Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-19
NEW YORK.
More Tidings from Livingstone - The
Kuklux Pardon Business
General News.
Wall Street Excited-Brutes in Charge
Of Lunaties-POlitical Meetings 2
Heavy DefalcatiOn.

New YORK, September ia special to the
Herald from Bombay says that letters have
been received from DR.. Livingstone dated July
!, 1872. He was still at Unyanyembe swell and
ditiou.
At the inquest case Of OrnelI and seymour
who died at Wards Island Lunatic asylum
/ from alleged illAtreatment of Edward Burke
] Warden OF the asylum, testified that several
inmates had been slightly injured since Far
| rell became nurse, but did not know by whom
! the injuries were inflicted. Dr. Echererria,
! Physician Of the asylum, testified that he
| found the condition ofthe patients in Farrell's
| ward very bad; there We're marks Of violence
J on them, and they were very filthy. He re-
/ mOnstrated with attendant Bell, and told him
/ that the patients were evidently ill-treated,
! and that be should prevent it. he states that
! on the ninth Of september he found Ornell
! in a state Of cOllalSe, with all the signs of
! having received severe shock; there were
! several marks OF violence on his person. and
/ that he saw him the day before and he seemed
/ 10 be we'll.
! Ornen Identified Farrell as one who had in
I jured him by hopping on his body. .
/ Seymour also stated to witness that Farrell
/ kicked and struck him.
! Samuel COrden, recently an inmate of the
/ asylum, testified he saw Farrell kick Ornell
and stamp upon Seymour. Witness had been
| beaten himself by a keeper named Jerry.
] The jury rendered a verdict that Seymour
/ died OF injuries inflicted BY Farrell, and that
/ Orneu died Of disease OF the brain, hastened
| by III treatment by Farrell,
The examination Of the suretics on the bail
I bond Of James H. IngeTsOll for i've hundred
thousand dollars began to-day.
A " aShingtOn special says that Attorney
General " iiIams has made a reply 10 Alex
ander Fl. Stephenss petition for the pardon of
all the kul1luX confined in the Albany prison.
| The Attorney General denies the allegations
[ of Stephens that the conviction OF the Ruklux
was illegal and that their pardon would be
but an act Of justice and fTiendliness toward
the south, and says that the pardon Of all OF
them would have no more political sigDifi-
cance than the pardon of those convicted for
the violation OF other statutes.
The Municipal Reform Association at a
meeting last evening, decided TO confer with
other reform organizations before making
nomination for Mayor. The Refor1ners will
probably make a nomination next week.
RepreSCu tatives Of the United WOrkmen's
Political Association, n a meeting last even
ing, took measures for extending the Organi-
zaticn thruughout the city. 1t was announced
Jnat me object fOt the association was 10 Sc
cure the friends of workingmen for local and
State officers.
A dispatch 10 the WorIf from Washington
says II is reported that defalcation of one
hundred thousand dollars has occurred at the
Assistant Treasurers Office in New York, but
the report is uncOnfirmed.
The New York Stearn-N NesSel Owners AsSo-
ciation yesterday elected delegates to the
national convention, which opens at Cleve-
It is now stated that the Indictments against
the ring viii be brought TO trial in October.
A W Washington dispatch says Lewis +. John
son, son Of Beverdy johnson, has been nOmi-
mated for Congressman for the state at Large,
by the sawyer or boiling Republicans of
south SarOlina.
The situation on Wall street this morning
was alarming. The Germans held on tsna-
ciuusly 10 the Erie corner, and the Smith
Gould party We're eager for another fray.
They had calculated the condition OF import
ing interests, and found that the squeeze in
gold brought down some Of the heaviest i'm
porters in the city. They estimated the re-
sources OF the Treasury Department, and felt
certain the Secretary couldn't come 20 the
relief of the street; but there came indica-
uons that the Treasury Department would not
II N
opened AZ the treasury, and found the amount
Of Si,755,oJO at lO-S7au2.75, with more than
usual promptitude. The announcement was
made that the Secretary would take three
millions, instead of one million as adv dvertised.
This was an indication that the Secretary in
tends TO be prepared TO sell more than the
advertised amount of gold tomorrow, and
thus aid in breaking the corner in gold
coin. The effect of these tactics are felt in the
Gold Exchange, where the price suddenly fell
to 1885, the lowest Of the day, and the rate for
cash coin dropped to l-i6 per day against .
per cent this morning, and gold operators
breathed more freely. Nothing but a running
hght could be kept up in the money market
this evening, and the turn of the day was so
deadly against the lookup party th;d prices
fell 10 per cent, though the closing rate was
Z per cent. The Treasury 5 purchases of bonds
made il all the more SerViceabe by the pay
ment being made in legal tenders. The high
rate OF money yesterday attracted much
capital TO the street to-day, and this was sup
planted by fresh supply OF gold and cOnse-
quently currency, and on the top OF this came
reported that a corner will be made tomorrow
in the Union Pacific, Cincinnati, Columbus
and Indianapolis Central and Pacific Mail
The Commercial AdUertiser states that thede-
falcatiOn in the Sub-Treasury amounts to over
one hundred thousand dollars, and that the
defaulter is James 7. Johnston, who had
charge of the stamp Department. Johnston
was originally from Albany, was appointed
six or seven years ago by Suo-TreaSurer Van
Dyck, and has heretofore borne a high charac-
ter. He has been absent some weeks, and
efforts to discover his whereabouts have been
unavailing. Johnston resided on staten
Island, and has wife and large family. \
Washington special to the Post says the exam
ination shows an apparent deficiency Of be-
tween one hundred and sixty and one hundred
aud seventy thousand dollars in JOhnstOn's
accounts, but whether this will prove appa-
rent, or an actual deficiency, cannot be aScer-
tained until the examination OF the books,
now in progress, is completed.
Failures are announced OF Howard, Ivans q
Co. and John W. smith & Co., the latter pro-
vision dealers for one hundred and nifty thou
sand dollars.
A letter has been published from President
Grant congratulating General Dix, and the
people Of New York, upon his nomination for
Governor, and expressing the belief that his
election was certain