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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-23
GENERAL NEWS.
Telegraph News from Points at Home
and Notwithstanding Items.
The Legislatures OF Tennessee, Bissls-
sippl aud demonstrating
OF Importance.
Personal ReBcoRtre at Nashville - A
Quarrel at Jackson, Mississippi,
Quietly Adjusted.
Corporation Troubles at Nashville =
MOmus Coming - The Civil
Rights BIZ In Ms
sisslppi.
TENhESsEE.

Special 70 the Appeal.
NASHVILLE, February pa personal
difficulty occurred on the wharf to-day,
between Captain Tom Ryman, OF the
steamer Eddyvile, and Charles Arthur,
Wharfmaster. Arthur fired several
pistol-shots at Ryman, causing desh
wounds, none of which proved serious.
Ryman stabbed Arthur with a knife,
but not badly.
A lawsuit between the tsx-paying
citizens Of the Tenth ward and the City
Marshal terminated to-day IN the
court The opinion, reversing the
judgment Of the court below,
on the ground that the election
Of annexation was not legally held.
The effect Of the decision put the
Tenth ward back into territorial or
district capacity, and makes room for
considerable litigation In reference to
taxes paid by the citizens, and the ad-
vsntages afforded them at the expense
Of the city for the past seversl yesrs.
It is understood that majority Of the
wards were favorable TO the annexation,
and that the lawsuit just terminated
was instituted at the instance Of few
taxpayers Of the Tenth ward.
In the House most Of the day was
spent in hearing bills on the second
reading. Bills to regulate the manner
Of procuring evidence in certain cases,
for the benefit Of widows, and 70 author
ize the election of an additional Msgis-
trate foI the town Of Gadsden, were re-
jected.
BY Mr.. Overton; A joint resolution
providing for committee TO examine
into and report concerning the fees OF
Clerks of courts and Attorneys General,
was amended by embracing Sheriffs,
and the blank number Of the COMMITTEES
from the House was filed with three.
! The resolution, ss amended, was adopted.
The following neF bills were present
( ed in the Senate:
BY Mr.. Smithson: A bill authorizing
cities or incorporated towns TO take
stock IN railroads or turnpike roads.
( BY AIr. SmithsOn: Il bill to protect
/ tenants or partners IN common property.
/ Mr.. Coulter, Chairman of the Com
mittee Of the Whole, by whom the
/ School bill was considered, made re-
/ port TO the effect that the bill rs amend
ed had been adopted by the committee
and its passage recommended.
The Senate resolution providing fol
the establishment OF q special court tC
try causes in the Middle Division was
amended in the House, SO that the deci
sion Of said special court shall not bC
reported or considered authority. The
amendment was concurred in.
! The House bill TO repeal the set incor.
porating the town OF Bolivar passed.
Tie third Committee on Tipping and
/ Tipping Houses reported 3 bill in heU
of the bill introduced by Hr. Coulter
/ There being seven other bills on the
same subject considered Ly the commit.
| tee, the bill in lieu was rejected, when
/ AIr. Hughes entered a motion to recon.
slider.
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yIGUsLCOBB-At Pine Biun, Ark, on the
18th OF February, 1873, at the residence OF the
brides father, p. +. Cobb, Mr. FRANK W
VIGUs and Mis- " LILLE LoU COBB.
It Is not often, even yet, that tho marriage
or the children Of Memphis occurs. The city
IS very young, and most Of its citizens Of ma
ture years we're born In other States. These
two above named are honored IN the names
they bear. Never we're two old citizens more
respected than Messrs. Vigus and Cobb, whose
children, worthy Of them, We're happily
welded, as above announced. They have the
congratulations Of the Appeal, which at
tended the marriage festivals Of their fathers
RAJA-zANONI-OH the Goth, IN this city
at st. PAtrick's Church, Captain ". :. RAJA
and Miss LOUISA ZAEONI.
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MASONIC FUNERAL NOTICE.

