The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-06
BY LIST NIGHTS NAIL.

BY LAST NIGHTS NAIL
WasHrsG1oy, Jan. 4-r. MI IL net eZ-
pect-d that there viii be anything Of i'm
p.rtascs done ID Congress mil next week
! Manvo Of the members wall not be IA thelr
J places until A5ut1v. Among those who
have returned iroll a Christmas visit 10
Z their friends, there IS g very marked ten
F. dauev 70 Couserva isin and q more gene q!
support Or Jthusou's policy u recCLstruc-
lion. At tue -breiLuing OF the session Of
congress there were only two Senators
known 20 De willing 'o give "a hearty sup
p 70 70 the EfesldeE now there aye more
ihan wv Dry who VIII sand y him and
slsia.u hls grug-lla.le. Ihs l-@ ia leits
ue c8deayetlug a s1u-ter.v L tle lu1G-lcs
co. the recent popular vote aEalusi negro
slILraE= % the bists4g.- Ne tl-ss nave
been ca. ed igr this purpose, 5ut they nave
b go complete failure la every lastanee.
lac IMPRESSION Is Dcginn us 60 FreNat THAI
ana active advocacy %. negro suffrage j. not
g strong recomfae1dEtioI 90 Executive .
Yor, and ONLY q few officials have ha1 he
manhood 20 DEFY the Executive di-Pleas ne.
Most prominent among these Is Postmaster
H9Een, vino also holds thr-e or iocr otler
Offices ut th- sane time. ASS consequence
il isstated the Washington post oliee Is on
the list for an early change.
il Is not probable iuaL the nomination
FIR Importer nj offices viii lee mad until Q
continuation OF tnc South mas been accom-
plished isr enough 10 warrant the President
IN selecting q TAR proportion of the ap-
pOintees from the Southern States, 80 thai
the Administration will represent all par s
ola reunited cOuutry.-L0risrjiie Courier.
NAsHNGToN, jan Alt appears that a
s,etemeat IN relation 20 Mr.. Romero, the
Mexican Minister, on the occasion of his
visit t. the Executive Mansion Of the lst OF
January, was incorrect. So far from the
diplomatic corps having neglected him, IS
was currently rcPortei,I 1T is now known that
be not only a-reeably ~ccnversed with the
ministers whose government have nos,
bus with several OF those whose govern
ments have, ecoguized Maximillan's GOV
eminent. Ihe Spanish republics, and il is
believed Russia, also, are included in the
form class.
The uetai S Of the court for the trial o.
Capt. Semmss has no vet been prepared
Ia the meantime, all persons present al auy
capture Of vessels BY him are requested L,
report the fact. with their names and adj
dress, 10 q. a. Bodies, Naval Judge Adv0,
cate General, Washington.
Senalo Trumbull, just previously TO the
h. ldays, gave notice OF his detention 10 in.
troiucg q bill which he has s ne divided
INTO w. ana " LlA EuDA4lN AnEEl To the oEAEIF
tomorrow. one of them is to eulsrgs IN,
power OF the Free5men's Bureau and tn,
ether is to protect all persons in the UDite-
States in their evil rights and furnish IN,
means of viudication.
The first provides that in insurTection
sry districts where, by the State law o.
en- stom, any Of the civil rights belonging Il
white persons are denied % negroes or mu
~laJtoes, and where they are subject TO di
iereut puRishmenJ thgn Is prescribed 10
whites, the officers and agents Of the Freed
mems Bareau shall, so oag as such discrim
iuation continues, nave the Jurisdiction o
all eases affecting such negroes or mulat
toes. il also provides for puni,hing by In.
or Imprisonment, through the courts Of th0
Freedmen's Bureau, any person who shal
subject a negro or mulattO, in c lnsequeuc
az his race or color, 70 any other or diff eu
punishment tlsu Is prescribed for q whit
person. or shall deny him any civil RICH
which belong 70 the white race; n Judicia
power exercised by the Freedmen : BureaI
10 ce6ss whenever the States where it is tx
3 ercised are ully restored, in all their Con-
stltutoual re atoms, tothe Union.
The other bills OF 4 permanent character
Gud applicable 10 all parts Of the Unite
S Hates. IL relstes that ibe inhabitants, Q
any race or color, without regard to fo.me
slave Y, shall have the right 10 make an
enforce ~cOusTa-t7, sue and give evidence, IL
herit. purchase, lease, sell, hold, anu con
vey real and personal property, 10 the fu.
{ and equal benefit Of 81 laws and proceed
, ings for the security Of person and propersJ
shall be subject to q like punuishmen
pans aud penalties, and none other, Az
law, statute, regulation, or custom to ID
. contrary Notwithstanding. Other Prov.
ions Of the bill make it = criminal ohsus
g. | for arw Far-rn fr.Tar ..Nnr of tho ia " q
r custom to deprive smother Of his equal su
D civil rights.
It gives the Uuited States courts e~xclusiv
Jurisdiction Of the cases Of persons thus DIS
= Crlmiualed a~gaiu5s, and of all uiteuse5 CON
% mitled against the provisions Of he act, IN
+ makes % the duty Of the Judicial autAoritie
Of the United States, aided Unnecessary, b
the military iosces, TO execute the Law, an
? provide all the machinery tor making ia
BIN edertiy e. Nearly eli the provisions ,
tueoid fugitive slave act are Incorporated j
l this bill, and the statute originally devise
D a. keep men ia slavery Is now reserved 2
I secure their freedom. The same peualtie
p once imposed for aiding men TO escape G
the r freedom, are now imposed for irwin
% Keep Them H. slavery.
NEW AOEE, jan Al nder Government
= regulations there were sent 10 the yariOu
VI Southern States nom this city, during tn
month f December, 300 guls and pisto
{ over $4,000 pounds uf porting powder, sa2
600 pounds I shot, and l3, 600, 000 percus-Io
caps.
4 letter from Mexico. dated Decembs
2fth, -ayE- IL was officially stated 81 "a,
d days ago By the Minister OF Foreign Affair
e That $4,000 soldiers were expected 40 Yer
5 Cruz, bat that DoE only 10000 would com
J. because of the necessary ]sJrlugoEcy OF ia
e French Treasury.
# letter from Richmond gives ala acrouu
OF the celebration 10y Jh- freedmen OF Ne.
Year day a- tho anniversary OF emancipa
. zion. Ihe principal ceremonies on the o,
casioa we've conducted in the Africa
, Church, auU we G participated Ia by abol
+ forty thousand persons, and included n
Z lfgl1us and musical exercises, aua an ad
, dress by q colored orator from Boston
Similar celebrations were held bv the ut
b grses Of other Virginia towns. and all NJ
3 said 20 have been orderly and of q credit
D able character.
Ala-ter fom Tallahassee saws: Through
Y out Florida an Increased C ntdeucs iu N
n feasibility OF free black labor IS notice
every where In the iucrea,ed price OF cotto
lands and in the tone Of popular seutimeu
There ,also @ growing feeling OF friend,hi
: toward Northern cnngrants, and man
plantations have been rented on iayUrub.
terms Go army officers and otherz.
II A resolution has been adopted by II
+ Flor ia Legislature ssEing executive Glen
b. eucv for John Il. Lee, who has 81 brother ]
4 the Assembly.
e L-E,vENwoErH, Jan. 4..-Thc scouts sent
=. pursuit of the men VINO ROBBED Paynast,
= Els' safe of so 900 the other day, owe.
= took them in Platte county, Missouri. A
II the money cNcep: 5000 was rlcovcre,
4 The thieves, when overtaken. took 10 u
Il brush, and escaped.