The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-16
BY LAST NIGHTS SAIL-

ton under the Nat 0nsl banking ten;
the orgauizati0n under the Government
system has been falling OF rapidly durinE
the psst three months. The $500, 0Jo,0 U0
capital authorized by Congress Tor the Ma
aonal Banks has been nesrly absorbed By
thenjthe whole number nov Ia existence Is
1926.
The following extraordinary exhibit Of
the activity ~ the sales Of publie lands
was received this morning at the General
Land Office: At East Clsire there we're H.
coo acres entered for actual settlement du-
ring the month Of December; at ST.. Peters
p ,00e acre1, at Pigeon CITY, Oregon, nearly
so, 600 acres were entered in NOyeO be-; 81
Humboldt, Cal, the cash sales for Noyem-
Der amounted 70 nearly S3,5e0.
The treeks and Seminoles OF the South
err Indian agency have a delegation OF mint
stalwart braves on a visit 20 Their great
father. Thus lar they bave only succeeded
in seeing the Commissioned Of Indian AZ
fairs. or course they desire increased boun-
ties for their tribes, AMI q speclSl donstIon.
The applications fOr pensions have now
dwindled down 10 an average receipt Office
per day. This is Il failing of from 400 TO
500 applicants that were received daily for
many months after the close Of the war.
The Herald's Fortress Monroe special says
the vigilant detective measures on the part
NA the IllAllNlA AZ IUAALC11 hOlINrH AlsAA-
tuted in consequence Of the Tumo= OF 8 plot
10 rescue JeH. Davis. have not been relaxed,
and the search Of all arriving vessels is still
carried on. Though no positive evidence
has vet been furnished that the plot really
ex Sta, it Is considered best 10 be prepared
for IL in case it does. A tug with soldiers
nightly patrol the waters Of the harbOr, and
passes 70 the fort are more closely examined
than formerly, having to 60 through two
sets Of ssntries instead Of one. Mr. DaViss
health continues good, and be has all the
comforts SLOWED him.
W~AsHIEGroN, Jan. l4.-Oheial intelli-
genee from the city Of chihuahua up 10 the
Sth Of December has been received in his
city. President Juarez instead Of being AZ
San Antonio, Texas, as has been represent
ed, was resting in quiet at chihuahua. He
writes to q friend Of his as follows: The
commanding officers and political leaders Of
the frontier States have all expressed their
approval Of the extension Of my term, and /
nave reason to believe that the same will
happen in the other States OF the Republic.
The French, it seems, ave sent another
force 10 Chihuahua. Should this be in great
force the Mexican Government will again
abandon that city and go 10 some other con
venient point Of the Republic.
While the wooden manufacturing Of the
country has doubled since the commence
ment Of the war, 1t is shown by official fig
ures that in the four years ending june 20,
the wool, shoddy, and woolens imported
make an aggregated Of $3.50, 600 .000, Of which
the manufactured wool amounted to PSI
0O0, 600 pounds. Costs S45, 200, 00O. Nearly
all the imports Of wool, under the late tariff,
come at either three or four cents per
pound, the duty averaging less than FIVE
cents. The woods Of Australia and eo1th
Africa, which are fine merinos, ara invUiced
at less than a cents per pound.
Il may be stated with reference TO the re-
cent dispatch to the Mobile Advert ser,
touching the Withdrawal of troops from Al
ALBANIA aud Ge0rg 8, and that in acting upon
the application Of Gov. Parsons to withdraw
them from these States, and srIhing the To-
cal militia, l. euteuan General Grant has
made the following reply.
For the present, and until there is full Sc
/ curity for equitsbly maintaining the rights
and safety Of all classes Of citizens in the
States lately in rebellion, I would not rec
ommend the withdrawal Of the United States
troops from them.
The number for interior garrison might
be educed, but 2 force sufficient 10 insure
tranquility should be retained. While such
a force is retained in the South, I doubt the
prcpriety Of putting arms in the hands OF
the militia.
An elaborate plan for the organization OF
the regular army, drafted by Brigadisr-
General James :. Brisbin, has been placed
in the hands Of member Of Congress. 1t
is for an army Of l60, 900 men makes
regiments ten companies strong, drops two
Majors in cavalry, and gives two Second
Lieutenants 10 each company. It provides
for the appointment of one General-in-
Chief, three Generals, sixteen AIaior-Gepe-
rails, thirty two acknowledgements also
for a field staff and a department staff.
