The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-31
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
The SemmeS COurl.Martlal.
ENFORCEMENT in New York.
The oehttGyC Of kd. keirhHRl.
e. {. Clay has aH Interview Wlih
his Wife.
Death OF AritmHS Ward and his
Vile IFgm SufIJCallOn.
il Terrible Steamboat Disaster.
i Terrible Steamboat Disaster.
The Strong Divorce Case.

Nav foa>, Dee z0.-Iae Commercial.
Wa'Aiug,1a special saw Commadors shr
br.ck Wal be president Of tho ,5u-.-aar,.s
for the trial OF Captain Ssmmes-
General Grant will attend the o.
Geo. Wilson, the capt5y Of JEFF DAVIS. Of
Wilmington Tuesday.
oonsiaeraole annoyance was islt this NOR.
uiE5 By the employee in the custom
house, owing TO failure on the part orths
cashier 70 pay them Cd Tor the niou.h Of
December, as was expected. Tn, payday
has been deferred until Tuesday.
communication was handed into the
Board Of Aldermen this morning from Dr.
R, Bradford, late public administrator. stat
ing that the annual repor, Tor 1865 would
show deficiency Of $4,000 in that Office.
and eontessing that This amount had been
Improperly used by him while holding the
Office, and was lost in stock speculations.
He says that no one but himself knew he
had become Improperly possessed Of the
funds, or derived in any manner any a6van-
tsge from the embezzelmeut.
Lay has assigned all his effects, and the
property Of his wife, to a Trustee, to pay,
first his sondsmea, and then the city, to-
wards hquiiatius the deficiency which viii
| appear upon a settlement Of his accounts.
Edward B. Ketchum, formerly OF the
firm Of Morris, Kstchum, Son x Co.. was
to-day srraignsd in the Court OF General
! Sessions, ami was sentenced, 5y Recorder
Hahman, to be confined 10 the state Prison |
Tor the period Of four years oud SIX months. |
The prisoner entered the Court room accom-
panied BY his father and three brOthers.
HIS isce was deadly pale, but he exhibited /
no trePidstiOn, although his features showed
he had endured much mental suffering /
His fathers manifestation Of grief was in
tense, and his brothers were yisibIv slssted.
The Court room was crowded with suecta-
tors. When the Clerk Of the Court asked.
What have you to say why Judgment
should not be passed against you2" he re-
Peated, IN s full voice, ''Nothiug." Thu
Recorder then passed sentenced as before
mentioned.
NV YORK, Dec. 3O.-Ths HersId's For
treSs Monroe correspondent saws: C. G.. Clay
has recently been permitted by the Presi-
dent to receive visit from his wife. Mrs.
c. arrived there Thursday last, and was
soon after admitted to al interview with her
husband in his prison.
T0RosIO, C. W, Dec. Scion. Ferguson
Blair has accepted the vacant seat 10 the
Cabinet vice Hon. j. Brown resigned.
There will be no change in the policy Of the
Government regarding confederation sui ,
other important questions
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Dee 3O.-Au INQUEST
on the bodies OF Artemus Ward and wife.
who were found dead at their residence on
Friday evening, resulted ia a verdict oil
"Died from iuhailing coal gas.
WAsaNGroS, Dec. 3O.-SOme Of the news G
papers have enormously stated that Capt.
semmes is kept in irons.
Ex-Secrelary Of the Interior, Mr.. Usher. c
Of Indiana, is among the latest arrivals.
OswEGO, Dec. 21.-The Oswego and Rome q
Railroad is completed, aud passenger and &
freight trains commence running on Mon v
day next. 3
NV YORK, Dec. 3O-Privste advices state
but fourteen Of tho crew Of the steamer b
Constitution were saved, leaving forty pas q
'eHgers lost Among the passengers was b
]. Fitzgerald, lately attached to the Savan-
bah Herald. The Constitution had 12J 4
bales cotton on board. She was 900 tons
Durthen, and valued at $4,000 dollars. e
Judge Leonard in the Supreme Court TO-
lay, discharged Harlem, the accompIics Of b
Kennedy, on a writ ofLa5say corpus, from a
he custody OF Gen. Hooker. Harlea was 4
hen arrested by the United States con- p
en- a charge Of arson.
upio SIX this p. IA. no verdict had been =
.endered in the st.oag divorce case.
Nav YoEE, Dec. ga Washington spe-
lisl CORES oadsut saws the statement with |
reference to the eIsct meaning OF the ru-
nOrs concerning the Withdrawal of d., &
10 receive official confirmation in a few a
lays. When these rumurs first appeared o
hey came originally from France, aud q
we're as a condition as attending the with Il
HAWAI-; and that condition was an assurance
rom this Government % Napoleon that his
Empire and Emperor in Mexico should not
,e disturbed. Report says the pledge has Z
been given by our Government that no iu-
reference will be allowed. The reason Of I
he Administration guaranteeing this nom O
Interference, no doubt, is the result Of the
belief that the Liberals will be sble to make
hort work Of Msximilian, since the French
JayOnets are Withdrawn. But We should
not be too sure Of this, a. Macmillan Will =
till have goodly number OF Austrian and
elgieu troops to fsl hack upon and be- Z
iides these, he has -ltingeut Of 1000 10 u
iraw upon yearly for several years 10 come.
With these he may, the United States pur-
suing hand OF policy, be able TO establish
his sway; sud if be does there viii be no
other cUurse than 10 recognize the Empire
WIlMSoTos, n. c., Dec gO.-Ths steamer
Capt. Greman, lef Savannah 81
or New York on the 23d inst, with "a pas
iengers and 700 bales Of cotton. She struck
1n the Southern part Of Lookout Shoals OF
tuesday morning st four O'Clock, where she
i0Tty-eight hours, and then broke /
up. The Captain, with twelve OF the crew
aud one passenger, W.P. Long, Of B-ooklyr,
y. Y, saved themselves on cotton bales, and
anded 1t Cape Lookout Light House o. four
5'el0ck Tuesday afternoon, and thence pro
,esded to Morshesd City. Forty Psr-ons on
board the ill-fstei vessel, consisting OF pas
Ieugers and crew, persisted, and the surv.y-
RS lefl M7-ehesi City ;1r New York this
evening.
Nav Y0EE, Dec 80. - The Jury 10 The
Strong divorce case is still cat, aud there is 3
DO immediate prospect Of their agreeing