Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-30
WASHINGTON.
The Virginius to be Condemned
and Sold.
The Proceeds Going into the Fed
eral Treasury.
Fresh RuDOrs of Spain Demand
ing Her Restoration.
Illicit DistiIIeries BroI,eu Tn,

Illicit Distiileries Broken Up.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 21.-Cofn-
missioner Douglass received the following
letter this morning.
Nedrtlle, sy5lil,, Dec. 19.-Sir: | am
lust Iii receipt of telegram from Collector
Cooper, of the Second District of Tennes-
see, who is now on a raid on illicit distil-
leries III his district. We have destroyed
three illicit distilleries, seized three Copper
stills and fixtures, twerty thousand gallons
Of mash end Beer, forty gallons of whisky,
| forty bushels OF malt, seven hogs, two oxen,
one wagon and harness, and captured one
prisoner. Adyices received from Collector
Wilkinson, of the Third District Of Ten
nessee, state that he has broken uD nine
| illicit distileries, CAPTURING. an,ong dtii5r
property, two hundred ard iincty-fiye gall
Ions of beer ard ONE hundred and thirteen
feImehtinS tubs, fifteen hogs, two mules
and one horse. X. r. COBB, Supervisor.
The VIrginius MIDDLE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2a.-=It has been as
! certained from sn official source that on
the eFrsval of the Virginius at New York
she will be seized by the Collector of the
Port and libelled BY the District Attorney
in accordance with Instructions, II, on ju-
dictate investigation, 1t be shown that the
vessel hid register obtained by fraud, she
will be sold and the proceeds of the sale
paid TO the United States. Spain canmalSe
| claim to the vessel, but if she should, it is
positively certain that our government
would net entertain such claim. The re-
port that the Spanish Government requires
Of the United States the restoration of the
Virginius and the payment of indemnity is
not believed in official quarters, no apthen-
| tic information having been received here
to that effect, and besides such requisi-
ton would be contrary to the terms of the
protocol between the two nations.
The reference of the Spanish affidavits
and other papers by the President to the
Attorney General was known only to those
present and to Secretary Fish, the matter
having been kept perfectly secret until the
opinion Ofthe Attorney General was de-
liyered TO the last named gentleman on the
day of its date, namely the 18th inst. The
first intimatiOn of such an opinion was
furnished the press four DAYS after and the
full text obtained the next day from the
Department of Justice.
Patterson Comes TO the Rescue OF The
Governments.
New YORK, Dec. 29.-Jno. F. Patter-
son, of this city, has sent letter 10 Secre-
tary Fish, dated the Goth, declaring that hs
is the registered owner Of the steamer Vir-
giniuS. He protests against the opinion of
the Attorney General by which he and the
vessel were condemned on the exparte tes-
tinlony furnished by Srain. He states that
the solicitor of the Treasury gave him bill
of sale 81 the steamer Thereup0n ne. Pat
% L. hot l,n
and the government gave her an American
register which has ever since protected her.
Any statement charging perjury on his part
is fake. He has hitherto kept silence by
advice of counsel and because he has
not been notified or called upon b. the
government to testify or defend himself in
relation to the matter. He requests that .
copy of the evidence upon which the Viz
ginius and he We're condemned by the At
torney General be sent him and that he be
notified Of the time and place for the eX-
animation Of any other witnesses. \ copy
of the letter has also been sent to the At
tOrney General.
4 Trio Of Big ..RebeIs'' PardOned.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The President
has approved the bill removing the political
disabilities of E. j. Hoorie, Thos. S. Bacock
and Daniel Trigg, of Virginia, and John
II. Reagan, of Texas.
Still Expanding.
The outstanding e;al tenders are 3d.
692,602.
The COOIie Trade.
The Department of State has received a
telegram from the Consul al Hong Kong
announcing that the king OF Portugal had
by proclamation prohibited the COolie trade
at Macao, and closed the BawacOrns.
Williams on Tie Rack.
1t was incorrectly stated in last nights
dispatches that the Assistant Attorney Cen
eral was before the Committee on Judiciary
in connection with the nomination Of Geo.
II. Williams to be Chief Justice. Hill
had no communication whatever with the
committee on tina subject.
Unfortunate Occurrence-A Wan Ac-
cidenfaIIy Kills his Wife.
Tonight three rOughs entered the res
taUlrant of W. \. Hill, German, on Del
aware Avenue, and asked for drinks. Be
ing refused they assaulted and beat the
wife of Hill. In response to her cries for
help, Hill entered the bar-room with a
double barrelled shot gun, one load of
which he discharged. The contents struck
his wife in the back of the head instantly
killing her. The rOughS then fled Spursued
by Hill, who fired the other load, wOunding
one of them in the shoulder. Hill went to
the station-house and gave himself up.
The three rorghsswere arrested.