Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-08

" urging the Porte, in view of the Bosnian
and HerzegovInan difficulties, to come i'm
| mediately to clear understanding about the
position the Porte intends to assume.
vARNA YIELDS.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, August THE i'm
portant positions connected with Varna will
be delivered up to the Russians next week,
but the removal of the material from the
fortress will require two months. The Rus
SLAMS have addressed to the Porte a friendly
inquiry as to when it will surrender Batoum,
but the communication has as yet received
no answer.
SUCCESSFUL COMPETITORS AT THE PARIS
EXPOSITION.
PARIS, August THE names of the sue
cesstul competitors at the international expo
sition will soon be made public. The presi-
dents jury will hold its final session to-
day, and the official list of the awards will
be published about the fifteenth of the pres
ent month.
General Walker, of the American delega-
ton to the International monetary congress,
has arrived here.
UNITED STATES BONDS ON THE LONDON
MARKET.
LONDON. August THE Times says:
''The prices of United States bonds continue
weak, owing to the noticeable diminution of
American purchases. They seem to huc-
tuate more or less with the shipments of
grain. When the shipments were large,
buying was; when they decreased, so did the
demand for bonds. The probability, there
fore is that with the renewed activity re-
Gently observed in the American wheat trade,
the price of bonds will again harden. 1t will
be extremely interesting to see whether the
currency demands Of the American govern
ment, under the resumption scheme, will not
now lead to the withdrawal of gold instead of
bonds, for should gold go in any quantity
IL fHfa oY7fY, hn
money markets might be seriously embar-
rassed.
SHARP YANKEE TRADE.
PARIS, August THE Estqfette states
that in consequence of the complaint of a
Russian navsl officer that the vessel pur-
chased in the United States, for seven hum
bred thousand roubles, for the volunteer feet,
was not worth half that amount, an inquiry
was ordered, resulting in the discovery that
subscribed to the volunteer feet fund, more
than half that sum found its way into the
pockets of the organizers.
MUzzLING THE TURKISH PRESS.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, August THE press
bureau recommends editors to use moderate
language In discussing public affairs, and in
structs them to deny any insinuation of the
existence of hostility between the Porte and
the palace, or that the government secretly
encourages r0slSldnCe GO Tue PROVISIONS Vi Gu0
treaty of Berlin.
THE KIssENGEN NEGOTIATIONS.
BERLIN, August THE North German
Gazette says the newspaper statements in re-
gard to the conference at Kissengen between
Bismarck and the papal nuncio are unreliable.
There is a great probability that the conces-
sions mentioned in these statements are not
feasible. The Gazette adds: ''The Kissen-
gen negotiations have no connection with the
German elections, as the conference was re-
solved upon long before the dissolution of
parliament was contemplated"
BRITISH PROMISES TO THE CRETANs.
ATHENS, August IA telegram from Ca
nea states that the British consul has in
formed the Cretan assembly that Great Bril-
tain will endeayor to obtain a reformed sys-
tenn of government for Crete. The consul
strongly urged the Cretans to abstain from
acts of hostility. The latter still retain their
defensive positions.
THE FRANCO-AMERICAN COMMERCIAL CON-
FERENCE.
PARIS, August THE Franco American
conference for the confirmation of a treaty of
commerce took place to-day. About forty
American delegates we present, and nearly
all the chambers of commerce were repre-
sented. There is a general indication of a
desire for treaty. a preliminary draft Of
the treaty was referred to the committee,
who will report Friday.