The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-15
From Washington.
Correspondents Of the Nashville Uuion.l
wAsmScToS, April Q, 1864

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the Potomac. There has evidently been
a warning glance from the proper
source. There has not been 50 much
as an associated press dispatch for few
DAYS. Rumor says that the Suffers and
civilians have all been ordered from the
front, and that passes for the front are
no longer attainable by that class. The
papers announce the consolidation Of
two army corps under the command Of
General Hooker, but they do not indi-
cate the field in which they are to ope-
rate.
1t is also stated that $1,000 men have
already reported at annapolis for the
new Burnside expedition which it Is be-
lieyed will proceed to North Carolina
for cooperation with other forces in the
coward TO Richmond movement
which it is believed viii soon be inaug-
urated, if the weather viii permit
As already announced, General W. F.
Smith has been assigned to General
Buffers Department, with the under
standing that he is 10 conduct the mill
tary movements therein We will thus,
in short time, have three grand ar
mics in the field under Burnside, But
Ter, Tor Smith, and Meade, the whole
TO be under the command of Leuten-
ant General Grant, who it is believed
will so WELD them as TO reclaim Fir-
GINA before he again goes into winter
quarters
Although our armies are quiescent
for the present, civil battles are being
fought and victories won. New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and
Maryland, have done their part nobly.
In the latter State the immediate eman-
cipationists have carried a handsome
majority Of the delegates to the con
stitutional convention, thus setting an
example for Kentucky and Tennessee
which it is believed viii be followed
sooner or later.
But the most surprising event is the
unaninity with which the constitutional
amendment prohibiting slavery in the
States and Territories passed the Senate
yesterday. The yeas stood 50, and the
nays 6, as follows Davis Of Ky, Hen
bricks, Ind, McDougall, Cal, Powell,
KY, and Riddle and Salisbury, of Del
A different vote might have been ex-
pected from McDougall, but in iustif-
cation of his course he stated that his
vote was not given from want of phi
lanthropy to the slave, or from hatred
of freedom. lie had been the teacher
Of philanthropy to some of those who
are now so blatant for freedom. lie
denied that the question of emaneipa-
ton was german to the present war, and
had therefore declined TO take part in
it, believing that it tended TO aggrayate
rather than heal our wounds
A joint resolution which may ulti-
rnately prove Of great Importance, has
been passed unanimously by the House
of Representatives since my last report.
I allude TO the resolution expressive OF
the sense of the House in relation to
the Mexican question. It's unanimous
passage will serve as a strong hint to
Napoleon and Macmillan that they
need expect no favor or recognition
from this source Following this ex
preston on the part of the House, it is
announced as coming from a very high
source that Mr. Seward has instructed
Mr. Dayton, United States Minister IL
France, not 10 encourage or counter
ance the idea that this government
would recognize the Maximillian mon
archy; and as a retaliatory measure, IL
the event our armies should meet viii
: unexpected reverses this Summer, W,
may expect recognition of the Con
federacy by France and Mexico Henc'
the Importance which attaches to th
resolution
The defeat of the currency bill OF
Thursday last, by the House, by laying
the whole thing upon the table, was a
together unlocked for and produce,
considerable anxiety among those VIII
have based strong hopes upon the finau
eial success OF Mr. Chase's schemes
The bill as defeated in the House ha
been introduced into the Senate by M
Sherman; and it is stated that next t
military success, Mr. Chase relies NOR
upon his national bank system TO kee'
up the finances than any other measure
Before the defeat Of the measure in tn
House, Mr. Hooper, Of Massachusetts
urged its passage in very powerfr
speech, in which he showed the nece
sity of restricting the circulation {
State bank notes, and fostering our NJ
tional issues, as the only means Of mail
tanning the credit Of the government A
a sample Of the manner in which the Gu
rency is inflated by these banks undo
the operations Of a general suspension
specie payment, he cited list Of twel
ty-fye banks, having an aggregate cap
tai of 81, 932, eos, which have an aggr
gate circulation Of S5,99S,0SS One i
dividual bank in New York, with
capital Of only $4,000, and whose pr
prietor under the general banking la
Of that State, IS liable only for twi,
that sum, $4,000 has circulation
nearly $4,000 The bank Of Chamber
burg, Pa, with q capital of SIS, 900, h
circulation of SOL 600; and the bar
of Gettysburg, with a capital Of Sl4
600, has a circulation Of S42l 900.
The democrats appear 70 be still dri
ing upon the sea Of uncertainty. Tn,
are greatly divided among themselve
some are for fighting the thing straig
through; the majority are for concil
ton, with the understanding that if Il
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