Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-09
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

Cincinnati lost about forty thousand
dollars yesterday by fire.
The French band gave their farewell
concert in BOstOd last night.
President Grant and General Sheridan
arrived at Lake George, New York, last
night.
An old man named Reilly was burned
to death at Hartford, Connecticut, yes.
terday.
Stanley was entertained at dinner
Der of American residents.
Ireland has a genuine sensation in the
reported finding of gold in vast quaint.
ties near the town of Kinsall.
A large surgar-house in South Boston
yesterday was consumed. Loss estimated
at five hundred thousand dollars.
The Pinchbecks and Warmothite:
have at last effected a fusion in LOuisi-
ana, and nominated a ticket for State
officers.
The Republicansare manifesting theil
joy at the result of the North Carolina
elections by burning numerous quanti'
ties of powder.
At Burlington, Vermont, yesterday
salutes were fired, bells rung and pro.
cessiOn escorted President Grant and
suite through the city.
Mr.. Greeley's reception at Concord
New Hampshire, yesterday, was a grand
affair. Immense crowds of citizens
turned out to do him honor.
The Democrats and Liberal Republi.
cans of Ohio are uniting in all the Con.
gressiOnal districts, and nominating
candidates whom they will support con
Jointly.
Blanton Duncan is on a damned.
fool errand. He has issued a circular
against Greeley and Grant both, and in
favor of some imaginary patriot with al
of Duncan's conceit.
It is believed that the Liberal Conven.
ton which meets in New Orleans to-day
will indorse the action of their commit.
tee, and accept the two places on the
State ticket allotted to them.
A committee of three each has been
appointed hy the Arkansas Liberal Re-
publican and Democratic State Central
Committees to conduct the campaign in
the interest of Greeley and Brown.
Hon. Jere Black has written a letter
in reply to VIM. Welsh, of the Balti-
more Gllzette, in which he makes a gen.
eral review of the political situation and
strongly advocates the election of Gree
ley.
An attempt was made yesterday tC
destroy Steubenville, Ohio, by setting
fire in several places. Shavings satu-
rated with carbon oil were found in
each place. The fires broke out all al
once, but were suppressed before much
damage was done.
A young man named Hulen was at
tackled by two highwaymen ON bridge
near Louisville, Wednesday night. Al
though the robbers were armed with
knives and pistols, young Hulen sue
ceeded in knocking one off the bridge
into the stream, and then escaped from
the other.
Fourteen persons were injured on the
Western Maryland railroad, near Finks-
burg, in an accident 20 train caused
by the springing of rail, by which two
passenger cars were thrown from the
track. The wife of State Senator Long
well was amOung the seriously injured.
A preamble and resolutions were pre-
sented on 'Changeat Chicago yesterday
setting forth the discovery by the recent
burning Of the Iowa elevator, Of an over.
issue Of receipts by the proprietor of over
one hundred thousand bushels of corn:
denouncing this oyer-issue as a great
fraud, and calling upon the Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioners of the State
to Investigate the matter and punish the
perpetrators,
On Wednesday a party of five or six
roughs attempted TO force Captain John
Stephens into a political controversy at
Carsonville, ten miles from st. Louis
Stephens declined, and on some insult
ing remark being made to him ht
knocked one of the party down. The
ruffians then attacked and beat and
kicked him tOdeath. Stephens was an
old, well-known steambOatman, sixty
years of age, and leaves a family. Two
men, named Butts and Murphy, were
arrested.