Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-24

the Heirs OF Sir Francis Drake" and It was
| resolved thst any person claiming heiShip
should be admitted on payment Of iwo dollan
entrance fee. Over 10 persons paid their es.
A committee was appointed OObtain and dis
hurSe money IN the enforcement OF the claims
OF the joint heirs The estate TO which these
| persons Law claim Is situated in the county OF
| Devon, England, and is said TO be worth $780,
4 dispatch from Washington 10 the New
York Herald says reliable Information OF the
real object Of the visit OF the Grand Duke
Alexis, reports that he Is charged with a m s
sion Of an important and delicate character TO
our gOvernment-Oein ing nothing less than a
proposal for an alliance, offeu sive and defsn-
sive. between the two nations. As an Euro
pear war Is apprehended, Russia believes that,
with active aid from the United States, or ss-
sisted by an extensive privateering fleet under
Russian letters OF marque, she could DEFY all
Europe.
General Wall, super 'ntendent Of Indisn
afssirs for No tans, reports 10 the interior de-
paftment at Washington, tbet band OF sew
British America, have established winter
quarters in the vicinity of the MIX Tiver
agency, with view Of supplying the Indians
with liquor and ammunition General Glib
sen has directed a portion Of the seventh IN
fsntry 10 surprise them, spin their liquor, de-
stroy their huts bring away whatever Is Yalu-
able and drive them from the country.
A company has been formed IN st. Louis
consisting Of prominent merchants, for the
erection Of a new chamber OF commerce build
ing The site pro osed Is the square bounded
by Third and Fourth and Chestnut and Pine
streefs-one Of the most central In the city. 1t
Is designed to cover the entire square with
magnificent building and use such part Of IL
for the chamber Of commerce as the mem bers
Of that body may e ect. This has received the
approval Of the board OF directors and the ms
jOrlty Of the members Of the chamber COM
merce, and books for subscription 70 the capt-
tai stock will be opened Immediately. The
capital stock will be sl,000,000
The fifteenth annual session Of the Ohio
State Horticultural society cpmme ced yeSter-
day a. Milford, DR.. John A WaTdsr, president,
pres ding. Reports from the secretary, the
-legate 10 the American POmo 'Ogical society,
and from local societies were submitted, and
an sddress Wss delivered by Professor Ortou,
Of the State geological survey. In the even
ing a address OF welcome from The citizens of
Milford was read oy the Rev. 7. !. Melish,
editor Of the Journal and Messenger, which
wes responded u by President WaIder In an
address Of some length. AMER the conclusion
OF the addresses, reports from local societies
were resumed.
A Raleigh dispatch TO the New York Herald
saws that nearly two hundred ku-kluK " II be
tried at the next term OF the court on the
27th instant. Ali have confessed many OF
them making cOnfii ting and ridiculous state
ments. A more demoralized set could scarcely
be found. Que Of them swears he WAS sworn
into the order by a Methodist preacher, who
informed him that Durham, the defeated can
didRte FOR congress, was the CHIEF: Josiah
Turner, editor of the Raleigh sentinel, was
grand chief for North Carolina, Wade Hamp-
ton was grand cyclops for the SOutusrn States,
and Frank Blair was grand cyclOps for the
United States. II viii be claimed before the
court that the order is purely political