Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-23
WASHINGTON
The RumOred Fusion against Grant.

New YORK, Nov. PA special dis
patch from Washington to the. Herald says
that a Democratic and Republican coalition
against the Grant movers, OF which the
| purpose is holding a secret conference at
Harrisburg, though not well defined, has
been brilited about for days. VIM. NJ.
Evarts, when he was in Washington weeks
I ago, was far from being reserved in his
views of the inexpediency of Grants re-
nomination. The victory over Tammany
I is the inspiriting motive Of this sudden
! gathering together of the outs, and the be-
] lief which prevails among the leaders who
are to engineer the new movement is
founded on the possibility that the work of
I reform onse begun may sweep the whole
] country. The President seems to be ignO-
rant of the movement.
Gen. Butler denounces as canard the
whole story Of the Harrisburg conference.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Thomas j.
! Dursnt, of Washington, formerly Of Louisi-
ana, is appointed q. S. Advocate before the
arbitFators-to settle the claims of American
citizens against Spain, in place Of Caleb
Gushing, resigned. -i-tH''
Petroleum Regulations.
The Solicitor of the Treasury decides
that any passenger steamboat carrying pc
traleum contrary to law, is subject to seiz-
ure, but the oil itself is not; also, that when
carried according to law, all petroleum must
be marked at what degree it will ignite, and
the transportation of coal oil on passenger
steamers is entirely forbidden.
Indian Affairs.
| Gen. Walker, now Commissioner of In
Mian Affairs, will enter on the duties Mon
! day. He did not seek the Office, but was
selected because of his peculiar fitness for
! it. DR.. Daniels, who was agent at Lake
Traverse has been appointed to Red Clouds
agency, and Deristy, the st. Louis agent for
| the Spotted Tails Indians. These agents
were appointed on the recommendation of
the Episcopal Church.
Tn BOutwelI-PleasOntOn Affair.
The parties most interested are growing
alarmed at prospect of the renewal Of the
BOutwell-Pleasonton imbroghc in the Sen
ate. Ex-Commissioner PleasontOn's friends
boldly assert his intention to lay the matter
/ before the Senate, and express confidence
in his final triumph, while sincere wishers
for peace in the Republican party propose
a compromise of the matter by the nomina-
ton and confirmation of some disinterested
party as Commissioners OF Internal Rev
enue,
Ku-Klux Counsel.
David Dudley Field, of New York, has
been employed as Republican counsel to as
sist Reyerdy johnson in the argument of
| the Ku-Klux cases in South Carolina. 1t is
| asserted that Judges Bond and Bryan will
not join in an opinion, which will have the
effect of bringing the case before the Su-
L, T,o
tutionality of the law.
Policy Toward Cuba.
There is an indication that the admins
tration contemplates a change in the Cuban
policy. The many reports received at the
State Department of the brutal outrages
upon Cubans by the Spanish authorities,
and the failure of the latter to keep certain
promises made to this government, have in
duced our authorities to call the attention
of the Spanish Minister to the matter, with
an intimation that this government will be
compelled to interfere unless the evils COM
planned Of are speedily nghted.
Fraudulent Cotton Claims.
The payment of the cotton tax claims
has been suspended by order of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. Developments re-
Gently discovered show that the majority
of such suits against the government are
fraudulent in every particular. Parties
owning the cotton have applied for second
allowance as refund of the tax eXempting
the tare on each bale Of cotton, and in
many cases they have been paid. The
weighers at New Orleans, and other prOmi
nent cotton ports, have been deducting the
tax for tare, but keep no records of such
payments, and millions of dollars have been
lost to the government in this way.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina.
Senator-elect Vance, of North Carolina,
will not press his claims before the Senate,
it is said, at the coming session, as it is well
understood that the Senate will not agree
to remove his political disabilities so that he
NAV take his seat. Ex-senator Abbott, who
claims that he received a majority of all the
| LOYAL votes at the time of Vance's election,
is preparing to urge his claim before the
Senate Judiciary Committee in full and
complete form.
Eu-Klux.
The Hon. j. NJ. Leach, member of Con-
gress from the Fifth North Carolina district,
has been proved a member of the Ku-KluX
Klan, and a warrant has been issued for his
| arrest. Several members of the State Legis-
| lature have also been arrested on the same
charge.
Martial Law to be Proclaimed In
/ Georgia and Florida.
A special to the New York EUeling Post
saws: The Ku-Klux Committee, who are
| in session examining the documents bearing
upon the taxation and debts in the various
! sections, state that the subcommittee ap-
! pointed to go to Georgia and Florida have
not made any formal report yet, but they
will recommend to the President that mar
| tial law be declared in both States. In
! Florida, especially, the committee find
startling condition of affairs. In one county
alone there have been more than seventy
! five murders by the ku-kluX, and all the
/ Union men have been forced to flee for their
lives. The committee are of opinion that
the disorders in Georgia and Flor
ida will not cease until martial
law has been declared, and the
strong arm of the military felt in those dis
tTicts where the ku-KluX are most power
full. By the aid of martial law the mem
bers of the committee say that the Ku-KluX
organization will be eXterminated in the
South before many months. The PreSi-
dent does not seem to take exactly the
same view of affairs as do the members Of
the Investigating Committee. 1t was said
at the White House Yesterday that from in
formation received it was believed that
within three months there would not be a
Ku-Klux organization in the South any
where, and that few troubles are now oc-
curing 1t is considered certain, however,
that the President will follow the recon-
mendation of the committee, and declare
martial law in Florida and Georgia.
ARKANSAS.