Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-04
Massacre SyStematized.
Napoleon Threatens to With
draw Troops from Rome.
WASHINGTON.
Imports and Exports.


WASHINGTON. March 3.-The total amount
of merchandise and specie imported into
the United States for six months, ending
January 1st 1870, was S213, 693, 1872. Total
exports and receipts of merchandise, specie
and bullion same time, S199, 124, Ill.
OF exports and imports American ships car
ried Sl56, 035, 40. The exports of specie
show improvement in favor of United States
for the above period of Sc, 375, 6O7.
Turned out at Large.
The Committee on Elections decided
3 against the claim of Col Segar as
Representative at large from Virginia
OutgO.
The expenditures of the Treasury
Department for February were, civil and
miscellaneous, S., Alp, AL; war, $780,
ISL; navy, 1870, O63; pensions, 3, $50, 900;
Indians, 203, 227. Total, SIG, 29S, 48S. The
above does not include expenditures on
account of principal and interest of the
public debt. Customs receipts last week
$4,879, 7G7.
Contested,
Messrs. Stevenson and Burdett, of the
Subcommittee on Elections, will make a
majority report recommending that Mr..
Shelton, the sitting member from the New
Orleans district, is entitled to his seat.
Mr.. Kerr will make a minority report
that Mr. Hunt, the contesting member is
also entitled to his seat Both reports
will be made directly to the House without
previous submission to the entire COM
mittee
Summer Resorts
The President accepted an invitation of
the citizens of Eastern Connecticut to at
tend proposed grand mass meeting in
Woodstock Conn, on the 4th of July next,
in honor of the day, and particularly in
honor of the passage of the fifteenth amend
ment. Hon. Stewart l.. Woodward and
Hon. B. F. Butler will address the meeting.
The President in accepting the invitation,
which he did without qualification, said he
hoped Congress would adjourn early SO he
could go TO Long Branch in June.
The Oneida.
Secretary Fish has received dispatch
from the United States Minister, dated
Yokohama, Feb. /, stating that the wreck
of the Oneida has been discovered, and her
ornaments have possibly been recovered.
Bustced.
Judge Busted is about to leave for Ala
hama to open the spring term Of the
United States Court.
The Tobacco Tax
A delegation from the National Tobacco
Association held a lengthy consultation
with Commissioner Delano to-day. They
advocated a uniform tax of sixteen cents
per pound on chewing and smoking to-
bacco and snuff, arguing that an annual
revenue of $3.50, 900, 600 would be thus
obtained. The will meet the Ways and
Means Committee to-day.
Venezuela.
The Secretary of State has given informa-
ticn to Congress that Venezuela has failed
to comply with her agreement to make the
payment of principal and interest awarded
to our citizens by the mixed commission
formed under the convention of 1866.
Important TO SteambOatmen.
The Secretary of the Treasury sent to
the Senate draft of the bill for the better
securities of life on steamers, approved
by the Board of Supervising Inspectors. 1t
includes all essentialities of previous
statues and large number of new and
stringent provisions.
TO Let
The House Committee on Committee
have concluded to recommend that the
Seal fisheries of Alaska be leased to a COM
pany, recently organized, for twenty years
on certain pecuniary conditions.