Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-12
NEWS or THE DAY.

hreen, the veteran e0itOr OF the DOslOu
Post, as Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Nebraska Democratic Convention,
which assembled at Nebraska City on the
8th inst, Endorsed the nomination Of Geo.
II. Pendleton for President.
The trial Of Lieut.. Braine, Of the Con-
federate navy, for Selling the steamer
Chesapeake, is fixed for the 9th instant, in
New York.
Over II 600 arrests were made in st.
Louis last year, and the police discovered
and restored to its owners nearly $500, 600
worth Of stolen or lost property.
The "Black Crook" was Withdrawn from
the stage at Niblo's, New York, on the 4th
instant, after a continuous run Of fourteen
months. The total receipts during the
period we're S760O00.
The members Of the Grand Encamp-
ment Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
Of Kansas, have adopted resolutions favor
ing the nomination of Gen. Grant for
President.
The citizens of Point Coupee, Of Louisi
ana, have transmitted, through Bishop
Wilmer, 10 the General commanding, a
pitiable statement of affairs in that parish,
asking a military force for their protection.
Judge Durell, Of the United States Dis
trict Court, at New Orleans, has refused to
issue the injunction upon the Tale Of En-
chantment, asked for by the proprietors of
the Black Crook.
There was row in the executive session
of the Senate on the 10th inst, over How
ards Stanton report Some of the faithful
L Al 4. of- r 4
and their crew TO reinstate the ex-Secretary.
A motion to quash an Indictment against
two negroes for murder, on the ground that
the jury was not composed Of whites and
blacks, has been denied by Judge Howe of
the First District Court of New Orleans
who was appointed to off ciate by General
Sheridan.
The Mississippi is freezing up between
st. Louis and Cairo, as far up as the
backwater Of the Ohio extends. Ice
formed yesterday morning two inches
thick Steamboats, and ferries ran with
difficulty yesterday, and their stoppage
altogether is probable, a. the ice is gorging.
In the Mississippi Reconstruction Con-
vention, on the 10th inst, a resolution was
adopted to memorialize Congress to vacate
the State Offices. There was considerable
opposition from the Conservative members,
but il was finally carried by Radical ma
jority.
From the 1st Of April TO the 4th of De-
cembeT, 1867, the Republican Committee,
in Washington, distributed in the South
774,780 documents, and 3640 written let
tiers, and kept, for a portion of the time,
rs speakers in the field, at a total cost Of
$50, l53 So.
An action brought by Isaac Dorst against
the city of Cincinnati, to recover damages
for the overflow Of his lanyard in August,
1861, when an extraordinarily heavy rain
fell in that city, the plaintiff claiming in
suticiency Of sewerage, resulted on the 9th
inst. in a verdict for the city.
The annual sale of pews occurred in
Bsecher's Church, Brooklyn, on the night
of the 9Th. The pews and extra chairs
were appraised at Sl2,S00, and the pre-
miums offered exceeded the sum by $780,
736 90, making the total income of the
church from pew rent alone (for the pre-
miums may be considered as included in
the rent) S48,736 90.
General Hancock, in reply to a com
plant addressed to him by citizens of Aus
tin, Texas, upon the subject of arbitrary
registration, has published lengthy circu-
lar, in which be says: Although there
may have been great abuses in the regis
tration Of voters, both in Texas and Lou
isiana, under the acts in question, they are
beyond the reach Of correction from the
exercise of any authority vested in the
commander Of the district"
Il seems 10 be a well ascertained fact that
the Supreme Court of the United States
will stand five 10 three agains. the consti-
nationality Of the reconstruction laws. The
Radical leaders, learning this, have pro-
posed to meet that decision, which would
at one blow destroy their party. They have
therefore agreed on bill which requires
twosthirds Of the members of the court to
concur, in deciding on the unconstitution-
atty Of any law of Congress; and further
more, there are reasons for stating that a
certain Judge Of that court has written an
opinion admitting that Congress has power
70 pass such measure.
The Denver Tribune reports that latest
arrivals from Trinidad say that Mexicans,
numbering four hundred, surrounded fifty
Americans, who we're strongly barricaded
but were suffering from want of water.
Nine Mexicans had been killed and many
wounded during the siege. The Americans
also bad several wounded. The commander
of Fort Reynolds wes applied to, but could
furnish no troops until he heard from the
commanding officer at Santa Fe. The
Americans finally surrendered, being
starved out
A St. Louis dispatch OF the 10th inst
says: An stteppt was made to cross the
railroad passengers at Venice, four miles
above the city, this afternoon, but with
what success is not known. A large NUM-
Der Of railroad passengers are now on the
other side Of the river waiting 70 cross.
The weather moderated slightly to-day,
but not enough to affect the river, and an
ice gorge is expected TO take place to-
night or tomorrow at point twenty miles
below here, in which event the ice opposite
here will soon cement and afford safe pas
sage way. No crossing has been effected AZ
the Charleston, North Missouri road, since
yesterday the ice in the Missouri river
being too heavy to allow fsrryboats to run.
The contested case Of Judge Trimble,
of Kentucky, excited much interest in the
House Of Representatives on the 10th inst.
Syms, the contestant, was allowed to adj
dress the House, and made = pitiful eXhi-
bition Of himself The members, reporters
aud everybody else laughed at Syms.
Trimble declined speaking, combining him,
self to an emphatic denial of all thecharges
brought against him, aud rested his case
on the report of The committee, which were
nearly unanimous for him, but one. Nc.
Clurg, Of Missouri, not concurrinC. May>
nGrd, OF Tennessee, attempted 70 prejudice
Trimble's case by reading garbled portions
ofthe evidence, which, separated from the
text, would have been damaging. Epson
and Dawes (Republicans) promptly met
the points made by Maynard, and Mr..
Dawes declared that the witness whose evil
denoe was cited by Maynard to sustain his
point had told his story seven different
ways. An attempt was then made by
Maynard and others TO siave OF a vote
until Monday, but leading Republicans,
disguised with the trickery by which it was
sought TO longer exclude a member, voted
down the proposition, and Trimble was
admitted. He was subsequently oongratu-
lated on his triumphant vindicati0n by
both political friends and foes.
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