Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-22
The Death Of Horace +. Clark-The
Visit Of the Shah Of Persia to
London Means Business.
The Bloody MOdOes Statement Of A. B,
Meacham-It Won't Do to Let
the Murderers Go.
Terrific Explosion = Yellow Fever in
BrOOklyn-Murderers and ROwdies
-tieneral Items of Interest.

NEW YORK, June IA. b. Meach- |
am. chairman of the peace commission, !
TO treat with the ModOcs, and who mar !
rowIy escaped the fate Of his associates, |
! General Candy and DR.. Thomas, is in |
this city on his way to Fort klamath, |
where the military commission for the |
trial of the captured members of the |
band will sit. Mr.. Meacham can make |
no use of his right hand, the nerves of
which were paralyzed by ball through |
his wrist. The forefinger of his /
left hand is twice its natural size.
There still remains a slight scar on his
forehead from a ball, and from some
cause lump is on the right side of his
head. Other injuries received on the ear,
in the side and elsewhere have entirely /
healed. His story of treachery, which |
resulted in the death of Candy and
/ Thomas, is but reiteration of that al
ready told. Meacham says himself and
/ the other commissioners had full infor-
nation of the fate in store for them, but
as Candy and Thomas would not accept
! the warning, he could not remain
/ behind while they went into
! danger. It was Captain Jack who gave
| the signal for the slaughter and shot
/ General Candy, while old Sehonchin
attended to himself with pistol and
knife. OF the issue of the forthcoming
/ trial he expressed no doubt that the Mo-
docs who participated in the assassina-
| ton will be convicted and executed.
! The effect of virtual acquittal, or pardon
after conviction, would be disastrous.
| With such a result before their eyes, the
| turbulence of the other tribes could not
I be restrained. The white men who mas
sacred the Modoc prisoners should be
| hanged, Meacham TANKS, on the same
| gallows with the Indian murderers.
! During the war the ModOcs killed and
wounded about three soldiers for every
warrior in their force, at no time num-
/ bering more than siXty-five; and that
during the first three days fight this
band not only held out against eight
| hundred troops armed with every appIi-
ance of modern warfare, but kept a pas
sage open for retreat, which even the
Warm Spring scouts could not close.
| Meacham advises that those not guilty
of participation in the massacre be re-
manded to their reservation. To distri-
butte them among other tribes would be
punishment to some only. His idea of
the best policy for the future is that all
tribal lines be abolished; that the In
dians be made amenable to the laws and
be placed on the same footing with
other members of the community.
Official certificates from the German
legation make it certain that there is
no foundation for the report published
June 5th, to the effect that the North
German government had sent an agent ]
to this country to ferret out George o.
CLAWS for frauds said to have been com
mitted by him in the sale in Germany I
of western lands. Il
William II. McNevins, sentenced to
L. L I'll 1
Edward Hines, and after a new trial,
sentenced to fifteen months in the ;
State prison, has been again arrested for
drawing pistol on another man.
This evening while Nathan Harsh and
porter named Charles Leonard were
breaking up old cartridges in the Harsh
Brothers ordinance store, at forty-nine
Dey street, a terrific explosion occurred ]
of over two thousand cartridges strown ,
over the floor. The front and back win
dOws OF the building were blown out,
and two men sitting in the front of the
store were blown violently into the
street, but not seriously injured. Mr..
Harsh, the partner, Leonard, the porter, ,
and Mr.. Harsh's three little sons were ,
found frightfully injured. One of the {
children, Forrest Harsh, was terribly !
disfigured, the skin being burned off the |
EEGdL6I DuIlIOu OI Ills DOuT.
The following is the bank statement: {
Loans increase, 81 ,1S9, 400; specie in !
crease, S430, 200; Legal-tenders increase, {
S307, 200; deposit increase, 50, ,22l, 400:
circulation decrease, $50, 200.
The jury in the Sharkey case brought +
in a verdict of murder in the first de- /
gree, with a recommendation to mercy. :
The counsel applied for postpOnement +
of sentence until Monday to give time I
for preparing application for new trial, /
which the recorder granted. N
The postmaster at Batavia, New York, ,
has investigated the cause of the fire by !
which the western-bound mails from !
this city were destroyed, and reports that !
these through mails were placed in a j
common baggage-car. They filed the ,
rear end Of the car from top to bottom ,
for about one third of its length. The 9
rest of the car contained luggage. On J
top of the ear at the rear end was an un- 7
covered stOvepipe-hole. The baggage /
man did not ride in the car from Roches- !
ter to Batavia, but was in the smoking !
ear, and had left no one in his place. .
The flames were not discovered until the
door was opened at Batavia, when the
mails were found to be in a full blaze.
Water was let in from the tank spout,
and what was not burned was wet down.
In concluding, the postmaster expresses
his opinion that the fire was caused by
wanton neglect on the part of the rail-
road men.
The two children of Mr.. Harsh, in
jured by the explosion on Dey street to-
day, will die.
1t is stated that the application by II
government counsel for an Injunction
restraining certain defendants in the t
forthcoming suit against the Union Pa G
cific railroad, who have been disposing !
of property, until the case is decided,
win be argued before Judge Hunt at c
Canandaigua in few days.
The President is reported as saying he
will not appoint chief Justice from {
among the present judges of the su-
pTeme court. {
-Four cases of yellow-fever are reported q
by the Brooklyn Union in State street,
in that city in a room of the tenament !
houses where young Ennis died of fever
last week.
Patrick Hallick who, with,a gang of !
ruffians, broke into the apartment of i
Phelps, jeweler, in June, 1872, and on
being discovered shot and wounded {
Phelps so that hls life for some time was {
dispaired of, and who for over year
has evaded the entire police force of this !
city, was arrested last night in dining /
saloon on Tenth avenue
At Jerome park, to-day, the race for
the Weatherby stakes, one mile and y
three-quarteTs, was won by Fellow
Craft; time, 3;1l. The second race, ham J
dieap sweepstakes, one mile and a quar- t
ter, was won by StOckwOod; time, 2:l2. l
The selling race, one mile, was won by
Sanford in :46l. The selling race, one
mile and three-quarters, was won by
Vespucius; time, 3:ll.
The steamer Juniata, which was ex-
pected to sail to-day, had her crew
reduced from two hundred and ten to
one hundred and thirty. She takes two
hundred and fifty tons of coal for the use !
of the steamer Tigress, when the latter j
reaches Disco. The Juniata also takes \
two steam launches. The Tigress is ex-
pected to reach the Brooklyn navy-yard i,
Monday, when the work of fitting her
out will be Immediately commenced, in
order that she may leave on the fourth =
or fifth of July. The Tigress viii be
prOvisioned for two years.
The London Telegraph of the ninth,
has the following special, dated Berlin,
seventh instant: "To-day / have re-
ceived from high authority certain In
formatian in regard to the European
tour of the shah, which cannot fail to
be of interest to your readers. am as
sured the journey was undertaken /
against the wishes of the nobility and
priesthood of Persia, and moreover that o
the chief object which his majesty has I
in view is to secure the friendship and I
support of England in futu,e COM .