Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-04
NEWS AND NoTEs.

The Union Pacific road is still closed
by snow.
Grant and Colfax visited Baltimore
yesterday.
New York hOwls over the extOrtionE
of gas company.
New York had twenty-five deaths
from smallpox last week.
The Injunction against the Tam.
many society has been dissolved.
Claims amounting to over half q
million dollars were presented to the
auditing committee Of New York yes
terday.
A large and brilliant reception was
given to Horace Greeley last night in
New York in honor Of his sixty-hrst
birthday.
John Mclean, for many years clerk
Of the United States court of the south
ern district Of Ohio, died In Cincinnati
| yesterday.
The heirs of Hon. John Slidell have
brought suits to recover the property
of their father, cOntiscated in New
| Orleans during the war.
4 4AG ADN6C Vi 4CDAC5CuAdA1NC5 u4Cb
/ yesterday Tor general debate. About
a dozen members were present, and
| several speeches were made on vari
Gus subjects.
Advices from Acapulco, received at
| San Francisco, do not confirm the re-
port Of the defeat of General AIatOnne
by Diaz in OaXaca, received from the
Rio Grande.
The Northern Insane asylum at
Elgin, Illinois, was formally opened
on Friday by Governor Palmer and a
large number of the members of the
general assembly.
The United States treasury holds as
security for national bank circulation
SS7I, ,45I, $50; for public deposits, sI5,-
39S 900. National bank circulation
outstanding at this date, S32, $3.50, ,851.
Philadelphia reports for the week
inst closed one hundred and seventy
eight deaths from smallpox. Pitts
burg, for the same period, reports
thirty-fOUr deaths from the same dis
ease.
Heavy storms were reported along
the Hudson and at Albany yesterday.
The storm prevailing In New York
city rendered navigation dangerous.
There was only one arrival by way Of
Sandy Hook. Outward bound steam
ers " ere obliged TO lay over.
The plug tobacconists of Richmond,
Virginia, yesterday urged the COM |
missioner of internal revenue 10 use his |
influence to secure a uniform taxation |
on all kinds OF manufactured tobacco. |
The commissioner said he favored |
such modification of the law as viii |
meet their desires.
The attorneys of the New York /
Central railroad company commenced /
an argument before the internal reve-
nue. Office at Washington, yesterday, |
coLtending that the 8 per cent. in /
terest certificates issued to stcckhold-
ers did not represent the gains Of the
road. The argument will probably be
concluded Monday.
The trades unions threaten a general |
strike against the New York Central
and Hudson River railroads in cOnse-
quence OF some discharges msde by
the company on the plea Of ec0nO-
my. The unions also cOmplain that
the company has reduced the time Of
the men, and 0njustly Disseminated
in fsvOr Of some Of the Workmen.
How wei the ladies Of Baltimore
understand the ruling passion Of the
chiefs OF this government Ulysses
and Schuyler took a jaunt TO the
Monumental City yesterday to honor
with their presence a fair being given
for the benefit of the orphans Of the
soldiers and sailors, and instead of
to the object in view, the
telegraph tells US that "dUring the
evening the President was presented
by the ladies with splendid chair
and also with a gift for Mrs. Grant.
Colfsx was presented with an elegant
afghan for Master Schuyler Colfax."