Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-21
NEWS:;OF THE DAY.

! COMMISSIONS were Ou w SuuSSuag ioouC'
to all the Indiana Congressman elect, in
Guiding Julian and Voorhees,.
All troops that can be spared are to b.
at once sent to Gen. Sheridan to participate
in the campaign against the Indians.
Apples are now carried to China in gooC
condition, by packing them in ice, anC
readily sell at Hong Kong for two dollarI
per dozen in gold.
It appears that the Georgia Legislature
having failed to provide for city regis
tration 10 Macon, there will be no NUM-
cipal election there until after the meeting
of the next Legislature, in January.
The comic paper in Buenos Ayres con-
tains caricatures of the leading personages
in the Washburne affair, including our
minister himself, who is represented as
running off with his umbrella and carpet
bag, in state of great alarm.
A dispatch from Council Bluffs to Chi
cago. says the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railroad have commenced to lay a
track eastward from that city, and the work
will be continued until the parties laying
ths track meet at point forty miles east Of
the Bluffs.
The Richmond Dispatch of Thursday,
says: "Many inquiries are made as to
whether Mr.. Davis will have 10 appear be-
fore the United States Circuit Court on the
fourth Monday of this month. Such is the
condition of his recognizance, but it is by
no means certain that he will personally
appear. If Mr.. OConner and Mr.. Egarts,
who represented respectively the accus ed
and the government, deem his personal APP
pearance necessary, it is agreed that he
shall be informed BY telegram over the
cable."
The Lynchburg Virginian says; "We
published a statement yesterday that Gen.
r. E. Lee had been rendered the position
of Supervisor of Agencies,' of the Knick-
eThpcker Life Insurance Company for the
South, with a salary of $4,000. We saw,
last right, the letter making the PROPOSE
ton to him. 1t was in the possession of
Mr.. T. L. Alfrisnd, of Richmond, one of
the agents of the company for Virginia,
who was conveying it TO the General. The
letter intimates that if the amount offered
is not satisfactory, it will be increased."i
The Board Of Trade on Monday passed
the following :~"ResoIved, That the i'm
portance of Geographic communication at
the present day is hardly second 10 that Of
the postoffice; and that in our widely exs
tended country, its use should be en-
and promoted in every praetica-
BILE way. This Board, therefore, would ex-
press the hope that Congress will devise a
uniform system which shall bring the tele-
graph lines of the United States within the
reach of all classes of our people, and make
it available for the transmission of all de-
3criptions of Intelligence"
A Washington special of the 18Th says:
The denial of reports of large deficiency in
he Postofice Department will be remem.
oered. The figures printed yesterday, from
Mr.. RaGdalPs report, place the deficiency
1t four millions. This amount is obtained
BY deducting special appropriations from
he expenditures, and adding to the re-
3eipts the appropriations on account Of free
nail matter. The real deficiency will fall
lut little below seven millions.
At the Female Suffrage Convention in
Boston on Wednesday last, memorial was
adopted, to he presented to
congress, asking that in all future amend
nents of the constitution the rights of
uture legislation for the Territories and
District of Columbia the rights of suffrage
,e given to women. Senator Wilson made
speech in which he said, when this ques-
ion was kept distinc. from others, he
avored giving women the right to vote,
md that they should appeal TO the higher
md nobler sentiments of the people, and
Tot to their passions and prejudices. At
he evening meeting, addresses were made
" Rev. Mr.. StrattoD, of Worcester, Mrs.
Lucy Stone Blackwell Dr.. Alcott, Mrs.
Adelaide Brown, and Col. f. S Hinton, Of
ansas.
A Knoxville correspondent of the Gin
innati Commercial writes: There seems to
De some apprehension that the Legislature
wifi make some changes in the franchise
avs, with a view of enlarging and liber-
llizing the privilege. Gov. Brownlow op.
poses it very determinedly, and cites the
to Georgia aud Louisiana, as
EXAMPLES Of what a magHaDimous policy
will result 10. | do not think the Lagis-
attire will take any steps whatever in this
natter. Hon. Horace Maynard Is an
bounced az an applicant for Cabinet posi-
ion. Gov. Brownlow, in his yesterdays
Whiq, urges his claim in an editorial, and
names him as the man to represent the
South. He nominates him for Postmaster
General. Mr.. Maynard is also understood
% be i candidate for the position Of
Speaker of the House, as successor TO Mr..
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