Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-19
FOREIGN TsLEoRAMs.
A DsfauItlnu shsrIm.

| A DefauIting Sheriff.
LONDON, August 18.-William
Haitian Thompson, Sheriff Substitute
OF Inverness, was yesterday sentenced
to five years imprisonment for forging
bills Of exchange.
Tonnage ExaotIOBs by France.
LONDON, August 1s.-In the House
OF Commons to-day Mr.. Graves con-
firmed the report that duty of one
franc per ton will be exacted by
France as tonnage tax on vessels en-
tering French ports.
Goodbye, Queen Victoria.
DUBLIN, August 1s.-At a banquet
given by the French deputatiOn to-
night, the Lord Mayor proposed the
following toast: 'The Queen"
which was received with storm Of
Kisses, lasting several minutes.
Rejoicing in Madrid.
MADRID, August 1s.-There is great
excitement and rejoicing at the liberia
tion Of the Republican, Pacque Baccia,
after five months Incarceration on
suspicion OF being concerned In the
assassination of General Prlm.
hap0leOn's Fete.
LONDON, August l6.-NapOleon was
given q fete at Chiselhurst, at which
telegrams were received from the Gar
OF Russia, the King Of Sweden, the
Emperor Of Austria, the King of
Portugal, the King Of Holland, the
Prince of Wales, and others.
The Foreigners were the Incendlaries.
VERSAILLES, August 1s.-Before
court martial, to-day, Ferrat described
the fearful state Of anarchy which
prevailed under the Commune, and
stated that both Cluseret and LulIier
sought to seize the Dictatorship. The
incendiaries, he said, were nearly all
foreigners.
The Cholera.
BERLIN, August lS.-The cholera
has appeared in the neighborhood of
Stetten. The disease continues its
ravages at Koenigsburg, where on
Tuesday there were seventy new cases
and thirty-four deaths, and on
wednesday eighty new cases and
twenty seven deaths.
ExtraditiOn Of Communists from Spain.
MADRID, August 1S.-The SPANS b
Government has, at the express desire
of the French Cabinet, consented to
the extraditiOn of all Communists
found on Spanish soil. One Of the
leaders of the Commune has already
been arrested and delivered over to
the French authorities.
Severe Sentence.
LONDON, August lS.-It is reported
the Admiralty have decided that the
crew Of the ironclsd Agincourt, which
was recently ashore at Gibraltar, shall
be paid Oh, and the vessel itself put
out OF commission. The Admiralty,
1t Is also said, have decided to super
sede Rear Admiral WilmOt and Cap
tain Beamis, who were in command
at the time Of the disaster.
A Good Movement.
BERLIN, August ia postal con-
ference in session here, suggests at the
conclusion of international treaties be-
tween all the great powers, including
America, to establish a uniform rate
Of postage on letters, regardless Of the
distance, placing the postage at tWen-
ty centimes when prepaid, and forty
centimes when unpaid, with addi-
tional charge on letters which go by
sea.
From Pope Plus.
LONDON, August lS.-The Pope's
new encyclical will be published In
Rome. 1t thanks the Bishops and
Catholics Of the entire world for their
demonstration ofattaehment, made on
the occasion OF the POntifical Jubilee,
when, from all parts OF the globe, de-
tying every danger and threatened
outrage, they repaired to the Eternal
City 10 offer their congratulations.
Preparing fer War.
PARIS, August 18.-The Patrie SAYS
that Russia Is making great military
preparations. The Car, accompanied
by General LefroW, the French AM
bassador, visited the camp of the
Twelfth army corps at JeWskasela. j
Prussia Is also filling up her regi-
ments, periecting her armamentS and
collecting ermOUls quantities of stores.
The Pdtrie believes that the prepa-
ratiOns Of the latter power are aimed
at Russia.
The lnternatlOnals Speak Out
MADRID, August 1S.-A committee
Of the International Society has ad-
dressed a letter to Prime Minister
Gorilla, describing the character, ex-
tent and purposes of the organization.
The letter avows the hostility of the
society to the Government, but COM
plains of persecution of Its members
by the authorities. 1t denounees the
existing Order of Evils as false and
hollow, being maintained by brute |
force.
Shall Theirs be Continued as President. |
PARIS, August 18.-The committee
to which the motion for the prolonga-
ton of Theirs power was referred by !
the Assembly, elected ViscOunt Bene- |
dict DAISY chairman, and Mare |
Girardin reporter. The committee |
will probably report next Monday. |
The debate on the motion will be |
opened on Tuesday. Counter mo-
tions are anticipated from Gambetta |
and Duke d'Broglie. 1t Is believed the |
original motion, with some modihca-
tlons, will be carried.
Russia Answers the Americans.
LONDON, August 1S.-Prinee GOrt- |
chakoff publishes a report of what |
passed between him and the |
Evangelical deputation of Frederick
Shsfer, in July last. He says hsv-
Ing heard them, he replied that their
mission had the appearance of inter-
ference in the domestic affairs of Rus
sia, and that she could permit no
foreign Intervention whatever, and
that the Russian Government could
not tolerate a shadow of Intervention
from whatever side 1t came. The
missionaries expressed their respect
full regret. He accepted the address
Of the American delegation to hand
to the Emperor. The address
to the Emperor by the Swiss delega-
don, which was written in London,
he decidedly refused to accept. He
then explained that 1t might seem in
vidious to only accept the address of
the American dele cation, and re-
quested them to withdraw 1t, which
they did.
A Fight at Grab Orchard, Kentucky.
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