Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-02
TENS OF GENERAL NEWS.


Washington dispatch says that the state
at the President approves of the Senate
ruction plan IL at least. premature. as he
ed t. a Senator that he had not even
49, The following named persons were pardoncd
by the President on Monday and yesterday. under
the provisions of the Amnesty Proclamation.
FIRST and thirteenth exceptions: James L. Carter
and VIM. Morrow, Of Tennessee; T. A. Harris. of
Texas: Albert Sears and Hammond Marshall. Of
Georgia.
80 The President has refused to pardon Admiral
Semmes The latter now asks that he may be
permitted to act as Probate Judge ofMoble with
out being pardoned.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent Of the
New York Herald, writing on the 25th Of May,
says: i" Jefferson Davis shows undisguised appre-
citation Of his parole Of the fort He has been out
to-day as much as the weather would permit and
made several calls. He talks with undisguised
frankness regarding his expected trial and places
no credit in the rumor that he will not be tried
for several months yet. He certainly expresses
himself more anxious than ever thatno postpone
ment will take place"
- The Washington news-monger Of the New
York Tribune, writes that paper follows: AT
ter church a noted rebel procured an open buggy.
and took Sunday evening drive with Mrs. Da-
Wis about the principle streets Of the city. Mrs.
Davis has received very marked attention, and
many distinguished personages have made I'M
seemly haste to pay their respects 70 her. Sena-
tors johnson and Salisbury among the many
other callers upon her Saturday" Another dis
patch speaking Of Mrs Davis. says: "She still
clings TO the hope that the Government will con
sent to the removal Of her husband to fort furth-
slx,t H., fl,o 81
dent 70 the locality Of Fortress Monroe. Among
the parties who have called on and attended Mrs
Davis in her movements about Washington, the
Dluirs have been particularly noticeable.
e. A. Van Sickle, late Judge Advocate Oft
Department Of the Gulf has gone North, to assist
Charles O'Connor in the defense Of Jefferson
Davis.
The reply Of Secretary McCulfoch to the
recent resolution of the House. calling for infor
nation in relation TO the sales Of Government
gold. will probably be transmitted to that body
to-day The report will show that upward Of
thirty millions were sold during the first three
weeks Of the present month, at an average pre-
MUM Of 800 per cent. Previous to that period,
during March and April no sales were made at a
less figure than l37. IL may be stated in this con
nection that it is the firm determination Of Con-
Eress 10 stop further sales Of Government gold
- The amount Of paper circulation. on May LIST,
1906 was $3.50, sos All, including the National cur
rency. $50 O95; State circulation, Sil50OOOOO;
United States notes, $f51 AIS; fractional cur
rency. SIS. IO5Ol7; compound interest notes. $lGI-
Ol2l4l; one and two years five per cent notes,
$6095,9OO. 1t is estimated that $l00OO,OOO per
year will be necessary for the payment of the
guaranteed bonds of the Pacific Railroad, the to-
tai estimate being $73, $4,000.
Instructions will shortly be sent from the
Paymaster Generals Office TO the Government
Postmasters who are stationed at places where
there are no assistant treasures special depos-
itories. but where National Banks may be ayaila-
ble directing them not 10 make transfers from
one depository to another. without special author
ity from the Secretary of War.
Tho prospects Of the Colorado Bill being
passed over the veto arc improving.
"A young lady from Georgia has been appoint
cd 70 a cierkship in the Treasury Department al
Washington.
of the recent visit to Washington Of the per
soma retinue Of Con. Santa Anna nothing def
mite has been ELECTED as all of these gentry have
been singularly rcticcnt, and will only state that
Gen. Santa Anna does not deem 1t cXpcdicnt ai
this time to avow, publicly, his intention in Wis.
iting this country. II is admitted. however, thai
the recent visit ofhs suboriinates was prospcc
the further development Of his plans. The paper,
state that Senior Romero, the resident Minister o
the Mexican Republic, at first pcrcmptory re-
fused 10 receive them. The delegation in qucs-
ton assert that this is erroneous that they wor,
admitted without delay, and treated courtcously
Romero only stipulating that they should meet a:
Mexican citizens, and neither advanced any as
sumption of Office at the time. The interview
thus had partook of no official OF formal character
Subsequently the same parties called in body at
the State Department, and converscd with Score
tary Seward, but further than discussion Of the
condition Of the Liberal interests in this country
nothing pertaining towards the intent Of these
gentlemen in the United States was unfolded.
1t was the steamer Pcr1fridR that arrived at
the New York quarantine, with the cholera on
board last Tuesday. Thirty-fve deaths occurred
from the epidemic during her passage from Liv-
crpool. and twenty-eight eases are now under
treatment Two fatal eases Of cholera occurred
Tuesday in New York city. Both the victims
were Irish.
Alexander Rivos. of Albomarlc county. has
been appointed by Governor Pierpoint Judge of
the Supreme Court of Virginia, to fill the vacancy
caused by .he death of Judge Thompson.
Gov. Wells has written to the Governor OF
Mayor Of the City of Mexico" for permission to
remove to Louisiana the remains Of the late
Gov. II. w. Allen, for sepulturc.
80 From the Selma (Ala.) Times we learn that
Chas. n. Sanford. Esq, one of the woathiest and
most honored and useful of the citizens of Bihb
county. died suddenly Of disease of the heart, at
his residence in Controvillc.
- The penal law Of Alabama, which Furnishes
horse and mule stealing with death. is to take eff
foct from and after the LIST proximo.
A mutiny occurred last week among the mem
beers of a negro regiment. Col. Harwood com
mandng. stationed at Fort smith, Arkansas. II
threatened for a time 10 be very serious, but was
finally qucllcd by the shooting Of negro ser
geant
The County Court Of Phillips county, Arkan-
s,s granted the petition of the citizens of Helena,
permitting them to decide at the ballot-box wheth-
eror not the county shall subscribe S20O0OOto the
stock Of the Iron Mountain and Helena Railroad.
Abraham PrinEle, charged with killing three
freedmen in Mississippi last fall. arrested at
his farm on the rombigbcc recently. A reward
Of three hundred dollars for his arrest had been
offered by Governor Humphreys The arrest was
made by Mobile officers. Pringlc. after his arrest
attempted suicide, and inflicted dangerous
wound on himself with a knife.
A tornado swept over jackson, Mississippi,
day before yesterday, and injured the State
House.
- The High Court of Errors and Appeals Of
Mississippi has decided that the special or cotton
courts Of that State are and were without lawful
jurisdiction. This makes present confusion worse
coufoundcd, we should think.
A negro in Columbia. South Carolina, stabbed
two merchants Of that place with sword cane.
one Of them is quite dangerously wounded. The
negro went into the store and asked for some
paper collars, but objected TO the price. The
affair created considerable excitement IN that
city.
-Up TO midnight Of Tuesday three hundred
Feuians had arrived at Cleveland, and four hun
drcd more were expected the next day. They
came from the South and Southwest and though
generally dressed in citizens clothes, were under
complete military subsection TO their officers, who
wore swords Among their number were several
Memphis policemen, who had been discharged
f,r participation in the late riots in that city,
while quite a sprnkling Of rebel gray uniforms
attested that the South had contributed her quota
20 tbe expedition. The Herald says the men were
Generally very rotcont, though some mentioned
,.yi,us frontier towns their intended points Of
destination. At ten O'Clock ON Tuesday night six
go,ls Of the brethren lcit for Buffalo, whence
We NAV expect 10 hear more about their move
ments.
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