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The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-06

The knoxville Commercial of Tues
day says;
Governor Brownlow, On the 2sth ull, il
bis speech before the Union League, in thi.
city, ct Temperance Hall, said taat he had
a little secret 20 tell, and what was better,
il was true, snd If any one doub'ed 10 hg
might get Up an sfiisavit and bring it {,
hiIn and he would sign il. Gov. Browul3W
then said that the Freedman's Bureau BIZ
was taken to the President By Major Gener-
ais Howard snd Fisk, and read to him, sec.
ton By section, before it was Introduces by
Congress, and that General Fisk objected &
the enormous expense It would create =
some $40, 0oo, 900.
PresiGeut johnson said II was all right
and the expense was no objection.
"Now," said the Governor, "the reason
why the President vetoed that bill was be
cause he had got into personal quarre
with Sumner and Stevens, and on that &C.
count alone the bill was vetoed"
Now, we never doubted but that the Gov.
ernsr thought his information On the subjec
was reliable, but we did most positively
doubt that such was the case.
We now have good authority for sayiDl
q at no such interview ever dad take place
and thst the President did lot endorse tb'
bill "a charged, and that Generals HoFar,
and Fl have both beeu called upo1 10 sta-
what they know about the cha g, snd VI
are informed that one Of the g HeTa!s hai
denied that there ever did a0y such en-
dorsement come from the President. W
are further informed, that the statement
Of the two Gene ais viii be make public OF
this question. We eou not conceive hov
President johnson ever could endo-ss tn
bill, which, in every particular, - mani
fest Y opposed to his policy.
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Dangers of Hastv RurioI

In debate in the French Senate, Oh
the petition setting forth the danger
of burying those who are not dead by
hasty interments, Cardinel Bonnet
Archbishop of Bordeaux, recited three
cases Of living persons supposed to be
dead, whom during his experience a:
priest he had saved from burial. In
two cases there was complete restora
ton of life-one of the persons rescued
lady of distinguished family, is now 3
happy wife and mother. A fourth case
told by the archbishop, accounts fol
his long sustained attention to the sub
ject. He said:
In the Summer of 1926, on close
and sultry day. in church which was
excessively crowded, a young priest
who was in the act of preaching was
suddenly seized with giddiness in the
pulpit The words he uttered became
indistinct, he soon lost the power oil
speech, and sunk down on the aoor.
He was taken out of the church and
carried home All WAS thought to be
over Some hours after the funeral
bell was tolled, and the usual prepare.
tons made for the interment. His
eyesight was gone, but if he could see
nothing like the young lady | have al
luded to, be could hear, and need not
say that what reached his ears was moi
calculated to reassure him. The doc
tor came, examined him, and pro
nounced him dead; and after the usual
inquiries as to his age and the place o
his birth, etc, gave permission for his
interment next morning The venera
bic bishop in whose cathedral the
young priest was preaching when he
was seized with the fit came to his bed
side to recite the De Protundis. The
body was measured for the coffin.
Night came on, and YOU will easily
feel how inexpressible was the anguish
of the living being in such a situation
At last, amid the voices murm0ring
around him, he distinguished that Of
one whom he had known from infancy
That voice produced marvellous efsec;
and sgpeThnman effort. Of what fol-
lowed | need say no more than that
the seemingly dead man stood nexi
day IN the same pulpit That young
priest, gentlemen, is the same man who
is now speaking before you, and who
more than forty years after that event
implores those in authority not merely
to watch vigilantly over the careful ex,
ecution of the legal prescriptions with
regard to intermente, but to enact fresh
ones in order to prevent the recurrence
Of irrepaTable misfortunes.
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The Democrats Of Rhode Island have
nominated for Governor Lyman Pierce,
Of Providence; for Lieutenant Cover.
nor, Gideon H. Durfee, of Tiverion; for
Secretary Of State, William J. Miller,
Of Bristol, for Attorney General, Joseph
5 Pitman, of Providence; for General
Treasurer, James Atkinson, of Newport
The Providence Post says the ticket
rs one entitled TO receive the vote Of
the party, as its individual mem bers
are well known as strong, sound, able,
and entirely reliable Democrats. II we
cannot as a party command success, we
at least deserve IL IN view Of the
strength of the men who compose our
ticket The Democracy of Rhode Is
land sustains no doubtful position 1t
faYOzs the Presidents policy Il OPP
poses the Radicals Ii is planed upon
the Constitution it desires the resto-
ration Of the Union, aud It's State tick
ct is composed Of men who are in &C
cord with the Democracy Of the coun-
Try. The Democratic party OF Rhode
Island has declared its principles in
and through the resolutions passed By
che State Convention, aud nov II pre-
SCENTS its standard bearers; and il is
alike satished witt IL principles aud
its candidates -- Boston PcSi
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Effects of Radical Legislation Upon

