Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-09
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.


Sturgeon John J. Craven. late the medical adj
wiser Of Jefferson Davis at Fortress Monroe, has
been relieved from duty, and sursson George E.
Cooper has been directed to perform that duty.
The parole ofGov. Vance, Of North Carolina,
has been extended 50 as to give him the privilege
Of visiting any part Of his own State be may de-
tire.
Horace Greeley Is in Washington. He is re-
ported to have had an interview with the Presi-
dento matters connected. II is understood with
fhsNew York eollectorship.
Secretaries Stanton and Holt have both declined
delivering the Lincoln Grafton. for reasons not
yet assigned. 1t is thought that Speaker Colfax.
who has fondncss for public occasions win ac-
eept the honor.
The detail for the court for the trial Of Capt
Semmcs has not yet been prepared. In the mean
time all persons present at the capture of vessels
by him are requested to report the facts with their
names and address. TO John A. Bolles. ESQ., Naval
Judge Advocate, Washington.
Nine different varities Of wheat have been re-
ceived at the Bureau Of Agriculture. from Glas-
gow Scotland. for distribution; also two varieties
Of rye-grsss seed.
1T Is the ruling of the General Land Office
that parties who make entries under the home
stead law may rclinquish their claim TO the uuitsd
allowed to make second entry under that law,
their privileges haXipg been exhausted by the en-
try in the FIRST inst Any party, however, not
willing to continue his residence and cultivation
on tract for term Of years, may acquire com
plete title by paying for the homestead land the
price fixed BY law.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has received
advices from Mr.. Chandler, dated at Wilmington,
North Carolina. The Assistant Secretary, since
his departure from the city, has been busi.y en-
gagged in investigating the condition Of the books
and papers Of Treasury officers in the South with
reference TO the alleged cotton frauds. Il is un-
derstood that he II invested with authority TO de-
pose and appoint direct tax commissioners agents.
and other officers whom he may find derelict in
the performance Of duty. Mr.. Chambers visit
extends to all the prominent cities in the South,
and he viii be engaged in the prosecution of his
instructions until the 18th inst
Senator Trumbull has introduced two impor-
tant bills into the Senate. One Of them Is to en-
large the power Of the Freedmen's Bureau, and
the other protect all persons in the United States
in their civil rights. and to furnish the means Of
their vndeation. The first provides that in insur-
rectionary districts, where. by State law or Gus
tom. any Of the civil rights belonging TO white
persons are denied 10 negroes OF mulattoes or
where they are subject to different punishment
than is prescribed for whites. the officers and
agents Of the Freedmen's Bureau shall. so long as
such discrimination continues, have jurisdiction
of all cases affecting such negroes or mulattoes
IL also provides for Furnishing by fine and impris-
onment through the courts Of the Freedmens Blu
rean any person who shall subject a negro or mu-
latto. in consequence of his race or color. TO any
other different punishment than is prescribed for
white persons, or shall deny him any civil rights
which belong 10 the white race. The judicial
power exercised by the Freedmen's Bureau TO cease
whenever the States where it is exercised are full
ly restored in all their Constitutional relations to
the Union. The other bill is of permanent char
acter applicable TO all parts of the United States
II declares that the inhabitants Of every race and
color without regard TO former slavery, shall have
the right to make sue and enforce contracts. to
sue, give evidence TO inherit, purchase. lease
sell. hold and convey real and personal property.
10 the full and equal benefit Of all laws and pro-
ceedings for the security Of person and property;
shall be subject 10 like punishments. pains and
penalties. and none other; any law, statute, reg
ulRtion custom in the contrary. notwthstand-
ing. Other provisions of the bill make il a crimi-
nh ofcnse for any person, under color of law or
custom, 10 deprive another Of his equal civil
rights and immunites give the United States
courts exclusive jurisdiction of the cases Of all
persons thus Disseminated against and of all Of
lenses committed against the provisions OF the
act make IL the duty Of the judicial authorities
Of the United States. aided, If necessary. by the
military forces to execute the law and provide all
the machinery for making the bill effective. Near
ly al the provisions of the old Fugitive Slave Act
are Incorporated in this bill.