Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-12
Largest Circulation In City and Stat
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The NuFEuOT Oh IA aSHufuuaeAt~ has dllFNltltNfi
April 4th as a day Of fasting and prayer.
A new trial has been denied'Saniord Conover,
convicted q perjury.
The Mississippi Legislature has appropriated
$4,000 10 be expended in the defense Of Jeu'
Davis.
There was a snow-storm through western
Wisconsin and Minnesota Saturday night SIX TO
ten inches snow falling.
A Radical Union paper. TO be called the New
Orleans Repabiican, $40 be started IN AeW Or
leans by eK-Gov. Hahn and others.
GeOrge Peabody is going to return 10 London
Ia May, 20 remain three years, when ne VIII come
back. and make his permanent residence at "a
lem. Mass.
The Postmaster. Assessor and Collector Of In
ternai Revenue az Buffalo, having been rejected
by the Senate. have given possession OF the obi
ces 10 their respective deputies.
Since March LIST. two hundred and twenty-six
freedmen from the District Of Columbia have
been provided with homes 10 the Northwest and
S0uth.
Preliminary steps have been taken in the
Louisiana Legislature Tor the impeachment of
Ooveraor Wells. it being charged that he is a de-
iaulter 20 the dmOunt OF S5oOOJ.
The report Of schools in Memphis, published
by tue Freedmeu's Bureau, shows an atendance
Of 2297 OF the colored SCHOOLS while in the white
schools the number attending did not exceed
1855.
Further accounts from Alabama and Georgia
represent the restitution greater than hereto
fore. Ii Is stated that deaths are reported from
starvation in Alabama. while leading paper
ia georgia estluute2 the lutdi number OF starry
Ing there at 5d.uOo.
aearge Tucker. the Radical and negro candi-
date for Mayor at the late election in AleXau-
dria. Va, called Friday morning on Mayor La
than. who was declared elected by the judges
aud demanded the seal OF the corporation and
the books of Office. Latham declined 10 yield
them up.
The number Of bills passed at the recent ses-
sion Of the Illinois General Assembly tOots az
twelve hundred and sXty-three. The session
consisted Of Just forty working days. This Is
equal 10 Just thirty-one bills each day, or say
five every hour.
The Lexington (KyD Statesman says the
negroes are leaving Kentucky, and especially
those who are able to do the work we SO much
need 10 be done. In the past three months net
less than three hundred able bodied young field
hands have left Lexington alone, and 1t d
told that this is but the beginning Of the emf
grafton.
Washington speeial states that Gen. Grant
had an interview with the President Saturday,
when il is supposed the question Of military ap-
pointments IN the South under the reconstrue,
ton bill was thoroughly discussed. Gen, Grant
il believed 20 have completed set Of lnstrue-
tOus approving the bill. and 20 have submitted
them 10 the President.
A Washington dispatch says a prominent
Senator has received positive information from
three Southern States, that they will immedi-
ately proceed TO organize State governments
under the military bill and il H. now confidently
asserted that al the Southern states will be re
organized under its provisions aud be admitted
a. their former relations by the LIST OF January
The Feniau excitement in New York is I'M
abated. Numerous donations have been ac-
cepted. but owing 10 the luwncss Of funds hun
dreds who offered to volunteer were refused. An
enthusiastic meeting of Irish American officers
wa held al Masonic Hall Saturday night. The
members Of the Brotherhood in Washington, ST
Louis, and elsewhere are also moving an the
matter Of aid 30 the men at the front.
The President sent 90 the Senate, on the 9th
inst the name Of eN Senator COWan as Minister
20 Austria. As Mr.. COwan was not formally re
iecte3 heretofore. but simply laid on the table,
the President is not prevented by the tenure OF
utice act from again sending IN his name IL Is
said that Mr. COwan will now be confirmed a
the last vote on taking has name up was very
close.
Senator Wilson's bill supplementary to the act
10 provide for the more efficient government Of
the Rebel States by providing for the registration
of every voter ia each military district. through
the commanding General, for conducting e &C
uons for converting constitutional conventions,
and for other purposes, preliminary 90 the al
mission Of the Southern Senators and kepresen-
tatves into Congress, 1t IS reported meets the
concurrence ofthe Radical SoutheTners IN Wash
intOu. ID is also said the bali has been approved
b. the Judiciary Committee Of both houses of
Congress, and will probably pass.
Washington dispatch 10 the Cincinnati Com
taercsai Of the Sth inst. says; 1t is no longer a
secret that "A majority Of the Radicals in the
Senate are bitterly opposed 70 the Impeachment
project. They donOunco Il IN unmeasured terms
as folly and madness. One Of them said 10 day,
in private conversation, that he would like 10
know If the Republican party IS 10 be dragOoned
into such thing BY men like Logan and Butler.
who are in the Republican party only on prOba-
ton, and who az one time since the war, not
much over year ago. were doing their best 70
revive the old Democratic party with President
johnson al its head.
The most important feature in the proceedings
Of the House Of Representatives on the sth inst.
was ats action In reference TO re-appOintlng the
Joint Committee on Reconstruction. Dir. Ste
yena endeayOred 20 get IN resolution ordering
lts continuance but the House refused tbs neces-
sary two-thlrds vote the result standing yeas So,
nays 90, being eleven less than twO-thirds. The
Republicans who voted in the negative on m
other words. against roviving the committee,
void, HardinF, Ingersol, Judd, Latin. Logan,
Marvin Pile. PomerOy, Raum, Smith, Steward,
" lud., Van Horn, Of Missouri.