Prices.
About one year has elapsed since
Lees surrender and the rebellion was
suppressed At that time (April 3,
1861 gold was selling in New York at
forty-six cents premium; cotton, thirty
six cents per pound; -four, twelve dol
lars per barrel; pork, tTFenty-six dollars
per barrel; beef, twenty-one dollars per
barrel At this time april, 1867 gold
Is selling at twenty-eight premium, OF
eighteen per cent less than it vas q
year ago; cotton commands fozty-four
cents per pound; -four Is sixteen dol.
lars per barrel; pork, tWenty-six; beef,
twenty-four With the heavy decline
in gold one would imagine that a cor
responding decline in articles of gen.
eral consumption would follow, but
such, We find, is not the case. Flour,
pork and beef have advanced, and
even cotton has gone up in price, not
withstanding the receipt of the large
amount of two million bales, besides
perhaps three hundred thousand bales
that have reached market and not
been reported. A balance of half a
million bales probably remains in the
interior yet to be shipped How are
We to account for this advance in prices ?
How is it that the burdens OF the peo-
pie are increasing instead of diminish
ing as gold deprecistes Theproducts
of the South are coming forward and
the valde of the currency is appre-
ciating. We think correct answer TO
these questions can be found in the
radical legislation in Congress. The
disturbing elements there have kept
the business of the country in an un-
settled condition ever since the war
ceased. With the return of peace it
was generally supposed that the ooun-
try would be allowed to recover its ener-
gies, and trade resume its accustomed
channels. But the radicals, fearing to
lose power, are constantly lsboring to
keep alive q sentiment of hostility be.
tween the North and the South, to
arouse sectional jealousies and bitter
ness, to nnsettle trade, and to increase
the loads that are now expressing the
people. When will the country be re.
lieved of the intolerable curse of radi.
ism IN 7. Herald
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Andrew johnson and william Pit

Andrew johnson and William Pitt.
The present position of President
johnson is attracting much comment
throughout the civilized world, and is
almost universally regarded as entitled
to the highest admiration. In the re-
lation now existing between his ad-
ministration and the radical majority
of Congress is repeated one of the most
interesting incidents recorded in Fog
Ish history, and the parallel is thus
graphically traced by the Pall-Mall
Gazet, Of London:
The position Of President johnson at the
present moment, though unprecedented
in the history OF the United States, is not
without araliel if not an exact prece-
dent, in the history Of English parliameu-
taFy struggles. when Pitt took office, 1T
the Kings desire, in 1886, in the tee. h Of a
large House Of Commons majority against
him, he was very much in the condition of
President Johnson. The support Of the
King guaranteed him in a continuance IN
office, lust as the President is now firmly
seated for more than three years l0nge by
The letter Of the Constitution of the States.
At the same time the British nation was IN
questionably not represented by the major
ity in the Commons, but was strenuous ia
its support of the principles Of Pitt himself;
lust as the strength of public opinion in
the States is said to be in favor Of Mr..
J1hnson's views. Moreover, the Eng
ish parliamentary majority was not so
much insured by any compactuess Of
political partisanship, based on uui-
iormity Of political theories, as by the TEN
pcrary union OF prominent party leaders.
So il is now in America. While an intensi-
" Of personal antsgOnismis arrayed against
the President, lac rests on basis-of q Fo-
litical view which is not only sound and
self-consisient, but has the immense advan-
tage OF being capable OF exposition in the
SIM plest and most pointed terms, There IL
no escape from the logical dilemma in which
his universities find themselves. His tao
ties, too, are evidently those Of Pitt. He
has simply to hold OF while his adyersalies
| damage themselves by infuriatJd efforts 10
crush him and his policy. Every week that
| passes is so much gsin TO hum aud SO much
| loss TO them. He cannot, indeed, initiate
| the action of Pitt by first of all reducing
| the parlime utary majority against him from
hxty or sixty to one, and then dissolying'
| 10 the dismay of the one hundred and sixty
members who failed 10 be reelected, and
! were laughed al as 6Fa4's Martyrs" But
the practical result must be the sane 20 iaI
as the real work ng power Of the ac'ua'
| Congress i, concerned and IL is only by
such struggles, when the forms Of consli-
tuition are observed by all sides, that Is real
strength is thoroughly tested
The foregoing parallel is all betting
in its application to the present situa-
ton in the United States, and we may
rest assured that, as the English people
sustained the administration of the
stern and illusirious Pitt, 80 will the
American people sustain the dauntlesf
administration Of Andrew johnson.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1866.
The Radicals win make a desperate

