The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-27

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Nav loEx, Jan. s5.-The Herald. .,..i,l
says The sttonpt % reduce tAs clerical
force az tho Treasury Department 4, no,
J promising. At the Second Auditof's oH,s
there ara 100000 claims q deceased soldier.
: awaiting settlement The number B, si
aiaishins rapidly, IS iast uioaih i've hum
dred more cases we're settled lhaa thsr,
we're oroughiin. In the Third Auditor.
oliiee all sccoaBls OF Qusrtcrmastsrs will
'aks ten years 9, settle. Ia hct. the Quar-
termas'er'a aocaaut, Of the Mox9eau MAJ
bad iust been closed when the -sbsfi.oa 81
gan, ana ia The Fourth Auditor's ofEca tbs
growth Of the nouey-orlcr sv.t,m and .,,
spread Of postal accommodation aai NJ d.,
southern States is more likely 60 lead 10 at
iuercase than diniinutlou oi clerks.
The Worlds Wsshiag.on special ssys ths
President has appointed Captain Nishols,
smith, Of Kansas. Minister resident q,
Greece to reside a. Athers. rhh Is On,
arst sPPointneat Of Minister o. that
country.
I The fr'bunc's special says Ex-Goveruo-
Parsons and Gen. Houston. SENATOR ,l.,t
Of the State OF Alabama. are r,po-.ed s1
route for Washingtou. sud val rrabuh-,
arrive to-day. Thoy oome 'or the purpo.o
Of taking iheis seas ia The ssuai,.
The Heralds special says. Msio- Gsner.
ais sherman, sheridan, Thomas ami Meade
are ts assemble "a Wash.ngioa lur,Br uext
seek, for consultation With q Glvsrusnsst of.
deals concerniug the military stuaGsu %
their respective Department.
report was IA cincaist.oa two ucsks
ago usat the President ecald speedily issue
q proclamation iscliriag the rebslHeu al
an end, and civil law restored throughout
the late insurrochonary States. His delay
in 50 doing s now attributed to- the noa
arrival Of expected Official eorrespondsuce
froa Progisisnai Governor HamHtou, ~
Tezss.
The case Of Mrs. Cobb srainst TX Gen.
Baker Is still absorbing cousiderablo attsa.
tion. The piainud dcpesod that she stated /
70 Mr. Howell, frem whom she procured q |
pardon. that money would accomplish n. /
most anything. and thst the ,a.d Howell /
gave her a petition signed BY Gea. Hsurh.
whose hie be had saycl during che rsr.
No testimony OF unusual .ulsrest was
elected on the trial to-day.
The Worlds waahine,on special say. /
10 IS now known that the Wsys and NIoans
Committee have indefinitely postponed Sec
rotary AicCulioch's Financial bin. after
striking out she foreign loan elause. Iti.I
probable that the chDirmn. NJ. Mauu.
viii Introduce an entire new bin when
the subject Is broachcd IN this committee
again.
Nav HoHE, Jan. 2g.-Tho diatIlery Of & [
B. Long Bros. in 55th strest. between loth /
and llth avenues, was destroyed by Gre /
early Yesterday morning. euialiug loss 90 /
he stock and bsiiding, of s5a,se0, half u |
which Is covered by insurance. Heury !
'ierler, the engineer. was badly burned.
A retura was yesterday made by General
Hope TO the writ Of habcss corpus .ssue,i
ia the ease Of Charles u. CoIss. charged /
sith being Que OF the Lake Erie rebel p.
rates. This return scts forth the fact that
he prisoner was not under control or Cen.
Hooker, but in charge Of Colonel Burke. |
AZ Fort Lafayette. Aaersom 1
argument IN the case by counsel, it W.. /
postponed until saturday, the "a Of rsbru- 1
ary, in order 10 give counsel ga opportunity
10 traverse the return
Tho one hundred aBl seventh snnivsr.
sary Of The hirth Of Robert Burns. was ceis.
bratsd last night at tho lt.uor Hotel, By the |
Hnrns Club Of Ncv York. Mr. Jas. Nichol- /
son PRECEDING. After dinner an address on
the genius Of Burns vas inside by Hosea b. I
Perkins. A number Of toast. usss rs,panded
20 by other gentlemen
The Grst Of q series OF meetings 20 -sls-
braie the Centenary Of Methoiism iu Ana.
erica, was held last evening 10 Sc. PauIs
Ms,hodist Episcopal Church. 4ih Aveuus.
Hon. Jas. Harlan, Secretary Of the Interior.
presided, snd shops Simpson, Jones, ana
Rev. De-. Clnt0ck, delivered eloquent ad-
dresses,
EEw YoEr. Jan. 2s.--Auivs8 from Eu
rope. the steamers Gsrmsaia, Ksugalo1 sad
Caledonia.
Mr.. james Brennan, lais 0'Mahouy'i
General Organizer. has asgeP,ei o ,omnlis-
sion from the Feuiau Senate as CeHtrul Or
ganizsr. 10 his letter Of acceptauce be
speaks very bitterly OF O'Mahony and Of
his late convention. Everything is .isn.G-
eaDily quie, g. u'Mshouy's hoadquartsrs IN
Union square. 10 is stated. upon good a1-
thoriiy, that stsr,l.ng deyeloPments viii
soou Be made. which s.u demoastiate that
the O'Mahony faction i- now stronger than
The organization has ever been. sud thas .t
10 devoted % earnest work.
A naE counterfeit has made iis appear
ancs Ia this eity-29's ou ibe.First Na.ioaal
Bans OF indianapolis. The slkras.ug "a
very poar aad the paper bad aud darker
coiored thau the genuine. The picture sa
the back Of the bspiism OF Forahoutal is
pale and poorly i~dued The o,u 8 a
very fair imitation oi the .eau.ns.
Nrw YosE. Jan. sd-The protracie.i en-
counter between the $50 recognized champ
ioas q the tourney has been decided % ia
v.r Of Cant Mqrkeurfe. Who rueea-dr4 IN
dsfssting 81 tho third game his veteran op-
Poaout. last evening. The anal state Of tte
score vas Mckenzie 3, stanley a drawn
games, ?.