Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-03
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4 Heavy loss BY Firc-Gsone f0yEngIand-
From JaPap-Senator wilson In VII
mIngton = The 1mpeaehment Conn
mittee I'm Washington, etc,
New YORK, MAY 2.--Phe loss By the
burning Of the steamer Hibernia last even
ing amounts to 100000. One policeman
and one fireman were injured, and one fire.
man Is missing. The policeman was saved
through the instramentality of the colored
steward, who threw him overheard and then.
jumped after him and conveyed him
ashore.
During the present year A, 377 emigrants
have arrived at this port, being not quite
one thousand less than the number arrived
during the corresponding period last year
Mr.. George Peabody departed for Eng
land intte steamer Scotia, from this port
yesterday. 20 lssa9sls gitzy sl
The Hersld's special via San Francisco,
gives news from Yokohama, Japan, 10 the
"a of April. The war with Chasih was
suspended. Apologies had been demanded
by the British Minister, and made by the
Mikado, for insults offered TO the British
officers by the natives.
Another Gre had destroyed q large por-
ton Of Yokohama, and several ineendiaries
have been discovered.
The Herald's Montgomery, Alabama,
special Of Yesterday, says: A large gath
ering Of freedmen, mainly women, assem-
bled to-day at the national cemetery and
decorated the graves Of the Union soldiers,
which was intended as an ovation to the
nation, as an Offset TO the decoration of the
graves Of the Rebels by Southern ladies.
The procession was large and orderly.
The Herald's special says: Senator
Wilson received an ovation from the col
ored people of Wilmington, North Caro-
lima, yesterday. He made a speech of the
usual tenor and vas replied TO by Mr. Ben
iainin Robertson, local orator. and the
audience was very enthusiastic. The ma
tional flag was displayed from the public
buildings, and a procession with music,
banners, flags, notices and devices pa
raded the streets.
The Times special says that as only |
three of the Judiciary Committee had ar |
rived in Washington yesterday, there was |
no meeting in the impeachment inyestiga-
ton matter. The other members were ex
pecte9 to-day. Witnesses from the South |
have arrived, among whom are Geo. A. /
Trenholm and his son, w. l.. Trenholm, of |
Charleston.
Gen. Spinner, United States Treasurer,
signed to-day the first installment of the
three per cent. certificates, authorized at
the last session of the thirty-ninth Con-
gress to be used in liquidation of com
pound interest notes falling due. They |
will be issued only from the New York
Assistant Treasurer, Van Dyke, counter
signature being necessary to the official
validity, and in denominations of five
hundred dollars and one thousand dollars.
The Herald's special says the President
has pardoned Solomon Kohnslamm, con-
victed of presenting fraudulent claims
against the government in 1862, and SEN
fenced to ten years imprisonment.
Fifty thousand dollars is the amount
claimed by the counsel employed by the
United States to defend the Fenians on
trial in Canada last winter, and the ques-
ton arises as to how Mr.. Seward can pay
it, there being no provision for any such
outlay, and the Senate not being very apt |
to grant any appropriation for the purpose.