The Radicals viii make a desperste
effort to carry the Civil Rights bill over
the Presidents veto. They think a
triumph of this sort win cause Mr
johnson to hesitate and perhaps to
swerve from his purpose to thwart then
mischievous designs. And. besides.
they desire to force upon him the ne
cessity of executing a law be believe.
both inexpedient and unconstitutional.
We take It for granted that. however
unpleasant might be the duty of exc
cutting the law, be would discharge It
faithfully until the Supreme Court
should decide it TO be unconstitutional.
In force, the people of the North
would soon begin TO realize the true
character snd operations Of the Law.
The Radicals claim that in the enjoy
ment Of civil rights, the negro is emit
tied to equality with the white man;
and the Civil Rights bill provides that
he shall not on account of his color OF
race be debsrred this equality. If the
negro is denied the privilege of riding
in the street cars, as in Philadelphia,
whosOever undertakes to enforce the
law excluding him will be punished.
The whites all over the North
have churches from which the negro is
excluded He win claim his right to a
seat therein, and, under the civil rights
law, viii enforce it. The hotels, thea>
tres, and other places Of public amuse-
ment, public and private schools, col
leges, etc, closed to him now on ac-
count Of his race and color, will be
opened by the talismEnic wand of the
civil rights law. Now, if the people OF
the North desired to confer upon the
negro these equal civil rights, they
would, long sipce, have thrown down
the obstacles which hedge him out and
maintain the distinctions of race and
color. They do not desire anything OF
the kind, and whenever the civil rights
bill becomes law, and is enforced, they
will lie the most active and clamorous
opponents of it, They have no more
respect or love for the negro than the
Southern man. They elbow him out
OF their way, and taboo him in every
way, with the coolest effiontery. And
they are not DOW going TO change their
conduct even though the radical ma
jority in Congress may require it OF
them.
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tits q significant fact that Messrs. May
Iard end Tsylor, Congressman elect srOm
East Tennessee, csnyassed Connecticut for
General Hawlsy.-Pross aud Times.
Aye, very significant Col TaylOr's
speeches we're excellent For instance,
at New London, on the 30th ult, he
told the audience that the war had not
been waged for any other purpose than
the preservation of the Union. The
supremacy Of the constitution had been
established. the rebellion had been
crushed out, and it was only right and
proper that the normal relations Of the
Southern States to the general govern
ment should be resumed 1t was re-
mArkable that the nlvn Who were now
50 loudly proclaiming that the suhjusO-
ted States were not in the Union, were,
during the war, the most earnest sup
porters of the doctrine that States
could, 10y no possible means, get out Of
the Union. That States could ever be
other than States was modern, new
tangled idea, gotten up for the purpose
Of bolstering designs that looked be-
yond the present II the radical theory
were correct the blood and treasure ex.
pended ia the war have been expended
in vain. Besides, in that case the Pre-
sident was not actuslly President, but
an alien usurper. The constitution re
CURED that the Chief Magistrate Of the
country should be native born citi-
zen. and since Mr.. Johnson-if ThRd.
Stevens we're right-belonged to State
which had ceased TO exist, he was not
legally entitled to fll the Presidential
chair. Colonel Taylor concluded by
giving a graphic account Of the sacri
Gees which the people of Tennessee bad
made in behalf Of the Union and
pointed out the enormous wrong and
injustice Of refusing her duly elected
representatives admission into Con
gress.
We like that sort of talk ourselE II
does not read like the utteranees Of g
radical supporting iIswley, negro sui
frage, and Congressional usurpation
The truth is that Col Taylor did not fol
low the example of Maynard aud
Stokes, but advocated the election O.
English, and sustained the policy Of tbs
President He would not purchase al
mission TO his seat in the House by the
sacrifice of the dignity Of his State and
his own manhood.
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BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.


