Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON. Auc. 26.-,Judge Ativo
| cate General Holt publishes in the Cb~o,;
Gle TODAY a statement defending bimsel
| from charges that he. when presenting tfs
record of The trial of Mrs. Snrratt 10 Presi
dent johnson. withheld from him petition
signed by five members of the court recon-.
mending, in consideration of her age and
sex, commutstion of her death sentence tc
imprisonment for life. Tue communica
ton embraces letter from Judge Holt tC
secretary Belsnsp denying IN toto the as
sertlons referred 10, and Offering as proof:
o. MS innocence letters from Judge
5ingnams Ex-Attorney General Speed,
hon. James harlan, Reverend Dr.
Butter, pastor OF st. Paul's
Cnurch and many others all OF which are
20 the effect that the record Of trial and the
peution 10 iavor OF Mrs. Surratt were In the
fIesldent's once before the execution OF th.
conspirators. Judge biDguams -etter, dated
rep. ~, 1873, states thai having drawn up
the petition On behalf OF Mrs. surratt, and
naVing after her execution heard the report
p 1Sss AAS Desn la wtl .sa rom tne
CO. $3.50. ~ W. ~ ~ VIC Soc.oeaiy " y
nos sss,,raI ,I n s ,I aau ossn.on, sne
haJ haan ~ a., snss n.s
oons;SoraS ~. III; ne 20 p.i anu poen 1uly
fba das,b sag,anoa .,o, N.S a' S eeio. =
been annroved and thot ,ha Iros;dans .,, -
cabinet npon snch Communication wore nnit
in denying the PRAYER OF the petition.
81 rna ya,1ovstona
of,ie;.l .s;sr.,e,,es s-o,,, o., at.,,,a o,,,-
firm the rs,orss nn,,isbsd rSnnisg relative
to Cen Cns,.~,s f;,hts with The Indians
So.
-, ~ keSS"Ee'
:, Inc secretary OF oehaIe tas receiver the
iol0"ing ieIser from senator MORTON
Neao ofh, aug, III, to'EIo hon. u
Y. earhsm, Secretary OF the United States
senate: 1 on are hereby oirecbed TO return
10 the treasury OF Inc United States the
money 10 when am entitled oy the law OF
last congress as increased compensation
KNOWN as back pay. 1 mad determined
rom the first that / would not draw this
money and now comply with a formality
which seems necessary to close up the mat
ter IN your accounts. y. L. MORTON.
+ Weather for the World.
Gen. Never of TIE chief signal Office has
sailed for Vienna to attend a meeting of
chiefs of meteorological societies at that
place. The general hopes to see this con-
vention take tue trst step to bring about q
world wide system of weather reports.
The Monopoly Party In California.
Special to the Louisville COurier-Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Well informed
persons lust arrived from California speak
very confidently of the defeat of the Central
Pacific Railroad and Monopoly partv in that
State. The Democratic candidates for the
TeoisIature are nearly ali anti railroad men.
and II ia thonght thai in the nortbern n ri
of the State thew will generally be- elected.
In some of the strong Republican counties
the apti.railroad ticket. composed 5ouslly
of RenubIicans and d emocrats. will sween
the feId. No doubt Is entertained of san
Francisco county going AGAINST the railroad
monopoIsts. If the ouposiiio1 there can he
united on one legislative ticket. The feel
ing in the State is SO strong as to override
ali the Customary arts of corrnp,ion by the
railroad and II is believed that either Soma
tor Casserlv or Gov. Booth will ba elected
limited States Senator. with the chances in
favor of the former. Roth are strong in
their .sition to the railroad dynasty.
The election comes Of early in September
p,.o,, 49, b.,
m, ,zu.:o~,, 11o.,..II-.r,,, g 80
ZIG ,@''o. s - t s1S.: "a So
an e.oouns VI sn ,,nSon ,Sn OO -
ti,o u ..Fp p' p;aSts Teaona Tbe orsonizs
ton is eecret and ali nersons racetvi1U the
sTnnort of The Teaone ara OBLIGATED To vote
for and snstair, anY and all measures nro-
nosed in the inerest of NEGROES The on
ganiz atom is said IN he branch of one in
Pennsvlvania. and 10 have been Organized
here nv darkev professor of Howard lTni-
versity. named G-uner. The National
Renu5iican gives the names of a number of
those who are affiliated with the order,
embracing many Office holders under
both the city and National Ad-
ministration and good many influential
Radicals. 1t is charged that the new Or
ganizatiop intends to contest the field this
fall with the regular Republican nominees,