Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-11
WASHINGTON.
W EnSFfis2G ! OIS.
What Grant ihiaks of Ames Threat.
The SickiGs Note Pronounced BOgus
by President Grant. qgF ls
The Cause Of the Proposed Duel
between Gels. fhOsby and Boyd.
Beast Buffers Programme next Ses-
" ~ sjsa OF Congress. 14= z
Tie Bookkeeping Of Secretary
Boutwell, TO be Gyerhauled.
What Grant ihiaks of Amos' Threat.

dent thiS evening received a dispatch from |
She Chairman OF the Republican state |
Committee, calling his attention to dec |
LarItiou OF gen. Ames, commanding in |
-ha- STATE. that he tAmeSl should march |
mis- sal rs homone election precinct to-
an0tilsr bal shst Dent should be defeated. /
Tie prasiient read the dispatch and re |
marked hat ile did not believe that Gen.
AmeS had made any such remark, and he |
would therefore send no reply TO the tele-
gram.
rHE slCHTFs SoTE PRONOUNCED BoaUs. !
MAsuEGIDS, October IA dispatch 10 1
the New York Hlrald Of the 5th says: 4
.co.r1sg sg1uleut from Madrid recently gave |
to tho American puhiicwhat purpOrted to |
be q corJfct als-rtr. o Minister 5Sickl 5
note to Regent Sarrana, and in some parts
prolesspd to give the exact language en-
idoved to express the views OF our Gov
ernmeut on Llie Cuban question: The
character OF The note, as thus rep
resented, was most extraordinary as di
acknowledgements. ID represents Sick les
is accusing the Spanish Government of
cOUnteHucitly = horrible atrocities,
'' cold hooled murders and asslssina-
tiOus and other CnOrmiIes that modern
civilization could not tolerate. II made
~iei,!os cli Spuin q poYeTl y5stgfcken
cuuulry. ana at fHa same tilac delivered a
SORT oi Fourth OF july oratiou Ia the ven
grlaic SeTrauo. The document altogether |
was remarkable ior {" Aidlutn very |
unlike ~icl. .es7 Stvfe. H1i;l certainly highly
iuIrprorri s-5 ia a,lpiomatic paper With
ID yIvw ssazseTtaIHing she genu1neness OF
8 shisHi,ptyl5l note. Your c0rFssp pondent to-
g.sIl,d at JHe White House and laid |
the Gacuusnt as published before Presi-
,.eu- Glau.. wh0. nfter sdlmng through it
"a Hi5 snvEp, gulgk manner, remarked that
1t Wa- esHffncly bogus that although all
i.e.5+tlci i iu4osInitiion pp Se subject had
mos Egi been received. stih there was no
aouG, iha. Minister Sickles had not EN-
uluyad ~usi extraordinary language In his
naEoli .tians Wi 4 The SpsHiSh Govern-
lEent. The PRESIDENT further stated thft
All the information on This important sub
ice. would be- given to the PHblc on the
iaeo.iu1. OF Congress, and then the coun-
try gould have a1 opportunity 10 judge
fairly. jhis mafus, of course, that, ae-
cCalpauz inc his message. he wild ltTapsuit
. o Congress copies ot ali the correspond
ai.a that has taken place during the Gu
bau--iakles negotiations.
1iu7Bl YS. BOYD.
4 dlUi is IN pTospec- over in Warren
ton, Va, between Col. John Mosby, the
8mous rebel guerilla, and Col. Wm. Boyd,
OF The Iwentv-liI'St FeIuisS sS-lvania cavalry. |
Tho latter is Sheriff OF tauquier county,
Va, by appoiutNept OF Gen, Candy, but
is bitterly opposed -AR Al1shy, who has
used tvgry-e.i8rt 10 obtain his removal.
I
charges 10 be- ptoieTred against Boyd, and
an investigation WIS ordered by Gen.
DJnby. Col. Lee wuGo an eXamination,i
which resulted ia favor of Boyd. Last
Saturdev 3ios5y and Boyd met. Boyd ap-
pros.a23 N"~bY in threatening manner.