NEW YoRE, April A Galveston CORES
pondent Of March sd writes The steamer
Crescent has arrived from Brszos Santiago,
with the eth and 18th IIlinois regiments Ell
route 70 their Northern homes. learned
from the officer Of this ship that an iron
safe belonging 10 one Of the Express COM
panies was stolen at Brownsville q day OF
two before the crescent sailed. Itcontained
between eighty or one hundred thousand
dollars in green backs. At last accounts NJ
elew could be obtained Of il.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The President con-
ours in the op MON Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury that it is desirable that the Safe
Of Alabama aud other Southern States shall
be allowed TO assume and pay their proper
ton OF direct taxes now due, and therefore
recommends the necessary legislation by
Congress. The virtual sum assessed on rtal
estate by the act Of Congress is S2O,OO0,O00,
the proportion of Alabama being nearly
100000.
TRENTON, n. J April The Senate, by
vote Of 10 10 II, to-day sgain refused TO
60 into Joint session for choice OF Senator.
CHICAGO, April 4, P. M.-There IS some ex-
element in financial circles over the deiaI-
cation Of B. il. Rodgers, stock broker.
The cause of the failure is supposed to be
! Occasioned by the recent decline in gold
The principal sufferers ere merchants and
the Second Naiional Bank.
The latter /, st twenty-five thousand dol
| lars on a transaction in New York exchanges
purchased from Badger.
The other sufferers are in for at least the
same amount
WAsHINGToN, April 4.-There was 8 good
/ deal Of informal discussion among Con
| gressioEal circles to-day as to the effect o.
| legislation under the war power in view o
| the Presidents proclamation. twas main
| tanned that even the confscstion laws could
not be enforced.
NRw YORK, April 4.-The Evening Post
| editorially says that during the past month
| Secretary McCulloch has secretly bough
/ up and Withdrawn from the public no lesi
| than q million and half Of l0:40 gold bear
! ing bonds, for which he has issued other
| bearing 6 per cent.
The Post al o says temporary loan, pay
! able on demand, has been increased, while
the three years obligations have been les
| sened, VIII ch IS calculated to embarTass tn
| Government finances
The Commercials Washington specia
SAYS: II is understood that the Hon. Chaun
cey N. Depew has been appointed Collects
| 0, New York
The Posts special says no appointment
| has yet been made.
The Commercials special says the veto OF
| the evil rights bill will be taken up il
the Senate tomorrow. If Senator Wrigh
| is able to attend to veto will be sustained.
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Reiection of DE-. sykes.
The Huntsville (Ala) Advocate of
Saturday saws

Inc hunlsflllS ala. AOfOCdle Oh
Saturday says:
We see that the nomination Of DR.. F. W.
Sykes, Of Lawrence, as Direct Tax Commits
sioner for Alsbams, after having been con-
firmed, was reconsidered by the Q. S. Senate
and then rejected, because he had been a
member Of the Alabama Legislature during
the war. Dr.. Sykes is and has been an
affirmative Union man; he was opposed to
the war, in favor of peace aud restoration
| ali the time, and his public acts were for
that purpose. He has been active and in
| fuential in laboring to restore the Tn On
since the surrender, supporting before he
| people and in the Legislature all that the
Government required to be done, and has
| been looked upon and denounced by the
re Heads as a Radical Unionist, who got
all the votes ia Winston county, The re-
| lection OF such q man for Office by the Sen
ate is wroIg--inhicts an injury upon the
| Union cause, and places such affirmative
working Union men in the same category
with those who have only submitted from
lear and force, and are not now active for
| the Government. DR.. Sykes is man OF
! character, ability and influence, Of the re-
| quisite qualifications, and if able to legally
| FIJI the office, there Is no excuse for his re-
lection by the Senate. His loyalty ia IN
| doubted, and he is a representative man OF
the great body Of the present Union party
Of this State, devoted TO its hearty restora-
ton. His rejection is wrong in principle
and bad in pol cy.
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In an article relative to the Peace
Proclamation, the Union Snd Ameri-
can of Yesterday, saws:

