Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-07
BY TELEGRAPH.
Noon Dispatches.

NEW YORK, August 6.-The text of
the convention between the United
States and Mexico, signed by Seward
and Romero, is published, under which
a commissioner is appointed to adjust
the claims of citizens OF the two coun-
tries; another convention is published
regulating citizenship and emigrants
from one to the other country as is also
consular convention. All were con-
cluded during ROmero's recent visit 10
this country. and bear date Of the l4th
and 18th OF July.
A Venezuela dispatch states that Mar
shall, the depOsed President, Is again In
arms before COraOentz, endeavOrtng to
wrest the executive chair from Monona-
gas, the revolutionary leader.
WASHINGTON, August o Gen. Grant
| has recommended the remission of the
remainder Of sentences and release from
/ Imprisonment of all prisoners now In
confinement under the sentence OF mill
/ tary commissions, organized under the
/ reconstruction acts OF Congress, in the
| States where said sets have ceased TO be
| In operation.
Senator Ross, OF Kansas, leaves to-
morrow for home.
The usual rumOTs have prevailed to-
day in connection with officers of the
I internal revenue. One of them, which
gains very general credenCe, was that
! President Johnson had decided upon &C.
| cepting the resignation rendered some
1 time ago by Commissioner Rollins with
out further delay. 1t is stated, however,
in reading circles, that there is every
possibility of the whole subject Of the
COmmissiOnership remaining suspended
until the return OF the Attorney Gene
raj.
1t is Rseertained that the instructions
of ReveFdy Johnson were not particu-
to ~tY stringent regarding the Alabama
IL, 10 ~. He was mersly directed to pur-
an. the came course as his predecessor
-, .bat =, SestiOn, but was more fully in-
oI 80 ~ardiDE the American doc
-; - oI,,ts, tGiiOn. IL is believed that
the President ALT. ssctsl1'y os~a'u at-
thOrized him to neg ,;tia1,. Ill :? ~
the rights of naturaliZ4 D.
to that lately agreed upon "''' 'S--
sia and the United States. l-.-,o-s
CINCINNATI, August 6.-The Nean-s5,s
Delaware, Potomac, Ezra Porte. "n" n''
Pine Grove were entirely destroyed -
fire at the Eureka dry docks, at tn
o'clock this morning.
ATLANTA, August "a resolution
was offered IN the House that all persons
holding municipal offices in the State by
virtue Of any military command be re-
moved, and that all offices thus vacated 4
shall be resumed by those removed by
authority, and are required 70
act in their respective capacities until
the time for holding the election ar
rives.
MONTGOMERY, August G.-NothiDg of
interest was done in the House to-day.
The Senate, with only one dissenting
voice, passed the bill removing all pOlit-
ical disabilities. Il provides that all dis
abilities resting on q citizen shall be re-
moved Oh his filing an application with
the Probate Judge. No oath required.
The Senate, by vote of IS to T. (the
Lieutenant Governor giving the decid-
ing vote) passed the bill which had pre-
viUusly passed the House, authorizing
the Governor to select one newspaper IN
each Congressional District in which all
legal notices of every kind shall be in.
serted. II is thought the Governor will
veto it.
LEAvEN August 6-On Tues
day, before Justice Thalen, in the case
Of the State vs.. Gen. Sheridan, Gen. /
Gibbs, Gen. McKenna, Lieut. Long and
Corporal Lee, for assault with sRbers,
ETC., taking postal stamps and envelops,
United States treasury notes and postal
currency, to the amount of two Thousand
dollars, Corporal Lee, who commanded
the squad of soldiers who forcibIy elected
Postmaster Dunn from the reserve, was
guilty, ana fined one dollar
and costs. The court then adjourned
until this morning, when other defend
ants proceeded, and the same verdict
in ali except the case of Gen.
sheridan, who was fined one hundred
iOllars. The dRfeudants have annealed |
10 the Criminal Court.
BALTIMORE, August 6.-JOhn II. Lig-
more, City Commissioner, reports the
damages done to streets and bridges by
Inc late food. To rebuild and repair
the bridges and put the streets in proper
he estimates that S2l5,0 will
be required.