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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17

.ast:Mr. John Cbamberin,. whilst engaged in re-
pairing the roof of a house 10 Winchester, last
week, fell to the ground, and was killed. "a -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17

Our INDIAN SUMMERis over and ao;g, we
presnme-for this season It, rar4fssscaaes to
us later than the middle cf Noy eursber. = The
few days Of it experieceed1a shorc time ago,
we're very pleaseot but, indesa, this whole
Fall-with the exception Of tie rainy week.
has aeen a, delighfu one-7fur which We
should be thankful to the; Giver of all Good |!
And yet! Indian Summer,Sbr some i1huence,
never fails to- 'inge the feelings especially Of
the coCiempIatlVes c,r the aye d-witha subdued
sadness. I Memc.ly becomes busy, and is more
apt to revert then to the scenes Of the past
and.to cor. trast them With those Of the pres ,ent
-brlr. ging up the images of the 'Eov',d and
1915, who in youth shared the peas' res Of just
such days with US, 10 the. brightest ard hap
piest hours of our lives. q ne re call their
names to ourselves, we rec;oElscs what they said
and what they did-we. .sighito think how they
have been forgotten oy others We look around
at the. haze over the landscape We feel the
tempered ra::ss Of the yelled Autumn sun----we
WOO the soft. and balmy air Of the South and
then come over us sweet dreams 81, childhood
once more''--an the loneliness Of The day
fills our minds with memories ot all that wa:
purest and best: - go s''i ~ s1S''" a.-
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Cash Assets. .......................S l,5Sj,O0O

The above FIRST CLASS COMrANt.-
having complied with the law passed 9y Ii.
last Legislature, rGga;FrtRRg @Ip4i h OF 52y"
ed is now prepared 10 issue policies in AL ,s
either of them OF ali descriptions Of property .,
the citv or country, against loss or dat:tago ~
fire, and on inland, coastwisc and $" gIsH.. ,@
terms adapted to the hazard, and co'-j, r.t
| with sound and reliable underwriting.
| Alllosses promptly adjusted ana i""id j. g.:
| office
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17

The last news from Washington s,thalt in,
stead of stormy time in Washington. this
winter tolerably quiet seasons expected
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17
Tt;;s nor, u sattlad stbat the Southern States

It's nowssettled that the Southern States
are et, ayssno Re Representations IN congresstor
the next two years, and no vote IN the electoral
college in the next Presidential election. The
Republican party IS nov master Of thes1tuas
ton, and lean execute its wishes against
every veto of the President, =
The Washiegton Chronicle oiis pleased that
the Washington STAR, accepts the 'lneVlta-
be' and wheels into line in favor OF the co..
stitutional amendment II Z II
The Washington correspondence the New
York Tribune! says that the National Executive
Democratic COMMITTEE in Washington, has bro-
ken ups and dissolved t7 5 s + -; : ; e ~
}, 1t is said that Senator Ben. Wade Of Ohio,
is to be made President of the Senate, pro
tenn. Certainly, put him; in Hes the man.
+ The last news from Washington is, that in,
stead of :'storny time'3ein Washington. this
winter, tolerably quiet seasons expected
IN r. John Cbamberlin,e whilst engaged in re-
/ pairing the roof of a house 10 Winchester, last
week fell to the ground, and was killed. 1'1>'
According to a report in the New I ork 1ei'
aid, the Emperor of Brazil, Don Pedro 2d, Is
soon to pay agisit to- this country l.ot @t,s n
John Mitchell Las returned to- Richmond
from Paris, from which place he has beer
/ wp1ri,;op letters. T I j. I 2 iEEE = 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17

Madame Riytori is to play in Washing ton,
thisawlnter The engagement is ito commence
on Deeember:S, and continue for FIVE nights,
she IS to appear in some Of her principal char
acters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17

"a 1t is said that Senator Ben Y Wade Of Ohio,
is to be made President of the Senate, pro
TEN. Certainly, put him; in Hes the man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17

