Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-18
the WORLD BY TELEGRAPH.

Charleston had ice yesterday morning.
A government jau is TO be built In New
| York city.
The Dominion Of Canada has population
OF ss4 .s24.
The British government does not propose {.
I buy the Atlanu cable.
The Putnam insurance company, Hartford
/ has gOle into znkruptcy.
The CONGREGATIONAL National Council is still
In session at Oberlin- Ohio.
Major NeYin Is appointed pension agent a
| Philadelphia, IN place OF Major Calhoun
! Refugcs nom Charleston, driven out by
yellow fever, are returning 70 their homes
The finance committee Of the United State
Senate was In session yesterday at Wash
ington.
CHOLERA, as 8 sensation IN New York, hAi
given way 70 the discussion Of alleged elec
ton frauds.
An aceompIiee to the killing Of United States
Deputy Marshal ,DowIbyl has been arres ted IN
New York.
REPRESENTATIVES scoheld and Lansing, the
suh-ku-klux committee who visited Florida
have returned 10 Washington
Swiss residents in New York yesterday oele-
b ated the 56ith anniversary Of the indepen'
dence Of their n alive land
The Ldttle Rock city council has at last ef-
Gected an orgs uizatiOn, with Kramer the for
meT incumbent, as presiding ohcer.
A reception will be given in New York on
Monday evening, 70 the retu ned delegates
from the Russian Evangelical Alliance.
One Of Boston's puritsnical shsrpers was
run in" yesterday for sWtudnng people into
contributing 70 mythical sabbath schools.
A number Of vessels were driven ashore, IN
Tuesday nights gale, on Long Point Canada
SIX or seven men were drowned or IrOEen 70
death
Tuesday nights storm swept away the boat
house and Out-buildlugs belonging 70 the light
hsuse on Halfway Rock, near Portland,
Maine.
The American and British commission ad-
journed yesterday until the 9Th Of Deeem Der.
One claim was rejected because Of the insult
heiency OF proof
Arrangements are In progress for the reoep-
ton and entertainment Of the National board
OF trade, which viii meet In ST. Louis on the
9Th Of Decem 0ers
Datus E. Coon, Of Alabama, has been ap-
pointed United states cOnsul-general al hio de
JaneirO, and Charles y. Dyer, OF ILLINOIS,
cOnsul-general az Beirut.
The majority for John L Beveridge, Repub-
ucan candidate Tor Congressman 81 large, in
Cook county, Illinois, is 54I7, and his majority
IN the State Is about ls-oOo.
The secretary Of the treasury has decided
that iron barges Of foreign build cannot be
used in the transportation Of grain frOrn ST.
Louis 10 New Orleans.
The civil service commission was yesterday
engaged in the consideration Of the question
as TO what weight, II auy, should be given 70
seniority Of service in promotion.
The Franklin, the steamer infected with
cholera on her arrival In New York, Is now
being fumigated preparatory 70 being taken
70 the docks 70 receive return cargo.
VIM. Hagemeyer, hfty-two years old, hung
himself IN his garret IN -. Louis yesterday.
TEN pOrary arrangement Is supposed 70 have
been the cause. be left wife and three chill
dren.
The cabinet meeting yesterday was Of three
hours duration. The President received no
visitors either before or after the meeting. he
being occupied IN the preparation Of his
annual message.
John Lee a Norwegian sailor, was hanged
In the jail-yard at Montreal, yesterday, for the
murder OF Mrs. Foster on the sd OF May last
The prisoner preserved 8 calm demeanOr, and
was apparently Indifferent to his fate.
Yesterday evening a man named James
Robinson attempted 70 all john W. PItte-
nick, one Of tn Hproprietors OF the Pittsburg
Evening Leader, the ball just grazing his
head. The difficulty grew out Of a publica-
ton in reference 70 hobinson.
The crew OF the bark Sherman, wrecked on
Long Point. Canada, arrived at Buffalo last
open boat, being exposed 70 the cold ana
dreuched by ueavy seas for tweuty-fOur hours.
The stewandeSs di. 4 from eX pOsure during the
terrible passage.
Grant VIII furnish his message Of this year
to the press in the same way as heretofore viz:
Manifold copies will be made and given to
AUTHORIZE representatives Of newspapers
shortly after the private secretary shall leave
the executive department with copies Of the
official document for the two houses Of con-
gress.
The Guardian Savings Institutions, one OF
Tweed's speculatiOns, IN Rew York, went
up" yesterday, and udge Barnard appointed
a receiver. The public administrator fund,
$50 90, arising from persons dy ng without
heirs, was IN this ably-m anagsd Institution
and has taken the same road that did the
"a sacred schO i fund Of Tennessee.
Genera Spinner will shortly issue a circular
concern ing the redemption OF mutilated cur
rency, II will provide that ate January lst
more than half note will be redeemed at its
full value; clearly half q note at one half the
value Of the original, and less than half a note
Will not be redeemed unless there is positive
proof Of the missing part having been de-
strOyed
Secretary Robson has issued sn order ex-
pelEBg SIX more cadets from the naval
academy at annapolis for hsz ng, and says
"Let II be distinctly understood that the
praCilee and the defiant spirit which now
iuyokes its action by the dismissal, II nee 8
sary, Of every cadet, 70 the very last, who
refuses the fullest obedience 10 the regulations
on this subject"
The party who put the negro murderers OF
the Park family up tree near Charleston,
Indiana, Numbered about sevef ~. They went
70 the JAil.abOut one O'Clock yesterday morn
ing and demanded the keys Of he sailor and
took blacksnith's tools and tore open the jail
doors, cut away the hinges broke the locks,
and placed ropes around ths necks Of the prtS-
one and took them one and a-half miles
from the town, on the Lexington road, aud
Taylor and johnson were bung on one tree
ano DAVIS on another. The vigilance commit
tee were all white and were masked