Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-01-11
WASHINGTON.
Another Syndicate.

Another Syndicate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-The exact
terms offered by bankers in Europe for the
absorption of six hundred millions of the
new United States loan have not yet trans
pired, but the subject is before the Secretary
of the Treasury.
Democratic Caucus
Fernando Wood will call a caucus
Of the Democratic Congressman next
Tuesday evening, to confer on the political
situation.
Grant ROdges the Negroes.
The President was visited to-day by a
delegation of colored men who are advocat-
ing the passage of Summers supplemental
ry bill. They ask that the President would
send message to Congress asking for the
passage of this measure as an amendment
to the pending amnesty bill.
The President remarked that he had no
doubt that the colored people were deprived
of some rights and privileges to which they
had clear claim. Hisimpression was that
the recent amendments to the constitution
conferred upon them all the privileges of
I citizenship. He thought the courts would
accord all the legal rights withheld. With
regard to amending the amnesty bill by the
addition Of supplementary civil rights
bill, the President considered that such
action would jeopardize the passage of the
amnesty law, while from his knowledge of
Mr.. Summers bill he believed it could pass
on its merits as separate measure.
Public Lands Gone.
An official statement shows the land con-
cessions made by Congress to States and
corporations for railroad purposes, namely
estimated quantities, embraced in the limits
of the grants total of $40, ,460,031 acres.
The estimated quantity which the cOmpan-
les will require from the grants are 172, ,739,
430 acres. The number of acres certified
as patented up to June 80, 1871, are lS,-
995, ,907 acres.
The New Attorney General.
Williams to-day formally assumed charge
of the Department Of Justice. 1t is under
stood ne win pursue the exact course in Ku-
Klux trials laid out by Akerman.
WOmen's Rights and Foreign RiG.
raHs-Sufrage and Spirits.
The National Womar's Suffrage Conven-
ton held its regular semi-annual meeting
to-day. The usual force of Woman's right
ers were present. Cady Stanton was elected
President. In her address she said the sex
wanted to work with the men in free trade
and the great principles of the country.
The women didn't propose to petition men
who had championed foreign riffraff ele-
ment, but proposed to petition the courts.
Victoria WOodhull's address was in advo-
cacy of spiritualism, and another oratrix
wanted suffrage on the basis of spiritualism.
The PEOPLES Petition,
Petitions from various parts of the
country for the reduction Of tariff to a reve-
nue. basis and especially for the removal of
duties on salt, coal, and pig iron, for
warded through the taxpayers of the Union
numbering eighty-six, and embracing about
seven thousand signatures will be presented
in the Senate tomorrow.
Philadelphia.
Republican delegations from Philadelphia
held a meeting to-day, at which sub-com-
mittees were appointed to wait on the mem
bers of the National Republican Executive
Committee and urge them to select Phila-
delphia as the place for holding the Repub-
lican Convention. The subcommittee, hav-
ing attended to this duty, claim that ma
iority of the Executive Committee are favor
able to its selection.
The Spanish MuddIe.
Special to the Louisville Ledger.
The Spanish dilemma would be extreme
" funny if it did not involve some serious
consequences. The conflicting stories on
the question undoubtedly grew out of the
ignorance of some of the members of the
Cabinet as to what the other members of
the administration have done, or propose
doing. Secretary Fish positively denies
that his department has made any demands
on Spain, while those intimate with the
President are as positive the other way.
The real state Of the case is undoubtedly
this: When Sickles was here Grant gave
him to understand that if the firing upon
the Florida turned out TO be true, the latter
might consider himself authorized to Off
cially demand an apology from Spain. The
same thing in substance was animated to
the Spanish Minister, but inaSmuch as the
statement has not been received from the
officer of the Florida, it was readily to be
seen that all positive statements have been
premature.
Specisl to The Cincinnati Commercial.
A prominent member Of one of the Com
mittees on Foreign Affairs in Congress,
states that he greatly doubts the report of
the quarrel between the Spanish Minister
and Secretary Fish, although he said the
latter was very quarrelsome, having had
difficulties with Baron Gerolt, Catacazy
and other foreign Ministers. BE gave as a
reason that the two gentlemen had always
been so extremely friendly that it created
jealousy and gossip, and that it was re-
garded as undignified for a Secretary to be
so familiar with a foreign representative.
He also called attention to the fact that
SenOr Roberts now occupies the house of
Assistant Secretary Bancroft Davis, and
that as Roberts is soon to be relieved by
Admiral Polo, he has leased the house,
which is a fine one, to Secretary Fish.
NEW YORK.