Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-15
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Il fuetllcttt lecture III tue IttiIi59iNduls
hospital, this morning, class Of thir
, ty-nine ladies were present, with ont
hundred and forty male students.
NEW ORLEANS, November 13.-COl
Alexander formerly Quarternastel
under Beas Butler, was arrested hert
recently-as a bogus Treasury Agent
/, and escaped, leaving large numbei
of letters from prominent parties, re
, lating TO the eustomhouse aud bonded
warehouse ring business. They viii
be sent 70 Washington.
| NAsIEvFlLE. NOvenbef 13.-fhs
second Committee of Conference tC
reconcile the disagreement between
the Senate and House, upon the Con
venti0n bill, reported this morning
: that they could not agree, and propoai.
tons were then made in both Houses
instrncting the Committee TO report q
E compromise, providing that the Con-
vention shall.be composed Of seventy.
/ five members instead of fifty, as pro.
posed by the Senate, and one hundred
} by the House. The proposition was
: adopted by the Heuse, but the Senate
I adjourned without acting on 1t.
James HeTTick. son Of l.. G. Her
rick, of Edgefieid, whilst out hunting
to-day, was shot and killed by the ac-
cidental discharge ofhis gun.
Baylie PeytDH has introduced a bill
in the Senate, providing for monu-
ment for John Bell; /; also bill giving
the rightof way in Tennessee t0the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad. @ 1t
passed the House on the first reading
and was referred to the internal Inn
prOYement COMMITTEES. There Is no
doubt of its final passage.
WAsHINGToN, November I3.-Gen.
Grant was unable to attend the fune-
raj Of R.J. Walker ouaccoanE0f Of bush
ness engagements. The Treasury and
POstofiicea Departments were both
closed to-day, the former in respect to
the memory of X. J. Walker, and the
latter for Amos Kendall.
The Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia took up to-day the case
of Genahan vs.. Browning. The court
had given judgment, awarding the
Lapeuche Grand Rancho in CaEiEor-
MIA, Embracing over 300 acres,
in which are included the New
Idria quicksilver mines, to Me-
GOrnahan. The Judgment was rem
dered on the sth vi July, 1869,
and entered rs Of February in
the same year In accordance with
the stipulation of the counsel in July,
writ of mandauIns was issued and
served on Secretary Cox on the 18th of
JHly.T The amount of money re-
quired under the judgment was So, :
20, which was rendered by Mo
Ganahan, when the Secretary de-
\ eiined to accept il, alleging that 1t
The part of the Court to issue said
j writ, and they now come before the
Court on a motion by the counsel for
the Secretary (Mr. Ashton) to quash
the Judgment and vacate the writ.
The arguments were made and closed
on both sides, and the Case rested.
The Court reserved Its decision, and
it will not meet again for two weeks.
The funeral of Robert J. Walker
took place at noon to-day and was at
tended by large number of citizens,
including a great many members OF
the Bar. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Chew, of St.
Albans, and on his list the Presidents
/ family was represented by Mrs. Grant,
Gen. h. C. Dent, and Mr.. Dent,
father of Mrs. Grant. Messrs. Fish,
R0beson and Cox, of the Cabinet,
were also present, rs well Is a large
/ number OF other distinguished gentle
4 men, many of whom have been prom
inent officials ia this District. A
heavy SNOW storm prevailed at the
time the funeral moved from the
! house. The remains are to be In
tered at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Ger
Z m9ntOWnas p
The amount OF mutiiated currency
/ and bank notes destroyed during the
week was s309, ,452; currency issued
! for bills destroyed, 81 ,53l ,G70; balance
! due for mniilated notes, $3l0, 426. al.
/ -NEw YORK, November 1.-the
examination in the ease Of Eomey i.
Mulligan, eharge,i with complicity III
( the drawback frauds, commenced to-
1 day belOre Commissioned Osborne.
| The principal witness was VIM. Korn,
who testified to Mulligan's knowl-
4 edge of any concern in the matter In
| which Korn was at that time an inter-
ested party having received his share.
about 81, ,iaki TIE ease was adlgurRed
until Friday next. Francis 4. How
ard, the person who, it il stated, dis
covered the frauds in Washington, and
has subsequently helped the matter
along and participated in the pro-
ceeds, Is now under indictment for the
alleged participation in the frauds,
YVES then brqgsht heloFe the gommisl
sioneE ami gate bail ia a bond OF
| Sl0,000 for his examination Monday.
1t il stated that the Postmaster
GaAssi .s'iii III Soon asse ah orjief pro
hibiting through mails the carriage Of
the circulars gotten up by syindling
firms for the purpose of defrduding
the public 1Tah1 EnTF
Some twenty Of these firms are on
the black list Of the Government de
tectiyes.
The British 64 gun frigate, Augusta,
! which WIS sunk il the delaware be
I low Fort Afifffin in fIT7, has been
! raised in a good state of preservation.
Relative to the stupendOus frauds In
the GustOmhouse here, the jury calls
for the removal Of Collector Grinnell,
be being perfectly honest, hgt ineonl-
petent 10 fill his position. 1t says the
frauds of Blatchford were brought to
Grinnelps notice three weeks ago, bat
he refused to listen to the charges.
Subsequently he gave Blatchford leave
of absence, when he went to Canada,
ana has SINCE left for europe.
The Hi0rid, of to-day, devOtes col
umn of editorial 20 Joseph MedilPs
plan for securing a minority repre-
I sentation. 1t says his scheme has the
merit of simplicity, and may prove
practicable.
! The United States steamer Severn,
which is now taking In powder, will
be jhe flagship efthe Samana naval
expedition@ WHnI EFgaS1esF
District AttdFaley M jorFis, OF brock.
lyn, has a mass of evidence In his
I possession in relation to the late cleo
ton frauds, which be will present to.
the Grand JHry, eefJre the 22d inst. Z
Z Caldweif, who is an alleged accom-
pliee of Biatchford, In the drawback
! frauds, has abseonded. Warrants
hays besl issued fer beth, hf1>
! Tie skeletons of two children were
found under the floor Of a tenement
I house on East Twenty-eighth street
| yesterday. Ne one in the house SEEM
ed to know anything about them, ex-
cept 10 have remarked some time ago
a very disagreeable smell, which they
were enable to locate.
The Aetuid Says that tba. National
Banks are aiming st the control Of
all the money! IN the country. IT
/ holds that the national bank eeFreney
ought.to be Withdrawn and green
backs issued in its place. The West
and .Spath, as well as the East and
North, ,sinigst thea have as many
banks as they chose, that Is, banks of
deposits and loans, and for CONNER
ciaa aeeoRiannla atlons Which il the
only legitimate business OF banking.
Abiding at the same time to the cur
rency OF. the Government and people,
I It SAYS The tioyernmeat woa@ get the
benefit OF q national circulation, the
profits of which are enormous, and
the people. would have q uniform eng-
reney perfectly safe and steady. II
the Currency Is 60 be disturbed ar
changed atiall, this is the only ra-
| tional view In accordance with sound
financial doctrine and the, public in
/ terest-
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