Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-12
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER Il, IsGs.
NEws3oF THE DAY.

Ihe receipts OF internal revenue on the 10Th
inst were 81 os2l06IggE 90 .er
Surratt is not expected TO arrive in this coun-
Try before the middle Of January,
The Rebel Gen. Hindman writes from Carlotta,
asking pardon, or permission to return to the
United States.
During the high wind on Saturday three men
we're drowned at Paducah. Ky. 10 attempting
70 eros the river in skih.
Thetenants Of Memphis have held a meeting
and b. resolution, romonstrated with Ireland
lords against the prevailing high rents
In the municipal election in Boston on The
10th inst, Otis Horcross, Republican was elected
Mayor By sos votes. majority Of the city
Council are Republicans. Hr go
The receipts Of the government from internal
revenue since the commencement Of the present
fiscal year, June 3Oth, amount to sl54. 2l0.4 As.
GOV. Worth is in correspondence with the
President relative 70 the order Of Gen. Siclles
prohibiting corporsal punishment by the courts
Of North Carolina. Ex-Governor Holden has
gone 10 Washington.
The House Of Representatives on the 10th inst.
passed bill calling for an additional session Of
the fortieth Congress. to begin on the 4th Of
March next. by q vote Of l2l to -.
Thirty-three suits for damages, amounting TO
nearly one million dollars. in the United States
District Court, at Newport against GassaWay
and Others for alleged illegal arrests during the
rebellion. have been dismissed at the costs Of the
plaintiffs.
speciai dispatch to the Memphis Avalanohe,
from Little Rock. Arkansas, says the Senate
Committee on Federal Relations reported on the
10th inst, in favor Of rejecting the constitutional
amendment.
The judiciary Com mittes Of the House Of
Representatives have informally discussed the
bearings Of Surratfs cspturs upon The solution
Of certain questions connected with Lincoln'sas as
sassinaton.
An important argument viii take place in
Washington City, on the 18th. before the Su-
preme Court upon the question whether the
stock in National as well as State banks holding
United States securities is liable to taxation.
Eleven cases Of New York banks and millions o
dollars are involved.
The work on the Cincinnati and Louisville
Railroad will be commenced Immediately. Five
hundred thousand dollars have been subscribed
by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad IN aid
of the enterprise. The road will be about one
hundred miles long. and will interseet with the
Louisville and Frankfort Railroad 81 Lagrange,
Kentucky. .......-s ....
Numerous measures for the relief Of the peo-
pie Of North Carolina are pending in the Legis-
iature The sentiment Of the members is de-
cidedly adverse to repudiating the State debt
The interest on The debt Is 10 be funded. Reso-
lutions asserting the loyalty Of the State, and
denying alleged prosecutions Of Union men,
were adopted in the House by large vote.
Mr.. Spaulding. Of Ohio. offered resolution
in the House of Representatives on the 10th
inst. which was agreed 10. instructing the Com
mttee on Reconstruction 20 inquire into the eX-
pedieney Of reporting joint resolution in Tela-
ton to the admission Of Senators and kepresen-
tatiyes Of the United States from the rebellious
States upon the passage Of athe constitutional
amendment and the establishment Of republican
forms ofgovernment in these States.
Lieutenant LaWler. formerly Of the ninth Con-
noclicut regiment, Who has lately been impris-
oned in Ireland as q Fenian, has arrived in New
Haven. Conn. having been sent home by the
English government He reports that there are
10000 well armed and well-drilled Fenians in
ireland, who are determined to strike for liberty
by the first Of January. Lieutenant Lawler will
soon return to Ireland to assist in the revolution
there.
The opinions IN inc test ouNH Ch2t9 "eAS nv
delivered IN the Supreme Court on The 10th inst.
Immediately after the opening Of court, Mr.
sherwood. Of Texas one Of the Southern loyal
lists. desired the court on behalf Of himself and
Ex-Governor Hamilton and others, that they be
heard in regard TO the constitutionality of the
test oath. he had views 70 offer in favor Of the
coustitutionality of the act which had not yet
been presented 10 the court. The Chief Justice
directed Mr.. Sherwood to make his motion IN
writing. and Gle il with the clerk for the consid-
Grafton Of the court. .a.r
A letter from Bremen says the people Of hano-
yer are very much dissatisfied with Prussianrule'
aud those that have the means are leaving the
country as fast as they can procure transportation
From 500 to 1900 are embarking by steamers
alone at Bremen and Hamburg weekly for this
country to say nothing Of those who take sail
vessels. The emigration will be much greater
next year. During the last two months there has
been large emigration Of Danes, SWedes, and
NorWegians, the most Of whom have located in
the West