Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-22
NEW YORK.

washington special says: The nomina
.aon of Waite for Chief Justice was con
firmed by the Senate yesterday by
unanimous vote. Inquiries into his
record satisfied all who had any desire
to oppose his confirmation. The report
that he voted for General Mcclellan was
untrue.
A heavy fog hangs over our city again
this morning. Objects cannot be dis
tinguished further than twenty yards
distant. Ferry-boats are making much
fewer trips than usual, owing to the den
sity of fog. which lies thicker on the riv'
err than elsewhere, obscuring all objects
but few yards off. City travel has also
been much delayed. The weather is
mild.
Horatio Raymond, the law student
convicted of robbing Miss Ada Dyas, the
English actress, on the public street other
pocketbeok, was yesterday sentenced
to five years in the State prison. He
belongs to respectable family, and
when Of age will come into a handsome
estate.
During 1873 some $780, 900 were ex-
pended in charity by various charitable
institutions of this city. Money appro-
priated by the city for the same purpose
amounted to $4,000. The newly organ
lied bureau of charities has got into
working order Its management is com
posed OF well-known philanthropic citi-
zens, including several clergymen, aud
is entirely unsectarian.
1t is understood that the new manage
ment Of the Union Trust Company are
quietly working to bring the defaultug
secretary (Colton) to justice, and will
offer reward for his arrest.
The annual report of the Commission
ers of Emigration shows that 1886
emigranls arrived here during the past
year.
There is some excitement in Queens
county, Long Island, regarding the
alleged deficiency Of ex.County Treas
urer Charles II. Roo's accounts of $l5,-
900. His bonds have been Cancelled
and discharged, and the trustees cannot
hold his bondsmen for the deficiency.
A special dispatch from Wilkesbarre
says that open hostilities between the
miners and operators and Wyoming au-
thorities Al the coal fields have COM
menced. 1t is reported that by the end
OF the week there will be an uprising OF
rs ,eO6 men, golfers employed in Wy
oming and Lackawapns valleys. A few
DAYS more will decide the position OF
affairs. Twelve hundred miners are
! idle at Carbonate. 0utrages are feared
The Sew York, Kingston and SYRIA
cuse railroad is il the hands of re-
eeiver. Liich6eld, who hss managed
the road for the last two yesEsl Is sSl1
to be bankrupt, the liabilities eKceez:ngg
81 500, 600 Proceedings have been
commenced against him.
A special dispatch from Havana Gays
$50 Spanish troops, under Colonel rs
honda, met 1900 insurgents at Los Me-
ZONES, near Comsjuey. After a severe
fight the spaniards reiterated. -Four
officers and fifty priyates we're wounded.
The Cuban adyices claim that Esponda
had 1900 men, and that all were killed
except $50. The Cubans claim a great
victory.
An upward movement in stocks con-
tinued yesterday, with slight huctua-
tons. The days transactions were not
large. The strength of the market was
generally attributed to the reports that
the Ways and Means Committee would
report in favor of fixing the legal tender
circulation at four hundred millions.