Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-05
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.

for any other purpose, so long as military law pre-
walls there. lie says that inferior courts may,
perhaps, with propriety be held under such cir
cumstances. but he cannot admit that il is eOnsis
tent with the dignity and rights Of the Judiciary
10 hold term Of the Circuit Court at points
where martial law is supreme. He does not con
slider that the recent peace proclamation Of the
President sets aside this law in Virginia, and it
may therefore. be considered settled, that,
whatever preparations are making, the trial Of
JEFF Davis for treason will not be held in Nir-
GINA till the privilege Of the writ Of haJeas corpus
il formally restored and military law withdrawn.
Washington dispatches TO the Philadelphia
Press, state that THE amendment TO the post
Office bill, that certain officers shaH not be paid
6r their obiciai services until tLev are conJirmed
SW undoubtedly pass both Houses and is gene
raj notification that the business Of turning men
out in the recess Of Congress is a game that can
be blocked
- The Radicals promise that when the joint
resolutions from the Reconstruction Committee
and the accompanying legislation are perfected,
a measure will be suggested extending to tho peo-
pie of the South such financial assistance as will
reach in all sections"
The reconstruction plan is postponed till
Tuesday, May s, in the House. when it is to be
considered from day TO day until disposed Of No
m6re than week debate will be allowed on it..
The Senate will await the action Of the House be-
fore taking Il mp.
The indications are very strong in the Senate
that a resolution will be introduced by the Radi-
Gals for the expulsion Of Senator Garrett Davis.
The evidence submitted to the House on Fri
day by the Reconstruction Committee was. on the
whole. favorable It included the evidence Of
Major General Sheridan, b. C.. Truman, Of the
New York Tunes and Stephen Powers, Of the Gin
cinnati Commercial General Sheridan says that
the people of Texas, Louisiana and Florida, seem
20 have a most earnest desire 10 return 10 the
Union Although sometimes clarifying the rebel
lion. he believes that they accept the situation,
but at the same time thinks the Froedmcn's Blu
reau and the military forces should be retained
for the present The evidence is very brief.
The somi-ofIicial publication of the discussion
in the Cabinet Of the Reconstruction report, and
Of the adherence to the Presidents plan, Of all
of the members present but Secretary Harlan,
caused n vast deal Of comment in political circles
and about Congress The Endorsement Of the
President policy and the opposition to that pro-
posed by Congress, on the part Of Secretary Stan
ton, is fully confirmed. The semi-ofiical publi-
cation alluded 20 was approved by every member
of the Cabinet before it was made public
An order was issued by the President day
before yesterday, granting Dardons to eleven per
sons from Louisiana, six from Tennessee, three
from Alabama, three from Arkansas, one from
Gcorgia and one from Virginia, all Of which were
special eases under the first and thirteenth cNcep
tions Of the proclamation Of amnesty.
The Senate yesterday ordered that the Gov
eminent advertising in Washington be given to
the paper with the largest circulation. This will
give Forney another chance.
A rumor is being circulated that Lieut.. Gen.
Grant has stated that Congress must increase the
army as he could not get along without more
troops. The inconcctness VI this statement will
be apparent when the well known fact is is re-
membcrcd that the reorganization Of the army
was effected entirely in accordance with the
views of General Grant, nor has the Lieutenant
General expressed himself. on any occasion, rs
dissatisfied with the present strength Of the army.
The tremendous expenses Of the Freedmen s
Bureau were fully illustrated in the House on
Wednesday by the reporting Of bin making an
appropriation of eleven millions six hundred aud
forty thousand dollars for the support and cdu-
cation of the negroes. Among the items were
four millions for building school houses.
The House has passed without even calling
the ayes ana nays. n bll lnAuEuTAllNE klEahllt
system of internal improvements for nearly all
the lakes. harbors. and rivers in the country One
hundred thousand dollars for improving the
mouth of tho Mississippi are among the items.
Buffalo aud Oswcgo also come ia for good share
of the appropriations.
1t is said that bill is soon to be reported in
Congress establishing weekly line of mail
steamers to Europe, with the rate Of compcusa-
ton based on the probable postal receipts, and in
no case 10 exceed them.
Secretary McCulloch has written letter in
support Of the bill reported in the Senate, proyid-
ing for a pending loan in thirty-ycar five per
cent bonds, the principal and interest payable in
gold. The bonds are TO be exempt from all taxa
ton and are otherwise rendered more attractive.
This new loan bill will be urged 10 a vote at an
early date.
-- The senate yesterday laid on its table the
nomination of Mr. Rousseau brother ofGcncral
Rousseau, as Minister to Honduras, In place of
Thos. II. Clay.
An persons in the department of South Car
olinn holding real or personal property. goods.
chRttcls, stock. bonds, mortgages notes, bills or
assets Of any kind, Sophisticated by the late So
called Confederate authority, have been ordered
TO report the same in writing TO headquarters of
that department without delay, specifying the
kind and amount of property scquostrated, the
time and place Of sequestraton, and the namc Of
the original owners, and Of any parties through
whose hands such property may have passed since
its sequostration.
Hon John Hogan. one of the Missouri Con-
grossmcn. asserted in speech at st. Louis, ON
Tuesday night, that he had been informed by one
Of the Judges Of the United States Supreme Court,
that the Missouri preachers and lawyers test
oath law was unconstitutional. The decision will
not be officially made public until next winter.
The Richmond VA Times suggests that 10
Il would be gratifying TO the South if the Govern
ment would undertake the reinterment Of the
rebel a. well rs the Union dead II urges thatth
former though killed while cndoavorng 10 de-
stroy the Government are as much the children
of the nation as its defenders
II case in test Of the validity Of the civil
rights bill has arisen in Memphis aud been taken
10 the supreme Court Of Tennessee for decision.
The opinion of the court will be looked forward
for with much interest. The case is this: a
negro. Robert Church. having been prosecuted in
the Criminal Court at Memphis, under a law of
the State combining license 20 keep billiard ia
bic TO free white men, the civil rights bill was
pleaded in bar, and the court sustained the plea
on the ground that the State law was la conflict,
an relation to the case on trial with the law of
Congress. and TO that extent. by the 9th Article
of the United States Constitution, invalid"
The National Bankers of Indiana were in
convention Wednesday at Indianapolis Their
proceedings were private.
The weather was cold enough at Chicago on
Tuesday night for the iormotion Of ice a quarter
Of an inch in thickness, and the prospects last
night were that il would be colder still The
damage 20 the fruit crop, il is feared. will be
great Further northwest il has been colder
still, and at 81. Paul snow fell.
The cholera reports from the hospital ship in
New York harbor, continue very favorable. On
the other hand. a case Of genuine Asiatic cholera
Is reported as having occurred in the city itself
yesterday. The victim was an Irish woman. who
was living in the midst Of great filth. Stringent
measures have benn taken 10 prevent the spread
Of the disease.
The damage done 10 the Gillian Government
by the bombardmcnt of Valparaiso. is about one
million dollars; 10 the French. British and other
foreign citizens. fifteen millions. The United
States interest was small The ere was put out
in.egbtecn hours. 300 balls and shells were fred
In four hours. one man and women were killed.
and four wounded. Il is understood that all other
accessible ports are to have their share and that
the orders Of the Spanish Commander are TO do
all the damage he can with the force at his dis-
posal.
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