Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-05
NEU YORK.

NEW YORK. January THE Tines
says The whole country expect 10 see
G.R. Grant enter, 81 his accession, upon
q bold, Tes0iate aud determined crusade
against the public piunderers, and tie
bO.dsr and more resJlute he makes IL,
The more completely vii he be sup
ported. The TeEugs-Of Office bill ought
IL be repealed. GeD. Grant should be
left entirely free 10 undertake and exc
cute suca fugms IN the civil service a. it
may require. II Congress eseg the wis
dlm OF making coed behavior the sole
tenure Of Ofice, let il adopt Jencks' Civil
Service bill; but uttii some general Er2-
visioCs # this SORT is adopted, Gen. Grant
should have fuil power oser appoint
msnts aud removals, which he Consii-
tuition gives him.
Fhe Tribune editcrislly Gays: 1--WE
hope to see ; constitutional amendment
framed and adopted which will couple
universal amnesty with impartial sui
fraga, sad make il 2 part of cur funda-
mental Jaw. o. course the Republicans
Of West Virginia, Missouri and TenBe5
see viii not IKE 10 bs voted down Ia
their respective StStes, CT In portions
thereof, by the no@ disiEanchised Ie0els
boz no more viii the now dominant rsG-
EA- "a Nal 4IABH A-E--E0Nhg 6bN 1S-8
SsTs relish the sbfr4nchisement o! their
black n~eigUbOT5. No comprehensive
sentiment OF a crest controversy ever
I'D OF ever can Esio exciting some locsi
grievances, real Il imaginary, Is ia this
uass. Statesmen VIII disregard selfish
ard sb0ri-sightsd ciamor IN the c0ntea-
pls,i8n Of general enduring results"
The HeTdld's Washington dispatch
states that an alleged spurious railroad
company hiss obtained 5000, COG, and an
enormous sInGuat of leDGs by grants,
from Congress, aud two distinc5 corpora.
tiOp8 are claiming the subsidies granted
to The eastern division Of the Uoion Pa.
C ne Railroad.
Col Wynkoop, the Indian agent, hay
ing changed bis resignation es 10 make
e unconditional, the same has been sc.
Ceptsd by the Commissioner OF Indian
Affairs.
Private letters from Cuba do not con-
firm the recent reports from that couu-
Try relative to the TevcTsea OF the Tsvo-
lutionists. 10 Is stated the Insurgents
eutDunber the Spanish garrison on the
il snd, and that there is every prospect
they will be successful. Il is thought
that II they can hold u til March
their irdspsDd5aCe is certain. They
contemplate the total abclishment OF
slavery, and wiil not have annexation
70 t0e United states unless as q 6nal re-
suit.
A premature explosion occurred yes.
tsrdsy noon at the wreck of The steamer
Scotland, eff Sandy Hook, which result
90 in The death of four men and severely
wounding several Others. This Neptune
Submarine Company made 3 contract
with the Government last fall b remove
the wreck OF the Scotland, aad have
been at work for several weeks, when
ever the weather would permit, in blow
ing the wreck to pieces. There were
twenty men employed, under
Cant. ". i. Churchill, late CT the United
st tics navy, with the eompany's steam
er Commodore TfustoD. Yesterday two
charges Of powder were taken on bosrd
Of a small boat at SAnGy Hook and tORed
out to to the wreck, and another small
boat was thsn loaded With an air pump
diving apparatus, and the boat cJu-
tanning tie two charges OF powder. S75
nnunds In each, was now mannsd bv
cant Churchill himself and three men
diver nov went down and s'gaslled
10 have one charge sent down, which
was done, leaving One charge In the boat,
both charges being connected by a wire
hundred feet in length. After
DIscirg TIE charge the diver came up
and reported everything ready, and the