1t is reported that Mr.. Johns Hopkias
probably, the richest man in Baltimore. pro-
poses to present to that city, for q pubic park
his splendid country seat OF Six hundred acres
on the Hartford road May be this f only put
OUT as a feeler, BY some .bpdy who wants Mr..
q. to do, what is herereported. I 9 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17

Gerrit Smith heads hislast letter, No more
Punishment Cor the South The Radicals
will turn him out Of the 1oez,ty,' neck and
heels, if he adops any such motto Besides
this no more punishment "heres;, ," Gerrit
Smith actually opposes the constitutional
amendment Why, this is monstrous. Isn't
it Stevens, Sumner, Wade and Co. i? -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17

1t is stated that a shipload Of German i'm
migrants had arrived at Charleston, South
Carolina, while at the same timega vessel was
loading at Charleston to take out an accession
of blacks to the colony Of Liberia This is ae
interesting spectacle, and suggests food for
thought. Whites to this country, blacks to
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Speaking Of theiultra measures proposed by
some of the Radicals, and OF. their. apparent
purpose to alter the original intention and de-
sign Of the Government if not It's very form,
the Richmond Enquirer says: If the North
choosesto revoutionize it, .annulqthe Consti-
tuition, and merge, unlimited despotie power in
the Legislative Department. it will be the
North's act, and the North's responsibility.
Experience proves that any interposition by
us, any attempt of oars 20 save the ConStitu-
ton, would but be ayailed Of to unite centre
North against ourselves, and involve us5sin a
sectional war far more hopeless than that Just
ended. n'a,z e1i4&sg2 SIS q aE..as9a s.sLA
AMNESTY ON CoNDrrIoNs.-It is reported
in letters and dispatches from Washington that
Chief Justice Chase had an Interview With
President Johnson on Thursday evening, which
lasted about an hour. Messrs. Seward, Ran
dali, Browning and Nc Cullcch are saia to have
been present On the occasion. The object is
said to have been to induce the President, in
consideration of general amnesty, ito recon-
mend the Southern people to accept universal
suffrage, with qualification either OF property
or of intelligence. - - -
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THE ANNUAL MEETING

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.JAMIESON & BRO.


gas~ Office hours from 4. NJ to 3P. N. AT
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
Nashville and Decatur Railroad,
Change of Time.


On and after April lst, and until further notice,
Passenger trains viii run as follows:
Columbia Accommodation train leaves Colum-
bia at7:20, 4. N. Arrives at Nashville 1000. Re-
turning leaves Nashville at 3 P. VI. Arrives at
Columbia, $40. Pm.
Huntsville Mail leaves Nashville at go. AN.
Arrives at Decatur ate. Pm. Leaves Decatur at
$50 a. NJ Arrives at Nashville at 300. P. NJ Con
Meeting both ways at Decatur with mail train on
NJ. Il err, for Mooresville. Madison, Hunts
Vile, WOOdvile, LaTkinsyille, ScottsbOr0 and all
points East
Passengers by this train arrive in Nashville in
time to connect with Night Express trains on all
roads from Nashville.
Night Express leaves Nashville at $50 P. N.
Arrives at Decatur at 430 A. NJ Leaves Decatur
at SEQ, P. N. Arrives at Nashville at 4:i0. Con-
Meeting both ways at Decatur with mail trains
on NJ. K err, for Huntsville, Corinth, Grand
Junction, Memphis, Mobile, New Orleans. and all
intermediate points. Connects at Nashville with
L. 4 MR., for all points North and East
81 Miles shorter than any other route from
Nashville to Mobile DemOpolis, Selma, and all
intermediate points.
"a Miles shorter to Corinth, Grand Junction.
Memphis, Jackson, Vicksburg, and New Orleans.
BIB Miles shorter to Huntsville.
Elegant Sleeping Coach will run Monday.
Wednesday and Friday nights from Nashville to
Decatur. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights
from Decatur to Nashville.
Through Tickets can be procured at W. W.
Craig's Omnibus Office, No. % Cherry street. and
at Broad Street Depot, Nashville.
}. Il. VAN DYNE.
anil Iieuoral
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU-ITS ABUSES
REPORT OF GENERALS STEEDMAN
AND FULLERTON.

