Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-23
TELEGRAPHIC.
WASHINGTON.
Diplomatic NOteswith France
No Exemption for Mail Lines
Our Claims upon Venezuela.
Condition of San Domingo.
Chinese Massacre Confirmed.
WASHINGTON.
DipIomatic-Ne Exemption for Mali
steamers.

Steamers
WAsE1NGroy. JUL 22.-The following
was telegraphed to Jur Minister at Paris
stDeDart1ae7at 0, State, July 16.-To
Washburne. Minister at Paris The gov
ernment and peope of the United States
depend upon German steamers be-
tween Bremen andHamburg and New York.
for postal communication with Europe
under an arrangement with the United
States Postofice Department. Inquire
whether in the event of war with North
Germany these steamers will be exempt
from capture. Report by cable. Fish"
The following is the reply to Fish:
''The government refuses to exempt
North German steamers from capture ex-
cept those at sea ignorant of war which
may enter French ports. WAsHBURNE."
Secretary Fish left for New York to-
night.
The Stamp Act.
The Internal Revenue Commissioner
calls for renewed vigilance Of officials in
the South and West, SO as to prevent
frauds in the sale of tobacco by the use of
counterfeit and old stamps.
Funeral of ParadOL
The obsequies of the late French Minis
ter were celebrated to-day, at st. Matthews
Catholic Church, NJ. Bertheny appearing
as chief mourner. All the foreign lega-
tions we're present, including Baron Ger
olt; also members of the Cabinet.
After the services in the church, the
body was shipped to New York.
The Republican Court.
The President left yesterday for Long
Branch for his summer vacation, and will
only return here at stated intervals, in
two or throe weeks, as business may re
quire. One of his Secretaries remains here
to forward letters and telegrams, and
another, General Porter, has gone with
him. He was accompanied by all Of his
White House household. Two or three
members of the Cabinet will leave within a
week, and with the absence of dozens of
other officials, Washington is promised
pretty dull time between now and Septem-
Der l. At one of the leading hotels, the
morning trains to-day brought but four ar
rivals
Naval.
Rear Admiral Goldsborough and Chief
Engineer Wood, inspectors of machinery
afioat at the New York navy yard, have
been ordered to inspect the Stevens float
ing battery at Hoboken, with view to its
purchase by the Government This bat
terry, it will be remembered, was recently
built for the State of New Jersey, under
the supervision of Gen. Mcclellan, the
necessary amount for its construction hav-
ing been bequeathed by Mr.. Stevens,
wealthy citizen of New Jersey.
The Indians.
Gen. Parker, the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, has gone to New York to make
contracts for supplies for the Indians, by
virtue of the six-million bill passed by
Congress Word has been sent forward to |
the Indian agents that these supplies will |
be forthcoming before the middle of Au-
gust. 1t is well understood that they will
be the best peace commissioner that can
be forwarded The advices from Wyoming
and Dakota, however, continue to be
favorable to peace. letter from an
agency officer, dated Fort Laramie, July
6, saws Red Cloud has called his chiefs to-
gether to tell them that if they don't keep
peace he will leave them and join the white
people. The officer adds that he has seen
no troops on the war path.
A Movement against Venezuela.
New YORK, July 22.-The HerdydS |
Washington correspondence says: The |
War Department will, i'll a few days, send |
three additional monitors to the West |
Indies, the government of Venezuela |
having persistently refused to comply with |
the terms of the convention between that |
country and the United States for the set |
tlement of claims of American citizens
against that government. The President |
has directed the United States steamer
Narragansett to be sent to Venezuela to en-
force the collection of claims stipulated by
the terms of the convention, that custom
duties at certain points of Venezuela should
be set apart for the payment of claims of
American citizens.
The Government has information that
duties at those ports are to be devoted to
the payment of claims Of French and Ger
man citizens, instead of this government,
the French and Prussian governments
having men-of-war there for the purpose of
enforcing the collection of claims. Our
government having waited a reasonable
time now proposes to intimate the exam
pie of France and Prussia.