Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-28

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| posted their bonds or stock with the trus-
| tees, met to day and denounced their exciu.
| sion from the meeting called by the trustees
| tomorrow, especially as the meeting Is con
| vened to change the reorganization scheme
/ The NJ Henry meeting ls to ba held The aret
| week in March.
French Affairs
PARIS, February 27.-De Marcere, minister
| OF the interior, in the chamber of deputies
tonight, will reply to the Lanterne'S accusa-
| ton relative to financial transactions Adsort,
head of the public safety department Of
| police, Is to be removed. The LdnteI7le said
| he was retained because he knew too much to
| make 1t prudent to dismiss him. Marcere' s
private secretary, Meyer, will temporarily re-
| tire, In order to prosecute the above Journal,
which designated him an accomplce.
The advance IN five per cent rentes Is In
consequence Of the generally credited report
that Leon Say, minister of finance, viii de-
clare against the possibility of their actual
conversion.
New Russian Circular.
LONDON, February ga Vienna dispatch
says mention Is made Of new Russian cir
cular to the powers, calling their attention to
the treaty OF Berlin. In the circular 1t is said
Russia suggests that the powers should devise
means to obViate the difficulties likely to arise
from the clause permitting the Tur ks to &C.
cupy the Balkans, and urges that a de6nitive
lore the Russian evacuation. Russia also
points to the necessity Of fastening the set
tlement of the frontiers of the Dobrudscha,
and refers to other matters still in cOntro-
versy. Tue correspondent says that if the
circular is intended to hasten the settlement
OF the pending questions, it is likely to be
successful; but If 1t Is intended to excuse the
prolongatlon of the Russian occupation,
scarcely single power viii accept the excuse.
Twelve New Cardinals.
ROME, February 27.-Twelve new csrdin-
ais will be named at the conslstory to be held
at Easter. DIR. Newman was not offered a
cardlnalate. Cardinal Gaedi, bishop Of Pal
estine, Is very i'll.
Tbe Storm in Etaiy.
ROME, February 27.-The great storm Of
Monday night was most disastrous. The
whole coast Is strewn with wrecks, and
at many ports small crafts were bloHn out to
sea and lost. The new quay at Posilippo was
almost entirely destroyed. In the interior
the storm was equally violent. At Puag-
glnol, near SIena, the campanile of a church
was blown down while the people were at
mass, killing two priests at the altar and
three other persons, and woundiUg TWEEN
ty four persons. A similar catastrophe oc-
CURED at Aontauro, where the vault OF
church yielded 10 the force of the storm and
killed the priest celebrating mass and injured
number OF the congregation. AT Rome the
force OF the wind was unparalleled. All the
windows OF the monastery of Monte ALE
S roc y TeEG destroyed and Port3n Of the
was swept of.
Mexico Renewing Diplomatic ReIa-
tiOns with England.
LONDON, February ga correspondent
Of the Manchester Guardian says Mexico Is
negotiating for the resumption of diplomatic
relations with England, In order to concihate
English bondholders. She will offer to pay
light interest on her extended debt.
Gave Himself Away.
LONDON, February 27.-Imbert, formerly
a communist engineer officer, who on the &C
cession of Grevy to the presidency announced
In the papers that he was residing in Paris
and had amnestied himself, has been SEN
fenced by court-martial to FIVE years inn
prsonment.
English War Expenses.
LONDON, February 27.-In the house of
commons SIR Stafford Northcote, IN submit
ting supplementary credit for one million
i've hundred thousand pounds which he pro-
poses TO obtain by exchequer bonds, said he
anticipated an excess OF expenditures owes
revenue OF three million pounds sterling, two
million pounds of which are provided for.
A portion OF the credit Is TO be used for the
1ransvaal war and the balance for the Zulu
war. The credit was adopted by the house
without division.
The French Amnesty Bill.
VERSAILLES, February 27.-In the senate
the committee on the amnesty bill presented
their report. 1t states that the committee
thought they had reason to be iBdulgent, but
they would not have accepted any proposal
for complete amnesty. The debate on the
bill is fixed for Friday.
DeFreycinet, minister of public works, de-
clared that the government intends to ask
credit for the relief of the sufferers from the
floods in the south of France.
Opposition to the Zulu War.
LONDON, February 27.-Although the
house OF commons voted the credit asked for,
considerable opposition was manifested to
the governments proceedings against the
Zulus, especially by the home-rulers. Cham
berlain, radical member for BirminQ CHAM,
declared the war unjust and inIquitous.
a Plague Scare.
ST. PETERSBURG, February "a foot
man who was yesterday supposed to have
been attacked with the plague, and who,
with forty eight Of his associates, was $50
lated IN consequence, proves to be afflicted
with very ordinary disease.
Cuba and the United states.
LONDON, February PA dispatch from
Madrid says that Captain General Campos
advocates tariff reforms 10 develop trade be-
tween Cuba and the United States, aud the
repeal OF the sugar duties. Should the coun-
Gil on Saturday approve these reforms and
his general policy in regard to Cuba, he will
probably return to Havana.
A dispatch from Vienna states that an av-
alanche near Marburg killed twenty-one
persons and destroyed niGe houses.
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