Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-02
BY TELEGRAPH.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES
LATEST FROM ALL QUARTERS

New YoRK, Oct, Gold closed n
Al, under rumors of heavy decline II
bonds in London. Coupons of '62, lllS
'66. 100. Treasures, LOG. Carolinas
64l. Cotton active and advancing
sales of 5000 bales uplands, AZ to 43c
Orleans, Al to 45c. Flour higher, Sl2 q
TO SlG Is. Wheat, 3to &c. better. Pork
heavy. 1888 30. Lard lower. Sugar dull
Coffee frmer. Naval stores firm tur'
pentine, 6G1 to 67c; resin, 81 to 50 20
The third race at jerome Park, OF one
and a half miles was won by Richmond
time, 2:5l1.
General Dix took formal possession OF
the Naval Office this morning The
IDENTITIES under Mr.. Odcll were seven in
number, and are to remain in their
places.
George II. Goddard, Confederate
Vigilance Committeeman, of Arkansas,
was arrested to-day at the instance Of
William Newman, Union man, whose
property at Camden, Arkansas, was
seized in May, 1861, and turned over to
the Confederate Government. Goddard $
bail was fixed at $4,000
A subordinate Government Official,
whose name is unknown, has been ar
rested on the charge of losing eight hun
bred dollars in coin, belonging to the
Government, in gambling. The gam
bier is to be prosecuted for the sum.
WASHINGTON, October l.-Major Gen
eral William H. Howell has been APP
pointed Consul General to the British
North American Provinces, to reside at
Montreal, vice J. L. Porter, resigned.
Major General Morgan H. Smith has
been appointed Consul at Honolula,
Sandwich Islands, vice Caldwell, re-
called. Brigadier General William l..
Duff, Of Illinois, who was chief of ar
tillery on General Grants staff, has
been appointed Consul to Glasgow, vice
Bailey, recalled.
A delegation representing the original
Union men Of Alexandria, Va, called on
the President to-day, and/presented a
series of resolutions touching upon the
political questions of the day, adopted at
a recent Conservative mass meeting held
in Alexandria The President made no
speech beyond expressing his thanks for
the respect, and reiterating his determin-
alton TO stand by the principles which |
have heretofore guided his administra-
ton.
Major-General Swayne, the Assistant
Commissioner for the Freedmens Blu
reau at Montgomery, Ala, reports to
General Howard, that upon inyestiga
tion, no foundation could be obtained
for the report that two freedmen had
been sold in that State.
NEw ORLEANS, October during the
past forty-eight hours there have been
seven deaths from yellow fever, and
thirty from cholera.
The crop prospects continue to i'm
prove, with the exception of the alluvial
regions along the Mississippi, and places
heretofore free from the army worm,
which are now invaded by it.
The crop Of sugar cane will be large,
but all who can will keep the cane for
planting next year, or cell it for that
the crop Of sugar, therefore,
will be small.
The Louisiana rice crop will be larger
than ever before known.
CINCINNATI, September 30.--Ai noon
today the boiler of Winchell's brass
on Lawrence street, exploded
crashing through the roof aud falling
again, after terrific flight, into the en-
CINE room. The engineer was fatally
scalded, and several others seriously
hurt
A sad catastrophe occurred on Friday
at Hillsdale, Michigan. The
ihree-story building known as Council
College fell At o'clock in the morning,
burying in the ruin a family named
Dudley. Mr. Dudley, his wife and son
we're killed, aud another son had his leg
broken. The building was entirely new.
FORTRESS MONROE, October Limited
States Attorney Chandler arrived at Nor
folk this morning on his return from
where be has been consult
ng with the judicial authorities, relative
10 the sessions Of the District and Circnit
Courts, and the trial Of Mr.. Davis He
brought intelligence that no court will be
ield tomorrow in Richmond, aud has
notified the members Of the grand and
Petit juries to this effect
LIVERPOOL, Oct Moor. The cot
on market opened very active; prices
ire I'd higher; sales to-day 10000 bales;
upland is quoted at l4sd
LONDON, Oct l-Noon.-Consols, s9l
OF money. 5-zOs, 7Oi. Illinois Central,