Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-01-07
GENERAL NEWS.
6ENEhAL NEWS.
Captain JOvellar Clothed with "ExtrE-
ordinary P0Wera"-The Revenue
Outraged-SIOFm at Sea.
Heavy Losses by fire-Hr. Beechsr's
Troubles rraBged-LegislatiVe
News-LOst in the lee.
The National Prison Reform Congress
LlneOln's Christian Character
Defended-BallWay aud
Other Matters.


! Storm at Sea.
CARDIFF, January 6.-The bark E.
| Echino, just arrived from New York,
reports tempestuous weather, having
lost several hands overheard.
CaPtaIn-GeneraI JOVeIIar Fixsd.
HAVANA, January 6.-Tne home
government has granted, without re-
striction, the extraordinary powers de-
manded by Captain-Genersl Jovellar.
Violation of the Revenue Laws.
New YORK, January 6.-Suit has be-
gun By cGpids against Edwin Rowe &
Co., to recover two hundred thousand
dollars in gold for alleged violation of
the revenue laws.
II So, How
NEW YORK, January 6.-The Rev.
Drs. StOrrs and Buddington and Mr.. !
Beecher have settled their differences
growing out Of the Plymouth church |
proceedings in the case Of Theodore IT, |
ton.
s35O,OOO Loss by Fire.
LONDON, January 6.-The Metropcu- |
tan railway carriage works at Birming- !
ham were burned last night loss esti- |
mated at fifty thousand pounds. Four |
hundred persons are thrown out of |
employment.
sLineOIn's character.
PTTTsBURG, PA, January 6.-The !
Pittsburg Commercial OF tomorrow !
morning will coHtain a fOuI-column ar /
/ ticle, written by Rev. DR.. John Douglas !
of this city, in defense of the christian I
character of the late President Lincoln. !
Lost in the lee.
DETROIT, MICH, January 6.-The |
two men, MeElen and Smith, who got /
adrift on field of ice in Saginaw bay, |
December 3lst, and for whose safety the /
greatest fears were entertained, are re-
ported to have got ashore to-day. Both |
were in an exceedingly exhausted con- |
ditiOn. The men who started in search /
of them in q sai.0oat Sunday morning |
have not been heard from.
Railroad and Weather.
CINCINNATI, January 6.-The trustees |
of the Cincinnati Southern railway re-
ported to-day for last year one hundred /
and twenty-nine thousand dollars as the 1
receipts of that road, including the bal l
ance, and seventy-seven thousand dol |
lars as disbursements, leaving a balance /
of fitty-twO thousand dollars on hand.
The constitutional convention re-
sumed its sessions to-day, after holiday
recess
The drizzling rain and sleet which .
commenced last night turned TO q brisk
rain, continuing all day. Snow is re-
ported in the country toward the central |
part of the State.
National Prison efOrIn Congress
ST. LOUIS, January 6.-Rev. Or. /
Wines, secretary of the national prison.
reform congress, has been here for two
or three days, laboring in the interest of
the convention to be held here next |
May. a meeting of several prominent
citizens and clergymen has been held,
at which committee of fourteen was
appointed to make the necessary
arrangements for the convention, secure
additional members to the association,
and do anything else to promote the 4
welfare of the congress. Such pTomi-
nent and influential gentlemen ss Ex-
Governor Gratz Brown, Hon. II. Z.
Blow, J. E. Yeating, Thomas Allen,
Judge Breckenride, Lieutenant Gov
ernor johnson and. George Partridge
are on the committee.
The Ohio Legislature.
COLUMBUS, January 6.-In the house,
this morning, the resolutions offered
by Mr.. Mclean, Republican, yesterday,
to censure congress for passing the ssla-
ry-grab act, were reported back so as to
include the present congress for not re-
pealing the bill. The Republicans
sought to get division of the question,
so as to vote on the first resolution, CEN
surfing congress, and, in their failure to
do this, voted solidly against all the
resolutions. 1t was adopted by unan-
imOus Democratic vote in the senate.
a bill was introduced to repeal the Boe-
eel railroad dill.
In the house this afternoon bills were
introduced to amend the AdaiT liquor
law so as to require a written notice to
be served on Hquor-selleTs before they
can be held responsible under the law;
to repeal the law requiring county COM
missiOners to construct approaches to
bridges, and to authorize township trus-
tees to purchase fire-prOof safes.
The New York Legislature.
ALBANY, January 6--Both branches
of the State legislature met at noon to-
day. Lieutenant-GOvernOr Robinson
presided over the senate, and Joseph s.
Hustled, Republican, was elected speak
er of the assembly.
Governor Dix, in his message, says
the condition of the State is, in most of
its aspects, exceedingly gratifying. The
debt is comparatively small, and may,
with proper economy, in few years be
entirely paid. Colleges, academies and
schools are flourishing; charitable iDsti
tutiOns in general are well managed;
the laws enforced with renewed vigor,
and the great criminals brought to
speedy and exemplary punishment. He
gives a history of the robbery in the /
tressurer's Office, and exculpates every /
one from guilty intent except /
Phelps: but says that there is no doubt |
his defaleation would have been pre-
vented if the treasurer had been at his /
post, and given to his duties that atten-
ton which the State has a right to ex-
pect from the custodian of its treasure. |
! Legislation is recommended for the reg
ulation of trust loan and indemnity |
guarantee, and safe depOsit-companies, |
| that the people may be protected from
loss through mismanagement and fraud. |
1t is also recommended that a general |
| law be passed defining the powers of !
savings banks, and repeating all special |
privileges; and further recOmmenda- !
| ton is made that no director or other !
officer of savings bank shall
be an officer or director of any bank of
discount in which its moneys are depos-
| tied; that the banks De restrained from
| certifying checks except for actual de
pOsits. He goes at length into the sub
| ject of the railroads and canals Of the |
State, and thinks there have been grave
abuses in the management of the for
mer. OF the canals and transportation
the governor says that if all the locks
on the Erie canal were doubled, as
they will be shortly, and the
prism made to conform to the
prescribed dimensions, the capacity of
| the canal would no doubt be sufficient
for several years to come. When the in-
creased capacity Of steam as a motive
power Is added, the ability of the Erie
canal to compete successfully with other
routes cannot well be questioned. He
discussed the panic and currency ques-
tion, and expressed himself emphatical-
ly against any further expansion or in
flatiOn of the currency, and in favor of
resumption of specie payment at the
earliest possible moment.
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ADDITIONAL MARKETS.
| MOBILE.
| MOBILE, January 6---COttOn in good de-
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