The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-13
NEWS ITEMS BY MAIL.

NEWS ITEMS By MAIL.
The Washington correspondents Of
the Philadelphia Ledger writes; "The
complaints from the South with refer
renee to the cotton restrictions are nu-
merous. and an effort will be made TO
have them removed. Many of the par
ties it is said, have realized 30 little
from their product, when entrusted to
third parties or military agents, that
they prefer the cotton shall rot rather
than undergo the task of hauling 1t
within the lines. An instance Is rela-
ted of where the owner only reserved q
net return Of 81 per bale for his cotton,
the remainder being eaten up in taxes
and expenses. In the new regulations,
twenty-five per cent, is levied at the
very outset, and the response thereto
viii not pay the expense of the agents
An open market, those who profess to
know say, will bring out the cotton, let
the current price be what it may; while
the traffic about with military restric-
tons, win only result in the staple be-
ing withheld upon the plantations"
The New York Tribune says the num-
Der Of alien immigrants in that city be-
tween the lst of January last and the
3lst of May, inclusive, is 5O047 against
6S,07S in 1864. For various reasons,
the number of immigrants arriving
prior to the lst of May last, showed a
considerable falling off as compared
with the corresponding period of last
year; but since that date the arrivals
have been heavy from Liverpool, Glas-
gov, Queenstown, Bremen and Ham
burg, averaging nearly one thousand
persons per day. The cause of this
augmentation has been not 50 much
the idea of returning peace, sufficient
time not yet having elapsed for it to be-
come thoroughly circulated in Europe,
as the inducement of high wages and
that of free homesteads held out by
the United States Government through
the new bureau of immigration.
1t is reported that John Mitchell, ex-
editor of the Richmond Enquirer, who
has had the impudence to come to New
York, at Ben. Woods invitation, to
edit the New York News, has been Or
dered to leave the country Mitchell
will find it hard to get dwelling place
He cannot 60 to England or Canada,
for when banished by the British Cow
ernment to Van Demand Land he es-
capped by violating in spirit, if not in
letter, his parole.
The Milledgeville Recorder, of the |
30th ult, reports the wheat harvest in
that section commenced to limited |
extent, and although the cold, dry |
spring, with the rust, has considerably |
injured the crop, it is still hoped there |
will be enough made for domestic con-
tic consumption. Corn and other growth
has, from late rains, considerably i'm
proved, but is more backward than
usual Prospects on the whole are toll
erably fair
The City Council of Columbus has |
contracted for a new bridge across the |
Chattahoochee, at Columbus. to be COM
pleted in sixty days The price is
$4,000.
The Macon (Ga Telegraph of the
4th says We saw sample of the first
wheat of the new crop in the city yes
terday. Planters tell us that there viii |
be fully an average yield, all the reports |
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Gerritt Smith, one of the old aboli- |
ton leaders, made a speech in New |
York on the Sth inst He took deci- |
ded grounds against Furnishing JEFF. |
Davis, or any one else, for treason. He |
seems to regard the North almost as
guilty as the South for the crimes at
tributed to slavery. He favored the |
breaking up of the large plantations of |
the South, and insisted on giving ne
groes the right TO vote.
Mrs. John C. Breckenridge has re-
turned TO Lexington. She says she
don't know where the fugacious ex-vice-
president is.
In the Partisan piece, ola Biche au
Bois,' curious innovation has been
introduced in the way of ballet The
dancers retire every instant, and reap
pear in a changed costume, awakening,
each moment new surprises. In one Of
the figures cabbsges and turnips foot it
merrily, in another a whole salad is
dancing, in third a number of fish
are introduced. and by means of the
electric light are made 10 swim about,
binding, with their glittering gold and
silver, the eyesof the -beholdeer.
Two torpedoes were recently discov-
cred, concealed in the Mobile Custom
house. One of them was so arranged
as to explode when the door was open
ed, but fortunately missed fire.
Burley the Lake Erie Pirate, is in the
House of Correction, at Detroit, still.
Burley says he is glad the war is over,
and he hopes JEFF Davis viii be hung
Great activity appears, now that the
rebellion is virtually ended, in the To-
cation and purchase of public lands,
and at the most distant points Of the
coUntry. The returns from Humboldt,
Californis, which have just reached the
General Land Office, show that the
cash sales at that office for the month
Of April. 1865, amounted to slS,992 AZ,
and that in the same month the cash
sales at Marysville, California, amount
ed 70 s5OS, ,99l; that at the land office at
Boonville, Missouri, there was taken
m for actual settlement under the
Homestead Law, in May 1865, the
quantity of l,092,SS4.
The Springfield, (AlAss) Republican
having published statement that the
subscription in behalf Of Mrs. Lincoln
had been abandoned, as Mr.. Lincoln
len large fortune, the New York Tri-
bune denies both the alleged with.
drawAl and the assigned reason. /!
says:
Mr.. Lincoln's executor and nesresl
! friend, United States Judge Daniel
Davis, Of Illinois, after taking an sc
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