Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-03
F0rPresident and VlcePresident
-l or the United States,
THE NOMINEES OF THE DEMO
CRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
THE NEWS.


THE NEWS. n
Generals Hancock. Emory and other officers
called to pay their respects to General schofeld
yesterday.
The President yesterday informed tho House
that the ten days constitutional limit having
expired, the bill making appropriations to
supply the deficiencies In the execution of tho
reconstruction laws had become law without
his signature.
The official vote shows Brown tRepublican)
elected Mayor Of Washington by seven'y-four
majority. 1t Is remarkable that the official
vote in Washington. as IN Arkansas should
show ono thing and the count Of the people
another. Was there no fraud in the returnsY
General S,hohsld has ordered the removal
of stanton's guards from the doors Of tho War
Office. He. with all the members.w was present
at Cabinet meeting yesterday.
Hon. Arson Burlingame, with the members
Of the Chinese Embassy. called at the State
Department and had an interview with Mr..
Seward.
The Commissioned of Indian Affairs in Da-
kota territory reports an adjustment Of the
difficulties. many chiefs of different bands sign
ing the treaty. ~
The Grand Lodge Of Free Masors. Of the
United States. commenced its session IN New
York yesterday. ~,
Mayor Hoffman. of New York. in message
to tho Common Council last night announced
the death of ex- President james Buchanan.
Appropriate resolutions were adopted, and
committee appointed to attend the funeral.
A committee from Cincinnati has engaged
the Masonic Hall. Thirteenth street. for the
Pendleton delegates to the Democratic conven-
ton at New York The Pendleton army is to
contain ten thousand men, that being the
number for which arrangements are to DO made
by the proprietors of the Masonic Hail. They
will arrive by special trains, be dressed in mil
itary costumes, and marched in body through
the city. preceded by a band Of forty pieces.
The Mayor of Brooklyn estimates the ex-
penses Of that city for the next year at three
million one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. isHPJ
William Roche. telegraph operator. was
yesterday released by Judge Hackett from the
charge of divulging the contents of a dispatch |
to broker. on the ground that Congress- per- |
mits dispatches to be inspected.
Great excitement still exists in Honduras
and Nicaragua. according to dispatches dated
the 2eth, on account of the removal Of the
British pretentions to the ownership of the
Mosquito Territory. gsb
The steamer Ben. McCulloch took fire on the
10Th ult., while lying up for the night in the
Ouaehita river, between Trenton and Camden.
and burned to the waters edge. w. II. Scott,
of Arkansas, and Mrs. Ryan and daughter. Of
AIabsma. were lost
The funeral of ex-President james Buchanan |
will take place on Thursday afternoon at
three pm.
Large military preparations. in anticipation
Of Fsnian raid, continue in Canada.
The bill to continue the Freedmen's Bureau
on. year more. is under consideration by Con-
gress.
An amendment TO the deficiency appropria-
tiOn bill has passed the Senate. 10 appropriate
another sls.00y0o for the expenses Of col
lecting the revenue for the half year ending |
July se-the smAll matter Of s3s.ooO.OOO per
annum having been overlooked.
resolution Of the House Of Representa-
lives inquiries Of the President whether he has
offered amnesty to John c. Breckenridge.
General stonsman. who has been appointed
commander in Virginia. is Conservative.
ROsseAu had previously The refusal Of the
Office, but declined it.
Butler has introduced a bin TO indemnify
...;,s, the prosecution Of agents Of the Treas
my or Freedmen's Bureau for Official acts. The
devil always takes care Ofhis friends.
N. Radicals are determined 70 rsjsot judge
stsnbery a. Attorney Gsnersl rrf
Mcc,eIlnn's name - Minister 10 England
viii bs Withdrawn during ths week. aud Rev
eds johnson vii probably be apPoinisd- The
s.,s.. rouid not confirm Mcclellan.
un s,stsd. on sood authority. hat Chase
-sn... With the DsnocrAtie party.
schsssk said to-day iAai ont Of tFsnis-'e'sn
d.iirsu.nt ofsusrs reported last August 70 sA'
R..russ sass. onIy enc had been rsnoTed
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