Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-20
iiEMPHIS APPEAL
BY TELEGRAPH.
Noon Dispatches.

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn, June 10, leo
o m.-There ware no decisions in the
Supreme Court to-day. Pending the ar
gument Of cause No. 40 OF the Memphis
Law Court docket, Court adjourned.
WASHINGTON, June 19-phe grand
Jury OF the Criminal Court has found a
true bill against John Surratt, charging
him, under section - OF act of July Il,
1862, with giving aid aud comfort to the
enemy.
New YORK, June ia special tele-
gram from Washington says the follow
ing is said to be the authoritative state
ment of the platform of Chief Justice
Chase, and is also said to have been
drawn up by the Judge himself:
Universal suffrage is q recognized
Democratic principle; the publication Of
which is to be left in the several States
under the Constitution of the United
States to the States themselves.
Universal amnesty and the complete
removal of all disabilitie; on account Of
participation IN the late rebellion is not
only just and wise measure Of public
policy, but is necessary for the beneficial
administration of the Government in
the States recently involved in civil war
with the United States, and to the full
and satisfactory re-establishment Of the
practical relations of those States with
the other States of the American Union.
No military government in any State
of the Union, in time Of peace, is COM
psiible with the principles OF civil liberty
IS established by the Constitution; nor
can the trial Of private citizens by mill
tary commission be tolerated by pee
pie Jealous of their freedom and desiring
to be free.
The taxes should be reduced as far as
practicable, collected impartially and
with economy, and so appOrtioned as to
bear on property rather than on labor
aud while all national obligations should
be honestly aud exactly fulfilled, spe-
cial privileges should not be allowed any
class, be they of individuals or corpora
tiOus.
WASHINGTON, June 19.-The Police
Commissioners yesterday afternoon sd-
dressed a resolution, unanimously recog-
nizing S. J. Bowen as Mayor of WASH
iugton, de .fdcto, and therefore an ex-of-
ficio member of the Board.
The Conservative members of the City
Council continue to hold meetings seps-
rate from Republican members.
The friends OF the Colorado bill find
upon examination thst the immediate
admission of that State would leopard
iZe the ratification OF the fourteenth ar
ticle Of the amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the United States, for the reason
that the Southern States, soon to be adj
mitted, will be exactly enough (tReDty-
eight to rstify the amendment, while
the admission of Colorado would require
twenty-nine States and, as the Lesisla-
ture of Colorado is yet to be elected, it
rrTnTrfA int f,r n
certainty.
NEW YORK, June 19.-AbOut half-psst
nice O'Clock last night, Metropolitan f re
eLgine No. exploded in front of the
BoWery Theater, killing five young men
under twenty years of age. One of them
was blown from the sidewalk into the
doorway of the BOwery Thester, some
twenty feet. The conclusion also nearly
overturned q passing horse car, which
was crowded with people. The wounded
will number nearly forty, but many are
hurt only slightly. One account says
the engineer in charge was not COM
petent person, being blacksmith. Ed
ward Roche, one of the firemen, who
was wounded, states that he was about
To Tx the safety valve, when the spring
Of which broke, and then the explosion
occurred, the boiler, fortunately, eXplOd-
Jog doWnwards. All the wounded but
one, Mr.. T. Clark, o. Connecticut, be-
lOnged in the city, and It is thought that
three or four of them will die from their
injuries. The utmost excitement and
CONSERVATION ensued in the vicinity OF
the explosion during the night, buG all
was quiet this morning.
CIRCINNATI, June l9.-The river is
rising rapidly, with twenty-seven feet in
the channel.
The sudden rise in the Licking river,
caused by heavy rains last night, swept
of about seventy-five bsrges containing
one million bushels of coal. The loss is
estimated at one hundred thousand dol
lars.
Michael Maely, q resident Of this city,
baG bis skull crushed in by being struck
with q heavy weapon in saloon in the
Fourth Ward. Maely died almost it
stantly. The baTkeeper of the saloon,
Richard Duncan, was arrested and put
ia Jail on the charge of committing the
murder.
PHILADELPHIA, June 19.-It is Diff
cult to state the exact cause OF the unfor-
tunate termination of the Hsmill and
Coulter sculling match. One story is
that Hsmill was forced off his course
by a canal barge and could not prevent
the collision. He could not swim, and
was fished out of the water in few
minutes Coulter, having rowed over
the course, claims the stakes.
LONDON, June lS.-Advices have been
received from Shanghai, dated Msy 2lst.
The siege OF Ticsn, the port of Pekin,
hss been raised by the rebels.
MIDNIGHT.-In the House of Lords
tonight, the Irish Church Appointments
bill passed to its first read
ing. Lord Cairns declared his intention
of opposing the bill. Lord Strsthern
presented petition nom the people of
Nova Scotia against the Cauadian Union
act
In the House of Commons tonight
the Irish Reform bill passed. The bill
for the purchase by the Gov
eminent of all telegraph lines ia the
kingdom was read in committee.
RICHMOND, June ia. G.. Barber,
the cele brated Virginia sculptor, died in
RsppahsnnOck county on the 10Th of
cancer.
PROVIDENCE, r. T.. June 1g-Tbe
June meeting at the Naagsnsett Park
closed yesterday. The mile heat race
was won by Lady Thorn. Time-3:204,
1924, 3:22. Lucy was second.