One-half Of the promotions are 90 be made
according 10 seniority, and the other halt
according 10 merit, 70 be determined BY
boards Of examiner. 1t requires an officer
10 serve two years in line before entering
the stahr of the army, and makes West Point
a staff school. Any one who can pass the
necessary examination may enter the army
as Second Lieutenant. The plan exempts
officers salaries from taxation, and allows
officers 20 be retired after twenty-five wears
service, and giving them the right
to hold civil offices while in retirement.
II Incorporates he old regular army as a
part Of the new army, and prescribes rules
for uniform. 1t leaves OF absence, fur
loughs and court martins.
A bill Of twenty-five sections has been
prepared comprising the plan proposed, end
an elaborate document in pamphlet form
accompanied Il.
BosroS, January l2.--Captain Mcstother
makes the following statement:
Left Liverpool Nov. 18th, with 275 pas
sengers. and had heavy gales most of the
passage. On the 2lst Of December expert
euced a hurricane, and the ship laborinc
very heavily 81 midnight sprung a leak.
Found 4 feet IL inches water in the hold. and
orders were then given 10 put on all the
pumps, six in all the passengers were or
dered up. and some set to work on the
pumps and others discharging the cargo.
About 800 tons Of cargo was thrown over
board. As the chip was as far IS longitude
53.5 west, it was my intention to put into
Halifax, but the Fredonia heaving in sight
on the first Of January, the passengers be-
came dissatisfied and wished to leave the
ship, refusing 10 pumpany longer. l offered
10 pay 100 Of them daily wages if they would
stay on board and pump. On the 81 Of
January the passengers and crew abandoned
the ship, which had ; feet and s inches of
water in the hold. We had lour deaths on
the passage, and one seaman named Vim.
Cannnugh TELL from aloft and was instantly
killed.
SAN FRAECTscO, January 13.-Steam COM
munieation with Honolulu by the sailing
steamer Ajax.
4 letter from Valparaiso saws Port Tolca-
huha has been raised from blockade.
A letter from Acapulco on the 5th. saws
the imperial force OF 5000, sent from the
city Of Mexico, was sdvaueing 10 that 20 Mt
irresislibly. The hezd passed Rio Moscals,
defeated General Jimenez, and had taken
possession Of C~hippanengo.
CHICAGO, J%snuary I4-At q Joint session
Of the Iowa Legislature, ON Friday, Samuel
j. Kirkwood was elected T.. S. Senator for
the short term, and James Harlan for the
long one.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14.-At a meeting Of
the officers OF the Feniau Circles of the city
to-day under a call Of District Centre An
drew Wynne, it was determined to hold u
| grand attraction meeting about the middle
Of the week, when Colonel OMahonev,
Killian, Neulen, and other prominent Fe-
mans are expected to address the Brother
hood.
The steamship Eastera, twenty four
hours from New York has arrived. She re-
ports the ice as very thick and heavy in the
Delaware bat on the eastern shore the chan
mel is clear.
PIrrssURe, jan. l5-River % inches By
pier-mBrk and stationary. Weather quite
cold again. Thermometer 20 degrees. The
ice in the river still continues firm aud Is
likely 10 remain so for the present.
CAIR0, jan l4-Twelve hundred md sew
tentecn bales Of cotton passed yesterday and
A-NAA HN ANAANAAAAANNH
The Mobile and Ohio railroad commenced
running daily trains time to Mobile SO
hours.
Nav ORLEANS, Jan. l3-The Liverpool
and New Orleans steamship line are build
ing new vessels TO make the trip in eighteen
DAYS.
The Picayune notices very approvinelv
the tests Of DR.. Ewell Of this city Of an
acoustic Telegraph he has invented. No
electricity is used, no iusulators, no bate
ries, or chemicals, no poles or apparatus.
very simple and working easy and certain.
Alphabet easily learned and basel on scien-
uhc principles.
Captain Coleman, late OF the rebel army.
q grandson Of Cri teuden aud nephew II
Pillow, left to-day for Havana, bsnished
lie was tried BY a military commission FOR
some act Of steamboat burning whilst under
Forests command, aud was offered cto.es
Of cxpstristion.
National Bank has been organized al
Galveston.
NV loRE, Jan. l4-Thermometer has
fallen from % degrees 10 -abavc zer, since
6 P. m. The harhor is full OF floating ia.
immense quantities having came down he