Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-08
NEWS IrEns.

The report of the Controller OF the
Currency has been completed aud laid
before the Secretary Of the Treasury.
Gov. Gesry, Of Pennsylvania, has
issued a proclamation announcing Judge
Shsrswood's msjority to be 937.
The burglar who robbed the bank Of
PATHS & Ingals, at fremont, TazsWeil
county, H., of 5000 0 in none and
bonds, has been arrested at Springfield.
He gives his name as Henry O'CoDuOr,
and is said to be the reckless Union
scout Wild Bill, " described sometime
ago in HdTper's.
james NJ. Scovell, Of New Jersey, In
q recent letter, says, When the Repub-
liCan party becomes so 0OWaTdIy that il
fears 20 face a negro at the ballot-box,
after vi have made him for four wears
an animated target to stop rebel bullets,
then that party will go down, and il
ought TO 90 down, because il would then
be false to its pledges and ~recTesnt to its
sense of duty.h According to the verdict
Of the elections ia the Northern States.
then the Republican party will Ego down
and ought to go down." to which we
heartily say amen!
"A "cOal famine" prevails at CinciD-
natl. The low water in the Ohio river
prevents shipments from Pennsylvania.
The CINCINNATI Gazette says tue high
prices for coal and provisions, 8 scarcity
Of work for large classes of people, and
eXOrDitant house rents, fOreshadOw a
hard winter there for the poor.
The total number OF voters registered
in New York city is 12S, 006, a gain OF
1854 the number registered for the No.
vembeT elections last yesr. The number
registered in Brooklyn is 4,397, an in.
crease Of GOO over last year.
Sales of real estate belonging to Hon.
John Wentworth were made 10 Chicago
last week to the amount of S400. 900.
Gen. Grant has ordered ali officers
on leave Of absence on account of the
prevalence Of yellow fever to return to
their respective stations in the South by
the Goth inst, y
-Advices from Porto Rico state that
during the hurricane on the coast on the
18th, the ship Nuovs Appolo and four
cOAsting lighters were sunk in the bsy.
Three ships, names unknown, were dis
mantles.
The application made Il the Presi-
dent to modify certain orders Of Gems.
Pope and Schofield have been refused
He takes the ground that the law gives
him no power TO modify or aunuI orders
Of district commanders,
The President will commence the
preparation of his message this week.
but will not submit to it Congress til the
first week in December, rs the meeting
on the 2lst is only an adjourned one.
The larger portion Of his message will be
devoted to the condition Of the South
and the financial question.
The various kilograms about the
progress Of the separate Secretaries in
preparation Of their respective reports
are fancy sketches ia most cases. The
subordinate reports are not yet complete,
and these have first to be submitted,
after which q Secretaries prepare their
snnusl reports.
In the fourth ward In New York Jas.
Frlel, a printer, was shot dead bv two
men named Harrigsn and HAYES. while
IN an election fracRs. A man named
Kelly was shot in the thigh during the
alteration.
"A dispatch from Ottawa, Canada
West, says the Hon. MIR. Gait has re-
tired from the Government for reasons al
a private nature. No one is vet mem
toned as his successor.
The case Of the propeller Georgian,
WHICH has been the subject of much put.
lie interest at Toronto, for some time
has been decided finally at Hamilton, a
decree having been made in favor Of the
plaintiff handing the vessel over to the
United States. The bill against Jacob
Thompson, defendant, was dismissed
With costs, the counsel disclaiming all
interest 10 the vessel.
The New York Herald thus chTopi- |
Giles a practical resgltofthe late elections
We expect TO witness many more such
examples: Senator Patterson, Of New
is accounted a radical repub-
licaD but he seems to be one who is not
TO be carried away by all the fanatieal
notions OF Sumner, Stevens, Phillips and
Greeley. Senator Patterson, on the
question Of suffrage, in the course of a
late speech at Boston, said, that the
obstinacy Of the rebels forced US to give
the ballot TO the negroes, as the only
alternative TO keeping a standing
army in every Southern town. But,
while s strong advocate OF impartlai
suffrage, he said be did not favor man
hood suffrage except through manhood
Itmight do In New England.
but 1t would not do for California. with
her ninety thousand Cinnamon. He
would lot have suffrage exercised by
or Aztecs, and he believed that
The man who is 10 help govern q nation
needs intelligence ia order Ia p~roperlg
discharge the duties vested 10 his suE
Mr.. Patterson thought the snb-
ect could be very wisely left 10 the sew.
sral States, and we think so too. I6ght
5 beginning to break into the Republican
lamp, Who speaks next?