Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-24
WASHINGTON.
The Richmond Freedmen Howl
ing for Their Money.
How the Arkansas Investigation
Committee win Report

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-The repre-
sentatives Of 5000 colored men of Rich
mond arrived to-day with petition asking
Congress to take early measures to have a
dividend declared to depositors in the
Freedman's Savings Bank. The represent
atives had an interview with President
Grant, who expressed mitch sympathy for
the petitioners, who had misplaced their
confidence In that institution.
The Arkansas aaestlsn.
The argument before the Arkansas In
vestfgating Committee was concluded to-
day. The indications are that Represen-
tatives Poland and Ward, Of Illinois, will
report in favoraof Brooks, while the other
members of the committee will support the
validity of the present State Government.
The sick MAN.
Richard B. Irwin is III this afternoon
with nervous prostration and confined to his
bed. Orders have been given by hi. ply
sicians to admit no persons, excepting his
private secretary.
The Freedmen Pensfouers.
A communication from the Freedmen's
Bureau branch of the War Department says
that since the last report no new features
have been introduced. Continued success
has marzed the WORKING and perfection ct
the regulations originally established for
the conduct of the work under the Adjutant
Generals Office. With view of facilitat-
ing and prosecuting parties attempting
fraudulent procurement from the disburs-
ing officers of the freedman's branch of
funds in their hands for the payment of
bounties, etc. TO cOlored ex-soldiers or their
heirs, request has been made by the Sec
Rotary of War that the Attorney General
instruct the proper officers to bring guilty
parties to speedy justice. The Attorney
General replies that he has given the proper
instructions for that purpose.
The Gossip About 8chuFE.
Senator Schurz YVES asked whether there
was any truth in the story running through
the newspapers to the effect that be had an
nounced, OF caused to be announced, that
he would not take a denomination or re-
election TO the Senate from Missouri by the
Democrats, and that his friends were ufg>
ing him for the mission To Russia. he an
swered that, for very obvious reasons, be
had never thought Of making any such an.
nouncement, and, for equally obvious rea-
sons, he had never thought of going as
Minister to Russia. Both stories, so far as
they refer to any declarations of intentions
or aspirations on hls part, were utterly un-
founded.
The Maine SenatOrship.
Special TO the Cincinnati Gazette.
Some of the Maine Congressman here
say that. HamliI's reelection TO the Senate
is by no means secure. The latest and
most formidable candidate is John Peters,
a former member of Congress, now Supreme
Judge. 1t is not impossible that Speaker |
Blaine, in view of the political events since |
last October, may be selected as a candi- |
date in the event of the probable defeat of |
Hamlin.
Points About the Passage OF the Sen. |
ate Finance Bill.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
The Republican Senators who last |
winter were so widely divided |
upon the finance question were |
a unit on the bill. Ii seemed evident |
that the session might last far into the |
night, If it did not continue till morning, |
for Senator Sherman had given notice that
he did not propose to give way for an adj
journment until a final disposition was |
made of tho bill. The Democrats fought |
it step by step all the afternoon, but soon
after the gas was lighted they seemed to
become convinced that their factious Opposi-
ton would not make any breach in the Re-
publican ranks, and about O'Clock the final
vote was taken. The three Independents,
Sprague, Upton and Hamilton, voted with |
the Democrats. Salisbury was the only
Democrat who voted with the Republicans.
1t was a no=el spectacle to see Logan,
Ferry, Oglesby and Morton voting AVE"
upon the finance question, with Sherman,
Schurz, Anthony and Edmunds. The old
division in the Republican ranks, upon the
finance question, had entirely disappeared.
There were no inhatiOnist Republicans, or
Republicans, or sectional Re
publicans, but the Republican Senators as
a body voted squarely in favor of a bill fix
ing day for the resumption of specie pay
ments. The Democratic Senators, with
their three Independent allies, voted with
equal unanimity against the bill, and made
a united record against a measure for specie
payments.
ARepublican Senator remarked after the
vote that the unity of the vote would do
more 20 consolidate the Republican party
han anything that had occurred for years.
The most vulnerable part of the bill was
The absence of a provision for the destruc-
ton Of the redeemed legal tenders and frac-
tional currency. This point the hard
money Democrats especially attacked. The
infatiOnist Democrats Of the type repre-
sented by Merrimon were bitterly opposed
10 the bill, and certainly could see no in
aatiOn in it. Mr.. Sherman insisted that
The objections Of the Democrats were not
practical, as they could not be properly
raised for some years.
The bill will probably pass the House,
=
he Senate.