Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-10

the embankment near st. Mary's river,
near this city, no trains went south on
the Muncie railroad.
A Fort Wayne special to the Gazette
reports st. Mary's river overfiowlng its
banks, and almost floating the barns
and houses on the low grounds. Two
hundred yards of the Fort Wayne, Mum
, Gle and Cincinnati railroad was washed
away this morning, preventing the
passage of trains. The st. Joe river
paper mills and the bridge over Spy run
is in danger. The railroad bridge at
Waterloo was carried away this morn
ing.
Election News.
CINCINNATI, April 9.-Returns from
the entire county of the election of del
egates to the constitutional convention
are not yet in, but the general result is
the election of four delegates whom the
Liberals, Democrats and Republicans all
nominated, and of six whom the Dem
ocrats and Liberals specially supported.
The successful candidates are the follow
ing: Rufus King, George Hoadley, Ju-
Illus Freiberg, Elias H. Johnson, r. NJ.
Bishop, J. L. Heck, Samuel T. Hunt, J.
lP. Carberry, Charles w. Rowland.
There is a close fight between d. T..
Wright and his Republican opponent, J.
n. Heron, with the chances in favor Of
Wright.
| CINCINNATI, April 9.-The election
returns come in so slowly and with 50
many omissions that only the official
count can determine which candidate is
elected. City Solicitor Wright, the Lib
eral Republican candidate for the con-
stitutiOnal convention, is so little ahead
.i | ao in 11a ah ahCaFaaa Of rainrn
to leave it in question whether he is
elected.
Floods In Massachusetts.
| WORCESTER, April 9.-The dam at
RAMS Horn pond, West Millbury, five
hundred feet long, gave way early this
morning, and the water swept through
the valley in West Millbury, Auburn
and the southern part of this city. AT
West Millbury LOmbard's shingle yard
is entirely, destroyed, and two houses
were carried by the current a consider
able distance; enc of them was prevent
ed from going over the falls by being
caught in the trees. Gigg's tannery
nearly destroyed, three bridges washed
away and the roads badly washed out.
Larned's mill, at Auburn, was badly
damaged, and about one hundred and
fifty feet of the Norwich and Worcester
railroad, with the stone bridge, washed
away. The lowlands in the southern
portion of the city are flooded, and the
damage is thought to be very heavy.
Fears are entertained for the safety of
the Trowbridge dam, situated two miles
from the city.
Fire in the Mountains.
GARDENvILLE, VA, April "a tim
Der cOnflagratiOn is raging on all sides
Of this village. The entire population is
panic stricken, and some families are
leaving their homes to avoid the de-
structiOn. The fire commenced south of
the village on the farm of Mr.. Niche,
in the Green Spring neighbOrhOod, and
swept across the railroad at Melton's, a
station on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, three miles south of this place,
destroying the station, houses and
everything in its path. The railroad
track is rendered impossible, and trains
will probably be delayed for several
hours. The fires have swept away near
ly all the fencing, ETC., in their path,
and caused great destruction to tim
Der, houses, etc. The loss to farmers is
very heavy. The fires have extended
to the mountains, and along the line Of
the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas
railroad, and the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. The latter will lose heavily
on wood and buildings.
| Washington News.
WASHINGTON, April 9-Of the pack
ages of burned bonds, notes, ETC., sought
10 be destroyed by Anderson, cashier of
the bank of Franklin, Pennsylvania,
before he committed suieiie,- one hun
dred and ten thousand dollars in United
States bonds, three thousand dollars in
railroad and other bonds, and a few
greenbaeks were identified by the ex-
| aminers.
The President to-day made the follow.
| ing appointments: Charles Gilpin, sur
veyor of customs at Baltimore; II. c.
J Carter, surveyor of customs at st. JO-
seph, Missouri; r. Roberts, agent of the
| Indians at the Creek agency, Indian
Territory. The President also signed
the appointments of the following post
masters: Luther Fillmore, Laramie
! City, Wyoming Territory; Charles i.
Nichols, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas;
Louis F. Klosterman, Cape Girardeau,
| Missouri; Daniel +. Braulteridge, Lou
isiana, Missouri; L. B. Cockern, Car
thage, Illinois; Eliza Jane Graves,
0nanga, Illinois; J. G. MePheeters,
Bloomington, Indiana; Robert Shields,
Neenah, Wisconsin. The President APP
pointed the following postmasters: Da-
| vid o. Atkinson, Virginia City, Neva-
da; William Tracy, Flint, Michigan; !;
Lucius Whitney, Morris, Illinois.
POsEaI-Car Currency.
NEW YORK, April 9.-The United
States senate committee heard to-day
the continuation of the arguments in
reference to the postal-car currency ques-
ton. President HeDckley, of the Phil
adelphia and Baltimore railroad, read
extracts from the annual reports, show
ing the small profits resulting the COM
pany from the earnings of carrying
mails. President Harris, of the Con-
necticut Valley road, stated that his
company received twelve thousand nine
| hundred dollars from express companies
! per year, and If they were paid accord
ingly for mails they would get forty-five
/ thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars
yearly. AS it is, they only get ten dol
lars for round trip by twenty-one-
! foot car, with two messengers. If the
latter paid their fare, it would cost them
seven dollars.
Mr.. Hinckley, resuming, read docu-
ments to show the inequality of postal
remuneration. His own company re-
ceived sixty-two cents per mile for
thirty-foot cars, while on the Delaware
branch they only received fourteen
cents per mile for thirty-foot cars. The
mails were carried in the same class
on both branches.
Brigham Preparing 20 "Git Further"
ST. LOUIS, April 9.-The Globe has
special from Salt Lake City, which says
that Brigham Young speaks daily of alb
dicating. For some time preparations
have been made for q Mormon exodus
southwark. A large number leave in
few days, with Young at their head.
Their destination is the valley bordering
on San Francisco, and the mountains in
Arizona, near the Texas Pacific railroad.
In anticipation, Brigham Young has al
ready resigned the presidency of the De-
seret National bank, the Zion's
cooperative mercantile institution
and railroad, and is respectively sue
ceeded by Hon. w. II. Hooper, General
Eldridge and William Jennings. Young
sees that his power is diminishing and
seeks new locality, where he can be
supreme. The woman problem in Utah
is solved, and the war will be transferred
to Arizona. Some prominent Mormons,
with large business interests, state that
they will remain until they sell out.
Brigham Young this afternoon, publicly
in the tabernacle, before an immense
audience, resigned the position of trus-
tee in trust of the vast Mormon church
property and funds. He said that he
was going so far south that the telegraph
would not reach him.
From San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, April "a dispatch
from Portland, Oregon, tonight, says
that Joseph's band of Nesperces