Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-30
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS

+ 1t is reported In Indianapolis that Governor
Morton, Of Indiana, who is on his way to Europe,
has been commissioned Minister to England.
= - Frederick Douglass has written letter accept
ing the position Of Delegate in Washington of the
colored men Of New York.
i - Ex-Attorney General Black, Of Mr. Buchan-
ans Cabinet, has formed law partnership in
/ Washington with Mr.. Lamop, formerly law partner
with Mr.. Lincoln.
Z 1t is reported that Secretary Stanton has is
sued an order, setting apart all the ground upon
which theIbattle Of Fort Pillow occurred. for the
purpose Of erecting monument thereon to the
memory of the Federal soldiers.who fell there
This order was obtained by Mrs Booth, the widow
I Of the officer who commanded the negro troops
there. Sheis engaged in raising funds to build
! the monument.
4 Tho Dutch Ambassador at Washington has
made piteous appeal for an increase Of pay, on
the ground Of the increase in the costs Of living
in this country. stating that he is hard up that
he is obliged 10 give up his establishment and take
lodgings over barber shop; but the Coz eminent
Of the Netherlands have refused his reasonable
= request.
n The President is disposing Of the cases in tho
custody Of the State Department, with prospect
Of completing the pardon business by spring.
The interview Of Secretary McCulIoch, during
: hisrecent visit to New York. With he none eyed men
!. is said to have been entirely satisfactory. The
y banks offered him. Gays Washington special,
temporary loan Of 500 COCOON. which he will pro-
badly accept. lie contemplates funding $1,000
900 or 500 10000 certificates Of indebtedness COM
4 pound interest notes and the first series Of 1905
which fall due next July.
Information having been received by the gov
eminent that parties in New York in the interest
Of Macmillan were engaged in shipping articles
contraband Of war to Mexico, the Secretary of
State has directed the United States District At
torney 10 keep yigiant watch on all vessels
sailing for Mexican ports and 20 seize Sill contra
band articles. The government is determined to
break up this sort Of traffic The parties engaged
in TINS business allege that they have carrier
route entitled " Maximilian Express Company"
Some facts viii shortly DO made public showing
the matte more definitely.
II We have a story, through the telegraph. that
President Johnsons brother died in Texas be-
cause no physician would attend him. The state
ment bears falsehood upon its face.
L - The Post-ofice Department has awarded con-
tracts for the service forty routes in Virginia
and West Virginia, In the appointment Office
corresponding efforts are progressing for reopen
ing Post-ofices in every Southern and Southwest
ern State. The number Of decisions on the sub
ject Of appointments may be set down at two
hundred per week. Virginia, Louisiana, Texas,
Kentucky and Tennessee shared largely.
80 The number of visitors at the White House is
daily diminishing. The daughters of the Presi-
dent, Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Slower, will do the
bonors Of the White House and receive their
friends on New Years Day.
Washington dispatches of tho 2sth TO the
Louisville Courier, state that the Radical faction
in Congress has become 80 well convinced of its
inability TO carry out the proposed measure Of
territoralzing the South and defeating the Pres
dents plan Of reconstruction. that a new pro-
grnmme has been invented to circumvent the
President ifpOssiblo. Precisely the same tricks as
/ those employed in the Kansas imbrogio have
been adopted"
Resolutions are &c be introduced authorizing
the Caucus Committee oflfteonFto appoint sub
committee to visit all parts of the South and re-
port on the condition of affairs. When il is reool-
lected that this subcommittee. If authorized will
be appointod by Thad. Stevens, Ithe character of
It's report may be easily anticipated. The object
Of this movement is 10 delay the reconstruction Of
the South on the Presidents plan, but it is conf
IDENTIFY believed that the reconstruction will be
should be appointed. mako n report.
The President was closcted for several hours to-
day with the Secretaries ofwar and the Treasury
1 and General Grant. The object Of the consular
ton is understood TO have been the reform OF
abuses in the Freedmcn's Bureau. which cry
aloud for reform; they arc Acknowledged to be
very outrageous.
An Alabama contemporary understand that
Mai. Gen. Thomas has notified the authorities o
his readiness TO relieve that State of Fedora
troops. but that the Governor thinks il adyisabl,
that they be retained for the present, and unit
there shall be suitable organization of the Militi,
preserve order and assist in the execution of IN,
laws
"A Maine paper states that a colony Of fits
families, principally from that State is TO embark
for Palestine la July next They propose 10 settl,
at JaiIa the ancient Joppa, building lots having
been purchased. and will carry out with then
ankoe improvements. ..
- Tho Farmers Bank Of Kentucky having lost
100000 by the Morgan raid in June, 1864 sued J
W. Witherpoon, returned Morgan officer at
tached has land. and got judgment from a circuit
court for the whole sum. lie appeals tho case
A merchant inJPittsbureh, by the name Of
Straw, stands charged with having caused tho alb
duction Of his wife and her confinement in the
lunatic asylum, on the plea that she,was insane
and dangerous. by some means no obtained the
certificate Ofthe physicians to that effect, and a
few days since had the police seize her and. des-
pite the heart rending cries ofthe helpless woman.
she forced into tho street cars and hurried 70
the asylum. On her first interview with the su
perintending physician he had grave doubts other
insanity, which was confirmed by subsequent OK
aminations.
Tho ST, Louis RcpuJlican islvery severe upon
the antcoedents Of the Colonel Babcoke who. al
the head of n squad OF Missouri militia, cruelty
put to death the Wright family. in Western Mis-
sour. few months since. Rocking with innocent
blood and covered with dishoner. he.has been Ia.
ken up and elected 70 the Legislature by his rad
zeal. or rather Internal associates. He is rene
gade preacher, who in his early days lod life that
caused him to be suspected of very grave ofIeuse,
against society.
The Legislature Of Kentucky has fixed by
resolution. the 18th Of January as the day for tn,
election of United States Senator in the place
of the Hon. Carrot Davis
The negroes of Missouri are preparing IN,
programme Of grand jubilee to be held in 81
Louis on tho nth Of January. the anniversary o
the adoption of the ordinance omancipatinr Ia,
slaves Of Missouri. John NJ Langton. Of obcrlin
is stamping tho State preparing the negroes foi
the right Of franchise
-Governor Eyre has been superseded in ia
maica, by Sin Henry Stork The reason was that
he hung a number Of barharous negroes who had
been numbering and committing all sorts of atroc
itios upon the whites such as putting their eye,
out and saving them asundcr. This hanging %
negro murderer is more than Abolition Exeter
Hall can stand.
The Louisville Amoe-eg remarks that Grim,
is on the increase thrthghout the country. and il
! seems that that city is determined to keep pac,
with the other metropoliscs Of the country.
A LETTER from Lexington, Va, has tn,
following item General Lee NAV be