The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-24
81 LAST NIGHTS hAIL

W~AsmSG1os, Jan. Z2-The Constitutional
amendment reported IN both branches OF
Congress to-dav. fr9sn Committes On Recon
strmii1u. IS the ssnle ID Substance O. thst
1bIniu FL ~ the Hepreseuriire OF Aaiue-
oHihe sfl mt, differing onsy 10 phrrseol-
Mr. Bieiues a~mendlnent excepted trd-a
+ tEp Hrss of reuresAut a. on efltuC-s 90 wa0l1H
political rights OF privilege are .ui.d OF
ab-i1Eed on account OF race or Co.or.
The amendment rep rtei substitutes cleo
tive irHUchise i9T political rights on prvi-
eyes. Both excluded n.grJes from being
e.uute1 excepting ia States where they are
perm tied 10 yots.
View TosK. JAM. 22.-An evening paper
a-nu0uuces The appearances Of q new coun-
terleit SlO0 National currency note, y hlch IS
well exa cutsd.
A letter froIn s.. Petersburg announce
] that the Ras=iau Government has placed c
war steamer a. th~edisposal OF Collins over
land Telegraph Com pany, aud has gwen.
Instructions 30 the EussIaa authorities 70
! ahlrd every possible assistance TO the c0E-
psny Ia thcir operations.
Aletter from Richmond saws thatthrough-
nut the whole state Of Virginia country
meetings have been held f1r the purpose Of
fixing The price 81 labor. IN many instances
i AAF NaN-n AATA nave UErA AAaEEAAH ma ;
others they VIII &c ruiuCus 10 the working
classes, aud productive or trouble 10 The
iuture.
BALTIMORE, Jan. ga clerk in the Bal
timore pOst-otice, named AlOnzo NutenlDs,
has been arrested for rObOing the mails by
the Special Agent Of the FOst-onioe tiepart-
meat, This makes tw nty arrests this Oh
Ger has made within two months.
BosroV, january 22.-The steamship Asia
srrived here from Halifax a. hali-past Two
O'Clock this afternoon.
buffalo, Jan. GAN ice bridge formed
below Niagara Falls on Sunday, extending
three miles down the rapids. IL Is the
largest that has formed for many years, and
people are crossing from both sides to-day
NV ORLEANS. Jan. 22-The steamer Mis-
souri,, from New York, and ships Freedom
and Nicto1a. from Liverpool, have arrived.
Cotton dali aud inactive. sales OF l,s0J
bales middling 81 49c. Sugar more Ccuve,
with lair TO prime at l4A@l6Hc. sales OF
] 500 sacks Of coffee a. 2Uc-sold. Flour
Improved IN demsud%uperfne IS. Freights
tsady-Liverpool II Is, New lc5k, b.
steam, "a. Gold Al. New York ehecEs lie
discount.
A new party has sprung up in Mexico,
called the Ortegral faction, who hold q COM
mission from Oriega and refuse To recognize
Juarez. Crawford and Cortinas are said o.
belong 70 the party.
Col. Lawrence Kip, of sheridan's staff
who has been investigating the Bagdad
affair, returned Sunday morning.
Paynssier Pierce arrived at BrazoI with
iunia 10 pay off al. the troops in the Ri
Grsuie district. a q-uartermaster's dis
bursting officer also reached there 20 liqui-
date all claims against that department.
A large number Of eO-ored troops are be
~ H.aaHa.I "a H. 90 la
dianola.
An order has been received for mastering
out aearly All o. ueu. Ciark's command on
the RIO Nrande.
About four companies oil black soldier
are dong provost dAty in Bagdad, et IA,
solicitation Of the Ameficau ci'lzens, and n,
one eau leave town without q pass Iron
-headg1arlers OF the United states iOrces
Bngdsi, Mexico.
Genera Crawford. Colonel Edgar. his Ad
%jufanE. sud Governor Leon, @! vamaulipas
have arrived here "a routs for Washington
Tee Time Brownsville correspondent
SAYS: Couiuas uow occupies Basdad wat.
a0out too hundred mrA. 10 is unGersto1,
that hcitZ-i ~disapployes the action Ok on
Officers ia the recent capture Ut BIE5at, ALT
has already srirst-d som. oi them.
AI heavy ordnance hiss been ordered iros
BrHs1s a. bruwn-vIll-.
C,inu-l Hauks. agent OF Adam's EEPresa
was robbed OF Sl,5bU ia silver 0y SOME 81
General CLARK, command.
Preparations Of a he.liFerent characte
coaij ur, ha,h Il Bro~ls sill- and A4Ei
muias.
The I,auchero saws: Cascll Issued q proc
iamation 90 hfr aoliiers advising them
submit IT, The Imperial AUTHORITIES ruthe
than unite ia hlihusJering expeditions w1t
the Ganhees.
UAlrssrls, Jan. S.-An orde- .las bee.
promo gated m-stering "ut1we8ty-tyvc re-
imeut, m Texas. IAs white troops VII j.
luid Oh ai their respective state rudezyou.
In, most of the oth-rs "a View Orleans
The Texas vote for the Convention
quite small. The delegates rlecs-t ar
mostly oil the conservative element.
CoyiSGrox ASD CIycIyvAgi Br1oar.-Th
winter, So iaf. has been favorable .rs th
prus rruti-u W the WORK on the Covingto
uui guciuusu bridge, and great prOsre-
d has Jeea made. Ihs Euinber of wirrs Lake
e across daily is about eighty, De- ny forty I
each strau. Tire fourth stran will be con
E pleted during the present month. The tW
q. great cables will be composed oi s-ve
o stfaus each. The WORK % the supsrssruS
ture, IA the yarilus saOps o. the COMPANY
? IS being pushed forward with great virgo
and The prospects now are that the bridg
( VIII be completed and thrown open !,
tfayel BY the ist of November next. tn
however, will depend altogether on III
b. weather. Cold does not now interfere wat
ID the work. IS Formerly, but wind instant
y puts q sop to operations, u, 1t is imDossi0l
b % carry abe wires across when a stu breei
n is prevailing. Three-fourtls Of the vii
ie for che cables has been received from EoE
land, and most of Il oiled and prepsre'
l. The remainder VIII arrive in good uml
p The ~wrought-lrOu floor beaIls-betweeu si
5, aud seven hundred in nun ber-haye ais
h. been received. They wers manufacturc
Ia Buffalo, New York. and are nineteen fe,
six inches in length, and wi en- sphcei vi
BE- thirty-uiue feet loug-the width Of "a
bridge. A planning millhaS been erected b
,s the company on the wharf on She Gown.
ton side OF tho river. whee The joists &,
N Che flooring wan he Joined ghd broushi TO
null rm thickness. Nearly Oil The remhl
Tor the flooring is on ham, and 8 dryiu
e house for s. u%,oniug it rs 10 iperafon. ~
Is hoor will bs laid double and In pitch. DID
q the deck Of a vessel. It viii be about On
= inches iu thickness, iusuring increase
strength, s~,eadiness, and Stiffness 10 Il
bridge.