Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The fund contributed by Boston for the relief
Of the Cretans amounts 10 sls,5b.
There is 10 be q grand national gathering Of
the members Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
~ Lafayette, Indiana, On the q, Sd aud iih Of
July.
Attorney General StanberTy il preparing a
supplement to his opinion on the rec0nEtruction
iaws, in which the powers Of district command
ers 20 remove State and municipal oihcer7 Will
be discussed
the navy. but who resigned and espOused the
Rebel cause during tho rebellion, has Just been
pardoned by the President. lie is cultivating a
farm near Norfolk Va, occasl 0nally turning his
attention to the taking Of fsh and oysters
Senator Wade and nine or ten Of his ass0ci-
ates with their wives and few other friends, al
together about thirty, are 70 take trip out
West this summer, the Pacific railroad line
The party expect 70 be gone three weeks, and
viii probably visit Denver City.
Divers AZ work in Boston harb0r to remove the
yacht Wave out Of the channel found two Of the
women who were drowned when she went down,
chngiBg 20 the rigging, holding on with death
grip. Had they LEI 60 they would nave come 70
the surface, and might have been saved.
One man was killed and three others badly
wounded, in Louisville. on the 18th inst, by the
falling, Of an old houee Another man was
Killed By the caving IN Of Ere clstern. One Of
the city marshals was shot and dangerously
wounded on the same day BY a drunken man.
The Secretary Of War proposes 10 establish
military Professorships in the colleges OF the
country. The plan proposed IS % detail cOmpe-
tent officers from the army TO I'LL these pTote7-
ror7hips two for each college. MAJOR NhIttle-
soy has already started on tour among the col
leges 10 get their views OF the scheme.
Secretary McCulloch has just written letter
in which he says The report that the condi
ton of the finances would require special ses-
sion Of Congr ess, originated doubtless with GER
tain persons WI" want session for purposes Of
their own. session is certainly Botneeded as far
rs the Treasury Departments concerned. and
have no hesitation IN sayingth special session
would effect iniuriously the credit Of the govern
mcnt; We reed industry more than ieZisia-
aJn."
It is stated that Mason, the Southern spy, sent
here from Toronto 20 give evidence IN Surratt
eGse. can also throw light on other matters He
processes 20 know the facts about the burning
If the steamer on the Mississippi between Cairo
aud Memphis in 1864 whereby the government
lost two million dollars Of Paymasters funds
and says he was in the plot Tor the destruction
thereof but was never paid according 70 agree
ment
As showing the condition Of the Treasury, 1t
may be stated that between now and the hrst OF
next January there must be paid sixty eight
millions Of sold interest, f0rty-siK millions Of
currency interest. eight millions Of gold loan Of
lS47, and eiRhty-six millions compound interest
notes, besides current expenses OF government.
To meet these demands the Secretary will have
from internal revenue, say one hundred millions
customs receipts. eighty millions, miscellaneous
receipts. five millions, three per cents authorized
81 the last session OF congress, MY illilolia ana
his cash balance Of one hundred millions.
A FIRE occurred in Memphis, on the 18th inst,
which sdestroyed the drygoOds house Of Green
valid a Labe. corner Of Main and Adams streets.
and also the drygoods houses Of M. kraus a
Co, Taylor, McEwen 8 Blcn. and the photo
graphic gallery Of =. Bingham. Greenwald
Labe's loss by fire and water was 100000; in
surcd for $4,000 in New York Offices. kraus
lose Is 500 600: fully insured in New York.
Burham's loss is 5000; no insurance. The
other losses are light, The Ere was the work Of
an incendiary. Gresnwnld and three clerks
barely escaped, being asleep in the third story.
A heavy rain was falling at the tiTae, and the
cxertions of the frcmen alone saved an i'm
mQnse amount Of property.