Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-10
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THE NOON DISPATCHES
COTTON AND GOLD QUOTATIONS

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steady, at 33@35c; -four, l0@l5c lower
Southern, SIG 75@l7 wheat, dull !;
corn, l@2c higher; oats, lie better;
pork, lower-mess, $40 Is; lard, firm
New ORLEANS, Dire. l0.-There was a
large fire in Galveston to-day, by which
were destroyed Hendley's block, the
store of Evans & Co., and Watson, Wells
& Widon's wholesale grocery store loss,
$4,000 on stock. Grenleve & Block
lost by removal from three to five thou
sand dollars Supposed to have been
caused by mechanism for the purpose
of robbing the First National Bank of
Galveston. The fire department worked
CALAMITY. Thieves ransacked the tele-
graph and adjoining offices for plumber
The French man-ofwar Bauvet, from
Vera Cruz Dec. LIST, has arrived. She
brings the report that some sixteen or
eighteen transports are daily expected
at Vera Cruz to carry the French troops
away The Austrian and Belgian forces
were to remain in Mexico The clergy
and large portion of the most inhuen-
tial and wealthy citizens of Mexico have
offered to raise $40, 100000 for Maximil-
ian if he will remain at the head of the
government; and the latest accounts are
to the effect that he has accepted the
terms offered. Everything is quiet at
Vera Cruz.
New YORK Dec l0.-Arrived, Rising
Star and Morning Star, from New Or
leans, and Iowa, from Glasgow, with the
missing steamship Britannia. Gold
opened at 1871.
Dec. l0-noon. Gold, 1919; money,
per cent; coupons, skies, ll24; fves,
1913; tens, 100; sevens, 1868; new fves,
1903; Tennessees, SO; Virginias, 6l4
Georgias, los; Carolinas, 1874; Nilsson
ris, Gil
Panama dates ofthe Sd report heavy
gale at Aspinwall, December LIST. No
damage reported.
The British steamer Danube arrived
at Aspinwall, November 22d, with three
cases of yellow fever.
Jayne & Co., Of Grayaugall, have not
suspended, as reported.
The forty-ffth anniversary of the indie
pendence Of the isthmus was deliberately
eelebrated.
Dates from Lima and Callao, of Nov
18th and 2lst, report Peru tranquil. The
Government has definitely declined the
arbitration Of England and France in the
Spanish imbroglio. The Peruvian MIN
lister has returned from Chill. The allied
squadron is at Valparaiso under sealed
sailing orders.
Slight earthquake at Valparaiso, Nov
sth.
A fire at the city Of Santiago, I'd inst
burned the market place.
The Peruvian revolutionists have been
ca ldtiiaAel.
Central America quiet
WASHINGTON, Dec lO.-The Govern
ment has received dispatches from Santa
Anna protesting against its proposed
Jaurez policy, and claiming that Ortega,
himself, or any other Mexican, should
be free 70 assist in the restoration Of
Mexican authority.
Major Isaac Lynde, who was dismissed
from the service for surrendering Fort
Fillmore, New Mexico, in 81, has been
restored.
RALEIGH, December l0-The feeling
in the Legislature is averse TO the repu-
diation Of the interest Of the State debt, |
which will probably be funded.
A resolution was passed asserting 10y !
atty, and denying alleged prosecutions Of /
UniOnisis.
WAsHsyGTox, December lO-SKyATE.
A number Of petitions were presented
and referred 10 appropriate committees.
Morgan presented a resolution Of the