Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-01-10

NASHVILLE. January 4.-The judicial cleo
ton passed Oh quietly to-day. The VOTING
was pretty much monopolizedb by the negroes
very few whites going to the polls The
candidates were oil Radicals.
70 Galiatin an injunction has been issued
by Judge Campbell restraining the newly
elected Radical officers from assuming con-
troll OF the municipal government, on the
ground of gross llegalhy in the election.
! WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The Committee on
Elections will report the Kentucky contested
cases TO the House early next week, M here.
tofore stated in these dispatches Mckee il
sangaine he win get his seat, az the minority
report strongly favors II, but II IS thought the
House will concur with the majority COM
mittee against allowing Young his seat,
and that there are no precedents which justi.
~ them In recommending that the seat be
given to the minority candidate.
LONDON, Ian. A. The government Is al
most continually 10 receipt of information
relative to the movements of the Fenians. -
The public excitement caused by recent oper.
atoms of the brotherhood has by no means
abated. To-day dispatches were received
from Cork giving details of another Fenian
movement IN that locality.
I MORE FEHrAN MISCHIEF.
A body of Fenians last night surreptitious
| ly entered the magazine in that city and TN
challenged carried away more than half a ton
Of blasting powder. There Is no clue 10 the
perpetrators Of this mischief The people are
aehast at the effrontery of the Fenians.-
The clergy of Limerick have affixed their
o. m 10 A.
be no permanent peace In Ireland unless she
is treated like Hungary. a 7a
VIcKsByRo, Mss, Jan. !, 1868.
To tke Editor Of the Louisville Courier:
For the benefit and information Of our
neighbors and friends, mule feeders in Ken
lucky, we take the liberty of making the
following statement:
On the 3Oth day Of November last we left
Kentucky and Travelled through Tennesssee
Alabama and Mississippi, and find about one
half OF the lands in cultivation, and people
generally bankrupte pecially those who have
planted the last two years. This, we hone
may save considerable expense to our
neighbors and friends in Kentucky. We
can buy hundreds of mules in this county AT
from forty TO fifty dolfars per head. and good
mules. The same mules sold within the last
two years for two hundred dollars.
Hop ng that this may prove TO be of in |
terest to our friends. and that you will pub |
lish the same tor tn If benefit. as well as for
ours, we remain yours. very respectfully,
SWEDEN JOHNSON,
JAMES II. WHITE.
RICHMOND Jan. Am the convention to-
day the following resolutions of inquiry
were REFEREED For limiting the time of hired
labor TO eight hours for settling all debts in
CURED previous to April, 1865 al % cents
on the dollar; for levying a poll tax; for re-
quiring foreigners to reside in the State ten
years before voting; for legalizng the birth
OF children born of parents in slavery, so
that they may inherit property; for admit.
ting colored persons ~ colleges; for selling
the military institute and devoting the pro
ceeds to educational funds.
Major Poe, chief Of police, was before a
military commission, charged by Rev. j. W.
Hunncutt with giving information which
Was untrue, 10 the correspondent of a New
York paper, relative to an alleged incend,.
airy speech by that gentleman
y. H..
Clerk of the Circuit Court, has been removed
by Gen. Swayne for using summons TO
The General to apper and answer II complaint
made by one Frank Williams. claiming dam
ages TO the amount Of $4,000 for false i'm
prisonment at Selma, last year.
Knoxville, Jan. 6.-Gen. Longstreet was
arrested on Friday, while on his way to
Washington, on an old indictment for treas
)n On account Of q flaw in the warrant.
his name NOT having been written properly.
he General got aboard the train and was of
before the warrant could be amended. ,
SAVANNAH, Jan. 6.-The Boston negro was .
ried in the Mayors Court this morning. and
'onv icted of disorderly conduct in disturbing
he public peace, and sentenced 10 pay SlOO
,r be imprisoned ninety days, and ten days
or gross contempt OF court. Great excite.
nent prevails among the tgroes.
WASHINGTON. Jan. IA delegation is
lere from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkan- !
MS to lay before the President, aud Howara
u tue lreedmens bureau, proposition to :,
e-organize labor in the South, m Ike it self y
usialnlng, AMI avert the horrors OF starva
ION, with which various sections and thos- :
States are threatened. There is n prospec
hat the executive committees will have :.
'lennry powers to provide work for each la-
'orer, white aud black, the planters 10 fur
lish all things recessary TO the cultivation
u the land, the negroes TO be fed and re-
GIVE one-fourth of the proceeds Of the crops !
The Executive Committee will be charged
With the task Of Obtaining the necessary !,
upplies from the North aud West, on !
which they shall give lien on the crop :.
hose who refuse to work are to be reported u
0 the Commanding General, who will cause
hem to labor on public works.
The delegation contend that If the Freed. I
lens Bureau will CO operate, the plan can o
e successfully carried out, and that without
is done, thousands of persons will perish, \
nd that ultimately anarchy will be the re- n
nil. The President Regards the matter as q
eaSible.
WASHINGTON. Dec. so.-The removal of p
len. Pope, will occur in few DAYS, and # t
len. Meade is opposed to taking command. 81
will not he pressed on him. In that event, "
len, Rousseau will be Pope's successor. k
The petition of W. w. Cleary, of Oynthi- u
IA, Ky, accused Of participation in the Il
onspiracy TO assasinate Lincoln, for pardon tC
S rebel officer, is before the President. II "
J numerousiy signed by influential persons d
There ARE rnmors that the President med "
ates p oclamntion OF amnesty to all reb- d
Is, excepting few leaders. The report ~
ap1s nnGrmntinn III