Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-17
ELECTRIC SCINTILLATIONS.

A Radical State Convention is now in
session at Houston, Texas.
The Irish Confederation Club are hold
ing a secret convention in New York.
The State Fair which is now going on
at Houston, Texas, is reported TO be a
brilliant success.
WOrkmen have begun operations on
the new pOstOfiice building in New
York on the eight-hOur system.
The Liberal Republicans OF East
Haven, fired one hundred guns last
night in honor Of Ferry's election.
The cities and towns of Texas con-
tinue to give evidence Of their satisfac-
ton in the seating Of Giddings in the
National Congress.
4 meeting of Democratic editors in
Houston, Texas, yesterday, resolved TO
await the action of the State and Ma
tiOnal Conventions.
The Methodist Conference yesterday
enacted to employ a lawyer in each
State and Territory to take charge of the
legal affairs of the church.
The survivors of Hoods brigade have
organized a Relief Association in Texas
At a meeting yesterday in Houston,
General Hood delivered an address.
A Scranton telegram yesterday very
facetiOusly informs US that no explosions
occurred in that vicinity, as far as heard
from, within the previous twenty-four
hours.
The village Of Kempville, Canada,
was nearly destroyed by fire Wednes-
day. The loss is estimated at eighty
thousand dollars, with small amount Of
insurance.
The italian Government has sent
communication TO the government of
Prince Charles, of ROumania, protesting
against the persecution and oppression
of the Jews in that country.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
issued a certificate of organization to the
Scandinavian National Bank of Chica-
go, of which Ferd. Swinsland is Presi-
dent and Alex. Sillar, Cashier.
The President speaks favOrably of the
project Of constructing an inter-Oceanic
canal for ships, connecting the Alissis-
sippi river with the Atlantic ocean, as
presented to him by the Georgia delega-
tion.
The crew Of the American steamer
Monticello, which was wrecked off the
coast Of Newfoundland, were taken off
by the French brig Louise, and with
her passengers, thirty in all, landed at
st. Pierre, and have since reached Sid
ney.
A carload Of delegates to the Elmira,
New York, Republican Convention, day
before yesterday, came near being
thrown from the track, in which event
the result would have been a fearful loss
# q nd gafr aaA ho
was going at rapid rate.
Nearly twenty-five thousand dollars
have been raised in the Methodist Con-
ferenees for the purpose of erecting a |
monument to the memory Of Bishop /
hingsly, in Syria. A portion Of the |
funds thus raised will Oe appropriated /
for the benefit Of the deceased Bishops /
family.
The suit Of Attorney General Barlow
against Jay Gould and Frederick A.
Lane, calling them to account for their /
official conduct as directors of Erie, has |
been discontinued at the expense of the |
complainants, on the request of the /
agent of the London Protective Union, |
on the ground that subsequent negOtia- |
tions rendered the proceedings unneces-
saTy.
Jerome J. Crawford, of Washington |
county, Pennsylvania, who was found /
cut TO pieces in the Troy street tunnel, |
in Pittsburg, on Tuesday morning, is |
now thought 10 have been murdered. |
He was known to have been in COM |
pany with two roughs, shortly before |
one O'Clock this morning, with consid- |
cradle money in his possession. He
was said TO have been playing cards /
ru-fHh IN a ~ IL
very much under the influence Of liquor. /
These two men following him, the DO
sition Of the body, when found, would /
Indicate that he had been placed across
the railroad track in the tunnel.
Judge Stanley Matthews who was
temporary chairman of the National /
Liberal Republican Convention at Gin
cinnati, in his speech on taking the
chair, severely censured the Washing
ton dynasty, ascribing all manner Of
corruption and mal-administration.
Since the adjournment of that cOnven-
ton, in which Judge Mathews's name
took no higher flight up the ladder Of
fame, than temporary chairman, his at
tention has been called TO the remarks
alluded TO, and he responds saying that
he made the remarks in an ''unguarded
his words, he could now see nothing OBJ
jectiOnable in the administration of
President Grant. that the present ad-
ministratiOn is not guilty Of corrupt con-
duct OF motives, and he sought TO have
expressed himself so on that OCCASION -
The following extracts show the spirit
of the London press of to-day on the /
treaty question. The Daily Nei0S says:
"All eyes in England are turned to the |
American Senate. We have done our /
duty. The best hope remains in that the /
decision has been cOnfided to a body |
always holding the highest place for
gravity and wisdom" The Morning
Post and Daily Telegraph are sanguine
that patriotism will Overrule politics, 4
and that the treaty will survive. The
Standard remarks: We have made /
sacrifices enough. Let the Senate reject
the treaty. 1t is not our fault If the
American constitution is defective or the
government weak; nor is it our loss If we
are released from a liability incurred out
Of exaggerated differences toward kim
dred, high-spirited, but exacting
people" The Times makes no allusion
TO the subject.
An interesting suit has been pending
III 1sedNenMOfiu, hausas, Wnlcn was
brought about in the following manner:
Mr.. Burke was q candidate for some
lucrative Office, and I'm order TO insure II
10 himself secured the influence Of a Ger
tain paper published within the iurisdic-
ton of said lucrative position. In order
to enlist the services Of the aforesaid
paper in his behalf it was necessary for
Mr.. Burke TO make guarantee Of the
little amount of six thousand dollars,
which was done by Burke giving his
note, indOrsed by Senator Caldwell.
That was all satisfactory, and the paper
went about the work like a Trojan,
writing up and embellishing the claims
Of the candidate TO the oily position.
The result, however, was not favorable
10 the aspirations Of Mr.. Burke, resulting
in bis defeat, and il seems that Mr..
CaldwelPs Endorsement of the Burke
notes was the only source left the paper
to obtain pay for It's work IN the pre-
misses. This brought about the suit, in
whioa Senator Caldwell was plaintiff
and Mr.. Burke defendant, which was
Yesterday decided in favor Of the de-