Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
WASHINGTON.
Senate Finance Committee De-
batting the Feasibility of
Effecting Anything
This Session.
Curious Discrepancy i'm the Pres
ident's Statement of the
District Debt.
Supervisor Cobb's Successor.
Supervisor CObb's Successor.

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! WASHINGTON, Dec. 10-Senator Nor
ton occupied his seat in the Senate to-day,
looking much better than for several years.
He was warmly congratulated by Senators
on both sides of the chamber.
Minister 10 Portugal.
The President has appointed Benjamin
| Moran, Of Pennsylvania, to be Minister
resident in Portugal. Moran has been for
many years Secretary of the Legation at
London. The President sent the nomina-
ton to the Senate to-day together with a
large number of appointments made during
the recess, and the appointment of John
w. Thatcher, of Virginia, to be Commits
sioner, Ellis Spead, of Maine, to be Assis-
tant Commissioner of Patents. In execu-
tive session the Senate referred these nomi-
nations to the appropriate committees.
Allan G. Thurman.
After the adjournment of the Senate the
Democrat remembers held a caucus and
unanimously agreed TO vote for a. G.
Thurman for President pro tenn Of the
Senate against Carpenter, who will be
nominated by the Republicans.
To Tinker or not TO Tinker.
The Senate Committee on Finance in a
conference to-day discussed the question
whether there would be time this session
to mature and secure the enactment Of a
finance bill should the Committee so de-
termine, but came to no agreement.
The Freedmen's Savings Bank Swim
die.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Hon. Washington c. Whitthorne, of
Tennessee, will introduce at the earliest
practicable opportunity bill directing the
Commissioners in charge of the assets of
the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Compa-
ny TO institute suit against the Trustees of
said company, with view Of holding them
personally liable for the deposits. The
bill refers to the act of the I'd of March,
1865, incorporating the company, and the
several powers and duties conferred upon
the Trustees; the efforts made by them sue
ceSsfully to obtain larger powers; how two
millions of dollars were collected from the
freedmen, and authority for new modes of
investment procured from Congress with
out consulting the depoSito7s, and the
suffering Occasi0ned among the latter by
reason of the failure 20 make dividends.
The bill then goes on to enact that the
Commissioners directed TO wind up the
affairs of the bank shall make dividends as
often as they collect five per cent, and en-
plOy counsel to bring suit on behalf Of the
depOsitOrs against any Of the trustees or
officers of the bank who may be found to
have violated their trusts, with a view to
holding them personally liable to the de-
positOrs for the full amount of their de-
posts. Among the trustees named are
Peter Cooper, W. G. Bryant, A. A. Low,
and number of the prominent Radicals of
the country. The bill will make flutter-
ing, but the negro must not imagine that
these distinguished Republicans will agree
TO let it pass Congress.
Is the President a FaIsIfer?
Mr. Randall, Of Pennsylvania, made a
very severe onslaught on the Presidents
message to-day, wherein it was attempted
to whitewash the late Board of Public
Works. The President had attempted to
convince Congress that Boss Shepherd and
his associates had not incurred debt ex-
ceeding 100000. Mr.. Randall to-day
took up the figures furnished by the Board
of Audit, which demonstrate that the Dis
triCt debt really exceeds S20,OO0,OO0. The
special champion of the President,
little Hale, Of Maine, attempted to reply to
Mr.. Randall, but it was an utter failure,
for Randall asserted that he had official
figures for the statement made by him, and
he defiei anybody to demonstrate his mac
curacy. Mr.. Hale, having charge of the
resolution which affords the opportunity for
Mr.. Randall's attack, called the previous
question, and then cut off all further debate.
Not being able to answer the facts as pre-
scented against the President, therefore the
only way to stop unpleasant disclosures
was to choke Mr.. Randall of. As was very
pertinently remarked, the time is coming
when the truth can't be suppressed
Demanding Pay for the slaves.
Attorney General Williams has signally
failed to report the latest Southern outrage.
The case is that of a distinguished Ala
bama Radical of African descent, who has
made a speech demanding that the United
States Government shall pay a reasonable
compensation for all the slaves which were
enfianchised, One-half of the money to be
paid to the master or owner, and one half
to the negro. The idea is expected to take
among the colored Republicans of the
South, and the question arises, what will
their Northern allies do about il?
The Last Desperate Resort.
There are very decided indications, also,
that the Republican Congressman here are
seriously alarmed at the prospect of large
Southern Democratic vote for President in
1876, and are resolved to take as many
Southern States as possible by the throat,
and so reconstruct and annul their State
Governments as to fix their vote two years
hence to an absolute certainty. Louisiana,
Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi are all
believed to be in danger from these des-
perate conspiratOrs. Their object is to
cary the Presidential election, either by
fair means or foul, and to this end every
thing else will be subordinated.
Supervisor CObbs Successor.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
Col. P. B. Hunt, of Paris, KY, was to-
day appointed Supervisor of Internal Rev.
enue for Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
and Louisiana, vice Supervisor Cobb, re-
moved for Inefficiency! Col. Hunt is a
man of high standing and ability, and his
appointment is, in all respects, a first-class
selection.
Probable Work Of the Session.
Special TO the st. Louis Republic an.
Indications still point TO the probability
that this session will do little more than
pass the various appropriation bills. The
policy of letting all other matters alone is
very strongly advocated by many of both
parties.
Tom SCOTS Railroad Interests.
The advance cohorts of Tom SCOTS tri-
paTtite alliance to help along the three
Pacific railroads, are already here in the
persons of well-known representatives of
the Northern and Southern lines. There
is also rumOr current to the effect that
the alliance has been further strengthened
during the summer, by treaty offensive
and defensive, made with the advocates of
the cotton tax refund job. The shortness
of the session, however, will initiate very
strongly against the success Of these under
takings.
The chances for an appropriation to i'm
prove the mouth of the Mississippi are,
however, regarded as much more favor
able.
KENTUCKY.