Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-16
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
The Past Twenty-FOur Hours in New
York City-A Remarkably Dull
Day.
The Report OF the Mayor Shows the Debt
Of the City to be $127, 100000.

New YORK, July 15.-The Alsatians
and Lorraines of this city will hold a
| celebration to-day to manifest their
loyalty TO the French Republic.
! Carl Schurz and Colonel Grosvenor
have gone to st. Louis.
a report from Long Branch saws
! President Grant is to stop and see Col
I Onel FOrnev on his way to Washington.
I to get him to stop assailing Hartfrandt.
The Apache chiefs who accompanied
| General Howard to church, last even-
ing, expressed themselves as desiTous of
/ having educators for themselves and
lchildren sent among them. They say
they are friends Of the white man, and
want peace.
An examination of the official records
show that the Brooklyn Water Board
have expended eight or nine millions of
dollars during the past three years, the
most Of which was, under the circum-
stances, a justifying suspicion of fraud.
The Mayor sent in his annual mes
sage to the Common Council to-day
The entire city debt is one hundred and
twenty-seNen million dollars. The taxes
to be raised this year are thirty million
four hundred and thirty-seven thousand
dollars besides nine hundred thousand
dollars for the improvement of streets.
A German Schutzenfest, of five days
duration, commenced at HobOken to-
day. Delegates were present from
various parts of the country.
Pools were sold tonight ON the Sara
toga Cup Race, with the following re-
suit: LOnfellOw-One hundred and sixty,
one hundred, and eighty dollars; Bas-
sett-sixty thirty-fve, and thirty-two
dollars; Defender-three, two, and three
dollars.
A procession of about three thousand
natives of Alsace and Lorraine, headed
by the band of the Garde Lafayette,
marched down Broadway to the office of
the French Consul, where they signed
papers of allegiance to France. On re-
turning up Broadway large number of
women joined the procession, which was
cheered at many points, and dispersed
quietly at the Casino, French headquar-
ters here.
Application was made to-day for bail /
in the case of DR.. LUcius B. Irish and
Mrs. A. Anderson, under iedictment for
the alleged poisoning of the late hus-
band of the latter AffidaYits, of cOun-
sci were presented asserting the inno-
cence of DR.. Irish and also swearing that |
Anderson's death was caused by acute |
gastritis.
An unusually heavy rain storm swept !
over the city this afternoon accOmpani- !
ed by thunder and lightning.
A court of Impeachment will assem- |
bic at Saratoga on Wednesday to try |
Judge Barnard.
The ship Agra, just arrived at this !
port, rescued the crew of the sinking !
ship Boviago, of Glasgow, twenty-one /
in number, and landed them at st. /
Helena.
Governor 3. Gratz Brown is better to-
day. He is able TO sit up and receive
friends, although still confined to the
house. 1t is thought he viii be out in
few days.
Mayor Halls message put the debt of
the city at not over eighty-six millions,
after deducting the sinking fund money
in the treasury and taxes to be collected
this year, or one hundred and twenty
seven millions without these items. The
tax rate this year will be two dollars and
cents on the hundred dol
lars worth Of taxable property, and will
produce thirty millions four hundred
and thirty-seven thousand five hundred
and twenty-three dollars, besides nine
hundred thousand dollars for streets.
The Mayor believes the debt will be re-
daced to the first named figure before
the first day of January next. He
an increase of the police
force to twenty-five hundred, the pres
ent number being insufficient. The ag-
gregate valuations of real and personal
estates for 1872 amount to one billion
one hundred and four million ninety
eight thousand and ghty-seven dollars,
and for 1871 TO one billion seventy-six
million two~hundred and fifty-three
thousand six hundred and thiity-three
dollars.