Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-23
WASHINGTON.


Texas RecOnstructtOn-Hea Bill fol
TeIegraphing-MartIR law 10 bS
Declared I'm Georgia.
New YORK, May 22.-President Grant
received Msi. fen. Clark, Of Texas, yes.
terday. The l4Ster urged that the Texas
election should ,ake place in August, when
Pc people wonld lot be busted gathering
b-.cTopa and would have time TO attend the
polls. The oufiages were greatly exsg-
gerated The President said he would
heFe the State restored with as little delay
al possible.
A bill contracted by Secretary Seward
10 telegraphing over the cable TO Reverdy
johnson, has been presented 10 Secretary
Fish by The agent Of the telegraph COM
pany for payment. 1t consists of single
item, and AMOUNTS to $4,000. Mr..
Seward, il seens, was allowed cheap rates
ON his messages, and 80 became rather
verbose, and when this bill came in he re-
B fused TO pay il. Ii therefore fell 10 the
succeeding administration. Secretary Fish
declined TO pay it, when il was presented
10 President Grant. He sent 10 Attorney
General HOar for an opinion, which he is
now engaged in preparing.
The government has received two cable
dispatches from ReVerdy johnson 10 n
gard TO his attempt TO secure tbs release OF
certain Fenian prisoners.
Action was taken in obedience TO direc-
lions from the State Department 10 call
the attention of the English government
10 the cases Of Col. ,Wm. q. Halpin aud
others.
The Grst dispatch from johnson was TO
the effect that the reply he received was a
list Of about twenty FeniaBs that are not
TO be released. He made another attempt
d, aud WAS answered by a reiteration of the
Rsiiish governments determination not 10
release any more Fenians.
the Tribune states that Secretary Raw
Inns is determined 10 secure protection 10
the lives Of Union men in the South. He
wiltprobaby declare martial law in Geor- |
gia, at least in the neighborhoods where |
these murders have been committed, and !
where The murderers aIe not given up,
will arrest number Of sympathizing cili- |
zsns and hold them as hostages until the |
criminal are given Up.
Fred Douglass, jr., cOlored, on account /
Of his exclusion from the Printers Union,
on account of his color, applied and OBJ i
tanned elerkship in the Office of Recorder |
of deeds, in Washington, yesterday. lie /
served in Massachusetts regiment du- /
ring the war.
a WASHINGTON, May 22.-Tne President |
has appointed Samuel Il. Ruggles, Of New
York, delegate TO the seventh session of
the international Statistical Congress at
the Hague.
The President to-day stated to Judge
PASCAL who called On him ia behalf of
Gov. Peace, Of Texas, that the time for
holding the election in that Stale and
Mississippi would not be decided until after
the election in Virginia. He thought the
best time would be between the time of
storing grain and commencement Of the
cotton picking season.
Mr. PASCAL gested that the first Mon
day in August had always been election
day in Texas.
The President said he should Direct.
Gen. Reynolds TO proceed with the work
of registration, and remarked that he had
mentioned the first Monday in November
10 Maj. Moore, but had Immediately cor
recteG himself by Suggesting an earlier
day.
She President had been informed BY |
gentlemen in whom he had much reliance,
that the division in the Union party would
be healed, and he earnestly hoped that such
would be the case
The President 10 day signed the commits
siou Of w. II. II. Terrell, as third Assist.
att Postmaster General.
The monthly statement of the public
debt fpT May will show a decrease of
severalmillions of dollars.
Shipments OF currency for the week,
S43l SEQ, Amount destroyed, S27S, 200.
Nk,fonal bank notes issued, S2l5,070 Ae- 1
tual circulation 1929, $685.