Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-18
THE NEWS.

The small p0x prevails in Louisville.
The City Of Boston has not yet been
heard nom.
The National Banks are going to COM
Olns 10 defeat the Funding bill.
The Union ot'the English and Scottish
Presbyterian bodies approaches r~ealiza-
ton.
The Louisiana Legislature on Wednes-
day passed q bill funding the floating debt
Of she State.
S. Il. Heor, formerly connected with the
BostozPress, died in Savannah, Ga, on
Tuesday night.
81. Pstrick's Day was yesterday cele-
brated in every part Of the Union, and
with unusual eclat.
A desperate ARRAY, in Gsllstin, Tenn,
on Wednesday, resulted in the death OF
one msn and the wounding OF four.
Dan sickles, the disgrace Of the United
States. has been confirmed Minister 20
d-isorganized Spain by the piebsld Seuste.
The storm at the West has been Of sew
sral days duration and the severest ever
known. Travel Is not, however, i'm
Peded.
Ashley will not be removed from the
G~overnorship Of Montana The Senate
have determined to retain him as q fy TO
''bodder'' Grant.
A IRE occurred al Vidslis, La, on Tues
dsv morning. Seven stores and the
Courthouse were destroyed. Loss S75,OO0,
and partially insured.
Mr.. Gladstone, the English premier has
sgain been threatened vita death. The
detectives are actively al work to dis
cover the threatener.
The National Sangerfest, to be held in
Cincinnati in May next, promises to be
the grandest effort Of the German musi-
clans o. the United States.
The recent heavy blow was felt very Sc
verely in Kentucky. The little town Of
Newmarket was nearly ruined. Many
persons hurt but none fatally.
Forty coIored families let Washington
Wednesday morning for Mississippi,
where they have been employed at high
wages to work on plantations.
The funeral services OF the late Robert
D. Holmes, p. G. n. Of Msssns Of the
state Of New York, took place on Tues
day afternoon with very imposing cere-
monies.
TbeN New York Associated Press has di-
recaed their agent in London to offer $500
reward for the detection and punishment
OF the author Of the hoax abO1t the City
Of Boaon.
lady in Wapskonetta, Ohio, recently
desired her daughter to play the flash
ionsble new malady she got from Pitts
burg last week" The old lady must
have meant Shoe Fly.
Taerumor that the House Committee
IN Foreign Affairs have agreed to report
IN f,vor Of according belligerent rights to
- is untrue. The committee have not
l2a ? meeting this week.
Hiss Mary J. Lumford, Of Mansfield,
Oaso, was murdered in bed on Sunday
gsgbt last, under circumstances Of fearful
a.rocilv. A reward Of 5000 has been Of
fered for the murderer or m~urderers.
A dispatsb from Paris on Wednesday
says: It is again reported that the Pope is
very 81 and weak. The report that
Austria indorses the demand Of France
on the Vatican rests, 1t is said, on trust
worthy authority.
A fete was given al the Tuilleries on
Wednesday, the occasion Of the I4th an
niverssry ofthe birth oftbe Prince Impe-
rial. The Official journal did not contain
the decree Of amnesty which was expected
70 mark the day. The manifesto of I'm
penal policy was also looked Tor but did
not appear.
Ameeting was held on Tuesday night at
the American Chapel In honor Of the
memory OF Hon. Arson Burlingame and
wa largely attended The funeral took
place Wednesday. The ceremonies were
simple in accordance with the re-
quest Of the deceased. olivier and other
msmbers Of the French Cabinet attended
the funeral
The recent large IRE in Galveston de-
stroyed property estimated At a million
and a half Of dollars. Two blocks were /
burned, containing over twenty whole
sale establishments. The ere commenced