Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-14
>s,-NVss or, THE. DAY.

NEwss or THE DAY.
line receipt. Of the American Board Of For
eian Missions tor the lat eisht months have
been s27&OD.
Rev. John Beskwith, of New Orleans. has been
elected BishoB Of the Episcopal Church Of HraT'
Via. IN the Mace Of the late Bishop Elliott
A Montreal dispatch says that reports are cir
.uiated that arms have been collected on the
frontier at different points.
The Right Rev. p J. Layialle. Catholic Bishop
II Louisville died AT % o'clock Saturday eve
ming at Nazareth Academy. near Bardstown.
Twelve Fenian prisoners were brought from
Thuerles. Tipperary. 10 Neyaugh, on Asrll ~.
aud lodged In the county Jail, for trial.
Secretary Seward and the Russians are quar-
reling about the payment Of some thousands OF
dollars Of Atlantic Cable bills. contracted while
they were bargaining about the treaty.
Ia the vicinity 81 Chicago considerable dam-
f,re was done % fruit prospects By the frost of
Tuesday night. the sth inst. 10 many eases il
cat of.
The Republican state Convention Of South
Carolina held al Charleston. has adjourned 10
meet 10 Columbia, July =. platform was
adopted, ali rming their adherence 10 the Re
publican party North.
Robert J. Walker has said that during Polk's
administration Russian America was offered to
thia country for nothing, and refused. The
b. now an incumbrance 10 Russia.
Henry Ward Beecher made a speech at the
suffrage for Women Convention, in New York
on the 10th inst. A telegram from Lucy Stone,
ia Kansas, announced that that State would
ADOPT the equal suffrage amendment
Washington dispatches state. that Attorney
General Stanberry holds the removal of civil
offices. by the military commanders in the South
prn States 10 be illegal. except in eases where
euch officers attemptto obstruct the execution
Of the law.
The distance from New York 10 Sacramento
hy the railroad route is 3ly miles, Of which 1857
have been completed and are now in successful
.psration. leaving but 1852 miles yet to be built
N i Confidently asserted that this gap will be
hlled up within two year..
A telegram from Berlin gives the death of ex-
Governor Wright. on the ilth, Of drOpsy. He
rallied a short time previous 20 his DEATH and IL
wa thought be would recover. but he COM
meuced 20 sink rapidly on the night of the 10th.
aud expired the next morning at eight o'clock.
Gen Sedgwicll is on his way home from the
Rio t}raude 90 await final muster out. lie pro-
ire4es 10 have papers showing that the occupa-
tion Of Matamoras was in obedience 10 orders
implied, ii not expressed. Among these are
aid 20 be letters &c congratulntion and thanks
from Juarez and others.
The fourth military CONSUMPTION during this
year has been pat ia force IN Greece, by which
the Greek army has been increased 3UO1l men.
TIE condition of the navy has also been en-
sasiug the serious consideration of the Greek
!. nov in process oi completion.
Hon. s. s. Marshall. of Illinois. who is re
ported 90 have died az his home in Illinois q few
weeks ago, aud who IS now in Washington. has
been much amused hy the continued arrival of
obituary notices. iesuddeny finds Republican
papers speaking Of HMM the most kindly terms.
lie fears the reaction. when they find he Is stili
alive ana IN excellent health.
The President has recently got himself into
iil favor with ali the scientific men IN the coun-
tTy. by appointing Commodore b. +. Sands Su-
perintendent OF the National Observatory over
.ame Of the most celebrated astronomers ia the
country. Commodore Sands IS a worthy gentle
man and very good navigator. but not AZ astrO-
homer.
The Prince ct Wales has contributed f26 to-
ward the erection 81 a statue 90 Ge0Tge Peabody.
The i've kothchilds. Of London, have each sub
Horibed $40 for the purpose, ana the names OF
the Duke Of Portland, and Marquis of IWeedals
nae down for an equal sun. Earl OnslOw sub
s,ribe7 40.
General Sickloa has issued an order requiring
an persons concerned 10 the reiEure Of any kind
# real OF personal property GeQuesirated by the
Confederate government Go report in writing to
btH headquarterl the amount and kind otprOPeT-
"a equestrated, the time and place of sequesira-
Ituu, with the names Of the original owners and
present holders.
The Gonzales lMiw) lapliref publishes an
order from Lieut.. $. {. Plummer. Asst. sab.