A special communication OF Desoto Q
Lodge No2P9 VIII ne held this t5UNDAY)XT
afternoon, 81 o'clock, to attend the fun-/V W
sral OF our late brother, c. F. MOLLITOR, at
Germantown. A special train will leave the
depot Of the Memphis and Charleston railroad
at IL O'Clock, and will return to the city at
o'clock. The members or city lodges, as well
rs all other Master Masons, are frsternslIy
invited.
By order OF BUN. F. PRICE, ". n.
+. ". BHELroS, Secretary.
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DIED.

WARD-At IS o'clock am. February I'd,
STELLA AARsHALL, infant daughter of 2. Il.
and Lyde A. Ward, aged months aud days.
Bright star; too coon returned 70 heaven.
ALDRICH-In this city, February I'D, a. !
o'clock pm, DENEIs ALDRIoH, IN the 4Sd
year OF hia age.
Tst Louis and Boston papers please copy1
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IHE elaborate and learned opinion
pronounced Yesterday by Judge Heiskel,
wss listened to with earnest attention
- the great body Of the lawyers Of the
city, and commanded universal ap-
Vroval. a synopsis appears in another
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DISSOLUTION.

THE nrm OF JOS. GLAsER & Co, Memphis
Steam Stone Works, is dissolved - @ lIl-
tuaI consent. Mr.. Chaser retiring, lafl4s 90
his entire Interest 70 tE6 unetrsi s-riit 49,
will continue the business a. - "a sslilAs go
Errsst. sions Front e1ects-lf Nei1A1-eLl ~.-- -
Ing act, and al descr1p ions or Iv.sL -, -
ss-raEi atcns fl1r1iisaed ~ owes. cs--1 E1-o---
MULDCON, d LLEL1 2 -.
es1a Qrics q Madison slrset.
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

AEAk5-The friends and sequaintances OF
THOs. ii. AEASs and family are respectfully
invited 70 attend his funeral this SUNDAY
afternoon, st ~ o'clock, at his late residence,
lS5 Bill st. serviees by ]. o. steadmRn, ID.
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DIR. ID. $. JOHNsOA's
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sOs vain St., Memphis, Tenn.
Established in 1850 for the cure OF
YEyEREAL OR SECRET DISEASES,

amen sssypbillis, GonorThea, Gieet, structure
s1,sI IN Trine-y Diseases; SypniLllIlc or hler-
60, affastIons or the throat, akin or bone a,
c.ci,itis- hsr1ia or ruosnre; also, the exec .
~ = solifarv habit. rulnoUs 20 the BODY 81 q
,,1f-,,f ur0iucing bl0tcDes on the face, 1eu-4-
- r1s1,otsucv. dizziness, atmDes5 OF ziEnG, ,
.~sr, f7sis,u of fdssa, evil foreDoding aversion z
+, societr Ios8 OF memory, weakness, ETC..
NOT Al OF these in any one ease but al occur
rfur frequently i0 variOns Gases. Medicines
s,sui BY express. ONCE nOurs rom an 10 .
O'CLOCK pm. ID. s.. jos NsON, Nd.
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Mr.. L. c. Cox, OF Anderson eoanty,
In this State, is believed to have been
foully dealt with near Knoxville. He
recently drew pension IN that city,
since which tims he has net sssz sssn
or haard Of
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Father Burke was entertained by q
number OF prominent gentlemen and
clubs Friday evening In New York,
whence he sailed for Europe yesterday.
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C. W. Frazer & g. F. r. Thompson
ATTORNEKs-AT-LAW
HAVE REMOVED TO
NO. a nGad1@Oza street.
SOUTHERN
HOOPSKIRT end CORSET
HdANUTACTORY,
No. 886 Main Street
Wholesale and Retail.

