Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-14
rrrns OF GENERAL NEWS.

Election, March JlEt, 1910.
rTEns OF GENERAL NEWS.
--RurnOrs are circulating in Baltimore that eight
h,-,area Fcniaus are about to leave there By the
Northern Central road for Canada or elsewhere
The reports are deemed utterly sensational.
There Is good reason for saying the President
viii not fall into the trap set by the Committee
of Fifteen, and sign their resolutions to admit
Tennessee as State with the conditions annexed
Mr.. Stephens final acceptance Of the Georgia
SenAtorship was in consequence OF an assurance
from high officials that he would be admitted 70
his seat, and the President is determined 10 40
his best 70 secure that admission.
Friday afternoon. in accordance with orders
from Washington, S. r. Mallory, ex-Secretary Of
the Confederate navy. was released from fot
Lafayette. He has been in failing health Tor
some time, and il is understood he was released
In consequences Of representations by physleians
that prolonged confinement would prove fatal
He will rejoin his family. which has been residing
for some time in Connecticut.
The House Committee on Foreign Relations
has determined to hear arguments from the
friends of the Mexicsnl Republic in behalf
Of the joint resolution guaranteeing the payment
Of the Mexican bonds.
The Ways and Means Committee, during the
present week. intend TO consider the bill Tor the
reduction Of Internal Revenue taxation. M
Welles. of the Internal Revenue Commission.
who IL in conference with the Committee, Is oil
opinion that a reduction Of seyenty-fye millions
can be made with safety.
The President slas informed Assistant secre-
tary Chandler of the Treasury, that he Is opposed
70 assessing the clei ks for electiOneering purposes
aad did not approve Of the leaving their posts to
attend elections.
Tho President on Saturday signed the act
giving Clara Burton Sl5.Oc5 for services rendered
and money expendediin searching cut missing
soldiers.
The President has pardoned four hundred ana
thirteen Individuals belonging in the State OF Al
ALBANIA since The publication Of the amnesty proc
lamation. embodying tho twenty thousand dollar
CLAUSE. The number pardoned under 18th Excep-
tor In the border States is very few most OF those
who have been pardOned come under the 10th tx
seption.
The House Committee on Appropriations has
reported the bill 10 pay Missouri So Tor ex
penses incurred in putting her militia in the held
and recommend its passage.
We understand that General Spinner as pre-
pairing, in reply to a call Of Congress- statement
which viii show that out Of nineteen hundred
national banks in the United States there are but
two or three banks which have any excess Of mo-
ney which belongs to the United States. Inc
statement will make an excellent exhibit oil our
finances.
- Our Consul at Liverpool. England, IN his dis
patch 10 the Department Of State. dated February
e 1866 says tho cattle disease is still on the in
crease. No remedy mas yet been found that meets
u "a ale nh fhnr ar
several that promise we'll The official report for
the week ending February II. states the number
ofnew cases TO be 1900. This is an increase of
2Ey7 over the number reported last week. and
s,sas over the number reported as having been
attacked in the week before the last"
The Richmond Enquirer says that twenty-one
Swedish immigrants, who passed through that
city last summer on their way to find employ
msnt in the interior Of the State, have just re-
turned. much dissatisfied.
Archbishop spaulding Of Baltimore, has re-
ceived letters from the Pope Of Rome. appointing
him Apostolic Delegate, with authority TO con-
yeno a plenary council Of all archbishops and
bishops In the United States during the present
year. and 10 preside over them. The council. 1t is
thought. will be assembled some time in Septem-
Der or October.
Fred. Douglas, the great Head-C Center Of the
eolorod brethren. has delivered another lectsre
in Washington for the enlightenment Of his Cen
gressional and other admirers. In allnding TO the
President he said that perhaps it would be better
TO leave Mr.. johnson 10 speak for himself. as be-
ine the most damaging thing he can do for him
self But what, he asked. shall DO said OF him
who told US that traitors must take back seat IN
the work Of restoration. if he now invests those
same traitors with the supreme control Of the
States in which they liver What shall be said Of
him who promised TO be the Moses of the colored
race, IL he becomes their Pharaoh insteadg Why,
this must bo said: that he had better never have
been born" This last sentence is Omnous. and
must have creAted quite sensation. Gen. How
ard was present, and made few remarks express
sive Of earnest sympathy with the cause.
Opposition to the Registry law is threatened
in Missouri. There IL considerable excitement on
the subject. GensrAl Blair. at Jefferson City. ad-
vised every man TO resist IT, seeking redres'
through the courts. The Government is deter-
mined 70 enforce f. Il il takes all the State miti'
20 do IT,
A letter has been received from Genera
Scott, unhositatingiy endorsing all that President
johnson uttered In his speech on the 22d.
Letters from the East Indies represent th'
cotton trade greatly increased during the las
year over the previous one. The receipts iron
the various Indian provinces amounted to 1000
bales, three times the amount Of the preyioui
year
A project is in agitation for the holding OF d
great Southern fair at Baltimore for the relief Of
suffering among the Southern whites. Push II
along-"the greatest Of these is charity"
- Gen. G. u. Fisk and Gen. q. W. Smith late o.
the Confederate army have arrived at Louisville
The COMMERCIAL special says the President
told some Congressman that he regsrded Louis
ana moro loyal than she had been since her pur-
chase and South Carolina more loyal than sh'
had been for thirty years
f Gen. Grant has issued an order urging economy
in army affairs.
- Secretary Seward has assured the Engisl
Minister that the Fenians will not be permitted
% commit any overt act, and that the Government
will iasus proclamation in any case Of violation
of the laws.
- The Posf's special says the Ways and Mean
Committee will soon report a new tax bill in ia
vor Of Eve cents per pound on cotton and pc
cent. on all incomes. extending the exemption
clause In the latter 10 81 900.
New Orleans dispatches Of the 18th say Johr
T. Monroe, National Democratic candidate TO
Mayor, Is elected over Moore National Unior
candidate. by SIG majority. Three Of the four Re
sordsrs elected are NatiSnd Democrats. Th
fourth IL a National Unionist-