Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-23
NEW YORK YESTERDAY.

Msyor Hall was il the grand jury room
this afternoon.
Thir5esn smallpox cases are reported
since yesterday noon.
Assignments Of the supreme court
Judges for 1872 Wsrs made today.
Charles Busch wss sgsln arrested for
attempting to make love to Miss Nilsson.
Rumors are currsnt thst the grand Jury
have summoned witnesses to testify con-
cerniug Fisk.
The house of Mr.. Henry B. Kirk, at
Morrisians, was burnsd today. Loss,
So, ,0CO; insured for 81, 500.
The grand jury adjourned till Tuesday
without presenting q new Indictment.
Rumors conEinus that important arrests
viii be msde.
The charge against Judge Bedford for
receiving % 90 extra compensation from
the city while assistant district attorney
was dismissed,
Jacob Worth and Edward Terriles were
yesterday found guilty OF having elected
tine ins peCtOr Of election from the polling
place during the late election.
Several prominent merchants and
physicians gave testimony upon the
uuaran -iRe matter bsfore the commercial
community at tbs chamber Of commerce.
It appears that indictments against
Tweed we're found fifteen days before
they were brought into court. Ali this
time the grand jury kept the matter
secret,
Tweed's resignation IS Grand Sschem
OF Tsmmany has been recently demanded
by prominent members Of the order. It
Is understood that Tweed will soon retire
and be succeeded by Isaac Bell.
The time for the examination OF
ffao IA " for har
26th. In consequence Of thcreQ uiremeDts
with respect 70 his bail, his friends are
now said 70 be few and his GYsilabls cash
little.
Wm Brown one Of the counterfeitsrs
who escspsd from the Ludlow street Jail
come weeks sgo, has been arrested st
Frespogt, illinois, snd viii be brought
here ana pBs on the stand in the Miner
case, when important revelstions are ex-
pscted.
The grand Jury have addressed a COM
municalion 20 Judge Ingraham, of the
supreme court, directing his attention to
the flthy condition of the city prisons.
They represent that there is sn INSULT
cheney ia the police forcs. and lack OF
funds for the city departments.
The president OF the Union Trust COM
pany Wss summoned yesterday to testify
IS u ths deposits Of the ring officials.
OLnEl lllLEl4a Al AEe L04AA4IN neNb Uccn
subj % 1asd, Including Augustus Sohells
Horace F. Clark, ". II. Peckhsm, Peter
B. swesnsy-the latter when he comes
back from Canada.
In the case OF Connolly, orders Of the
court for g reduc ion Of his bail were 70
be served on TIE sheriff yesterday. The
required DO de having bsen perfected, It
Is probable Connolly viii be released from
LUDLOW strasi AL today. The delay is
Il FrrfNf fmf-
msnts found sgsins5 him.
A dispatch fr3m Washington ssys that
inoiotmentg are IN course Of preparation
against certain person for frauds prac-
ticed upon 1he government several years
ago. The faclG are withheld, but the evil
dence in hand Is such es % justify the ex-
psctRtion OF the recovery OF large sum
and successful criminal prosecution.
It appesrs thst the assignment Of judges
for tho terms Of tba supreme court ofthis
city for the neXt two years, which Is ro-
quired 70 b. announced one month before
the expiration o. the year, has lot yet
been gwen ID toe pnblie. This is said TO
be owing 30 tue basi5ancy which exists
among toms of The Judges Of being known
ct holding ocurt &C The time wien the trials
Of some of tie accused ringmen occur.
In the az echnent sgsinst the property
of r. B. Connolly, Issued in the suit by
Patrick Carroll, late superintendent Of
markets. 20 recover {i4 COO alleged to have
been psid for groceries, provisions, eto
for Corrolly, sn Investigation win be
msde into the aftzirs Of tho former clerk
of the Washington market, 10 sscertKin
whist Wss done with tho large sums col
lected from the occupants Of the stands on
the sidewalks q Nessy street. Some Of
them psy from $l205 70 $500 annuslly,
but il Is alleged that not one dollar has
gone into The ei'y treasury.
judge BiatehfoFd In the United States
circuit couri 70 day, delivered 3 decision
IN favor Of che executors Of ID. ". Good
man, OF Atapania, against tbs New York
Mutual Life insursnee company, who re-
fused 70 ray Q pelicy for nve thousand
dollars, on the ground thst several pey-
msnts were due, snc tha ciaimsuts con-
tended that tns sapsny ~ Withdrawing
their sgsucles from Alabama during the
war, prevented Goodman from paYing his
premium. Judge Bletohford deeresd for
corppisiuanta with costs. and th9c9mpAny
20 Be credited for unpaid annual ray
ments,
Atsmeeting Of the board Of directors
OF the New York City Central UndeT-
Ground Railway company, held today, 1t
was 6eterni1ed C open the stock sub
scriptiou books early in January under
the chsFgs Of q committee N connection
with seversl prominent banking firms.
The comp ns g report estimates the east
line. which viii extend from the city hall
70 Harlem, st SI7 OPS sol Il is proposed
70 dnish re work IN a little over two
wears II is estimsted that the revenue of
the line is 81 ,200, 600. From the tunnel
here will be double archway similar to
the Thsmss tunnel Of London. Ths bonds
10 be issusd are 10 be secured by mort
& age 70 The amoVat Of IS, 100000.