Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-27
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Report of the Judiciary Committee
From st. Thomas and British Hon
duras--RepOrI as TO Affairs in south
CarOIina--POs General Ran
dali rendered the Mission 40 Wen
ma. etc. etc.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The Tribunes
special saws: The Judiciary Committees
report Of the investigation in the matter
of returning to Rebels their confscated
property shows that in Louisiana alone pro-
perry to the amount of $1,000 900 had been
returned to Rebels by order of the Presi-
dent. All of our Generals have frequently
decided that this property belonged to the
government as much az anything could.
The facts connected with the recovery by
the Rebels of all this kind of property, in
all the States Of the South, viii startle the
public. They cannot only be shown from
the records of the bureau in Louisiana, but
from those Of the bureaus in all the South-
ern States.
1t is stated that the Roberts Fenians in
this city contemplate an early resumption
of operations in Canada.
The Herald's Havana correspondence of
the 10th, says the Bay Of Sumana has been
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dAfairs ofthe United States in St Domin-
60, as a coaling station, in the latter repub-
lie, for United States vessels, and that the
treaty has already been forwarded.
The Herald's Belize, British Honduras,
correspondent of the Sd says: Another
expedition has been started after the In
dams, in charge of Col. Has!ey, of the
British army The facts of the late de-
feat Of Her Majesty's troops, are so dis
graceful that, for the credit Of the soldiers,
/ iorbear to give the details.
The cane crops are magnificent, and
thousands of ripe cane is waiting for the
mills, and we shall have excellent sugar
In abundance.
The Times special says: Edward Cooper,
of the select committee, 10 inquire into the
murder of Union soldiers in South Carolina,
had submitted a minority report, in which
he admits the soldiers were questionably
deliberately murdered, but claims it is not
proved beyond reasonable doubt that the
discharged prisoners were guilty Of the
crime. He then proceeds at length to sus-
tain the official action, which finally cul-
minated in the release Of the prisoners I'M
der the writ Of hdbeds corpus. He also disa-
grees with the committee as to the necessity
for military rule in the South to maintain
order.
The Tribune's special says: General
Grant has expressed himself to Senator
Wilson and the Secretary of War, As warmly
in favor of the reconstruction bill; con-
trary reports are unfounded.
The report of the committee raised by
the resolution offered by Mr.. Wentworth,
az TO an attempted compromise between
certain Republican members and the Presi-
dent, will show nothing improper on the
part of the Congressman concerned.
Senator Sherman will call up the loan
bill at the first opportunity, and move that
the Senate insist on their scheme of three
per cent loan certificates instead of $780,
100000 in greenbacks as provided in the
House proposition. Considerable debate is
expected.
The sCustomhouse investigation report
is nearly ready. The bonded warehouse
business is the most corrupt of all the ir-
regularities found. Efforts were made to
have some leniency shown Collector
Symthe, but the committee were inexora-
BILE.
VIM. A. Dart, removed last fall from the
position of United States District Attorney
for the Northern District of New York,
has been re-instated by the Attorney Gen
eral
A special to the World says that the
President has rendered the Vienna mission
to Post Master General Randall, as the
Senate will not confirm Mr. COwan.
The House Judiciary Committee to-day
agreed to report a bill establishing eight
hours as days labor in all government
workshops, navy yards, etc