Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-16

dollars and nifty cents perday. They have
been receiving two dollars. They weni
to the other workmen and told them tC
stop, and were told that an answer
would be given tomorrow. Upon the
request Of the police they dispersed.
The inquest on the bodies of the vic,
/ TINS of the explosion of the steamel
Oceanus closed in St. Louis day before
Z yesterday. The jury's verdict states
( that they are unable 10 determine the
cause Of the explosion. Although about
dozen steamers have arrived there
since the explosion, intelligence of the
I finding of only two additional bodies
has been brought by them, and these
/ bodies were not Identified.
A San Francisco dispatch says that
I the Apaches are improving the Oppor-
/ tunity afforded by the suspension of the
/ campaign against them in Arizona, and
/ are raiding on the settlers in all direc-
tions. It is umored that large train
/ belonging to TUlly & Oeha were cap
] tured near Camp Bowie, and all the at
tendants murdered, yesterday, at Red
Bluff
I Panama papers Of the third inst. an
nOumce the Nirginius still at Aspinwall
anu naALAAEA UN AllE ALAAAU anu lNI
I The United States essteamerKansasi is daily
expected. The Nirginius is cOaling
I General QuesadA IS at Panama. The
United States steamer Pensacola left
Panama on the 2Sth of March for Val
paraiso. A schooner was wrecked on
the west coast of the Isthmus, and 1t Is
rumored that from fifteen to forty lives
were lost.
A dispatch to the Wheeling West
Nirginla) hltelligelceF says that the
Hon. p. @. Vanwinkle, late United
States Senator from that State, and chair
man of an important Senate commit
tee, died at his residence at Parkersburg,
West Virginia, at five o'clock yes
terday morning. He took very prom
inent part in the formation Of the State,
and was one Of the eight Republican
members who voted against the i'm
peachment of Andrew Johnson.
Undera call issued by a number of
the members of the committee of seven
ty, a meeting was held Saturday even
ing, at an uptown hotel for the purpose
of taking preliminary steps for the or
ganizatiOn and enrolment of all the
Reform voters pledged to the principles
of the seventy, who are to be independ-
ent of all other political organizations.
An Executive Committee was appoint
ed and an announcement made that
the necessary enrolment for the forth
coming election would be begun forth
with.
The following is a list of the cOmpa-
nies having insurance on the grain in
the elevator destroyed by fire Saturday
night at Toledo, Ohio: Hartford, of
Hartford, Connecticut, $1,000; Amazon,
Cincinnati, $1,000; Home, New York,
$500; Home, Columbus, Ohio, $1,000;
Franklin, Philadelphia, $1,000; Royal, of
England, $4,000; Liverpool London
and Globe, $1,000; Ena, Hartford, Con-
neeticut, $500; Phoenix, Brooklyn, New
York, $1,000; Insurance Company of
North America, Philadelphia, $1,000;
Germania, New York, $1,000; Howard,
New York, $500; Continental, $500;
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, $1,000; Tn
ion, Bangor, Maine, $1,000.
A New York special from Matamoras
says information of the death of PoTfiriO
Diaz has been received by TTevino.
DiaZ was at Negrete, in the State Of La
Puebla, when he was taken sick and
started with ten men to the mountains
in Oaxaca. He has been unheart of
since, and it is supposed that he has
been assasSinated. The matter has
been kept secret. heretofore. Monterey
papers report the defeat of ROcha in Du-
range, and say that the revolutiOnists
are preparing to evacuate Zacatecas.
This is doubtful TrevinO will send TO
Plaza to demand its surrender Wednes-
day or Thursday He asked a newspa-
per correspondent to deny the press
Statement about the Imprisonment of
Americans in Monterey,
A dispatch from Springfield, Illinois,
SAYS that the announcement that Govern
or Palmer Is no longer a candidate before
the Republican State Convention of
May 22d creates great CONSERVATION
among the followers of General Grant.
II has also transpired that Governor
Palmer. on the 18th instant, wrote TO
Senator TrImbull that he would support
the nominee of the. Cincinnati COnven-
ton if that body selects for a candidate
q statesman whose political record and
private life has been such as can secure
the confidence of the country. Govern
or Palmer's well earned military reputa-
ton, his adherance TO written cOnstitu-
ton and laws, and his ability and
standing throughout the nation, espe-
cially in the great West, as a statesman
and patriot has created the belief with
very many people that he Is the proper
person TO nominate for the Liberal Re
publican candidate for President at Gin
cinnati.