Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-17
Illness Of Mr.. Curtin.
A Loyal Editor for Memphis!
THE FENEANS.

New YORK, Dec. 16.-The Herald
Washington special says: A call has beer
issued for a general election in that Dis
trict, to be held on the Dist inst, to obtain
manifest from the voting community, to b,
| placed before Congress to show how repug
nant the passage of the negro suffrage &C
is to the people.
The Worlds Washington dispatch con
tains the following: The Secretary of the
Treasury to-day decided not to anticipate
the January interest on bonds of more than
| the whole amount of interest payable in
gold Sl5,000,000
The Heralds Washington dispatches say
the settlement of the back pay and accounts
of discharged soldiers will be much facilita-
ted by sending their discharge papers to the
office of Colonel. Paulding, Paymaster in
charge of the District of Washington. BY
this means the long delay occasioned by
soldiers accounts going to the Second Au-
ditor's Office will, be avoided. This is under
stood to apply only to cases where the APP
plicant is living.
The want of regular mail service be-
tween this country and Columbia has long
been felt to be very injurious to our inter-
ests In that quarter. The consequence Is
that our trade is declining there, while that
of England is rapidly increasing, because
there are several lines of steamers which
carry regular mails between the Columbia
ports and the English. Postmaster General
Dennison, aware of the difficulty, has pre-
pared the draft of q postal convention,
which was submitted to Gen. Solar, the
Columbian Minister, in August last, which,
with the exception of two articles, was ap.
proved.
Gen. Fitzpatrick leaves on his mission to
Chill, on the lst of January.
The Times Washington Dispatch says
Secretary Stanton has left the city for trip
North
Gen. Grant has issued orders to command
ers of posts where powder is stored, to take
precautions for its preservation.
Hon. Mr.. Darling of New York, on We'd
nesday last, offered the following resolution
in the House, with a view to provide pen
slons to surviving representatives of Hum
bred Day Men. 1t was omitted in the As
ISOLATED Press account:
Reso!red That the Committee on Military
Affairs be directed to inquire into the propri-
ETY. of allowing pensions to surviving repre-
sentatives of soldiers called into the service
of the United States for period of one
hundred days or less, and who died while in
the service, said committee to report by bill
or otherwise.
An investigation Just made discloses the
fact that J. NJ. Clark, of the Currency
Bureau, and Solicitor Jordon, of the Treas
ury, were both in possession more than a
year ago, of all the information in regrrd to
the abstraction Of the plate upon which one
hundred dollar counterfeit Treasury notes
were printed.
Gen. Spinner, it is said, is now satisfied
that the plate was taken from the Currency
Department. and that the American Bank
Note Company ARE entirely innocent of the
The TribunGs Washington special says ;
General Towards official report concerning |
the operations of the Freedmen's Bureu and |
the condition of things at the South is still |
in the hands of the President where it has |
been for seven or eight days, and its publ |
cation has not yet been permitted. The de- |
lay is ascribed to its containing statements |
the spirit and conduct of the peo-
pie in the rebel States calculated to show |
hat the withdrawal of Federal control from |
hose States would endanger the interests
md safety of the freedmen and Union peo-
pie
New YORK, Dec. 16-WashingtOn dis
patches say Hon. B. NJ. Harris, member of
Congress from Maryland, proposes to take
lis seat. He SAYS he can take the oath.
Some believe the House will refuse to allow
hin to occupy his seat, or will expel him as
IN unworthy member for the ofiense of
which he was convicted last summer by court
martial Harris claims that the pardon Of
he President removes all political disabil-
ty.
Hon. Tom. COrwin was struck with Para
ysis last night, while at an assemblage of
Ohioans, entertained by p. c.
Netmore, Military agent for that State. He
8 considered dangerously i'll.
New YORK, Dec. 16.-Gen. John Eaton,
ate Superintendent of the Freedmen of the
District of Columbia, has resigned and pro-
POSES to establish in Memphis Tenn,
oval journal, to be called the Memphis
Post
The Government detained a vessel at
Boston destined for Europe, and another at
Delaware Breakwater, destined for India,
ia Brazil, until yesterday, for the purpose
# taking out the Government annual reports
o our foreign representatives and naval Of
icers.
CINCINNATI, Dec 16.-The steamer Du-
mont collided with tow boat, near Patnal,
indiana, Thursday, and was considerably in
ured. One of the crew was killed and
our others missing