invite the attention OF Mer-
/ chants and Ladies' 70 the y
ilew let and round walking ~ 57
skirts which / am now max nsy
ing These skirts are very
light and graceful, and are In
dispensible to the spring and
summer dress. The new i'm B8E
proved Folding Bustle, the ~
only popular tOurnure. To HHst
guard against Dsse limitations, Es13
purchasers are requsted to see
that the trade mark Is printed -
on the band. Particular attention can 70
the i7nrnense stock OF real L'Olse an, French
Werly, Dupont, handmade corsets WITH sioe-
sseels, new abdominal, nursing giove-nitlng,
silk. FOy and misses corsets. corset clasps
boards. Iaces and whalebone. Rubber and
vhalebone pads and dress-snlelds. All gooos
arc warranted. LOOAS 1AsSs =.
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A ntnisserial Crisis Imminent.

A diminutive ray Of light has peeped
through the clouds that have overhung
the hopes Of the Mormons at Salt Lake
yesterday, caused by the suggestion that
8 committee be appointed 70 visit that
locality 10 investigate and report the
true state Of affairs. II is well II they do
not hops against hope.
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NOTICE.

THERE viii be a meeting Of the stockhold-
ers Of the Mound City Life 1nsurthSSS sc
Company, at The ONCE OF the company, -s9,ss -
Madison street., on wednesday aftsrn0oA' @otG
inst, al 3 O'Clock. T. q. CA'AtE, p =.
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The Erie railway has sued the Boston,
Hartford sud Erie road 10 recover the
Interest under tho old contract, and un.
der which Toe Erie Company seeks d
nave q claim mad3 isu upOn ths eel
pRny ~ - - -ssUTs IL ssl .Tsi
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KGNPT.

THE following by grapevine, which
was re-established for the purpose, was
received at late hour last night, and
will prove Of interest to whom It may
concerp:
SOURCE OF THE NTLE,
Fourth sunday, second moon.
Hon. Mayor Johnson;
His Royal Exeellency aud August
Majesty Momus has this day embarked
from his Temple Iris for his faYorlte
capital, modern Memphis.
BY command Of His supreme Hishness.
Attest, De Noses. dOAUS, Rex.
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There was great excitement in
the petroleum market IN Phiis-
deiphis yesterday. Nine thousand
barrels have been ssld st nine
teen cents for February and March de-
liTerles; ninstesn aud 8 half cents for
april, and liBs.ssn aud three-qusrtsrs
- lgssty 0sEss lsF Nay deliveries.
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DISORDER No. l.
Ootfon-SanlpEs GrabbsTs, Attsnrt0nf
After q years absence, which has LETT many
a f1rroY OF care upon your brows, We once
more set foot upon your hospltaDls shoIes.
Our trfumphal march from olympus mas oeeii
one continued ovation, and our oFefJoyet
subjects, haIling Us with acciaInailOns OF yoyi
have declared and Proclaimed Us lheH ueAlf-
erar from the yoke or Msmmou-
Already the tramp OF our trump nRnt arm e9
are heard upon your Borders and L0dgsTs' AM
our BelI-topped standard has received scces-
sions from Hi and vale. We come % de-
.uand tbs unconditional surrender or your
nifv and the deiiyerGnce Of the Keys or Inc
eity gates. Our Errand is one OF Peace. We
come II the name OF the Mighty Aonua, VINO
comes 10 crown his modern Memphis queen
or MS realm. His Royal Majesty VIII enter
his favored city Monday noon, ere tho hour oi
four attended BY his Prime and Sugar-C uIeo
Ministers. Cagalarles, Hadeslm, Am bsssadorsi
ana a Gorgeous Cavalcade OF knlghLs, Al
tendants etc. -
mare to receive him R5 becomes his station
and the sLeot OF his sublime Majesty.
Rex.
GeneralliAino De Sword,
rOrriall Commanding.
M. n seabbsrd, Adiutant-GenersL
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The Missouri State Senate adopted
resolutions requesting Judges of the
Supreme Court to give their opinion re-
gsrdiBg the legality OF the sale OF the
Missouri Pacific railroad 70 the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad Company, and its
effect on the State lien on said road.
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A case of murder and suicide occurred
at Waseca, Minnesota, isst Monday.
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Associated Press Dispatch.l

