Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-17
TELEGRAPHIC.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Amnesty Debate i'm Congress
Case Of Judge w. K. Turner
The Malignity of Maynard
MIR. ROderick Random Butler
Is Indicted for Forgery!
Resignation Ex-senator Drake
His RepOnSe to Carl SchurZ
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON.
EmbeZzlement.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-In the case of
G. c. Edwards, indicted for embezzelment
of $3.50 dollars from the redemption d.
vision Of the United States Treasury, in
September last, the jury yesterday rem
dered verdict of guilty with recon-
mendation 10 the mercy of the court.
Counsel gave notice of motion for a
new trial.
The Postal TeIeGr scheme.
The select Committee on Postal Tele-
graph held meeting yesterday for the
purpose of hearing argument from Mr..
Hubbard, of Boston, in reply to the
speech of Gen. Wasburn in favor of the
postG telegraph bill. Mr.. Hubbard has
scheme of his own, which Is for the Gov
eminent TO build an opposition line TO
that OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company. He Travelled over the same
ground that he did last winter, making
the same points and coming to the same
conclusion, namely, that all other schemes
besides his own are unwise and imprac-
ucable. VIZ. Wsshburn, chairman of the
committee, will probably make a reply TO
Mr.. Hubbard.
Grant aud the Czar-FOfeign En-
tanglements.
Much amusement was created here at
the very positive statement of st. Pc
tersburg correspondent of the Independ-
ence Beige 10 the effect that the President
has written an autograph letter to the En-
peror Alexander, rendering him the aid of
feet of war vessels in case of war. The
statement is pure fiction. Neither the
President nor his secretary have written
any such letter, or anything which could
be construed or twisted into a coloring for
such statement.
Private kilograms received here from
Europe regarding the last phase of the
Eastern question and the new complics-
ton of the Luxembourg difficulty give
rise to very uneasy feeling. 1t is known
that these matters have been discussed
recently in official quarters with unusual
warmth, and further developments are
snxiously awaited.
Random Butler Indicted for Forgery
R. R. Butler, Republican in Congress
from the first district of Tennessee, was
indicted here to-day by the Grand Jury
for forging names of widows of Union
soldiers.
The wild Hunt for office.
Several bills have been introduced re-
Gently to create new judicial districts in
Western States. The authors of these
measures are Utmost cases gentlemen who
are under the necessity of retiring from
Congress on the fourth of March, and
who look upon a United States Judgcship
for life as good thing to fall back on.
The Land office.
1t is generally admitted among Con-
Hessmen that Commissioner Wilson, of
the General Land Office, Will be SUPER
seeded by the President, but that no change
win be made until shortly before the dis
solution OF the present Congress, and
the delay will be occasioned by the de-
sire Of the President to appoint some
member of the present House, who is
not elected to the next Congress. Judge
Loughbridge, of Iowa, has been favors-
bly, mentioned in connection with the
Office.
The long delay in the appointment of
q Commissioner of Patents, in place of
Col Fisher, who resigned last October, is
accounted for on the same grounds.
BoutweII's Relations with Grant.
Secretary Boutwell, this morning in
conversation with several gentlemen pres
ent, good naturedlys alluded to various
reports of disagreement between the
President and himself, saying thst on the
contrary the relations between them were
altogether friendly, and that so far as he
knew there were no intervening questions
which disturbed their official connections.
This is in harmony with the authority
from the Executive Mansion yesterday
for cOntrsdicting the report involving the
Secretsry's resignation.
PIeasantOn Confirmed.
The Senate, this afternoon, confirmed
Gen Pleassnton ss Commissioner of In
ternsl Revenue.
AID for the Oneida Sufferers.
Mr.. Thornton, the British Minister. has
been advised of the remittance of within
q fraction of five thousand dollars for the
widows and orphans of the crew of the
United States ship Oneida This sum was
quietly contributed by seventy British
subscribers, headed by the Right Hon.
Ear SALISBURY, Earl ClardendoD, and
Rothschilds.
Deficiencies.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
sent communication 10 the House, ask
ing for SO, S5l, 900, being the estimated
deficiencies in the appropriations for the
years ending June, 1870 and 1871. OF
This amount, 81, S62, 900 is for the army
and 81, 944, 600 for the navy.