Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-19


t1,.u-. - h.on hold. Tho meeting was fully at
tended. The District negro suffrage bill. which
,.s the nr;neipal matter under consideration. al
- ,or.;aerabie debate, was finally tabled with
~. understanding that Il be recommitted to the
COMMITTEES for modification. Mr.. Stevens, chair
man Of the committee Of nine appointed at the
caucus held last Tuesday night. to report bust
ness for the sction Of the caucus, reported sub
sansially as follows That It is the opinion Of the
caucus that resolution be speedily passed
.menaine The constitution 80 as 10 base rcprcsen-
,f;on mon the sctual number Of voters, and not
a., ,.o,.las;on. Tn. resolution was adopted al
most unanimously. The second resolution. which
was aaopted by a vote .of IS yeas 10 30 nays. re-
solves that Il i expedient to amend the eonsti-
tuition as to impose duty on exports.
The President has stated that nc will grant
m mere Southern pardons at present.
Senator Sherman. Of Ohio has placed himself
sauarely and unequivccaiiy on the side Of the
Administration.
1t l. generally believed in WASHINGTON that
General Stedman viii be Secretary OF War; V'ee
Stanton resigned.
-e,eneraI Howard. of the Frecdmcn's Bureau.
has ordered that negro children shall DC taught
in the public SCHOOLS Of Maryland the same as
white children. -
-Maximilian has ordered taat seventeen Libe-
raj soldiers shall be shot. General Weitzel has
sent a vigorous protest against this barbarism.
--f;eneral sherman has written private letter
TO A prominent gentleman nov in thir city. IN
which he takes strong grounds against any inter
ference In the Mexican imbrogiio.
Its thought that the late frc at the Govern
mcnt Arsenal in.columbus. Mississippi was inc
work Of inccneizries. 20 cover up the theit OF
Government cotton store there.
: Edward b. Kctchum. who was lately convict
cd Of forgery and sentenced 10 serve term Oh iour
years and six months In Sing Sing has been placed
in the shoe-shop ofthe prison.
= Tho 7riJsne's Richmond special says inc ease
Of the Commonwealth against IL. X Pollard Tor
the attempted murder Of G. p. Brooks, n cores
pendent Of the New York Times. was called yes
tcriay noon. at the Mayors Court, and postponed
until to-day the Witnesses in Poiiards behalf not
having been subpoenaed.
: In reference TO the letter Of Pollard IN yester
dsy mornings Ckronicle. calling attention TO the
Richmond Republicans version Of the atray as
the correct one II Is but just to say that u was
written by Walker. Of thai paper. personal
friend Of Pollard who. on leaving the hotel on the
day In question. Immediately entered the once OF
the RepaJlic. The pending trial will confirm the
correctness osth special dispatches.
= The demand Of the American railroads for
steel rails. tics axles, and crossings. and other
similar materials. il increasing rapidly. and steel
for this purpose is now considered necessity by
our FIRST engineer The steel. II is found, wears
twenty times as long as the iron rail. while the
ties and axlcs far exceed iron in strength and dn-
rability and most important Of all.in safety. The
Pennsylvania Railroad has contracted for four
thousand tuns Of steel rails. and the Philadelphia.
Wilmington A Baltimore Railroad for ten thou
sand tuns. The prime cost Of steel rail Is about
60 per ccat. above the cost Of iron rail. IL a the
purpose Of the companies mentioned TO sub4pte
steel rails for the iron nowiin use ON the#c-
tons Of their respective roads requiring repair.
They have determined never TO relay their roads
with iron rails.
The forty ninth annual meeting of the Amer
lean Colonization Society was held at Washing
ton on the 10th. II was not as largely attend
ed as the meetings have been for several years
past, bat none Of TIE time-honored leaders were
in attendance The number Of emigrants 10 Libe-
ria during the past twelve months Is 5Z7. exceed
ing the emirrants Of any year since 1856. One
hundred and twenty two emgrants, sent by the
Wall expedition from Baltimore. who were Of the
class known as freedmen. and who were from and
near Lynchburg. Va. have arrived safely in Libe-
ria. The prospects for the future are that the
Society viii soon have more than ever 10 do. rs
intelligent freedmen are continually asking qucs-
tions relative 10 their transfer 70 Liberia
Though the African Republic during the past
four years. have been deprived Of much Of the
ana immunity furnirh-a from this country. II has
been making steady progress In material interests
In usefulness and influence.
The auction sale Of denominations at the
Dead Letter Office. which has been for some two
weeks or more. In progress he's come to close.
More than six thousand packages were Sold the
prices nj which they were knocked down ranging
from one cent up. IN some cases. perhaps, 10 fifty
dollars, averaging possibly dollar each. The
most of the packages consisted Of the meancst
stuff In the form Of jcwelry. Several hundred
poor watches were sold. and some few gold ones.
All sorts Of clothing. from military boot TO aacc
collar. good. bad and indifferent, new and old.
made and unmade, for men. women. children and
babies. and every conceivable memento that
mothers, sisters aud sweethearts could pack into
the mail bag for friends in the army.nS repre-
scented in the collection.
Tho Department OF Patent Medicines was cs
peciaily full. comprising in all two hundred and
thirty-fve packages. aud embracing specimen Of
more or less value Of almost everything in that
interesting line of business. Pills, powders. reju
venaiors. invigorators and balsam; Tennessee
shrub for the hair lily white, hair dye and the
tidote for tobacco yillainous mess. enough to
destroy a town or kill an army.
1t has been asoertaincd by the recent census
of Alexandria. Virginia. that one-fourth Of the
colored peeplc Of that city can read and write.