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

savs the speach Of Mr.. Summer wa.
blazing through the South, the general
inquiry on the lines Of travel being be.
ty' cen persons, "Have you read Sum.
: ner's speechm He says il must be re-
garded as one of the most powerful Do
litical documents lately given to the
public.
a portion of the fourth floor of the
thlOck occupied by the Cleveland Stove
Company as 3 warehouse and store, in
Cleveland, Ohio, gave way Sunday
night and Let its load of stoves and cast
ings, etc, down through tue third, sec
ond and first floors. The loss on the
} stock and building is considerable, but it
is impossible TO estimate it at this time.
! Alfred LaGrave. jobblng dry goods
dealer, New York city, has abscOnded,
leaving a large number Of heavy credit
ors, Including A. T. Stewart, II. y. Claf-
lin & Co, and Arnold, Constable 6 Co.
LaGrave secured the goods of the va
rious firms on a credit, to the amount of
a quarter OF a million dollars, sold them
at auction at half price, and decamped.
I He is supposed % be in Europe.
A special received IN New York city
from Rochester says: "This afternoon
a section of the floor I'm Bevier's brewery
| gave way, with several hundred bushels
/ of grain and a mash-tub, consisting Of
several thousand gallons of hot liquor.
Three men working in the grain were
carried down with the wreck. Two men
at work ON the floor beneath were fear
fully scalded. All win probably die"
A dispatch from New York yesterday
says: The wOod-turners, wheeI-rights
and blacksmiths held meetings yester-
day to organize for action. The latter
society, including the Brooklyn mem
bership, numbers four thousand men,
and it is anticipated that there viii be
no difficulty, as a large number are
already working under the eight-hOuT
law. The ear-dFivers win probably take
similar action soon. 1t is stated that
the drug clerks are beginning a move
ment for increased compensation.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee met here yesterday and passed
resolutions supporting and amending the
call for q State Convention TO select del
egates to the Baltimore Convention, by
providing for the nomination of Presi-
Dental electors and a tull State ticket,
and for the transaction of such other
business as the interests of the party may
require. The Liberal Republican Com |
mittee also held a meeting here yester-
day and issued a call for delegates to a
State Convention TO be held in this city |
on the twenty-sixth day OF June-the |
same day ON which the Democratic |
State Convention wiz be held. a
Henry S. FOOte publishes the follow
ing in the Nashville papers of Tuesday: |
ham announced as candidate for Con- |
gress for the State at large, and being, |
above all things, anxious to avoid divis- |
ions or discOrds in the ranksof the 'out- |
and-Out' supporters of Greeley and |
Brown In Tennessee, InOw make known |
that If General Cheatham shall declare \
himself an unqualified supporter Of Gree
ley and Brown, and of the platform on /
which they We're nominated, without /
regard to what the Baltimore Conven-
ton may do or say on the subject, and
independent Of any nomination for Con-
gress which may be made by a Demo-
cratic Convention in this State, shall
cheerfully get out of the way and yield
him my support-but not 0therwise.p q
The total reduction Of the revenue by
the new tariff and tax bill is fifty-three
million fifty-seven thousand two hun
dred and fifty-nine dollars. The duty
on salt in bulk eight cents, in bags, sacks
and barrels; other packages ten cents
per existing duties. Reduced ten per
cent. on all manufacturing cotton or of
which cotton is a component part Of
the chief value. All manufactures,
wholly or iR part wool or hair Of alpaca
and other like animals; all iron steel
and other metals and their manufac-
ure, which includes pig iron, but duty
u fifteen per ton is imposed ON
ron made from sand or by one process. s
4 specific reduction on copper and lead
3 stricken out; those metals are now S
in the ten per cent. The re-
iuctiOn in the tariff does not touch
wines or LIQUORS. Ii