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Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-15
Florida Convention.

TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 1.-THE excitement
among the delegates TO the convention has
been intense during the past seven hours
and seriOns appFehensions of a collision
between Messrs. Billings, faction and a
majority of the convention are felt. The
former held a meeting tonight, and at the
suggestion of the civil authorities the mill.
tary are protecting the Capitol from posi-
bic and violent demonstration. Twenty
eight members were present in the con-
yention to-day.
A bill of rights was adopted declaring
equal rights to all men, and Incorporating
the provisions Of the constitutions ct Yer
mont and Missouri The Legislatures
judicial and administrative articles were
adopted
All Judges are appointed, those Of the
Supreme Court for life, on good behayior'
and Circuit Court Judges for eight years.
County sheriffs and clerks OF courts are
appointive, but the constables are TO be
elected by the people. The State officers
are to be appointed By The Governor and
confirmed by the Senate and Secretary of
the State, Attorney General, Comptroller,
Treasurer, Surveyor, General Superintend-
eht OF Educalion, Adluient Heneral ana
Commissioner of Emigration.
The bill Of rights declares that the States
shall ever remain members of the Union,
and the people form part Of the American
nation.
The legislative article establishes uni
form legislation.
An ordinance was passed repeating the
unequal taxation for the support Of schools,
imposed on freedmen.
Mr.. Butler was admitted "a delegate,
and Mr.. Geo. Walker was declared inelli-
gibIe, because he acted az Judge of the
election.
The convention declared in the case Of
Butler, that it has fuli plenary powers, and
that 1t is absolute and supreme in judging
Of the qualifications Of its members The
minority generally absent themselves from
the hall.
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The CINCINNATI Gazette Of the 10th
inst, expresses its opinion OF Secretary
Stanton as follows
"The New York EceaiBg Post in its
notice Of Whitelaw Reds "Ohio in the
War" SAYS he sustajns Rosecrans as 10 a
part of his military career in regard TO
which the judgment of she War Depart
meni ia decided as to its weak aud bad
points. The Judgment of the War Depart
ment will weigh nothing in this matter, for
it is the fixed Judgment of the West that
the War Department committed a great
crime when it refused him reinforcenents
for the Chattanooga campaign, from want
Of confidence in his ability, and yet ordered
him peremptorily TO advance where an in
competent commander would have eK-
posed his men to destruction, aud a compe-
tent one, thus deprived OF support, could
hardly hope for success. II Is not wise to
call up these "reminiscences By talking Of
the judgment Of thS War Department on
Rosecrans,"
After this laundering incompetent
head of the War Department had been
kicked out Of Office by the President,
the Senate &C the United States restored
him, and the Cincinnati Gazette approved
the action of that body
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LATEST KILOGRAMS.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
wASmIxGTON.
Defeat Of the Impeachment Scheme
-Thad stevens Announces the
Death az the Radical Party.

Defeat of the Impeachment Scheme
-Thad. stevens Announces the
Death 0r the Radical Party.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Worlds
Washington correspondent had personal
interview with Thad. Stevens yesterday.
Stevens said he considered the President
liable to impeachment, but he was not dis
appointed in the vote in committee by
which his resolutions for impeachment
were tabled, as his long experience enabled
him to know every coward in Congress.
The Tribune's dispatch Gays when the
vote in committee had been declared
against Mr. Stevens resolutions for the
impeachment Of the President, Stevens
said
Sir, the Republican party has been killed
| to-day by the action of this committee at
| the instance Of Gen. Grant and his friends.
have found for the last two or three
DAYS that men who shouted the loudest
and threw their hats the highest for L. 5.
| Grant, have been using every exertioa TO
| demoralize Mr.. Bingham and the other
members CT this committee who we're sup
posed to favor impeachment Gen. Grant
has been using his influence everywhere to
defeat the scheme, and Andrew johnson
has to thank him that he remains undis-
turbed in the White House. have been
in public life for forty years, and though !
do not pretend to any gift of prophecy, |
have seldom been mistaken in my predic-
lions. | tell you to-day this cowardly ac'
ton will cost US New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and probably three or four more
Northern States.
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PRESIDENT JOHNSON threw a bombshell
into the Radical camp on the 18th inst,
when he nominated Lieut.. Gen. Sherman
to be General by brevet, which has
caused them a deal Of CONSERVATION and
knocking of knees together A WASH
ington dispatch of the 18th to the Louis-
vile Courier says:
"The nomination of Sherman by the
President to-day as Brevet General created
great excitement in the Radical camp
They charge that the President had no au-
thority, as the Office of General was created
by special act and expires with the first in
cumbent. They suspect the President of
purpose of supplanting Grant, as a brevet
officer can be assigned to any dnty of the
breyet rank, and all the Congressional
plans for Grants operations may be spoiled.
What can be done? An open rupture with
Sherman must be avoided. 1t is under
stood the Senate will send the nomination
back TO the President with resolution de-
claring he mad no authority to make it.
Others charge that the President wishes to
curry favor with Sherman to prevent him
from exposing letter he holds from the
President about Grant. Bingham says
johnson studies nothing but deyiltry, and
his cunning is only equaled by his power
for evil"
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Louisiana Convention, etc

