Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-19
ELECTRIC JETS.

Matthias Ilewis's barn, near Chilli
cOthe, Ohio, was burned last night. Loss
six thousand dollars.
Libby Garibrant, convicted OF the
murder Of Burroughs recently IN New
jersey, was sentenced yesterday.
The Diocesan Council Of the Protestant
Episcopal church held three days in Gin
cinnati, and adjourned Friday night.
The remains of an unknown woman
were found i'm the dC6riS of a burned
building in Leonard street, New York,
yesterday.
The Presbyterian General Assembly,
which has been in session at Detroit.
Michigan, the past week, closed their
meeting last night.
4 fire at LeavenwOrth, Kansas, YES
day destroyed a railroad wate-tank, an
adjoining house, and damaged an engine
70 a considerable extent.
Il is reported from the Spanish from
tier, through Carlist channels, that the
government troops have been defeated
near BilbOa with a loss of many prison
eTs.
The wagon-mauufactory Of Craft &
stroyed by fire yesterday. Los forty
thousand dOllars-insured for ten thou
sand.
The steamer Kingston was detained
at Cornwall, Ontario, yesterday by the
giving way of the track under the first
gate 10 the entrance Of the Cornwall
canal.
Twenty-six boys in the House of
Refuge, in New York, yesterday made
an assault on two Of the foremen, infiict-
ing several cuts and bruises. The little
imps We're arrested and imprisoned.
1t is reported that the wives of the
miners who are on a strike near HOugh-
ton, Michigan, are more belligerent than I
the men. They give vent TO their feel 1
ings by throwing stones at the troops.
The correspondence between the Bri- 1
tish and American governments is pub
lished in London, and is commented on 4
in the journals, which generally express I
the hope ofa favorable decision by the I
Senate.
a letter fEom the officer of the Russian |
fleet off Shanghai says that Grand Duke |
Alexis and suite viii return by way of
Honolulu to San Francisco, and his ar
rival in that city may be expected in |
September.
The boss-carpenters in New York |
have conceded that nine hours shall I
constitute a days work without a reduc- |
tion of wages, until November first, |
when eight hours viii be the standard, /
also without reduction Of wages.
In the Gould-Gordon case and coun- |
teT-cases, before Judge Brady, of the 1
supreme Court of New York, yesterday, 1
among the affidavits presented in behalf
of Gordon was one from Horace
Greeley. The case was adjourned till 1
next Friday.
The Legislature Of Kentucky has
passed a bill cOnfining in an asylum any
one who may have become incapable of
managing their own affairs from the use
of opium, arsenic, hasheesh, or any drug
the affidavit of two respectable citi-
zens being sufficient to establish tie fact.
James Marshall, an ex-officer Of inter
nal revenue, indicted by the United
States Grand Jury for alleged completely
IN conspiracy 10 defraud the govern
ment Of whisky tax, surrendered him
self in New York yesterday, and gave
bail before Commissioner White in the
sum Of five thousand dollars, to appear
for trial.
The London agent Of the Cunard
line has received information of the
loss Of the steamer TTipoi, from Liver
pool for Boston. The TripOli went
ashore on South Tusken Rock, OFF
Carnsare Point, on the Irish coast.
The crew and passengers are saved, but
the vessel is a total loss; a little Of the
cargo can be saved.
Instructions have been prepared for
the guidance Of persons desiring to APP
ply for admission into the Executive De
partments in Washington, inaccordance
with the regulations for the government
Of the civil service recently approved by
the President, and can be obtained on
application to the head OF any one Of the
departments. Accompanying the in
structions are regulations governing eX-
aminations for promotions, approved by
the Advisory Board on the fourteenth
instant.
A Washington special says the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations, il is
understood, has agreed upon the follow
ing: "ResOlged, That the Senate advise
the President TO consent To the PROPOSE
ton Of the British government con-
tanned in his message Of the thirteenth
Treaty of Washington Of MAY S, ISL"
-Four Senators are in favor Of the resolu-
ton, two in favor OF returning the prop
osition to the President, and one in favor
OF modifying the proposition.
A Washington special says that Conk-
iing's unjust, indecent and wholly un-
called for attack upon the Associated
Press and its agents, in the Senate Fri
a. 4. Il.
journalistic profession in New York, be-
cause no member Of Congress has asked
OF received 50 many favOrs at the hands
Of the Associated Press agents Of New
York as Senator COnkling and no MEM
ber has been more literally treated by
them ever since he has been in the SEN
ate. He has been in the habit of sending
special abstracts Of his speeches to the
Associated Press office for publication, (
and has made bitter complaint because
all the bills and memorials which have
been introduced by him have not been
telegraphed in full.
Adviees from Aspinwall report that
when the American steamer Virginia
sailed from Aspinwall on April 10Th, she
was conveyed for twenty miles at sea
by the gunbOat Kansas, and followed by
the Spanish frigate PizarrO, both of the
latter going out fully prepared for ac-
ton. No trouble, however, occurred.
The Virginia cleared for Puerto CabellO.
When the Kansas left the Virginia, the
PiZarrO was four miles astern and was
unable to Overtake the Virginia. The
latter was compelled TO put into Cartha-
gena on the twenty-seventh in distress,
leaking badly. She would repair and
proceed. A report prevailed at Aspin-
wall that there was a Spanish war yes
sci at Puerto Cabello, two at Laguira,
and another cruising on the coast from
Java Nilla 70 Puerto Cabello.