Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-10

making purchases In the Market some
DAYS since, was knocked down by negro
who was passing, and lay senseless for
some time. The negro went Off unpun-
ished. II is common practice for negro
youths to knock down little white girls in
the street merely to crafty their brutal
ity. The negro goes scot free for these
offences.
The Senate Committee on Southern
Outrages met yesterday, closed the North
Carolina investigation, and discharged
the witnesses, some fifteen of whom are
not examined. Among them was Gov.
Holden. They will make up their report,
snd it will probably be presented to the
Senate on Tuesday. --~.E q
W Greedy for the SpOilsL ---.
Senators are in haste for plumber. On
Monday there were one hundred and
twenty three bills and resolutions intro
duced. Among them were the principal
railroad land grants and steamship subsidy
schemes lost at the last session. The car
pet baggers were early on hand. Kellogg
differed the New Orleans and Mexican
steamship bill; Rice wanted the Arkansas
branch of the Southern Pacific from Full
ton to Dallas; also, a new road on the
thirty-sixth parallel, and organization OF
the Indian Territory, 80 as to admit white
settlers and the railroad; Osborne wanted
aid for railroads in Virginia, while
John Sherman reported the Cincinnati
and Southern railroad. Flanagan,
of Texas, brought in bill grant
ing lands to road in the Upper
Red river region. Mr.. Nye wants the tel
egrapbic cable companies taken care OF,
and has bill for aid to navigation and
immigration company, while MIR. Pome-
roy wants some $4,000, 900 acres for
railroad in Utah from Salt Lake to the
Colorado river. His new colleague
heshed his maiden sword badly in the
scramble, and offered two bills providing
that the Kansas Pacific Railroad, which
is the corporation he represents, shall
have the night to make two extensions,
one through Arkansas Pass, and the other
southwark to the northern boundary of
Texas. These bills involve several mil
lion acres of lands. Mr.. Stewart is the
more generous to encourage iron ship
building. He proposes that the Govern
ment shall, for the next ten years, pay 70
per cent. of the cost of all iron steam
ships of over three thousand tons burden
which can be used if needed as ships of
war.
Democratic Prospects.
Democrats write cheerfully from New
Hampshire in respect to the prospects of
the party at the election on Tuesday next,
but the Republicans are again employing
speakers and money so as to retain their
usual ascendency. 1t is thought the
Democrats may carry one of the Congress
sional districts, which are now all Repub-
ican. The Democrats are confident OF
carrying Connecticut a. the spring cleo
ton, and of gaining at least one member
of Congress. Two more States are unrep-
resented in Congress-Texas and Cali
fOrnia. In California the Democrats ex-
pect to carry all three members, making
gain of one, and in Texas, if the carpet
baggers and military are not allowed to
control the election, the Democrats ex-
pect to elect three out of four members OF
the delegation. They have only one
now. The Democrats cast ninety-three
votes for Speaker. Add Voorhees,, who
was absent, and Waddell, subsequently
admitted, and their vote is ninety-hVe.
One of the members from North Carolina,
MIR. Rodgers, is under disabilities, but
may be relieved. They have right to
EXPECT eight members from States yet to
elect, thus making their entire strength
in the House 1O4 members. 1t will be a
formidable minority-if they attend.
ERorr,s QIodUatt.
The admission of Foster BlSdgett IS
Senator from Georgia, is opposed not
only by Democrats, but by the leading
Georgia Republicans. Some of these last
have gotten up pamphlet which exposes
Blodgett's record, showing that after
raising q company in aid of the Confed-
eracy he took the iron-clad oath. He
was indicted for perjury, and escaped
only because the trial was postponed
until the man before whom the oath was
taken had died. His administration OF
the Georgia State Railroad is also shown
up in q powerful manner. The law re-
ouires that the legislature Of each State,
which shall be chosen next preceding the
expiration of the time for which any
/ Senator was elected to represent said
State in Congress, shall, on the second
| Tuesday after the meeting and organiza-
ton thereof, proceed to elect Senator
| in Congress in the place of the Sen
| ator going out of Office. Blodgett
| was not so chosen. The Legislature which
| elected him was elected in 1868, and an,
other Legislature was chosen IN Deem
| Der previous to the occurrence OF the
vacancy to be filed. The opponents OF
| Blodgett claim that the great mass OF the
| Republican Senators will refuse to sus
tain him, among them TrumbuL, Car
penter, COnkling, Edmunds, Schurz, an(
many more amply sufficient to defeat III
fraud, if they have even mmon hone 81
about the matter. The Georgia Legisls
tore, chosen in December, will meet II
November next, the time of their Assem-
hlage having been put off by their prede
cessors in order to prevent the impesch
ment of Gov. Bullock for corruption IL
Office.
The Mississippi Members
The impression is general at Washing
ton that the Radicals will put in the NV
members from Mississippi, 80 as to Gu
the people off from an election. In
| Conservatives claim that if they had
chance they could elect in four out
the five Congressional Districts.
The Tennessee Members.
1t is believed the Radicals will final
seat the Tennessee members for part
reasons. If they send them back the
fear there will be an unbroken COnserVs
tive delegation.
One More Unfortunate.
Hon. Nelson Tiff, of Georgia, who ht
been cheated out of his certificate b
Gov. Bullock, has gone home. He hs
filed his proofs and arguments for refe
cree to the new Committee on Elections
sumner DepOsed - Administrative
Triumph.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, March S.-A decided SCI
sation has been produced this evening
: | Republican quarters over vote in Il
I Republican Senatorial Caucus Commits
deposing Mr.. Sumner as Chairman of Il
Committee on Foreign Relations. Notl
8 ing whatever was said about such stt
t in the caucus yesterday, and everybot
t supposed it would not be attempte
< The Administration, however, brought
T influence to bear, and to day secured
| ,,ota of three ont of five members of q