Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-02
By Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

New YORK, December LIN the Erie
case, yesterday, before Judge Nelson, 3
number Of sfidavits were resd. The ar
gument Of one of the counsel fer vacation
OF the order of Judge Blstchford, appolnt-
ing Jay Gould Receiver, was heard. The
case viii be resumed this morning and
concluded, the court intimGting TO eoun-
sci that the session would be prolonged
TO enable them to get through with their
argument.
A suit 10 the name Of the people, on
the complaint Of the Attorney-General,
was commenced yesterday in the Albany
courts against the Erie Company, asking
that the directors be removed. An order
was granted by Judge Psekham, sus
pending the Board pending the hearing
OF the motion for absolute removal next
Monday.
A G1yamss letter gives details of the
great storm ia Sonora, about the 9th OF
October. The United States steamer
Lsckawanna, lying in q very safe hsr-
Dor, had to get up steam to Keep from
going ashore. The town of Hsurta, in
Lower California, was destroyed. The
mining works on the Jagui river were
swept of. A waterspOut burst yer the
city of Alamas, destroying it complete
~. Seventy dead bodies had been
picked M.
The Tribune Of to-day proposes sn
amendment to the constitution, that the
right of suffrage shall be extended to all
male citizens tWenty-One years of age,
and foreigners who have resided IN this
country One year.
The charter election is progressing
with but little enthusiasm. A very light
vote will be pslled as the election Is CON
sidered 8 mere matter OF form, q that
Mr.. Hall will be Mayor and Mr.. O'GOr-
man Corporation Counsel. Several per
sOns have been arrested for Illegal voting.
The gold sale Of $500. 600 to-day was
made at IS 3-10o and So I0-l00.
II lie stated that Mr.. Hsteslf, the Gun
sci in the Erie case, on Monday, or short
ly Rfte1midnightOn Sunday night, served
q notice on Mr. Fisk as he was leaving
for jersey, on the Ferry boat, %forbidding
him to leave the State, but Fisk and his
party embarked on the boat, hut shortly
afterwards returned to the Erie office.
Metealf then concluded that the order
would be Obeyed and left. At 2 o'clock
Fisk, G. A. Seward, Judge Potter snd
others, left and took the train at jersey
City. Judge Davis, their Receiver, vas
notified At 4 O'Clock that Fisk, Gould and
D1A EFll AOA AdbAG1f AnNAnA tEAEA
some $1,000. 600 in money, and come 500
OOO, 600 "a stocks. Il Is is now said that
they have returned and are in this vicini-
~, and that neither Fisk nor Gould had
left, bat that d o! the Directors left on
3 special train early Monday morning,
to sign a contract between the Erie and
LaekaVana Companies, looking to q.
consolidation.
1t is stated that q suit has been COM
menced against the leader OF the recent
movement in st. Paul stock.
The Herald this morning says editO-
rally We learn from the best attain
able authority that Gen. Grant is en-
~phstically in favor OF so amending the
Constitution as to limit the President
therein to one term, and to make uni
versal suffrage, or give the right Of snf-
to male citizens Of ali races and
col0rs above the sgs Of twenty-one
years, the supreme law Of the land. And
next, with regard to universal suffrage,
we suspect that the Constitutional
Amendment (At. XIV, which provides
that the several States may regulate suf-
frage, each for itself, but ia representa-
ton shall be restricted, is not considered
a settlement by Government, butts rule,
apt 10 result ia endless trouble frOna the
plans likely 30 be adopted
the States, and henes no doubt
Gen. Grant hiss concluded en- amend
meDt making universal manhood sur
frage the supreme law Of the land, Ia ali
the States and Territories, IS the only
decision Of this otherwise embarrassing
question.
The Herald Washington special saws
Senator Sumner recently, in a CONVEX.
with q Herald correspondent. ex-
pressed himself determined to take 3
stand in Congress for the immediate re.
sumption Of specie payments. Nothing
more, he thinks, need be done with the
reconstruction isWs, as Gen. Grant will
enforce them. With Rsver6y johnson,
he said, he was utterly disgusted, and
Yesterday afternoon q box Containing
certificates and bank notes amounting t.
9SO WOs was stolen from the PequOnnsek
Bank 81 Bridgeport, Conn. The box
wa inside of the vault OF the Bank. No
trace has been found of the missing
property.
Horace Greeley delivered a lecture last
evening In the Abysinian Baptist Church
about the condition and the relations of
the negro In this country. Mr. 5psimsD,
jr., was In the Chair. The principal
topic was to impress upon his audience
the absolute necessity OF being mere SELF
rs it was, they, with all
men, were too willing to have others to
provide and see after them. He advised
strongly the principal Of cooperation.
A special from Washington to the
Phiiadelphia Press says that the latest