Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-15
ass F0R PRESIDENT
GEORGE h. PENDLET0N.
subjest 10 the Decision Of the Ma
tfonal Convention.


The opinion prevails among Congressmer
that the tax bill will fail for want Of time
before the adjournment; but thats special bill
may pass as to whisky >nd tobacco. ~
james, Collector of Revenue at Richmond
who was suspended by the President, i re-
stored to his Office. the Senate regarding the
reasons ssignsd for his removal insufhcienf'
Mr.. johnson should take the like course with
II known rogues. and throw the responsible
itysn the Senate at once. ~
The Birth Parliament is to be displaced in
. October, and writs issued for q new election
in November. The ministry win appeal to ths
country on tho issue between them and the
House Of Commons.
The Sultan is maturing q plan to legaliss thu
holding Of property by foreigners and to BE-
guaranteed BY reciprocal treaties. q .fse
Harrison Reed. Governor elect Of Florida,
WAS sworn into Office and delivered his inau-
sural Saturday No quorum Of the Lesisla'
ture. The military authorities require that
the reorganization shall wait the action o.
Congress on the Omnibus bill. Legislature
Radical IS to %. A Federal soldier was
stabbed by negro. There are hopes he viii
recover. ff e2' N
The election returns Of south Carolina, cem-
plete from thirty-one districts. indicate sixteen
Democrats to fifteen Radicals. IS
Ascheme fr The secession Of the Northern
MexicansStsse- has been s'seosarod. The con-
dition Of the country Is gloomy. & ~
A dispatch from Oregon reports majority
for Smith CDemoeratic). for Congress. between
1850 and 1850. Official count in counties next
10 idaho give unexpectedly large Democratic
majoritiss. Thetotal vote of the State was
nearly 22,Oco. the largest ever polled. The
State Senate stands 70 Democratic. 10 Repub-
licans. The Assembly % Democratic. 10 Re-
publicans.
The upper rivers are all falling. The Alaska
passed MP. Minneola. from Memphis. arrived
AT Cincinnati, and the Rubicon. at Cairo. The
Richmond left Louisville yesterday for New
Orleans. The john Kileourieft Cairo. down.
The Secretary of War. Gen. schofeld, with
the approval Of Gen. Grant and the President,
has ordered that the acton Of Gen. Buchanan,
in Louisiana. besustained, and that the officers
elected under the new Constitution shall not
be installed until the tine fixed By the act o.
Congress. without the approval Of General
Buchanan.
A Radical convention. at Alexandria. Va,
has nominated negro as candidate for the
State Senate. ~ ts4s
The contract for carrying the mails between
the termini Of the Pac &c railroad about nine
hundred miles, has been awarded to the Cali
fornia Stage Company. at about one hundred
dollars per day. as't
A convention Of coIorsd delegates has beer
called 10 meet in Baltimore, on the 9th OF Au-
gust. to aritate equal rights" and orsani.'
the border States.
Considerable damage was done saturda,
in the Orange valley and New Jersey low
isnds by food. which drove inhabitants ID
the hills, stopped factories, s,e. No life lost
Ths Gillian eSvsrnmezt has sold the steam
srs purchased Of the United States as useless
att loss Of several hundred thousand dollar,
Wade Hampton. J. B. Campbell. R. B
Rhsit. jr.. and NJ. W. GOney are among thu
South Carolina dslegEies TO the New rorl
Depocrafic Convention.
The election at Mound City. Illinois. satur
da5. resulted in > eonplsis sweep for the Dem
oersts. and a gain Of about one hundred. IN
Mobile and ohis raj road lie again stopped.
The Ameriean poet. LongfeIlov. has srriv,
in Fnasnd. and l. the recipient Of nArk,