Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-26


South on the part Of portion of tho Congress
,n. sicnal RECOMMENDATION Committee the Orange ant
u Alexandria Railroad Company has rendered Il
lla Them the use Of special train from Washington
~ 10 Lynehbarg. Representative Kelly. in reply e
.i1 the President Of the road. thanks him for hi
] a p kinness and says the committee will AZ
carly day Cor the proposed tour Of observation.
tsf = The trial Of Semms, commander Of the Ala
aIi boiad. II l. understood will be commenced in
Us So very few days. The members to compose tn,
Court and the witnesses also. N the city; but
the present delay Is caused BY the preparation Of
the evidence.
Hon. Geo. H. Yeairnan. Of KY has bezn con-
frmed by the Senate. United States Minister 10
siai3' Denmark
lli General Sherman is expected in Washington
this week TO confer with General Grnnt on mill
iala tary matters ~ sfa
- Mrs. G. c. Clay Is nj Fortress Monroe on a
visit TO her husband.
= General X. c. Crawford has not gone TO Wash
ington rs reported. bu; Is incarccraied In Fort
jackson by order of General Sheridan His bag
''Fasa Fase and papers taken 10 headquarters.
Gen. Terry has issued order prohibiting
any civil officer, or any other person. from at
~ n tempting to apply the provisions of the vagrant
act recently passed BY the Legislature TO any col
ored person In the department of Virginia He
says the ultimate result of the status will be
duce the freedmea TO a condition Of servitude
worse than that from which they have been eman-
cipated. =.
= - A striking evidence of the decay into which
the agricultural interests of South Carolina have
fallen Is found IN the fact that imported rice is
used at Charleston. +.
. al 49, Governor Parsons. Of Alabama. vetoed the
bill regulating contracts with freedmen on the
ground that no special law needed Cor them
more than other parties making contracts. He
also vetoed the bill extending 10 freedmen tho
~ State criminal laws that applicable 10 free
persons Of col9r In old times- He considers these
laws impolitic and unjust as applied now to
freedmen.
He also vetoed the bin regulating the relations
Of master and apprentice as relates to the freed
men. because he deems the present laws ample for
the purpose without aiming at any particular
class The freedmen everywhere in Alabama are
making contracts for labor. Great trouble in that
respect continues in Louisiana.
= In Texas the two leading papers the Houston
1elegrosh and Galveston Nc,cs take opposite
views Of the prospects o. labor and agriculture In
that State. The former is hopeful and the latter
gloomy and dscouraging.
: letter received at Houston from Havana.
from Gen. Early, dated December e6th stated that
hewas on bis way to Mexico
~ The Matamoras Roachero charges that Bag
Z dad was captured by the United States colored
troops; that the United States army officers were
concerned In Il, that Gen weitzcl knew Of il.
and In conversation referring to it said the Next
~ taas would have TO prove Il on the United States
20 troops.
'tf = The Diocesan Council Of the Episcopal
Church Of Alabama passed resolutions acceding TO
and adopting the constitution and cony entions OF
% Che general convention Of the Episcopal Church
the United States.
"A joint resolution has passed. the Indiana
m Legislature requiring the Governor. or his subst
tute 70 enforce the thirteenth article Of the Con-
ftituton. prohibiting the immisrntion Of negroes
, into the State. and authorizing him 10 call upon
the militia for the purpose and holding him TO
fines. penalties and imprisonment IL he does not
enforce the law. Poor Ssmba fares but lily among
his pretended friends. elt
{ G According 10 the Augusta papers, n perfect
carnival Of crime has broken out In that city and
assaults. burrlariee and murders are Of daily and
nirhtly occurrence.
guad = Rents enormously high In Savannah, |
that many families removing TO the interior.
81 -General H. L. Bennine. Of the Confederate
lh Army Is prominently spoken Of as n candidate
before the Legislature for a seat on the Supreme
Beach Of Georgia
= Hon. Ben. Hill Joshua Hin A. II. stephens.
es l LII Gartrcl ex-Gov. james johnson, Col Kee.
and Col. Donrhcrty. are all prominently spoken
ofas candidates for the United States Senate from
' n Georgia
a The proposed amendment 10 the Louisville
50 City Charter has been defeated In the Kentucky
Legislature. Crime 20 be quite prevalent in
~ thst city. The .oursaf says: There seems TO be
elan Of burglars in the city that dc6es the utmost
f diligence Of the police. We hear Of houses be-
= ng entered and rohherics committed nightly by |
a,t the expert members Of this clan The trial Of
onc-amcd Berry Is still progressing.