Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-01

much injured by the drought.
Carl Schurz will address the people
Of Chicago on the political questions
of the FAY on the 18th Of August.
It is reported the Panama railroad
was unable to pay the subsidy to the
government when it last fell due.
Daring the year ending June 80,
1871, the sum of sos, go IL was paid
out by the Knoxville Pension Agency.
They have thieves at Cape May. A
| Mr.. DeWail, of Philadelphia, was
yesterday robbed OF $1,000 in watches
/ and diamonds.
The funeral services over Gen. J. T.
Boyle, at Louisville, were largely at
| tended. The remains 90 to DanVille,
Ky, for final burial.
Twenty eight gamblers were ar
rested in indianapolis yesterday. The
authorities of that city have deter.
mined to clean them out.
Toronto letters say the elections to
the Legislature in Quebec resulted in
choice of the party of five minis
terials to twenty opposition.
Americans visiting Europe must
carry passports; especially nsturalized
citizens, as the latter cannot get them
in Paris without showing the proper
paper.
In Cuba there are many rumOrs cur
rent regarding the surrender of the
President of the Cuban military and
civil functiOnaFies in the Central De
paTtment.
One hundred bales Of Janpanese
silk was received at New York, over
land from California, and shipped to
Europe yesterday, fOrty-twO days
from Japan.
The Directors Of the Sailors Retreat
have sgreed to permit the use of their
building at Staten Island by the Gov
eminent as a hospital for the sick and
disabled OF the navy.
A mass meeting is to be held in
Jackson on the first Monday in
August, to take into consideration the
immediate building OF a narrow gauge
railroad from Jackson to Memphis.
Captain Lachstever, of the brig Vic
tOria, from New York for Liverpool,
loaded with petroleum, was smOth-
cred from inhaling gas from the cargo.
His body was taken to New York.
Arrangements have been made with
the Jamaica government whereby the
Pacific Mail Company continue their
trips to that island for another year
for a subsidy Of five thousand dollars.
Thomas Wallace was shot and
killed yesterday, at Blaine Falls, on
Tug fork of the Big Sandy, by his
r,av,,G1 T,Tan vr-hDv,o hn
had dispute about some machines.
Russell Gurney, having been ap-
pointed commissioner by the British
government, for the settlement of the
Alabama claims, under the treaty of
Washington, will shortly sail for this
country.
The IyncheTs Of Meara, at Watseka,
will be brought before Judge Peteur-
bagh, of Peoria, Illinois, to-day, on a
writ of hG6eGS corpus. The eXami-
nation will probably occupy several
days.
At a meeting Of the wOrkingmen in
New York city, held last night, meas
ures were taken to sustain the stone
cutters of Albany in their efforts to
procure the enforcement of the eight
hour law.
The steamer Perit, from New York,
yesterday took out $4,000 to pay
President BaeZ, of st. Domingo, the
second mOiety of the lease Of Samana.
She also took arms for the Dominican
government.
Marshals BsZaine and Canrebert
and General Wimpfien have been
summoned to testify before the Com.
mittee appointed by the French As
sembly 20 investigate the conduct of
the late war.
The French Journal .O6jcieI says
that an interview has been arranged
to toke, place in September, at Yer
sailles, between Lord Granville, Baron
VOnBeust and President Thiers, when
the Eastern question in all its bear
ings will be considered.
Patrick Duffy, the principal in the
murder Of O5temeyer, some months
ago, who was to have been hanged to
day, at st. Louis, with Patrick Burns,
has had his sentence cOmmuted by
Governor Brown, to Imprisonment
in the penitentiary for life.
On the application of the New York
Central RailrOSd Company, the Sec
retary of the Treasury has consented
to modify his order concerning the
glass seal lock, so as not 70 require the
use OF said lock on cars containing
petroleum, going from Suspension
Bridge to New York for export.
General Butler, on being inter-
viewed at Gloucester by a New York
reporter, gave his opinions on various
subjects and said he had never con-
templated the contingency of what
he would do If defeated for the Cub
ernatiOnal nomination before the
Massachusetts, Republican State Con-
VentiOn.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
instructed the Assistant Treasurer at
New York TO purchase one million
dollars worth Of bonds on each We'd
1esday in August, or five millions in
all; and sell one million dollars gold
on the first, third and fifth Thursdays,
and two millions on the second and
fourth Thursdays in August, or seven
millions in all.
A Cincinnati dispatch says: "Eight
cleTgymen, representing tn Presbyte-
Tian, Methodist, Episcopal, Lutheran,
Christian and Universalist Churches,
spoke today on the repeal of the
Sunday laws. Much interest is felt
Ia the anti-repeal mass meeting for
tomorrow night. A number of prom
f1ent laymsn are announced to
speak"
Gambetta has laid before President
Theirs a proposition for the reOrgani-
ton Of the army and civil service.
The plans are supposed to have come
from Generals Faidberbe and Chausey
in conjunction with the Due d. Aumale
and Prince De JOinVille. Theirs and
Marshal Mcmahon approve of the
plans submitted. Some have express
ed surprise at the cooperation Of the
royal princes with Gambetta and
Theirs.
An Omaha dispatch Of last night
saws the severest rain ever known
there visited that section Sunday night
doing great damage. Roads and
bridges were washed away in every
direction. About two miles of the
Union Pacific track was washed out
and other portions for distance OF
ten miles west were much damaged.
No trains can leave there before Mon
day. Heavy thunder and lightning
accompanied the storm. The United
States observer reports that four and
a half inches of rain fell between the
hours of one o'clock Sunday evening
and 8 O'Clock Monday morning.
The SeVeres Porcelain Factory.
PARIS, July 3l.-The immense pOr-
celain factories at Severes, in which
work has been entirely suspended
since the commencement of the siege
of Paris by the Germans, are to be at
once re-established.