Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-08

OF presses and matters pertaining TO the |
internal arrangements If our Office have |
nscessitated the use Of .ae quarto form |
10 the present
Judah P. Benjamin Is writing articles on |
America for the London telegraph.
The marriage Of Gen. Kilpu,rirk 10 a Chian |
lady is announced.
The Republican majority in Michigan, accord
ms 10 Official returns, l. 28,59l. r.-
TheSuprcme Court Of Illinois hasdecided that
warehouse receipts are not negotiable.
delegation Of New York merchants arc in
Washington. lobbying for a reduction Of the cot
ton tax II. fHs s
4 grand city la.ils meeting Of all the trades in
New York is proposed to agitatu for the eight
hour system.
IL is reported in Washington that the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs favor the elaius Of
Ortega as the constitutional President Of Mexico !
A company Of colored cmigrants sailed from
New York. the 9Th inst. for Liberia. to found
sestlement TO be called Lincoln. in honor of
the late President.
OF the Tennessee Senators, Mr.. Fowl er goes
upon Manufactures. Foreign Relations and Ter
ritOries, and Mr.. Patterson upon Commerce and
District Affairs
Subscriptions in New York city for the relief
Of the sufferers by the inundatiOns Of the rivers
Rhone, Loire. and Seine. in France, amount to
S5l4O.
Frederick Herminger. sentenced 70 ten years
Imprisonment for attempting to kill his wife's
seducor. has been p-1doned by the Governor Of
Illinois. He hsd been in prison only four days.
Tiffany & Co. have just completed handsome
gold medal. TO be presented By the State Of Ten
nesBee 70 Major General Thomas. 1t Is three
inches in diameter, and weighs one pound troy
weight
The Conservative Army and Navy Union. of
Washington. which passed resolutions in favor
Of negro suffrage held a meeting on the night
Cf the 9TH inst, and repealed it. The club
claimed that the resolution was only passed by
portion Of the club.
Il is,stnted that Mr.. Meancy. recently arrested
Dublin for suspected Fcniau sympathics. was
authorized by General Dix TO proceed TO Paris.
where he was 10 be employed as an attaehe Of
the United States Minister'S Office in France
Under these circumstances. General Dix. It is
thought, will procure Mr. Mcancy's immediate
release.
The Senatorial contest in Illinois Is assuming
activity. Rings are being formed in Springfield |
against Mr., Trumbull. and it is intmated that if |
ho should at all swerve in the path Of Radical |
ism or betray n slight leaning towards Conserya-
tism, IL would probably insure his defeat
During the past ten days there has been IN
usual activity In the Brooklyn navy yard Or |
ders have been received to get the gunboats Pc |
nobscot. Peoria. 0neida, Gettysburg. Huron an
Perrigons and the sloop-of-war Iroquois in read
mess for sea with all dispatch. The Gettysburg |
was formally put into commission on the 9Th |
with 10 rnuo~f 20 1rnfr,l D. e
the West India Squadron.
Nearly all the Southern State Legislatures |
have met and received messages from their re-
spective Governors. These documents univcr-
sally speak Of a gloomy condition Of affairs; Of /
an Impoverished people, Of lack Of food in
many sections; OF impending dostitution; Of a /
scarcity Of labor, agricultural implements and /
money.
The United States District Court at Coyington.
Ky. on the 9Th inst, decided that railroad com
panies cannot be held responsible for The kill
ing Of stray cattle. This decision was male in a |
suit brought against the Kentucky Central Rail
road for the recovery Of the yalae Of thirteen
mules killed by the ears on that road in 1862
In the United States House Of Representatives
on the 9Th inEt Mr.. Lawrence. from Ohio. from
the Committee on the Judiciary. reported bill
relating 20 the qualification Of jurors in United
States Court. This measure relates TO the Sc
lection Of juros in the prospective trials for
treason and provides that a man shall not be
disqualified from being Juror on account Of
having formed opinions from newspaper reports
or rumors. provided that the Court is satisfied
that he win render a verdict according to law
and evidence.
