Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-03-19

Ino Fate OF the George 3. Wright Coz
firEned.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1s.-Com
plete accounts received Of the cruise il
search of the steamer George s. Wrigh
confirm the first fears, that the vesse
was lost with all on board. The captail
of the steamer Gussie Telfair secures
signboarGs with the words inscribed
s'ce0rge s. Wright Other portions O
the wreck are scattered along the coas
for hundreds of miles north Of Cape Cas-
ton, where the ship is believed to hav,
been lost.
From saat Lake.
SALT LAKE, UTAH, March lS.-Thre,
companies with nearly a million dollar
cash capital, probably, from New Yorl
and Brooklyn, are organizing for th'
purchase and development of ths
mining property in the southwestern
part of the Territory.
Serious rumors are in circulation af
fecting the solvency of one of the lead
ing monetary institutions of the city.
Mexican News.
MATAMoRAs, March IS.-A recent
order from the City of Mexico to the
collector of customs here, provides thai
importers of foreign merchandise hence
to other cities within Zona Libra, be
required to pay government duty as here.
tofore, which, in effect largely curtails
the operations within the free-belt, as
goods ostensibly sent from here to othel
places for consumption within Zons
Libra have found their way into the in
terror without the payment of the duty
to the government
More Corruption Investigations.
TRENTON, n. j., March 1S.-In the
house to-day the following preamble and
resolution was offered:
WHEREAS, Wholesale rumOrs are in
circulation of cOrrupting influences
used among members Of the house to Sc
cure the adoption or defeat ST certain
affecting the honor of the
Legislature seriously; therefore,
Res0lUed, That a special committee
be appointed, with power to send fol
persons and papers, to investigate into
the truth of said rumors, and report as
early as practicable.
The resolution was adopted by SO to s,
brutality toward a:woman, and shock,
ing Murder Of her Protector.
CHICAGO, March Ie.-A shocking
murder was committed about three
O'clock this morning, in a saloon at the
corner of Halstead street and Canalpori
avenue, where a dance was being held
About the hour mentioned five young
roughs, whose ages ranged from sixteen
to nineteen years, entered the saloon,
and while standing at the bar one ei
them, named Tansey, grossly insulted
a young German girl who stOed near,
whereUpon her lover, Albert GOetz,
took the fellow by the shoul-
der and pushed him out
the door. Just as they got outside, the
young rufiian stabbed GoetZ in the neck.
The wounded man staggered back into
the saloon, fell to the floor and expired
without uttering a word. The roughs
fled, but were all subsequently captured
with the unfortunate exception of the
murderer who is still at large. One OF
his comDanioDs who was captured was
found TO have received severe cut on
the head at the hands of Tansey
who struck him by mistake.
Additional from the Bank of England
FOrsertes.
New YORK, March 1S.-The London
Telegraph of the fifth has the following
additional particulars of the frauds on
the Bank of England: $50 far as yet
known the firms whose signatures have
been forged are the following: Messrs.
ROthschild, Barring Bros. & Co., Brown,
Shipley & Co., ]. H. Schroeder & Co.,
Suse & Libeth, B. & w. Blydenstein, J.
& G. Imthurn, the German bank of Lon
don, the London and Westminster bank,
the Union bank, and the Bank of Bel
gium and Holland. OF the proceeds
realized, about fifty thousand pounds
were invested in United States bonds,
all of which were purchased from Jay
Cooke, and McCllllOch d Co. The per-
son who passed himself off as Warren's Is
clerk was arrested at the Office of the
Continental bank Saturday morning,
while on way to Jay Cookies and Nc
Culloch * Co.'s for a packet of bonds to
the value of twenty thousand pounds,
the check for which had been duly paid
by the Bank of England the previous
day. OF course, the firm in question
knew nothing of the bills, and the fraud
ulent nature Of the transaction was then
for the first time ascertained. The bonds
which have been advertised are payable
to the bearer, and are those of which
Warren himself has obtained possession.
A wOman-Siaye< Huag by a Mob.
SAN FRANCISCO, March I7.-About
four o'clock yesterday a large number
of the citizens of Salinas went to Mon
terey, secured the sheriff, broke open the
jail, and took out man named Tarpey,
who murdered Mrs. Nicholson, carried
him three miles out of the city, tied a
rope around his neck, and compelled
him to stand on the box of wagon.
The crowd then told him he must say
all he wanted to, as his time had come.
Tarpey addressed the crowd for half an
hour. The lynchers then drove the
wagon away, leaving the man hanging
by the neck to the limb of a tree, his
feet almost touching the ground. The
crowd seized the rope and pulled Tarpey
up, while several drew pistols and fired
into the body of the dying man. At
last accounts the body was hanging,
with the mob watching the place. The
affair caused intense excitement. During
several hours the armed men held pos
session of Monterey, and declared they
would take Tarpey safely to Salinas for
trial. The jail-guards offered no resist
ance, and no one was injured. Tarpey's
wife, mother and sister lived near the
jail, and witnessed the whole affair.
They begged and prayed with the mob
not to injure him, and the leaders
promised them that they would not
The mob numbered over three hundred,
all heavily armed. Tarpey's relations
live in this city, and he is well known
here.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, March 16.-The
third incendiary fire at Cedar Falls in
less than a week occurred last night, by
which the dry goods and boot and shoe
stores of Pitcher & Pennecky and b.
jr., were burned. Loss between
twenty and twenty-five thousand dol
lars; insurance about fourteen thousand
dollars. Five men were burned in the
ruins and two were seriously injured.
PHILADELPHIA, March 1S.-A fire at
Mahoney City, Pennsylvania, last night
destroyed the Anthracite hotel, Mer-
chants hotel and the old Lehigh Valley
freight depot. Loss twenty
thousand dollars.
OGDENsBURG, N. Y, March 1S.-The
fire here on Sunday morning was very
destructive, and at one time threatened
the whole town. The loss is estimated
at one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. Among the heaviest losers were
j. III. Morgan, grocer, and r. N. Hous-
ton. Much of the losses was Oecasioned
by the business men moving their goods
in anticipation of the fire reaching
them.
CINCINNATI, March 1S.-George Mel
meyr's carriage manufactory, on the
southwest corner of Walnut and Liberty
streets, was destroyed by fire early this
Loss fully thirty thousand
dollars.
A large fire is reported in the town Of
Gallia county, Ohio. Ten
buildings have besn entirely destroyed,
and the fire is still raging. High winds
prevail, and the citizens are so nearly
y u J r.