Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-03

murdered man from the place of his
refuge, the conclusion Is well nigh ire
sistible that she must have known that
Miller intended To slay her husband, else
why should he dare write 10 her? She
| received q letter postmerked Harris
burg, which fayors the conciusivn that
the letter was written by SOME enc To
whom lac had written. We hone almost
against hope that Mrs. Alfred, ~ho Is a
young and handsome woman. vii liz.
able to clear up this horrible ms stery.
a Mexican story eHs r..dsrsss.
MATAMoI s, August 2.-i'he I0s
PHOiic0 denies the TumOr III ihe Amer
lean papers that General Esc. ID 'tl,i. with
the fourth division of the NJ xica;i army.
had been ordered to the Rio Grint.e
frontier, and says General EscGLe,lo is
on his estate, near San Luis Potosi, and
the fourth division of the army Is sta
toned in different and remote parts of
the republic, on active duty. The re-
port, although it was stated TO have en-
anated nom the headquarters OF the de-
! partment OF Texas, and first appeared in
the San Antonio papers, is groundiess.
A Wife Attempts TO Stay Her EIusBan,l.
LOUISVILLE, August "a Mis. West
shot her husband in street-csr in this
| city late this afternoon, infiieting very
! severe wound. The parties came TO this |
city from st. Louis few days since and
secured rooms st q hotel Yesterday |
the wife secretly left town and started |
for st. Louis, but she was soon arrested |
by "a telegram and brought back |
to this city oday. While going home /
in the street-ear this evening the wo- /
man suddenly drew a pistol placed it |
directly against her husbands person, |
and fired. The other passengers inter-
Tered, and she was disarmed. Her hus.
band asserts that his wife is subject to
emotional insanity, and went her bail |
after being shot. The bail ranged around
the hip, and has not vet been found.
His name is J. S. West.
Foreign Rews.
FEARFUL RAILROAD CATASTROPHE.
LONDON, August "A dreadful
accident occurred this morning on
the northwestern railway, near Wigan.
on the Scotch tourist express train from
London. Twelve persons We're instant-
ly killed and:thirty wounded. Among
the killed is Sir John Anson. Many oil
the injured will die.
CARLIST EXCESSES.
Many persons who joined the insur-
IecllOu III lne SOuLn IN faV0r OF the inde- ?
pendence Of the Cantons, have aban- +
doned the cause in consequence of the :
excesses committed by the insurgents ,
during the occupancy of Seville by the :
Many buildings in va }
rious quarters of the city were burned, :
and in number of the streets everv 7
house and store was robbed. The con-
duct of General COntreras in lombard =
ing defenseless towns is producing i'm l.
mense reaction in favor Of the national !,
government. =
THE SEIZED WAR VESSELS. s
The frigates seized at Cartagena are 0
partly manned by galley slaves. Thet G
government has received intelligence a
rom Malaga that upon the arrival of h
he insurgent frigate the commanders of lC
he English, French and German squad d
ON held a conference with Contreras. n
nd urged him to return the seized war n
essels to Cartagena. The government ST
further informed that the command n
rs have decided to hold Contreras as ii
ostage until the vessels are returned. Ii,