Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-09
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ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.
49, The question Of parole or. bail for jefferson
Davis has not yet bOen formally brought forward
by his counsel. but the Cabinet have had the mat
ter under consideration without, however, reach
ing conclusion.
- The head of the Agricultural Bureau at
Washington. has received Specimen Of hbrous
grass from New Mexico. 1t is said to be equal
TO the manufacture Of paper. cordsgc, mating.
&c, &c.
-Ex-Captain General Dulcc of Cuba. Is ex-
pocted in Washington shortly.
The House Territorial Committee have dcci-
ded to report adversely to the admission Of Utah
as a State. A military government is talked Of.
- Major General Schofed has just returned
from his foreign tour. and is now in Washington;
An important change in the military depart
mcnts has been made by order Of the President.
The Military Departments of Tennessee and Ken
lucky have been discontinued. The States Of
Kentucky and Tennessee will constitute a new
military department 10 be called the Department
of the Cumberland. Major General George Stone
man, United States Volunteers. commanding.
The headquarters will each constitute a military
district, the former under the command Of Brevet
Major Generel Jefferson C. Davis. United States
Volunteers. headquarters at Louisville, KY, the
latter under Brevet Major General Clinton Il.
Fisk. Headquarters at Nashville. In addition 10
their duties as military commanders. Generals
Davis and Fisk will perform the duties Of Assis-
tant Commissioners Of the Freedmen's Bureau.
1t is understood at the State Depart ment that
a contract has been made by the French Govern
ment with the Transatlantic Steamship Compa-
ny for the first returning detachment Of the
French army now in Mexico from Vera Cruz TO
St. Nazaire. in October next and that Marshal
Bazine is 10 leave Mexico with that detachment.
90 Secretary McCuoch has written a letter to
Mr.. Chandler Chairman Of the Senate Commerce
Committee in relation 10 the Southern revenue
and customs officers who cannot take the test
oath. They have been notified Of the disposition
of Congress, and have been Informed that their
designations would be accepted. As under the
circumstances they can no longer be allowed to
hold Office, he asks that provision be made for
their salaries 10 date, and n bill was accordingly
presented by Mr. Chandler.
go Jay Cook says ne is willing to risk two hun
dred thousand dollars on the success Of the per
cent. funding loan.
- The West India sugar crop promises well,
and is expected to reach fifty per cent. over that
Of last year
80 II is now said that Santa Anna, in a private
letter TO the Mexican Minister ut Washington,
declares himself in favor Of the Republic and
against Macmillan.
80 The Rhode Island Legislature has elected
Charles S. Bradley. Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, Thomas Durfee. Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court James C. Collins State Auditor.
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Wslter b. Chapen, Brigadier General Of the Third
Brigade.
The General Convention of the New Jerusa-
lem Church is in session at Boston Thirteen
States are represented.
The international Christian Young Mems
Convention, composed Of delegates from all parts
Of the United States and the British provinces,
is in session at Albany. New York. This is the
eleventh annual meeting Of this association.
A son Of Elk Governor Harris of this State
has recently returned from Mexico. who reports
General Sterling Prices health as much i'm
paired.
The Grand Jury Of Mercer county, New Jer-
soy, has indicted several members Of the State
Legislature for corruption in passing laws, and
made presentment in regard to the prevalence
Of bribery.
Richard Walach Conservative the present
incumbant, was reelected Mayor of Washington
City on Monday.
The Brownsville (Tcxas) RaHchcro, of the oath
May, mentions the arrival at Matamoras from the
City Of Mexico Of Gen. Cadmus Wilcox, of the
late c. s. A., and Of Hon. Il. 4. Horl formerly
Confederate Collector Of Customs at Browns
Vile.
Professor Tritwilcr of Green Springs, Ala.
announces in the Mobile Register and Adrortiser
a. ~. L. 4 a.
the northern crown, first seen on the night Of May
10Th, at r.. N.
Gen. Joe L. Johnston has accepted the presi-
dcncy of the Tennessee River and Alabama Rail
road.
The next annual session of the National Ty-
biographical Union is to be held at Memphis.
Santa Anna has had q private residence in
West Twenty fth street prepared for him in New
York. and occupied it on Thursday.
At the Patterson, New Jersey, races, on
Thursday. Kentucky beat Richmond in a three
mile single dash. Time. 5:5pk
The Grand Jury Of the United States District |
Court at Richmond presented true bills against |
several distinguished Confederate officers and on
Thursday adjourned till October.
A case of cholera at 1903 Brown street New
York City, proved fatal on Thursday.
- The Parkorsburg Gazette says that the
Grand Jury Of Upsher county. West Virginia. has
found bill Of indictment against Mr.. Taft, the
editor Of the Conservative paper at Buchanan
for printing. posting and circulating bill an
nouncing meeting Of the friends Of President
johnson at that place some time since
- The Fonian movement has suffered some re-
verses. Roberts, Sweeney and O'Ncil are under
arrest and Spear drunk
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, the
other day. decided that gains and losses which are
derived in purchase and sale of stocks are re
garded as gains and losses in business, without
reference to time during which such stocks are
held. But when gains are derived from the sales
Of stock involve interest received or accrued such
gains may be considered as dividends from bust
alone. Salaries. except where specially pro-
ydcd for by statute, are regarded rs income from
business Value ofproperty used in business, less
the amount Of insurance, may be deducted when |
lost from gains and profits in business The fact |
that person returns gain or claims the loss on |
the purchase and sale of stock does net sari
ly imply that he does a business which has re-
quired the license Of broker liability to be taxed, |
for such license should be determined upon its |
own merits and is an independent question.
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