Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-16
THE NEWS.

Gold is reported Auctuating In New York.
1t opened at l44ss this morning, and was quoted
at that figure at noon. Cotton was quiet but
steady.
Tho President has given assurance that he
has had no intention Of removing Secretary
Mccullough from the Treasury Department.
Gen. Griffin, recently assigned to the COM
mand of the Third Military District. died Of
yellow fever in New Orleans at noon yester-
day.
The survey Of the Tennessee river, from
Chattanooga to the mouth. will be commenced
during the present week.
Much canvassing and excitement is preceding
tho election in Mexico. Santa Annals trial is
daily expected to take place His counsel will
be the same as defended Maximilian.
1t is understood in Paris that the Strasburg
Notifications are TO be extended and strength
ancd.
Garabaldi is threatened with legal prosecu-
lion by tho Italian Government, if he persists
in moving upon Rome.
tits again rumored that the President intends
reopening registration in the South and post
eponing tho elections.
IL is understood in Berlin that M. Il. Simp-
son will be elected President Of the North
German Parliament, a position he held with
credit during the last session.
Passengers from New Orleans, who reached
this city last evening. report the yellow foyer
as increasing In violence, and much more fatal
than represented by the papers. Those who
camo ria jackson. Miss, report quarantine
having been established by the authorities of
that place, preventing passengers and baggage
by rail from Now Orleans being put off, The
northern bound train yesterday was compelled
TO proceed on its way Immediately after d's-
charging the mail and express packages.
The postal treaty between the United States
mud tho Russian Government has been con-
cluded, whereby rates will be generally re-
duced.
The ship Japing has been declared the win
ner of the tea race from China to London.
The insurance and brokerage agency of j. +.
Dobson A Co, of Boston, has suspended pay
ment. Their Liabilities are estimated at $780,
600.
The expedition of the allied forces httod out
at San Paielo, and marched to the distant
province Of Malta to drive out the Paraguay
ans. hasreturned without having accomplished
its object. f
The treasury building, together with many
important public documents Of the Brazilian
government, has been destroyed by fire-sup-
posod 10 have been the work of an incendiary.
Tho general amnesty to the Greek insurgents
in the Island of Gambia, which was predicted
as forthcoming several weeks since, has been
officially promulgated by the Sublime Porte
1t is intimated that numerous suits arc to be
brought before. tho courts Of the District OF
Columbia to test the consttutionality Of the
cenfscation act.
A block of business houses were destroyed
by fire in Cincinnati on Saturday last. Prob
able loss, 100000, with partial insurance.
The planters along the line Of the Mississippi
and Tennessee railroad will scarcely be able to
gather more than half a crop of cotton, in con-
sequence of the deDredatiOns the army worm.
Not field between Coldwater and Grenada
seems to have escaped the destructive insect.
The Pacific railroad is now completed four
hundred and fifty-e eight miles west from Omaha.
and to within iifty-nine miles OF the foot OF the
mountains at Cheyenne.
The revised cotton regulations concerning the
removal, weighing and marking of cotton, have
been approved by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, and will be issued next week. Transpor-
tation bonds are abolished, and bills oflading
substituted. The use Of metallic tags for mark
ing bales is imperatively required, and several
notifications of former regulations have been
made to facilitate the moyementof cotton and
insure the collection Of the tax upon it.