Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-15
THE NEWS.


carried. the Conservatives voting against 1t or
not voting. Few returns received.
An Augusta dispatch states that Controller
Burns was arrested by order of Gen. Meade Tor
refusing to deliver the records Of his ofhce.
At meeting at Louisville paper was
adopted urging Louisville as the place for the
Democratic National Convention. and ehering
TO erect building for the special purpose ex-
tending hospitality. hotels. etc.
A disastrous FIRE occurred at Wilmington yes
terday. It Is believed that ten or twelve pcr-
sons were buried beneath falling wall. five oil
whose bodies have been recovered. Loss
$4,000.
Lennox. the Fenian. Is reported from Lon
don sentenced to hard labor fifteen years. lie
made defiant speech, predicting the over
throw of tho British government.
Farrasut dined yesterday with Victor En-
manuel and his cabinet. The last rumor is
tbat his mission is to obtain naval station in
the Mediterranean.
The Arkansas Convention adjourned. subject
70 future call of the President. the chaplain
urging the members to 80 home and canvass
and saving that "by the help Of the Lord the
Constitution would be ratified" The Con-
sentative members asked that their protest
might be attached to the Constitution.
IT declares the new Constitution subversive
of the rights of the State and calculated to
bring ruin and desolatiOn on the people. II
was ordered spread on the records Of the Con-
ventien.
The Mississippi Convention adopted its pre-
amble to the bill of rights. Mr.. striekhn
offered the following as q supplement- but
though true, 1t was not considered;
1--WE, the carpet basists and scallawags from
the States of ohie. Vermont, Connecticut
Mainc and Africa, ordain and proclaim this
n be the document upon which we predicate
nil our hopes for the success of the Radical
party"
Nothing from Gillem yet on the tax question
The Secretary of the Treasury having asked
that Attorney General Stanberry would procure
argument as to the constitutionality OF the
legal tender act, in several cases before the su-
preme Court. the Attorney General moved the
Court to postpone their confederation to next
term. which was taken under sdvisement.
The Committee Of Ways and Means viii re-
port the oil tax At eight dollars per barrel Of
forty- Eve gallons. and are framing bin reg
uiat;.r che xxpursn7iun Of ssrshsl. high wines-
etc.
The serep-thirtisE outstanding and falling
aue on June 18th and July zBth 1zri. and whiea
u-s cours-tiiis into tHrs-fwsusy b0nds. amount
a ore- ssaa ug8. go. and vii require nush tine
besxss. fisis and JAY Istk % eDrFer thru
sruny4ly. Al maturity and the P1hlis il no;i-
fed that un,ess saeh npss. which tbs Govern
nsusis now oEsrirg 70 convert. are promptly
forwarded TO the Department for that purpose
great delay must ensue in the future delivery
Of said bonds.
The average revenue from distilled spirits for
five years past has been s27,O7l.l7l currency.
Horace Maynard has gone to New Hampshire
to make speeches in behalf Of the radical can
didate for Governor. If he does any harm it
will be because no one meets him sufficiently
;xe...,.d - lroo,, him IN tho truih
Representative Covode presented communi-
cation to the House, with afidavits Of frauds
in New Orleans. The afidavits say $4,000
gallons should be returned in year. whereal
only twenty-three and a half barrels have beer
returned in six. and further that each distillc
has to pay the Whisky Ring" one thousan'
dollars per month. the revenue officer gettir
part Of Z: