Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-12
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.

said the supporters Of Andrew johnson could be
placed in street car Mr.. Doolittle said that the
President would go 10 the cross or the scahold
before he would surrender his principles.
Mr.. Stevens. in the House. introduced joint
resolution 10 amend the Constitution of the
United States by adding an article providing that
Congress shall have power to lay and levy tax or
duty on cotton exported from the United States;
which was read twice and referred TO the Judi
ciAry Committee.
49, Senator Morrill, introduced bill TO repeal the
city charters Of Washington and Georgetown.
This is intended to take the place of the negro
suffrage scheme, it is said, at the solicitation Of
the members Of the House. who are afraid to go
before the people next fall upon such an issue.
- Mr.. Washbune. of Illinois. presented a let
ter from Mr.. Bancroft. transmitting correspon-
dcnce between Earl Russell, Chas +. Adams, and
Mr. Bancroft, on the subject Of Mr.. Bancroh's
structures on the English Government in bis eu-
logy on President Lincoln. delivered before Con
gress.
Rev. jesse b. Ferguson. Of Tennessee. has
been elected Secretary of the National johnson
Club at Washington. A most excellent selection.
- call has been made for a Republican John
son State Convention, to be held in Pittsburg. in
July next, to put in a third candidate for Gov
ernor.
1t is stated in dispatch to Gov Patton,
that the War Department has ordered that sup
plies be Immediately sent TO Alabama, sufficient
to relieve the entire destitute population.
- Two dc(gultng Treasury Agents, from San
Antonio, Texas, were arrested on the steamer
Ruth. at Memphis, and shipped to New Orleans.
Their robberies amount TO $4,000
80 Admiral Raphael Semmes was elected Jndse
Of the Probate Court of Mobile on Monday, by
2Gl plurality.
The remains Of Captain John W. Harris. In
spector General on General Preston Smiths stan,
have been taken to Memphis aud inferred at
Elmwood Cemetery. This noble soldier fell at
the battle Of Ellcrsic Mountain in Gcorgin, dur
ing The campaign from Dalton 10 Atlanta.
The Columbia. Tenn, Herald says: Among
the farmers in the city Monday last, we were
glad to meet General Ewell, so distinguished rs a
soldier, who is now a resident OF odd Maury,
and is going largely into stock farming. The
General has a magnificent farm, is entering upon
his new life with his accustomed energy and zeal,
and we hope and predict for him great success.
lie appears in excellent health and cheerful
spirits.
A Paris letter says that d" Mr. Jacob Thomp-
son, President Buchanan Secretary Of the Int
rior. is in Paris. whittier he arrived from Egypt
some time since. Mr. Thompson says were the
ban removed from him upon the charge of having
been engaged in the assassination conspiracy, hc
would 90 10 Mississippi and do his best to aid in
the reconstruction. He says there is ample evil
denco in the hands Of the President that no had
no connection with or knowledge, however re-
mote Of the assassination plot. His son Is carry
ing his Mississippi plantation. and has. he says.
made satisfactory contracts for work with his
former slaves. about two-thirds Of whom remain
upon his plantation. Mr.. Thompson is anxious
10 return the United States. aud expresses himself
very freely in favor of the reconstruction policy
ofPrcsidcnt johnson, and upon the necessity of
the Southern States accepting the situation and
acting with loyalty and good faith
Mrs. Nathaniel Gather daughter of Ex Gov
ernor Beriah Magofln, Of Kentucky. died the
other day.
General James Shields made n speech last
week to the citizens Of Livingston County, Mis-
souri, against the Radicals, and in favor of the
Presidents policy"
A Lyons manufacturer has lately turned out
from his looms admirable likeness of Lincoln,
woven in silk-back and white; the resemblance
isstrkng aud at the distance Of q few feet, il is
impossible to distinguish the picture from a fine
engraving
The last wonder of Paris is the equipage of
late seamslress or New York. which in magriG-
concc. surpasscs that of the omprcs5-i itself
- The Great Eastern is busy preparing for the
reception Of the now Atlantic cable Towards
tho end of June. il is thought the hazardous en-
terprise will rccommcnco Of laying the cable.
