Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-18
PUBLIC LEDGER.
.,mc. No. I3 Madison street
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION
BY TELEGRAPH.
. MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES
LATEST FROM ALL QUARTERS
Important Mexican Intelligence
Macmillan to leave In October
Destructive Fire In Newbern
Loss, $500, OOO---Little Insured
Death OF Hon. G. Alfred Caldwell
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Important Mexican Intelligence
Destructive Fire In Newbern
Death OF Hon. G. Alfred Caldwell
Health OF seward Improving

New York, September IT,. = Gold
closed at AL to As. Coupons-62, lll9;
ga, 1851. Cotton steady. Flour steady.
Wheat, 2 to 30. better. Pork, heavy, al
1913 30. Lard, dull, at II to l91c. Su-
gar, steady, lO4 to III. Coffee steady.
Naval stores quiet and unchanged.
Bank statement, increase of loans,
$l,s64,e36 increase of circulation, $751;
Os3. Increase, $S,97S. Decrease in
specie, $ss,23l. Decrease in deposits,
$263,344.
The New York Heralds City of Mex
leo correspondence of August 25th, says
Macmillan is taking into his confidence
Conservatives whom he refused to recog-
nize in the early days of his Mexican
occupation.
tits rumored that Marshal Bazaine
will leave in October, and Macmillan
will accompany him.
From another source it is said that
there are Americans arriving and enter
ing the Liberal ranks. Every effort has
been made, and with much success, to
promptly pay, by shipments of coin or
merchandise, for government orders,
which had been forwarded to agents OF
the Republic in the United States, most
ly for heavy artillery and ammunition,
for both the Gulf and Pacific coasts
The Liberals will immediately fortify
all important seaports
New ORLEANS, September 1.-THE
cholera still continues to rage on the
plantations in the interior.
The accounts from the cotton regions
continue to be altogether unfavorable.
A proposition has been made by the
Texas Legislature to cede large tract
of land, including the Pecos river coun-
try, to form an Indian reserve. ltmeeis
with much opposition.
The schooner Gen. Meade, from New
York for New Orleans, previously re-
ported ashore on the Florida coast, ar
rived at Key West
NEwBERS, September H. "A fire
broke out near the corner of Broad and
Middle streets this morning ut one
o'clock, and destroyed nearly two
squares located between Broad aid
Pollock streets, from Middle street.
burning about fifty buildings. The
Times estimates the total loss at $780,
900. The Commercial thinks it will
reach S500,00O, insured for less than
$4,000. Much suffering is caused by
the disaster, and public meeting will
be held tomorrow to devise means for
the relief OF the sufferers. The FIRE was
the work of incendiariss, tor whose APP
prehension large reward has been
offered by the city authorities
LOUISVILLE, September l7.-George
Alfred Caldwell, ex member of Congress,
and one of our most prominent lawyers,
died this morning of rheumatism affect
ing the heart
Sales of II hogshesds of leaf tobacco,
low grades, at So 5O@sls; -four, super
fine, S.; extra family, Sll prime red
wheat, 81 So mixed corn, bulk, Csc;
prime oats, 4Oc; mess pork, SS3 bacon,
shoulders, l7ic; clear sides 2lic lard,
tierces, zoe whiskey, e 80.
WASHINGTON, September l7.-At three
O'Clock this afternoon, the heads Of the
Bureau and the Treasury Department
called in body upon the President to
tender him their respects and congratu-
lations upon his safe return from his
Western tour.
Secretary Seward is easier, but not en-.
tirely out of danger His disease is gen
uine cholera, and is believed TO have
been contracted in St. Louis.
The secretaryVf the Treasury antici-
pates that there will be seventy-fve mil
lion dollars of gold in the Treasury BY
the FIRST of October, exclusive Of certif'
Gates.
By the Cable to the Associated Press.l
LIVERPOOL, September II. = Cotton
market active; prices advanced Id
Sales to-day, 10000 bales Middling
uplanis, l3id. Breadstuffs fat and dc
clinipg.
LONDON, Sept l7.-Cousols, s9l five
twenties, at
LONDONDERRY, Sept 1.-The steamer
Hibernian, from Quebec, arrived, en-
route for Liverpool
QUEExsrowS, Sept 1.-THE Ann
from Liverpool for the Baltic, put into
this port badly damaged. The steamer
Aleppo, from New York, arrived
HAMBURG, Sept 1.-THE Schleswigeri
have resolved to incorporate that Duchy
with Prussia.
SOUTHAMPTON, September IL. The
Monday mail steamer from Rio JaneirC
brings the important intelligence that
the allies have been badly beaten by the
Paraguayans
LoxDox, September &c. = The United
States frigzse Colorado, bearing the hal
Of Admiral 6oldsberough, the United
States steam sloOp-ofwar Swatara, anC