Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-07
WASHINGTON.
Resignation Of Hon. Hamilton Fish.

New FORK, Nov. B.-The Tribune re-
ports thg resignation of Secretary Fish and
says ediIorially: The country has been af-
fiicted With rumors innumerable concern
] ing the resignation of Hon. Hamilton Fish
Secretary ofthe State. These are finallycrys-
tailed into the statement which we have
-day from Washington, in a shape so
authenticated and trustworthy that we are
compelled to give it credence.
"DOing'' Alabama for Martial Law.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. GA letter from a
gentleman connected with the sub-Ku-Klrlx
Committee, dated Livingston, Ala, Oct. 81,
says that up to this time about one hundred
and eighty witnesses have been examined
In this county, Sumpter. Choctaw is the
worst in the State. There is trouble to
procure deputies to serve subppnas.
Striking Another Vein of Pension Pee
a - 81. uIatiOn. W
A Washington dispatch to the Herald
says: SThe doings of Chief Clerk Johns
OF the Pension Office in the Interior De-
partment will be investigated by Congress.
One of the schemes in which Johns is con-
cerned was leasing the Seaton Hotel which
he secured for three years at ten thousand
year for pension office purposes and on
the rental of which it is alleged large per-
centage was paid to the committee on the
subject, of which Johns was member"
Kentueky's war Claim.
The United States Supreme Court to-day
granted leave to the State of Kentucky to
file petition for a mandamus to compel
the Comptroller of the Treasury to
issue warrant for S525, 259, the amount
alleged to be due on account of war claim.
The motion will be argued on the 18th inst.
Red Tape Reversed.
Supreme Court-The United States
against Burrs. In this case the Court of
Claim gave plaintiff judgment for use by
the Government of the Sibley tent, the
plaintiff being part owner of the contract.
The department refuse to pay onthe ground
that it would be violation of regulations.
This court rules that the Silby contract is
valid, notwithstanding the prohibition of the
regulation. Judgment affirmed.
Must DO or Die.
Superintendent Hoag reports that Big
Mouth, the famous Araphoe Chief, says
he is convinced Of the advantages his people |
derived from the whites; he sees that the
whites will soon cover the whole land. If !
the Indians do not go in the white mans |
path they will be swept away; he is there |
fore determined TO learn to cultivate the |
soil. .. #E |
$3.50 Special to the Louisville Ledger. |
District AttOrneyship of Eastern Ten |
nessee.
ParsOn Brownlow, Horace Maynard and |
ROderick Random Butler were the parties |
who agreed to effect the removal of Camp |
from the Eastern Tennessee District Attor- |
neyship. These high parties prepared the
papers in which the President ordered
Camps decapitation, but it now seems that
other influences have been set to work, and
Grant has intimated that he was imposed /
lpon, and that Camp shall be restored to
office. ...r. .r-.-- -.. ..rTa ...
Grant and the Mormon Question.
Grant is at sea on the Mormon question.
Not being gifted with any large amount of
natural originality in State craft he is
obliged to resort to the adyices of others,
Jut here he is baked. His counsellors are
disguised, and the information which
caches him with regard to the situation in
Utah is garbled or misrepresented. The
Government is not prepared for a war with
he Saints, nor does it wish to drive them
rom THEFT home at the mere desire of spec
Ilators who hope to benefit by the Nor
mons abandonment of their property.
irant assures all the friends of the Nor
mons who approach him at the present
ime that his policy on this subject will be
ully developed in his next annual message
o Congress.