Associated Press Dispatch.l
Arkansas
LITTLE Rock, February 22.-All
banks and departments OF Government
were closed to-day, on account Of Wash
ington's birthday. Both Houses ad-
journed yesterday until Monday.
CarIIsts' Operations Ia sPAia,
MADRID, February "a dispatch
from Bilbos, the capital of Biscsy, states
that the Carlists cut the railroad at Wit
toris, twenty-nins miles south of that
city and destroyed the railroad station
at Oreto SlsdiO.
A ministerial Crisis Imminent.
MADRID, February 22.-The Impair
tiol to-day announces that the Ministry
have before.them q question which will
involve q ministerial crisis. The crisis
may be averted by loss to the govern
ment of Decsndoba, Minister of War,
but it is thought probable that all the
Ministers adhering to the radical party
will resign.
President Figueras Is iudisposed.
Thirty-two Colonels and forty Lieu
tensnt-COlonels Of artillery, In theregu-
lar army, have resigned. Their resigns
tiOns were accepted.
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CARD FROM MAYOR wICKs.

An Answer 20 tbe Publication OF tho
Knoxville chronicle.
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A most disbolical attempt was made
to burn q tenement house in Brooklyn,
containing twenty persons, on Thursday
night Rags saturated with kerOsine
we're placed in the cellar and set on fire.
But little damage was done. The Gaze
is being investigated.
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Father Burke will return to the Uni
ted States next fall.
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- onee more my beloved Marshals and
5oble Dukes, We VIII meet before the great
svent. SUNDAY AFTERNOON, az 4 O'Clock,
a. the rooms OF the Gsrman Casino.
Al are sxpsetsd to be present 20 raesags
thadr hnal instrusbonA.
TEEO. HOERyER.
y n IN r1siaf
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4 EHuly. Sensible, strsishtforwRrd
Statement 81 the Csse-
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MEMPHIS IN DANGER
The Armies Of MOmUs Steadfastly
Advancing.
Momus Declares that He will En-
ter and Occupy the City Non
day Noon at 4 O'Clock.
OutDOsts Taken - Unconditional
Surrender Demanded.

The oonQuerfng armies OF Aomus nave
reached and taken Fort Pickering; the sol
diery and popnlace fraternize. The suffer
has pitched his tent and the Commanding
General has issued the followtnSi
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Portugal is armiRg in anticipation ss a
civil oeMmotGR.
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Representative Sypber lLOuIsiaBa) "a
Answer Serious Charges.

Mr.. Kerr, rising to question Of priv
nege, offered a resolution reciting the
testimony taken before the Senate Com
mittee on Elections, to the effect that
]. H. Sypher, member nom Louisiana
before the general election last year,
while he was candidate for election TO
Congress, had unlawfully and corruptly
procured to be made frauds IN reg
ttration, false and fraudulent votes to
be cast for himself and Others, and gross
frauds to be committed In connection
with snoh election, referring ths-matteE
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urs4IRSIpFl.