1t will be remembered that these officers
left Washington some time in April with
instructions to inspect and report on the
Freedmen's Bureau in the Southern States
A few DAYS since they submitted the result
of these inspections in the department COM
posed of Virginia and North Carolina,
deeming these of such a character as to
merit the attention of the Government be-
fore proceeding with any further investiga-
lions. In their report they claim to have
endeavored to arrive at the truth, and that
they had succeeded in doing so by thorough
ly examining and conversing with repre-
sentatives of all classes, white and black,
as well as officers on duty in the military
service and in the Freedmen's Bureau in
those States.
After enumerating the number of officers
and employees, andthe expenses this insti-
tuition in Virginia, they then proceedto show
the cause of the present restitution of the
negroes in that State They attribute it to
the absence of labor, and thatsO long as the
Government furnishes them with supplies
that they will remain in their present To-
calities, where it is impossible for them to
find occupation.
The cause of the prejudices existing be-
tween the whites and the negroes is ascrib-
ed to the imbecility and tyranical spirit of
the agents of the Freedmen's Bureau. No
other cause is assigned for this disafection
existing among the negroes than this. The
effect produced by the action of this class of
agents is represented as being that of antag-
onism between the whites and negroes, a
growing prejudice against the government
among the planters, and expectations on the
part of the freedmen never to be realized.
Several decisions and rulings of the Blu
reau are given, illustrative of the tyranny
exercised over the whites and freedmen that
are Of the most revolving character. In
North Carolina they found the feeling to-
wards the Bureau very much the same as in
Virginia, with the exception that there
seemed to be a universal desire to have it re-
moved. This feeling they attributed to the
misconduct of the officers of the Bureau, as
they were found working plantations, and
using the power vested in them to secure
the labor of the freedmen, thus coming in
contact with the citizens who employ them
Some Of the agents who were detected in
their speculative schemes endeavored to ex-
Onerate themselves from censure by claim
ing that they were only experimenting in
free labor"
In some instances rations sent to the freed
men at Newborn were sold by the agents
and proceeds appropriated to their own use.
Full details of exOrbitant taxes and fines.
imposed upon the negroes by their superin-
tendents are given; also cruelties practiced,
of a character unparalleled. After no.
ticing the arbitrary course pursued by sew
eral officers of the Bureau, they close with
the recommendation of the adjustment of
the institution in both Virginia and North
Carolina.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
JUDGE Campbell AND THE LEGIS-
LATURE.

The Clurksyille Express says that Judge
Campbell opened his court in that city on
Monday last. In the course Of his charge
to the Grand Jury, he took occasion to speak
Z" in terms Of severe bat dignifed censure Of
the course Of the Tennessee Legislature
characterizing their proceedings as violative
Of every principle Of justice and liberty. The
Judge remarked that in ordinary times he
would consider Il improper to allude to
such subjects from the Bench, but when tbs
course Of the Legislature was such as to lead
the citizen TO despair Of justice, he thought
il not inappropriate 10 sugges. that the
Bench belongs 10 no party, but would stand
where it should ever stand, dealing out law
and Justice impartially 10 all"
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

-
YIN recent speech Senator WILSON, of
Massachusetts, said that President JoHS-
son had made more anxious nights, more
troubled days, more bitter thoughts, more
agony and sorrow of honest, conscientious,
God-fearing men and women of our country
than were ever made 10y any other man that
ever lived. Upon my conscience, say that
believe that Mr.. johnson has made more
thoughtful men and women bow their heads
in anxiety and sorrow during the past year
than did the rebel chiefs during their four
wears oisire and blood
What has the President done 10 cause this
anxiety and bowling of heads in sorrow, and
to torture the consciences Of the "God-fear-
ing men and women in so brutal a fashion?
One would suppose that he had been guilty
Of some horrible Crime-some offence beside
which even one Of Judge Underwood's pic
lures would pale into innocence-that he
was worse even than a so-called "rebel' or a
traitor" But the fact is that he has done
nothing but observe the injunctions Of his
official oath TO preserve, protect aud defend
the Constitution" and it is this that so wrings
the souls Of Wilson and the pious people
for whom he speaks They have never had
or shown much respect for the Constitution,
and many of them have been felicitating
themselves that they had practically made
it dead letter. When they see it, upreared
and instinct with life, they groan with an
guish The Presidents offence hath this
aNtsnt-no moro
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

