Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23
Winnepeg Discussed in Full.
Sad Tragedy at Baltimore.
Duel of Prim and TOpete.
Fenian Beings in England.
WASHINGTON.
serious Charge Against Caleb Cush-

Serious Charge Against Caleb CuSIl-
ing
WASHINGTON, April PA card, signed
by Geo. G. Gather, Secretary and disburs-
ing agent of the Mexican Claims Commits
sion, is published here to-day, in which he
says he has resigned his position because
the honorable Caleb Gushing contrived to
get the entire control of the commission,
ard was using said Gather as a tool to
draw money wrongfully from the Treasury
for his personal benefit. Gather adds
that he protested against this, but that his
protest was refused, and he was compelled
to resign.
Substitutes for the Georgia Bill.
Mr.. Cessna, of PENNSYLVANIA. has pre-
pared a substitute admitting Georgia to
representation at once, and providing for
the election of a new Legislature in No
vember, 1872. This does away with the
provisional or military feature of the Senate
bill Gen. Logan has prepared another
substitute, which simply admits Georgia 10
representation now in Congress, and pro-
vides for an election in the present year
for a new Legislature, at which all persons
who are electors by the Georgia constitu-
ton shall vote. Mr.. Ingersoll, of Illinois.
has drawn up still another bill, declaring
be provisional, and that an election for
Senators and members of the Legislature
shall come off next November, the State in
the mean time to be admitted The Demo
Gratis of the House have not decided what
course they viii pursue, but will hold
conference after the committee frame a
bill
Customs Receipts.
The receipts from customs have been re-
markably favorable during the present
month, the report for the week ending
April 10 showing that, at the five principal
ports of entry, according to the latest re-
turns therefrom, they reached within $780,
600 of Sj,0O0,O0O.
The Public Debt.
While the customs receipts are SO heavy,
and the sales of gold by the Treasury De-
partment so comparatively light, there will
be very favorable gold balance in the
Treasury exclusive of the coin certificates,
and notwithstanding the anticipation of the
May interests, the indications are that the
next public debt statement will show a
coin balance of eighty millions Last year
the coin balance on the first of May was
twenty millions.
Reciprocity With North Germany.
The Secretary of State recently called
the attention of the Senate Committee on
foreign relations to the necessity of having
a reciprocity treaty with the North German
Confederation, recognizing marriages con-
tracted in one country as valid in the
other, SO that the heirs of Prussians who
marry here will be legal and able to in
herit property in their native country.
The committee on foreign relations unani-
mously recommended Secretary Fish to
negotiate such a treaty through Minister
Bancroft.
Chinese Indemnity Fund.
The committee agreed to return TO the
Chinese Government 800, 900 of the Chi
nese Indemnity fund, which has been in
possession of the State Department some
years, on the ground that the claims to
satisfy which 1t was originally paid have
proved to he fraudulent.
Increase OF the Navy.
The Secretary of War and the Senate
naval committee are considering the prOpo-
sition to increase the force in the navy
from $500 to 10000. 1t is urged that the
Spaniards have now in Cuban waters more
guns and seamen than are carried by our
entry navy.
Tax OH Chinese.
The House Committee on Territories
have agreed to recommend the passage of
Gen. Cuilom's bill forbidding the imposi-
ton by the Territories of the five dollars
per head tax on Chinese.
Judicial Appointments.
The following nominations have been
sent to the Senate by the President: Ben
jamin J. Waters, to be Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of New Mexico, and
David c. Humphreys, of Alabama, to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia.
Fifteenth Amendment LegisIatiO on
The Senate Judiciary Committee, en-
gagged this morning in the prepare
ton of a bill to enforce the Fifteenth
Amendment, made such progress that it is
expected that comprehensive measure of
that nature will be reported
Haytien Minister.
The new Haytien Minister, Preston, pre-
scented his credentials to the President to-
day.
Cairo and Fulton Railroad.
The House Committee on Public Lands
to-day heard Congressman Roots, of Ark,
in favor of q resolution extending the time
for the completion of the first twenty
miles of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, and
unanimously agreed to report it to the
House with a recommendation for it to
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