Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-01-16
BY TELEGRAPH.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES
LATEST FROM ALL QUARTERS

CAIRO, January lo.-lhe "ea,ue'
turned suddenly cold last night at Il
o'clock, thermometer was "a at day
light and $50 at dark.
The river fell two inches.
Nine convicts started for the peniten
tiary at Joliet to-day.
A regiment OF negroes arrived this
morning on the Julia, very drunk and
noisy.
GALVESTON, January l5.-lt is report
d that Governor Throckmorton proposes
o call a special session Of the Legisls-
are.
Judge Duval, of the United States
Court for the Western District of Texas,
las delivered stirring charge to the
Grand Jury. He quotes at great length
from the Constitution and the Amnesty
Proclamation, and says there are reasons
to believe that some persons have vlo-
lated the conditions on which they OBJ
tanned amnesty, and they should be
visited with the punishment and infamJ
they deserve. The man who avails him
self of the generosity of the Govern
ment to obtain exemption from punish
ment, and then violates his oath, is
more guilty than one never pardoned.
He also advises in strong terms the trial
and punishment of all those who failed
to avail themselves of the Amnesty
Proclamation, and also calls attention to
the enforcement of the Civil Rights bill,
and says we do not realize the freedom
of our late slaves as we must and
should do.
The Austin LntelligeRcer says that N.
G. Council, who was assassinated at
Novosota, was deputy United States
Marshal, and was to serve thirty-fve
writs for Judge Duvals court. This is
the supposed cause of the murder.
LONDON, January l5-pm.-The Brit
i.h Government has sent note to Greece,
advising her to preserve strict neutral
ity in the affairs Of Gambia.
CoYsTAYTINoPLE, January l6.- The
question which arose between the Porte
and the American Legation here, in re-
gard to the complaints made by the U.
S. Consul at Cypress against the local
authorities of that Island, have been set
tied to the satisfaction of both parties.
LONDON, January l5.-The ice on the
Regents Park broke through this eve
ming while it was crowded with skaters.
Over two hundred persons were peecipi-
tated into the water, and over thirty were
drowned.
Dent & Co, a well known firm engaged
in the Chinese and Indies trade, and who
were forced sometime since to suspend,
have resumed their relations with the
business world.
NAPLES, January Is, p.m.-A violent
tempest visited this bay last night
Twenty-four ships were wrecked, but
only few lives are reported lost.
Paris, January 10, p.m.-A detach-
ment of French troops from Mexico have
just arrived in France.
LIVERPOOL, January Is, pm The
cotton market to-day has been very dull
and the sales light, amounting to 1000
bales. The quotations show decline in
the prices. Middling uplands closed at
l9sd. Breadstuffs are frmer. Corn AS.
Cd. Tallow declined Sd.
MANCHESTER, January Is, p.m.-The
market for goods is lower, but prices are
nominal
LoyDoy, January 10, p.m.-Consols
closed at 9lt Five-twenties, ut
FRASKFORT, January Is, p.m.-Five-
twenties, 76s.
NV ORLEANS, January l5.-Weather
clear and windy. Business on the levee
unusually brisk.
ALBANY, n. Y, January l5.-Roscoe
Conkling was elected Senator to-day.
New YoRK, January 10. - The re-
ceipis Of cotton for the past week are
10000 bales. Exports for the same
period are $4,000 bales. Stock On hand
and on shipbOard, but not cleared, lsO,-
600 bales. Receipts at all ports since
September last, $4,000, against 97s,OOO
for the same period last year
HAaRIsBUge, Pa. January l5.-Simon
Cameron was elected United States Sen
atsr to-day. Ire Democrats voted for
C0wan-
Simon Cameron, the Senator elect,
made q speech this afternoon. And de-
clarsd his opposition to universal suf-
frage.
WAsHisoToS, January l5.-sESATE