Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-03-25

! his case be now acted on. The legisIa-
4 ture was now in session, and he appealed
to all senators who wished to deal justly
in all things to now proceed to the con-
sideratiOn of the subject.
After q discussion the senate decided
to take up the Clayton ease. Yeas,
/ thirty-six; nays, fourteen. The resolu-
! ton before the senate was as follows:
ResoJUed, That the charges made and
referred to a select committee of the last
congress, affecting the official character
and conduct Of Powell Clayton, are not
sustained.
Mr.. Wright said that he, after con-
sultatiOn with the other members of the
committee, had come to the conclusion
that the subject should go over to-day,
as the senate did not now seem pre-
pared for its discussion, but would to-
morrow. The report of the committee
in the case was read, but no further ac-
ton was taken.
miscellaneous
Heavy snow fell in the northwest
yesterday.
The Missouri legislature adjourned
Yesterday to the first Wednesday in
January, 1874.
About half of the business portion of
Thayer, Kansas, was destroyed by fire
on Sunday night.
Iieutenant-Goyernor NJ. II. Petit,
died at Kenosha, Wisconsin, last night
after brief illness.
The widow Of Foster, hanged in New
York on Friday, is utterly prostrated
and not expected to live.
British manufacturers of agricultural
implements have resolved to take no
part in the Vienna exposition.
By the running of of an engine on
the Chicago and Michigan railroad yes
terday, three men were killed.
The celebrated California diamond
suit was dismissed at Louisville yester-
day, by the parties compromising.
Frederick w. Cooper, clerk in the
postoffice at Boston, has been arrested,
charged with stealing money letters.
A distillery blowed up at Chicago
yesterday, by which two men were
badly scalded, and the roof of the build
ing blown off.
1t is thought in Washington that the
debate on Clayton's case will not be of
long duration, or that he viii be dis
turbed in his seat.
The deficiency in the Bulls Head
bank, recently exploded in New York,
fOOts up two hundred and fifty-seven
thousand dollars.
InsubordinatiOn is reported as having
made its appearance among the Carlist
bands in Spain, and with greatly de-
moralizing effects.
A negro assaulted and violated the
person of a respectable white girl near
Georgetown, Delaware, yesterday, and
was arrested and imprisoned.
Outstanding legal tender notes up to
yesterday foot up three hundred and
fifty-eight million six hundred and
sixty-nine thousand nine hundred and
ninety-seven dollars.
Captain Jack is reported to have re-
Gently made threats that as soon as the
grass grows he viii kill the settlers in
the lava bed country and leave with his
tribe. The threats have created consid-
cradle alarm.
A London special says Right Rev.
John Van SandfOrd, arch-deacon of
Coventry, is dead. Deceased was the
author Of PoC Cards and other religious
works, and in 1854 was appointed one of
her maiesty's commissioners for reyis-
ing the forms of clerical subscriptions.
a dispatch from South Haven, by way
of Grand Junction, Michigan, yesterday,
states that propeller, supposed to be
the City Of Manistee or the City Of FIRE.
mont, has been off that port since Fri
day. Yesterday she was under head
way for Grand Haven. Four men at
tempted to make the shore yesterday by
hauling a boat across the ice, but after
ward abandoned the attempt.
a reward of one thousand dollars
is offered by the sheriff of Cayu-
ga county, New York, for the
capture and return of Eugene Albert
Perry, who effected his escape from the
Jail Of that county on the night of the
instant, by knocking down
and killing the jailer. Perry is, described
as being about thirty years of age, five
feet eight inches in hight, light brown
hair, and light moustache which has
been cOlored. Perry has an India ink
band picked ON his left wrist, and a
star pricked between the thumb and
of his left hand.
A libel suit has been instited against
the Cleveland Leader printing company
and one of its correspondents, s. w. |
by Father 7. A. Martin, a
priest at Euclid, Ohio. |
The cause of the action is based upon |
assertions contained in communica-
tiOns from Shankland, and published in
the Leader, that Father Martin told |
widow that her deceased husband was
in purgatory, but for the sum
Of ten dollars he would pray him
out; that the widow not having the |
money, Father Martin said he would |
wait a reasonable time, provided il was
secured by a responsible party. The |
damages are laid at five thousand dol |