Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-01-19
ESTABLISHED 1910.

one head; same time last year, five hun
dred and tWenty-seven thousand min
hundred and sixteen head.
Rev. William Sparrows, D. D., deal
of the faculty of the Episcopal semina
ry near Alexandria, Virginia, for tn
past thirty-three years, died in tn
First national bank in Alexandria, Sat
urday, aged seventy-three years.
John Smith and James Ross were ar
rested in New Orleans Saturday charge,
with making counterfeit Mexican dol
lars. Correspondence found on thei
premises indicate that the "queer' wa
intended to be Shovel in Texas.
The senate committee on public build
ings and grounds have decided thAt i
will be inexpedient 10 consider any new
PROPOSITIONS for erecting government
buildings this year, and that the worh
should be confined to those now in pro
gress which are strictly indispensable.
Havana advices by telegraph say the
/ official report Of the engagement of the
sixth instant states that three hundred
insurgents made an attack on forty.
seven Spanish soldiers, who were out
foraging, killing thirty-nine of them and
wOunding three.
The presidents of the Central Vermont
and Canada railroads have arranged
their financial difficulties. The terms
are the sale Of the Vermont and Canada
road to the Central Vermont for three
million dollars, payable in twenty years
and secured by first-mortgage in trust at
six per cent.
Leading Republican lawyers in st.
Louis have assured President Grant that
the appointment Of Judge Dillon as
chiefjustice would be entirely satisfae-
tory TO the bar of Missouri. Both Re
publican and Democratic papers there
speak Of him as eminently qualified for
the position.
Vladimir Stubiski, confidential clerk
OF William Brseken, agent of the Hart
ford Life Insurance. company, at
Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, has alb
seconded, taking with him, as alleged.
Mr.. Bracken's money. He also raised
check on the WilkesbarTe Deposit and
Savings bank,
The Arkansas State board of educa-
ton, which has been in session several
days past in Little Rock, adjourned Sat
urday. A memorial to congress was
passed, asking fof further endowment
of the national colleges, and the passage
of the pending bills in reference to aid
ing the public schools Of the different
States.
The threatening article in the North
German Gazette lastweek, on the policy
ofFrance with regard to the papal ques-
tions, eXcites uneasiness and indigna-
ton at Rome and Paris. The Opinion
NdtjOBdle says: IN Notwithstanding their
recent success, the Prussians are still
ignorant Of that nObleness which refrains
from insulting the conquered"
Two men, who gave the names of n.
L. Mason and Edward Edwards, were
arrested in New York Saturday, while
attempting TO sell treasury warrants to
the amount of one thousand dollars,
which were recognized as part of the
one hundred and ninety-One warrants
stolen from the internal revenue depart
ment at Washington few days ago.
At the session of the Indiana State
editorial association at indianapolis
Saturday, the following officers for the
year were elected. after which
the association adjourned: President,
J. f. Boyer, of the Logansport .Arqas
vice-pTesident, DR.. A. J. Thomas, OF the
Vincsnnes Sun; secretary, Professor E.
Z. Futile, Of the indianapolis Sentinel.
1t having been reported that the At
landc aud Pacific railroad company had
defaulted on its guaranteed dividend of
the Missouri and Pacific stock, the an
is made that the dividend
IS not due until the twentieth, and by
the terms Of the lease the Atlantic and |
Pacific company have ninety days from |
hat date IN which to pay before a for
,eiture can be claimed.
Saturdays session OF the house Of rep
'esentadves was on committee of the |
whole for general discussion on miscel- /
aDeOus topics, Mr.. Rusk in the chair.
Speeches were made by Mr.. Harrison,
VI Georgia, on the civil rights bill, and
~ Messrs. Kelly, and Townsend on
nance and currency. The house ad-
ourned at fifteen minutes past four
pelock in the afternoon.
Advices from Panama say that Sal
1adOr and Honduras have commenced
var. Marshal Gonzales, in command of
he Salvador troops, summoned the Hon
iuras garrison at Amapalate to surren-
Ter. They refused, and a fight followed,
when the garrison was overcome with q
Oss Of seven killed and many wounded
N both sides. The SalvadOrians had
orty killed.
The first through-train Of the Cairo
nd Fulton railroad, for Texarkana, went
lOwn Saturday. AT that place connec-
ion was made with the Texarkana divi-
ion Of the Texas and Pacific railroad,
living an aH-rail connection with Teqas.
thomas Allen, president, H. @. Mar
uand, vice-presideHt, ChiefEngineer
dosley, and other railroad dignitaries,
vent down on the train.
At a meeting of the bondholders of
he Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio rail-
Dad in New York yesterday, it was de-
ided to reject the proposition recently
lade by the company, asking holders
I coupons due January 1, 1874, to fund
lch coupons into the company's notes, | !
ayable on or before January l, 1879, j
'ith interest at eight per cent, payable !
sni-annually. A committee was ap- I
ointed to confer with the bondholders
sewhere. {
Rev. Mr.. Latone, of st. Mathews I
Episcopal church at Wheeling, West
iginia, being a sympathizer in the
ishop Cummings announcement, and J
lving addressed to Bishop johnson, of q
lst diocese, a letter Of withdrawal from
le Episcopal church, sent into the I
sstIy, on Friday, his resignation Of the ?
srish. The vestry adjourned without a
,cepting his resignation, to have time I
7 reflection before acting ia this i'm q
)Ttant matter. b
A negro man named Nealy Burton =
as shot in the head and instantly l
lied IN Meridian, Mississippi, on the y
iteenth instant, by some unknown ,
srsOn. Burton was on his way to y
lurch, and was escorting the wife of y
tangent, cOlOred candidate at the late |
ectiOn for circuit clerk. 1t is not u
nown whether the murderer was =
bite or colored, or what his motives 1
ere. No arrests. =
The senate committee on public lands e
ad under consideration yesterday Sen !,
or Cameron's resolution in reference ,,
the.requestOf the Memnonites Of Rus a
q and Prussia to purchase from this I,
,yernment compact body of lands n
large to afford homes for
EN- ia this country. They number be-
7een forty aud fifty THOUSAND souls.
he committee discussed the matter
thout coming to any conclusion. A
A telegram received in Chicago from
and Rapids, Michigan, says there is
report there that while a party Of
ung people, on Saturday, were skat-
2 on the river at Burr Oak, on the
ichigan Southern railroad, one Of the
rty broke through, and the lest, some
or twenty-eight in num- u
T, going to the rescue, all broke q
rough and were drowned. The re- u
It, however, lacks confirmation, and a.
particulars are known. OF
The stage which left Malvern at eleven u
lock Thursday the point at which ~
velers for Hot Springs leave the Cairo - -
q Fulton railroad, fifty miles south of s
tile Rock, when within about five a. a.