Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-05
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WASHINGTON, March 4.-The Senate has
confirmed. among others, the following
nominations as United States ministers
A. S. Williams, San Salvador; Andrew
Duggin, of Michigan, at Port Larnia, and
Rev. J. Foulk, arbitrator on thepart ofthe
United States at Sierra Leone.
The committee investigating the alleged
frauds in the New York customhouse re-
port the most reprehensible conduct on
the part of Mr. Smythe, the present collee-
tor There appears to have beer what was
called general order" business, which
Mr.. Smythe sold out, and that Peter Van
Bergen, George Thompson, Senators Doc
little and Patterson, and Mrs. Perry, had
entered into. Mr.. Smythe informed Mr..
. Humphreys that he had obtained $4,000
per annum for this business from Messrs.
Miller and Conger
On Mr.. Humphreys remonstrance against
it being trifed with in this manner, Mr..
Smyth cooIly offered a gratuity of $1,000
out of this 1t was shown the $4,000 was
divided as follows: Geo. f. Thompson
late of the Daily News, $4,000, Senators
Doolittle and Patterson $4,000 each, Hum
rev. and by him at once rejected, $4,000,
Brown. Private Secretary of the Collector,
ana DIV MN Tti6GtCu, pAbOO, BOlANACdl AAuA3
$4,000, Mrs. Perry, known as Washing
ton woman, $4,000, Bergen, $4,000. This
makes up the $4,000 so as to correspond
technically with Smythe's repeated assertion
that he was not to have dollar Of it. 1t
was shown, however, that there was left
him part of the $4,000 political funds.
The report also exposes an existing .sys-
tematized and protracted extortiOn.
The majority of the impeachment COM
mittee reported that they had examined a
large number of witnesses, and collected a
large number of documents, but they have
been unable to conclude their labors, they
say, however, the charges have not been
negatiyed to such an extent as to admit of
no discussion, and also state that sufficient
testimony has been taken to justify and de-
mand further prosecution of the prosecu-
tions. Rogers, a minority of the commit
tee. reported that there was not particle
of evidence to sustain the charges. The
Judiciary committee in their investigation
of the discovery and arrest of Surratt, re-
port that no effort was made by the Execu-
tive TO trace the movements of Surratt,
Notwithstanding ample opportunity was
offered. and that the Executive did not
notify our Minister at Rome that Surratt
was going there, when the government had
every reason to belive such was his inten-
ton, and that the reward for his arrest was
revoked November "a, 1865. That, from
August Sth, to October Is, 1866, no steps
were taken to arrest Surratt, then known to
be in the military service of the Pope.
Minister King informs the State de-
partment that there is no truth in the state
ment that the American chapel has been
removed, by the Papal authorities, outside
the walls of Rome. A letter from Amos
Kendall, however, says the chapel was
ordered closed and the congregation ac-
cordingly sought accommodations outside
the walls.
The President has approved the bank
rupt BILL also, the bill to make valid the
proclamations of the President, thus ex-
empting military officers and soldiers
from operations of the courts. All the i'm
portant appropriation bills, and all otheTz
bills presented to the President, including
the wool tariff bill, have been approved and
signed by him, also, the tax bill.
The Mexican legation has official infor-
nation of the capture Guanaiuato by the
Liberals, together. with $50 prisoners, 500
muslets, % cannon, and ammunition and
war materials. The battle lastedsix hours.