Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-21

all kinds of goods. on the 10th, and con
cessions in,all kinds Of Dress goods wer
large, extending to prints and all fin
fabrics. Standards and woollens wer
affected the lightest The fall in on
month in the price of some of the good
sold at auction yesterday was reporte,
at fully one hundred per cent, thougl
the average decline may not extent ;,
over twenty or twenty-five per cant
There is very general feeling Of inse
curity in business circles, amounting I,
almost panic in some quarters. Rea
estate and rents are also falling. Tn,
corn market is easy. Five per cent
Government stocks firm, with an increas
ing inquiry for Seven-thirties Va
The President has approved the ac
relative to court claims.
A delegation of Indians from Indian
Territory appeared before the Senate
Committee en- Territories, urging the
admission of that Territory as State.
The House Territorial Committee are
considering the admission of Utah, on
application of Mormons.
1t is said the question Of the admission
of Colorado will be reconsidered in the
Senate. t4fi
A St. Louis special says Gen. Mar
maduke has returned from Europe, and
is about to settle in Missouri.
{ Gen. Pope has accounts of lawlessness
from almost every county in the State.
NASHVILLE, March 2l.--Several regi-
ments of Fenians are organizing here.
New YORK, March q. "A morning
paper says Comptroller Clark has adj
dressed long letter to the Chairman Of
the Ways and Means Committee, sup
porting his recent letter to the Secretary
OF the Treasury, and replying to Hoop
er's statement of Thursday last. He
shows further discrepancies relative to
the Secretary's monthly statement
LOUISVILLE, March 81. - A heavy
thunder storm last night done consider
able damage. Nothing important yester-.
day from the Senate or House
CNcIYSArI, March 2l.- Flour and
wheat unchanged corn soc; whiskey
81 %; groceries dull; hams 22c, lard
lslc.
New YoRK, March 2l.-Lard, l9lc;
dry goods-brown sheetings, 'l6@2Oc;.
fine bleached, l5@38c; prints, l3@l9c;
delaines, 2O@3Oc cotton flannel, 35@55c;
ticks, soc.
A citizen, convicted by military COM
mission at Richmond, of numbering some
Union soldiers, has been released by the
Secretary of War.
On account Of o clerical error in the
report of the Freedmen Bureau in Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, all criminal
cases have been turned over to the civil
courts.
Senators Dixon and Doolittle are daily
growing worse. There is little hope of
the recovery of the latter,
Ike Cook, of Chicago, has paid his ar
rearages to the Postoffce Department
His case has been dismissed.
Comptroller Clark states that twenty
millions of the Ten-forty loan was not
issued, but that $3.50 have recently been
quietly issued Of this old loan.
Birmingham, England has sent Gen.
Howard another contribution Of nearly
one thousand dollars for destitute colored
people Of the South.
Gen. Spinner publishes letter in the
Washington Chronicle, maintaining the
correctness of Comptroller Clark state
ment, regarding the amount of Govern
ment funds on hand.
A Washington special says it is cur
rently reported that the President has
signifed his determination to veto the
civil rights bill
Richard c. Mccormick has been APP
pointed Governor, aud r. L. Carter,
Secretary of Arizona.
New YORK, March 2l.-The American
schooner Wilson Crawford, seized al
Sisol, Yucatan, and master fined and i'm
prisoned for having powder aboard, and
who was afterwards pardoned by the
Empress, was again arrested, ana fined
five hundred dollars, but secretly LEFT
the country d
The steamer Java takes out the Presi
dent of the Lake Superior and Missis
sippi Railroad Company, with four anC
a half million dollars worth of bonds
for disposal to European capitalists.
RALEIGH, March PA correspondent
SAYS the McGee case will last till June.
New YoRK, March 2l.-Cotton, steady
AZ 29Ita4O1e. Gold, 2es.