Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-26
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NOON DISPATCHES.
NEW YORK DEsPATCHEs.
The Number of Lives LOsf-ChoIera a
SansiagO--RaiIrORd AceIdenf-The
ImpeRchnaeuf TestimOnv. etc

The Number of Lives LOsf-ChOIera a
Santiago AceIdenf-The
ImpsRehRent Testimony, etc.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The Herald's
Havana special ofthe 9th says: The offi-
cial burial returns show that 400 persons
lost their lives in the late hurricane at the
Island of st. Thomas. ....
We had the announcement from Santiago
Yesterday that the cholera reports from
Havana were creating considerable fears
there, so much so that the Spanish steamer
Barcelona, from this port, was forbidden to
enter.
The HeraIds Poughkeepsie special says
Two accidents occurred on the Hudson
River railroad last night, one to a freight
train, and the other to the Cincinnati ex-
press train, which run into some cattle on
the track, killing four of them and throw
ing the locomotive from the track. No
person hurt, The road is all right now.
Mr.. Fl. B. Clahin's residence at Fordham,
was entered by burglars on Thursday
night, the third time, and sauantity of
valuable diamonds and jewelry belonging
to sister of Mrs. Clafiin was carried of.
Mr.. Bostell, lately from California, and
Mrs. Davis, about twenty-five years of age,
recently eloped from River Head, Long
Island, and have gone, it is supposed, to
California.
The Tribune publishes the testimony of
General Grant, Judge Chase, Secretary
Seward, and Others, on the impeachment
case. General Grant said / have seen
the President frequently in reference to the
condition of affairs in the Rebel States;
when was asked to be at Cabiiet meet
ing, it was because some question was up
in which, as General Of the army, was
interested. / am not aware of any inter-
view with the President on amnesty. |
have occasionally recommended a person
for amnesty ] thought myself at that
time there was no reason why, because a
person had risen to the rank of General,
he should be excluded from amnesty any
more than one who had failed to reach that
rank. | spoke on that point. i did not
see much reason for the $4,000 clause.
These are the only two points that remem-
Der to have spoken of at that time.
afterwards, however, told him that l
thought he was much nearer right on the
$4,000 clause than l was. was present
when the proclamation was read in the
Cabinet, but my views were not asked.
| never gave any opinion to the President
that it would be better at that time to issue
proclamation of general amnesty.
Question. Did youever give your opinion
to the President that his proclamation in
terfered with the stipulations between
yourself and Gen. Lee?
Answer. No sir. L frequently had to
intercede for Gen. Lee and other paroled
officers, on the ground that their parole, so
long as they obeyed the laws of the United
States. protected them from arrest and
trial. The President at that time occupied
exactly the same grounds, viz: that they
should be tried and punished He wanted
to know when the time would come that
they sould be punished. told him not so
long as they obeyed the laws and complied
with the stipulationB. That was the ground
| took.
Question. Did you not also insist that
it applied az well TO the common soldier?
Answer. OF course it applied to every
one who took the parole, bat that was not
canvassed except ia case of some leader. L
claimed, that in surrendering their armies
and arms they had done what they could. A
portion of them could have escaped, but
they surrendered in consideration of the
fact that they were TO be exempt from trial
as long as they conformed TO the obliga-
tions they had taken, and they were en-
titled to that
Grant said that was his view, still the
President disagreed with him. He insisted
that the leaders sheuld be punished, and
wanted to know when the time for their
! trial would come Grant replied when
they violated their paroles, but these terms
did not apply to JEFF. Davis as he did not
take any parole. The President commended
for the trial of Gen Lee, but Gen. Grant
| insisted that wonld violate the parole.
Gen. Grant had urged nothing; he had
only given his opinion when asked for it.