Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-05

The official returns OF the vote Of
Virginia are as follows Whites, 7S,bZ4
colored, 93 656 For convention, l4oS
whites 81, ,507 colored; against eonyen-
ton, 81 ,249 whites; 1857 c0lOred.
The Lateligencer says that letters
received in that city yesterday, conn
IDENTIFY announced the certain election OF
Judge Thurman TO the United states
Senate in the place Of Mr.. Wade. IL
seems to be conceded that Mr.. Vallandig-
ham is not candidate, and fayors the
election Of Judge Thurman.
The amount of building now going
on in Chattanooga is unprecedented
since the great flood neeessitated exten-
sive operations in this line. 10 every
portion OF the city great many build
| ings are going up, most OF them uWeii-
ings suitable for families OF moderate
income.
The National Democratic Executive
COMMITTEES have issued an address con-
cerping the November election. The
address appeals to reason and Judgment,
and saws he who refuses to heed the call
is unworthy his share in the rich he'll i'age
~ an American freeman. lt Is signed
by Thos. B. Florence, Sam. J Randall
Chas. Mason, OF Ohio, Cornelius Wen
dell, and others.
The recent seizures Of whisky estab-
Iisbnents in New York and Brooklyn
hsye sut officials Of the Treasury Depart.
ment in possession OF 3 large amount
OF papers showing the operations OF the
whisky ring in their game OF cheating
the Government Of taxes. Preparations
are making for further seizures. There
are reasons for believing that the next
move OF the law officers Will create
decided sensation, and catch some pretty
prominent Western men.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Commercial says IN ms
dispatch of the 3Oth ult - The denial
OF editor Bard of the conversation which
he was reported to have had with zen
Grant, IS likely to lead to the at1idaVlts
of no less than three persons, to whom
he related it substantially as published.
As intimated last night, the publication
of the alleged interview reduces itself to
the conclusion that it was an attempt to
obtain a little newspaper nOtoriety at the
expense Of Gen. Grant, by an imposition
on those who gave IL currency by the
telegraph
A special dispatch to the Lesven-
worth (Kansas) Bulletin, from Junction
City, saws: " About o'clock to day the
house Of s. A. Robertson lprinteT) took
fire and was totally destroyed. Mrs.
Robertson was in the stores, making pur-
chases, having left her two children
asleep in the house, on the bed. The
children were burned to death. One
child was about three years old and the
other SIX months. The father Is away
from home, and the mother is almost
craZed. The bodies of the children were
horribly burned and chsrred."
"A msu by the name of Neighbors,
with his two sons, was committed 10 the
Huntsville Jail on last evening, from
Marshall county. They are the supposed
murderers Of Mrs. Glazier, who was
killed by her fireside. The preliminary
trial was had before Judge w. I. May,
on last Friday. The evidence, though
circumstantiAl, seems to be Of such strong
character as to debar the parties from
bail.
We understand, says the West Ten
pesSes Wing, that the Office Of the South
era Express Company in this place, was
entered on Wednesday night last aud
safe, called the Transfer Safe" was
taken therefrom, and found on Thursday
morning some four hundred yards distant
in the southeastern part of town, blown
open and its contents, some SIX thousand
dollars, stolen. Access to the room was
had through rear window, and the safe
selected from four which were in the
Office st the time, all precisely alike,
carried out through the back door which
WAS unlocked from the inside by the
burglars. No clue yet to the robbers,
though the most vigilant exertiOns are
being made for that purpose.