New ORLEANS, Feb. 1.-THE conyen-
ton yesterday adopted a resolution, ask
ing for the appointment Of Gen. Mower to
command the 9Th military district in case
of Gen. Hancock's removal, which was
to-day amended so as to read Gen. Sheri-
dan instead Of Gen. Mower.
To-day wasth sixty-fOurth Of the session
Another resolution abolishing the addi-
tioual thirty per cent. per diem, failed.
The committee on style reported that the
constitution as revised, had been sent to
the printer, and will be ready for action on
Monday morning, together with sugges-
tions.
The committee on amendments proposed
that the convention adjourn till Monday.
A dispatch from Galveston says the con
vention is undoubtedly carried, the Con
servatives voting against it or wholly
abstaining from voting no general returns
vet received.
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Mr.. McCo1LINs, living in Losantiyille,
Randolph county, Indiana, was aroused
from his slumbers, the other night, by
hearing some one trying to get into his
house. Arising from bed he went to the
kitchen, and discovered a man just in the
act of etecting an entrance. The burglar
fed, and the old gentleman followed him
into the yard to get shot at him. A SON.
in-law also heard the noise, and arming
himself with a heavy club, proceeded to
the kitchen. Just as he arrived there, MIR.
McCollins came back; and as he entered
the door, was struck by the son-in-law on
the head, with such force AZ to crush the
skull. At last sdvices there was no hope
that he could snrYiHe.
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Virginia Convention.

RICHMOND, Feb. 14-In the convention
to-day the Judiciary Committee reported
in favor of exempting property of the
value of $1,000 from seizure for debts con.
tracted after the ratification of the consti
tuition
A resolution prohibiting ministers, bank
officers and prosecuting attorneys FROM be.
ing members of the Legislature was tabled
The oyster tax was discussed during the
remainder of the day.
Gen. Schofeld has issued an order va
eating all tobacco inspectors offices till
the LIST of Marh. He has also addressed a
letter to the Court Of Magistrates asking
why certain officers are allowed equality
without taking the test oath.
Commodore f. NJ. Boutwell,, late Of the
United States navy, is appointed Commis-
sioner Of Internal Revenue for this city.
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GRANT AND TIE SoUTH.

