Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-26
TeLEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS.
The Eric Railroad war still goes on.

The Erie Railroad war still goes on.
Very cold, at Buffalo, n. Y, yesterday.
Tsnbroek, the turfman, is in New Or
leans.
McCoole offers to fight Allen again for
money or fun.
O'Donovan-R Rosa has been elected to
Parliament from Tipperary.
The South Carolina Legislature refuses
to grant State aid to railroads.
AT. Curdy, tailor, Of Covington, Ky,
shot and killed his son yesterday morn
ing.
The seeding members of the Spanish
Cortes (I4ibersls) have re-occupied their
seats
six were killed and seven wounded by
the falling wall, on Fifth street, st. Louis,
last Monday.
The New Orleans Screwsmen's Benevo-
lent Association celebrated their ninth
anniversary with procession, etc.
Four hundred men will be thrown out
OF work at the Delmatre iron-works If the
Government seizes the Spanish gunboats.
The Spanish gunboat muddle gets no
clearer fast. II is thought, however, that
the vessels will be turned over TO the
Hidalgos.
Dispatches from Rome announce that
religious exercises, preliminary to the
opening OF the Council, have been
ordered.
The completion Of the Suez canal is al
ready having the effect to cheaper freights
from England to India and China around
the Cape Of Good Hope.
VIM. School, fireman on board the !
North C German steamship Bavaria, lying |
ct New Orleans, fell overheard and was |
drowned yesterday.
Claude Brent, book-keeper at the |
Union Ironworks, III Buffalo, New York, |
while shooting at a target yesterday, was
accidentally shot by friend.
4 tin cash-box was found in the street, |
an Hew y York, last Wednesday, riied of /
its contents. It is believed, from papers |
found therein, that it was taken from the 1
Roylston Bank, Boston.
Wednesday evening, while two boys, |
sons of James Chase and Henry Bull, |
were playing with hand-sleIgh upon the !
ice in the river near Presque Isle Point, |
Canada, the ice gave way and both were |
drowned.
The Radical State Committee Of Yir- /
gizis adopted resolutions declaring the /
late election a Confederate triumph, and /
calling upon Congress no: to recognize 1
the present state Government, if even its
Legislature does ratify the XVIII Amend
ment, but TO order a new election,
The Militia Department OF Canada has
FSceived offers from the volunteer corps
at Toronto, Montreal and elsewhere to
serve iB any expedition organized to sup
press the Rad river insurrection. 1t is
believed in ofrte.sl circles that the Do
painion Parliament will meet on the 18th
Of February.
The jury in the Credit Mobilier case (on
trial at Harrisburg, Pa came in yester-
da,- with verdict for the Common
wealth for S4o7, ,4s6 50. The amount
claimed bv the Commonwealth was S529,-
$40 s.. The jury deducted S239, ,O6o from
fhe nominal Valne Of their dividends,
which was over 100000.
A pamphlet has just appeared in Wash
ington entitled " a Few Remarks In An
swer 20 McMahon, ln Regard to the Para
guayan War" in which the writer ex-
poses the alleged despotism Of Lopez, and
viudicates the action of the allies in max
ing war against the Lopez dynasty, but
not against the Parsguayan people.
Late dates from Jacmel, Hayti. state
that both Gems. Chevalier and Sifero had
Joined the revolt with their forces, and
the towns around had given in their sdhe-
sion to VilloDbin as Provisional Presi-
dent. Cheyalier left for Porte-au-Prince,
and reported that he had battle there
With sslnaye's forces. The result is un-
known.
a. ID. Riehardson, formerly war cor
and long aH sttache Of the
New York Tribune, was shot through IA
tally, yesterday evening, by Paul McFay-
land, a laSyer by profession, between
whom there had existed for a aconsiderable
time past an estrangemsnt caused by al
legged intimacy Of the former With the lat
ter's wife.
The new Constitution adopted by the
Spanish Cortes for Porto Rico forbids the
discussion Of any proposition for separa-
cation from Spain; proclaims complete re-
siesgus liberty; gives the right of suffrage
90 all sho can read and write, except
slaves; places certain restrictions on
slavery; proclaigs that slaves have no
rights, and can Oaly acquire them by
The libel issued yesterday against the
Spanish gunbOats is based upon the
ground that the vessels are to be employed
10y spain in carrying on hostilities against
Peru. Ths claim that they are to be used
against the colony or people of Cuba has
been deferred or amended. The libel
containing this charge has been prepared,
but it is withheld to await positive in
on the point from Washington,
which X expected to-day.
The Telegraph report that the French
cable stock had fallen five shillings in
consequence OF an arrangement made in /
q Germany to buy one Of the Anglo-Ameri- !
can cables is founded on-a nlisconeeption. |
The Prussian Government has made q /
bargain 20 lay line over the English /
channel in connection with the Anglo /
American line, and the latter company /
has guaranteed certain revenue on the |
channel line.