Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-01
WASHINGTON.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Commissloner
Delano to-day resumed his official duties.
The President is not expected to reach
Washington until Monday. 80
The Supreme COurt-A Case with a
woman in lie
The Supreme Court of the United
States meets on the 31st of Oct, in con-
tinuation of the last December term,
which will end on the first Monday of
next December, when the new term will
commence. The call of the docket will
he resumed in case 204. The case of
Mrs. Myra BradWell, from Cook county,,
IL, for license at law, will come before
the court on a writ of error. Senator
CARPENTER appears for the plaintiff.
The Court of Claims viii meet the first
Monday In November. -
ENCOURAGING Political Prospects
The Congressional Democratic Com
mittee continue to receive the most en-
couraging advices from all parts of the
country. In Pennsylvania the Republi-
cans concede that the Democrats viii
elect twelve members of Congress In
Virginia gain of five is expected, while
in MARYLAND the probability is that there
will be a loss of one member. In Ar
kansas two. if not three, Democratic
members will be elected. In Wisconsin
a gain of one in the Milwaukee district is
expected. New York politicians write
that the Democrats will gain seven and
pOssibly nine members of Congress at the
November election, and carry the State
by over eighty thousand majority fol
Hoffman for Governor. The AlabamS
Democrats write that they expect to carry
all but one district, and Louisianians pre-
dict the loss of but one district IN tina
State. Advices from Texas indicate
reign of terror by the colored militia
which will prevent an election. Letter
from Ohio anticipate q decided gain II
Congressman. The committee, slnc'
thew have beer. in session, have distribu
ted nearly one million of documents.
Loose Screw.
DistiIlers in Southern Ohio are sending
complaints that the markets in that sec
ton are flooded with fraudulent whlsk.
from Illinois and other States. They sa.
the market price of whisky is eighty-sr
cents. the total tax being nearly sevent,
cents, and the price of corn sevent,
cents, At present rates distillers say the
get only sixteen cents for their whisky
which entails loss of fourteen cents o
each bushel mashed. The burden of Tia
distillers' complaints is that screw
loose somewhere.
Mail RObberies.
Since the general adoption Throughout
the country of the postal car system, an
the discontinuance of the habit of allow
inc the United States mails to be handle
and placed in the care of persons not on
GERS Of the department, there has been
pprceptible decrease in the number o
depredations, letter robberies, ETC., Whlc
were formerly confined almost eXcluslVel
10 those not connected with the depart
ment. Where they now occur at al
they are limited to officers and employe
of the postal service, and such depred'
tons are more easy of detection. Man
cases have lately occurred in the South
and the detectives of the department al
busy in investigations for the recovery
the money, checks, ETC., and the punlsf
ment of the robbers. Forty thousan
dollars in registered bonds were latel
mailed at Hartford, Conn, and the pacl
AGE has either been mislsld or stolen, an
this case is also receiving the attention
the department.
The Kansas Fraud.
The Internal Revenue Bureau mas II
cpiyed official reports from District A
tornev Harlan and Collector Anthony,
Kansas. relative to the arrest of Jot
Snper. ex-COllector for that State, and
John Van Horn and w. W. Barrick, b
IDENTITY collectors, on the charge OF Co
snirscy to defraud the revenue and II
the embezzlement of government none
Sheer was removed from Office IN lo6
The Revenue Bureau obtained eviden
some months since that led 1t TO suspe
that SpeeT had not conducted his ON
properlv, and therefore ordered a rig
and searching investigation to be mad
II has been one of a difficult charact'
embracing the examination of persons a
Dancrs in every section of the State, I
order having been to leave no stone L
turned in connection with the maui
ON Tuesday, Sept. 90, this investigate
was concluded, and it showed the amot
Of Sneer's deficit to be about $lOO,O
In accordance with the instructions 1rC
tba Commissioner, Collector Antho
entered complaint as lh9H ~,
Horn and Barrick on the charges STATE
and they were accordingly arrested:
they have failed to givs bail for their
pear.ce in the required sum, So7,O'
they have been committed to jail To aW
thCU trial.
\ Counterfeit.
A very bad counterfeit on the late Isl
ffty.cent notes, with vignette OF Sta
ton. has made its appearance. IL IS
Autograph, and is fair imitation oil
genuine note. The paper is greasy,
the back printing of the note is mt
narrower than the front, giving mar:
10 the back larger than that of the ia
The ink and paper are also poor iml
tons.
Admiral Porter.
Admiral Porter will be relieved tr'
duty at the Navy Department, as desn
Law himself, and he will pay a visit to
nTincIpal cities in Europe in UNI
States vessel, in the same manner Adm
Farragut did.