Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-07
WASHINGTON.
Riot at an African ChurCh---POIice
Defeated.
Arrival of Commodore Higgins Of
the Cuba.
The Facts as to the Conduct of Hig-
giHs---The Cuba.
General 0rder---President and Cabi.
net Decline Georgia Invitation.
HcRabon and the Argentine Repub-
iic---canada. Etc.

IN the cOlored church mission, wher
revival is in progress, a disturbsnc
arose between a portion o! the person
attending there. Ohieer Lawier,
the Seventh precinct, ordered the rio.
ers 10 diSperse, but he was resisted
and an officer of the same precinC
came 70 his assistance. As the officer
were attempting TO arrest some of tn
most notorious Tuilians, they were sc
upon by a gang of rufiians, their wea
pons taken away from them, and the,
iearfully beaten. Some Of them hcl'
the officers whilst Others beat. then
with clubs and stones; Others, again
infiicting severe gashas with kniyes. %
raZOrs. Dtiicer Browns head was Gu
an several places, and his jaw wa
broken, and the injuries on other part
Of his body are 50 severe that his re
cOVery is doubtful. Officer l.IWler'
injuries are also very severe. As sooI
as news of the riot reached the polio,
station, the whole police force Of tha
precinct was ordered out; but on ar
irving at the church, found that The
rioters had dispersed. -Four riOter'
were arrested, and six or eight more
are known 10 the police.
Commodore Higgins and Surgeon
McNulty arrived here to-day from
Wilmington, y. c., on their way to
New York. Surgeon McNulty con
tradicts the statement which has been
published 10 the detrimcut of Higgins.
The facts are these: Before leaving
MOntauk Point, Higgins was severely
injured in one OF his eyes by the part
Ing OF a haWser, and when ne reached
Wilmington he was suffering severely
from the effects of the accident. The
Surgeo,. suggested that Higgins wife
should be sent Tor to attend MIN. She
was telegrdphe,i to come TO Whining
ton, but instead Of being there when
the vessel was seized, she did not ar
rive until six days aiierw8rd.
The probability IS that the Cuba
will be bOnded-at least her owners
were, at last accounts, engaged in pro-
ceedings with that in view,
The Wilmington papers of yesterday
spoke of the high manner in which
the officers and crew of the Cuba con-
Quoted themselves during the judicial
proceedings, and state that two Of
chose held to bail have already left
the city, and the Others under bonds
Will soon follow also for New York.
The following general order has been
ISSUED from the headquarters Of the
army:
Hereafter no squatter or citizen will
be permitted to enter or reside on a
military reservation, unless he be in
the elnUlOVment of the government or
permitted by the Department Com
mander. in which case his residence
= IL
charged or the permit Withdrawn.
District Commanders will exercise
q general supervision of all military
reservations under the limits of their
commands, and will use force to
CemJyc sguatters and trespassers
When in their Judgment iJ becomes
necessary. and where parties are al
ready in possession with valuable i'm
provements, the Department Com
Inander viii cause an investi-
cation to be made, and submit each
case separately for the decision and
order OF the Secretary Of War"
The President and Cabinet to-day
declined au invitation to attend the
Georgia State Fair.
The steamer Tallapoosa left here to-
day for New York with freight for the
Boston and Portsmouth Navy Yard,
and thence with sealed orders for an
unknown destination.
Secretary Fish has called the atten-
ton Of the Argentine Minister to the
card recently published by his Seere-
tary of Legation, denOunCing Gen.
SIC lahOn, and intimated diplomati-
caliy that the thing was discOurteOUs
and uHeallnd for, and that the Argcn-
tine Republic had not treated Gen.
HcAlah0n with tha respect due his
position when he passed there on his
return home. The Secretary Of Lega-
ti0n is in considerable trouble over the
matter.
\ lobby interested in renewing the
reciprocity treaty with Canada has
been established in Washington, and
ahe tariff men have become alarmed.
Judge Kelly, Gf Pennsylvania, visited
the President yesterday in behalf of
the tariff men,. and demonstrated by
his statistics that a renewal Of the
treaty would be equal To paying the
Canadians bonus 10 keep out Of the
Union.
The Grand Jury is still investi-
eating the gold conspiracy, but no
long array Of witnesses are in attend
auce, as at first. No indictments
have been presented yet, and il is
feared the whole investigation may
prove farce.
FROM CUR EXCHANGES.
WAsIIINGTON, November 1.-The
Secretary OF the Interior has written
a long decision ia case Of California
settlers against the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company of California. The
Secretary decides that the withdrawal
Of lands lOr this cOmpany's use in 1861
was not upon their chartered route,
and that the lands in question shall be
restored to the status they held before
being withdrawn.
Counsel from Cincinnati, this after
noon argued the case Of the Tennessee
Railroads before Justice SWayne. The
case j. claim for Indebtedness TO the
United States OF some four millions
from four roads, and the defence of
the road. j., that the Government is
hound 10 pay tor using them during
the War, and that their claim is great
er than What they owe the United
StateS
There j. no doubt Of an earnest
movement ON foot TO annex san Do
mingC 20 the United States. The
President gave an interview to-day to
parties rhO sought TO influence him
10 recommend such annexation in his
annual message. He replied that he
had the matter under RdYisement, and
was fully informed Of the views of the
people OF san Domingo on the subject,
..F lsT fhn island
through L special commissioner sent
for that purpOse by the Government
For reasons not fully known, it is
not expected that the Supreme Court
will decide the legal tender case for
some time to come. From this delay
tue belief Is founded that the decision
j. adverse 10 the cOnstitutiOnality of
the law.
Tie Acknowledgement, since the de-
cisi0n OF the Supreme Court claiming
jurisdiction ia The NeTger case, does
not seem disposed to argue the petit
fion OF llabeas corpus, but to allow
the case TO be submitted with
ont discussion 10y either side Ii
is added that Yerger's counsel be-
tieve that a decision viii be delayed
until Mississippi is reconstructed,
when he can De turned over TO the
Stale courts. There does not appear
10 be any disposition to press matters
from any quarter, and il is not unlikely
that the case will be settled ia that
way.
On the subject of supplying increased
banking facilities for the West ana
South, the Comptroller of the Curren-
ey, in mis- annual report, will probably
recommend the removal OF all restrlc-
tons on the national banking system,
ON these two conditions: One author
izing the unlimited establishment OF
new banks on a gold basis; second,
authorizing new banks with a elreula-
fiOn in greenbaeks TO be issued in the
same proportion that the new national
bank notes are issued.
A New York banker, of some emf
nence in social circles at home, writes
20 treasury official here, from Frank
fort, under date of October Is, that he
does not believe that a four or a four
and a half per cent. loan will be Op-
posed by any OF the European holders
Of American securities. He saws that
If the law be made as clear ia favor of
the payment of interest and principal
in coin, as it is expressed in that au-
fhorizing the 1905, holders viii make
the exchange quite readily. This
course will remove, II Is claimed, all
doubt about reputation, and viii APP
preciate the the value of the bonds,
especially If the coin interest Is paid