Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-23
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.

ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.
some xix weeks ago Gen. Howard recommen-
dsd TO the President that where practicable some
officer Ia each Of the Southern States be desipna-
ted as Department Commander and Commission
Of the Freedmen Bureau. in order to bring
about more harmony of action between the mill
tary and the agents Of the Bureau. The sugges-
ton was adopted at once with respect to Mis-
sissppi and orders have just been i-sued for car
rying it into effect in Alabama and Georgia and
both the Carolinas Gen. Swayne will probably
remain ia Alabama, Gen. Dilson in Georgia and
Gen. Strong in South Carolina. Whether Gen.
Rugcr viii remain in North Carolina IL not
known.
The War Department has detailed officers to
visit the States Of North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia. 10 investigate certain reports rela-
tive to speculation in old iron belonging to the
Government, and to make arrangements for dis
posing of the same
Fifty clerks were discharged from the Treas
ury Department on Saturday for incompetency
and "a lack Of employment.
The report Of the Senate Military Commit
tee shows that the publication Of the official his
tory Of the rebellion, under a law passed last
year. as contemplated by the War Department
or sixty volumes. Their examination Of the doc
umcnts furnished the printer revealed the fact
that however well our officers fought, some Of
them were sadly deficient in the rules Of grammar
and photography II is thought best, therefore, to
collect, revise and condense the matter before GO
ing on with the publication Of the work
Washington dispatches to the Radical press
say that fifty clerks were dismissed from the
Treasury Department to-day, ostensibly on the
plea Of incompentency, but really because they
were opposed to my policy" In this connection
il can also be stated that three appointments to
clerkships in the Treasury were made during the
week on the recommendation Of Senator Guthrie,
Of Kentucky.
- One hundred and ninety-six patents will be
issued by the Commissioner Of Patents, for the
week ending the 18th inst.
- Among the evils that have come TO light in
connection with the Freedmens Bureau, is the
persistent system Of overcharging for food and the
other necessaries Of life INDUCED in by many per-
sons working plantations. The freedmen paid
fifty cents per task of a quarter Of an acre. They
are then charged three dollars per bushel 70: corn
that costs the planter one dollar and thirty cents.
The weekly statement Of United States Urea
suror Spinner shows that the available funds in
Treasury amount TO upwards Of Sl04,OODOOO. This
sum, added to that in the various sub-treasuries
and national repositories will swell the total
amount Of available cash on hand to more than
$l75.OOOOOO.
No deaths or admissions occurred At the New
York cholera quarantine on Friday.
Two cases of spotted fever have been report
ed in Champaign City, Ills.
Major James +. Milgan, the well know CHIEF
Of the signal corps Of Gen. Lees army Of North
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ia the Imperial army of Austria. by the Emperor
Francis Joseph. We congratulate the Major, who,
we understand, is now connected with the pres:
Of Norfolk. The virtues Of Major Mnigns sys-
TEN Of signals are known only TO himself. and are
said to be the most perfect in the world. Norfolk
can hardly afford to lose a man Of so much quiet
energy and enterprise. In these regards he stands
second only to Gen Malone.
The dry-goods commission merchants Of Phil
adelphia have generally agreed to close then
stores daily at four P NJ and on Saturday at three
Pm, from the 10th instant till September /.
At the University Of Notre Dame, near South
Bend, Ind, an imposing religious ceremony will
take place on the 3lst. At least twelve bishops
and among them Archbishops Spaulding and Pur
cell have accepted the invitation TO be present
and take part in the ceremonies Of blessing and
erecting upon the dome Of the University Of No
tire Dane n colossal statue Of the Virgin Mary.
At the recent convention Of the President.
and Superintendcnts of the railroad and steam
boat lines between Baltimore and New Orleans
held at Richmond, it was resolved that through
tickets be issued from New Orleans and various
points South to New York and other Northern
cities at the prices charged for similar tickets via
East and West Tennessee routes.
"A very important question is TO be decided by
the votes of the people Of West Virginia on to-
day. II is a proposition 10 amend the Constitu-
ton Of the State rs to forever dSfranchise oil
its citizen, who voluntarily gave aid and comfort
10 tho rebellion.
Orders have been issued for the consolidation
Of the States Of North Carolina and South Caro-
lima under one commander. and FOR the cousolda-
ton of Georgia and Alabama under another
A large number Of Mormon immigrants are
expected TO arrive at New York early in the
summer. About one thousand to come from
Norway and Sweden, and probably seventeen hun
dred from England. Others will arrive from va.
rious parts Of the continent. In all. about tire,
thousand Mormons from Europe are now pre-
pairing TO emigrate to Utah. TO cast in their lot fo
life with the disciples Of Brigham Young
u convention, which all wool dealers ant
wool buyers throughout Ohio are invited to at
tend. will be held at Cleveland on Wednesday
May y. This convention is called in consequence
Of the practice Of puttngu wool in bad order
and unmerchantable condition, which has be-
come so prevalent throughout the State Meas
ures will be adopted by the convention that shall
tend to improve the condition Of Ohio wool, and
20 encourage such growers as put up their wool
in good condition.
A large meeting Of the citizens Of Carroll
county. Maryland was held at Westminster on
Saturday for the purpose Of indorsing the policy
Of President johnson. Speeches were made by
Montgomery Blair, Senator Hendricks. Of Indi
ana, General Rousseau, and others. in favor OF
the Presidents plan Of reconstruction.
They have had Fcnian scare at st. George
Bermuda. A French war vessel had been mis-.
taken for the advance ship of Fcnian feet
causing great alarm among the citizens, soldier,
and marines. A council Of war was held, and il
was determined TO strengthen the Notifications
aud use every available means TO rcpcl the autici
pated invasion.
The liquor dealers in New York city are or
Eaniring to oppose the Sunday liquor law. They
have arranged for an ant-excisc demonstration
to come of at Union Square on the 4th of June.
Another Ncwland Evans case Is reported in
Jasper county, Ohio where farmer shot, on
Friday last the scducer Of his daughter.
Mr.. John NJ. Way. the Bostonian, who was
visited by his loyal ncighbors. about the time OF
the surrender of Richmond. and compelled to
raise a flag and make patriotic speech. has re-
covered 500 damages for the ndgniues of that
occasion. lie sued for S2Oooo.
The street ear drivers Of Louisville struck fol
higher wages at o'clock Saturday afternoon
They have been receiving 81 - a day. and de,
manded s. 25 Their demand was refused, and
under apprehonsions Of violence on the part O
the strikers, the cars were started under the pro
lection Of the police. The vacancies filled
ON Sunday. and the usual number of cars wcr,
running.
The little boys and girls Of Richmond ar,
raising subscription for n monument for JOSEPH
Davis young Of Jefferson Davis, who vs.
fatally injured by fall from his fathers piazza.
The Legislature of Georgia, at its late ses
sion appropriated $9OO to the purchase of corr
for tho INDECENT and suffering poor Of that State
The agent appointed by the Governor to max,
this purchase, is now IN route 10 81. Louis whcr,
hewill doubtless accomplish the object Of his mis-
sion.
The destruction Of the Chickamaugn bridges
on the railroad between Chattanooga and Dalton
by the late freshct has made it necessary TO sem
mails and passengers for the South by the roun'
about way of Cleveland. Tennessee. This incon
yenicnce will be overcome in few days.
- The military and civil authorities of Louis
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