Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-15
Important Information Left by Captain
Hall-The President Wants Advice
In the Appointment OF Chief
Justice.
A Civil Rights Movement Of StupendOus
PrOpOrtiOns-Departure of Captain
Williams for Europe.
Stokes and Nixon Granted Writs OF Err
rOr-The Results Not Yet Known
Summary Of the Day.

Just before em barking on his voyage OF
exploration, Captain G. F. Hall de-
posted with Leggett & Storm, hotel
keepers, in this city, a package, marked
&c. f. Hall, care of Mr.. Henry Grin
nell" 1t was to he kept in their safe,
with directions that if anything hap
pened to him it was to be delivered to
Grinnell. The instructions were car
ried out last Monday, and on opening
the package GriRnell found it contained
three books, comprising valuable me-
moranda, in the form of a journal
kept by Captain Hall when on the King
Williams Land expedition in search of
Sir John Franklin. There are also
notes of various Arctic explorations
from which he contemplated a book.
The journal contains much important
information relative to the Arctic re-
giOns known only to Captain Hall.
A Washington special says the Presi-
dent recently expressed a regret that the
appointment of a chief-justice would
devolve on him, and that he would will
lingly shrink from the responsibility if
he could. He further said that he would
appoint a man Independent of political
considerations, and one whom the law
yers of the country would indOrse. In.
the meantime he hoped his friends and
prominent men in the country would
give him their views upon the subject.
The bar association has appointed
committee to cooperate with any COM
miJtee of the bar in paying tribute of
respect to the memory of theslate chief
justice.
1t is understood that a large public
meeting is TO be held by the cOlored
people, who are organizing for a mass
meeting to be held in Cooper institute, to
take into consideration their rights I'M
der the law guaranteeing to them full
and equal enjoyment of admission to
theaters and entertainment by hotel
prOprietOrs. The meeting is prelimi-
nary to the prosecution Of Lester Wal
lack, whose agent denied two colored
men admission to his theater, on the
grounds that there was no room for
them, and of one DivOn, saloon keeper,
who refused to serve three colored men
at the tables Of his saloon.
Captain Williams, of the ill-fated
Atlantic, sailed for England in the
Oceanic.
Philip Strauss, of 6S5 Lexington ave-
nue., shot himself dead in his house yes
terday. A few years ago his father left
him seventy-five thousand dollars, all of
which was lost in unlucky business ven
lures and stock speculatiOns.
The supreme court in the general
term to-day, granted a writ of error IN
the case of Edward S. Stokes, upon
stipulation by the defense to take the
case at once TO the court Of appeals now
in session.
Five supreme court judges and Judge
Of tue court of appeals, have refused a
stay of proceeding in the case of Nixon,
to be hanged Friday. Governor
Dix also declines to interfere,
on the ground that the judges have re-
fused; also, that the murder of Phyfer
was cruel, unprovOked and perfectly IN
justifiable, and did not admit of any pal
liative features. NiXOn's counsel will
90 to the remainder of the thirty-two
supreme court judges, or such of them
carried into execution.
1t has transpired this evening that
Howe obtained writ of error from
Judge Fancher to-day in the case of
Nixon, and application was made to
Judges Ingraham and Davis in the su-
preme court in general term for stay
of proceedings. The question was ar
gued, and the court reserved its deci-
sion.
The proceeds of the sale of Tweed's
property to-day amounted to four hun
dred and eighty-three thousand five
hundred dollars. The cost of the prop
erty to Tweed was six hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars.
The trustees sale of Walter ROche's
property, for the benefit of the late
Guardian savings bank, occurred to-day,
realizing ninety-seven thousand dollars.
The Williamsburg ferryboat George
Sand was run into this morning by q
double-ended screw from the navy-yard.
There was quite panic on the ferry
boat, but none of the passengers were
injured.
Judge Theron r. Strong, a prominent
member of the New York city bar, died
this morning at his residence in this
city, aged seventy years.
The seD1i-annual convention of rail-
road superintendents of southern and
western roads, known as the Railroad
Association of America, met at the st.
Nicholas to-day. President Allen said
their object was to secure rapid and
cheap transportation, with fair remuner-
alton for those employed by railroad
companies. Low rates must prev all,
but at the same time transportation
must increase ana improvements be
madein machinery, with an approxima-
ton to double track and steel rails. Sew
eral reports were made by committee
and laid over.
The entire batch of three hundred and
seventy-five thousand of the new penny
postal cards was sold yesterday before
four O'Clock, and to-day the demand is
still very great and general. Another
batch was received during the night,
and the postmaster has made a requisi-
ton on the department for a batch of
one million more, as the various firms
have applied for cards by thousands.
The majority of those put in the mail
yesterday bore on the message side an
advertisement With this exception
the cards were mostly employed as
medium for jOking-messages.
Patrick Leary, the wife-murdereI,
has been sent to a lunatic asylum.
The court of appeals sustained the de-
cisiOn Of the New York surrogate, that
the United States cannot accept bequests
of real estate, the case in issue being
the will Of Charles Fox, giving half a
million dollars TO the government to
help pay the national debt.
Chaplain's ship-canal bill passed the
assembly to-day.