Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-26


hours with the President on the subject Sec
terdsy, when he asked for many explana
tons, taking 8 deep interest In it. The
commissioners confined their investigs ns
] 10 distance Of 500 miles from the mouth
OF the Rio Grande TO Rio Glande City, es-
;tiiz.s.:.is. -. -. 80 Americans incudad with
10 that limit have. by Mexican RAIDS, suffer
;, e--s g sa.s5 a@teis Of SG1, ,vvU, ,UUU, 20 say
nothing Of the murders committed By Mex
leans. They think that If they had con.
tinued their investigations a. Ia as FL Paso
IL would have been discovered tat he TO.
TAI losses, including those caused By Indian
raids, would have increased tie sum total
10 $l00,00C,000. They urge protection q
the peopss on the border by the increase Of
the cavalry; otherwise predatory war will
result. The appropriation for the commits
sion Is exhausted, but new one viii be
made 10 continue the commission in the
prosecution OF further investigations. There
Is no douhs that the President viii urge up.
on Congress prompt legislation In the prem
ises.
Co1son Claims
The Court Of Claims is noK engaged on
the remaining unadjudicsted cotton claims
fled within two years after the declaration
Of peace. Since the passage of the proyiso
referring to the Secretary Of the Treasury
Al clai1ls fer e9ttor seized after thst dste,
the proceeds Of the saio of Which lave been
paid into the treasury, twelve hundred
claims have been fled with the Secretary
iss IlSiIII5I - - s .a..s ..s lie &c csIsiss 5-
sibly attend 20 them with the particularly
| which hey require; hence there Is no doub.
that Congress viii either provide that they
be renittes 70 the Caur: ol Claim. ~ 'hst
they be exam oed and eettled oy speas.
! commissior.
Executive CIeraency.
Cr.=iient Grant yesterday directed the
issue of pardon TO Reuben j. Young, OF
Alabama, convicted in May, 1872, of being
implicated in Ku Klux Conspiracy and
sentenced 10 be impi isoned for ten years
and to pay fine of $1,000. The pardon is
granted in eompliance with the petition OF
the citizens Of tho locality, and il is given
out that this policy viii be pursued in other
[ States.
A Nice Place.
/ The Commissioner Of Agriculture has q
! goct thing Of it. In addition to his salary
OF 5000 per year, be appoints one son a
clerk at s. $50 and another 81 81 900. He
also oeeayaes - dwelling portion of 3
purhc building, estimated ct Sl,200, and
I appoints his family man servant messen-
ger al 500 per aunum, besides OtEer extI IS
and peTquisites.
The Boston Fire re,eor-lcSicaIiy.
The frDoFing ofric::1l repC-l cf the Sisnal
!. SarVlce observer Stationed al Boston, rela
sise TO the 2nemometFlcAl and other observ-
&tions taken by himself during the fire, viii
be found of great interest and highly L
/, structive. Il clearly shows that the fire
was attended with phenomena distinctly
eyeloaic:
-ECsc9n, Hale tTnv. IL, i5'3.- 40 tic
Chiei Signal Othcsf ol the army, Washing.
ton ID. C.: "GeHesal-ln reply 10 your
! telegraDhic disnstch, recsived This morning
directing me TO make q full report of the
meteoric phenomena attending the recent
great fire, would respectfully sag that The
wind T. ssais station during the progress g:
the fire varied from nnrth-n0rLhwest tr
north, with velocity Of from five TO nine
miles an hour, the weather being clear,
cool and pleasant. On approaching the
FIRE Oh the nOTssh or S!!cdlEard side as c'cse
| a. the wind would allow, the indraught ol
air through The burning sLreets assumed
the character of brisk wind, probably six
teen or eighteen miles per hour, Whine the
heat was so intense as TO cause smoke
steam, etc, to be carried up in spirals TO a
great elevation, On the south or lee side
the induced currents of air we're very strong,
probably thirty or thirty-iive miles per hour
carrying the fire bodily TO wiudward. This
state OF s!fAirs appears 90 be tEe reverse oi
the Chicago fir f, where The strength of the
wind was sufficient TO overcome
the induced currents, and The frC
burned TO the leeward. 1t appearsA as If the
high wind permitted the indraughtt to rise al
a considerable angle after reaching the FIRE
leaving large space Of highly raT.fied ali
IN its front, inducing stronger currents to
flow in, which. meeting the indraught, gave
a spiral or yhirlwind form - the ascending
current. During Tho fire flock of duck
passed a. a great height overhead, and ligh
reflected from their plumage made them ap
pear as fire balls passing rapidly through th'
air. Iany who saw them called them me
.eo-5 and took them 70 be the balls Of frt
said to have been seen in the NorthWes
during the great ires N that region. A,
an sample of the great heat difused,
would state that during the night exposes
a thermometer al the observatory to tee ful
glare of the fire, when it rose nearly five 90
grees, al.bopeh placed upward of two thou
sand feet fron the burning district and deat
TO WindWard of it. No other phenomen;
| occurred, the barometer rising slightly, anC
the weather remained unchanged. l hav'
.he Lo.OI 10 DC, GouegAi, yssy respectfully
you- ohedient servant, y. E. COlE,
Observer Signal Service u. 5. =.
NC Amnesty.
New YORK, Nov. 25- Washington
specials state that the Presidents messag
is completed in the rough, and is to be con
sidered by the cabinet tomorrow. It doe
not declare in favor Of genera amnesty.
San Juan.
A special from Washington says th
British forces have been Withdrawn from
the Island of San Juan, In accordance will
the Berlin decision.
Military Changes.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 25.-Gen
Mcdowell has been appoint ed hsior-GeDe
raj in place of Gen. Meade and ordered q
the department of the South. Gen. Han
COCK Is ordered to the department .: th'
Atlantic. Gen. Terry will take comman
of the department of Dakota, vacated b.
Gen. Hancock.
LenttY I0F COnV1cts-NOnS IVF Tn
south.
PAymaster Hoge, sentenced TO ten year
Imprisonment on the charge of embeZzle
ment, has been pardoned by the Presiden:
A Rotten NsEy-shOddy Ships 70
Sale.
Important recommendations concernln
the efficiency of the navy will be made Il
the forthcoming report of Secretary Rcbe
SON predicted in part upon the reports O
the chiefs of bureaus Of that department
1t has been found that more mOuey ha
often been spent in the repair of CID vessel
as authorized by Congress than woult
serve in the construction Of new ones c
greater strength and improved model an,
appurtenances. As an instance OF this Tia
Pensacola cost $325,000, and the repair
more than twice as much, namely, S7t0,OOt
As to other vessels of the navy includin
the Guerrero, Nevada, Iowa and Wander
, bilt, to put them into a thoroughly goo
condition W0;ld require an amount O
: money far exceeding their original cost
Their timers are much decayed, the ship
having been built of uIs0uBd white OAK
The necessities of the situation, however
have required expenditures upon them T.
al.r.raN m M