Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-28
THE DELUGE.
Continued Rising of the Waters
i'm louisiana.
One Town after Another Flood
ed out.
Distribution Of Government Sup
plies Begun.


NEw ORLEANS, April 26.-The river is
now two feet below high water mark. The
Mobile and New Orleans railroad loses a
bridge or has a wash-up every few days,
and seems 10 display more energy I'M chop
ing of information. II g3raiIig irtishaps than
in getting over breaks. st least three inn
portant bridges are gone between this city
and Mobile. The Jackson route is also in
bad condition. Bridges are gone, and por-
tiUns Of the read are submerged.
Braslsear City Goes Under.
NEW ORLEANS, April ga resolution
of public meeting in West Baton Rouge
states that three hundred families in that
parish have been rendered homeless by in
undations from the crevasses. Brashear
CITY is oyerfowed. The railroad embank-
ment there is the only thoroughfare. The
merchants have nearly all built bridges
connecting with the embankment and
raised their store iiUoIs. Small boats are
in great use. A flatboatman named East
wood was
Murdered
on his boat, twelve miles above, on Bayou
Lafourche, Saturday morning, by three
negroes who made their escape Col. q.
II. Hodges, Quartermaster United States
Amy, received Yesterday and turned over
to the distributing committee for sufferers
$1,000 lined sack coats.
5000 FOraging Caps,
$1,000 pairs of shoes, and 1000 blankets.
The Cotton Exchange sends $1,000, con-
tributed by the citizens of Savannah. The
Teche Country reports the crevasse water
still rising. with indications that the Nor
gan and Texas railroad will be partly over
flowed.
NEW ORLEANS, April 27.-New York
mails of the 22d are received. The mails
of the 9th to the 10Th inclusive are mis-
sing.
The Chattahoochie Overlooked.
SAVANNAH, GA, April 27.-It is report
ed that the lower ChattahOochie river is
overlooked its entire length, and that con-
siderable damage has been done.
Louisiana Relief.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The House
Committee on Appropriations to-day
agreed to report and recommend the i'm
mediate passage of a bill appropriating
ninety thousand dollars to enable the Sec
rotary of War TO carry out the provisions
of Mr.. Morey's bill for the purchase of sup
plies of food, to he issued to persons suffer-
ing from the inundation of the lower Mis-
sissippi.
A New Mine Of Corruption Developed.
The bank notes companies employed in
the engraving of legal tenders and frac-
tiOnal currency are anxious for some change
in the existing law, and Frederick L. Stan
ton appeared to-day before the Committee
on Printing as representative Of the Column
bia Bank Note Company. He was asked
by Mr.. Hubbard, who. in part, represents
the combined New York companies, about
an issue of $4,000 stock Of the Columbia
Company to Stanton as trustee for ). p.
Smith, of New York. Stanton's answer
brought out the fact that the stock was
given as a consideration for Smiths infiu-
ence in obtaining contract from the Trea-
sury Department for the Columbia COmpa-
ny. Assistant Secretary Sawyer protested
against the proposition of the Hubbard men
to examine the employees of the Treasury
Department without first applying to the
Secretary of the Department, always being
ready to give proper facilities for that pur-
pose.
sanbornism-A Tour Of Europe Free
and Five Dollars a Day.
Tie Committee on Ways and Means to
day examined Goodrich Fay. His business
connections with Sanborn commenced, he
thought, in 1868 or 1869, and had reference
only to the stock of Western railroads and
the Adams Express Company. In answer
to question, why he went to Europe. wit
ness said he had contemplated for years 90
ing abroad to educate his children. lie
mentioned this to Sanborn, who said that
while abroad he could attend to some i'm
portant business for the Government
as well as to his own private affairs. 1t
turned out that while he could not be
appointed as counsel he could 90 ont as an
agent for the Treasury. He did not know
who brought about the appointment. He
made nothing out of this appointment. He
did not know who made the application
that he should be appointed agent abroad.
He never said a word to any member of
Congress about it. SanbOrn was anxious
he should obtain the office. The business
he was to attend to in Europe was with ref
ePence to customs under valuation. There
was certain information submitted to him.
and his business was to visit certain consu-
lateS and compare the evidence with the
consular records and samples. and find out
whether they were good cases or not.
He did the work. He could not
give the names. He did not make a special
report and knew of no list of the names
of the casts in the department, but there
was nothing to indicate that he had any
thing to do with them. The business was
kid-glove cases. Almost all the trade in
that article in New York was on the list
of cases. Sanborn was furnished with the
list. He supposed Sanborn was to work
them up as an agent of the government.
The commission received was signed by
the Secretary of the Treasury. 1t stated
that he was to proceed to Europe and ex-
anime into certain cases filed by Sanborn.
The compensation of witness in Europe
was five dollars day with all expenses.
Alabama.
SELMA, April 27.-The Alabama river
is two feet above high water of July q,
and rising slowly. The water lacks but
two inches of being sixty feet above low
water mark. The low lands south of Sci.
ma are submerged, and great damage has
been done TO the plantations and crops.
| SehoePPe Sentenced.
| CHICAGO, April 27.-In the Criminal
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