The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-12
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MIGHT DISPATCHES


stroyed by fire last evening. Mr.. Laird We
badly burned about the face and hands.
house belonging to John Peters, property
belonging TO the glass WORKS OF Fogarty 4
1 Co., together with some car al boats, wer,
also destroyed or damaged. Loss over SIS, 600
partly insured.
/ The Commercials special SAYS, the pro
| test Of the New York Chamber If Commerce
against the cotton tax produced marked IN
! huence, aud certain senators, in case o.
failure to defeat the tax, will attempt a re
ductlon OF five cents per pound.
| Col. O'Mahoney resigned his position a.
Head Centre Of Fenians this morning, which
was accepted by Chief Executive Stephens
! Killian has been removed as treasurer.
Specials say the House probably will not
meet again until next week, az many mem
bers have gone home, and wOrkmen are en-
gagged IN mt ing up the hall for summer. II
IS expected that the Senate Will strike oul
third section Of the Reconstruction plan.
Orders have been received at Brooklyn
navy yard 10 place U. s. steamers Nsragan-
sett, Oneida, Unsdillo, Iroquois and Requail
IN such order that they can be sent to sea in
ten days notice.
BALTIMORE, Msy 1I.-Tho result Of the
failure OF Messrs. Baine & Co., Of this city,
already known TO the public as the prime
tional Bank Of Washington, proves to have
been more disastrous, financially, than at
first supposed. Four Of our city banks at
least are sufferers. One Of the oldest and
most reliable is said to have lost about S39,-
GOO, which will no doubt somewhat curtail
dividends for a time. One other is said to
have los SI0, eco.
The anniversary Of the Howard Mission
Home for Little Wanderers was celebrated
last evening at the Brooklyn Academy os
Music IN the presence of full audience,
and numbers of the children of the Institu-
ton were present. The singing was one of
the most interesting features Of the celebra-
ton.
From the Treasurer's report, it appeared
that the receipts Of the past year were
S2,556,699, and the expenditures So, sos, 563
About $4,000 was collected at the meeting.
The 18th Anniversary of the American
Congregational Union was celebrated last
evening in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.
Speeches were made by ex Gov. Bucking-
ham, of Conn, Rev. DR.. @. B. BOynton,
Chaplain Of the House Of Refuge, Major
General Howard, and Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher; after which, collection of Sc GOO
was taken up, for the building of a Con
gregational Church in Washington.
The President also approved the bill ex-
tending the jurisdiction Of the Court of
Claims. This court can now determine the
claims of any Paymaster, Quartermaster,
Commissary Of Subsistence, or other dis
bursting officer of the United States army.
or Of administrators, or executors for re-
lief of responsibility on account of losses,
capture, or otherwise while in line of his
duty, of Government funds, vouchers,
records and papers in his charge, and for
which such officer was, and IL, responsible.
BALTIMORE, May ia fire took place
this morning on the wharves in the rear of
l04 Federal street, which DESTROYED proper
ty to the amount of $50, 1000.
DR.. Bigelow, of Alexandria, one of the
members Of the grand jury, who reached
Baltimore this morning, says that the state
ment that Mr.. j. Gillingham, foreman of
the grand jury, declined TO serve as a mem
Der there after hearing the open charge of
Judge Underwood, is incorrect. Mr.. Gil
llngham had never served on jury before,
and simply requested TO be excused from
acting as foreman, stating as a reason that
he was afraid he was incompetent to fill
the position. He made no objection what
ever to serving as d member of the jury.
NEW York, May 1.-THE Commercials
special says an examination of the antece-
dents of clerks in the various departments,
under Green Clay Smiths resolution, show
that several have been in the Rebel army.
One Of them is near relative of Senator
Crogin, Of n. II.
a large number of Irishmen have called
upon stephens to-day, to whom he invaria-
bly, said he had come here to effect a re-
between the contending fac
tons. He had been induced to accept Col.
O'Mahoney's resignation. With this view
he had approved the choice of O'Mahoney
as Head"Centre here because he was op-
posed to the invasion of Canada, a measure
which he was sorry had received the sane
ton of the Senate.
The last official movement of Head-C |
tire OMahoney was to remove KiIlian, |
Treasurer, which act Stephens approved.
New YORK, May 11.-Judge Field and |
Gen. McCook, Minister to the Sandwich |
lslanos, sailed for San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, May II-sENArR-Mr. !
crimes presented a joint resolution of the |
Iowa Legislature for the establishment of |
a National Bureau of Education. Ordered |
10 lie OF the table.
On motion Of Mr.. Anthony it was resolved
That when the Senate adjourned TODAY it
adjourn to meet on Monday next.
mr. Conness offered a resolution instruct
ing the Committee on. Printing to report
upon the expediency of providing against
me suppression or alteration of speeches in
The Globe. Laid over.
Mr.. Grimes called up Joint resolution to
carry into immediate effect the bill to pro-
vide for the better organization of the nav
department. of the Navy, which provided as
iJllOws: That for the purpose of carving
)ut the provisions Of an act to provide for
.he better organization Of the pay depart
4 OF the Navy, with the least possible
ielay, the President is hereby authorized
20 waive the examination Of such officers in
he pay department Of the Navy as are on
tuty abroad, and cannot at present be ex- |
imined as required by law; provided such
are practicable upon the re.
urn of such officers to the United States.
md no officer found to be disqualified shall
receive promotion, as contemplated in the
,ct herein referred to.
SEC, 2.-And be it further TesoEUed. That
be Secretary Of The Navy be and he is here
by authorized TO retain or to appoint under
he existing laws and regulations, such vol
lnteer officers in the navy as the exieencies
If the service may require, until their SER
1ices can be supplied by graduates Of Naval
academies. Grimes offered an amendment.
which was adopted, that hereafter no Naval
instructors shall be staff officers of the navy.
The resolution, as amended, was passed.
Monday next was, on motion, set apart
or the consider alton of bills and resolutions
rom the Committee on Invalid Pensioners
Mr.. Morgan presented a memorial from
citizens OF New York, asking Congress to
insure the burial OF Union soldiers still ex-
'osed on the battlefield Of Shiloh,
BOsToy, May lin the Supreme Court
0 day the bail of H. G. Wheeler, alleged
bsconding agent of the Atchison 4 Pike
abroad aud telegraph company. was re-
uced from $50, goo to $4,000, and the de.
endant ordered to be discharged from Gus
ody on furnishing securities in that amount,
r by depOsiting SlO,e0o of bonds.
NORFOLK, Va, May II Late yesterday
fteruoon the grand jury of the United
tates Circuit Court, in session in this city.
rough in a true bill against JEFF Davis for
reason, and adjourned until the first Tues
ay in June, to meet in Richmond.