Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-08
ESTABLISHED 1910.

dent of Cuba, instead of Cespedes.
The Venezuela generals, GarredO and
Modesto Diaz, favor Gomez.
Minister Schenck is now visiting
Edinburgh. he held q reception at
one Of the hotels there on Wednes-
day, which was largely attended.
All the London journals approve Of
the result ofthe Tichborne case. The
trial OF the claimant, on the charge Of
perjury, viii take place In April.
The board Of directors Of the French
Atlantic Gable company met in Lon
don yesterday and resolved to lay an
other cable to America, which will be
under the management Of the present
cable combination.
A meeting of Scottish peers was
held at Holy Rood yesterday, at
which the Marquis OF QueensberTy
was elected to the House OF Lords as
the representative peer Of Scotland, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death Of the Earl of Kellie.
A Wilmington, North Carolina, dis
patch SAYS It is not known there
whether the reports Of the death Of
Henry Berry LOWery, the notorious
swamp outlaw, are unfOunded. Sd
ditiOnal reports are current that he
Wss either murdered by his brother or
drowned.
BENJAMIN, John and Spencer Prev
EFT were arrested at Seymour, Indians,
yesterday and taken to Louisville and
lodged in jail to await a requisition
from the governor of Georgia. They
are charged with numbering an old
man named James 81. Morris at Nor
gsntoWn, Fsnnin county, Georgia, In
January, 1871.
The detachment of Federal soldiers
sent out from Nashville under the aus
piees of Supervisor Emery, returned
to that city yesterday after an absence
Of some ten days. They made a raid
upon illicit distilleries in Coffee and
Lincoln counties in this State, and in
Jackson county, Alabama, breaking
up nineteen distilleries and capturing
a large amount Of property and five
prisoners.
Richard Barry, John Shennick,
John Barret and Michael Shea, board
ers with William Hennesy, on Cabot
street, Boston, we're discovered in
their sleeping room in the basement,
yesterday morning, in an insensible
condition from inhaiing coal gas.
Barry has since died, and it is doubt
ful If the others survive. Barry re-
tired latest at night and removed
the top OF the stove containing the
burning charcoal.
The London Times in its article on
the Alabama Claims yesterday, infers
from admissions made by the press Of
the United States that the administra-
ton now acknowledge the extrava-
ganee Of their demands for indirect
damages, although they show no dis
position to withdraw the case. The
Times says that If the fifth claim for
losses by the transfer Of the American
commercial marine to the British flag
is not abandoned, England will de-
clare reference to the Geneva Tribunal
iuadmissable, which course is ap-
proved by the English statesmen and
jurists.
A rumoP was current in New York
yesterday, that goods for the Chi
cago sufferers had been lost or stolen
through the general order stores Of
the eustomhOuse in that city. The
Tribune says it is not known whether
the goods were lost or stolen. Ex-
Governor BroSs, of Illinois, was in the
city few days ago to investigate the
matter, but his inquiries established
nothing. Special Agent Howe, upon
investigation, was reported to have re-
ceipted the invoices, but not the goods;
but il Is not certain whethersthe Gus
tom-hOuse officers have anything to
do with the matter.