Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-11
BY TELE G R A P II
Dispatches to the Southwestern Press
Association.
NEW YORK.

NEw YoRK, December 1.-THE Her
aids London special Of the 10th says
Mr.. Burlingame has just received in
formation assuring him that the Chinese
treaty, lately concluded between the
Government Of the Emperor and that Of
the United States, has been ratified 10
Chino. Mr.. Levi Brown, Secretary OIL
the American Embassy, is on his way to
Washington from Pekin, via California,
carrying the aitssted copies of the treaty,
and other documents, to President Grant
The Herdlds London special, by the
French cable, of the l0:h, says: Te.e
grams from the Continent report that.
opening of the session of the anti-Pspal
Congress, in Naples, yesterday, there
were present five hundred Italian dele
gates and twenty members from other
parts Of the world The Inauguration
address was delivered by President Bic.
cardi. Letters of apology, for non-at-
teudauce at the Council, were read from
Victor Hugo, General Gsribaldi, and
other distinguished persons, leaders Of
the Radical Reform party, These COM
munications were received with great en-
thusiasm, ~hich continued till the close
of the proceedings.
An unknown person attempted the life
of Chas. L. Woodward, last evening, by
frirg through his basement window st
him, on a4th street. The bullet erased
his head.
Henry Ward Beecher made a some
what lengthy vindicatory explanation OF
his participation in the Richardson
| Mcfarland marriage, and the funeral
ceremony which he attended. The ex-
planation was drawn out by the members
of his congregation ct the weekly lecture
last evening. he said, after state
ments similar to those in his late card,
that at the time of marriage, at the Aston
House, he did not understand that the
laws of New York declared null aud void
q divorce obtained in Indiana. He said
| if the parties we're of legal age for
marriage, and presented themselves be-
| fore him and required him to marry
them, 1t wac duty, inasmuch as it was
ministerial ONE, that be was bound to
fulfill. he had looked through the civil
code of the State, and had been unable to
discover any definition Of the duties of q
minister in respect 10 marriage. II
seemed to him there was no defined law
in regard to it in the revised code. After
the marriage, and before the funeral Of
Mr.. Richardson, be had asked respon-
sible party az Ia tbs legality Of the
divorce, and il was stated to him that
the divorce was quite correct he in
quired also of another person whether
the divorce had been obtained on more
than legal grounds. and it was stated in
reply thst lt was granted pot only upon
legal, but also upon moral grounds.
1t is stated that Jeremiah Smith, the
Ulster county roadside murderer, is con.
decd IN penl.sshsry Ia pnS OF the
Western States. The person giving this
information was arrested by officer Sur
rine, Of Kingston, TO whom he told the
story. He say. that be met Smith, when
the latter stated that he intended to com
nit a crime ia order to get incarcerated
ia sp oEt-ofthe.wsy Jail 80 that be could
escape the vigilance 6f bis pprsEers, Who
wiahed 10 arrest him for the murder.
The Spanish gunboa,s were released
yegterdey.