The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-22
By Telegraph
Afternoon Dispatches.
Medical officers TO be Mustered
Out.
Attempts 10 SQuelch the General
Bill.
Reports from Mexico.
Decision About UnOeCuDled
Lands.
The Empress Charlotte In
Iucatan.
Afternoon Dispatches.

1 AaW E1Ek. Dee N-Tha Tr.H-uat
1 Washington i.spsss1 SAYS Orders have
been issued ior the discharge af ueariy al
volunteer medical cAcers aH tbe ~ 81
January. Only ab-a. if,v viii o., ralaiui.l
ne hr-ald's Washington sHee al contains
lAe l1L wing. Revenue Agent Alexander
I y. Lewis. of View York Civ. hes been be-
vre the Ways and Means Comm Zee of che
I House, 5.vin- BIS views GA several import
I ana point. of the revenue force.
/ Mr.. >eheuck Chaifuau of the House
y Military Committee, endesvarcd last wee y.
I 10 the committee Fooni 20 soueich Wash
t1-nes bin rayiying w.. grade of General
I O. the United States Army, but failed and e
I was Ultimately referred OBJ % sJa-csmu,tf-
I oi one Of the House NHtary Committee.
[ Cd. IT. T.. Nemiu-, who was Gen. Buffers
I provost mashll in New Orleans. au % -
verse report Is consequently expected.
NEW loaN, Dee. 2I.--Lasr night a Freight
and 60 eet ear .Edei uu Che H1Tzrr
River l- luth Avenue b. Be-. aud tbs ears
were shattered and luuusr %. persons
iu lrel. though one SERIOUS Sc
Tie Worlds dispatch saws tha House
Military COMMITTEES hsd derccusIlarat.-u
yesterday the recommeudai.ous contained
in the report Of the Secretary OF Var. The
Committee has before thrn upwards Of CIV
petitions from sd parts. askiug on -1lai.ra-
uon Of bounty be- .aliie-s Those Who e1-
listed for one and two velrs receive I.ttIa be-
any bounty, while those euIistuza t a Letter
period tCr one, tEoand three years. r-ce. we'd
tAree hundred dollars.
The committee will bring in ab..I o.
eqaaiI-e Che bocaty amonrall soldiers. Tas
COMMITTEES has also before .hsm several
prop siti1u % re.rganize the army.
Gen. Grant bad pro.osed btII Or this
purpose, which viii receive the care .uI cor
sideratiou OF the comuittee aner Che haH-
days
Ile Republican last evening he'd iu'1r-
mat.oE chat tbe imFerial troops ina Wrv.-1
are approaching Vera Cruz. with O. view fa
erular. for France. This seems o. 10 sru-
ported oy 40 detailed facts.
The House Judiciary Committee are a--
ran Eiug q Dill iu accHrfanee with the -s
coFuueudat.ous ot the President. rrov ding
ior calling ot the United -tst-s D1urt Boz
Richmond. which court itis expected vii.
htve the trial Of Jeh DAVIS
The Aeralds dispatch says between -a
and SD Mississippi o. little personal or
poluca note, were ra-d1ued to-day.
NV foaE. Dec. 2i.-Tmss' Warrington
specials SAYS one 1f The large estates of BID.
island, Confederate Stares. known o. che
sea5ro1k estate, which was sold in Isst. bv
the United States tax comm lssi01er f,r rsr-
pay ns OF the direct tav. has been rsc1v-
cred BY the owH-r, ha paying the taxes due
and ul costs sud compromises with sac
purchaser.
The secretary Of War is expected 10 rs-
torn 90 Wash.ng.ou to-dsy.
The Secretary ol the Interior, iu reply .1
an inquiry from Gen Howard. decides rhat
tae Freedmen Bureau cannot hold. ana
the Government clu' set asiie. uuacruu.ad
government lands Iu Fl0r.ia. OF any other
Stare, Tor the use VI benefit of freedmen.
He further saws that all th- homestead an
presumption laws ore as appHtahls 10 freed
Iueu a. to any class Of people.
LrE1Nuy, o., Dec. 2I.-Ihe funeral OF thr
Hon Thomas J1rWu will take place 40 Ist-
anon, Tuesday goth. 90 o'clock 9. m.
NEw f0EK, Dec. 2l.-rhe Times CORES
P1ud-uce SAYS th- Empress Charlotte or
rived % MERIDA, the rapItol of Iu.alau. ON
the Z5l, aud was greeted with au euJhus.-
astic reception. after being conveyed t1
the Cltnvtral- and Che offering ut che Is
Drum, she made speech t0 The people.
concluding With o. cheer ior the province 90
}uaaran. The Emperor who had r- 1aInsi
40 Mexico, was 90 have ie0 on t8s I'D Iu-t.
a French transport had arrived, bring
ilg 5I5 soldiers.
Ihl .mrer.alsts boast tha. the aitscE o.
the Liberals OBJ Alat4mo-as ta1 10 failure.
and that confusion and anarchy prevailed
among tl.m. Everything was quiet a1d
DO attack ..r some time bad been mast. 90
vessels going up aEd Town ,hc RIVER.