Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-18
NEWS IN BRIEF


A decree has been published in
Vienna forbidding the civil authori-
ties to enforce ecclesiastical sentences
without the voluntary, consent of the
1 party concerned.
| The Federal Council OF Prussia has
decided that complaints referred by
the North German Parliament re-
specting the Constitution Of Meeklen-
burg, are Incompatible with national
progress. .-- r..s.-. e5--
The disaster of the late cOlliery
| explosion in Wales turns ont to be not
quite so serious as IL first reported.
| SeVenty-siX, it is thought, will cover
| the number who perlShed By the ca
lamity referred to.
"A New York court has decided
that gas company has no legal right
to threaten the removal Of 4 meter or
to cut of the gas supply OF house in
order to enforce the payment of a
claim disputed by the consumer; and
that money paid under such threat
could be recovered in the courts.
An Irish paper states its fears
that the aid of Mrs. Rosa will come
too late to assist her husband. That |
he has suffered intensely in his i'm |
prisOnment; that for five weeks he |
has been kept with his hands mana |
cled behind his back day and night, |
and that he was confined in Chcatham |
Jail.
1t is aSuertdined from the White
House that q case coming up from
Georgia, which was referred to the
Attorney General, has been reported |
back by that officer. He came to such
conclusion on some of the points in
vOlYed that il was not necessary to
consider the Status of Georgia under
the reconstruction acts. ~
The Texas RepuJ1icG,s and Jctfer-
son Times arc to demonstrated under
the title of the Times Gnd Republican,
by which arrangements subscribers
and advertisers will be largely bene-
fitted, as the paper IS to be enlarged
and the subscription lists combined.
Mr.. LOughery expresses his regret at
leaving Marshall, the scene of his sue
cessful editorial labors for twenty
years. m #HEF
-GOluI NJ GRAIN, al the Isle of
Jura, kept $50 ChrfstmasSes in his own
house. Johannes de Tomporihus died
in l0l4, aged 3fl years, Thomas Parr
died in 1875, aged lj3. Henry Jen-
kins died 1870, aged 1863 years. Nu-
mos dc Cunya, of Bengal, died in
1866, aged $50. Thomas Cam died
1888, aged 207 Hundreds of such cases
can be cited.
The Commissioner uf n.ternaIf
Revenue has decided that persons en-
gagged in tic hu-ines- Of preparing
pork and lard for sale, who slaughter
hogs, cut up and pack pork, and rem
der lard, packing the same I'M barrels. /
kegs and otherwise, are clearly en-
braced within the definition of a man
ufacturer, and are required to pay a
tax annually in excess Of 5000.
"A reliable Washington DISPATCH
reports the reception ty fSecretNy
Fish Of an important communication
from Consul General Plumb, which
the Government does not deem adVis-
able to make public, Consul Plumb
says "the withdrawal Of Dulce has,
for the time being, at least, weakened |
the Spanish authority, and at the time
of writing the home Government is
really without head in the island.
He asks for instructions as 10 the
course he shall pursue. - ~ '--
Last Saturday eYeninSNGiss Susan
Hite, daughter Of John Hitc, started
from Wm. Campbel'S, near Leyipg-
ton, Va, to preaching She AaS not |
been seen by her friends since. Sus-
piciGg fell UP0D Z negro, Jesse Ed |
ward, WHO, upon being Questioned
about the Young lady, fed. lie has
been captured and is now in Jail, and
cOnfesses to the murder Of the unfOr-
tIInate girl. Her body has not vet
been found.