Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-03
Intelligence from Washington.
Disbursements Of the Treasury
Department.
LATER FROM MEXICO.
A NEW DIsINFEcTANT.

! " A5tlNdlgN, July IA communication
has been received at the Department of State
| from our legation at London, inclosing two
/ pamphlets relating to experiments by Mr..
JAMES DEvOR Of Kirkcaldy, for testing a
| disinfectant. The results are cited, which
lead to the conviction that rinderpest, pleu-
ro-pulmonia and cholera, and some others,
by which the human family are afflicted,
may be wholly prevented by this means
The method is very simple; it is only neces-
sary 10 have a chatter of old ash cindsH, get
a small crucible and drop piece of sui phur
Of the size of a mans thumb into it. This
will fumigaJe large cattle-shed in few
minutes, the animal seems to enjoy it, and it
acts as a tonic for man or beast. The shed
must be well ventilated during f1migation,
as well as before and after it, and good sani-
tary rules must be enforced in regard to
cleanliness and the removal Of dung heaps.
During the prevalence Of such epidemics
as are above named, the fumigation may be
made according to the foregoing directions
four or five times a day, and not only this
treatment is said 20 cure cases of this fatal
disease, but it is stated that manager worms
and lice have also vanished before it, and
that gum heels in horses have also been
cured bv it, while various cases of phthisis
and tubercular affections of the tongue have
been relieved in human beings. The mat
ter is worthy Of study and reflection by our
scientific men. DIR. DEvoR having literally
consented to the free use of his pamphlet,
they will be sent to an appropriate commit
tee in Congress with view to their publ
cation and distribution.
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
The total amount of shipments Of frac-
tional currency for the week ending june
80 was S420, 588.
Disbursements Of the Treasury Depart
ment for the week were: War Department,
IS, 3O4,7G Navy Department, Sl,79l ,023;
Interior Department, SlS,l4l. The dis
bursements of each Of the above named De
partments during the fiscal year ending June
30 amounted to S3,959, 525,634.
NATIONAL BANKS.
No National Banks were opened or Gov
eminent repositories designated during the
week. The issue of National currency du-
ring the week ending to-day, amounts to ST.
3209S0; total issued to date, S2S2, 555, 44O.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
WASHINGTON, July l-Mr. ROMERO,
Mexican Minister has received a letter
from Tampico, dated J une 10th, from which
the following is an extract:
The people of Huzetta and of another
town in Huzetta District, have again arisen
in favor of the Republic and President
JUAREz. As you will see by the enclosed
slip taken from the Government organ at
this place, of the 18th ult, signed Iris,
seven hundred well armed Liberal troops
now occupy Huxetta, while force of one
thousand is being organized at Victoria,
now in our possession, to move against this
place. The capture of TampicO is quite
feasible if our troops come with force of
seven or eight hundred men, as it is garri-
soned with impressed Mexicans, who will
not fight against their own brothers. have
Just had an interview with a friend from
Houston, who informs me that our forces
have five pieces Of artillery at Huzetta, two
of which were captured from the enemy.
The Imperialists make NJ resistance, and all
hopes for the Empire are now blasted. HUI
zetta has sent three thousand men against
FOubrice, in this State, where there Is a
small Imperial force, which viii surrender
without struggle.
THE PROPOSED NATIONAL INSURANCE BU-
REAU.
The bill recently reported from the House
Committee on the judiciary for the estab
lishment of n National Bureau of Insurance,
makes the Bureau self-sustaining, while Sc
curity in the matter of insurance is given by
recurring all companies who may act under
the law to deposit United States bonds in
amounts varying according to their capital
stock No party is permitted to transact
marine and life insurance at the same time.
The object Of the proposed legislation is to
give every company an opportunity to show
its solvency, in order that the public may
he guarded against frauds, the principle be-
ing similar to that applied to National
Banks.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
The june report of the Agricultural De
partment gives a comparison between the
amount of raw cotton imported from the
United States into Great Britain during four
months last year and the four corresponding
months of the present. 1t exceeds the
amount imported from India by almost 100
per cent, and almost exactly equals the to-
tai from all other localities; being equal to
503,726 bales of 400 pounds each. The re-
port says half million bales in four months,
and seventy millions Of dollars, are respec-
table figures in the trade with foreign ma
ton, even for the palmiest days of cotton
shipping from the ports of the United States.
The report shows that Great Britain will
buy this season ten times as much wheat
from Russia as from the United States, and
from France nearly six times as much.
THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
Has granted permission free of tax orlicense
to hold a National Government Concert on
the ID Of August, in this city, for the benefit
of the Soldiers and Sailors National Or