Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-11
WASHINGTON?
The.GuatamaIa scheme Doesn't Take
and 10 WithdrawR,t f,.ss .sr

WASHINGTON, Jug6 lUs---lC was T6ccut'y
stated that two delegates from the Govern
ment Of Guatsmals accompanied BY the
Minister from that country, called on Presi-
dent Grant, urging the annexation of that
Republic to the United States. There is
the bestsauthority for saying that the Min
lister of Guatamala and San Salvador knows
nothing Of any Central Americans who may
have seen the President with the alleged or
any other object. He has not been in
Washington since the 10Th of April last,
and 10 bis knowledge not single promin-
ent native of Central America is declaim-
ing of the annexation Of his country TO the
United States. ..,e
f~.rr The Modes Massacre. rf|
3 The nassa re of Modoc cap'iVes at the
Lost river crossing is denounced by every
one here, and both Gen. Sherman with'the
military, and Attorney General Williams
with the judicial authorities viii exercise
every possible means 10 capture and punish
the culprits. The Attorney General ex-
presses the opinion that the murder was
committed blythe ruffians and outlaws who
infest that locality, and that it will be al
most impossible to catch them. The War
Department received no dispatches on the
subject to-day. -.--.-
school Ship.
The Practice Ship Constellation will pro-
baby sail from Annapolis on Thursday or
Friday, with the midshipmen on board for
the annua. summer cruise.
Alabama Award. 7ser =rE
Information was received to-day from
London, that the Government of Great
Rritain has made an arrangement through
the Bank Of England with certain bankers,
to deliver to the Secretary of State at Wash
ingto~, ON or before the 18Th of September,
fifteen and half millions dollars in gold,
the amount awarded by the Genevs tribun-
al TO the United States.
Van Buren, not a Knave, but a Fool.
The reports of the Board of Inquiry at
Vienna while they do not impugn the hon
esty of Gen. Van Buren, show his incapaci-
ty for the business placed iu his charge, and
hence the irregularities which led to his sus-
pension. @ t9
The Penny Post.
The Postmaster Gen. has decided not to
abTogate the postal card contract but give
the Contractors time to obtain better paper
and continue the work. o. T
transportation Routes.
Senator Windom, Chairman of the SEN
ate Select Committee on transportation,
left here tonight t r Baltimore, Philsdel-
phia, New Yark and otLer cities in United
States and in Canada, to make arrange
ments for procuring commercial statistics
and other information to facilitate to Com
mittee's investi CATION.
International.
The President has rendered to the As
sistSnt Commissioner of Patents, John NJ.
Thatcher, the appointment of Commissioner
from the United States 10 the international
Patent Congress, which will be held in
Vienna next August, with the object mainly
of considering the propriety OF adopting an
international system of postal laws. The
appointment has been accepted, and Judge
Thatcher will sail for Europe on the 9TH of
July. ...,.. ..... - ...5,.-s,s-r ED
The "Back Salary steal" q
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
WAsHHGTON, June S.-There is pIos-
psct of a warm personal discussion in the
next Congress on the subject of the back
pay steal, voted at the last session. The
members who took the money regard the
action of those who refused or eturned it
as an imputation on their official honor and
integrity, aud tiey do not propose 10 let it
pass unnoticed. Congressman Randall, Of
Pennsylvania, has prepared a speech, which
he will deliver on the first opportunity, de-
tending the extra pay business, and CRITICS.
ing the c,nduct of those who refused to
accept the money. He will show that all
those who were members of the Thirty
ninth Congress, in which the salaries of
| Congressman were raised from three to five
thousand dollars, and who were in the last
| Congress, took their back pay in 1866, al
| though they refused it in 1873. Randall
alleges that the back pay of the Thirty
ninth Congress was champion ned spd en-
gineered by Senator Sherman, who intro
! duced it in a conference committee. The
whole thing will be ventilated at the next
session.
| The Cholera.
! Special to the Louis vile Courier-JOurnal
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The question of
cholera or no cholera in Washington is agi-
tating our medical men. Doctors Cox and
Bliss, of the Board of Health, affirm that il
exists, and otbe physicians treat the allega-
ton with contempt. That cases strongly
resembling cholera have occur: ed is beyond
question. n-s
A Rich Paying Affair.
The case Of VIM. S. Huntington's exec
utors against the Metropolital Paving
Company of this city, promises some very
rich developments. A bill in equity has
been filed in the Supreme Court of this Dis
trio, which sets forth that Huntington was
one of the original subscribers to the stock
| to the amount Of $4,000; that the said
company has obtained great number of
very profitable contracts for city work, aud
that immense profits have been realized
heretofore, sggregating $4,000 and that
Huntington's dividends should be about
TWENTY-FIVE to thirty thousand dollars,
none of which has been received; and
therefore the bill prsys an exhibit
of the books of the company to show
what has become of the money. Another
bill more specific will soon be filed, setting
forth the names of the stockholders aud
those for whom the stock is held in trust,
aud among these are the names OF some
eighteen members of Congress. 1t is ssid
that the ring is very anxious to compromise,
and there is probability ofthis being done;
but this will not prevent an investigation by
| o. FDharor other