The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-28
By Telegraph
Afternoon Dispstohes.
Meeting Of the Cabinet
Mexican Loan -s.e
Appointments OsKxsmInIng Sur.
geOns.
Mexican Loan.
A Conscientious LAWYER.

NEw YoRK, Sept. 27.-The Timrs' Wash
ington special says the Cabintt meetir 10
das, wa, rather brief, but was more fully a.
tended BY Secfe aries than has been IL
case for six weeks. All The Secretaries be
iug present but Seeret-ry Harlan, who ha
just left on visit TO Iowa
Urteen postoffces were re-openfd in re-
bel ious STAKES to-dRy, ten e which were D
Son Csrolius, Including Abbeyvine, c, Il
and hester G. X. tff.
David AtEater the Q. VI. Employee VIII
purlOiaed part Of the AndersonY lie rec
ords has been sent to Auburn, New Yorl
prison for IS months, BY order Of Genera
Augur. 1I
The Herelds special says It is currently
reported that General Ortega, who viii b
the coz stitutioual succe-s-r Of President Iu
srez IN few mon hs, has succeeded in sf
feeling very large lean from the Repnbli-
can Government in Mexico, based on secu
rity Of confscatsd property. Il is vel
known that in San Francisco several hue
dred thou and dollars have recently beer
subscribed, and il is th0oght here, if the
! loan wss properly put before the people il
/ would gain very largely in amount. Since
the rebel losp was negotiated openly both
[ in Paris aud London, neither the French OF
]
can loan being taken in this country.
The Mexican Republicans want money
| rather more than men.
In conformity with an act of July, 1862
the Commissioner Of Pensions has appointed
about eight hundred Examining Surgeons
l for that fund, who are 50 located throughout
the whole country that any applicant for
pension on physical grounds need not 20
more than twenty miles at farthest 70 re-
eeive proper examination Of his bodily all
ments. This list Of surgeons is now being
closed up, and to-day there were appointed
J. s. Hitler, Of HillsbOro, Illinoisi j. ".
MaxWe ], Of Newton, Illinois; r, II, Lulbert-
son, Of Bowling Green, Indiana; J. i. Belle,
of spencer, Indiana; ". o. Meagher and
Tom p. Kinsrell, Of New York; j. L Stock
dell, Of Lexington, Kentucky; J. W. Parker,
Of Somerset, Missouri; S. Hook, Of Lacede,
Missouri; A. Harris, Macon, Missouri; W. F.
Breaky, of AnarbOr, Michigan.
For the encouragement Of those who have
applied, or intend to apply, to the Secretary
OF the Trea-ur for elerkships in his Depart
meas, u should be knOEn that ell appiiea-
tons ere filed and pigeon -holed, and will
some time come up flr consideration About
ten thousand applications have already &C.
cumulated, maj rity Of which hsve been
Eeoeived since the disbandonment Of the
army.
S. Yorke, of the Navy Department, re-
turned this evening from tour Of inspec-
ton Of marine hospitals East, West and
South west. He win probably recommend
the sale Of all marine hospitals oEned by
the United States for the abandonment ofthe
present expensive system Of keeping up
OF an establishment for which not half a
dozen patients are annually admitted, and
contracted with established hospitals for the
treatment Of ell Government patients.
In the list Of passengers lost by the Brother
jonathan a few weeks ago, the name Of the
Rev. A. G. Henry figures as he newly sp-
pointed Governor Of Washington Territory.
uundeF the apprehension thst the auihori-
ties have been imporsu5ed by scores Of per
sons for positions TO end eli expecta ions Of
the kind, it may be stated that neithar Dr..
Henry nor any one else has been lately ap-
pointed; that Gov. Piekeringis still Governor
Of Washington Tertiary, aud bids fair to re-
main so. =.
The Tribane's special SAYS Francis smith,
Of Alexandria, Virginia, formerly psrtici
pant in the rebellion, who has lately re
ceived his pardon from the President, de-
livered 8 long and elaborate argument
to-day, before Judge Underwood, Of the
United States Court of Virginia, epdeavor
ing TO prove his present eligibility TO prae-
tice law before any court in the Union,
without taking the ordinary oath prescribed
by law to effect that he had never sympa-
thized with, or aided enemies Of the United
States. Smith asserts that he cannot con
scientiously take the prescribed oath, and
argues that the President has removed all
the pains and penalties Of his late apostacy,
Judge Chandler, Attorney General for the !
State viii reply tomorrow, and will assume |
that the Court could decide his claim 10 |
practice before it IS they think proper.
Former dislOyal citizens Of Virginia, |
against whom ection had been taken previ- |
Gus to the Presidents amnesty proelRma-
ton, for conhscetion Of their property, are |
now having the same duly restored, on ap- |
plication TO the Courts, and paying the costs |
Incurred by its liability and seizure by the |
|
The second Comptroller Of the Treasury |
had de ided that in order TO entitle soldiers, !
When discharged for wounds, to the whole |
Of their bounty, as if they had served out |
their full time, as provided by section I, Of /
an act OF March 81, 1855, the wound or |
wounds for which they were discharged |
must have been received during the time of /
enlistment which they were serving out /
when discharged, A discharge for pre-
existing disability or wound received in 1
service under previous enlistment, does 1
not bring the soldier within the intent Of
the law.
NEW YoRK, Sept. 27.-The ship, Calhoun,
Captain Page, from Liverpool, August 18th,
with sixty-five passengers and merchandise
TO spofaTd, Tileston 4 Co., arrived yes err
day. On the l4th, while lying in the river,
W. c. Graa, q steward, committed suicide /
by taking poi on and was buried at Liver
pool september ls,, Frederick Furguson
suicide by jumping overheard.
l9th, R$Sne Williams, second |
officer, died Of brain fever. September 2lsi,
the crew were in state Of mutiny and /
made a combined attack on the cook Of the
ship. During the melee, James Malone, a
seaman, was shot. September 10th, en-
gagged tug outside the bar 10 60 for naval |
assistance. She returned at ? s. m, with
the United States Revenue Cutter, Crawford,
Captain Kellum, in tow. The Captain Of
the cutter found the ships crew in a state
Of mutiny and two Of the officers in state
rooms, in the eelhouse, on which the !
crew had guards stationed he immediately /
released the impri soned officers and placed
an the crew in irons and remained on board I
the ship till she arrived up at the city and
the men put in the hands Of the proper
authorities.