Special 70 tho Appeal.
JACKSON, February 22.-Both Houses
OF the Legislature adjourned to-day for
want Of a quorum. 1t is generally IN
derstood that they will meet on Monday
week,
Carroll G. Russell, the United States
juror arrested for bribery, has been re-
leased on bond. Assistant United States
Deputy-Marshal Fife, indicted on the
same charge, wss arrested, but got away
from the officer. Rich developments
are expected soon.
An affair OF honor, in which a promi.
nent newspaper man, and populsl
member Of club Of Jackson, were the
principals, has been on the tspi;
since yesterday, was satisfactorily set.
tied, the newspaper man coming out
ahesd.
From an Occasional Correspondent.
JACKSON, February Ca gentle
man Of color, a member of the Missis
sippi Legislature, sought to take an ear,
lv breakfast at the leading hotel here.
The head-waiter of the hotel, as black
a. the neither extremity Of midnight, en-
tered and saw the grimly self-satisfieC
son Of Ham and OF Solon sitting beside
q lantern-jawed, meek-lOokiug carpet
bagger. The head-waiter's eyes pro.
truded a foot. His kinky hair straight
ened itself out, cracking like Colts re-
peaters as it uncoiled itself His under
lip Topped down on the pal.
pitating, swelling colored bosom. Tn,
head-waiter stood thus contemplate
the black intruder at the table, aud wa
astounded, dumbfounded, horrified
Recovering himself, be sent the toe Of s
fifteen boot upward beneath the chat
occupied by the honorable member o
the House, and the honorable membe,
was elevated over the table and out tht
window Of the dining-hall. He neve
looked behind him. No fellow-membe
Of this unfortunate, Of the same color
have visited that hotel. The civil snI
social rights act Is thus far failure.
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A bin FOR the abolition Of capital pun
ishment VIII soon be presented to the
Spanish Government.
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Mrs. Louisa 4. Boyce, recently con-
vieted Of the involuntary manslaughter
of Calvert II. Johnson, Of Cleveland,
Ohio, was yesterday refused new trial,
and viii be sentenced on Monday to
confinement in the penite ntisry for five
yesrs.
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LEE AssocIATfoS 91llTr2 81 AMERICA.

LIFE ASSOCIATION or AMERICA.
ct. LOUIS. February 10 lsI5.l
So In accOrr ance with Section 0t tls
Amended Charter OF the Lie Assoc ttl14 ~
Rraarica approved September Sd. lelA- lhefs
7vfII h. an efecsion for member OF the Gene
"a Board OF Directors, at The Office OF the A.
yooigtfon IN ST. Louis, no., on Iueslay mo Lst1
day OF March, l873-
Pclls open from II a.m to pm.
Jas. II. BRITrON, President.
- PIERCE. Secretary. res
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Notice to Shippers.

SOUTH EFlS RAILROAD SECURITY CoaP'SEl
Lessee Mem phis and Charles. on X. A.t
Mem mphts, Tenn, February ., le4o-y ,-
80 No IRE sght, eiths local OF through. viii
he received al the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad Depot on Tuesday, February @1ins
Tor shipment. ". = flD7fs,
fesg General Superintenden--
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inches In the channel. Arrived; San
Brown and Mollie for st. Louis.
vEAafE,ar PrahahfHstsaN
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Attention, knights Templar.
UOU are hereby ordered to attend, in a
FATIGUR DRESS, a regular stR1ed W
ssnai-RnnuRl conoisve OF Cyrene tOm-/VN
mandery, No. 4, K. T, MONDAY evening,
February 2zth, at Asylum, No. 2Ji Front st.
AL visiting Knights are cOurtsously Invited.
By command GEO. MELLERSH, e. {.
T. J. BARcHUs, Recorder. fe23
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The following appeared in the North
Gs0rgiGH q the twentieth instant:
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WASHINGTON.
The Senate Called Together in Extra0r-
dInary Observation-Disclosures OF
the President.
A Sharp Debate in the House on the
Franking Privilege-0riginal
Bill Passed.
Right OF Way through Public Lands
The Case Of the Kansas Senator.
Sypher, OF Louisiana, Arraigned for
Election Fraads-His Reply to
the Document.

