The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-13
THE NEWS.

! bttpditu lOT auOLHef reVOluLlOn, Wnlcf
will have for its object a complete
change Of her royal dynasty. Genera
Prim is spoken of as being engaged il
the movement, end a son of Victor
Emanuel as likely to succeed Queer
Isabella
The Senate in Executive session
Thursday, confirmed the nomination o.
Henry A. Smythe to be Collector O.
Customs for the Dictrict Of New York
Uiee Preston King, deceased. Also, o.
Joseph II. Knipe, to be Postmaster a.
Harrisburg, and Of Theodore II. Dodd
to be Indian Agent for the Territory o.
New Mexico.
1t appears from a communication
from the Navy Department, in answer
TO the resolution of the House, calling
upon the several Departments for in
formation, in relation to appointments
that there are employed sixty seven
clerks, of whom twenty served in our
army or navy during the rebellion.
Further, there is not among them any
who were engaged in the rebellion since
March 3, 1865, when 8 resolution was
| passed that soldiers and sailors should
have the preference in appointments.
No one has been appointed in the Ma
Wy Department who has no served eth
in the army or navy.
1t is said that the British residents
Of Valparaiso have presented Admiral
! Denman with a wooden sword in com.
memoration Of his recent action In con
nection with the affair of the lombard.
ment.
At the Republican caucus at New
! Haven, Conn, night before last, seven
informal ballots were taken for U. S.
! Senator. The first ballot stood: L. s.
Foster, G5; Gov Buckingham, So Ter
~, "a The last ballot stood; Foster,
65; Buckingham, ! /; Terry, 70. Gen.
Terry was then unanimously nomina-
ted.
Thos A. Doyle, independent candi-
date, was elected Mayor of Providence,
Rhode Island, day before yesterday, by
majority of 3l4.
The first regiment of Austrian volun-
teers for Maximilian's army in Mexico,
was sent from Trieste for Vera Cruz in
the last days of April
The telegram from Harrisburg, that
Secretary Seward passed through that
city day before yesterday, en- route for
| New York, is incorrect. The Secretary
is at the State Department, as usual.
Horace Rublee, editor of the Madi>
son wis } Journal, has been nominated
by the President as u s. Consul to
Rotterdam.
The number of Americans visiting
Europe is shown by the amount of pass
ports issued by the Department of State
/ TO be largely increasing More have
/ been issued in 1866 than in any pre-.
yious year, sometimes as many as forty
in a single day.
The Inspector General Of the Freed
| mems Bureau for the State of Virginia
has sent to the bureau of Washington
the result of an extended inspection
tour throughout that State. He rep
resents the various colored schools well
attended, and the prejudice that has
heretofore existed against the freedmen
steadily diminishing. All the bureau
hospitals have been done away with, in
compliance with the terms of their la
Dor contract, the employers of the
freedmen furnishing the requisite medi-
cal attendance. The demand for labor
greatly exceeds the supply in all por-
! tions of the State The wages of the
male freedmen will average about Sl2
! per month, including food, quarters,
and medical attendance.
Ex-President Pierce was confirmed a
member of St Pauls Episcopal Church,
by Bishop Chase, at Concord, N. II f,
Tuesday.
Col Gowan Of Boston, of Sebastopol
memory, IL at present engaged with a
large company of English capitalists in
very extensive petroleum operations at
Zante, on the very site of the oil wells
rendered famous by Herodotus. 1t is
stated that a large stream Of oil has
been discovered.
Mrs. JEFF. Davis left her earrings in
| the sleeping car on the Hudson River
railroad, on her late trip through New
York. They were forwarded to her by
| the honest conductor.
On DIT, that the daughter of John B.
Alley, the millionaire merchant Repre-
sentative from the Essex ecu lty dis
triot of Massachusetts, is affianced to a
son of Senator Doolittle; and that
daughter of Sam. Hooper, the mil
lionai e merchant Representative from
Boston, has given her heart to a lawyer
from that city, after having refused
many offers at home and abroad.
Judge Duplantier, of New Orleans,
has decided that notes payable in con
federate money were worthless; also
that mortgage given for confederate
money during the war were invalid.
Advices by way of Havana, on the
30th ult, from Mexico, mention the Of
fetal announcement TO the Project at
San Louis Potosi of a victory over the
Liberals at Matehuala on the 9th inst
The report that the Imperialists had
occupied Minatitlan was confirmed A
tax is to be imposed by the Empire on
doors and windows. The Emperor him
self appears to be devoting his time
mainly TO the financial condition of the
country, examining the plans of NJ.
Langlais in person.
The Rochester (N.Y) Union and Ad
vertiser, of May Z, says: the movement
made by the local authorities 10 sup
press the sale of all kinds of beverages
on Sunday, even 10 soda, is now being
followed by Others. The BARRIERS have
been compelled TO close their shops,
and the livery men have been warned,
as they ssy IN France, to cease TO let
stock on Sunday. No move has yet
been made against the railroad compa-
mics, the gas oompsny or the post-ofEce5
but they will no doubt be attended to
in time.
Gerrit Smith brought a suit against
the Rome and Oswega Railroad, claim
ing 10000 for damages done to his pro
perry. The case was submitted TO arb
tration, and the referees awarded MI.
Smith $500
The London Review says: at is toll
erably well known that our Queen has
been for some time engaged upon q Sc
ries of conpositions-of the essay form.
we believe-which are to be published,
or at least privately printed, when her
Msjesty shall deem them sufficiently
complete
Going on two years ago, the brig Vi
sion, sixteen feet long, sailed from
New York for Europe, with only two
men and a doc on board. This foolish
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