Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-23

A ,,o,;on will he m zde in the House. in few
asyx. d;schsrxinr the Committee on Reeonstruc-
ton from further confederation OF the Tennessee
<redenfiu,s. ana referring them to the Committee
an Elections. II the motion succeeds. a similar
measure wiz be proposed in regard TO the Arkan-
sas cases.
--Governor Browniow. in aletter 70 Honorable
Horace Maynard. dated January IS. in which he
urges the admission Of the Tennessee delegation.
says the rebels Of the whole South hourly grow
moro bitter and defiant. In Middle and West
Tennessee they arc increasing in boldness. and
take the troops away and q Union man could not
live In the country.
The Senate Judiciary Committee have report
"a bill providing that no person shall be did,
qualified to act upon any grand or petit jury by
reason Of having formed or expressed an opinion
upon matters or causes 10 be submitted 10 such
jury founded on public rumor. statements in pub
lie journals. or common notoricty. provided he
be otherwise competent. This is intended to pre-
pare the way for the trial Of MIR. Davis.
The Senate Postcfice Committee win report
against the Recommendation Of the Postmaster
General TO require prepayment on all newspapers
sent 20 regular Subscribers. The committee hold
that L would be very unjust to weekly papers sent
shroueh the mails
Col. Osborne, Assistant Commissioner Of Re-
fueees Freedmen. etc.. for the District Of Florida,
has submitted plan.for Major General Howard.
for the consideration Of tho Government for colo
mixing the freedmen Of Florida. and he suggests
that the United States purchase from Florida all
that portion Of the State below go of latitude
and give II territorial form Of government. none
but freedmen TO be permitted to buy OF pre-empt
lands. and eseh head Of family to have eight
acres.
Application has been made to the Bureau for
100 coiored laborcrs 10 work on the railroad in
Maryland. The requisition will be promptly fill
cd.
Another dispatch says Governor Akin. Of
South Carolina, arrived yesterday. He says the
negroes are doing nothing. and new crops are
likely to be failure unless something is done to
compel the negroes 10 work. He has been appoint
cd TO lay the matter before the President and
General Grant. and sec If some means cannot be
devised to remedy the difficulty.
In view Of the recent order Of the Secretary of
the Treasury forbidding the landing Of imported
hides the Department has received a number of
applications from parties owning cargoes Of hides.
asking TO be allowed 10 land their property; and
when evidence has been produced showing that
hey have not been from cattle which have died
From the cattle plague. the request has been
granted
The loss in the late FIRE at Lowell. Mass. is
now said 10 be fully quarter Of a million dollars.
The property was insured for two hundred and
seventeen thousand dollars.
--Tclsgraphic dispatches Of the 18th inst. from
General Sheridan Mt New Orleans. disavow all
knowledge on his part Of the fIibusterine attack
on Bagiad. and states that his orders to his sub
srdinste officers have been TO preserve a strict
neutrality He disbclIeves the report
A Brownsville correspondent gives the full
Official correspondence between General Weitzel.
General Meiia. the Imperial commander at
Mafamoras. and General Crawford the American
General Of the Mexican Republican army, in re-
latien TO the Republican prisoners condemned At
MatAnoras to be shot in accordance with Maxi
milians decree for the execution Of all those found
In arms against his forces.
General Weitzei. in the name Of his Govern
ment, protested against this barbRrity. and Mejia
responded that II was a matter the Americans had
no right 10 interfere and that the execution Of the
decree must be proceeded with. To another letter
Of General Wcitxci. in whielf,ein accordance with
General Shcridan's instructions. he informs Mejia
that in future correspondence with our officers he
must not style the Mexican Republicans bandiis
the Imperial General again repeats what he
siders foreign dictafon and replies that all future
communications OF similar purport will remain
unanswered.
= Twelve hundred men have arrived in the City
Il Mexico In the past woek TO reinforce the For.
eign Corps minded here from French transport
steamships. Three hundred Austrian horses have
also boon received here. and sent forward for
airy service. This does not look like the French
were Withdrawing their troops from Mexico.