Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-20
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE DISPATCHES OF The ASSOCIATED PRESS
NOON DISPATCHES.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Government Losses by cotton SpecuIa-
tors ut Memphis.

Government Losses by cotton SpecuIa-
tors ut Memphis.
| WASHINGTON. May f9-It is understood the
| Government will lose heavily by the operations
of cotton Spectators 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 purchase
of cotton The cotton was sent North for SALE and
| before the Government realized anything at all
from the cotton the assignees failed, and the Gov
ernment lost the whole amount, principal as well
| as prospective profit. Considerable interest is
| manifested TO ascertain by whose direction the
| Government funds were invested in the transac
| ton.
Favorable Report of the Freedmen.
Reports received by Gen. Howard from all
| parts of the South represent that notwithstand-
! ing the main impediments in the road Of the
| freedmen, they getting along well, and are
conducting themselves in a manner to meet the
approval of even their bitterest eneIHies.
Cotton MOnOpOIy-IO Per Cent. Tax.
The Committee on Ways and Means having
broken up the monopoly in the cotton business,
proposes to impose tax of at least ten per cent
on this traffic.
Frauds TO be Investigated.
into the frauds alleged to nave been practieed in
the Kentucky lotteries, have sent an agent to
New York to make thorough Investigation of
| them.
One Hundred French MidsI,ipmen at
Annapolis.
The French ship Joan of Arc is now at Annap-
oils, with one hundred midshipmen. who are
there to witness the annual examination of our
| naval cadets.
Nominations and Combinations.
The nominations sent in to-day to the Senate
for confirmation. go to show the Presidents de-
termination to appoint to Office men who served
with distinction in the field. Among the comma
tions were Gen. VIM. II. Mccartney, as Collector
Of Internal Revenue fer the Third District of Mas
sachusetts; Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus was nomina-
ted as Consul to Lyons. France; Mr.. S. MeCand-
less nominated as Collector of Internal Rev
enue fol the I'D district of Pennsylvania 1t will
| be reeollected that Elk Governor VIM. F. johnson
was nominated for this position and rejected by
! the Senate. Brigadier General Sol. Meredith has
been nominated as Assessor for the Fifth District
of Indiana. The President to-day made appoint
ments to fill the Board of Visitors to West Point
! Their names will be published in a few days.
Episcopal Convention at AIexan dria.
Virginia.
The Episcopal Convention was in session at
Alexandria, Virginia, yesterday, and by large
vote decided to return TO the Episcopal organiza-
! ton Of the United States.
! Clerks i'm the POstOflice Department.
Out of one hundred and sixty clerks in the Post
Office Department there are forty Union soldiers
! and no rebels. Since the passage of the Con-
gressonal resolutions upon the subject Governor
Dennison has appointed none but those who have
served in the Union army.
Receipts of Customs.
| The receipts from customs from the four prin-
cipol ports of the United States for the week end
ing on the 18th inst, were as follows New York,
| $2,49 455,6OO; Philadelphia, $l9.72i,339; Balt-
more. $:S4S,697 Boston. $47. 1896
Nr. Davis not Implicated in the AssHs-
sinatiOn Conspiracy.
| 1t is reported upon good authority, says the
News special that the Judiciary Committee have
| come to the conclusion that the evidence produc-
| ed before them does not warrant the charge that
Mr. Davis is guilty of conspiracy, in the assassi-
nation Of Mr.. Lincoln.
Freedmen's Bureau In North Carolina.
1t is proper to state on undoubted authority,
| that Ftz of North Carolina nOtorety. was re-
moved from the Freedmen's Bureau some two or
three weeks SINCE and is no longer in the service
This action was the result of court of investi-
| CATION which was sitting at the time Generals
! Stedman and Fullerton were in North Carolina