Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-28
H MEMPHIS APPEAL
BY TELHGRAPH,
Noon Dispatches.

New YORK, December ga WASH
ington special says an estimate, complied
from statistics coliectedb by the Governors
Of the Soathern States, places the nun-
Der Of whites and blacks So Louisiana,
Mississippi, Georgia. Alabama and the
Carolinas, who are in q starving oondi-
ton, at three millions
Ex-Secretary stanton Is in Washing
ton busy, 1t Is said, In preparing his de-
tense for b Senate.
It is said that he divuiged the Cabinet
secrets which the President had de-
clined TO furnish Congress, and also con-
nived at the circulation Of ISLANDERS rela-
tive to the connection of the President
with the assassination OF Mr.. LINCOLN,
President johnson has determined.
beyond doubt, to remove Gem ope from
the command OF the Fourth Military
District. The step was resolved upon
some weeks ago, and has only been de-
layed by the difficulty in finding a COM
petent and reliable successor. This per-
son has not yet been decided upon.
The charges against Gen. Pope are
numerous and daily on the increase.
The last one is for encouraging the arm
ing and public displays of negrDes. He
is blamed for the unlawful exhibition
made by negroes on Christmas day.
1t is learned from q trustworthy source
that the disposition OF the House Of Rep
resentatlves, previous to its adjournment,
was positively inimical TO the confirma-
ton OF the purchase Of the islands Of st.
Tomas and st. John, owing to the recent
earthquakes there.
The ub-COmmittee Of Ways and
Means, after several sessions and utter
views with the Secretary eff the Treasury,
had arrived It the conclusion that the
tice meter will avail nothing in the mat
ter Of preventing fraud in the manufac-
ture Of whisky.
A Tines special says Gen. Swayne,
commanding the District Of Alabama, is
also to be removed.
HAVANA, December 26.-Advices from
the City Of Mexico to the 18th instant
are received. There was much misery
| throughout the Republic In consequence
Of the exhaustion and disorganization
caused by the protraeted war for indie
p~endence. A general call was made
| upon the Government to take effective
measures to prevent the increasing brig
andsge, to which many people were
compelled to resort since peace had been
established. An official account OF the
vote for President was TO be made in the
capitol on the 10Th. The msjority for
Juarez is known TO be very large
Several prisoners confined in Quetero
had been liberated.
Many disturbances Of public traquility
had taken place in different parts Of the
Republic.
The steamer Virginia, from Vera Cruz,
which touched at Sizal on the 23d inst,
brings important news from that quar-
ter. The revolution in Yucatan was
assuming large proportions. Santa Anna
had been proclaimed Dictator by the
r~eyOlutiOnists, and was expected hourly
to arrive from Havana with men and a
million Of dollars. The fort and town
of Sizal were in the hands of
the rebels, but the port was block
AIDED by two Mexican gunboats. A
number of officers, who formerly served
under the Empire, had arrived at
SizaI from MstRmorRs. On the 9TH an
engagement took place between the
Mexican gunbOats and the batteries on
shore. The coast of YucatAn, in the
vicinity of SizaI, was diIigently&KRtched
to prevent the landing of troops U6ning
from any foreign country 20 the rebellion.
When the Virginia left Vera Cruz, on
the 10th, the Mexican steamer TObascO
vas ready to sail for Sizal, on the next
day, with an expedition to restore the
authority Of the Government. She had
on board five or six hundred men snd
several pieces Of artillery. Santa Anna
is in this city. Many ex-Imperial officers
have arrived here. They sill seem to be
very busily engaged.