Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-07
WASHINGTON.

4 Negro Church HiOt-AH the PO-
lice Called Out Several Officers
Beaten.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Late last night,
as services were being held in the Colored
Church Mission, where a revival is in pro
gress, a disturbance arose between a por-
tion of persons attending there.
Officer Lanton, of the seventh precinct,
ordered the rioters TO dispense. He was
resisted. however, and officer Brown, of the
same precinct, came TO his assistance
As the officers were attempting to arrest
some Of the most notorious rufians, they
were set upon by gang of rufians, their
weapons taken away, and they were fearfully
beaten. Some held the officers while others
beat them with clubs and stones; others
again inficting severe gashes with knives
OF razOrs
Officer Browns head was cut in several
places, and his jaw broken; and injuries
inflicted on other parts of his body are so
severe that his recovery Is doubtful OIL
Ger Lanton' injuries are also very severe.
As soon as the news of the riot reached
the police station, the whole police force of
the precinct We're ordered out but, on ar
irving at the church, the rioters had dis
persed Four rioters were arrested, and
six or eight more are known to the police.
An Explanation from PrIvaIeer
Higgins
Commodore Higgins and Surgeon Nc
Nulty arrived to-day from Wilmington on
their way to New York
Surgeon McNulty contradicts the state
ment which has been published to the
detriment of Higgins. The facts are, that
before leaving AlOntauk Point, Higgins was
severely injured in one Of his eyes by post
ing hawser, and when he reached Viii
mington was suffering severely from the
effects of the accident The Surgeon sug-
gested that Higgins wife should be sent for
to attend him. She was telegraphed to
come to Wilmington, but instead of being
there when the vessel was seized, she did
not arrive until SIX days afterward.
Disposition of the Cuban Officers.
The probability is that the Cuba will be
bonded, at least her owners were at last
accounts engaged in proceedings with that
in view. Wilmington papers of yesterday
spoke Of the high manner in which the Off
GERS and crew Of the Cuba conducted them
selves during the Judicial proceedings, and
state that two Of those held to bail have al
ready left the city, ahd the others under
bonds viii soon follow also for New York.
DIsCOuTIcOus.
Secretary Fish has called the attention of
the Argentine minister to the card recently
published by his Secretary of Legation,
denouncing Gen. McMahon, and intimated,
automatically, that the thing was discount
eous and uncalled for, and that the Argen-
tine republic had not treated Gen. Nc
Mahon with the respect due his position
when he passed through there on his re-
turn home. The Secretary of the Legation
is in considerable trouble over the matter.
Reciprocity and Tariff.
A lobby interested in renewing the
Neeciprocity treaty with Canada has been
Established in Washington, and the tariff
men have become alarmed. Judge Kelly
of PENNSYLVANIA, visited the President yes
terdav on behalf of the tariff men, and
demonstrated by his statistics that a re-
newal of the treaty would be equal to pay
ING the Canadians 9 bonus to keep ont of
the Union.
General order 60 SqUatters.
The folloying general order has been
ISSUED from the headquarters of the army:
Hereafter no squatter or citizen viii
be permitted 10 enter or reside on mill
tary reservation. unless he be in the en-
ployment Of the government or be per
Initted by the department commander, In
which case his residence therein must
cease upon hls being discharged or the per
mission Withdrawn. District commanders
will exercise general supervision of all mill
tary reservations within the limits of their
commands, and will use force to remove
squatteTs and trespaSsers when in their
Judgment II becomes necessary Where
uable improvements, the department com.
mander will cause an investigation to be
made, and submit each case separately
for the decision and order Of the Secretary
kpf War.
Wont Travel that Way.
The President and cabinet to-day de
clined an invitation to attend the Georgi,
State Fair.
Destination Unknown.
The steamer Talapoosa left here to-da,
for New York with freight for Boston an6
Portsmouth Navy Yards, and thence Will
sealed orders for an unknown destination
Foreign Loan.
Parties here representing New Yorl
financial houses declare that they hav
positive information that Secretary Bout
well intends 10 recommend Congress +
authorize four per cent. loan, and that
special agent has been sent to Europe {
see if it could he satisfactorily negotiate
abroad
southern Pacific IEaiIrOad Land,
The Secretary of the Interior has decide
that the lands withdrawn for the use of Ii
Southern Pacific Railroad Company in Ca
ifornia, and subsequently declared by Sc
rotary Browning erroneously withdraw
we're not the lands to which the compa1
Is entitled 10y its charter. The .compa1
was chartered under the State laws of Cal
fornih RECONSTRUCT a line from point at
near Sand Francisco, through certain eou
IA q. San Diego; thence 20 the caste