Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-09

he alleges an effort was made by party
of armed men 10 take his life. Col.
MARYLAND, general agent OF the mail ser
vice in the State, procured ten soldiers
from the department commander for the
protection OF Gibson. This guard &C
companied the train for several days
Gen. Murray, United States Marshal at
Lexington, then telegrsphed to Col. Mark
land that a party was being organized
there to capture the route agent, guard
and all. and advised him to double the
guard. Col. Mariland could not obtain
troops. and summarily stopped the trans
mission of mail, and laid the matter be-
fore the Department. Since then the
people along the line of the railroad have
been without mails, and considerable
feeling and excitement has been apparent.
The state of affairs was laid before the
Cabinet yesterday, but their action is not
yet known.
Supervising Inspector General OF
Ir SteRmbOatss e-l fo
For the new Office of Supervising In
spector General of Steamboats, and Ma
chinery, there is quite strife among the
candidates, who are multiplying in num-
Der very fast. At first blush, it would
appear, that there was no chance for
stealing or the formation of rings IN con-
nectlon with this Office, but the csndi-
dates, in their eagerness to draw the
prize, have disclosed the fact that the
Supervising Inspector General can make.
a nice little fortune out of the office in a
short time by favoring this or that piece
&c Aaxriao or16 If ia
charged that ring has been formed al
ready by certain owners and inventors of
patents to secure the appointment of one
of the candidates prominently named for
the office. 1t is generally believed that
Gen. Sherman Sturm, of Indiana, will be
appointed Supervising Inspector of steam
vessels under the law recently passed.
Grant and Congress.
The Joint Committee of the Senate and
House who called on the President, sim
ply reported that he had no commupica-
ton to make to Congress now, hut might
have in the course of week; but the
President, nevertheless, submitted some
reasons why Congress should continue its
session. One was that he expected to
convene the Senate in extraordinary SEES
sion at an early day, as he was quite con-
fident that the Joint Commission would
satisfactorily conclude its labors, and sub
nit the results through him to the Senate.
Another reason to his mind was the con-
dition of affairs in the Sou h, which GER
tainly demanded additional legislation.
He had received from the Governor of q
Southern State letter stating that eleven
Republicans had been murdered in one
day, while the mails had to be suspended
between Frankfort and Louisville, KY,
because of Ku KluX outrages on col
ored mail agent. He stated that he was
quite pOWerless under the present laws to
prevent this stste of things, and required
the action of Congress. He said nothing
about protrscting the session to await the
return If the San Domingo Commission.
The Outrage Business.
1t is understood that the select commit
tee of the Senate on the alleged ontrages
in the South, which was continued IN
service by the Senate, have bill nearly
prepared to suppress them, which will
be reported to the Senate next week, and
pressed to vote before an adjournment.
The Democrats in the House, however,
will very generally oppose to the last ex-
IRENE any legislation of this character.
Some progress was made to day in the
Senatorial caucus, and in the subsequent
proceedings of Congress toward settling
the question of the duration of the ses-
sion. The Radical caucus discussed the
matter informally, Morton, Sawyer and
others advocating a session for legie-
lation on the condition of the South, and
Sherman, Cameron and others opposing
it. Mr.. Hamlin stated that the President
was half inclined to ask Congress to re-
main and pass some law to suppress the
Ku-Klux, and as soon as he could get
some information he was awaiting, he
would inform Congress definitely.
Insufficiency of Appropriations.
A great deal of complaint is made and
| fault found because of the insufficiency
of the appropriations made by Congress
to carry on the business of the variou;
departments. Each has suffered more OF
less in consequence of the inadequate
ness Of appropriations. For example,
the Postoffice Department has been com
| PEELED thereby to discontinue the estab
| lishment of new postoffices Throughout
the country, and various other matters OF
| both sectional and national interest OF
importance. The heads of the depart
ments and bureaus are, therefore, very
desrous that Congress should remain il
session several weeks, hoping that spPro
priations will be made to supply def
Gle ncies.
| ways and Means Committee.
Ii is conceded that the Democrat
ought to have three instead of two mem
bers on the Ways and Means Committee
in consequence of their increased humble
in the House, and it is stated that MI
Blaine will appoint, as one OF the II
naming six members, protectionist
thereby giving all parties show in tn
matter Of representation on the commit
tee.