Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-01
TELEGRAPHIC.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
freSSerCOnfirmedP Postmaster
Butler Calls for Volunteers
Against the GhOStIy Ku-Klux
German PeaceJ Jubilee I'm NY.
Reign of Terror I'm Arizona
Reign of Terror I'm Arizona
WASHINGTON.
Wade Stfu Writing


New YORK, March 3I.-A WASHING
ton correspondent writes that there is &c
disagreement among the members of the
San domingo Commissioners as to the
features OF their report and the only de.
lay Is occasioned by 8 decision to rear.
range 1t. The report will be made much
longer tsn at first decided upon. As has
already been published the President does
not particularly desire speedy action by
Congress, and he will net even ask that
the report be considered at this session.
de will merely send it to Congress where
II Will be laid upon the table or referred
70 the Foreign Committee of the Senate.
The President has by no means given up
the idea of annexation. He is confident
the people of the country are favorable
to the project. lie will do all he can to
assist the Commissioners during the re-
cess. r"-"
Volunteers Against the S0uth-But-
Ter Wants Another Chance at the
spoons.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-Gen. Butler
in explanation of an amendment he pro-
poses to offer to the Ku-Klux bill, to au-
thoIize the President to call out volun-
teers to enforce the law in the same man.
ner as was done in 1861, says the bill as
reported by Shellabarger gives the Presi-
dent this power although not in explicit
terms and he regards it as better to put
this grant of authority in exl licit terms
instead of in the rather vague language
employed in the bill.
Our New Postmaster.
The Senate in Executive session con-
firmed the nomination w. F. Prosser as
Postmaster at Nashville.
Bergen ShelV,d
The following nominations were sent
to the Senate to-day: Jas. A. SuYker,
of New York, Consul to Pernambuco, in
place of the nomination of Geo. B. Ber-
gen, of North Carolina, for the same po-
sition, withdrawn; ]. c. Hepburn, Inter-
terpreter for Legation to Japan.
Democratic Executive Committee,
At a meeting of the Democratic and
Conservative Congressional Committee
held to-day, permanent organization of
the conmittee was effected by the elect
ing of the following officers: Chairman,
Eugene Casserly, of Cal; Secretarys,
F. Z. Shafer, of N. c., and Samuel n.
Bel, n. H. Mr.. DOx, of Ala, on behalf
of the subcommittee appointed to report
National Democratic Executive Res
ident Committee, made the following re-
port which was adopted: Chairman,
Samuel j. Randall, Of Pa; Henry W.
Slocum, of N. Y, Charles E. Eldridge,
of Wis, VIM. E. Niblack, of Ind,
Thomas Swami, of Nd, and Richard T.
Merrick, Gen. /. Jeffreys and P. NJ.
Smith, of the District.of Columbia.
Better Late than Never.
The General of the Army will, on the
4th of April next start on a tour of In
spection of the frontiers of Texas, the
Indian TerritOrie7, Kansas and Nebraska,
going out via st. Louis, No., Baton Rouge,
and New Orleans to San Antonio, thence
westward and northward along the line
of posts to Nebraska, thence back 10
Washington. Col. R. B. Morey, Inspec-
tOr-Genersl of the Army and Coils ]. Nc. |
Coy and J. f. TOuTtellotte, Aids-de- |
Camp, will accompany him.