Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-28
TELEGRAPHIc EMS.

There was no further action yesterda.
in the case of the Spanish gunbOats.
The Spanish Government has an
nounced the intention to restore Constitu
tional guarantees.
There was a private ball at the Tuille
ries last night. Among the few invite,
guests was Washburne.
B. B. Foster, one of the proprietors o
the San Francisco Morning CaH, died sud
denly yesterday morning.
A petition to Congress to rec5gnize tn,
beligerent rights of the Republic o.
Cuba, has received 10, 900 singnatures il
Philadelphia in three days.
A messenger of the Mechanics Bank
New York, was robbed in Wall street yes
day of large amount in checks and
drafts, and several hundred dollars.
The Erie railroad Office, New York, is
under guard, and the parties asking for
Fisk are informed that he is in Boston,
although it is generally believed that be
is in the building.
The resignation of Jay Gould, as Re
ceiver Of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railroad, was received yesterday, and
Judge Reuben Hitchcock, of Ohio, ap-
pointed in his stead.
The receipts of fractional currency fol
ahe past week were S256,S77; shipments
S3lG,2O4; amount destroyed s42I, goo;
amount issued Sl,l2l, ,l4O; balance due
mutilated notes, SI94, ,526.
The Newfoundland elections have re-
suited even more favOrably to anti-con-
federates than at first was supposed. The
In u returns show that twenty-one anti
confa,. crates and nine contederates are
elected.
Advicas raca.'ved at Madrid from the
PhiIlpiDe Islands tate that a conspiracy
was discovered At Man. 'lla, and many ar
rests have been made. me principal
person implicated committe,. suicide
when the scheme was frustrated.
NJ. Lesseps, Chief Engineer of the Sue.
Canal, has publicly denied the unfavora-
ble reports recently circulated about that
great enterprise. He calls attention to
the fact that in ten days no less than fifty
vessels have sailed safely through the
canal and back.
The New York Herald SAYS the Passaic
county grand jury have also indicted
James Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould. and upon
their being caught upon Jersey soil thew
will be arrested and arraigned forthwith
They are charged by the Indictment with
fraud and conspiracy.
J. NJ. Cass has sued the New Orleans
Tines for one hundred thousand dollars /
damages for libel in publishing, la st Au-
gust, an affidavit made before a Justice of |
the Peace by Elder Hickey, charging Cass |
with embezzlement, and comments there |
on in the local columns
The corporation of Nashville yesterday |
gave bonds for one hundred and five thou |
sand dollars in the injunction case re- |
the payment of checks issued |
by the Radical administration till the 10y 1
atty Of the issue is determined by the |
courts.
The Canadian government has received /
from Governor McDougall, re-
atlve to the Winniepeg insurrection, and
confirming the reports already received. |
McDOugall expressed the belief that the
agitation would die out as soon as the
proper explanations were made TO the
EoettSt-POSt won the first race-a dash /
,ftwO miles-yesterday over the Metairi
rack at New Orleans. Time-3.552. 4
IOrsicdH won the second race-mile and |
-epeat-in l.49z and l.4sJI, ABou- Beker
coming in a good second. The attend |
lnee was good. The weather was damp |
md foggy. Mercury CO..
United States Commissioner Bell, OF /
New York, yesterday decided that the
delivery Of a letter to an authorized |
lgent a. the person TO whom il is ad- 4
dressed. terminates the connection of the /
with it, and a subsequent en- /
Jezzlement by such an agent is no of. |
feIise against the United States, but can |
only be taken cognizance of by the State. /
Hora.'e Greeley wants Ben. Butler to
place himself promptly and heartily at
he heSd of a movement looking to the /
instant and complete removal Of all po-
itical disabilities whatever from any and |
every one wiso favors, or shall favor, the |
XVIII Amendment. and their prompt /
to all the privileges Of citi-
senship.
The Giant Powder Mills. in the sub
irbs Of San Francisco, exploded Friday |
night, killing two whites and wounding !
mother, also wounding eight Chinese. The
building was blown TO pieces ana glass
over the neighboring houses.
The shock Of the explosion was felt
great distance. DR.. Custmans, chemist
md the superintendent OF the works, was
instantly killed. The cause of the disas-
er is unknown.
The Secretary Of the Navy was sur
Irised yesterday morning at the appear
lnce Of an article in one of the newspa-
Ders Of Washington, purporting to be the
distract OF his forthcoming report. The I
says his report is not yet com /
0leted, aBd no person has seen what has /
zen written but himself and his chief .
sierb; and further, that four-ffths of the /
IuBeets in the alleged abstract will not be
alluded to in his report.
A Boston CustomhOuse broker was ar
ested ., thursday on complaint of B. q. |
avnet. CuStomhouse officer, that he had
L Earious times given bribes to the
.mour. Of $500 to yyeighers in Custom
louse foI procuring false returns
4 weights Of coffee. Commissioner
Belts committed Barton in default
# 5000 bond. Several other warrants
lave been issued, and it is said that it is
he intention of the authorities, after the
for bribery, to bring civil
lction for the recovery of the duties.
THE CONVENTION.