Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-28
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| ierday amounted TO SI65, 200.
Governor English deems himself
Governor Of Connecticut, and acts ae-
cOrdingly.
O'Baldwin, pugilist, having served
his sentence Ia jail at Lawrence, was
liberated yesterday.
James M. Mason, of Virginia, eX-
Confederate Minister to England, was
not expected to live through last
night.
Thus far there have been 500 claims
filed before the Southern Claims Com
LnissiOners, amounting to two ana
half millions.
The Supreme Court of South Caro-
lima has unanimously decided in favor
Of the validity of contracts in which
slaves were a consideration.
The Iri5lgle's Paris special Tues
day morning says, there was heavy
fighting all night along the whole
lines Of Nanyres and lssy.
President Grant arrived in Harris
burg from the West last night, and is
q guest of J. d. Cameron. He viii
leave for Washington this forenoon.
Sir John Young is about to resign
the position of GOvernOr-GeneraI of
Canada. His successor is likely to be
the Marquis Of LOrne or young Prince
Arthur.
At a meeting of the Fenian Broth
erhOOd in New York last night, John
Savage, Colonel p. LeOnsrd and An
thony Agritfe were declared to be the
Central Committee and executive
head Of the Brotherhood.
Special dispatches confirm thestate-
ments that all compromises have been
rejected by the coal miners in Penn
sylvania. There is no probability Of
an early resumption Of work, and
further troubles seem imminent.
A fight took place yesterday be-
tween a band Of outlaws in Robson
county, North Carolina, and a party
Of citizens from Wilmington under
the command Of the Sheriff, in which
two Of the SheriH's posse were killed.
No particulars.
In the race for 8 one thousand
guineas stake for three-year-Old flIes,
at Newmarket, England, yesterday,
Baron ROthsChiId'5 b. f. HaUch, by
King lin, dam MonteriO Lass, was
first; Lord Auglesey's bl. f. Stupe,
second; MAYORS b. f. NOblesse, third.
Seven horses ran
AT Elizabeth, New Jersey, yester-
day, a railway train struck one of Par-
NUNS circus wagons and killed three
men, dangerously wounded two others,
while the sixth was slightly hurt.
Two mules were carried over 200 feet
and left dead. The drivers body was
found seyenty-fve yards from the
crossing.
The retirement Of Secretary Fish
from the State Department is no
longer a matter of doubt. He has
made all his arrangements to leave
here the first Of June. The house in
which he resides, and which belongs
to Governor Morgan, has been leased
to another party, and possession will
be given June lst.
The steamship Wisconsin took, on
her last trip from New York to Liver
pool, over sixty-fve tons, or about
two millions of dollars, in silver coin,
principally Spanish and Mexican dol
lars. This hard cash is probably iu-
tended for the Chinese market, the
merchants there requiring silver in all
their commercial TRANSACTIONS.
Frederick Smith, formerly a captain
in the I04th regiment of New York
volunteers, arrested for defraud-
ing the Government by means of.
fictitious bounty claims, has turned
States evidence, and twelve others
have been arrested. About six thOus-
and fraudulent claims have been dis
covered, involving over a million of
dollars.
Monday night, about dusk, two
well dressed young men arrived at
Buffalo by train from BinghamtOn,
n. Y. Their manner excited the sus-
piciOns Of the ticket agent, and when
be sold them tickets he took dupli-
Gates of their numbers, That night
they robbed the store of one OF our
largest merchants, securing $40, 900 in
cash, and left on the train for New
York. A few moments after the rob-
bery-hearing Of the burglary-the
ticket agent telegrsphed the numbers
of the tickets to the conductor of the
train, and when the train arrived at
Port Jervis, the young men were
taken in charge by officer CoUrtright,
of that city, and the money recovered,
and will be restored to its rightfnl
owner.