Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-14
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.


New York yesterday.
The eight-hour movement in New
York seems to be losing ground.
Two women knocked a man down in
New York night before last, and were
arrested.
Mr.. Berkley, who has been on trial in
/ st. Louis during the past week for Sc
duetiOn, Was acquitted yesterday.
Deputy William Hatfield was
stabbed unto death by a fugitive from
justice in Petersburg last night.
Twenty-three kuklux prisoners from
South Carolina, have arrived 1.-THE pen
itentiary in Albany, New York.
General B. F. Butler is conducting his
own case in New York in the suit against
him for false imprisonment during the
war.
1t is reported in Madrid that some of
the ministry, who are not in harmony
with the King, will resign their posi-
tions.
The boat ir which the London crew
rowed their match on the Thames last
Monday has been deposited in the Crys-
tai Palace.
Cholera is ravaging the southern pOr-
! tiOns of Russia, and all vessels in the
Black Sea are quarantined off the port
of COnstantinOple.
The Massachusetts Democracy have
instructed their delegates to Baltimore,
by resolution, to vote for the indoTse-
ment of the Cincinnati platform.
Jacob Snyder, an engineer on the
brickwOrks in Allegheny, Pennsylva-
mia, was torn to pieces by a fy-wheel of
the engine, yesterday morning.
Last night some repairers of telegraph
| lines at Bergen, New jersey, We're run
into by the Erie freight train. Edward
Vauness was killed, and several men
were injured.
James NJ. Needs, a bOok-keeper, of
PittsbuTg, formerly of Columbus, Ohio,
was found dead in a cell at the station
house yesterday morning. He died from
excessive drink.
Mr.. Wilson's letter of acceptance
came over the wires last night, and is in
accordance with his speech delivered to
the committee notifying him of his
nomination, already published in the
APPEAL.
1t is announced by telegraph that the
President wrote his reply to his official
announcement with a single dash of the
pencil. 1t is not astonishing, when it is
so well known how much time he had
to fix it up.
Fred. Kramer and Richard D. Max
well, machinists, employed in the dia-
mOnd steel works at Pittsburg, were
killed yesterday morning. They were
lifting an immense bed of plate on the
jackscrews, and neglected to prop it up,
when the plate slipped out, crushing
both TO death.
The details of the flood near Prague
state that the water poured over the
country, sweeping everything before it.
The fertile districts were devastated. A
number of villages have been swept
away. The loss of life is appalling, the
number of persons who perished being
estimated at seven hundred.
Paterson, New Jersey, was visited on
Wednesday evening with a severe
Storm, accompanied by a hurricane.
Merrill's mill was struck by the full
force of the wind and almost demol.
ished. A new three-stOry building was
blown down and many Others unroOfed
and damaged.
A Matamoros dispatch says Trevino
claims to have captured sixteen hundred
prisoners at the battle of Monterey.
Private letters from Monterey state that
one hundred and fifty persons, including
men, women and children, were massa- (
cred during the occupation of the city
by the revolutionists.
In Concord, New Hampshire, yester-
day the Republican Legislative caucus
to nominate State officers was held.
Prescott was nominated Secretary of
State. A Senatorial caucus was held
yesterday evening. A Democratic eau
Gus was also held last evening, but no
nominations were made. Rollins and
Patterson both claim they are sure to
get the nomination for Senator. 1t is
possible that third candidate may yet
receive the nomination.
The New York Herald has published
letter from Moscow, referring to the
reception of General Sherman in that
city by the Gar, which saws that when
the Autocrat of the Russias learned of
the Generals presence in that city, he |
prolonged his stay expressly to give him
an informal reception. The Car greeted
Sherman with great cOrdiality, but
when the Minister presented Lieutenant
Grant, the Emperor did not give his
hand 20 Mr.. Grant, and appeared cool IN
manner. The correspondent argues from |
this that the Duke Alexis reception in |
Washington is not quite forgotten by |
the Gar.
The following persons will officiate as
pall-bearers at the funeral of James
Gordon Bennett tomorrow: Horace |
Greeley, of the Tribune; MantOn Mar /
hla Of the Ifyo,I<T 4 fs,orr-n T,nna of
Times; Charles H. Dana, of the Stm i, !
ID. M. Stone, of the Jaunul Of Com |
Blerce; James Brooks, of the Express;
Hugh Hastings, of the Commercial i'd |
UertiSeT; Robert Bonner, of the Ledger /
George w. Childs, of the Philadelphia |
Ledger; Frederick Hudson, formerly of
the Herald Archbishop McCloskey
has been invited to conduct the cere-
monies and will be assisted by a large
number of the Reverend clergy of the /
city and vicinity,
The Sixth Annual Convention of the
American Car-Builders' Association con- |
vened in st. Louis yesterday A large
number of roads, East and West, We're /
represented. President NJ. n. Andrews |
presides. Quite a number of reports of |
great interest to railroad companies were
read and discussed, and many mechan-
les and artiZans were present with new
inventions and specimens of work. The
New York and Eastern delegates came |
through on a new Wagner car, assigned |
for the purpose by the Wagner Car Com
pany. Additional delegations arrived /
to-day, and the convention now assumes
q very interesting aspect.
A Washington dispatch says that the
following is virtually the concluding
paragraph of the supplemental treaty in
the article adopted by the Senate: ain
consideration, etc., the President of the
United States, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, consents to
the establishment of a new feature of
international law for the guidance of
ooth nations, TO the effect that neither
OF the contracting powers shall be held
responsible for the acts of its citizens as
against either government in favor of
any belligerent power with which either
government may be at war. He con-
sents that he will make no claim on the
part of the United States in respect to
indirect damages, as aforesaid, before
the Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva.
The funeral of the late James Gordon
Bennett took place yesterday morning,
rom his late residence ON Fifth avenue.
The mourners were Mayor Hall, Horace
Greeley, Judge Bedford, James Brooks,
and host Of other celebrities. The fu-
neral ceremonies were performed by
Vicar-General Harris, who spoke feel
lngly Of the goodness of heart and
charitable disposition of the deceased.
The funeral cortege, which consisted of
4 large number of carriages, started from
the late residence of the deceased at
eleven o'clock, and, preceded by a de-
tachment of police, passed down Broad
way to Greenwood Cemetery. The
streets along the route of the procession
Eere lined with snectafnrs. The nnrs