Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-17
TELEGRAMS.

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! from New York in two weeks.
Judge Robert Rose was found dead
in MS bed in Washington yesterday
The Communists of Paris are di
vided, and each faction is at war with
the other.
All mechanics over forty years old
have been called upon to work on the
defenses of Paris.
A severe storm at Toledo, Ohio,
yesterday, blew down a machine shop
worth $4,000.
Jewell, Radical, was fnaugurated
Governor Of Connecticut, yesterday,
with great parade.
The Communists propose using a
chemical preparation that will ami
hilate the Versaillists.
Cluseret, George Francis Trains
shirt borrower, has been released from
prison by his fellow Communists.
A fire at Montreal yesterday con-
| sumed a row Of small tenemeuts and
two houses. Loss $25, 900, fully in
/ sured.
| The Versailles troops entered Paris
on Monday, La Lj6eFte says, through
breaches at the Port MaillOt and at
Anteuil.
John Martin, in the House of Com
mons yesterday, denounced English
tyranny in Ireland. It's all talk
and no cider"
The western and southwestern ar
| rOndissements Of Paris are uninhabit-
able. There has been great loss of
property in those parts Of the city.
The French Assembly has resolved
that the Paris residence Of Theirs, re-
Gently destroyed by the Communists,
shall be rebuilt at the public expense.
An immense fire is raging in the
forest along the ROndaut and OswegO
railroad, New York. The cause is at
tTibuted TO sparks flying from an en-
gine.
The Communists made a sortie last
night, meeting the VersailIists
strongly posted in the BOis de BOU-
lOgne, but were forced to retreat with
heavy loss.
D. F. Randy, United States express
messenger, wss found dead in a room
in the New Hall House, Milwaukee,
yesterday. The cause was probably
apOpieXy.
The Winnepeg Legislature has, by
the decided vote Of "A to %, refused to
be party to the punishment Of any Of
the persons who participated in the
late rebellion.
A bill has been passed by the Ger
man parliament iOrbidding the rails
ing Of loans by means of lotteries, eX- !
ceDt in the cases Of various German |
governments,
The Grand EnCampment and Grand |
Lodge Of Odd Fellows Of Indiana, |
met at indianapolis yesterday. The |
Order is in very hOurishing cOndi- |
ton in that State.
A dispatch from MiddIetown, New
York, yesterday, says a premature
explosion occurred in the midland
tunnel Of the Shawangunk mountains
last evening. Two men killed and
four injured.
Miss Angela Georgiana Burdett
COutts, daughter and heiress of the
great COutts, banker of London, has
accepted a peerage from Queen Vic
tOria, Miss COutts is about eighty
years Of age.
The statements of the sale of the
Erie railroad are positively contradict
ed by the managers OF the company,
who say no offers for the purchase Of
the road would for a moment be en-
tertained.
A special telegram from Havana to
New York gives late intelligence
from the republic of Mexico. The
opposition party elected the new Pres
ident and Vice President and the
Congress, which is considered a great /
victory.
A Cincinnati dispatch of yesterday
says: THE loss Of Mills, johnson & /
Co., in the fire last night will prOba-
bly, reach 500 900. Insurance, SI84,- !
600. The building is a total loss; in
sUrance, $50, ,OOO."
A dispatch from st. Denis saws the
in the Commune would be
terminated yesterday, by the dissOlu-
tiOn Of the Central Committee, or by
the absorption Of the Committee of
Public Safety with the Central Com
mittee. A new Military Committee
has been appointed.
Americas Patterson killed AleOps
Wagner with a butcher knife at Leav.
Saturday. The desperadO
shot and killed Charles Mills and
wounded the sheriff and another !
man, who were trying to arrest him,
at Usage, Missouri.
Great efforts have been made bv the |
Communists engineers to tear the
column in the Place NendOme, Paris,
from its base, but it has as vet with |
stood their utmost exertiOn. The en-
gineerS have not, however, given up
hope Of success, and are now renewing |
their attempts.
Yesterday morning q train from
Jamaica, Long Islard, to New York,
Of two passenger cars, a
milk car and two fats loaded with
baled hay, took fren near Clarenceville,
the hay being ignited by sparks from
the locomotive. The entire train was
destroyed. No one injured.
A revolution has broken out in
and active preparations are
being carried on to put it down, and
to secure the commanders Of the in
surgent forces, who have been enrich
ing themselves to the tune of three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
being surrounded, their escape with
the booty is almost impossible.
The preparations for the Interna-
tiOnal Convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association, which meets
on the 24th inst, are nearly complete, /
and the indications are that it will be |
the most impressive Christian Con
ventlOn held for many years. Among
those who will be present are many
of the most prominent names in reli-
gious association work.
The Liverpool steamer leaving
New York city on the oath viii carry
not only the English members Of the
High Commission and Baron GerOlt, {
the Prussian minister recently re-
called, and family, but also several
Senators and members who have
made preparations for a European |
tour. General Schenck has also en-
gagged passage. but both he and the {
Senators will be delayed in case the
Senate shall not have adjourned.
A dispatch dated Berlin, Sunday
night, says that on the 18th the Arch {
bishops and Bishops OF the Catholic q
Church petitioned the Emperor
Of Austria and the King Of Italy for 5
the independence Of the Pope, as ne !
cessaTy for the Catholic Church, and !
demand that Rome and suitable ter
ritOry be Immediately returned to the
Pope. The petitioners also say that
it is the duty of all other Catholic
powers, and the Protestant powers
also, 10 make the demand.