Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-10

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evening to tender bail, and carrying
warrants and documents to secure the
body OF Gordon. The dispatches of last
evening say Mayor Bracket and his
/ lawyers would be arrested on their a-ri-
val to-day by the Manitobans. They
arrived there at four O'clock this morn
ing. The plan for Gordon's arrest was
laid at Minneapolis. where Marshall o.
Roberts, of New York, and the repre-
sentatives Of the estate Of Horace f.
Clark, have been for some time. Roberts
and Clark gave bonds in the sum Of
thirty thousand dollars for GOrdon's re-
appearance in the suits with Jay Gould.
Gordon is also wanted by New York
parties on other accounts.
meetine of Ihe Military CammIssion.
and the SOhOe Trial Reguu.
! SAN FRANCIsCo, July 9.-Fort Kla-
math dispatches Of the fifth, ria Ash
| land, the ninth, state that the military
commission met this morning, at ten
o'clock, and proceeded to the trial of
| Captain Jack, Schonchin, Boston Char
! ley, Black jim, Statuck and BarchO,
who are at the present time implicated
in the CANDY massacre. Charge first:
Murder in violation of the laws Of war,
| in that the Indians commonly known
as Captain Jack, Schonchin, Boston
Charley, Black Jim, Barch0 and Sta
tuck, members of q certain band of
Indians known as MOdocs, which band,
including the Indians above named,
was, at the time and place hereinafter
alleged, engaged in open, fragrant war
with the United States, under the COM
maud of Captain Jack, did as the rep
reseEtatives said, that the ModOe band
we're to meet, under flag of tIuee and
suspension Of hostilities, Brigadier-Gen-
eral E. r. S. Candy, United States ar
my, commanding the military depart
ment of Columbia, captain of the peace
commissioners on the part of the Uni
ted States, E. Thomas, and o. B. Meach-
am and L. S. Dyer, citizens of the Uni
ted States, all representing the govern
ment of the United States, for
the agreed purpose of discussing
arranging terms upon which the hOstili-
ties existing between the United States
and said band of Indians might cease,
did, therefore, ia wantOn violation of
the sacred character of a flag Of truce
under the laws of war, Willfully, felOni-
ously, and with malice afOretbOught,
murder BTigadier- General Candy, of the
United Sgates army, near Lavabeds, sit
uated near Tule lake, State of CalifOr-
mia, within the territory of the United
States, on the eleventh of April, A. D.
1873. The see md specification is very
near copy oft the above, except the name
Of DR.. Thomas, which was substituted.
Charge second: Assault with intent to
kill A. B. Meacham and L. r. Dyer.
Three witnesses have been examined
L. F. Riddle, his Indian woman, Toby,
and L. 5. Dyer. Toby swears positive
ly that Captain Jack shot General Can
by; SchOGchen, Meacham; and Boston
Charley, DR.. Thomas; HOoka Jim tried
to kill L. s. Dyer, and that BranchO
knocked her down with gun, and tried
to take her horse. The testimony of
Riddle corrObOrates the wife's testi-
mony. Dyer's evidence amounts to
nothing. He could swear to nothing
positively, except that he was present
when the firing commenced, and that
he was chased by HOoka Jim. The
Indian scouts, Bogus Charley, Shack
Nasty jim, Steamboat Frank ano
HOoka Jim will be examined tomorrow.
From New York.
New YORK, July 9.-Thirty of the
best and most experienced men on board
the receiving-ship have been selected
for the crew Of the Tigress. The vessel
viii carry two hundred and fifty tons of
coal, and if Necessary, will get a new
supply at st. Johns. By this evening
oil the supplies of provisions will be
shipped. They are composed princi-
pally OF pork and fatty matter. A large
quantity of pemmicaq will be taken,
also canned vegetables and fruits. The
total amount Of provisions carried will
be rations for forty men for two years.
President Smith, of the police depart
ment, denies the rumor that thousand,
or any number of mUskets will be pro-
cured for the use of the department.
He thinks that clubs in the hands of
policemen have more certain aim.
It is reported that General Charles K.
Graham has been appointed chief en-
gineer of the department of docks, to
succeed General Mcclellan, who has re-
signed.
It is thought that the office Of vice
president of the Erie railway company,
made vacant by the retirement of Gen
eral DiVen, will be abolished, and its
duties will devolVe upon the general
manager, probably Mr.. Devereux.
Anson G.. Phelps and Dodge & Co.
state that they have heard nothing of
of the lumber combination to throw the
members of it into bankruptcy.
Young Walworth was taken from the
Tombs to-day, and in company with
other criminals, driven to the Hudson
River railroad depot, en- route for Sing
Sing. Mrs. Walworth was at the TOmbs
in a carriage when her son was brought
out, and she requested that he might be
conveyed, in company with a deputy
sheriff. IN a carriage TO the railroad sta
ton. This request was refused. Young
WalWoFth was manacled like the other
prisoners, and placed with them in the
prison van.
II. V. Poor's Railroad Manual for
lS73-74, just published, gives a detailed
statement of 425 different railroads, of
which the following is a summary:
Miles Of railroad, 57,372; cost, S315, 423,
057; cost per mile, S5516, gross; receipts,
S473, 241 ,G55; operating expenses, S307,-
466, 6S2; net earnings. Sl65, 754, ,373; divi-
dends paid, S64, AS, Isl; total number of
miles in operation, 81, 104, of which 6427,
built last year, made no returns, and
others refuse information. The total
earnings are S110, 600, 000 more than the
receipts in the United Stats treasury,
and the net earnings S4S, 600, 600 more
than the government interest account.
Total cost, .S69, 600, 600 more chan the ma
tional debt. 1884 miles have been
built since 1868
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