Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-11

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ears a necessity because of the time
. saved in delivering mail matter and the
relief given to large p0st-offlees, which
otherwise would have to be provided
with additional apartments for distrib-
: utiDg and regulating mails.
Mr.. Hinkley believed the new postal
bill would compel railroad companies to
carry the mail at q compensation which
they regard inadequate, and leave it op-
tional with the companies to carry the
mail or not.
The Recent Indian Ousrages.
LEAvENwoRTH, KS, April 10.-The
Tfmess Arkansas City correspondent
: mentions the return of the rescue party
sent out to protect and warn the survey
ors on CillerOn river. The party reached
the spot where four surveyors were MUIR
dered, and found their bodies, horribly
mutilated. Demang's remains were
brought back to Arkansas City for inter
ment; the remains of the other victims
were buried where they were slain. The
rescue party encountered several bands
of Cheyenne Indians, who all made
hostile demonstrations, but did not ven
ture an attack.
Protest Against the Essue Of New Rail-
road stock.
CLEVELAND, April 10.-A large num-
Der of stockholders OF the Cleveland,
Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis
railroad, among whom are such we'll
known citizens as w. s. c. Otis, T. d.
Crocker, Fayette Brown, Judge Cald-
] tuall off hox Ha4.., -,
sist the proposed increase of stock and
lease of the road to the Atlantic and
Great Western company. These stock
holders claim that the five millions new
stock is wholly uncalled for, and is pro-
posed only for fraudulent and corrupt
purposes, and that the Atlantic and
Great Western company, with its one
hundred and nine millions bonds, is
hopelessly insolvent.
From the Wreck of the Atlantic.
HALIFAX, April I0.-Two schooners
arrived this morning with lot of goods |
saved from the wreck Of the Atlantic. |
The collector of customs went down to |
the wreck to-day. A strong southeast |
wind and rain, with heavy sea, is bad
for the wreck.
The body of Brinley was washed /
ashore at Lunenburg to-day, forty miles |
west of the wreck. There were life
| preservers on the body.
| New YORK, April 10.-The wreckers
arrived at the scene of the wreck to-day. |
They have got all their apparatus in /
order and will commence work to-mor-
row morning, when they will probably
blow hole in the ship. Three bodies of
steerage passengers were recovered to-
day.
Louisiana Politics.
NEW ORLEANS, April l0.-The con-
ference Of the city members of the fu-
sion general assembly and committee
Of the presidents of the independent
clubs of New Orleans issued an address
to the people, of which the following
are extracts: Public opinion through
out the Union is against the usurpation,
and our only danger, if there be any,
will come from ourselves. If the people
OF Louisiana will sanction, by obedience
and acquiesence, this government, thew
will give it the only validity it can ever
acquire. 1t is only by our own submis.
sion that our cause can be defeated. We
recommend to the people of the several
parishes, for the purpose of the most
eHectual resistance to this usurpation,
and for mutual aid and defense, to ioin
the peoples league of Louisiana, by the
formation of parish councils in CORE
spondence with the central council at
New Orleans. We must remember that
there can be no de .f0ct0 government
as against a de ,jttre government in q
State; that the only way BY which the
Kellogg usurpation can become estab-
lished, is by the acquiescence of the peO-
pie. That issue was presented in the |
Louisiana case TO congress, and the case
OF the people of the other States is
neither party nor a sectional one, and
Tor this reason we have the support of
a large and influential section of the Re-4
publican party, as well as of the ele-
ments which composed the Liberal par ,
ty in the late presidential election. The
people Of New Orleans are not paving
taxes, and cannot, in fact, pay them,
nor are they giving any recognition to
the usurpers. :
transportation Tr0ubIes
CHICAGO, April 10.-A meeting Of
the representatives of the Illinois rail- 5
roads was held at the Sherman house to :
discuss the transportation question, and {
see what action was best to be taken 4
relative TO the legislation proposed in
the bill introduced in the senate by Mr.. {
DonOhue. After q long session, from L
which the reporters were excluded, the &
meeting adjourned without coming to Q
any agreement. President Newell of Il
the Illinois Central, occupied the chair.
1t was shown that during the past y
year the north and south lines h
had decreased in business about Q
seventeen per cent, and it was proposed +,
to make the competing rates the same 5;
as local rates, and thus bring business n
up. This was objected to by G.. w.
Smith, manager OF the l., B. and w. T
and the representatives of a
other east and west lines. These latter
lines reach the seaboard markets by
shorter lines than the other, and are 7
benefited by the present ar !
rangement. Their refusal to come into L
the arrangement for an advance of d,
through rates defeated the object of u
those who called the meeting.
Another Victim of the Civil Service
Reform.
NEW YORK, April 10.-The Times to-
prints the following correspon- n
ience: y
MAYORS OFFICE, Chicago, April !, 1873.
To His EXcellency L. 5. Grant President of I
the United States:
DEAR SIR-An executive opler was II
on the seventeenth of jan n
lary, 1873, against the holding of State
)f lnu0lclpal OlllCeS Dy IeueG8i aDpOlQ- =
Lees after the fourth of March, II
1873. Under the order it would OF
be illegal for me to con- q
.inue to hold the office of commits &C
,ioner of the civil service board, unless p
resign the mayoralty of Chicago. Not 9s
feeling that it would be expedient to do 70
he latter at present, l therefore tender
NY resignation of the appointment from IN IN
you of civil service commissioner, and | pT
hereby tender my thanks for the conf W
ience you reposed In me in making nnte
'uch appointment. l also trust that the ca
'ules prepared by the board and ac- W
,epted and adopted by you will not be co
abandoned or neglected of enforcement, add
as l do, that their application tn
will tend to improve and elevate the M
.ivil service, and that they are indorsed
~ the great mass of the American peo-
Ne. Very respectfully yours,
JOSEPH MEDILL.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, April 3, 1873.
DEAR SIR-Upon my return to Wash
Dgton find your letter of the first in
tant resigning the position of commits
ioner of the civil service board, on ac- !
cunt of your inability to hold that place
ogether with your responsible office of
mayor of Chicago. l appreciate your
eason, while l regret that the board
will lose your valuable services and in n
cceOtinQ vtIlr rfssioOatinD | bac, 70 ~