Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-28
J}Y TELEGRAPH.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES
LATEST FROM ALL QUARTERS

NEw York, September q. = The
steamer Vile du Paris brought COS, 500
francs in gold. General Beauregard was
among her passengers
A San Francisco dispatch says that
Queen Emma will be conveyed home IN
the Government steamship Vanderbilt,
which was rendered by Secretary Seward.
A dispatch from Warsaw, Kentucky
where ex-Provost Marshal Ferris was
taken from the steamer General Buell.
TO answer the charge of murder for hang
ing two guerrillas, says that place has
been garrisoned by company OF sol
diers by order of Gen. jeff c. Davis.
A dispatch from Aspy Bay says the
Newfoundland lines, which were so
badly damaged during the equinoctiai
gale, are nearly repaired, and news by
The cable is momeniarily expected
General Sweeney announces that he
declines having anything to do with the
Fenian proceedings
WAsHEGToN, Sept. 27,-Commlssioner
Newton, of the Agricultural Department,
states that in seven months ofthe present
yeas the receipts of cotton in Great
Britain from America was l,Ols,OOo
bales of 400 lbs each, which averaged
S49c per pound. India cotton averaged
22c., and all others DE. The crop Tor
this season is estimated at l,lSO,OO0
bales.
An interesting feature in this report is
the assumption OF statistical relations
with the South. Returns fsbm that sec
ton, as compared with 1860, are as fol-
lows: Horses 6S per cent, mules 70, cat
tie Co, sheep go hogs Sc. Sheep in Texas
increased q per cent All the farm
crops are said to be remarkably fruitful
Henry Mccullough, the present mem
Der, has been renominated for reelection
to Congress by the Conservatives and
Democrats Of the First District in Mary
land, and Montgomery Blair has been
nominated by the Conservatives in the
Fifth District 1t is thought the Demo
Gratis will nominate Harris for reelection.
A. ]. Rogers, of New Jersey, has been
nominated by the Democrats for re-elec-
ton to Congress.
The National hteligeneer states, on
authority, that Chief Justice Chase and
Judge Underwood have concluded that,
because Of the legislation Of the last Con-
gress, the adjourned Court can not be
held at Richmond next week; conse-
quently the case Of Mr.. Davis can not
be tried
Secretary McCnlloch has referred the
memorial of the Southern delegations,
asking for a modification of the Revenue
laws in reference TO cotton, to the At
torney General, for his opinion in the
premises.
NEW York, Sept. PA Vienna tele-
gram Of Sept IL, says a petition asking
for the removal of the Hon. Mr. Motley,
the United States Minister, on account
of neglect of American citizens there, is
receiving numerous signatures.
New ORLEANS, Sept 27.-There were
FIVE deaths from yellow fever and eleven
from cholera yesterday.
The weather is more favorable now
for cotton, and the accounts coming in
are more hopeful Accounts from the
interior show an encouraging state of
accord between the blacks and the
whites.
ToRoSro, September 27.-Seyeral reg
iments, both of volunteers and regulars,
have been ordered into camp at St
Johns
The Government employees, in the
different departments, have been en-
rolled in the Civil Service regiments.
RICHMOND, September 27.-Judge
Ould has been elected State Senator
over John Tyler, jr
ST. LOUIS, September 27.-The first
fair in Colorado was opened at Denver
on the 18th. The most attractive iea-
ture of the fair was the numerous speei-
mems of ore from the different mines in
the territory. The agricultural products
of Colorado were well represented.
Flour, quiet and unchanged wheat,
choice spring. better-other grades IN
changed; corn and oats, unchanged;
pork, dropping, at sS3 so; lard, lower,
at 2Olc; whiskey, firm, at g 80
The Iron Mountain railroad was sold
to-day at auction for s4,7OO,OOO, by Gov.
Fletcher, the State being the purchaser
NASHVILLE, September PIT is be
Iieved the present favorable weather viii
soon remove the. cholera twenty-five
deaths are reported within the past
twenty-four hours, and thirteen deaths
from other causes The decrease in
spires business circles with confidence,
and Absentees are daily returning
PrrTsBuRG, September 2T.-The pro