Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-18
THE NEWS.


sett in to the Senate by the President. It
represented as concedng all that has'ever beer
claimed by the United States. Whether Johr
Bull will get sore under repeated concessioni
is doubtful. The naturalization treaty lpro'
tects naturalized citizens of this country in al
the rights which other American citizens enjo,
in Great Britain.
The Reconstruction Committee has ended iti
labors in the Georgia case, and will report
against disturbing the State Government. and
in fayer of leaving eligibility Of negroes to
hold ofice to the decision of the courts.
Five millions has been appropriated by Con-
gress for the improvement Of rivers and har-
bors, which means chiefly the rivers and har'
bors Of the Northeast.
A proposition is before Congress to indorse
the bonds Of Louisiana for rebuilding the Mis-
sissippi levees; the seven millions Of swamp
lands granted by the Government to be held in
trust for the payment, and all reclaimed land
being sold at once and the proceeds applied to
the bonds.
The con- mittee Of the colered men Of the
Colsrei National Convention has been billing
and cooling with Congress. with prospect OF
harmonious results at future day. They are
assured that Congress is fully alive to colored
equal rights, and will attend to them shortly.
TheAgricultural Department reports Isl. ot0.-
COO bushels increase of corn for 1853 over 1851
and 100000 over 1859. not including the
pssi6c States. The estimate of the cotton crop
is 2,3SO.OOo bales.
The Turkish Minister has agreed to the main
points of the settlement proposed by the Paris
Conference, which will pacify matters in the
East. The conferenceis on the point Of closing.
The latest advices from Athens show that
preparations for war are actually going on in
all parts of Greece. The banks Of Athens have
loaned the Government $40 COO for war pur-
poses.
Dispatches from the East report that diff
Guilty has arisen between Turkey and
Persia. Disturbances broke out upon the
eastern frontier of Asiatio Turkey, between
the Persisns and the Turks. which have led to
the withdrawal of the ambrsador of the
Porte from Teheran. Since these occurrences
Persia has been massing troops on the north
western frontier.
Additional forces for the Spanish army in
Cuba will soon sail under Gen. Jelez
The block on the northwest csrner Of Cherry
and Broad streets, Nashville. was consumed By
FIRE yesterday morning. Loss. $500 0. fully
insured. Fire accidental.
The Kansas Legislature asks Congress for an
amendment to the Constitution. giving suffrage
without regard to color or sex.
A resolution was passed asking Congress fer
an amendment to the Constitution to put
beyond cavil the right of every citizen to vote.
:.-esnectiva of race. color or condition. and
also urging upon Congress the necessity for
further legislation to redress the outrage Of ex'
polling the colored members from the Georgia
Legislature. and to reserve the rights Of the
negroes in that State.
In the Georgia House motion to rescind the
act unseating the negro members. and that
they be reseated. was lost by large majority.
A dispatch from Gen. Sheridan to Gen. Sher-
man represents the Iadian troubles as near an
end. The tribes are in great distress, and
willing to surrender Internationally. Twenty
one chiefs have come in for that purpose.
A bill has passed the Illinois Senate reducing
passenger fAres OF all railroads in that STATE to
two and half cents per mile.
The President on Saturday sent to the Senate
atreaty for the adjustment Of the Alabama and
other claims by a commission.
In Coffee county, Tennessee, the revenue
laws are resisted. and the Commissioner was
taken by Ku-Klux from his bed and threatened
with death II he enforced them. We suppose
the militia will not be sent there. but only
where the laws are not resisted.
Riots. oecssioned by an attempt to collect
the mill taxes. have broken out in various
parts Of Italy. and the military force has been
used for suppressing the disorders. Twenty
SIX Of the rioters have been killed and wounded.
''The country Is now tranquil"