-- Cholera, and rumors Of cholera, are rife in
Europe unnecessarily Tightening the nervous in
advance. In the grand duchy of Luxembourg,
however at the little town of Diekirch il is said
to have been very serious; 100 in two days. out Of
1900 have persisted. Larges fires were lighted
in the open streets, and the houses were inun-
dated with chloride of lime, but without effect
As yet, no cases have occurred in England this
season.
Tho Philadelphia Board of Health have in
stituted system Of visiting each block in the
city once a week. hcncciorth. to discover nuis-
ances, and, during the past week, over twelve
thousand houses were examined and upward of
fourteen hundred nuisances reported. One ward
reported a nuisance 10 every eight houses, and
another one to every twenty-siN houses only.
The trial of DIR. Ncwland. who killed Prof
Evans at Bedford, Nd. for the seduction of his
daughter, is now on hand, and is exciting much
interest.
The remains Of seven Ohio soldiers, belonging
to General Mtchcll's famous " Railroad ENpcdi- |
ton. who were hanged by the Conicderatos. have
been removed from Atlanta 20 Chattanooga, |
where they have been properly buried.
Friday the Sth Of June has been appointed |
as the day for the execution Of Antoine probst.
- Several public spirited citizens in Charleston |
propose to convert the square of the burnt district
into public garden, on the same plan the 1
Palais Royal in Paris. This will be enclosed by
an elegant fre-proof block Of buildings. The
lower stories TO be used stores while the upper
will contain cafes, an opera house. Sc.
The bill to encourage tclegraphic communi-
cation between the United States aud West India
Islands and the Bahamas. and approved by the
President provides that the international Ocean
Telegraph Company. incorporated under the laws
of the State Of New York, their successors and
signs shall have the sole privilege for fourteen
years to lay. construct land, maintain. and one
rate telegraph OF magnetic lines or cables in and
over the waters. reefs. shores and lands. over
which the United States has jurisdiction, from the
shores Of the State of Florida to the Islands Of
Cuba and the Bahamas, either or both, and other
West India Islands. The company SHALL at all
times, give the United States the free use Of said
cable, and telcgraphic operator of its sclcc-
ton, 20 transmit any message 90 and from its mil
itaIy, naval, and diplomatic and consular agents.
and the company shall keep all its lines open 20
the public for the transmission for daily pub
LEGATION. of the markets and commercial re
ports and intelligence. and all messages
dispatches and communications shall be for
warded in the order in which they shall
be received. The company will not be permitted
TO charge and collect for messages transmitted
through any Of its submarine cables more than
the rate Of s. SO FOR messages Of ten words. sub
ieot, however. TO the power of Congress 10 alscr
and determine said rates: provided, that the In
ternational Ocean Telegraph company shall with
in the period Of three years from the passage Of
this act cause the said submarine cable or cables
10 be laid down, and that the said cable or
cables shall be in successful operation for tho
transmission Of messages within the said period
az Eve years otherwise this grant Is TO be null and
void. Congress reserves the power "a. at any time
alter or repeal the above act.
- President James Stevens arrived at New
York on the 10th.
- Reports from Southwestern Georgia say the
crops are Injured by the continued rains The
wheat in many localities is already stricken with
rust The cotton crop is not yet thought to be in
jured.
Tho anniversary Of the death Of Stonowall
Jackson was observed in Richmond on the 10Th.
by floral decoration oftho graves OF Confederate
soldiers az Hollywood. The cemetery was thrungod
with ladies. Several brief addresses wese made
Business was generally suspended in The city.
The notorious Sterling King. who was 70
- f.o,, fbo I.oueville iail a few ,lnvr sine, ,r