Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-13
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE DISPATCHES OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NOON DISPATCHES.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Cabinet Meeting.


WASHINGTON May I2.-The Cabinet meeting to-
day was an unusually short one. All the mem
bcrs were present excepting Attorney General
Speed. But little business could have been trans
acted.
The Committee ON Ways and Means.
The Committee on Ways and Means arc doing
nothing yet on the new tariff laws. preferring
to wait until some final action has been taken
upon the Revenue Tax law.
Liabilities of the Merchants National
Bank.
The following is a statement showing the in
| debtedness of the Merchants National Bank of
! this city TO the Government, az taken from the
! books Of the bank Deposited to the credit of the
| Treasurer Of the United States, $4s 567; paymas-
tiers, SlI, 49, other disbursng officers and agents
| so, go total $7633l2 Of this amount S369, 1874
| was deposited between the Goth of April and Sd
| Of May, the date Of the failure Of the bank
| Among che depOsitOrs of the bank were H. A.
| Risley, Supervising Special Agent of the Trea-
sury, who had on deposit $24,542, Elijah Sells,
Superintendent Of Indian Affairs, nearly 81, 600
and Thomas j. Hobbs, Discussing Clerk of the
Treasury Department, upwards of $4,000 The
officers Of the Government think that if they real
ize $4,000 exclusive of the security for the Ma
tiOnal deposits, they will be extremely fortunate
1t is also estimated that Bayne & Co., of Balti-
more, are indebted to the bank nearly 800, 900.
Investigation Of the Blaine Frauds.
The Blaine-COnkling Investigating Committee
is progressing slowly. Interested politicians and
and others are said to be here from New York
city, and TO be using all the persuasion and per-
sOnal influence possible, to deter and choke off
any investigation that would expose the official
frauds that were perpetrated.
Gen. Mann Confirmed as Collector.
The Senate confirmed General Mann as Collec-
tor Of the Internal Revenue for the first district
of Illinois, vice S. Schneider, removed.
Restriction 10 be Placed on the Presi-
dents Power.
An attempt will be made in the Senate to pass
Senator Henderson's bill restricting the Presi-
dents power Of removing persons from Office
withou cause.
Veto of the Colorado Bill.
The veto of the Colorado bill was presented to
a special Cabinet meeting or Monday and then
transmitted to the Senate
Col. SpauIding and the Merchants Ma
tiOnaI Bank.
In the case Of the Merchants National Bank
had 1t not been for the conduct of Col Paudng,
in disObedience of orders in attempting to prop
up the concern because both of his Secretaries
were Directors in the bank, no loss would have
been sustained by the Government. A Court Of
Inquiry still taking testimony in his case and
will probably report next week.
Custom House Frauds TO be InVesti-
gated.
The House Committee on Public Expenditures
met to-day and laid plan for the investigation
Of alleged fraudulent practices in the Boston and
New York Custom Houses, which they will pros
ecute vigorously.
Gen. Fisk i'm Memphis-He viii see all
Damages Repaired.
General Howard yesterday received the follow
ing dispatch from General C. B. Fisk, the head of
the Freedmen's Bureau in Tennessee:
MEMPHIS, Wednesday, May 9, 1S66-Tbe school
houses will be rebuilt, and the schools all opened
IN ten days. shall remain here until the waste
places are restored. CLINTON b. FISK,
Brevet Major General.
Prominent Rebels to be made IneIigf-
BILE to Office.
The indications are unmstakable that the joint
resolution which passed the House yesterday.
will be modified in the Senate by striking out the
third section entirely, or substituting for it a
provision declaring certain classes of prominent
rebels forever ineligible to Office under the Ma
tional Government.
New Five Cent Coinage.
The President has appointed Colonel Walter b.
Scales Collector of Customs for Chicago, to get up
the five cent piece which is soon to be issued. 1t
will cost about $500. 600 There will be- when the
coinage is completed. $3,5OOOOO in this money in
circulation, that being the amount of postal cur
rency in five cent pieces that the new coin is in
tended to supercede,
Report of Freedmen's bureau Commits
siOnerS.
Generals Stedman and Fullerton. Commissioners
appointed to investigate the workings of the
Freedmens Bureau throughout the Southern
States, have made a report of their observations
in Virginia and North Carolina. They sustain
the charges which have been freely made against
the agents Of being interested in spcculations etc.
and recommend the removal of the present Off