There is a suspicion that since Grant
has sold himself to the availability wing
Of the Radicals for the doubtful honor of
being their candidate for President, he
has been lending himself TO the work Of
degrading the white people of the South.
The Columbus GA Enquirer says:
There is much reason to believe that
several Of the orders Of General Meade,
that have so much disappointed the
white people of his military district, were
insisted on by General Grant A dis
patch from Montgomery to the New
York Tribune says that General Meade
wished separate elections to be held in
Alabama on ratifying the constitution
and for officers under il, but that Gen.
Grant ordered him not TO interfere.
kgain, Gen Meade was in Mobile when
the order was issued from Montgomery
extending the election 10 Saturday night
and the Mobile Register stated that he
refused to extend the election when
applied to by the Radicals of that city
The almost Simultaneous appearance al
Montgomery Of General Haydens order
extending the election in compliance
with instructions from the Major General
Commanding, sugge, IS another interior,
ence by General Crane The facts adj
dueed by the Enquire seems to poin
pretty conclusiyely 80 Grants interier-
ence in the Alabama election in behalf o
the Radical faction that is seeking to get
the control of that State
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IT is stated that Chief Justice Chase
aharpened the goad with which General
Grant was driven to open the cores
pondence with the President touching
the question Of veraeity between them.
The Chief Justice is said to have re-
marked with equal breyity and pith
that upon the question of honor, as af-
fected by the point Of yeraeity, reticence
is not allowable z There is scarcely a
doubt, whatever the friends ct Mr..
Chase may say in regard to She contro-
yersy between the President and Gen.
Grant they viii secretly rejoice at the
anpihilatien Of the latter by the former.
Grant has been Chases formidable COM
petitor for the Radical nomination for
President aud the friends Of Chase
would be glad to see him " killed off
before the convention meets.
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THE New York Herdtd-a paper hold
ing independence of party organizations
to be a great yirtre, but which in its
case is nothing but a total lack Of well
defined political views and principles,
and a standing offer to the highest bidder
for its inauenee--published an editorial
on the l2th inst, in which is expressed
the opinion that Grant viii be the Radi-
cal nominee for the Presidency with a
certainty of election lt does not think
ne is the littest man in the nation for the
position by any means, and says so but,
that recent events have rendered it inn
possible for the Radicals to nominate any
one else, and that his military laurels and
other adventitiOus circumstances makes
him the coming man without mistake.
In this matter the Herald is wide OF
the mark, and its course can only be ex-
planned on the supposition that it thinks
it sees an opportunity for barter and
speculation
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Meeaing IN I.ouIsrnIe, ete.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. l4.-At meeting to-
day, committee was appointed by the
Democratic Executive Committee, and the
General Council and Board Of Trade, and
a paper prepared and addressed to the
National Democratic Executive Commit
tee, urging the selection of Louisville az
the place for the next meeting Of the Ma
tional Democratic Convention. The com
mittee proposed 10 erect a suitable build
ing for the convention, and TO pay all the
expenses, Of holding il, in addition to our
abundant hotel Accommodations, 10 open the
houses Of the people to their guests, and
extend to them a generous old Kentucky
hospitality.
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TIE Appleton Wisconsin, Crsscsa: re
ports that few days ago, a singular acct
dent, resulting fatally, occurred in the
town Of Center, in that county. A boy of
fourteen, a con of David Barry, rode a
horse TO water. By some means he fell OF
was thrown from the horse, and went head
FIRST into hole cut through the ice, where
he was found dead about fifteen minutes
alterward, his own weight wedging him
tight, rendering ali efforts TO extricate him
aolf vain
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The Radicals have determined upon
having Alabama admitted Mr. Bing.
ham had a bill prepared for the immedi-
ate admission of that maynard sister, %
which provided for admitting the Repre-
sentatives from that State as soon as the
Legislature Just chosen should meet and
carry out certain conditions, viz Ratify
the pending fourteenth amendment to
the Federal constitution, strike the obi
Gus test oath out of their new constitu.
ton, and admit all men over twenty one
years of are, Of sound mind, and not
guilty of crime, to the right of suffrage,
leaving ofice-holders qualifications as
now prescribed by the reconstruction
acts This bill was to have been intro
duced in the House Of Representatives on
the 18th inst, but Bingham was dis
suaded by Radicals who had received
notice from Grant that Meade would eXs
tend the elections in Alabama TO secure
the ratification. The proposed constitu-
ton was fairly defeated, but of course
Grant will sanction the iniquity which
his Radical keepers and trainers have
demanded
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Mr. BINGHAM, through whose efforts
Thad Stevens resolution for the inn
parchment Of the President was laid
upon the table by a vote Of six to three
IN the Reconstruction Committee on the
18th INST, argued that the Presidents
special pleading had been so adroit they
could not convict him before the Senate
and a failure would be ruinous. Stevens
grew furious over the defeat of has reso.
luton, and declared that It had killed
the Radical party, and lost to abat party
the great States Of New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio, and perhaps several
othern Northern States Il is reported
that he was finally pacihed by Bingham
promising to keep watch on the Presi-
dent, and should be give sufficient cause
to cal up the resolution again.
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Ihe Conservative members presented q
written protest against the constitution and
asked that Il he attached to the cOnstitu-
ton, which was refused, bat il was ordered
to be spread upon the records. II declares
the new constitution to be proscriptiye
and subversive Of the rights of the citizens
OF the State, and if ratified will bring ruin
and desolation upon the people.
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aAROTHER REVOLUTIONS

The New York Journal Of Commerce
is the organ par excellence Of the mer-
camille interests of the great financial
and commercial emporium of the coun-
try, and is withal a staid temperate and
acknowledgements newspaper 1t
has never been partisan, but was a firm
and consistent supporter of the Federal
cause during the civil war, and gave its
influence, in the main, to the measures of
the party now dominant in Congress.
Since the close of the war, it has been
earnestly DESTROYS of Cancellation and
restoration, and sanguine that the public
demand for real peace on lasting basis
would force the marplots to permit it to
be established
The following brief double-leaded ar
ticle in its issue of the 10th inst, is sig
nifcant as indicating the fears of that
vast and influential class for whom it
speaks:
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For sale by W. 4. Berry 4 Co.