ing to the assessment of taxes and enforcing
the collection of the same, and all proceed
ings and remedies relating thereto is to APP
ply to the assessment and collection of the
duty, fines and penalties herein imposed, so
far as the same are applicable, and not in
consistent with the provisions herein con-
tanned. The Commissioner of internal rev.
enue, subject to the approval of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, is required to make
all necessary rules and regulations for ascer-
tanning the weight of all cotton to be
assessed, and appropriately marking the
same, and generally for carrying into effect
the foregoing provisions of this act. Andthe
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to
appoint all necessary inspectors, weighers
and markers of cotton, whose compensation
is to be determined by the Commissioner of
internal revenue, and paid in the same man
ner as inspectors of distilled spirits are paid.
There are other sections of this bill not yet
made uuhIip
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

tOUR New POLICE SYSTEM The new
law taking the regulation Of our police sys-
TEN out of the hands Of the people imme-
diately Interested, and placing it under the
control of a Board C: Commissioners, to be
appointed by the Governor, will 20 into
effect Immediately on the return of his
Excellency, who is now absent, looking
after the spiritual interests of his friends in
East Tennessee.
BY this law the counties of Davidson
Hamilton and Shelby are made police dis
tricts. The Commissioners are 70 select
their subordinates, and see that the latter
faithfully perform their duties The metro
politan police, who hold authority under
them, possess in every part Of the State all
the common law and statutory prerogatiyes
of constablcs except for the service Of civil
process, which also they may serve by
authority of a magistrate. The expenses Of
these police are to be delayed 10y tax on
the community FOX which ;hey are ap-
pointed
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

The CRoPs.-We hear very unfayorable
reports from all parts OF the county in re-
card TO the growing crops. The recent cold
weather has seriously retarded the growth
of cotton. while the army worms have played
sad havoc with corn and other vegetation
In some localities the corn has been plowed
up and replanted. The cntworm has alss
ruined many gardens hereabouts. But not
withstanding this unfayorsble state of Affairs,
many Of our farmers are still sanguine Of a
good turn out" when harvest time comes.
DysrsJurq iTtnR.) Gdzette.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
THE LITTLE REBELLION.

The resolutions now before the Legislature
looking to a division of the State, provide
that the Governor shall issue writs of
election to the sherls of the respective
COUNTIES east Of The mountains, commanding
them to open and hold an election, by bal
lot, on such day as he, the Governor, shall
designate, for the purpose Of ascertaining
the sentiments Of the people Of said counties
upon said question of dividing the State.
Now if there is any thing serious in this
movement, we desire to suggest to those who
have the control of it that its determination
should not be left exclusively to one sec
ton of the State, but TO all, since all are
equally concerned. What right have the
particular counties named TO secede from
our present State Government without the
consent of each and every other county
Mr. LINCOLN laid down the doctrine while
President that the States occupy the same
relation TO the General Government that the
counties occupy to State. If this is true
it follows as unnecessary consequence, that
counties occupy the same relation to a State
that the States occupy to the General Gov
eminent; and if the Federal Government
had the right to coerce seeding States, a
State has the right to cocrce seeding conn
ties.
W.;h this new Interpretation Of constitu-
fiona riclts ,vpll esf li.baJ o,,d I~pcIa Sau
to back us, let the fiery leaders of this lit
tie rebellion inaugurate their diabolical
plans for separate State Government As
soon as they please. We are ready for them.
Let them take wdrniag! LET THEM ne
wAREll
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