Com, notifying the civil authorities that they
must not interfere with or arrest "A freedman
named Sampson Hull on the charge Of stealing
i mule, until evidence IS furnished the Bureau
jbst be really dii steal the mule, ne evidence
ha7 been brought by him 60 show that be did
HuL
At Moravian Seminary. Bethlehem. Pennsyl-
yania, Ca the 9TH inst. two young servants,
named Susan ManhertE and Hannah Hawk,
Sere found dead " their beds, having been uf
located from gas emitted from defective hue
Another girl, named Susannab Knoll. Is not e {
perted 10 recover, aud MauR hTauss and Lena
kntzbacker are quite ili from the effects Of gas
inhaled.
Quite a spicy correspondence has already
u-en between the United States and Russian
governments in relation 10 the payment of the
lsrse telegraph bill for messages over the cable
one message foots 40 % nearly nine thousand
dollars in gold. and Secretary seward maintains
that It was incurred hy the Russian authorities.
The American land lines having paid the cable |
that sum, are looking 20 the State Department
fgT reimbursement
The report that Secretary McCulloch has or
tcTed the sioppaEe Of payment Of additional
luunties for the present t. as yet, without touu
dalton. These payments only amount 60 mil
lion dollars per month. The fact b., however |
hat the Treasury lie iaboring under a temporary
embarrassment, brought about BY the follow |
aus causes Payments for the last SIX months on
account Of claims arising out of the war have |
very largely exceeded the estimates. The fall
ina 81 IN receipt. Of internal revenue has been
sre9ter than was expected The failure of Con
gre-' 90 make provisions for certain contingen-
o,rs. and the cutting down Of others below /
" hat was really needed. ID as expected |
that the monthly statements of the public debt, |
Tor some months 90 come VIII show marked |
increase, while the com and currency interest |
vail make a heavy draft on the funds in the |
vaults Of the Treasury.
Among the witnesses before the Judiciary |
committee on the 10Th inst. was Mr.. Adams.
late candidate for Congress in Western Nir-
stBia. Mr.. Adams WAS subp0ned upon the sug
suruon of General Butler, 20 prove the latters /
unarges made in the House. that the President l
had, upon the letter Of Recommendation from /
Mr.. Adams, c1rruEtly Rardoned one hundred /
and ninety three deserters from the Union 1
amy. upon the PROM 70 that thew would vote for
Nc Adams the Democrats candidate Mr. /
Adams to-day testified that be had nOthiug 20 /
30 with the transaction, DID not write the pre-
tended letter; and was. on the date Of the letter
~ or two hundred miles distant from the place i
where Il purp0rts b. have been written. This /
completes the testimony on this subject all the
other parties supposed o. have been engaged ia 1
the affair having heretofore given their evidence
The result Is that the proof utterly fails % sus-
tain General Buffers charge the facts being that
% turned cut that the supposed deserters we're
not desertcrs, but good | uinn soldiers. and that
they did not yet certificates 90 enable them Ia
vote until ono month AFTER the election took
O lace in West Virginia
A list Of the nominations made hy the PreSi- |
dent snd rciected by the Senate dnrins the rpe- |
al session % the furteth Congress hne inst he.n
uampleted. Il has been printed faf the conf
dentai use Of me senate, bus copy has leaked
nut The toll0Ning are the numbers rejected |
iar the positions named p0etmastets. ms: COL /
l.ri1Ts anc se.ssor7 ot revenue, 81 eurXevors |
4 customs. lsi collectors % customs ; naval
. a,ccT7. 5. indian aEcuis -. IN public land |
g iarCs, 4 pension AGENT, 2. c0n=uis, .. consul 4
FtueTsls. minister O. Austria - There were |
Noniy-sN nomsnsiious made which were
Eg.tEeT cynLrmed nor re- cied bat were laid |
er. Tie most prominent OF this NUN Der are |
nE-ucnd. fcL Austria Caproo. t1r AErlcultu- /
pa Barsaut sidney Howard cay, .iot AssessoT
10 Ncw York clty; ana A Franklin -r Nav,l 1
rl.cer 81 New oFk. Al the rezular session al
ue Senate Cf the fCrticth Congress. the follow |
u. are the numbers rciccieis postEaricrs. ice:
electors and GsscSror5. dss Austrian mission. q |
-cr-ioE ngcnts. s. During the sce-icn al the |
-ruEtc Of the thirty-uinth Concress, the follow
ne were rejected assessor, sD; coiicCtors, |
e1iie-t0Ts Of customs, -. postmasicTs, l.,. |
RAulla RUsrEcT roE tRANCHsr LAWS |
Al the city election in Indianapolis on
hr 9TH inst, Ex-Governor Morton, at
PRESENT United States Senator offered
lis vote ia the first ward The vote was