Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-19
Methodist Episcopal Church Foreign
Mission ApprOPriatiOns-The Swiss
Celebration Relief for the Ex.
patriafed Citizens Of Alsace
and Lorraine.
Strike Among Coal Miners in Pennsyl-
vauia-WOrkmeu Fatally Injured
The South Carolina State
Debt-Minor Items.


: ing counties are ready TO appoint receiv-
J ers upon eE pdrte statements, with a
view 10 making money ont OF the mis-
fsrtunes Of the companies. The Under
writer's say they wiz resist al such ac-
hon, and hope the next Legislature will
so improve the law that companies tenn
pOraTily affected by the great disaster
may not be pushed into liquidation on
eT pGrtg statement Of any one actuated
by motives, malice or gain.
J Along the line Of the Hudson river 4
/, terrible disease has broken out among
J poultry. Chickens are dying by the
hundreds, and turkeys, geese and ducks
in the market show signs Of the malady.
The disease appears to be assuming a
form Of destructive pestilence among do
nestle fowls.
The dropsy, new horse disease, has
made its appearance in all the city car
stables. Fifty per cent. of the horses
attacked are said to die, and the horses |
attacked are mainly those worked while
suffering from the epiZootic. The sta
blemen are becoming alarmed, as they
thought the disease was disappearing.
Andrew d. Fowler. formerly connect |
ed with the Cleveland Pldindealer. was
buried yesterday in Newark, New Jer-
sey, where he died.
The Methodist Church has appropria- /
ted for foreign missions three hundred I
and forty-eight thousand eight hundred [
and twenty-five dOllars-One hundff I
and two thousand three hundred and I.
/ tbirty-seven dollars in excess Of last year. |
The total amount appropriated for mis- /
sion purposes, foreign and domestic, is /
! eight hundred and fifty-nine thousand /
four hundred and twenty-five dollars.
The Swiss residents Of this city cele- /
1 brated, by a banquet last evening, the |
/ five hundredth and sixty-fifth anniver-
/ sarY Of their cOUnTy's independence.
The Society Of Alsaee-LOrraine has /
/ expended one thousand three hundred /
and fifteen dollars in the last month, re-
! leving their eXpatriated countrymen ar
| irving here. The fund for this purpose
has nearly reached ten thousand dollars.
A dispatch from Phillipsburg, Penn
sylvania, states that there is great eX-
element in the mining regions, cOnse-
quent upon a general strike Of the
miners for an advance Of ten cents per
ton. The operators refuse to give the
advance, and sixteen mines are now
idle-al the miners in them having quit
work.
In the Court Of Oyer and Terminer
to-day, application was made for an or
der compelling the District Attorney to
furnish William NJ. Tweed with lists Of
witnesses before the Grand Jury, speci-
fying the witnesses applicable in each
Indictment A motion was also made
to arraign Tweed, who was in court,
and likewise a motion to fixan early day
for the trial Of Edward Stokes for the
murder Of Fisk. The decision in each
case viii be given tomorrow.
BY the breaking of a platform on the
third floor of the new Herald building
this evening, five workmen were pre-
cipitated into the basement, and John
McNamara, John Farrell and John Ne
Gurdy were, it is believed, fatally in
jured.
Dispatches from South Carolina say
that the State Comptroller proposes to
raise a sum only equal to that required on
the nine million eight hundred and sixty
five thousand nine hundred and eight
dollars of the funded debt, leaving about
six million dollars unpTovided for.
These are of the conversion bonds and
largely held in the North, but no salts
factory account Of their sales has ever
been made, and the Comptroller pracl-
cally repudiates them. The Ti5Wle I,
says the taxes that are to be collected
70 meet the interest on the remainder of
the funded debt are not 70 be carried
into the state treasury without a strug-
gle. The State officials, elected on the
Moses ticket in October, have pre-
vented this by the issuing of a restrain
ing Injunction procured at their Instance. |
Whatever may be the real cause of the
South Carolina financial troubles, it is
clear that even the officials do not trust
each other.
James King, formerly stOck-bHoker,
shot one OINeii dead to-day at noon. a
family difficulty was the cause.
A full bench of the Supreme Court to-
day unanimously set aside the c0nvic-
ton Of Rensenzweif, the famous abor- I
ZIONIST, who was sentenced last NOvem-
Ger tOseven years Imprisonment for the
murder of Alice BOwlsby and packing /;
her remains in a trunk for transpOrta-
ton from the city, and ordered a new
trial, Rensenzweif will be brought inn
medistely to this city.
\ Washington special says that six
New York, one Maryland and three
Pennsylvania regiments have signified
their intention of participating In the I
Inauguration ceremonies of President ,
Grant on the fourth Of March next.
The Washington fire insurance com
panIes Of this city have suspended, ow- ,
ing to their heavy losses by the Boston {
fire. The President says they cannot /
pay more than fifty cents on the dollar Z
The annual meeting Of the FrieDds- of /
Missions Of Christ Church was held to- I
day IN the Central Methodist Church. Z
The massive grain stores Of Woodruff
d Robinson, bordering on East river at
the foot Of Amnity street, BROOKLYN,
was destroyed by fire this morning The
loss, including six hundred thousand
bushels Of grain, is estimated at four
hundred thousand dollars, and said 10 7
be fully covered by insurance. Several
vessels, including the ship Artist, had ;
narrow escape.
The Pos to-day, in an editorial on Mr. !
Boutwell, and his successor in the Trea-
sury, says, should Boutwell, be transfer
red to the Senate as successor Of Wilson. !
he need only desire the same measure Of /
usefulness and success that has rewarded
his careeras Cabinet minister. His faith
ful collection Of public monies, and his !
vigorous appropriation Of them 10 the 7
reduction of the national debt, has con-
tnbuted more than al other influences
combined TO the re-electiOn Of Presi- I
dent Grant After an allusion 10 the {
influence on the Old World ,
Of BOutwells monthly statements an Z
nouncing the steady and rapid reduction
" A-AG AAaAADAlhA Attls eL4t r Dot duAHs inc o.
credit u reading this extraordinary les !
son IN financial ability to the world !
is 10 be divided between the people who !
furnished the money, the Minister who Z
applied il, and the President who has
sustained him in Il, and any statesman o
may justly envy the share which be- e
longs 30 Boutwell,. .
The Post says an impression prevails
that Edwin .. Morgan viii be called TO
the Treasury, position offered him by 4
President Lincoln, but which he de- a
clined, preferring 10 remain in the SEN L
ate, and adds: AThere are few, II any, q
u our public men who have had such a
large aud varied political experience, 4
and none who would bring to the admin I
Of our national finances more n
Of the qualities which would inspire con- D
hdence in our securities at home aud g
abroad, or who would support the Presi- /
dent with more prudent counsel"
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