Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-21
POrPreSident and YicePresldent
''''"'' Of the United States,
THE NOMINEES OF THE DEMO
CRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. I.
THE NEWS.

Adjutlnt Gezeral Thomas was present at
.Stenfiat Cabinet meeting yesterday.
i... The President had another consultation viii
his counsel yesterday.
ga General Grant. BY order Of the President has
detailed General Hallesk to succeed General
Hancock at New Orleans .-s---,a'
- rrb, amount Of greenbaek currency now in
the Treasury is less than at any time since the
war. There are ssss. OOa. coo of sreenbacks in
circulation, and $50. 900 Of fractional cur
rsn.y. The whole amount of paper in circu-
,iation is s500Oo0.occ.
IS Major General Hancock arrived this after
noon. accompanied by Colonel Mitchell. Of his
stat. During the evening many friends called
on him.
In the suprens Court yesterday. in the case
of Georgia vs. General Grant. the Secretary Of
War andothers. on the motion Of Mr.. Black.
process was ordered to be issued in this case,
sand the motion for preliminary Injunction
was held under adyiiement-
At the city election held in Cory and at
Titusville. Pa, yesterday. the Democrats
elected Mayor and q majority Of the Councils
in both places. which were never known to go
Democratic before. ra1e1
The California Assembly has rejected the
amendment to the Federal Constitution by
vote Of 4e to a.
The order has been Issued assigning Breyet
Major General JEFF. Davis to the command
ofAlaska. with headquarters at Sitka.
John Denlon was convicted yesterday, at
New York, of defrauding the Government out
of.nearly a million of dollars in whisky. and
sentenced to pay a fine of $500, and to be i'm
prisoned two years. itliEeac ~.
The Governor of st. Thomas has requested
the Porto Rico authorities to send cattle and
provisions to relieve the distress of the inhabit-
ants. One thousand persons were preparing
TO emigrate to Porto Rico.
In Congress, in the Senate. Sumner presented
petitions from negroes Of various parts Of Della
ware. asking to be secured in their rights.
Their authenticity was to be inquired Unto.
Mr.. Drake offered the following new rule:
THAT when the Senateis sitting on the i'm
parchment trial. the presiding officer shall be
addressed as Mr.. President, and all papers sub
mitted by either party. which in their nature
should be addressed in terms to the Tribunal,
shall be addressed to II as the Senate !" which
went over
Mr.. Boutwell,, from the Impeachment Man
ayers, reported the following: A
Rssolued, That on the days when the Senate
shall sit for the trial Of the President on the
articles Of Impeachment exhibited by the
House of Representatives.. the House. IN
Committee ofthe Whole, will attend. with, the
managers at the bar Of the Senate, at the hour
named for the commencement OF the proceed
inBs.
News from Nashville represents that rem
counter occurred yesterday evening in Smith
& Guilds law Office, between Hon. NJ. NJ.
Brien and Oscar F. Noel. The latter shot at
the Judge, but missed him. Brien used his
cane freely, and finally Noel ned.
Shortly aiterward shooting affair occurred
in front of the market hose. Lieutenant
Henry C. Barr. policeman. formerly of Stokes
cavalry, and Colonel J.. W. Lawless, formerly
of the 9Th X entucky cavalry. now clerk at the
workhouse. being the partieI. Several shots
were exchanged. Lawless was mortally
wounded. and negro bystandsr shot In the
leg. Both of the contestants were Radicals.
DR.. L. d. HOgle, lately of Indiana. has
been arrested here. charged with kidnapping a
negro boy, and sending him OF as a servant to
some members of the Legislature.