Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-24
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WASHINGTON, Ocr. 22.-The rooms Of
4 United States and British Commission have
been neatly furnished, and the apartments
designated for the Court Commissioners
and Secretary of the Commission are now
Z prepared for business, but the session will
not be resumed TIL the 9Th Of November.
In the meantime instructions and necessary
blanks will be furnished to all who desire
! them. eEE -rea.r rf w
- Personal ExpIanatiOzis
In connection with the Hodge defalca-
ton, statements were recently made which
do injustice to Maj Paulding, g,fornerly Pay
master in the army, who, in 1866, was tried
for alleged violation of an order in having
transferred his deposit from the First Ma
tional Bank 10 the Mechanics, which insti-
tuition soon thereafter failed, the Govern
ment tossing the entire amount of the
money. Instead of having been tried as
defaulter he was, according to the finding of
the court, exonerafed from having any per-
sonal or interested motion in making the
transfer Neither is it true that he was ev-
er inthe penitentiary, nor did the Courts
sentence so remand him. He was ordered
to military prison for q year, and was in
Fort McHenry for three months when he
was released 10y order of Secretary STAN
ton. --'--'-
/ Had it been thought his action in the re-
m0yal of his deposit was anything more
| than an error of Judgment, it seems quite
certain the penalty for the loss of $275,0O0 |
would have been something more than the !
/ one imposed, which was merely nominal |
/ confinement within the grounds of the gar
| risOn on parole. II was shown that he |
never used for private purposes dollar of |
l., ,&,1f
out Office poorer than he was when he en- |
tered the service.
Effect of Habeas Corpus Suspension. !
Parties who have just arrived from South |
/ Carolina state that large numbers of arrests /
are being made in the counties recently |
placed under martial law. Among the |
number are many innocent parties. Others |
are leaving the State, having received inti- |
nation of their probable arrest. Considera-
bic excitement prevails in the counties vile
the arrests areIbeinglnade The trials Of those
PERSONS alleged to belong to Ku-kluX Or
CARNATIONS viii commence at once.
Confederate Army Reunion.
Fitzhugh Lee has issued the following
call for a meeting of the Virginia Division
Of the army of Northern Virginia:
'Deriving authority from and in conform
ity with articles fifth and sixth in the plan
Of organization of the army Of Northern
Virginia, hereby call meeting of the Vir-
ginia Division of that association, to take
place in Richmond on the evening of the
I'd of Nov, 1871. To organize the divi-
sion upon a permanent basis, to preserve
friendships formed in the army, to perpetu-
ate its fame, to vindicate its history, that
justice may be done to its living and dead
IL, tho fr,ftrv.a ho pbiaats fn,.
which we meet. All officers, non-commis-
stoned officers and privates, who belonged
to the Virginia organization of the army of
Northern Virginia at any time during the
war, and who did not desert then, and have
not deserted since, a hearty invitation is
extended to be present"
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer
EgregiOus laundering.
1t appears that there was good deal Of
carelessneSs exhibited in drafting the Pres-
dents proclamation declaring martial law
in South Carolina. One of the counties in
tended TO be included IN the so-called in
surrectionary district was omitted al
together, and one was included-the county
of Marion-of which the Radical Senator
from that quarter wrote that he does not
know of more peaceable place. He says
it must have been a clerical error to have
included that county. He begs that martial
law be withdrawn from it. The fact is,
that Marion county was represented here to
be one of the worst Ku-Klux counties in
the State The authorities do not know
what to believe of these contradictions fur
nished from official sources.
Condition of the Treasury.
\ statement of the condition Of the
Treasury yesterday shows that its
currency balance has been reduced to
nearly seven millions of dollars, while its
coin balance exceeds ninety millions. There
have been issued to date half million of
dollars Of National gold bank capital under
the new law.
Special to the Louisville Ledger.
That Profitable Quarry.
According to estimates from officials who
are in position to know, about S2,000,000
have been paid out within the past two
years for Seneca sandstone on the part Cf
the government. How much ofthis money
has gone into the pockets of the ring of gov
ernment officials connected with the com
pany does not appear. This much, how
ever, is certain, that before the President
and his friends became interested in these
quarrieS il was difficult thing to find even
a sample of the sandstone anywhere in the
CITY. .-.
Sequel TO Hodges Course.
The entire personal property and effects
of Hodge, the defaulter, viii be sold at pub
lie auction tomorrow. The death Of
Hodges wife is feared from grief fat her hus-
band Is transactions.
Civil Service.
Trumbul and Schurz are thoroughly dis
gusted at the stumbling-block which the
Attorney-General has thrown in the way Of
civil service reforms by the late opinion of
the latter. These Senators propose to in
trodIice measure in Congress next winter
which will give the Commission some pow
ers to carry reform into effect, as the present
law is regarded as negative. 1t is suggest
ed that the best service the present Com
mission can render the country is to resign
and 20 home, and thus relieve the treasury
from the tax which they are now uselessly
imposing upon it.
Southern Claimants.
One of the first cases to reach a hearing
before the present term of the Supreme
Court is one brought to test the cOnstitu-
tionality of the Drake amendment to the
army appropriation bill, making a presi-
Dental pardon pTind fdcie evidence of dis
loyalty on the part of the one presenting
it. The absolute injustice OF this amend
ment, having its origin in Senator Drake's
partisan hatred of Andy johnson, has pre-
vented many equitable claims from being
tried before the Court of Claims, and it is
now hoped that the Supreme Court will re-
move this legal obstacle from the path Of
justice.
Land SpecuIatiOns.
Gen. BallOch, from the published trans
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ishing financial condition. Just before he
was relieved for converting public funds
into bonds so as to realize the interest, he
purchased ten lots in the Howard Univer-
sity grounds. Following his example, Gen.
o. O. Howard, during the past week, has
purchased fourteen lots from this -Universi-
ty. The larger portion of the lots of the
Freedmen'S Bureau have passed into the
hands of its officers.
To the Associated Press.
Cotton on Steamers.