Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-21
The Memphis Races.
RaVages Of the Storm King.
Interesting from Cuba.
WASHINGTON.
Dead Letter 0fiee-InternaI ReveRH
BureRu-The Wild Hunt. etc.

WASHINGTON, April ZU.-CnaS. LYMAN
Of Vermont, who has occupied desk in
the Dead Letter office since 1861, has
been appointed its superintendent.
The National Executive Committee Of
the Union League which usually met in
Washington will convene at the St
Nicholas Hotel, New York, on the Both
of June.
The new organization OF the Internal
Revenue Bureau which has been under
consideration by the Commissioner and
his assistants, went into effect to-day.
The various branches Of the Office are
divided into three prominent divisions.
There was very large crowd Of visitors
at the Executive Mansion this morning.
The doors Of the Presidents Office being
opened until u o'clock, those present
availed themselves of the opportunity Of
obtaining interviews. Among those who
had personal interviews were Senators
Cattell, Hamlin, Drake, Morton, Thayer,
Schurz, Cragin, Wilson, FentOn, Nye
and Boreman. Robert Lincoln also paid
his respects to the President.
The cabinet met at noon all present
except Mr.. Borie.
About one hundred clerks so far have
been discharged from the Third Audi>
tors Office, and forty new appointments
made, two of W hn are cOlored men.
One Of the latter Robert r. Douglass,
son Of Fred. DoI lass, and the other is
James +. o. Han who was clerk in the
North Carolina institutional Conven-
tor. The rush N visitors at the az
pointment office the Treasury was in>
tolerable TO day.
Nominations 1t to the Senate 20 day:
ID. A. Num-, ennessee, Minister to
Ecuador; G. n. Riote, Texas, Minister
to Nicaragua; w. HOughtOn, Super
Vising Inspector Of Steamboats, for the
9th district; James Kelly, Postmaster
for New York city; +. S. Richards, OF
Tennessee, Consul at Leeds; Thomas
McElrath, re1ppointed Appraisers of Mer-
chandise for New York port.
John NJ. MOriarty, President OF the
Irish Republican Association, has sent
the following dispatch to Senator Cham
dler:
accept the thanks of twenty thousand
Irishmen of Pennsylvania, who voted for
Grant in November, for your late speech
on the Alabama claims. Reconstruction,
resumption, fiourishing manufactures, the
restoration of foreign trade, the extern
sion of territory, the Vindlcsti0n OF our
national honor, and the Liberation of Ire
land would all follow hostilities against
England"
Senator Ross in his speech in the SEN
ate to-day said the statements of his I'M
terview with the President were grossly
incorrect and slandeTous, and had been
prompted by parties interested in manu-
featuring public opinion against him who
were witnesses to the interview. In sim
nile Justice to the President, he felt it his
duty TO say that on the occasion re-
ferred to, no words inconsistent with
the strictest rule Of propriety and deco~
rum were utterC by either Of the parties
The interview vas sought by him moi
for the purpose of importuDing thu
President to appoint this OF that man
He had never yet approached him fol
that purpose, and had no design a
present Of doing so. His object was t.
protest against the sweeping removals O
Radical Republicans in his State. During
the interview he was sstonished anC
pained to hear from the President th'
assertion that where any man had he'll
Office during the last year and half !
was presumptive evidence that he was
johnson man. lie proceeded at lengtI
10 criticise the removals and appoint
nents that had been made in his STATE
He charged that Of the new app ointmen
scarcely one had been taken frOm8h
soldiers who fought against the rebellion
but in their stead men had been appointc
who were skulkers in time Of danger
and VIGOROUSLY unfit for any publ
charge.
Mr. PomerOy briefly replied to BIS col
league, saying he was well satisfied Wit
the President and administration, an
saw nothing TO complain Of and nOthin
10 censure. He argued that the charg
were demanded by and would be san,
toned by the people of Kansas.
Combinations by the Senate: w.
Sparling, Assessor 9th Tennessee distric
Ii. Il. Barrow, Fifth Auditor of Il
Treasury; W. II. Smythe, Marshal
Georgia; Horace Rubles, Minister
Switzerland The President withdrC
several nominations, including A.
Russell, Of Pennsylvania as Minister
Costa liiCa.
The President to-day sent 10 the Sci
ate the last batch of nominations for I
present executive session, He will pl
sent few more names in the place
nominees who may be rejected or wit
- .srr,ralf A hnnt fvuN hnnl r
nominations remain to be acted upon.
The Senate to-day considered the
Jusn treaty, but reached no Conclus
on the subject.
The Comptroller of Currency has sc
the following to all National banks
In accordance with the PROVISIONS
an act of Congress, entitled An act re
lating the reports Of National Bank
Associations, approved March 3, Ii
YOU are hereby notified and required
forward Immediately TO this Office
the last form of blanks furnished
that purpose, report Of the conditlo
your bank as shown by its books at
close of business on the lst OF Al
1869 Very respectfully,
ii. X. liURLBUT,
Comptroller Currenc
II has already been stated that {
BubIidSe was arrested in Washln!
Yesterday, on an alleged indlctn
found by the grand jury OF the Tn
States Court OF the Eastern Dis
Of Missouri charging him with
spring to ddrsud the goyernn
On the conclusion of the hearing to
before Judge Wyhe the case was
missed, 1t appearing that the paper
porting TO be an Indictment was
signed either by the Judge OF by
District Attorney, and was evid,
prepared to injure Gen. Burbndge,
out sufficient foundation for action
PHILADELPHIA, April 2O-The e
tive committee, of which Geo. A.
is chairman, is completing arrangel
for a great national sunday schoO
yention, to be held at Newark, n.
BALTIMORE, April 20.-The ca
Kimberly against Gen. Butler W
day argued in the United States {