The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-20
By Telegraph
Afternoon Disptches.
Government Losses by Cotton
Spectators.
Nomination and Combinations.
JEFF. Davis not Implicated in the
Assassination Conspiracy.
The FenianS.
Nomination and Confirmation
The FenianS.
Tornado In Mississippi.

Tornado In Mississippi.
NEW YORK, May 19.-The morning papers
have the following special dispatches from
Washington:
II is understood the Government will lose
heavily by the operations of cotton specu-
lators at Memphis, Tennessee, last summer.
Four million dollars in Government funds
were placed in the hands of man named
Carleton, which were used up in the pur-
chase Of cotton. The cotton was sent North
for sale, and before the Government realized
anything at all from the speculation the
consignees failed, and the Government lost
the whole amount, principal as well as pro-
spectiVe profit. Considerable interest is
manifested to ascertain by whose direction
the Government funds were invested in the
transaction.
Reports received by Gen. Howard from all
parts of the South represent that notwith-
standing the many impediments in the road
of the freedmen, they are getting along
WE'LL and are conducting themselves in a
manner to meet the approval of even their
bitterest enemies.
The Committee on Ways and Means hav-
ing broken up the monopoly in the cotton
business, proposes to impose tax Of at least
ten per cent. on TINS traInc.
The Treasury Department, in order to
examine into the frauds alleged to have
been practiced in the Kentucky lotteries,
have sent an agent to New York to make
Thorough investigation of them.
she French ship Jean Arc is now at An
napOlis with one hundred midshipmen,
who are there to witness the annual ex-
animation of our naval cadets.
The nominations sent in to-day to the |
Senate for confirmation, says the Times
special, go to show the Presidents deter !
mination to appoint to office men who |
served with distinction in the field. Among |
the nominations were General William II. |
Mccartney, as Collector of Internal ReVe- |
nues for the Third District of Massachu- |
sets next General Peter J. Osterhaus was |
nominated as Consul TO Lyons, France /; |
Mr.. S. McCandiess was nominated as Col |
lectOr of Internal Revenues for the Twenty |
third District of Pennsylvania. 1t will be |
recOllected that Ex-Governor William +. |
Johnson was nominated for this position |
and rejected by the Senate. Brigadier Gen |
eral Sol Meredith has been nominated for |
Assessor Of the Fifth District of Indiana. |
The President to-day made appointments |
to fill the Board of Visitors to West Point. |
Their names will be published in few |
days.
The Episcopal Convention, in session at |
Alexandria, Va, yesterday, by large vote |
decided to return to the Episcopal Organi- |
cation Of the United States.
Out of 100 clerks in the Postofice De-
partment, there are 40 Union soldiers and
no rebels. Since the passage of the Con
gressiOnal resolutions upon the subject, Gov
Dennson has appointed none but those who
have served in the Union army.
The receipts from customs from the four
principal ports of the United States for the
week ending the 18th inst, were as follows:
New York, S2,49,455, 800; Philadelphia, |
$l9,724.339; Baltimore, $9,S4S, 697; Boston,
$47, 1906.
1t is reported upon good authority, says
the News special, that the Judiciary Com |
mittee have come to the conclusion that the
evidence produced before them does not
warrant the charge that JEFF Davis is gull.
ty of completely in the assassination OF Mr.. |
Lincoln.
1t lis proper to state on undoubted authOri-
ty, that Fitz of North Carolina notoriety,
was removed from the Freedmen's Bureau
some two or three weeks since, and is no
longer in the service. This action was the
result of a court of investigation which was
sitting at the time Gems. Stedman and Full |
lertOn were in South Carolina.
NEW YORK, May l9.-By Mr.. Stephens !
country sent to Ireland 2S,Ol4 pounds. The |
Union Square Palace has been handed over |
to the Manhattan company for disposal. |
The company met at q conference of the |
Long Island Centre in Brooklyn last |
evening. Addresses were delivered at Tam |
many Hall by Stephens of Ireland, and |
three other speakers. Gen. Sweeney pub |
fishes some interesting extracts from the |
Dublin National, IN which the opinion of |
the Irish people is represented by the Ma
tional is shown to be decidedly in favor Of |
his war policy over that Of the O'MahOnY |
party.
The German beer brewers met again yes
terday to complete their organization, and /
TO oppose the enforcement of the Sunday |
clause Of the excise law. The German beer /
retailers and inn keepers also held meet /
ing in reference to the law. A committee /
was appointed to bring it constitutionally /
before the courts for adjudication.
The societies are making preparations for |
an anti-excise denomination, which, it is /
intended, shall come off about the 4th Of |
June, on Union Square.
The New York liquor dealers society was /
in council last night, there being about hf /
teen hundred members in attendance. A /
large amount OF routine business was tran
sacted, and legal advice was given to the |
members of the association.
DIR. Bassil, the deputy health officer, re- |
ports that no deaths or admissions occurred /
on the cholera ship at lower quarantine yes
terdBy.
At the meeting of the Commissioners Of |
Charities and Correction Yesterday, Com !
missioner Bell resigned the Office Of Chair |
man Of the Board, and Commissioner Brown !
was elected President for the ensuing year. |
The number Of inmates at present is Z $40, |
rv, e
return.
The master ship builders held a meeting |
yesterday, at which they declared their firm |
resolution to resist the demand of the oper-
atives for the eight hour system, and con-
tradlcted reports that two Of their body had |
agreed to work according to that principle. |
The wOrkmen also met IN their respective !
committee rooms and pledged themselves |
not to give IN until they were successful. |
on both sides the cry still is, no surrender. |
We have Vera Cruz advices to May Sth. |
The notorious guerrilla Qusntrel had ar
rived in Vera Cruz and proceeded to the |
City Of Mexico. On the oath Of April one I
thousand Of the Foreign Legion had ar
rived from Toulon. It is reported that 5000 |
French troops are to leave during the pre- |
sent month, The John L. STEPHENS, the |
American steamer which was seized some |
time ago by the Liberals, was found to con.
tain cOntrabands of war destined for the /
Imperialists. She had sailed from San |
Francisco The gold miners have been IN |
expectediy successful in the Mitaltlanxa |
country. The same repora continue of de- |
sultory and undecisive fighting, and forced |
loans and heavy taxes.
From British Guyana we have files dated !
at Demarra on the 10Th Of April. -Four |
hundred and seventy coolies had been I
lsnded from the Calcutta; they were classed, !
2s7 men, Sc women, IL boys, IA girls and /
81 infants. Nine deaths and one birth oc- |
CURED during the voyage of seventy-seven |
days. The Common Council Of Elizabeth, |
New Jersey, have paid their respects to /
Con. Santa Anna, and rendered 10 him the 4
Inequalities of that city. Next week the /
General Will remove to a central part Of the |
city.
CIxcISSLrI, May I9.-The Gazelte's Mem |
phis correspondent says: A terrible tor
nado and hail storm visited CLARK county, |
Mississippi, last week, uprooting trees, lev
cling houses and barns, and entirely de-
stroying crops.
Twenty-slx soldiers Of the regular army /
have been committed t. the Ohio Psniten- J