The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-10
THE NEWS.

cost TO the Government of each gradu-
ate, at the time of graduating, is Sl5,-
900, and large number of cadets fail
10 graduate from lack of capacity, etc.
The Government is 10th TO part with a
promising student One of this class
sent his resignation to the Secretary of
the Navy a few days ago. The Secre-
tsry replies that she Department de-
clines to accept your resignation. Mid
shipmen must distinctly understand
that they cannot obtain education at
Government expense and then quit the
service without rendering any equiva-
lent"
The President on Friday sent to the
Senate a number Of appointments of
| post-masters, among whom was II. II
Goldsmith, for Camden, n. J. Mr..
Goldsmith was formerly a member of
Gen Kearney's staff, and latterly has
been studying law in Mr.. Scovers
Office.
VoTRG POPULATION OF COLORADO
The aggregate votes in Colorado we're
In favor Of being constituted a state....3, ,O25
Against $50
Majority for l55
For negro suffrage 495
Against negro suffrage ,l72
Majority against ,576
Secretary Harlan has written an i'm
portant letter to q prominent Nebrss-
kan, advising vote, at the coming
election, in favor ofs State Organization.
A man named Scott, a resident Of
New Jersey, has been so foolish as to
Kentucky lotteries, which he bought
of the reported agents of those lotter-
les in New York. Finding that the in
vestments were by no means profitable,
and believing that he had been cheated
into the bargain, he had Ben Wood,
the proprietor Of the New York News,
John Morrissey, the gambler, and three
or four other less notorious persons, ar
rested for fraudulently obtaining his
money. They were held to bail in
81 900 each.
The Comptroller of the Currency
makes a statement which shows the
actual receipts for the current fiscal
year to April lst, TO be $4l004l ,232, and
at the same rate for the next three
months they will amount for the year
TO S540 100000, to which $20,000,000
may be added for the income tax.
The next volume of Napoleon's Life
of Caesar will appear in Paris early this
month. Don't let any living soul see
the proofs" is the constant order of
the Imperial author.
The following new works have just
been condemned by the Congregation
of the Index, at Rome: Historical Mis-
oellanies, by Bordas-DumOuln; Science
of Mind, by Fluet; the Problem of Life,
by Legrand; The Temporal Power of
the Popes and the Roman Question
Considered from new Point Of View,
by Turcoti and Problems of Christian
Charity, by the deputy Maresca.
NJ. Renan. during his late tour in the
East, visited Beyrout and Damascus
Add ell Kader received him very hOspi-
tably at the latter place A journal
says that NJ Renan, who speak Arabic,
was conversing with the Emir of the
past and present Let US speak of
you, said Add elKader, "and of your
Life of Jesus" "You have then read
it2" said NJ. Renan, with surprise. The
Emir sent for the volume, and opening
It, said "See not only haYe read it,
but have annotated it. The Life of
Jesus, annotated 10y Abd-el- -Kader, is a
curious work, and, what is still more
strange, the Emir thinks of publishing
il.
The Kladderadatsch, of Berlin, has
a caricature on the Schleswig- -Holstein
difficulty. Schleswig and Holstein are
| represented as the two legs of pair of
trousers. In the first part, Prussia and
Austria have each got one leg on, with
the remark, that does not do" In the
second the trousers are divided, and
each has one leg. That does not do
either. In the third Prussia has got
the whole garment to itself, and AUS
tria is walking off with bag of money,
aud "that will do
Guided by the recent decisions of the
Supreme Court of the United States,
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
rules that when a broker is engaged
in selling, not only his own stocks, ex-
change, bullion, coined money, bank
notes and other securities, but also in
selling them "for others or for COM
mission" he is "a banker doing busi-
ness as a broker" ana is liable TO tax
rpou all his sales-sales Of his own
stocks etc, included-and the internal
revenue officers have been instructed
10 proceed at once to the assessment
and collection of such taxes upon the
: sales of brokers, and Of "bankers do
ing business as brokers, as still remain
unassessed or due and unpaid.
The General land Office has been in
formed that the land Office at Mont
gomery, Alabama, opened on the 9Th OF
April
In Oregon over elevea thousand acres
of public land have been taken up.
The redemption division detected
and branded, last week, counterfeit
currency amounting to over $1,000.
The Advocate and Journal, Metho
dist paper. has reports showing that IN
the month of March there we're 10 45t
conversions in the congregations OF thai
denomination throughout the country
An American letter writer In Eng
land, having intimated that Mr. Spur
geon was aiming TO form a new sect to
be called after his own name, Mr. spur
geon says in reply, in the columns Of
the Sword and Trowel, There is no
word in the world so hateful to our
heart as that word Spurgeonism and no
Thought further from our soul than that
of forming a new sect
The Howard Association has gone
into operation in New York for the ex'
nress purpose of nursing the sick should
cholera become an epidemic during the
approaching warm season. In addi-
ton 10 furnishing nurses, the Associa-
non win contribute relief in the shape
Of medicines, etc, 10 the INDECENT grar
tnitously. After death they will' "here
tbe deceased is a stranger, decentiy
inter the remains, taking such meas
ures As will insure identification, should
relatives or friends from q distance DE
sire a rem oval or reinterment after the
pestilence has abated.
A Boston exchange estimates that
/ fcrtv-tyo American sea-gOing craft and