Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-23
WAITS FROM THE MAGNETS.

At Cape May, New Jersey, yesterday,
Daniel Horn shot and instantly killed
his wife, for alleged infdelity.
The Pennsylvania State Agricultural
SOciety mas decided TO hold their annual
fair in Erie, commencing on the seven
teenth Of September next.
In Philadelphia yesterday Green
woods wooden mill was totally burned
The fire originated in the picking room
Loss twenty thousand dollars.
Thomas NAYS was killed, and five
others badly injured, yesterday by the
falling of a temporary structure used in
the construction Of a railroad bridge on
the Catawba river, in North Carolina
The trial Of DR.. Huston was begun in
Baltimore yesterday. The proceedings
viii be conducted in secret, and the pub
lie ear will not be shocked with the dirty
details.
Edward S. Stokes was arraigned in
New York yesterday. His counsel asked
for an adjournment till Monday, to de-
eide what course to pursue. Judge In
graham granted a delay until this
morning.
The Democratic State Executive Com
mittee Of Maine have called a cOnven-
tion 10 meet in Portland on the
eighteenth of June, for the purpose OF
nominating a candidate for Governor,
and appointing delegates TO the Balti-
more Convention.
The GaIIatin National Bank received
through the mail the commercial paper,
drafts and notes, 70 the amount of forty
six thousand dollars, of which its mes
senper was robbed on Saturday last
the thieves prOfting only siXty-three
dollars by the transaction.
The Illinois Republican State Conven-
ton met in Springfield at noon yester-
dav. and effected a temporary Organiza-
lion bv electiag J. p. Roat temporary
president. The usual committees were
appointed. and a recess taken till two
o'clock. J. Young Cannon is chairman
Of the Committee on Resolutions.
The schooner Marie, of Chittecamp,
Vape Breton, on a sealing voyage, was
erIis he'd in the ice on the twenty-eighth
of April. OF Boyd Island, and filled i'm
mediatelv. The captain and crew OF
seven men, after enduring great hard
sbips. and travelling sixty miles on ice,
reached Cape North nearly exhausted.
A vote was taken in the Methodist
Conference in New York yesterday FOL
the additional Bishops, which resulted
rs follows: L. q. Andrews, 236; Gllberl
Haven. 20g-both of whom were de-
c.lared elected. The bdlloting was then
proceeded with for the remaining
Bishop, which gave Jesse y. Peck 2O5,
This completed the election Of Bishops.
The report of the disappearance and
ds.falcatiOn of G. p. Mcllvaine, OF the
firm of Scotsman d Co., stock brokers'
in Detroit, Michigan, yesterday, Is con-
firmed. The firms yictimized are oslynI
Beech & Co., Lardin & Runyan, Cowan
q Co. and Geston & Bussing. Nell
-.aineis account at the Bank Of the Re
public was also oyerdrawn several thou
sand dollars Total amount embeZZled,
forty thousand dollars.
In Chicago yesterday Judge Law
renee. of the Supreme Court of the state,
granted a superSedids in the case OF
EregOri Peri, an Italian salOOn-keeper,
who murdered two men in his saloon in
that city the ninth Of October last, and
who was sentenced to be hanged on the
-tNventy-eighth instant. The writ was
based upon bill Of errors presented by
The counsel for the accused, and which
will be placed before the Supreme Court
al its September session.
in the Berkley case, in st. Louis, yes
terday, the court, after taking legal ad-
vice, decided to allow the examination
Of Dr. Berkley in his own defense, also
permitted the examination of experts
as to the similarity or identity of the
writing Of Mrs. Andrews and that OF
the anonymous letter, which the defense
calls a Matchmaking letter. The con-
tents Of this letter have not yet been
disclosed, but the defense asserts that
they expect to show conspiracy against
Berklcv, and that il was during mos
distracted state of mind, caused by this
and. other infamous anonymous letten'
that the defendant wrote his first lettel
10 Mrs. Andrews, and which has beer
regarded by many as a verbal admission
Of the charges against him. Three ex,
gJerts were examined by the defense, al
u whom unhesitatingly asserted theil
belief Of the identity Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrews, and that Of the matchmaking
letter in gestiOn.
The civil rights bill which passed the
United States Senate provides that own
4ens or persons in charge OF any public
place Of amusement or entertainment
Tor which license is required, the Ownei
or person in charge Of any stage coach
raiiroad or other means Of public car
mage for passengers or freight, make
any distinction as to admission OF ac.
commOdation on account of race, colOl
or previous conditions Of servitude, shall
be punishable for each offense by a fine
Of not less than five hundred dollars, MOI
HNnrsu.v.1 ArH1.v-o
shall be liable to such damages in any
United States Court. The amnesty bill
provjdes that all political disabilities i'm.
posed by the third section of the -Four.
teentb amendment of the Constitution
OF the United States are hereby removed
from al persons WhomsOeYer, except
the Senators and Representatives of ths
Thirty-sixth and Ihirty-seveRth Con
vress, officers Of judicial, military and
naval service Of the United States, head
OF Departments and foreign ministers.
The Anti-Secrecy Convention met a
Oberlin, Ohio, yesterday, and spent tw'
hours in business matters, after which
according TO previous appointment th'
meeting adjourned and resolved ltsel
into q mass convention Of persons op
posed TO secret signs, for the purpose o
cOnElu9rIug Lne auNihaDlllly ol lahAiit
national political action. Speeches wer'
limited to five minutes, and Judge Par
ish, OF Sandusl1y, Ohio, was called to th'
chair. AIF. Pomeroy, of Syracuse New
York, presented a petition from th'
farmers of Ontario county, desiring thal
Do Presidential nomination should bt
made. Following this was spiriteC
,discussion on the question Of nationa
political action, after which the conven
ton took a recess until enc o'clock il
the afternoon, when the discussion wa
resumed. Prominent among the candi
dates are Hon. Pbilo Carpenter OF ILL
nois, Rev. a. Crooeks, Of Syracuse, Rev
John Lexington, of Michigan, Hon
Geo. Dietrich, Of Normai, Illinois, Rev
Mr. Chester, of Cincinnati, PFes7deAl
Allen, of Westfield College, Illinois, anf
Dr. J. A. Bingham, Of Madison, Ohio.