Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-27
BY TELEGRAP PHI.
NOON DISPATCHES
NEW YORK DISPATCHES.

Important Diplomatic sEission-Ar-
rest of varOna-RaIIrOaa Work Sass
Pended-POstaI Treaty-St. Thomas
Affair, etc, eGe.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-The Tribune's
Washington special dispatches received
here within the last few days from the
Gillian government orders the representa-
tive of that republic to England on an i'm
portant diplomatic mission. -
The rumors relative to the reduction of
the regular army are entirely unfounded.
Gen. Grant has not recommended any such
measures, on the contrary, he stated in his
communication to the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, short time ago, that he did
not think a reduction of the prices at the
present time at all advisable.
Robert 7. Lincoln, son of the late Pre-
sident, arrived in the city to-day, and is
guest of Secretary Welles.
Joseph 4. Narona, once clerk in the
employ of Wells & Fargo wko embezzled
considerable sum of money from his EN-
ployers and fled to New Orleans, was ar
rested on his arrival in that city by the
police. The prisoner Immediately sued
out writ of hGbeds corpus, upon which he
was taken before Judge Learont, who
held that there was no direct testimony
against the prisoner; that he had not been
arrested on sworn affidavit, and that the
testimony against him was merely hearsay.
Varons was therefore discharged.
Work on the Midland railroad has been
suspended, owing to the opposition of many
citizens who object to the depot being in
Middletown.
The remains of Gen. Griffin, who died
in Texas, of yellow fever while in COM
mand of the 5th Military District, will ar
rive in this city to-day for Washington.
The body will be received by all the Off
GERS of the post about the city, who can
be spared from duty.
The Herald's Havana correspondence
says: We learn from Madrid that the pro4
posed postal treaty between the United
States and Spain has not ever been favora-
bly, received at Madrid, but that it was
likely to be concluded ere long.
The Heralds Washington special saws
The anticipated difficulty in securing the
appropriation of lands by the House of
Representatives necessary to consumate the
purchase of st. Thomas, appears to be not
the only obstacle in the way of the United
States perfecting the acquisition of that
island. From gentleman arrived from
st. Thomas, / learn that as the time ap,
proaches for the people to determine by
their suffrages whether the island shall re-
main under the jurisdiction of Denmark,
or transferred to the United States, the in
dication to allow matters to remain as they
are grow stronger. This feeling is not the re-
suit of hostile sentiments towards our con-
stitutiOn, but desire to avoid the high
rates of our port duties.
The Times Atlanta, Georgia, correspon-
dent says: One of the largest and wealth.
est merchants in this city told me this
morning that since the passage, by the
convention, of the temporary ordinance
prohibiting the levy of executions and sale
of property, he has been unable to collect a
hundred dollars, and that all business.
except little retail trade, is practically
dead throughout the State.
A number of agents of Northern mer-
camille houses are here, looking as black
as thunder cloud. They are not collect
ing a dime, compared with the present
financial condition of the State and that
of this time last year. / never saw such
stagnstiou and utter want of confidence.
Credit is dead and buried.
Gen Grant reports that the balance due
from the Southern Railroad Companies to
the United States on the 1st of November,
1867, including interest, was 81, 1884, 500.