS. 296, 264 from distilled
spirits, and SS6S, I45 from brandy. The
expenses Of collecting the event was
81, 7l2,0S9.
The receipts for July, August, Septem-
Der, and October, 1867, were so, 25S $40,
against about Sl25, 600, 600, in correspond
ing months respectively OF 1865 and 1856.
The Commissioners opposed the removal
Of the tax on distilled spirits.
An act is to be introduced into Con-
gress, on the recommendation Of Treas
urer Spinner, providing for the issue, by
the Secretary of the Treasury, of the
coupon bonds for registered bonds, as reg
istered bonds can now be exchanged for
coupon bonds.
The French Minister caves grand d.
plomstic dinner last night, at which Sec
rotary Seward and all the European
Ministers and Chairman OF the Senate
and House Committee on Foreign Affairs
we're present.
NEW ORLEANS, December Para
graph two, special orders two hundred
and two, headquarters Fifth District,
dated to-day, is as follows:
Paragraph three Of special orders No.
1SS, from these headquarters, dated No
vember Is, 1887, issued by Brevet Major
General Mower, removinglP. R. O'Rourke
Clerk Second District, parish of Orleans,
for mslfeasanee ia Office, and appointing
R. L. Shelley in his stead, is hereby re-
vOked, and P. r. OiROurke is reinstated in
said Office. II any charges are set up
against the said O'ROurke, the ju,
dicisl department Of the Government is
sufficient to take whatever action may be
necessary IN the parish. A paragraph Of
the same order suspends that portion OF
order 20l ordering Gen. Mower TO join
his regiment. 1t says Mower will re-
main in this city awaiting further or
deFs.
The Constitutional Convention passed
a resolution fixing the pay of members
at ten dollRrs per day and mileage twenty
cents each way, and elected a colored
Warrant Clerk.
Paragraph 3; Orders 2O2, orders the
adjudication of making levees on
certain plantations in the parishes of st.
Charles and Jefferson to the lowest bid
der, by Bvt. Lieut.. Col. McGOnnigle, A.
q. NJ, on the 10th inst. Work to be
done in time and manner to protect
from overflow, and the lands with i'm
provements thereon be subject TO special
lien and privilege for cost of making said
levees in them respectively, and that
the ordinary formalities prescribed by
law for the adjudication Of said work be
dispensed with.