Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-14
MEMPHIS APPEAL
MONDAY MORNING, i: IuaE a. 1853.
THE NEWS


Geo, Peabody denies the statement
that he intends 70 reside hereafter in this
country. He viii stay here n year and
then return TO England.
Prominent Virginians say that the
Wells ticket viii carry Virginia by S0,ooo
majority, and that the Democrats admit
that defeat is sure.
Letters from the Baltic ports con-
tain the important news that the Russian
Government has entered the grain mar
kets Of Germany as a purchaser OF cereals.
Registration in Virginia viii COM
mence next Monday, and continue ten
days. This viii comprise a revision of
the last registration, takenin Msrch, 1865
Gen. John c. Breekinridge is new
In ST. Paul, Minnesota, looking after his
property; he having owned a considerable
amount there previous TO the war,
The sloop-ofwar Saratoga arrived
at Key West on Thursday, from Havana.
She has three cases OF yellow fever on
board, hut the patients are couyaleSceHt.
She viii be ordered North.
The clerical force in oil the depart
ments at Washington has now about
reached its authorized status, and but .ew
dismissals or changes will he made for
some time. a.
A louisville gentleman renders
himself unpleasant to his family by Weld
ing to the hallucination that he is COM
missioned to chop his wife into-sinall
pieces.
4 petition calling on all who are
opposed to negroes holding Office and rep.
r~esenting the United States abroad, and.
requesting the President 70 renOv all
such, is being circulated In New York
An official proclamation has been
made of the ratification Of an additional
article TO the eXtraditiOn Convention be-.
tween the United States and Italy, apply.
ing 10 persons guilty Of emhezzlement.
The Convention of Master Car
builders concluded their deliberations in
Chicago on Thursday, md adjourned, az
ter excursions around the town, 10 mex
in New York On the second "Wednesday
IN June, 1870.
A Long Island railroad train, with
about one hundred delegates from the
Baptist Convention at Greenport, was
thrown of the track on "Wednesday after
noon, but no lives We're lost. Scverl
were badly bruised.
The election in California this wear
is chiefly interestingly the fact that the
Senators chosen next fail viii hold over
50 as 20 participate IN the choice of afSep-'
atOr to succeed Mr.. Cole1n 1873.
4 Paris Journal says that there is
much talk OF the impending marriage
of Madame Lincoln, widow of the late
President Of the United States, with Count
Schmidtvile, Chamberlain Of the Duke OF
Baden"
Senator Sumner hada farewell inter-
view with the President on Thursday and
left Washington Tor home Friday. He Is
very much disappointed to learn that the
administration did not take his speech ss
q basis for Motley's Instructions.
A little girl named Fletcher, about
eleven years Of age, was bitten on the
right foot by q rattlesnake, near Clays-
vile, Ohio, and it was not until Friday
that the violence Of the poison could be
arrested, by using q strong alkaline solu-
ton externally and carbonate Of ammo
mia internally.
At Chicago, on Tuesday, q boy,
George Dole, tied the halter Of q pony ne
Was riding TO his foot and alighted to let
him Craze, when the pony became fright
ened and dashed Of furiously, dragging
the boy two blocks, when the halter broke
and saved his life; but he was terribly
bruised, and his clothes were nearly all
torn on
The annual convention Of the Pitts
burg Diocesan ConYsption Of the Episco-
pal Church sdopted% resolution recon-
intending the v~estries 20 take out policies
cfhfs inspraneef0F their rectors, and that
ms missionary stations be reconmended
10 consider the matter Of laying aside a
sum annually, 10 be appropriated 60 that
purpose.
The Detroit Free Press notices tie
death, at Strathbsne, Ontario, last Thurs
day night, Of Charles Askin, who Il says,
was engaged As ottcer, aid, or volunteer
in mosf OF the battles on the Niagara from
tier during the war Of 1872, and was n Of
the invading army Fl thetaking ofDetroit
By Gen. Brock.
Judge JeFe. Black, OF Pennsylvania,
who was injured some weeks ago by an
accident on the Louisville ard Nashville
Railroad, is entirely cut Of danger. His
arm Is safe, and there is reasonable hope
Of his having tolerable good use Of it He
suffers q good deal but bears up we'll Re
viii probably be able 10 leave Louisville
in three weeks. 81
Adispatchtothe MOntgOmery Ala
AdveTtiSeq saws the Radical convention OF
The Third District at Opehka, IS Still at
sea, and no agreement has been etfeesed.
The struggle is growing hercer. The
charge Is MADE against Norris, late Repre-
sentative. that he is a~eitizen Of Ma1ne,a and
not Of Alabama. The principal opponents
Of Norris are native Republicaus-
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle mta
Sentinel says that b Imperial Hkase Of
his most royal Majesty, the King Beastoi
-ca~rpet-baggers r. r. Bullock, ~enjoins and
restrains his most sb3ect SUBJECTS, The
Fourth National Bank Of the little Prov
ince of New York, from fuftherofieial in-
terconrse VITA the most excellent, tht
Grand Treasurer Of the Empire oi
Georgia.
The Philadelphia Mors5g Pos, the
semi-ofdcial organ OF GOV. Geary, con
taineda special dispatch from Washing
ton on Thursday, which saws that within
thirty days Gov. Geary VIII snpercede
Mr.. Borie as Secretary Of the NAVY. II
further saws that the arrangement was
made while the Governor was recently ~
Washington, andtbat during along inter
view with the President the Secretaryshir
was rendered and accepted.
The convention of Christians OPP
posed 10 secret societies adjourned IN Chr
cage on Thursday, after passing resOlu-
tions pledging themselves 10 raise $1,000.
TO be usedin furthering the objects Of the
association, and denepneing an secret or
ganiSatiOns, psrticnlarly ~Odd-FenoWs,
Good empiars and Masons. One speaker
protested te give his experienee in seven
degrees Of Masonry, stating that upon in
Effation be was stripped, put IN a coma
made to take g horridoath never to reveal
the scenes, murder and treason net ex-
cepted, and divers other diabohcal pro
ceedings. Ten States We're Represented N
the convention, $500