In an article relative to the Peace
Proclamation, the Union and Ameri-
can of yesterday, says;
Il imposes, however, upon the people Of
the STATES enumerated in The proclamation
another duty. BY this act OF the GOVERN
,nspt teey are restored 90 their civil rights
as they existed before tho war, ana the
military power which the Government may
think ID necessary to MAINTAIN rs ponce
force, aud q means Of protechon' Is rem
dcred subordiuate 60 the civil authority
This should not transport them beyond the
hound. of discretion, or lead them into a
COURSE OF conduct "a variance with the Iol-
icy OF the Government, or their dp'y rs oDe-
dent aud law-abiding cltl2eh'- va Tue
other hand. it should animate them 10
more scrupul0us performance 81 every auts
1eyolviu upon men truly adheFent TO the
Government Such course VIII oest suh'
taiu tho President Ia his efforts 10 consaia
mate the noble work in which ne ~ engaged
aud will tend 10 disarm the blinded aud
furious parti,ans, Wh0 by their iuctious hos
ulty 10 r1stor&tiou ars proving themsciNe'
che common enemies OF the Government, tbs
southern people, aud the PRECEDENT.
We uust that the people OF The
S0uthern States will recognize the ~
preyae importance Of performing their
obligations to the Nation, AS indicated
by our contemporary. Much depends
upOu the manner in which they con-
duct themselves. II they be but true
radicslism will be defeated 10y the so
Der, sensible masses Of the North, who
whatever their representatives IN Con
gress may seek to accomplish, have nc
desire to prolong inhsrmonious feelings
OF 70 subject the South to further hui
initiation; the policy of President
johnson will triumph and in few
years prosperity and happiness reign
throughout our borders.
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nen1h Of Colonel Rowers
HEAAQUARTERs OF THE ARMY,
ADJUrAXT GESERAL's 0FFIcg,
Washington, March 20.

Washington, March 20
General Orders No 10
The Lieutenant General with great
refret announces 10 the army the de
cease at Garrison Station, opposite
West Point, New York, on the 9th
inst, of Major Theo $. Bowers, of the
Adiutant Generals Department, and
Brevet Colonel L. s. Army. at the age
of 81
Colonel Bowers began his military
career as private in Company Il, 4oth
Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers
in October, 1861 He was commissioned
First Lieutenant of this company March
9th. 1862 was made Aide-de-Camp to
General Grant April Goth, 1862, and
WAS appointed Captsin and Aide-de
Camp November ist, 1862 February
18th, 1868, Captain Bowers was APP
pointed Judge Advocate for the De
partment OF Tennessee, with the rank
of Major. After the surrender OF Nicks-
burg Major Bowers was assigned in
orders Assistant Adlutant General, with
the rank of Lieut. Colonel. July %,
1864, Col. Bowers was made Captain
aud Assistant Quartermaster in the
regular army, ana was appointed, Jan
uary 6, 1868, to the Adjutant General S
Department, with the rank Of Major
lie was brevetted Lieut. Colonel, and
Colonel u. S. A for gallant and meri-
torious services during the war, March
IS, 1868. His duties were continuously
in the field with the Lieut. General,
until the surrender of General Lee at
Appomattox Court House, from that
time forward at lis headquarters at
Washington, D. C.
The army generally has to mourn the
loss Of brother officer, whose virtues
as man, and whose soldierly qualities
are worthy Of emulation. The officers
Of the Adjutant Generals Department
will wear the usual badge Of mourning
ior thirty days
BY command Of
Lieut. Gen. u. s 6RkNr.
+ D. TowSsEN9, A. A q.
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One OF the two expert professors Of
chemistry 10 whoM che Secretary Of
the Treasury referred The investigation
as TO the oombustible or non-combusti-
bic quality Of petroleum, has respond
ed HE opinion is fixed that that COM
modify Is combusuble within the mean.
ing OF the LAW, Snd consequently spec
ial Licenses for transPo.tin it must be
taken out before it can be carried on
passenger vessels. The other expert
has not responded yet
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The demand Of the President, if We I'M
4esstsud q At Ell, is that the Republican
;srty shall, Co suit him, stultify itseh and
its whole past career and principles.-f.d.
:. ) Htcyl-1H.
Not exactly. His demand is that
the party which elected him shall Gd
here to the principles and policy adopt
ed by the nominating Convention at
Baltimore, and not TO set up 4 new
standard Of faith. Whilst he stands
By tie land marks of 1854 they have
gone CT after doctrines and theories
which had they dared to AvOw them in
1854, would have elected Mcclellan