The Fernandina fla Courier states
that the rumors of the prevalence of cholera
at Cedar Keys, hasturned out to be untrue.
Several deaths did occur there very sud-
denly and under such circumstances as to
excite fears of its being cholera, but it
was ascertained that the cause was the use
of poisoned whisky.
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COniugaI love, and the Happiness
OF True MarrIage.-Essay for Young Men.
on the Errors Abuses and Diseases which
destroy the Manly Powers and create impedi-
ments 10 Marriage, with sure means of relief.
Sent.in sealed letter envelopes free of charge.
Address. DR.. J. SKILLIN H0UGaTON. How
ard Association. PHILADELPHIA. Pa. feb2 3m
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An essay for young men. on Physiological Err
rors. Abuses and Diseases. iucidentto youth and
early manhood. which creates impediments to
MARRIAGE. with sure means Of relief Seat
in sealed letter envelopes free of charge. Ad-
dress DIR. j. SKILLIN HOUGHTON. Howard
Association. Philadelphia. Pa
seD96 I'm
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JOSEPH SSuTH's widow has received, by
a revelation froU the soul Of her departed
husband, a revised edition Of the Mormon
Bible, snd it has jGst been published at
PLANO. Illinois.
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THE Murfreesboro WItchmeR says The
farmers of Rutherford county complain
that the wheat crop has been damaged to
a very serious extent by the cold weather
we have had this winter.
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MEMPHIS, Feb. IA soldier Of the
twenty fifth infantry was shot, and mortal
ly wounded, last night BY freedman, for
insulting his wife.
The Appeals Little Rock special says
The convention adjourned to-day subject
to the call Of the President, or 10 case Of
the desth Of the President. By one Of the
fFe Vice Presidents.
Among the last acts was harangue by
the Chaplain, urging the delegates 10 go
home and with the aid Of the Lord carry
the ratification.
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An effort is being made by the citizens
of McMinnville and Warren county to
secure the establishment Of an agricul-
tural and mechanical school, also the
normal school contemplated by the Pea-
body fund, in the vicinity of McMinn-
VILE
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BULwER said Beneath the rule CT
men entirely great, the pen is mightier
than the sword If this be true, Grant
lacks & great deal of being entirely
great, His pen has proved him to be
enc of the smallest men who ever put on
pretensions to greatness
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BsmOVaI,-F. II French hasremoyed his en-
tire stock of boots and shoes to his old stand,
No. 10 Public Square. lie invites his many
customers, and the public generally, to ex-
anime his sne custom work. which will be sold
at greatly reduced prices. jana II
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A COUGH, A COLD. OR SORE
THROAT requires immediate attention. and
should be checked. Ii allowed to continue.
Irritation OF the Lungs, "a permRnenI
Throat Disease, or Consumption is
often the result.
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROCuES
Having a a direct influence to the parts. give
immediate relief For Bronchitis, Asah-
ma, Cafarrh, COnsumptive and Throat
Diseases, Trochss are used with ALWAYS good
success. Singers and Public Speakers
use them to clear and strengthen the voice.
Obtain only Browns Bronchial Troches." and
do not take any Of the worthless limitations that
may be offered. Sold everywhere.
Oct27 4meOd
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CORPORATION PURPOSES
CITY AUDITORS OFFICE. =
NASHVILLE, February ~. 1865. J

A TTENTION Is INVITED To THE FOL-
IA lowing ruling Of the Finance Committee.
made under date Of February 10. 1868
Purchases made BY and for the use OF any
department OF the city, Except in cases Of snary
appropriations or by orders OF the City Coun-
Gill; will not be allowed by this Committee
required shall have been submitted 10 a majority
Of the COMMITTEES for the department for which
the supplies are required. and BY them approved
prior to purchases being made.
The amounts and prices Of the articles
required must be fully aud clearly stated In the
estimates.
Merchants and citizens generally ere notified
that purchases made contrary 20 this railing
will not be approved.
By order Of the Finance COMMITTEES.
j. ALBERT SMITH. Auditor.
febl4 lw
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KINNEY, WAND THOMPSON

The very best eatablss and drinkables are
furnished their custOmers Their Vine and
Liquors comprise The best articles imported or
Manufactured 70 this country. and their tables
are spread with all the substantials, Injuries
and dellcacle8 that money and enterprise can
prOcgre. Their friends will receive a cordial
welcome az any and al hour febl2 i'm
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DURINe the conversation with the
President, detailed by "Maek' in the
letter from which extracts are given in
another column, the talk was turned by
the gifted and insinuating Bohemian on
the subject of Presidential candidates,
during, which he elected the following
remarks:
"Well," said the President "if the idea
is TO run Pendleton exclusively on the
financial theory, it will prove a mistake
Reconstruction is the paramount Issue, and
can net he absorbed or swallowed up by
any other. The Radical policy of Con-
gress is an attempt to change the form of
our government, if not to overturn it alto.
gether. If that succeeds, it makes very
little difference what becomes Of the
finances, for they will go with the rest, and
there will be nothing left any where"
He describes the President as being
very free in his illusions to that matter
and adds
He spoke of Mcclellan, and asked me
how though he'd run. replied that
Mcclellan seemed to have some strength in
the East, but didn't think it would prove
very strong in the National Convention.
The last campaign took all the music out
of McClellan's name
In conclusion ON this topic | told the
President there were a great many Demo
Gratis and a great many who used to act
with the Republicans who considered him
the strongest and most available candidate
to oppose the Radicals with. He didn't
know about that-but he believed it TO be
quite possible to find a man who would
carry the North against the Radicals
And Nathan said unto David, thou art
the man.
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