At a regular meeting of the New York Cham
Der Of Commerce on the 9th inst, a memorial
was read praying Congress to abolish the export
duty on cotton. Figures were given 10 show the
relative productions here and in Europe, and
that not only The control Of the European mar
ket is impracticabc, but that American cotton
ia likely to become more and more insignificant
in that market unless the expectation Of the
staple is perfectly free of duty and it thought
that the revenue from this tax might reach So
100000 annually.
The committee Of Southern Loyalist held
meeting in Washington on the 9TH inst Mr. =. |
c. Durant, Of New Orleans. in the chair. and Mr.
bingham. Of Alabama, Secretary. bill was
prepared cmbodyiug their ideas Of the recon-
struction Of the southern States. which was in
tended 10 be submitted to the Republican caucus
on the evening Of the 9th inst, but the com
mitteo, not being members Of Congress were do
MED admission 60 the caucus, and the bill was
not presented.
Adyices from Fort Scdgewick, New Mexicn
says a detachment Of twenty-five troops under |
Lieut.. Ames rccontly.had eight with band of
Sioux Indians. numbering ono hundred They
killed eight. wounded seventeen, and captured |
a considerable number Of cattle, horses. mules. |
ponies and plundor. The troops marched ono
hundred and ninety miles in thirty-six hours
without food fol man or animals. The Santa Fc
Iiaseas says; Barber Cito, the last Navajo chief |
Of any note has surrendered. which is the vir- |
tual submission Of AL the Navajo Indians, the |
few who are still roaming at large having no tri-
bal organization.
In the Baltimore City Council on the 5th | I
inst resolution was offered providing that
committee be appointed with the view of pre- ,
pairing an address 10 the National Congress, set
ting forth the grievances received at the hands
Of the present state Executive by his very lHb-
erai construction and Interpretation Of the State
laws, and 10 make n formal demand upon that
body for the protection OF the loyal people Of
Maryland, aud rigid enforcement Of the laws
of the State as they now exist. After considers .
bio dnbate the resolution was laid on tho table
for the present.
The New York Tribrnss Washington CORES .
pondcnt says: "Mr. Seward was at the capitol 5
on the 9th inst. and had a protrseted interview
n i
rood deal exercised about Mexican affairs. The
Secretary was informed Of the fact that neither I
the Senate nor House Committees ON Foreign
Aaairs are going e. wait and see what the Em- .
peror Is going 60 do about the Withdrawal Of the
French troops Mr. Seward, IL appears, was not .
consulted, and knew nothing about the language Q
which the President employed in speaking Of
the conduct Of Napoleon in not complying with
the agreement 10 withdraw the French uoops,and
il is said Mr.. Seward has explained this TO Mon
tholon, the French Minister, who took exccp- r
tons to tho language contsined in the message
An OriEaba. Mexico. correspondent Of Nov en-
Der ed, says that Tie French steamer which i
brought eN-Prcsidcnt Miramon also brought \
three hundred French soldiers destined for SER
vice in Mexico This. and Other events, docs
not point 60 an carly French evacuation. Mili- !
tary. stores and ordnance have been moved TO- ?
wards the interior, and recently General Doray,
with his eight thousand men. commenced fresh
campaign in Northern Mexico. Macmillan Is
gloomy enough az his residence in OriEaba- Hc 4
sees no visitors and has no intercourse with ai,y
oae. meeting OF the conservative party Of .
McKee, vas lately held q 0Fizaba. where dele
gates from many Of the States presented petit $
lions 10 Macmillan praying that he might re
consider his determination 70 abdicale. AT this
conference Il was resolved 20 appoint Mitamon =
commander Of 81 the troops under Maximihan. a
and 20 resist sncroachnenis Of all foreign powers
and call upon Maximilian 10 aid them in the
coming contcst Ills Majesty. aflor mature con-
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