TuE New York Tribune contains 1 table
Of the population Of the several slave States
in lS60-number of voters in that year
male citizens Of color above the age Of 2l-
number of Representative Of each State at
that time-and the number TO which they
will be entitled when the proposed amend
ment to the Federal Constitution goes into
effect, surprising the South should still re-
fuse suffrage 10 the negro.
According to this table, Alabama, which
formerly had seven Representatives, will
then have Arkansas, Delaware and
Florida will loose nothing-tieorgia will
be reduced from seven TO iour-Louisiana
from four to Maryland from Eve to
Mississippi from five to Iwo-Missouri
from nine to eight North Carolina from
eight to five South Carolina from six TO
two-Tennessee from eight 10 siN-TeNas
from four TO threc-Nirginia from eight To
six. Total loss in our delegation, -,
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

TuE FEDERAL DEAD AT MoBuE-Thc
Board Of Aldermen Of Mobile have donated
three acres Of ground in the New Cemetery
Of Mobile to be used for intcrriug all the
Union soldiers who have been buried in that
vicinity. The same feelings porvado all the
communities Of the South; and while our
people are anxious TO pay the sad rites Of de-
cent interment 70 the bones Of their sons and
brothers, they are willing to aid in the labor
Of collecting the remains Of those who fell
in the deadly struggle with them. We are
not wholly such barbarians as some would
have the world 10 believe Us 90 be.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
House of Representatives.

THURSDAY. May Il. 1S66-The House was called
to order at o'clock.
Mr.. Smith. % Hardeman. entered a motion to
reconsider the vote adopting the Senate amend
ments to the Metropolitan Police bill.
The following members were appointed by the
Speaker as a Committee Of Conference to consult
with similar committee from the Senate in re-
gard TO the resolution proposing that the LegiSla-
ture convene on the first Monday in October:
Messrs. Elliott, Num-. Arnel Brown. Duggan,
Walker, Jarvis, Waters and Smith, of Harde-
man.
Mr.. Speaker Heiskell having returned from
home on invitation of Mr.. Norman, took his
seat in the Speakers chair.
Mr.. Elliot moved, in view Of the fact that this
was Thanksgiving Day, that the House adjourn
until o'clock tomorrow. Carried.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

THE Washington correspondent of the
Radical organ at Cincinnati, says that the
appearance in the London Times of COM
munication from the American correspond
ent of that journal, detailing an interview
which he had with President johnson.
"yerv much startled the community Of
that favored city. This startling" pro-
duction will be found on our first page.
non't fail 10 read IL
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
ORR OUTSIDE PAGES.

FIasr PAGr-A View Of President Johnson's
PUlicy-A New Colonization Scheme.
FOURTH PA5E.-The Wear and Tear Of Labor
Santa Anna and Maximilian-A Childrcns Bu-
reau-Shall We Insult Them, etc.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
THE TRI.WEEEKLY UNOy AND AMERICAN,

Published every Tuesday. Thursday and Sat
urlay, each number containing the matter Of two
Dailes, is new being issued from our office to
supply the wants Of that large class Of readers
who are not satisfied with Weekly and are not
situated to take Daily. Price s. per annum
Subscription taken for any time at that rate.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

TIE columns of scurrility which Brown
low and Prentice have recently published
against each other have but one merit: il is
the first time either of them ever composed
so much truth in so short a space.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

In respect to the late Judge NATHAN
GREEN, meeting of the bar of West Tennes-
nessee washeld in theSupreme Court room at
at Jackson recently, to do honor to the mem
DRY of the late Judge NATHAN GREEN.
Judge lotion spoke in terms worthy of the
distinguished dead, and suitable resolutions
expressive of the sense of the meeting were
nlnninl
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18

THE Post Office appropriation bill which
recently passed Congress was formed with a
view of forcing the Administration to give
its official advertising to Forney. They un-
derstand what is the last restorative for the
the dead duck. If patronage won't make
him quack, nothing will.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
TENNESSEE LEGIsLATURE.
Senate.

THURSDAY. May 1.-THE Senate met at nine
o'clock, A. NJ.
Attention was called TO the fact that the day
had been set apart by the President Otthc United
States, as 4 day OF fasting aud prayer. 50 out Of
respect to the occasion, the Senate adjourned TO
nine O clOck 4. NJ. To- morroM.