Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-25
WASHINGTON.
The Black Hill Indians DiscOn-
tented with Their Quarters.
Verdicts Against the Government
for $2,5OO,OOO by the
Court of Claims.
Stephen A. Douglass Sons Get a
Slice of s,259,OOO.
Another Of Tom ScOtts Flank
Movements on Garrett.
neeoratIon Dnr ID ArIiugton

WASHINGTON, May 24-The Secretary
of War has granted permission TO the
/ Southern Memorial Association with their
friends 10 enter Arlington Cemetery the 1st
Of June, for the purpose of decorating the
graves of the Confederate dead, with liberty
to use the grand stand, when exercises, in
! cluding an address, will take place. Origi-
nally there had been inferred at Arlington
three hundred land fifty-iive Confederate
| soldiers, but one hundred and twenty-five
were removed to family burial grounds.
I The Confederate graves a. the GlenWOOd
and Congressional Cemeteries viii also be
decorated the same day. The decoration
! Of the Union graves in the several ceme-
teries vii take place the Doth of May.
A New Broom Sweeps Clean.
The President has signed the commits
sion Of John II. Lightner, Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the first district of
Missouri.
a Verdict Of Half n Million Against
Uncle Sam.
The Court of Claims to-day gave iudg-
| ment for S4SO,000 IN gold, in favor Of the
State National Bank Of Boston, which
| brought suit to recover that sum from the
United States. The amount was paid into
the sub treasury at Boston TO cover the de-
falcatiOn of Hartnell, cashier, in 1867. The
bank held that the United States, having
received the money through HarJnell's
knowledge and participation in the fraud
could not hold il.
Two Millions More.
The Court of Claims to-day confirmed
the reports Of special Commissioner
Egeteth with several amendments. These
cover a number of claims, involving large
amounts of cotton. The first fund consist
ing Of ,Eicksburg and Na5chez cotton,
which was so intermingled as to destrO7 its
identity, was ordered to stand at the sum Of
SG4S,3O In addition to the above, judg-
ment was rendered III about thirty-eight
separate cases, covering 5,5lO bales Of cot
ton, which at the sum fixed by the court
gives a tCtal Of nearly one million dollars.
Col. Robert NJ and Stephen A. Douglass,
Sens OF the Late stephen A. Douglass,
receive an award for ! 1,45I bales of cotton,
or about S2j9,00O seized in the State of
Mississippi on the maternal plantation.
Contrary to expectation, no opinion was
delivered in the
Pacific Railroads
transportation, but may be next Monday,
at which time the court will adjourn for
the summer There is authority for
stating that no intimation whatever has
been given by the judges, as to which way
they viii decide the question. Therefore
all statements heretofore published on the
subjecs is mere conjecture.
Shabby Treatment Of the Owners Of
the Black Hills.
Spotted Tail and Red Cloud have re-
! turned to the fremont HOusa. Six other
Indians remain at the Washington House
and assert their rooms were too small at
the fremont House. Secretary COwa1
has notified The proprietor Of the Washing
ton House that the government will pay no
bills the Indians contract at that place.
Tie commissioner IS absent IN New York.
Tom SCOft's Last Move.
Col. Scott has notified the Paymaster-
/ general that, on and after the first day of
/ June next, no trains Of the Baltimore and
/ Ohio road viii be permitted to pass over
/ his rails from Philadelphia to New York.
/ The mail service to and from New York
| is now equally divided between the two
/ corporations.