Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-01
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secret session OF the City Council
Yesterday Application for an In
junction fn the Chancery COurt-The
MeIish still Garrison the City.

secret session OF the City COunoi
Yesterday Application for an In
junction fn the Chancery COurt-Th
MeIIsh still Garrison the City.
Both Boards Of the City Council con
yened yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock
when, on motion of Mr.. Lellyeu, the,
went into secret session.
The following is the message of tn,
Mayor, converting the two Boards
MAYORS OFFICE, NASHVILLE, TENN.
Sept. 20, l867.-GENTL0fEN OF THE CRY
COUNCIL: You are called in session at Thu
time to consider the existing condition o
municipal affairs.
By a communication TO me directed from
the officers Of election appointed by your
honorable body to hold the election under
the charter, on Saturday, the 2Sth inst, as
required by law, / am informed that they
were obstructed in the performance oftheii
duty, and that no election was held by
them. A copy of the communication is
herewith transmitted.
An officer known as the Commissioner of
Registration of Tennessee, for the county
Of Davidson, did open and hold an election
purporting TO be for Mayor and members
Of the City Council, on the 18th inst, and
on the evening of that day forwarded to
this Office the poll books and returns of said
election. They are yet there on deposit.
Yoa will consider this matter and take
such action as in your Judgment the rights
and interest of the corporation of Nashville
may demand. Respectfully,
w. MATT Brown, Mayor.
The following preamble and resolutions
were adopted
Whereas, His Honor the Mayor has com
municated to the City Council that certain
returns have been sent in to his Office as of
an election held in this city on Saturday
last, for Mayor and CITY Council there
fore be it
Resolved, by the City Council of Nash
vile, That the Mayor be requested to COM
municate said returns to this body imme-
diately, with any information in his pos
session respecting the ineligibility of the
candidates appearing to be elected by such
returns.
Resolved, further, That the Mayor be
instructed TO make inquiry al the Office of
the Secretary Of State, to ascertain whether
or not the candidates reported to have
been elected at said election, have taken,
subscribed and filed in his Office the oaths
required by the franchise law of all can~
didates for Office.
Resolved, further, That this Council ad-
iourn 10 meet tomorrow evening at seven
o'clock, to receive the reports of the Re-
corder and other officers, preparatory TO
any change i'm administration which NAV
ensue.
What else transpired behind the closed
doors of the council chamber, the excluded
reporter saith not, save that the pugnacious
Coltsrt put in an indignation resolution,
which found the table on its first reading.
Meanwhile, the rusty bayonets of six
six hundred militia frown in the back
ground, and their prompt use is publicly
threatened by the sanguine bummers who
have 30 easily ridden into power upon the
broad shoulders Of the untutored negro
more their slave than Young Africa wots of
in his yet unbroken dream of liberty. To
day has been looked forward to by the en-
thusiastic non-residents as the Inaugural
ton of their first administration, but as yet
the farce of Saturday is unrecognized as an
election under the charter
Yesterday an application was made in
the Chancery Court for writ of injunction,
which, If granted, will throw out the AL
denites until the Legislature, which meets
next week, shall abolish the charter and
take formal possession of the city, as is
confidently expected by the would-be adj
ministration.
The application is said to be an elaborate
and powerful document, and is the work of
the best legal talent of Nashville. 1t is
now in the hands of Chancellor Harrison,
aud a decision is expected to day.
1t was reported last night that the bum
mer boards had held private meeting.
Sheridan, the Registration Commissioner,
gave Recoder Foster to understand, yes
terday, that if he (Foster) did not choose
to swear in the new concern, the swearing
would be done by Sheridan himself. De-
velopments of come sort are coming speed
lie