Mosby said, Nir, AKA s"2FWed and a
smaller ma8 Cham YOU, but 7 am willing
10 meet yoa where life can be periIled
equally against liie.' II is alleged that
BOYD, instead of ua7i-ii0g when he heard
that EIp-by was uusrmed, attacked the
Confederate chlefain in an upiustifable
manner. y'he result iias been that MoshY !
has chslleuEad Joyi auI the latter is sad
fflo OF Alexandria are much excited over
ihe affair.
sr l--EvsLSls' PPQ9na aHNE.
TIE aSsay ! OK korjt> eareSp SpGndcnt 1
SD .,sg zen. Butlcr s.hcfe ostcnsibiy l'Jf the
purpose OF securing the New Orleans
Ia.ile money for the sailors of Faragut's
itsat. but she real object Of his visit, it is
SHOWN U 90 pTy iaco the condition Off
things political about tbe administration, |
and protest asaius. any giving way y Tie
donlaipis Of UonRfa,tiyes whielN are
orGinE thattse'A e. Gr1n tie President !,
and the majority OF mis- constitutional adj
Vi-ers. His intention is t0take the lead
IN the House nest winter, supported, aS |
be VII be. by Bsntwsa ia tbeeabinet,
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sd3y departure irai4-tlfe a-a+essiye HriUej- !
l4ieS oI ta2 party Waieh framed the recon
strNfiva avs. Dahft NWE Fti3
CGAEsE riIAI EUE BOOKS or THE TREAS
g. Ult. AEE Not rHoPEl.LY KEPT.
.WASTtS TOY. october at is stated
10 official CIRCLES here lat & leading New
ltnrll:.d nl!isi-iau NiH iUtTottuce in Con-
gress, at an eariy day next session, a reso-
luton calling fora committee 70 examine
into and report upon the system Of book
Keeping as pOw pracJieed in he TreaSury
Department. iic charges that the ac-
counts rs NOW kept arc unreliable and
calculated 60 luislead the public mind,
For instance. ihe Official statement of the
puhlic dehs for October ], 1853, shows the
amonnt outstanding Of debt h2Ping inter-
est In coin 10 be -. iOs $50. SOD From this
is subtrac.a1 the sinking fand in United
States coin interest. bends and accrued in
tarest thereon, SO. .Ig5, l5S 55st Ifthis latter
amount haa been taken from the whole
amount af bonds i-Supd in order 10 reach
that tho ysec0hl slibl rtct,on Cor esetlit Is
au error. Again, the amount outstanding
of the ueht hearing interest in lawful
money is set GbN nat S8L5s5.000 Against
this amount are credited bonds, not
outstanding but pylrehased, amounting 10
s-ij, j,6Z3,9s2 81. The gentleman claims this
10 be double credit Of s50.TJl l2l 0I-ifi
he properly understands what the public
deb- statement means by outstanding.
Hafunher objects to the system ofcaleu-
l8tion by which the decrease i'm the public
deb. is determined. The decrease for the
month of August was stated to be SS.G04,-
234 - aHer dedueting the amount of cur
rancy, sl200l 900, then in tbeyaults of the
Treasury. For theTHonth- OF September
the decrease was SAG, - -, af1er de-
duct ing sixteen Millions of carrency in ,
the Treasury. These several monthly re-
ductions added together give the reported
reduG ION Of S56 sos iSTtJ in Tire public 4
debt Since March I, 1866, while Il is Known
that the monthly balance of currency in
the Treasury were applied to The current
e. petn.es Of the tiovernment, and not 10 u
reduction Of the prilie debt II is aiso
charged that the system Of book keeping
which omi.s from tha amount of the pub-
lie debt the So lSJ,.,20 OF per cent.
bonds issued to the several Pacific rail-
roads is faulty, and should ba abolished.
WAsHIN0a0N, October S.-By the Presi-
dent Of the United States:
a PROCLAMATION.
The year which is drawing to a close has
been free from pestience. Health has pre-
vailed throughout the land, abundant