Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-23


LOUISVILLE, April 22.-The river is
stationary, with twelve feet in the
canal.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-The state
ments ofan expedition to Russian Amer
lea being arranged at the state depart
ment are false.
The government life savings commits
sion Will continue its session We or three
weeks longer. No decision will be made
until the close of the session.
The Express has a rumOr that the
steamer Gen. McCulIum and the brig
Mollie Hammond, which left here some
time ago for TaIlpicO, abuudantiy sup
piled with arms, etc. have arrived
there.
The London Times gives a TumOr that
Marshel Mcmahon has been sent for, and
that the French government has sent an
energetic note 10 Prussia on the Lux
seuhlEg question. And also, that Ger
tam staff officers have been sent on a
mission To the Rhine.
The Austrian mission is now vacant,
as Mr.. Mottey's resignation was &C.
/ cepted. His successor is soon to be app
pointed.
Attorney General Stansbury is pre-
pairing Instructions for the officers coms
manding military districts, for the ac=
ton Of state legislatures, disfranchise-
ments, rebels aud other matters con-
neeted with the military bill.
Thepeople believe that France IS drift
ing into a war, and there is a general
st|aguati0n of business, and the spirit Of
commercial and industrial enterprise is
p~aralyzed.
The Standard draws the conclusion
that LuXemburg must be evacuated by
the Prussians, or after a brief delay there
will be wGf.
The most strenuous efforts are being
msde TO supply the French army with
b~reech-loadeIs. One hundred and fifty
thousand are nearly now ready TO be
served out.
1t is reported also that the army at
Lyons is to hold itself in readiness, but
notwithstanding these rumors and the
panic for q time on the Bourse,
the Marquis MASTER on the Sth
stated BIZ order of the emperor
to the French legislative body that the
government has only brought tothe con-
sideTation the Luxemburg question, as
il thought, was only for Cancellation and
peace, and the French government was
disposed to examine the question in. con-
cert with the great powers; and he de-
oiqred, therefore, that the peace of the
government cannot be disturbed.
There was a panic on the London
stock exchange on the Sth, and several
descriptions Of stocks were unsalesble.
The Vienna Gazette declares the re-
ports of an Austrian and Prussisn alli-
ance %udfounded.
The Putrte says the rumoF Of military
measures by Prussia are totally incorrect.
New ORLEANS, April 22-The steamer
Tahoma, which arrived at Galveston
from TampicO the l7th instant, brings
positive confirmation Of the capture OF
Puebia, and of the superintendent Of
revenue customs at TampecO being COB
bled by a representative OfQrlega's, who /
is iu great favor with the citizens.
Letters from the imperial camp at
Queretaro, say thst DiaZ had shot six
general officers and sixty-four of lesser
grades, who were captured at Paebla, it
is alleged in retaliation for the October
decree.
The schooner Mountain House, from
New York for BRACES, was lost at Padre
island; Fourteen Of the crew were
saved.
The stesmshipdsap. Meade, from New
York, arrived to-day. She reports that
she experienced heavy gales on the 18th
and I6th, and saw, on the 18Th, the Geo.
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aud a large tGfee masted steamship on
lower key.
NEW YORK, April lL.-Panama ad-
vices state that two Spanish waF vessels
were lately cruising near Sante Martha.
in quest Of the Peruvian privateer r. o.
Cayler.
Ihe reported arrest OF members of o
gress by iMusquera wa Gnfounded.
CHILEAN adviess state that the question
of peace remains unsettled, but it was
thopyht that the Spaniards would not
make another wat sRlt 20 the PaciSc.
Admiral Tucker, ofthe Peruvian navy,
resigned on March 18th. Capt. Cotesby
succeeds hinn.
The steamer New York bought the
japanese commissioners, who imnledi-
Rtely pr 8 seded 70 Washington.
Weekly Rank SgdteHleRt.-LOans, ST.
1887 81 decrease, SIS, 404 AZ Specie,
s76.225 So decrease, Sl2,336 "a. Circu-
lation S336,4S5 81; decrease, 1854 rs.
Legal tenders, S640,999 III inereass,
SsS, s44 n. Deposits, 81, $40, 902 So; in
crease, sl2, 290 %.
The steamer New York, from Aspin-
wall, with Sill, 800 in specie, has arrived.
The receipts of cotton at Liverpool up :
10 the 10th of April was 2S4,000 bales !
less thSa bf tbs z tiEe last year. s
san FRANCISCO, April 22-There was
a riot among the workmen Of the Silver i
Bend mining company az Belmont Ne $
vsda. on the Ssh inst They made 8 raid
on the Coalfield company, and commit
TED many oatrages. Some twenty men
killed in the affair.
LIVERPOOL, April 2-noon.-The Z
generally are closed. Cotton is !
and corn firm. :
.w-l H-rTa 49, 80 ~ - J L
bonds and markets generally are closed. !