Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-18
WASHINGTON.


4 WASHINGTON, Oct. 17,--No reports, Off
cal or personal, have been received ct the
Navy Department relative 70 any improper
eondui9 On The part Of white cadets at the
Naval Academy towards the eolored cadets
aarecently published in q letter from An
napolia. In the absence of any official adj
vice oia the subject, the department does
not believe that the alleged misconduct oc-
CURED Several naval officers Just arrived
here frpm Annapolis, say they know moth
ing Whafeger Of ths reported disorders.
A telegram from an oficero high stand
/ ing at Annapolis says that the story Of NAL
| treatment Of and injustice to the colored
Cadet Midshipman Conyofz, Is wholly
| false. = f.s-i|p = = se's
- Williams WON'T 90.
WASHINGTON, Oct. f7.-Attcrney Gem
eral Williams authorizes an emphatic de-
ulnl al the stateznent that be intends to re-
ire frcm the Cabinet after the Presidential
eiection. Ills withdrawal from the Oregon
senatorial contest was for the purpose of
remaining Ia his present position, and it
should be stated as q fact based on equally
good authority, that Col. Bristow, Solicitor
General, has no ambition to be Judge VIII
liams's successor, it Deing known that he
viii soon retire from that Office to engage
in other pursuits. Il had, been reported
that Williams would be President of the
Commission 10 adjRdicate the Alabama
claims under anexpected law of Congress.
The BupEsnse Court.
An adjourned term ofthe Supreme Court
of the United States will Commence on the
2Sth OF. October, and the call of the docket
will be resumed at case No. IT'S. The
Chief Justice and Associate Justices Miller,
Fields, Strong and Bradley are now in
The Texan Border.
NEW York, Oct, 17.-The Rio Grande
Commission represent that the truth of the
disorders On the Texas frontier has not as
yet been half told, and that Mexico is in
every instance the aggressor. oEE ~
A Mexican Commission was appointed
to make examination also of the alleged dis
orders, and its report is antagenistic to that
OF the American Commission. 1t takes the
ground that the disorder results from the
disorganized condition of society; that they
have American as well as Mexican leaders,
and intimates that the American Commits
mission was bribed to make out case
against the Mexieans. -
/ The Mexican Minister is charged with q
compromise on the border dliflculty and
empowered TO promote special Conven-
tion to adjudicate upon the disputed mat
ters.
Caleb Cushing, t-9
who arrived yesterday, expresses himself
eminently satisfied with the award of the
arbitration board, not SO much for the
money value of the award, he says, as for
the points settled. AS to the English claims
for damages to the property of British SUBJ
jects counterbalancing the Alabama claims,
he says that such claims win not reach two
millions. Gushing did not go to England,
but in France, where he was, the general
opinion appeared to be that the United
States had gained a great victory. The
deliberations Of the Judges were secret,
simply because they did not want to have
their discussions, which were of nature
similar to thoss Of any judiciary tribunal,
broken into by anybody.