Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-13

, anIci DallOQ OF ) coming war with the
Argentine Republic.
/ Governor Gratz Brown visited Yale
College, Of which ne is an alumnus,
Thursday, and was serenaded, to which
he responded in a happy style.
Andrew c. Clark, convicted Of rape,
was hanged at Newcastle, Delaware,
! yesterday. He expressed a willingness
to die, but declared his Innocence.
Stearne's Duplex's instrument, by
T which the capacity of telegraph wire is
, doubled, has been adopted by the West
ern Union Telegraph Company.
A large number of delegates to the
Baltimore Convention, including the
delegates from Kentucky, Ohio and Mis-
souri,, visited Horace Greeley while in
I New York city yesterday.
a dispatch received at Sioux City to-
day from Fort Sully, DakOtah, says
il is reported there that about one thou
sand Indians have collected at point
on the route to be taken by the Yellow
Stone expedition.
Reports from Iowa state that the pres
ent promises to be the most abundant
season for years. Grains of all kinds is
2 rapidly ripening, and the crops Of wheat,
oats, rye, and barley are said never to
have been better.
Il Yesterday, near Urbana, Ohio, while
three men were riding in an open wagon
during a thunderstorm, one Of them
Henry Halterman-was struck by light
ming and instantly killed. The other
two received severe injuries.
Fred Lehman, wealthy citizen and
1 highly esteemed business man of Chi
csgo, a member of the firm Of Leipp &
Lehman, brewers, was thrown from a
! buggy while out riding last evening and
received injuries of which he died.
A large meeting of the boss carpenters
of New York city was held Thursday
night, at which a resolution to rescind
the eight-hour resolution passed May
10Th was lost by a vote Of sixteen to
eighteen. The Fleeting broke up in con-
] fusion.
The difficulty between the American
Consul and the authorities at Saint Ma
RE is ended. The United States Gov
eminent ordered Bassell, the American
Minister to Hayti, to allow the matter
to drop, owing to the incorectness of the
! Consul's statements.
A London dispatch, received yester-
day, says O'Byrne recovered twenty-five
/ pounds sterling in his suit against the
Chief Secretary Of Ireland at Dublin
! yesterday, for damages caused by the
attack Of the police during the Phoenix
! Park riot in that city.
Mr.. Tremaine concluded his argument
I for the defense, in the Stokes case, at q
quarter past three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, when District Attorney
/ Garvin began his address for the people.
which consumed the rest of the day, and
will be concluded tomorrow.
Near Woodstock, Henry county, Hi
nOis, yesterday, Ben. Bedee and John
/ COnners engaged in a quarrel, which
ended in Bedee's striking Conners over
the head with a club, smashing his skull
so badly that he died before night.
Governor Hadley left Little Rock for
| Pope county yesterday to investigate
I the Outrages recently committed there.
Parties who left there yesterday morn
ing report that the militia are still in
arms, and have pressed arms, ammuni- |
ton and horses generally from the peo-
pie.
The Senate of New York yesterday
agreed to dispose Of the case of Judge
Prindle on September 10th, and to take
up the case of Judge VIM B. Curtis, of
the Marine Court, on September llth.
The nomination of James c. Spencer, to !
succeed Judge McCunn, was rejected by
that body.
AtNashville yesterday in the Federal
Court the quo scdrrdTltO case against
Chief Justice Nicholson, of the Supreme
Court, for holding Office in violation of
the Fourteenth amendment, a nOHe
prOseg1a was entered at the suggestion
of District-Attorney Harrison, who has
just returned from Washington. This
was the last case of the kind on the
docket.
StilsOn Hutchins, manager and one
third proprietor Of the Daily Times, of |
st. Louis, yesterday sold his interest in I
that paper to Henry Ewing, one of the /
members of the firm, for fifty thousand |
dollars. Ewing now owns twO-thirds of
the Times, which viii continue to be I
published in the Interest Of the Demo- /
cratic party, and win support Greeley |
and Brown.
The Secretary Of the Treasury, Attor- |
ey-General and POstmaster-G General, at /
final conference yesterday at Washing |
ton, approved the plans of the Supervis- (
ing Architect of the Treasury, for the I
erection Of a new government building /
in Chicago. The estimated cost is two |
hundred and seventy thousand dollars, /
exclusive of the land. Work will be /
commenced as soon as possible.
A drayman Of Wheeling, West Viz 1
ginia, named George McGee, thirty-five /
years Of age, committed suicide about 4
noon yesterday, by hanging himself I
Cause: BE came home for dinner, and 4
finding it not ready, remarked that it /
would be ready about three O'Clock, went I
TO the stable, fastened a rope to the cell /
ing, adjusted the moose around his neck,
and jumped of the manger. He leaves 4
a wife and three children.
In New York, yesterday, the coroners
jury, in the case Of the deaths from the
recent accident on the Southside rail-
road. returned a verdict 10 the effect that /
the deaths were due to culpable careless
ness and violation of the timetable on
the part Of John Rathb0ne, the cOnduc-
tor, and James Scott, engineer. Both
these persons were sent TO prison, and
the papers in the case handed 70 the
District Attorney. T
A San Domingo dispatch says that
Baez has abandoned the frontier, and
Withdrawn his forces to Azna. 1t is re-
ported that he intends TO raise more
men for the purpose Of attacking Cabral
again. Cabral is penniless and short of
ammunition, aud is now within the
Haytien territory. General SuperOn
has left POFt-au-Prince and arrived at
Jamaica, having abandoned the project
Of invading San Domingo by way Of
the northern frontier.
A letter received at New York from
Nasua confirms the intelligence Of the
arrival of the crew Of the steamer Fan
ME, and says when the men and cargo
landed in Cuba Captain Ryan sent out
scouts and captured the only picket post
within nine miles of where she landed.
capturing nine men, AZ Of whom were
executed on reaching Captain Ryan's
camp. President Cespedes and staff AZ
rived at the landing on the night Of the
tweTrty-third ultimO, and gave very
fattaring account OF the progress and
prosperity Of the revolution.