Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-27
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WASHIN GTON,
The Case of Random Butler
American officers i'm Egypt
Lightning Storm i'm NewYOrk
A Fatal Duel near Memphis
WASHINGTON.


Ter, and his subsequent DalllnB Dy SuCSe
Tngg, to appear before the United States
District Court at Bristol, Tenn, on the
Both inst. 1t appears that the authorities
of Tennessee have seen fit to assume IN
warranted Jurisdiction in the premises. acc
tuated probably by personal friendship for
Butler. The warrant on which Butler was
arrested was issued by District Attorney
Fisher, of the District of Columbia, and
provided that the prisoner should be
brought before the Criminal Court in this
city. But instead OF acting in accordance
with this warrant, Butler was taken before
Tennessee court and released on giving
the trifing bond of So, 900 for his appear
ance to answer to the serious charge OF
forgery. 1t is understood that District At
torney Fisher will be strongly backed by
the authorities of the Pension Office in hay-
ing proper investigation of these singular
proceedings, and that the case will be laid
before the Attorney General for action in
the premises
The Usages of War.
The following telegram was received to-
day by Baron Gerolt. Minister of the North
German Union:
BERLIN, Aug. 26.-The incidents men
toned IN kilograms of the 22d, has required
twice since Rochow was sent by Gen, AL
vensleben to Toul with flag of truce. He
has been received with shots, and trump
eter accompanying another flag of truce
was killed. You will lodge protest with
the United States Government against
these repeated violations of international
law, and declare that we shall henceforth
see an impossibility of sending flags of
truce to nation whose soldiers have lost
In Africa, China and Mexico all recollec-
tons of the usages of civilized warfare.
Won THIEL.
Transcripts of Sales.
A New Orleans leaf tobacco dealer here
presented to the Internal Revenue Bureau
bill for three thousand dollars for furnish
ing the Assessors of that city with tran
scripts of his sales of leaf tobacco during
the past two years. The claim has been
disallowed. Dealers are under no obliga-
ton TO furnish such transcripts, but the law
requires their crops shall at all times be
accessible for inspection by the revenue
officers. In this connection, it is under
stood that the supervisors have been in
structed TO get accurate accounts of the
sales of leaf tobacco and cigar manufac-
turers which will be furnished the assessors
of districts and general examination made
OF the accounts of cigar makers, for the
purpose of ascertaining if the law is law
fully complied with in all parts of the
country
The Tax on Undivided Profits
The Acting Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has decided that the act of Con-
gress approved on the 14th of July, 1870,
the fifteenth section of which provides that
for and during the year 1871 "a tax of two
and one-haf per cent shall be levied and
ROIla0fad oil undivided v,raGfo of
insurance company which have been earned
and added to any surplus contingent, or
other fund, annuls the effect of the reso-
luton approved on the 18th of July, 1870,
providing that the act approved June 80,
1870, shall not be construed SO as to i'm
pose tax on any undistributed sum added
to the contingent fund of any fire, marine,
inland, life, accident, health, or like in
surance company, or any unearned pref
min u or premiums received for risks as
sumed by such companies, or any moneys
paid by mutual life insurance companies to
their policy holders. This resolution and
act conflict In their provisions, but as the
act is of more recent legislation its terms
will be adhered to by the Internal Revenue
Department, and the tax of two and one
half per cent will continue to be collected.
News at the Prussian Legation.
Baron Gerolt states that he is in receipt
of no dispatches of a military nature. He
says that the exiled Germans from France
are being kindly received wherever they
can reach neutral territory. He is still
receiving many applications of Germans
anxious to go home and join the army, but
have no means to reach home. The Ger
man clerks in the Department have per
fected an organization for raising funds to
aid the wounded of the Prussian army.
The majority of them voluntarily contri-
butte four dollars a month, and promise to
give at this rate while the war lasts.
American Officers IN Egypt
The State Department has recently re-
ceived from Consul General Butler, at
Alexandria, Egypt, a list of officers from
America now in the service of his High
ness the Khedive of Egypt, showing their
grade and monthly pay, of which the fol- !
lowing is a copy: Thsddeus P Mott, Gen
eral of a division of cavalry and artillery,
1900 francs, Walter II Jenifer, Col |
onel and Inspector of cavalry, 1,I96 |
francs; Henry r H McIvor, lieu |
tenant Colonel of cavalry, LOGS francs;
William d Dunlap, Lieutenant Colonel of |
artillery, 1,O66 francs; Edward Parys, Ma |
jor of signal corps, 962 francs; Henry H |
Sibley, General of brigade of artillery,
1920 francs; Thomas G Rhett, Colonel DIES |
constructions, 1,l96 francs; Beverly Ken.
non, Colonel of the defense of the coast, |
L 1876 francs; Vanderbilt Allen, Colonel of |
engineers, l,196 francs; Frank n Reynolds, |
Colonel of artillery, 1,l96 francs; William
H Ward, Lieutenant Colonel of marines,
Loss francs; William Malcomb Mason
Major of Marines, 962 francs; Cor
nelius Hurst, Major of Marines, 962
francs; William A Campbell, Major of
Marines, 962 francs; James NJ Morgan,
Captain of Marines, 7S4 francs; w W
Loring, Brigadier General of infantry, l.
500 francs; Charles P Stone. Brigadier
General and Chief of staff, 1,S2O francs;
Esparrow Purdy, Lieutenant Colonel and
Typographical Engineer, LOGS francs;
Hartwel NJ Frew, Captain and Staff Officer,
654 francs; Alexander Reynolds, Colonel
d'Intendence, 1902 francs. Every COM
missioned officer is entitled to commute
ton of fuel and quarters.
The Census.
Nearly 1900 volumes, of 1000 pages
each, will be required to enter the names
returned by the census marshals through
out the country.
Goods in Bond.
The transportation OF goods In bond,
under the provisions of the bill which goes
into effect on the LIST of October, calls for
more stringent regulations in the opinion
of the Treasury Department, and, in re-
vising the regulations, Judge Richardson
has decided that railroad companies carry
ing such goods shall first provide iron cars.
The object is to protect the government as
well as the merchant, and such cars as
are to be conducted in compliance with this
order, or such cars as the companies may
have that will pass inspection, it is believed
will prevent any one tsmpering with the
contents, when once they are locked with
q seal lock shortly to be selected.
ST. LOUIS.