Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-03
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
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Special to the Louiville Courier.
WASHINGTON, Oct 81 The commit
tee of the organizations in this city, who
are arranging for the reception of Gen
Grant, and demonstration to be made
when he returns, have addressed letter
stating what they propose to do. This
letter has been forwarded from the Cen
erals headquarters, but asyet no answer
has been received.
1t is now said that Virginia will vote
next Teusday and the Democrats have
formed an electoral ticket.
The fearful consequences to result from
negro supremacy are aptly illustrated by
the course of the lately enfranchised
negroes in this city. Every demonstraN
ton they make is attended by outrages,
all the more shameful because utterly un-
provoked. Whenever they parade every
squad is Differed by negroes, armed with
drawn swords, and every one of them
carries concealed weapons.
A short time since, after meeting ola
negro military company, they sacked
stores, carried off their contents, and
destroyed the furniture and fixtures.
Another time they serenaded Mayor
Bowen, and after his address they stoned
q drug store, smashing the windows and
bottles, and INDUCED in many similar
amusements along their line Of march.
Their recent terrible outrages are fresh
in the memories Of our readers An
aged and honored citizen, high officer of
the Grand Lodge of Free MasOns, while
peaceably proceeding from the hall to
his house was brutally assaulted by
band of negroes who had been parad>
ing in the streets seeking to create O
riot, and was brutally beaten with clubs
for no offense whatever The police were
and assaulted and almost killed,
white women were insulted and
cruelly beaten, stores were sacked and
windows smashed all along the rOut.
Another time an inoffensiye spectator
was struck with a razor and killed. Since
these outrages, the negroes have openly
proclaimed their purpose the next time
they paraded, to clean out establishments
where could they.get something, and their
full intention to do so cannot be doubted.
Hearing that demonstration was to be
made last night, tie police visited the
stores along Pennsylvania avenue and
besought owners to close their establishN
ments, as they would no doubt be at.
tackled, and they (the police were powr
erless to protect them. The stores were
closed in accordance with these sugges-
tons, else some of them would have been
sacked.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-Ofcial dis
patches from New Orleans say that all is
quiet there, but that Gen. Rousseau has
issued an order providing that all Of the
troops in the vicinity of the city be cens
tered in town. A battery of artillery and
additional infantry from the Granville
Barracks have been properly dis
and moro troops are expected
Tomorrow.
There is quite a commoti9n among the
employees in the Registers and Second
Auditors Offices of the Treasury whose
names are on the black list Officials
to have the power to secure the
detention Of those about to be beheaded
ire beset on every hand, but all in vain.
The order is imperative, and viii be ems
forced.
As far as can be ascertained from the
customs receipts now in, the debt state,
nent will not vary great deal from that
IN the first Of October. The prospects are
hat there will be slight increase Of
half a million or a million dol,
ars
The Radicals of the District have made
arrangements to give Grant a
on his arrival here, but they are
Unable to find out the time he is coming,
which, with his known mOdesty and aver
ZION to special speaking, leads them to bes
iere that he does not desire any ovation.
They recently wrote to him to ascertain
lis wishes in the premises, but be is reti.
cent The mOmentOus question will be
settled on Tuesday next
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, arrived
lere to day. In conversation he ex-
pressed his belief in a peaceful election
n that State on Tuesday.
There has been a greater exodus to-day
IF persons going home to vote than on
my previous day. The afternoon and
night passenger trains were among the
argest that ever left Washington
Returns received by Commissioner
Wilson, of the General Land Office, show
that during the month of September past
.hirty-two farms, embracing 2674 acres,
we're added to the productive area of the
State of Mississippi under the formation
Of the homestead act of June 81, 1866, by
entries made at the local Office at jack
son.