Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-23

OF the State against the owners of tht
J Atlantic to recover the value of theil
baggage, and damages for injury done
to themselves, the Ocean Steam Navi
cation company filed petition in the
United States district court, setting
forth that it Is ready and willing to pay
into court the amount of the insurance
on the steamers freight pending on the
voyage during which she was lost, and
asking that its liability be limited tC
that amount. Judge Blatchford ha:
granted an order in conformity with the
petition, and directed the clerk of the
court to take testimony in the matter.
The American cheap transportation
association of this city perfected its or.
ganization last evening, and adopted
resolutions setting forth that the unjust
and extOrtiOnate rates charged by the
various railroads of the country are detri
mental to the industries and interests O.
the nation, and cOndemning the action
of railroad companies in bribing the
legislature and defying the judges and
executives.
| a letter from the American fleet in
Chinese waters says: "ImfOy, of the
Ashulax, has been sentenced to two
years suspension. Commander Wilson
of the Yantic, is being tried for drunk
enness, and Lieutenant Rowland is tc
be tried for obtaining money under false
pretenses."
Yesterday evening it was rumOred
that Roscoe, the supposed accomplice in
the murder of Charles Goodrich had
been arrested in New York and trans
ferred to the Brooklyn police. No in
formation could be obtained from the
latter, but during the evening Mrs. Lu-
cette Meyers went to Brooklyn on busi-
ness connected with the Goodrich case,
and it was subsequently given out that
the man supposed to be Roscoe had been
arrested on Broadway aud sent to
Brooklyn in coach.
A prize-fight has been arranged be-
tween Peter Croker, an English pugilist,
and Jack BOylyn, of Dublin. They
signed articles agreeing to fight for one
thousand dollars, within fifty miles OF
| this city, at one hundred and thirty-six
pounds weight, on the fourth of August.
A forfeit of two hundred dollars was
| put up.
NJ. L. Rodman, secretary of the Brook
| lyn trust company, has been suspended
from his office as deputy city-treasurer.
When questioned in regard to the pub
lished report that every active officer OF
| the bank is largely in debt TO the insti-
tuition, the acting president, Chauncey,
declined to say anything, remarking
that apon that point every one must
form his own Judgement. 1t was we'll
known outside that there was cOnsidera-
bic dissatisfaction in the board before
the exposure, but he did not feel at lib
erty to speak upon the subject. The last
will and testament of Ethelbert
Mills was submitted at the surrogate
court, Brooklyn, by his son, Thomas H.
Mills, this morning. The will bequeaths
all his property, real and personal, to
his wife and her heirs, and authorizes
any or all Of his real estate to be sold for
cash or on credit. His son esmitates
the value at three hundred thousand
dollars.
Timothy Vanscay, in Jail in White
Plains, awaiting trial on the charge of
arson, hanged himself last night.
The reported intelligence from San
Antonio Of an engagement between
Colonel Mckenzie and General Esca-
bado is entirely discredited at the war
department. The general of the army
has SO little faith in the rumor that he
does not think it worth serious inquiry.
The specie engagement for Europe to-
day was seven hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, of which five hundred
thousand was gold coin.
Benjamin Rathban, whose forgeries
in this State made him so notorious
thirty-six years ago, died in this city
yesterday, aged eighty-two.
The excitement over the defalcation
OF Ethelbert s. Mills, and the ,suspen-
sion of thesBrooklyn trust company. is
subsiding. Depositors have been assur-
ed that they will not lose anything, and
the majority have resigned themselves
to the situation. 1t is understood that
the directors have estimated the loss at
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
The capital and surplus were six hum
dred and fifty-five tho6sand dollars. The
loss will, therefore, be one-third of the
capital and surplus. An advance, there
fore, of thirty-three per cent. on each
share of stock, by the stockholders, will
enable them to square up. 1t is said
that the depositors will be paid in ten or
fifteen days, as it is expected that some
OF the loans will be realized on by that
time. A meeting of the directors is ex-
pected to be held tonight. The REQUEST
made by Receiver Chauncey, that de-
positors deliver up their books, was re-
sponded to to-day to very limited ex-
tent.
The statement that there will be no
investigation by the deacons and ttus-
tees of Plymouth church relative to the
Bowen-Tilton scandal is untrue. The
trial has only been postponed on ac-
count of the absence of Beecher and a
number of the committee. If the full
charges filed against Bowen and TIlton
be fully investigated, the sessions will
probably be heldswith closed doors.
1t is reported that the deputy-sheriff
has received an order of arrest against
Carl Vogt, issued in the supreme court
In anticipation of his release. with a
view to recover property stolen at the
time of the murder he is alleged to have
committed in Belgium.
Corporation-C Counsel Smith has de-
cided that the Washington market
stalls having been declared a nuisance
by the board of health, il is lawful to at
once remove them, and it is the duty of
every department Of the city govern
ment TO aid in their destruction. Their
removal has accordingly begun.
The New York rendering company
now eyade the mandates of the board
of health by moving their steneh-boat
into the middle of the Hudson river be-
tween ten o'clock in the morning and
six in the evening. They say thiseom-
plies with the law, and defy the board of
health to interfere with them.
The report in morning journal that
Roscoe, the alleged accomplice in the
murder of Charles Goodrich, was yes-
terday arrested in this city, was denied
to-day by the chief of police of Brook
lyn, who also denied the story that Luz
cette Myers was sent for last evening on
business connected with the case.
An Illicit distillery In Brooklyn of
large capacity was destroyed by revenue
officers this morning.
Two brothers named Conover were
drowned at Long Branch Saturday.
Orders for the arrest of twenty strik-
ing coopers, formerly employed in the
extensive sugar-refning establishment
at Williamsburg, have been placed in
the hands of the sheriff for execution.
1t is charged that the strikers intimi-
date the men engaged in the establish
ment.
In the Kings bridge investigation to-
day City-Surveyor Sage stated that he
estimated thirty thousand eight hun
dred and fifty-seven dollars q fair re-
muneretion, while one Boyle charged
ninety thousand dollars for s. rveying
four miles of the road.