Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-26
THE NEWS.

Gen, Buchanan remains IN cnaso VI '
Louisiana District until Gen. Rousseau's ARR
90, nsr Hatch having charge Of the Bureau.
The canvass Of the parishes has begun. Gen.
stedman and other Democratic speakers ad-
dressed meeting at La Fourche Saturday.
The Radicals are also canvassing. and ~ is
thought the choice Of electors by the Legisla-
ture will be abandoned. Next Saturday night
there is to be q grand procession. There are
not bands enough in the city to supply all the
clubs, and some will be procured from Mophe
and elsewhere. Resolutions were tabled in the
J,ep;sIature nv IL To s, which charged that Gov.
Yarmouth had received pay for signing ana
Withholding his signature from certain bills
and making official appointments. Also that
members of the Legislature had received
money for their votes for private bills. The
last resolution required COMMITTEES 70 inves-
tieate. with view to impeachment and ex-
pusion. In the days of honest Governors and
legislators. before the war, such things were
never heard of. Hence the necessity OF
change which will put the rogues out and bon
st men in their places.
In New York, yesterday. a murderous as
sault was made on some actors and actresses,
by certain roughs, who, as deputy Sheriffs, I'M
dertook to arrest an actor. The rouehs fred
into them. wounding two seriously. The sher-
id says they acted in self-defense.
After the first of September telegraph mes
sages of ten words may be sent to any point in
Great Britain for sixteen dollars and sixty-fve
cents in gold, or twenty -four dollars and TWEEN
ty-fve cents in currency.
Seventeen diseased cattle found their way to
New.York. one of which died before it could
be Slaughtered. 1t is supposed the rest have
been sold to the citizens as good beef.
Patrick Morrissey. in the police court Of New |
York yesterday, stabbed his mother. She was |
making complaint against him for stabbing |
his sister. whe will die.
Dispatches continue to be received at Liver |
pool giving an account Of shipwrecks caused |
by the recent gale. vessel arrived there re-
ports having seen the ship Fayorita of the |
coast of Iceland. The Payorita sailed from |
Liverpool few days since for New Orleans.
She had experienced the gale, and was dis
mssted and in a sinking condition. The crew. |
however, stubbornly refused to leave the ship.
An executive order was issued yesterday ex-
tending the laws Of the United States over ter |
ritory lately seded by Russia to the United |
States. The port Of sitka is constituted the
port Of entry of Alaska. The importation of /
firearms. ammunition and liquors within
said territory is forbidden. except in limited |
quantities from the United States. Pacific |
ports to be delivered at Sitka to the Collector
Of Customs.
In the Tennessee House Of Representatives |
yesterday, Bosom. from the Special Committee |
on Finance, reported hi creating board of |
finance, with full power to pay the principal |
and interest on the public debt now due and |
hereafter to mature. by negotiating loans or
funding the public debt falling due in 1858. The
Committee on Military Affairs reported bill
and recommended its Passage. This bill au-
thOriIes the Governor TO orEaniIs. equip and
call into active service. volunteer force ofone
or more regiments from each Congressional
District, to be composed flOya men and to be
governed By the revised rules and regulations
Of the United States Army. the expenses Of
the same to be paid out Of the State Treasury.
in sums not exceeding $4,000 at enc time. The
Governor Is authorized to declare martial Law
In any county, and 10 qulrter troops in such
county. the expenses to Re paid BY taxes
levied upon the people Of said county. This
bill nov on its third reading.