Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-20

Another Convict Captured.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, August IS.
Bernard Wiley, another Sing Sing
convict, was captured this morning.
He was shot In the back with q pistol
In the hands OF one Of his captors.
This makes eight captured thus far.
Tamnahy Figures.
NEW YORK, August I9.-The Tam
many records Of the county expendi-
lures for the years 1867 SO 20 show that
that there was paid for furniture and
repairs on public buildings, stationery
and rebuilding and repairing books.
the sum Of s6, ,039, ,167.
Sale Of Railroad Stock.
ST.. LOUIS, Aug. 19.-It Is stated on
good authority, but not officially pro-
mulgated, that the half million of the
North Missouri railroad stock, owned
by the city, has been sold for s65, 200,
and that 1t has passed into the hands
of the present owners Of the road.
The Crosse Trial,
LOUISVILLE, August 19.-The ex-
amining trial of DR.. Carl Crosse here
to day on the charge OF causing his
wife's death by brutal treatment,
terminated In his being remanded to
Jail, without bail, to await his trial
before the criminal court of Graves
county.
Supposed ApopIexy.
ST. LOUIS, August ia. s. Mer.
ritt, for many years proprietor OF the
Everett House and other hotels In this
city, and for some months past lessee
| of the st. James Hotel, was found
dead in his bed this morning. It is a
supposed case ofapoplexy.
ST. Louis County, NO., Vs the Railroad.
ST. LOUIS, August ia large
| amount of personal property of the
| Missouri and Pacific railroad COM
pany. but not including any rolling
stock, is advertised for sale this morn
ing by Collector MCGUIRE, to satisfy
unpaid tax bills, amounting TO $24,-
600. The sale Is to take place Tues
day, August 18th.
The ladlaas in Texas.
ST. LOUIS, August 19.-Accounts
from Fort Sell, Indian Territory, rep
resent a severe draught prevailing in
the Southern portion of the Territory
and the northern counties of Texas.
Vegetation Is burning up and the cat
tie are dying in many places for want
of water. All Indians are reported
peaceable and on their reservations.
Tennessee Press Association In PhIladeI-
phla.
PHILADELPHIA, August ia del
egation of Tennessee journalists ar
rived here to-day and were met at
the depot by Committee appointed
to receive them, The party, at one
O'Clock, were escorted to Independence
Hall, where Mayor Fox was in wait
ing formally to receive them. Geo.
E. Emack, Secretary of the Associa-
ton, in its behalf rendered their sim
eere thanks for the cordial welcome.
Arkansas Railroads.
LITTLE Rock, August ia new
railroad company has been incOrp0-
rated to build a railroad from Loan
! oke, on the Memphis road. to Jackson
Springs, on the Cairo and Fulton road,
a distance of fifteen miles, thus making
a connecting link between the two.
Work Is to be commenced on the Pine
Bluff branch of the Central road next
week, commencing at Clarendon.
Supreme Court Decision.
NEW YORK, August 1S.-An ap-
neal to the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, In which it has been de-
cided by the Supreme Court Of the
United States is necessary to be made
for refunding the tax on incomes ille-
gally assessed and collected, Is now
being made by member OF the anti
Income Tax Association OF this city,
and papers to be executed for this pur-
pose are In course Of preparation.
New Theory Of the Jersey Explosion.
New YORK, August ia new
theory Is prevalent in relation to the
Jersey City explosion. McGhee, one
of the proprietOrs of q liquor saloon,
whose body was said to have been
discovered in the ruins, Is thought to
be still at large. Some Of the evidence,
developed at the inquest last night,
indicates that McGhee was not at the
saloon at the time of the explosion,
an ID the assertion of responsible parties
tina { he was seen in HOboken at 8
o'clJNck on the morning after the ex-
plosipn, sustains these points Of testi-
mony.
COLUMBUS, O., August 19.-Colonel
McCOOOk, the Democratic candidate
for Governor, has been compelled by
al health to suspend his canvass ofthe
State. He does 80 with great reluc-
tsnce and only upon the earnest ad-
Vice of the medical men of America,
who say that his system Is so pros
trated by his labors in the intensely
hot weather Of the last three or four
weeks, as to make a rest absolutely
ne ,essary. The meetings appointed for
him will all be held by other speakers
supplying his place as soon as his
health shall be sufficiently restored he
viii resume speaking.
About our Atlantic Cables.
BOSTON, August 19.-The steamer
Robert Low Is undermining and re-
pairing the French cable between ISL.
ands Pierre and Duxburg, Massachu-
sets. The fact has been developed
that the loss OF both English cables,
last year, and the consequent expense
and inconvenience, resulted from the
stupendous blundeHs when the cable OF
'66 gave out. The fault was located,
by usual tests, in mid-oceaH, whittier
repair steamer was dispatched to
take up and re.unite the two ends. In
graphing for these the cable Of '65 was
picked up and completely severed,
but efforts to find the break in that OF
'66 were fruitless; this left the public
entirely dependent upon the French
cable, until last spring, when It was
discovered that the fault Of the cable
Of ,66, instead Of being in mid ocean,
was in close proximity to the coast Of
New Foundland, where it might have
been repaired In few hours, except
for the original mistake, and which
resulted In the rupture Of one cable in
efforts to find the break in another
where 1t did not exist. These facts
have an important bearing In promOt-
ing the laying Of new and competing
cables, confirming, as they DO, the the
cry that ocean cables once properly
laid in deep water, are little liable to
be severed.
Az indian Contractor on the Defense.
ST. LOUIS, August 19.-Durfee &
Peck, the Government Claim Agents,
against whom q writer in the Sioux
City Times recently made some serious
charges, published card In the Re-
publican this morning, In which they
say, in answer to the charges: "We
would say the writer hes shown his
Ignorance. No person has q right to
sell goods In an Indian country, un-
less he has filed bonds Of not less than
5000, locates his place of business and
receives q license OF the Indian De-
partment, so says the interior law.
It is g well-knOwn fact that the Secre-
tary of War appoints all suffers, and
without that appointment, no man has
q right to trade with the Indians.
We are under bonds to the govern
ment in the SUM of from $4,000
to $4,000 for every post we