Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-02-27
THE NOON DISPATCHES

LOUISVILLE, February 2T.--John Ma
son Brown, was nominated by the I'm
ionists At Frankfort, yesterday, for Az
| torney.General instead OF Lieutenant
Governor. r. I. Baker is tho nominee
for the latter Office. li'a... aiNisi'i
WASHINGTON, February 81. : The
House Fertilization bill has passed.
The Committee of the Whole has dis
posed Of only 20 of the 275 amendments
to the Tax bin reported by the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, t,h.
NASHVILLE, February 27.--A decision
has been rendered in the Supreme Court
that notes Of the Bank Of Tennessee can
not be received for taxes due the State.
II has caused decline Of the notes to
20 cents. t.N H' f'..lf-.
The Legislature has adopted resolu-
ton to pay the members in gold stand.
ard.
SAN FRAEcIsco, February 27,-0ver
seven feet Of snow has fallen in the
mountains. ..f trnIi.Ia..
WASHINGTON, February 27.-General
Griffin, Of the Freedmen's Bureau in
Texas, says that outrages on freedmen
will be punished if need be, with mill
tary force. han otsm tloofa
The Secretary Of the Treasury ordered
the suspension of the sales Of illicit whis-
key. r. nl alue "a asstaq s.a So
In the Senate, Trumbul's amendment
to the Army Appropriation bill was
adopted, directing the officers of the
Freedmen's Bureau to prohibit manning
and whipping in the late rebellious States.
The Committee on the New Orleans
Riots say they confined their action to
the start Of the resolution regarding APP
pointments. 1t does not appear that Mr..
Kellogg made appointments Of persons
he had reason to believe had been con-
nected with rebellious service, nor
deemed it his duty to inquire as to the
antecedents ofapplicantS. Some officers
had been removed when it appeared that
they had aided the rebellion. eg 500
The Committee say that great care
should be taken to appoint officers who
will prevent frauds on revenue; that
such care has been uniformly taken in
all departments of the Custom House,
Mr.. Boyer dissenting from this last propo-
sition that it is not expedient to recon-
mend to the House of Representatives
any action concerning the appointments
of the New Orleans Custom House.
The Committee says of two hundred
and fifty-two employees, seventyseven
have served in the United States army,
seventeen in the navy, and twenty,eight
as clerks in the army. Some late rebels
obtained appointments under cover Of
the test oath, but were dismissed when
the Collector ascertained it. i3as.
A Washington special says that Gen
eral Grant yesterday expressed his in
tention of visiting the President for the
purpose of advising him to sign The Mil
itary Reconstruction bill. 7ea+ga"
The Tax bill contains a severe penalty
against selling cigar boxes with can
celed stamps on them. .a
A special says man pretending to be
Surratt's brother attempted to obtain an
interview yesterday, but the guards were
not satisfied with his indemnity and re-
fused to admit him.
Professor Benz Pierce was appointed
Superintendent of the Coast Survey, vice
Bache deceased. -.t
A Baltimore special says it is under
stood that Governor Swami will decline
the Senatorship and retain the Guberna-
torial chair.
The Senate Committee on foreign af-
fairs yeterday voted on the nominations
of Dix and Ewing as ministers to France
and the Hague. There we're three for
confirmation and three for rejection,
johnson, of Maryland, being absent,
who would have gone for continuation: