Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-22
ELECTRIC ScINTILLArIONS.

The Robson investigation report viii
be presented TO Congress to-day.
The breeders Of Shorihorns met in
convention at indianapolis yesterday.
The carpenters of New York now de-
mand four dollars day, and viii get it.
FarnsYoTth viii not be renominated
in the Fourth congressional district Of
Illinois.
The American Institute Of HomeO-
pathy is holding its twenty-fifth session
in Washington.
The report in the New York Custom-
house Investigation VIII probably be
ready next week.
One hundred and fifty-six colored peo-
pie of Georgia have petitioned Congress
70 be sent to Liberia.
TheGrand Lodge and Grand Eneamp-
ment Of Indiana Odd-Fellows met at
indianapolis yesterday.
A man, name unknown, Jumped from
the suspension bridge at Cincinnati into
the Ohio and was drowned.
a block Of buildings on Canal street,
Chicago, was destroyed by fire yester-
day. Loss, fifteen thousand dollars.
The State Central IibcraI Republican
Committee of Indiana appointed COM
mittee yesterday to consult with the
Democrats about an electoral ticket
Most OF the session Of the General
synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
was devOted 10 the discussion Of Nation
al reform.
The New Jersey Railroad Company
held its first election for directors under
the new law at Jersey City yesterday
afternoon, al which Hon. Hamilton
Fish, Isaac W. Sca0der, A. l.. Denis
and J. Perry were chosen.
In the Canadian House of Commons
yesterday Mr.. Stephenson moved an ad
dress for the correspondence respecting
a. ffrI k.f,Nr
officials Of the steaTn-tug and barge, the
property of Hiram Little, in st. Clair
flats canal.
The filty-eighth anniversary of the
American Baptist Missionary Union is
in session at New York. Receipts for the
year two hundredand twelve thousand
one hundred and uinety-nine dollars;
expenditures, two hundred and thirty
thousand, nine hundred and fifty-twO
dollars
The Commissioner Of Internal Reve-|
nue. viii order the Collector at Albany
10 seize the property Of the Hudson RV-|
or railroad for the scrip dividend tax
under the provisions Of the consolidated
act Of the Assembly Of 1862 holding the
new company responsible for all the LA
blities of the old corporation.
The General COnfereneeof the North
ern Methodist Church, in session IL
New York yesterday, elected two
Bishops, namely: J. W. Wiley, 5. NJ
MoTrille. The former received two hun
dred and hfty-siX and the latter tive
hundred and twenty-three Of the four
hundred votes east, two hundred and
one being necessary 20 a choice
The Presbyterian General Assembly
in session al Detroit, yesterday debated
the question Of changing the mode Of
representation. The assembly Tecog-
nized the Presbyterian Board OF Home
Missions, Incorporated lately by the
New York Legislature, as the legal sue
eessor Of the present Board Of Home
Missions and Board OF Domestic Mis-
iOns.
The usual bi-mOnthly batch Of news
from Mexico last night. II says that
RhOda has captured Mazallan; that there
was scene in the Congress because the
soldiers had to use force to get the
people out preparatory to entering on a
secret session; that an incendiary set
fire To and destroyed the greatest hist0ri-
cal relic Of the country, the celebrated
" tree Of NOchetriste, t" souvenir Of the
right on which COrtez captured Mexico