Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-08

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MISSISSIPPI.
, The Senate Judiciary Committee are 10
meet Oh the Sth to consider the House oii
/ to admit Mississippi into the Union, and
| the prospect is a substitute providing Tor
the unconditional admission of the State
| will be reported. This will renew the old
fight of the Virginia bill, as the situation
is precisely similar 1t viii be remem-
bered that such bin came within twenty
votes of passing the House as substitute.
Inasmuch as the points of the question
have all been discussed, an effort will be
made in the Senate to take vote without
any extended debate.
REvELs
Thus farit has not been decided to raise
any objection to the admission of Revels,
though it is rumored that his credentials
elect him to fill an unexpired time which
does not legally exist. II is the intention
to get the State in this week, after which
the qualification of the Senators will come
up. Revels had brief interview yester-
day with the President and was warmly
received. The conversation turned en-
tirely on reconstruction in Mississippi
Reyels told the President that the Repub-
licans would have everything their own
way in that State for the next five years
VIRGINIA.
The General Assembly of Virginia as
sembles on Tuesday next with the object
of passing such measures as may be de-
cided necessary to render operative the
constitution of the State under civil rule.
A large number of officers are to be
elected.
PRESTO, CHANGE
1t is reported that a complete change in
the military affairs of the Southern States
| is about to be made. Gen. Terry, who is
at present i'll at Atlanta, has been sum-
moned to this city, and viii probably be
here some time this week.
THE SALE OF oADETsHIPs.
The resolution presented in the House
to-day directing an inquiry into the truth
of the advertisements in some of the New
York newspapers, proposing to sell cadet
ships in the Military Academy, and to
learn if any members of the present Con-
gress had bargained or sold the cadetShipS
under their control, created quite little
| flutter, but it passed unanimously. Judg-
ing from the talk about the proposed in
Yestigation, it promises to be very prof
| liable one. 1t was stated that, in the For
tieth Congress, some six members from
| the Southern States sold to New Workers
the appointment of these cadetships to
| West Point for from five hundred to two
thousand dollars piece.
| The requirement of the law was evaded
bg sending the candidate to reside, imme-
| diately preceding the nomination, to the
members district appointing him. The
| Engineers Bureau would then notify him
by mail to appear for examination, and by
receiving a reply TO the same, the Office
would be completely deceived as TO the
i cadets actual residence.
BRAVERY.
Dispatches to the Internal Revenue Of
fee, detailing a late successful expedition
of Assistant Assessors and Deputy Col
lectors in the Fourth district of Georgia in
search of illicit distilIeries, mention the
fact that the men behaved with very great
gallantry in the face of formidable indi-
cations Of an attack on them by many of
those engaged in the illegal operations,
large numbers of whom were arrested
SOLD OUT.
Mr.. Corbin. the Presidents brother-in-
law, who has become somewhat unfavo-
rably conspicuous of late, in connection
with the gold panic, has sold his house on
Twenty-seventh street for $50, 600.