The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-16
NEWS ITEMS BIZ NAIL.

that slavery is gone, and the soone
Kentucky recognized the fact, the bet
ter for her. He agrees to make speech
es in advocacy of the amendment, anc
will take the stump in few days
''Oh. my Beriall"
In a speech at the Burnett House
Cincinnati, Monday, Gen. Steedman
said: 81 have heard my name men
toned in the army, and have seen 1t II
newspapers, as a candidate for nomina
ton to the Office of Governor of this
State, and I take this opportunity to
say that will not be candidate foI
that Office, or for any other office, So
far as / know, am going back to the
army to resume my position there, and
there to remain SO long as my Govern
ment shall have need Of my services.
A dispatch from Washington, dated
the 18th says Judge Underwood, Of the
United States District Court, Of the
Eastern District Of Virginia, had an
interview with Attorney General Speed
to-day on the indictment found in his
Court against General Lee It is the
prevailing impression here that no trial
will be had under that indictment, nor
will any arrest be made.
Gen. W. H. Carroll denies the truth
of the testimony of Conover, given
against him in the Military Court at
Washington.
The Milwaukee Sentinel Of Friday
says:
( In the case of Jones and others VS.
Keep, our Supreme Court decided
"Wednesday that the law of Congress
requiring stamps to legal processes, in
the commencement of suits or other,
wise, is unconstitutional, and that the
law IN this respect is void, and the
stamp on legal papers is not necessary.
This decision was made by Chief Jus
tice Dixon and Judge Cole. Judge
Downer dissented. We have not yet
seen the written opinion of the Court
but we presume it proceeds upon the
ground that the imposition of tax
upon any proceedings or processes in a
State Court is an invasion of the right
of the State to regulate proceedings in
its own Courts; that if Congress can
tax these proceedings at ali it can lay
upon them a tax Whicl would practi~
cally legislate the State Court out of ex-
istence,
The new Constitution of Missouri has
been adopted The majority thus far
received is over 5000, and soldiers
votes yet TO come in will increase these
figures.
The Boston Transcript has received
that Professor Agassiz and
his party Of naturalists reached Rio de
Janerio on the 22d of April, and were
most kindly received. The Emperor
sent boat alongside to take them on
shore, and in the evening had long
interview with Professor Agassiz.
information has been received Of the
arrival Of Benjamin, the rebel Secreta-
~ of State, at Bermuda. 1t is said
Trenholm and Breckinridge have also
escaped out of the country.
A Richmond virginia. letter.writer
says that marked feature of the
times is the indifference that is dis
played by the people of that city, as to
the fate of Jefferson Davis.
Dr. William c. Kane, late of Knox
vile, Tennessee, has been arrested, in
Hartford, Connecticut, and taken to
New York for examination. He is re-
ported to be defaulter to the amount
of 100000, of bonds belonging to the
State of Tennessee. r-Vs
The Kansas City (Mo) Journal says
that peace reigns uninterruptedly on
the border. The bushwhackers have
given up their infamous business the
roads are safe for travel, and the farm
ers ere restoring the waste places and
putting in large crops.
1t has been stated that Gen. Grant
never makes speeches, but here is an
excellent one that he made in New
York, the other day --A : - 3 ~
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been accustomed to speaking in pub
lie you viii pardon me if think that
am now too old 10 learn. thank
you-thank you deeply for these great
manifestations Of your esteem, snd only
wish that / had deserved them better.
can say nothing more than this-l
thank yCu. sa
Now it strikes US that it is hard to
beat We hope General Grants speech
es will fix the fashion for military men.
The press will then be saved 8 great
deal Of trouble.
General Sherman has been invited TO
become the guest Of the Olentangy
Park Association, at Columbus, Ohio,
during the first week in July, the occa-
sion of their summer races. The Gen
eral replied that, if in Ohio at that
time, he will be strongly tempted to ac.
oept the invitation, as he confesses to
"a weakness for 6ne horses.
General r. B. Hayes was in the city
Yesterday. His resignasion has been
accented. snd he becomes & citizen at
| home again. He has served his coun-
trv rallsntly and ably in the field, and
,cs beve no doubt he will prove IS eff
c;s,,t in Congress as he has in the army,
in the more difficult bat less dangerous
work of pacihoation and reeonstruc-
ton. --CiN CoFa, l4fh
General Hobson has done two very
eood things of late--he has cleaned
the State of Kentucky Of goerrillas,
and come out openly for the COnstitu-
tional amendment A portion Of his
command chased the last guerrilla band
across the State line about 8 week agoi
and there is no longer, so far IS is known
at headquarters, a single rebel in arms
in Kentucky, 1t is hardly correct, per.
haps, to say that he has oOme out "Of
late for the amendment, Is be has al
ways been for It, though more actively
since the opening Of the canvass than
before And he isn't an sbolitionist,
either. BE spoke and voted for AOclel-
Ian last fAll, and has always been a
nurnhar eng panoorst