Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-18
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MONTGOMERY, December 1.-THE i'd
J UertiseT contains information Of the ar
lrest OF Geo. Shorter, negro OF this
/ city, charged with being theleader of the
recent insurrectiOnaTy movement in Bui-
/ lock county. Shorter claims to be from
4 Illinois, or one Of the Northwestern
States, and saws he was sent by Radicals
there TO organize government Tor the
South. Sine blacks gave Information Of
his whereabouts, and be wss captured by
whites and blacks. When the deluded
negroes OF the neighboring plantations
heard Of it, they gathered in considera-
BILE Numbers aud clamured for bis de-
livery to them for summary punishment.
They would hsve put him TO death, bot
the whites inteffered and persuaded
them 10 let the law take It's course.
Shorter was imprisoned in the county
jsll at Union Springs. A letter Of Shor-
ier's to negroes, whom he called officers
OF his government, has been putlished,
showing the nature of the organization
he had effected. In his letter, Shorter
decresd death against sll those who Op-
posed the revolutionary organization.
Capt. Bruce, agent Of the Freedmen's
Bureau at Greensboro, recently took the
keys and liberated a number of priso-
Ders confined by the proper civil author
tiles.
At the Sheriff's sale, to-day, real estate
and railroad stock sold at remarkably
low figures. The land sold at five TO
twenty cents per acre, and the railroad
stock sold at ten cents on the dollar.
WAsHINGPOE, December Il. 49, The
President has removed David H. Ballard,
Governor Of Idaho, and nominated Isaac
L. Gibbs to That Office. He also nomi-
mated, to-day, Jas. II. Thompson, Of I
Tennessee, Consul at st. Thomas, vice 4
John O. Walker resigned. az
NEW YORK, December IA Herdld's /
Washington special says the Spanish /
Minister, while not denying the reported /
offer OF Cuba 10 the United States, says |
he has not been notified by bis Govern /
ment OF the tender.
There are i've treaties now uDdereon- |
by the Committee on Foreign /
Relations, none of which will be reported /
10 the Senate TIL after the recess.
Several Democratic members from the /
West, whose choice for President has
been -Pendletun, declared them-
selves, 9 few evenings ago, decidedly in !
favor Of Gen. Hancock. The movement |
in this direction acquires more strength
aud significance. " -.Hr ~.
\ number of prominent Democrats /
last evening discussing the merits Of the /
various places for holding their natiOnRl |
majority favored Boston. /
John P. hale, Minister to Madrid, is
said 70 be nominated as Minister TO ,
Austria.
The Senate Finance Committee, it is /
said, viii so modify the financial mea-
suFes below as to OailoW tax OF about one .
per cent. to 90 to the States, and at the /
same time fix the interest at such a rate 1
as viii not compromise the value of the |
bonds as s source of investment. This, 4
it is thought, willsstisfy the Republicans 4
the country and secure their
united support
Brown and Trumbull, contestants in !
the New York delegation, viii probably 4
be awarded seats in the House.
LIVERPOOL, December l5.-COtton
quiet and stesdy-sales 5000 bales. Up !
lands I'D, Orleans 74d.