Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-22
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.

The Wsys and Means Committee have voted
not to change the tax on whisky. The tax viii.
therefore. remain at two dollars per gallon.
= Tho Democracy Of ST. Louis have issued a call
for mass meeting next Thursday night, 10 in
dorsc the policy Of President Johnson.
-GOyernor jenkins. Of Georgia. has telegraphed
the President imporlnning him. in the name Of
the people, VINO are quiet ead orderly. aud need
no military restraint Of any kind. TO remove the
negro trO0ps from the State
= Tbs Mayor Of Columbus. Ca. has ordered no
iqeor ito be sold TO negroes. and the Council Of
Columbus has appointed a committee to wait on
1.-The United States officers. to see II some measures
cannot be perfected for the removal Of the detach
ment Of colored troops there.
"A little girl named Annie Sullivan, while on
her way 70 school in Chicago, last week, during
the terribly frigid weather. became oycrpowered
by the cold and fell on the pavement. Before as
sistsnce could be rendered che was so badly frozen
that she died in few hours.
There are symptoms Of uDeasiness among
the internal Revenue Collectors and Assessors
as 10 their future tenure Office. Several Of them
have already been marked for dccapitation, and
others still unccnfrmcd by tho Senate. stand
shivcrins on the brink"
Stanton win leave the cabinet, owing 10 conflict
Of opinion with the President The name of Soc
rotary Harlan is also included in these rumors 1t
seems not improbable that there win soon be
reorganization Of the cabinet
Washington dispatches state that the Presi-
dent was 10 have been serenaded tonight, but il
is postponed until the 22d, when a mass meeting
will be held. The band, with a crowd, halted In
-
were made by Judge Hughes. Of Indiana Repre-
sentative Rogers. Of New Jersey, and George
Francis Train. They contained no allusion to the
veto message.
= The doors and stairways Of the White House
were carefully guarded the other day during the
Cabinet session. and one was allowed to pass TO
the upper part Of the building excepting Senators
and Members Of Congress. The order was proba-
bly, made for the double purpose of preventing
eavesdroppcrs and the disturbance lobby full Of
visitors always creates.
Mr.. Stewart introduced bin concerning ma
tional banks in certain States. 1t provides that
in addition to the $SO0.OOOoOO Of banking capital
now authorized, $2l. 10000 more shall be dis
tributed a. follows To California, ten millions
Nevada. four millions; Oregon. three millions;
Idaho. two millions. and Washington and Ari-
Eona one million each.
1T appears By the records in the Treasury
Department that the revenue received from the
lately rebellious States from April. 1865, to the
first day Of this month amounts TO nearly
$20.00o000. principally derived from abandoned
lands and internal revenue. Louisiana has paid
over $s.000,000 Of this. while from Virginia less
than 81. 600 has been received.
Mr.. Wilson introduced concurrent resolu-
ton 10 disarm and disband the militia of the re-
bellious States. Mr.. Wilson read letters from
Gen. Thomas. Swayne. HartsuH, and Others in
charge OF Freedmen's Bureaus in the Gulf States.
which represented that there was danger of the
extinction Of the negro race and the expulsion Of
Northern mon. If the militia should not be super
seeded by the United States forces.
The deputation appointed AT the Fenian mass
meeting at Washington. last Saturday night. con
sistng Of Mayor Wallach. B. Dorian Killian Con-
gressmen Rogers and Hagan. and several others.
had an interview with the President last evening.
who appointed Wednesday for special interview.
90 that the papers regarding the recent alleged
outrage on Union citizens in Ireland can be ex-
amined and a reply prepared.