Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-25
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS.
Dulee is dead.


Dulee Is dead.
Collector Casey and the waterworks
Co. of New Orleans are at loggerhesds.
James Pierre & Co, merchants OF Dub
lin. well known in the American trade,
are bankrupt.
The Spanish Government Will soon pre-
sent to the Cortes number of documents
bearing on the Cuba question.
An Englishmsn named Herrieks was
adroiily robbed of 1920 at the Bank Of
Commerce, New York, on Monday.
The Customhouse authorities at New
Orleans won't pay their water bill, and
the company have shut Off the aqueous.
The New Orleans police are " gobbling "
mukmen. The lacteal supplies captured
contained from 20 to GO per cent. of water.
The sailing Of the British steamship
Monarch, from London, with the remains
OF the late George Peabody has been post
poned until Friday, December ID.
4 special from Chey enne reports the
completion Of iifty-four miles Of the Den
yer Pacific railroad. The track is being
laid at the rate OF one and a half miles per
day.
All the piers Of the Ohio river bridge,
and the 400 feet span over the Indiana
channel, were completed yesterday,
and the trains will pass over it in about
twenty days.
Joseph b. Adams, Republican, was
elected Mayor OF Portsmouth, n. L., yes
terday, receiving s65 votes against 59d for
Frank Jones, the present Democratic
incumbent.
The shares Of the French Cable Com
pany declined 5s. in London, yesterday, on
the announcement that the Anglo-Ameri-
can company had leased one Of their cables
10 a German company.
4 dispatch from Havana says that an
attempt was recently made to incite the
negroes to rebellion on the plantations
about Sagua, but the plot WAS discovered
ant the ringleaders promptly arrested
and exscUted.
AIr. Macon, Of South Carolina, has got
into trouble iu New York. He is charged
10y one Mrs. Lassisr with applying to her
TO procure sH abortion on his cousin, but
was released on $40, ,O09 bail by Justice
Judge Tuesday. He denies his guilt.
A vigilance committee in Fremont
couHtv, iowa, a few days since, lynehed
noted s4eian named sam. Murdoek,
charged with ths murder of Henry John
son. Since the murderer's ~ death,
johnson has made his appearance, alive
aud we'll, and efforts will be made to bring
the lynchers to trial.
About half past five Tuesday evening
the mail train west, on the Philadelphia
ana Erie Railroad. colIded with freight
train going east, near Patomia, Pennsyl-
vania. about seventy-five miles from Erie. .
Both locomotives are complete wrecks,
and the baggage-car was " "telescoped' in I
10 the smoking ear. Fortunately, no one I
was killed.
The Woman's Suffrage Convention met /
an CleIeland yesterday. Twenty /
three States were represented. Speeches !
favoring female suffrage were made by
larre number OF ladies and gentlemen.
Col. T. II. Higg.uson. Of Rhode Island,
WAS elected President. with one Vice
President from each State.
An immense crowd is in attendance
upon the Alabama state Fair, now being
held at Montgomery. 50 far, owing TO
the heavy rains, a great many have been
deferred from going to the grounds. To-
day, il Is thought, the entries will be nu-
Inerous, aud the Indications are that the
Fair will be a success.
The death Of ex-Goy. Fitzpatrick, of
Alabama. which event occurred at Mont
gomery on the 22d, threw the whole city
into mourning. On the 23d bells were
soiled during the funeral services. His
body lsy in state at the capitol for two
hours. aua the funeral services were COZ
lluded at the Episcopal Church. \ large
procession followed his remains TO the
cemetery.
The gunbo2ts being fitted out at New
York for the Spsniards were not seized
yesterday, owing to the non-completion
Of the necessary documents. The lbeling
affidavit IS made by Seuor Afford Of the
Cuban Junta, who charges that the gun
boats are intended 10 make war not only
upoH an established government in Cuba,
bat also upon Peru. The vessels are still
under the surveillance OF our navy, and
were probably taken possession Of by the
Marshal yesterday.
Letters received st New York from Ca
sacas. Venezuela, of the S.h inst, give de-
tails Of the capture of Maracaibo by the
natioaal troops. Pulsar's troops surren-
dered % 5000 as the Government troops
appeared beS5Ee the town, and Pulgar
and fifteen Of his Gdherents sought refuge
Oh board the British steamer Cherub,
which Was not granted them until they
consented 10 give up their arms. 4 coB-
spiracy was Afterwards discovered among
Pulgar's friends 10 SEIZE The Cherub, and
thereup0n the commander Ofthe steamer
brought them 10 Jamaica, where they are
10 be tried as pirates.