Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-10
NEW YORK.

NEW ORk, August S.-lne H6fttu
says that Secretary Fish gives it as his
reason for the seizure of the Spanish
( gunboats, which are being built in
I this city, that they were intended to
relieve the Spanish fleet now doing
coast duty around Cuba, and permit
! the fleet to be used to inaugurate the
! Peruvian war. He says he does not
| intend to permit the gunbOats to leave
| our waters, but if they do leave with
out his permission he will send after
| them, which will astOnish the DOns
and compel his authority to be res
pected.
4 story is current in Washington
| that at the time Gen. Sickles was be-
ing discussed in the Cabinet, previous
TO his appointment, AttOrner-General
HOar and Secretary Fish suggested
that the Generals completely with
the Ostend manifesto might seriously
interfere with his usefulness at the
Spanish Court.
Secretary RaWlins and Postmaster
General Cresswell, in reply to this OBJ
lection, remarked that at the time
they were in favor of the manifesto.
After a brief silence, the President
settled the question of appointment,
by saying he too was i'm favor of the
manifesto at the time it was issued.
Thos. Shields, living in Jackson al
ley, Brooklyn, was arrested yesterday
on the charge of causing the death of
his wife by neglecting to provide the
necessaries OF life. The wretched wO-
man died from sheer destitutiOn and
want.
Walter Brown, Champion Oarsman
Of America, left this city Saturday by
steamer to Liverpool, To row match
for the Championship of England.
The ground will be broken to-day
for the new postOfiice. Reported ar
rangements have been cOnsummated
by which the building will be located
fifty feet nearer the City Hall than at
first decided upon, leaving that
amount Of space Tor rapidly increas-
ing business at the lower end of the
park.
Last evening the steamer Rip Van
Winkle, on return from the fishing
banks, when opposite Jersey City, ran
down a SailbOat containing six per-
sons. The steamers course was stop
ped, and the boats crew was rescued.
y
the cliffs near PaSsaic Falls, last even
ing while walking with her mother,
q distance Of fifty feet, and was fatally
injured.
Mexican adYices say that the In
dians of the State Of Chiapas, on the
frontiers Of Guatemala, have reYOlted
and are committing serious depreda-
tiOns at ChaTela and several other
large towns. They raised the STAN
dard Of the inSurrectiOnists, and muir
dered the Curate and residents. About
ten thousand Of them marched on san
ChriStabalt, but We're defeated by the
Government. They were afterwards
reinforced and continued to threaten
the city.
The Express announces the suspen-
sion of the eminent dry goods COM
mission house OF Bowers, Berkman d
Co. Their liabilities are estimated at
-, co., 900. Their assets are large. a
Boston capitalist is said to have
offered to advance all the money nee
cssary to carry the house through for
a year, but it was decided to suspend
and ask an extension.
\ private cable dispatch from Eng
land reports bad weather and serious
injury 10 the growing crops in Great
Britain and France, and higher quota
tiOus in the English grain market than
reported by the press telegramS. This
caused great animation in the Produce
Exchange and stimulated q sharp up
ward movement in prices. The eX-
pOrter= Qpueared in force and took
go, 900 bushels Of wheat, and 26Q0 bar
rel5 Of -four, at an advance Of Sc to Zoe
per bushel on the former, and
25c per barrel on the latter.
The markets swept Off all the
stuff Offering, with this shippers
movement. This large movement in /
breadstufis was felt in the different
markets of speculation in Wall street,
and in the gold room the premium
fell TO 35Ec, on the theory that the
produce shipments would make large
exchange and stop the specie ship
mcnts.
The Joint Committee of the Attain
tic and AnglO-American Companies
and Directors Of the New York, New
FOUndland and London Telegraph
Company have made a further reduc-
ton OF tariff between any point of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, and New York, which
commences August 10th. The rate is
thirty shillings sterling, or seven dol
lars and half in gold fur ten words,
and three shillings sterling, or ninety
FIVE cents in gold for each additional
word, and press messages One-halfthe
above rates.
The case ofJohu II. Pratt, the Texas
riOter, was before the Federal and
State courts to-day. Councillor at
first refused to give him to the State
officers to answer to the writ of habeas
corpus issued by Judge McCune,
whereupOn the latter said he should
direct the Sheriff 10 enforce The Eti,
and calT upon the State militia for aid.
Finally, after an interview between
the District Attorney and the Judge,
Pratt was produced in the State court,
when the District Attorney stated
the circumstances Of the case and
and asked that the prisoner be re-
manded to the custody Of the L. 5.
Marshal. This was objected to by his
counsel on the ground that the Fede-
raj authority had no jurisdiction; but
the Judge granted tho request, and
the case comes before Judge Osborne
Henseby. a writ of beas corpus was
issued by Judge AIcCaney directing
Supt. Kennedy to produce the bodies
Of HerwOOd and Hutcher, the Eng
iish fOrgers, and show cause for their
detention. As the fOrgers sailed Sat
urday they cannot be produced in
court.