Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-25
NI1we, oIo THE. DAY.

The National Iutelligencsr fayors Indian
spolis as the place for holding the Demo-
cratic National Convention.
Oficial information shows that the South
Carolina Convention ia composed Of sixty
three negroes and thirty-four whites. In
several districts the delegates are all
blacks.
The channel at the Southwest Pass Of
the Mississippi has been dredged TO a depth
Of eighteen feet, and a steamship drawing
that depth has been able to pass out TO sea
without grounding.
Gen. T. w. Sweeny, of Fenian notoriety,
who was tried by courtmartial. and sus-
pended from rank and pay for six months,
has had his sentence RENTED by order of
the President, and been ordered ID report
10 Gen. Pope for duty.
Information has been received al Wash
ington to the effect that Judge Busted,
United States Judge for Alabama, will de-
clare the reconstruction acts unconstitu-
tonal. The question will be carried TO
the Supreme Court.
There was a considerable connection in
Radical circles in Washington on the 2lst
inst over the action of the Virginia Con-
vention in declining to ask for continuing
the Freedmen Bureau, the resolution not
having commanded even the whole negro
vote.
A Mr. Perkins, Of Massachusetts, has
filed a claim with the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs for 100000 against the
Russian government for powder and arms
furnished. Mr.. Seward has already in
dorsed the business of the claim, but he is
very much disturbed at its appearance now.
Robert S. Pringle, one of the registers Of
the twenty-second Senatorial district of
Georgia, was a candidate before the Re
construction Convention for Sergeant-at-
Arms, but was defeated by a negro. He
took the matter so much to heart and was
so tainted by his neighbors, that he COM
mitted suicide.
Postmaster General Randall is proposed
for Governor of ST. ThomGs-when the
treaty is ratified. The Danish Commits
sioners, who came here expecting the inn
mediate conclusion of the bargain, are
rather discouraged by the opposition Of
Congress to Mr.. Stewards real estate specu-
lations.
Some Of the Fenians at Washington are
excited over a rumor that the British lega-
ton has paid a corps Of spies in every large
city.in the Union, who ascertain the move
ments of their circles and enable the au~
thorities in England and Ireland to know
the errands of emissaries sent there.
President johnson declares he is not
candidate for reelection, but he will 10 the
extent Of his ability oppose Radicals, and
will use whatever power he possesses to
prevent a minority Of the people North,
aided by bogus negro governments in the
South, from usurping the government of
the people on the 4th of March, 1869.
General Howard, of the Freedmen's
Bureau, complains of being greatly annoyed
by the oaths eKacted of the negroes by the
loyal leagues of South Carolina. The
freedmen bind themselves by an oath never
to reveal anything that occurs in their
meetings, under penalty of having their
heads cut off The operations of the Bu-
reau are said TO be much embarrassed by
these oaths
The Memphis Post, of the 23d inst, says
1.-THE horse-thieves who infest this region
have been actively at work lately. No
less than nineteen cases of horse and mule
stealing in the city, and in the vicinity in
different directions, have been reported at
police headquarters since yesterday morn
ing. Up to noon to-day nine of the ami
mails had been recovered, and thedetectives
were on the track OF others"
Hon. c. S. Hamilton, member of Con-
gress from the eighth district of Ohio, was
murdered by his ron Thomas, a youth of
seventeen, Sunday forenoon. Thomas had
lately been pronounced insane, and the
family had been warned to watch him
closely. IL seems that Mr.. Hamilton was
in the yard, and that his son approached
him from behind, and struck him a blow
on the right side of the head with an ak,
killing him instantly.
Two hundred negroes arrived at Mem
phis on Monday by steamer in very des-
titute condition. A merchant from Mis-
sissippi reports that State in a 6eplorable
condition. Negroes are roaming over the
country in a starving condition, killing
stock and stealing all available property.
The planters are suffering also, being un-
able TO purchase provisions or forage for
their stock. Negroes are focking to the
river landings, seeking aid from passing
steamer
The employment officers Of the Freed
being formed throughout the Gulf States
TO FIX the rates at which the freedmen must
work. The members pledge themselves
not to hire any oneW who leaves or who is dis.
charged by another member; not 20 lease
any land TO freedmen, or to permit their
hands to keep animals, and 10 insist upon
labor on every week day from sunrise TO
sunset The wages for 6rst-class hands are
SD per month and rations, or Sl8 per
month without rations; one-third of
the pay to be retained until the end Of the
year.
Congress suspended, some time since, the
law providing for the collection Of direct
taxes at the South, until January, 1865,
and the tax commissioners on duty there
were dismissed. During the past month
many Of these commissioners have applied
TO be reinstated on the first of next month,
and others have presented their petitions to
be appointed at that time. Secretary Nc
Culloch, believing that the Southern people
are not in a condition 10 pay the tax, sub
mitted the ppopriety Of further extension
10 the House Committee on Ways snd
Means. No action was taken on the sub
iect, but the Secretary will not appoint any
tax commissioners, or take any other steps
toward the collection OF the tax until after
-'s yesssembling Of Congress.
The Corinth Miss N0rs, Of the Dist
inst, says: "Apprehensions of a violent
outbreak among the negroes have existed
for some DAYS st CAo,ons, and also at We
roma. The late proclamation of Governor
Humphreys greatly incensed the negroes,
whose hopes Of being snugly installed at an
earlv hour in the comfortable houses and
property Of the white people were so san
Fuine that they do not feel inclined 10 give
them up at the command Of the Governor,
re-enforced by Gen. Ord. Failing to pro.
cure the prize in peaceful way, they pros
pose now 20 help themselves by force, and
10 this end have armed themselves and are
banding together, though no open HOSTILE
ties have occurred vet, so far az our in
formation goes. The Mayors Of the towns
above named made application in person
10 the military commander here for pro-
lection, but that officer, not feeling author.
lied to send troops so far, referred the
gentlemen to Gen. Ord, whose action in
the premises we have not learned. There
was much excitement among the citizens
of those places and the country adjacent,