The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-16
By Telegraph
Afternoon Dlsptches.
BIII 70 Fund the National Deli.
About Santa Anna.
JEFF. DaEIs's Trial.
The Reconstruction Bin In the
Senate.
The JEFF Davis Indictment.

NEW YoRK, May is The Herald's spe-
eial says Mr. MeCulloch sent to-day 10 the
Senate Finance Committee the draft of a
new bill providing for the funding Of the
national debt into a five per cent. consoli-
dated loan. The Secretary of the Treasury
has decided 10 redeem all outstanding GER
tiicates OF Indebtedness, and to issue no
more in future.
The Mexican Legation say in reference to
Santa Anna that they regard him as a
French spy, and express hope that if he
reaches Chihuahua he will be speedily
hanged.
The Times special says: I have it from
high authority, that JEFF. Davis will be tried
in Richmond in June, upon the indictment
recently found By the grand jury at Nor
folk, providing Chief Justice ChasA vii
consent to preside in the Circuit Court90 acre
to convene. There will be no delay on ac-
count of the investigation going on before
the House Judiciary Committee. It is not
true, as stated in some Of the papers, that
copy of the indictment has been deposited
with the Attorney General.
The Tribune's special says: The indiet
ment of JEFF. Davis has been made public,
but it contains nothing not in that publish
ed q year ago. Chief Justice Chase has
signifed his willingness to preside over a
court in Virginia on the condition that the
President issue a proclamation abrogating
martial law in the State so far as the United
States forces are con erned. The Chief
Justice had an interview with the President
on the subject last week, and the probabili-
ties are, that the latter will listen to Mr.
Chase's suggestions, as he expressed him
self anxious Tor the immediate trial Of the
chief instigator of the rebellion. The House
committee IS preparing report in favor of
his trial by Military Commission for COM
plcity in the assassination conspiracy. The
report is voluminous, and will contain 8
chain Of eircumstantal evidence, the vari-
GUS links of which were obtained out of the
ruins of the COnfederacy.
The statement sent from here that the Sd
section of the Constitutional Amendment
will be stricken out in the Senate and the
entire amendment more or less emasculeted,
is at least premature, and the wish is father
to the thought. A pretty solid column will
be developed in the Senate IN favor Of the
House resolution.
The President has approved the bill
amending an act relating to the habeds cor
pus and regulating judicial proceedings in
certain cases, and approved in March, 1868.
1t is, therefore, law.
NEw YORK, May 15.-The Chronicle, of
this city, publishes the address from Gen.
F. C. De Masquera, the new President Of the
United States OF Columbia, to the people Of
the Republic. The President strongly de-
noupces the last insurreetionary move
msnts, aud gives assurances that he viii
protect every citizen in the enjoyment of
his rights.
Before sailing from Europe President
Masquera concluded a treaty of friendship
and commerce, and another relative to
postal af1airs, with England. He also ar
rived at an agreement with the Papal Gov
ernment concerning the administration of
ecclesiastical affairs, which has long been q
subject of dispute between the political and
ecclesiastical authorities. According to the
agreement, the Church will continue to be
separated from the State.
NEW YORK, May l5.-Tha Heraid's Rio
Janeiro correspondent of the 9TH ult. says {:
The Brazilian heet has reached T. esbaccas,
on the Paraguay river, and was in g line
extending to Pasca de La Patra on the Pa
rama. Baron Porto is opposite ItOparaln with
I0, 600 men. The steamer Dorathera, cap
tured by the Peruvian Monitor Hennesaw,
had been refused admission to the port and
had been burned at sea. A dinner was
given on board the American steamer South
America, to distinguished men in the city,
during which the most cordial harmony
prevailed, and the greatest sympathy de-
monstrated towards the United States.
The Herald's st. Thomas, West India,
correspondent says: The idea of annexa-
ton to the United States was extending to
and was well received in all the West
Indies.
NEW York, May 15.-The Philadelphia
Ledger received late last night, he's the fol-
lowing from Washington: That the indlet-
ment found last week ct Norfolk, against
jeff. Davis, recites that he did on the 10th
day Of June, 1854, in the city of Richmond,
with force of arms, unlawfully, falsely, mall
iciously and traitorously compass, imagine
aud intend TO raise, levy and carry on war,
insurrection and rebellion agsinst the Uni
ted States and in order to fulfill and carry
into effect his said traitorous designs, he
and a great multitude of persons whose
names are at present unknown armed and
arrayed in a warlike manner did falsely
and trsitorously assemble and gather them
selves together against the United States
and did in q warlike, hostile and traitorous
manner, array and dispose themselves
against the said United States Of America,
contrary to the duty of allegiance of fidelity
of said Jefferson Davis, and against the
Constitution, peace, dignity, and the Gov
ernment Of the United States and against
the form Of the statue of the United States
of such cases provided.
NEW YoRK, May l5.-Gold opened at
1901, and closed az 129zS.
Cotton dull at 346135.