Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-11-03
Prem Washington.


WksnfKOr0s, November 2.-Some o.
your slow colemporaries who failed Il
obtain the intelligence relating TO the re-
bellion Ia Cuba, together with the nego'
tiations Of the leaders TO purchase iron
clads from this Government, as trans
mitted in this correspondence have AT.
tempted 10 discredit the statement. Affect
inr that il is officially contradictod on
course our Government did not treat with
rebels In arms against their government,
but the propositions 10 buy vessels, made
by priyate individuals, we're entertained
aud considered. The main point Of the
| statement OF your correspondent, that
the movement was for the independence
OF Cuba, is fully established by the best
news from that island. Official advices
received here also cerroborate II.
Another person connected with the
Sanford Conover conspiracy Is about to
come 10 grief. The last one is w. Heus-
,is, the Warden OF the City Prison, who
is charged with outraging the person OF q
female prisoner. Several Of the original
conspiracy gang are In the State prison,
and this Hsustis is candidate for the
same place.
The fearful consequences to result
from negro supremacy are aptly Illus
trated by the course Of the lately enfran-
chised negroes in this city. Every de.
monstration they make is attended by
outrages, all the more shameful because
utterly unprovoked. Whenever they
parade every squad is Offered by ne.
groes, armed with drawn swords, and
every one Of them carries concealed
weapons.
A short time since, after meeting OF
n negro military company, they sacked
stores, carried of their contents, and
destroyed the furniture and fixtures. An
other time they serenaded Mayor Bowen,
and after his address they stoned drug
store, smashing the windows and bottles,
and INDUCED in many similar amuse-
ments along their line Of march. Their
recent terrible outrages are fresh in the
memories of our readers.
An aged and honored citizen, a high
officer Of the Grand Lodge Of Free
Masous, while peaceably proceeding from
the hall to his house. was brutality as
saulted BY q band Of negroes who had
been paradiug in the. streets seeking to
create a riot, and was brutally beaten
with clubs for no offense whatever. The
police we're assaulted and almost killed,
white women were insulted and cruelty
beaten, stores we're sacked and windows
smashed all along the route.
Another time an inoffensive spectator
was struck with razsr and killed.
Since these outrages the negroes have
openly proclaimed their purpose the next
time they paraded to clean out estab-
lishments where they could get some-
thing, and their full intention to do so
cannot be doubted. Hearing that de-
monstration was to be made last
night the police visited the stores
along Pennsylvania avenue aud be-
sought owners to close their establish
ments as they would no doubt be at
tackled, and they 1.-THE police) were pow
erless to protect them. The stores were
closed in accordance with these sugges-
tons, else some of them would have been
sacked.
The Commissioner of the Land Office
has Just received specimens OF gold
quarts, found near Manchester, N. H.,
which proves to be of rich quality.
It is not improbable the eastern ex-
tremity of the Appalachian Chain may
furnish another gold district. Louisville
Courier special.