The senate In ExtrsOrdiHary session.
WASHINGTON, February 22.-The fol-
lowing message Of the President Of the
United States was forwarded to the
Senate to-day:
WHEREAS, Objects Of interest TO the
United States require that the Senate
should be convened at twelve O'Clock on
the fourth of March next, to receive and
act upon such communications as may
be made to it on the part of the EXecu-
tive. Now, therefore, /, Ulysses ;.
Grant, President Of the United States,
consider it to be my duty to Issue this
my proclamation declaring that extra
ordinary occasion requires that the
Senate of the United States should con-
vene, for the transaction of business,
at the Capitol in the city Of
Washington, on the fourth day OF
March next, at twelve o'clock 3;
noon on that day, Of which ell who
shall at that time be entitled to act as
members of that body are hereby re-
quired to take notice. Given under my
hand and seal Of the United States, at
Washington, on the twen ty-first day OF
February, in the year Of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
three, Of independence Of the United
States Of America, ninety-seventh.
TsfgnedI {. s. GRANT.
Signed HAMILTON FISH,
Cecrararv NJ Etats.
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The Grand Tower, Captain Lennox,
leaves this afternoon at five o'clock, for
Cairo and st. Louis. Mr.. White is
Clerk.
The Commonwealth, Captain j.
P. Sedan, leaves this afternoon
at four O'Clock, for Vicksburg and
New Orleans. Mr.. Miller Ia her effi-
cient Clerk.
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Sole ConYeutIon.

MADisox, Wis, August There has
not been much talk about the organiza-
ton of the Convention. John Nazro,
Of Milwaukee, is proposed aS temporary
Chairman. There is no division Of SEA
timzDt about platform, which will be
anti-salary grab and anti'monopoly.
Among the delegates are a good many
eK- members of the Legislature and 9th
ers known in political circles. There
are comparatively Few new men. Fred
Horn, the veteran German Democrat,
takes COED naturally the jokes Of bis old
associates on his appearance here %
delegate in the Republican State Con
yesii0n. Congressman Williams, Haz-
elton, Buck and Sawyer are here, the
latter looking sOt Of all like dead man.
The Park Hotel is de general rendez-
yous, and swarms with people from all
parts Of the State discussing the situs-
tioE. Tbe great contest at present is on
the nominsAi0p for Lieutenant Gov
eruOr. There are two SssTinent eandi-
dstes-H. s. Eaton and l.. Hy@Sit.
Both thea men are labOring necessarily,
as are their frisass. Il is impossible to
determine whether one possesses any
advantage over the other.
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LATEST TELEGRAMS,
,,frRIcAy pREss ASSOCIATION. VIA s. P. AND A.
TELEGRAPH coMPANY.i
Specials 10 the Ledger.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, August q. -Ofhcial dis
patches to the War Department confirm
the reports of Gen. Custar's battle with
the Indians. The particulars are the
same as heretofore received.
Rear Admiral Almy has been ordered
to command the South Atlantic squad
ron.
The United States flagship Wabash
and Rear Admiral Case left Corfu on
August 9TH for Carthagena and the other
points on the coast OF Spain.
General Myers, Chief Signal Officer,
sailed on the 23d instant, under orders
from the War Department on rapid
trip to Vienna to attend meeting OF
the meteorological service at that place.
The General hopes to see this COnven'
ton take the first steps to bring about a
worldwide system of weather reports
connecting the United~-States and
Europe. During his absence the signal
offices will be in charge Of Colonel Gar
rick Mallory.
The following information was re-
ceived at the. Navy Department to-
day: The United States steamship
Portsmouth returned to Honolulu on the
9th of August from two months cruise
in search of reported dangers in the
North Pacific, leaving Honolulu June
10. She beat through the passage be-
tween the islands of Maiakala and Ohtt
against very strong head wind. The
vicinity Of the reported positions OF
DonaMaria Lexaon and Philippi Islands,
No. 239, were carefully examined and
searched, but no indications discovered
of land or of shoal water. The vicinity
OF Show, No. III, was searched; also
229, including the position Of the rect
given on Blunt's general chart Of the
Pacific, but nothing was found to ind .
cate either an island, reef, or shoal,