Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-02
MINOR TELEeRAMs.

A slight snow fell in Plttsburg sundny
night
Chief Justice Chase is out Of the Presi-
dentisl race.
The Prince Of Wales is having a good
time in Paris.
Three inchss Of snow fell In Boston on
et-1dsy morning.
last .ulins Markham Is not dying, and Is
puR oonsumptive.
The Cincinnati elections passed on
quietly yesterday.
Anna Dickinson is an open and avoWed
opponent of Grant.
LADY Twiss, the heroine Of the last Lon
don scandal has not yet been heard or
General Brisbin has settled 1t. Colonel
r. M. johnson, be says, killed Iecumseh.
Tbisrs is absolute dictator, and at any
time may make the French people know
it.
The smallpox hss been much extended
by newspaper borrowers In New York
city.
george ormiston, 8 well known print
or, died in Boston LAST week, sged seventy
years.
Tbs school question now sgitstes
France, England, Italy, Russia, Spain
and Prussia.
Sumter Anderson will be buried at West
Point next Wednesday with great pomp
and ceremony.
The Iithogrsphic swindle Is up sgsin.
People should give those who prsctioe It
the cold shoulder.
The first train crossed the Newport end
Cincinnati Shortline bridge at Cincinnau
st eleven O'Clock on time Saturday night
The earthquake near Lone Pine, Cali
for-nis. occasioned the loss of one hundred
and twenty lives snd half million Of
property.
The New Orlssns Bee thinks that If the
Democrats are not csrtsin Of success they
had better assist the Rsformers to defeat
Grant. Sensible.
Tom Scott Is still the choice of those
who know him best in Pennsylvania for
the ohos Of President of the United States
on the Democratic ticket.
News has been received 81 Key West
that the steamer FiEginius has succeeded
In escaping from the hArbor Of AspinwSll,
and is on her Iap rejoicing.
The dveiIing-house Of Nr. Jchn Given,
IA Roeksway, New Jersey, was destroyed
by IRE Sunday, his wife and three chill
dren periEhing in the flames.
The Boston Pilot advises the Irish
thus. LIST Us Kill our old bad feeling,
and wrap its corpse in q green and orange
sbrou5, and bury il out of sight forever"
A telegram from London says the re-
mort which hEs besn current in reference
70 the early restoration of diplomatic re-
ations between the Gear snd the Pope Is
contrsd!cted.
A penny concert at the great Albert
hsll of London, Is advertised for the 18th
inst. The programme comprises instru-
mental music, Rl6es, songs and choTuses,
by the beat musical talent in England.
Itis understood in Boston that the case
of the United States against Samuel A.
WAY. tor alleged underinvOicing cargo
OF tobacco, has been settled by the pay
rusnt of one hundred Thousand dollsrs by
tins defendant.
The colored people Of Indianapolis had
a grand celebration, with street parade
composed OF the different benevolent So
cieties with banners flying and music
ulsvinR, closing with an address ct night
By Hon. J. W. Gordon at the Masonic
han.
The American Colonization Society, or
,yaD,zsd over City years, has disbursed
over .,ree millions OF dollars, one million
dollars Of which was expended In the
transportstion Of fifteen thousand negroes
70 Africa, and two millions dollars IL fat
salaries.
The Cincinnati, Chicago and Lsfsyett
large force on their line OF road, and con-
feuplste opening thst route by the fret
of May. Il is claimed that this Will be
the shortest route between Cincinnati,
Louisville, Indianapolis and Chicago via
Lafayette.
The Spanish steamer Bermuda arrived
at Hsvsna on the seth ultlmo, from As
piuwall. She reports matters quiet there.
The Pizarro was watching the blockade
runner Nirglnius. The rumors Of the ex-
Psc,ed light prove unWarranted, the lat
ter vessel only being anxious to escape.
NaqokEka, one of the Japanese princes
ruling in che north Of Nippon, accomps-
MED by = student, passed through Chi
cago Sunday evening, going eastward 70
join the smbssssdorial party he WlII
make the tour Of the United States, mas
ter the language, and scquire ali the in
formation within his reach.
Easter Wss observed IN Louisville with
appropriate services. The Catholic snd
Episcopal offerings we're unusual, and the
musical display in the cholrs grand.
HEvdeu,s sixteenth mass and Millsrd's
vsspers were performed IN the cstnedral'
The rite of confirmation was admins
tere5 in the Z Episcopal churches to several
hundred candidates.
The colored peopls Of Louisville yes-
terdsy celebrated the anniversary OF the
Fifteenth amendment. Large process
siops passed through tbs streets, with
music and banners, and various chsrae-
terE represented in wagons There were
probably one thousand persons In the
PROFESSIONS. After speeches, ETC., in the
afternoon, the celebration wound up with
8 grand concert at Dight.
A petition signed By tWenty-four thou
sand four hundred and twenty citizens Of
San Francisco WIS sent TO Congress yes
terday, in book form, praying that con-
eyressionsl sanction may be withheld from
lny enterprises looking to the conversion
of Yerba Buens island into railroad de-
Dot or terminsl, and also which threaten
70 impair the usefulness Of the bay and
harbor Of San Francisco.
A telegram from AspinwRn Of the 22d
ultimO says that on the lesh the steamer
Virginius came down the river into the
bay ct Aspinwsll, and the Spanish war
steamer PizZaro Immediately moved Into
position TO prevent her exit from port, and
iies With springs on ber cable three hum
dred yards from the Virginius, with guns
bearing upon her. Captain Marquis, Of
the Virginius. says he viii run out, and
II the Pizz no fires he Will run into her and
sink both vessels. There is much indig-
nation expressed by tbs people and press
~ the inactivity of the authorities.
a telegrsplc dispatch from Paris says:
GTbe trial of the libel suit brought by
General Trochu against the Figaro news.
paper, commenced yesterday, was largely
attended. Among q number OF the wit
uessea examined was Marshal Mcmahon,
whose verdict Was complete vindication
Of the military character Of ex-Emperor
Napoleon. he stated that the united
steps OF the late war With Prussis we're
taken chiefly under his guidance snd d.
rection, and declared himself solely re-
spousible for all the movements OF the
troops after the army left Chslons, and
thst no responsibility whstever for sny
part of the plan OF campaign was charge
sble 70 the Emperor"
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