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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
UNITED STATES SENATE.
Clayton Wants a Committee to
go to the Indian Country.
Morton Speaks a Piece for
PincEback,
EXTRA SESSION.

WASHINGTON, March S.-Immediately
after reading the journal, Mr.. Clayton sub
mitted a resolution providing for the ap-
pOintment Of four members Of the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs and three mem
bers Of the Committee on Territories, to
proceed to the Indian Territories during
the recess, with authority to inquire into
the condition Of affairs there, the manner
in which justice is administered, and the
wants of inhabitants of the Territories in
regard to selfgoyernlnent, and to report at
the next session of Congress.
Mr.. Ferry objected to the resolution on
the ground that this being a special session,
no business of legislative character, or
looking 70 legislation, could be considered.
On motion of Mr.. Edmunds, the subject
was laid over till tomorrow.
On motion of Mr.. Morton, the Senate
took up the resolution for the admission Of
Pinchback, as Senator from Louisiana.
hr. Morton addressed the Senate at
length in favor Of seating Plnchback on his
credentials, arguing that his credentials
constituted prima facie, and he must be
seated, any question IS to the character of
the body which elected him and the man
ner Of his election to be inquired into af-
forwards.
Before Mr.. Morton concluded his argu-
ment, he yielded for an executive session.
Aftera short time spenl IN executive
session, the Senate adjourned.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Gov. Hendrix has called the Legislature
to meet in extraordinary session on the
9th inst, because Of the session lust ad-
jOUrned having failed to pass laws indis-
pensable TO the administration of the State
government, including the revenue and
general appropriation bills.
Ii is stated in New York that the quar-
rel between the Baltimore and Ohio and
Pennsylvania Railroad Companies is in the
way TO a settlement, and that a cOmpro-
mise will probably be agreed upon within
day or two.
Mrs. Ann Carroll Fitzhugh Smith, widow
of the late Gerritt Smith, died at Peterboro,
Y. Y, Saturday, aged Il.
Henry Narley, English Evangelist from
London, preached in New York Sunday
evening 10 q congregation of about 1000
people In the course of the sermon he
referred TO the religious revivals now car
ried on in England by Moody and Sanky,
which he said We're attended with great
success.
Four men killed themselves or were
murdered by frenzied companions in drum
ken orgies over the wreck of the bark GIO-
vanni on Cape Cod.
Recent thaws ard rains have swollen the
watercOuTses throughout South Carolina,
resulting in many eases. in disastrous
freshets.
Bishop Odenheimer, Of New jersey, has
completely recovered his health in Europe.
The standing committee Of the diocese
of Northern New Jersey has decided in
favor of Bishop jaeger and against Bishop
DeKOven
A dispatch from Baltimore says there is
no prospect of speedy amicable relations be
tween the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and
Ohio railroads.
The Standing Committee of Vermont
has consented TO the conservation o both
Bishops DeKOven and jaeger, while that Of
Mississippi refuses to confirm either Of
them.
The Maryland Committee refuse their
consent to the confirmation Of DekOven
and Jaeger.
The friends Of DR.. DeKOven in Chicago
deem his defeat probable. Up TO last night
the vote stood to Is.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
CHICAGO.
A Chapter Of Crimes.

CHICAGO, March S.-A report was cur
rent on the street tonight, and was also
telegraphed from here, that a man from an
Eastern city was killed on State street this
evening. Investigation developed the fact
that an old man named Jas. Redigan was
shot in the hip and cut about the face BY a
son. and was carried away in an insensible
state, but that his wounds are not danger
Gus.
A stabbing affray occurred at No. a
Clark street, at IL o'clock tonight, which
will doubtless result in the death Of one
persOn, a boy about seventeen years old, BY
the name Of Billy Fish, II seems he was
accosted by Sally Tierney, a girl sixteen
wears old, with whom he had
been intimate. She asked him to accom-
pany her home and on bis refusing stabbed
him above the heart, the knife penetrating
to the lungs and severing an air passage.
She was intoxicated at the time, and in
conversation with a reporter = short time
afterwards, affirmed her intention
of killing him. With horrible
blasphemies she professed to have been
seduced and deserted by young Fish. The
officers discovered her after the deed in a
house Of i'll fame and arrested her.
The eoroners inquest on the body Of
Wilckman, found murdered in his saloon
Yesterday morning, will be held tomorrow.
A woman named Della Wallace and man
named Anderson, both low characters, have
been arrested by detectives and locked up
on suspicion Of being guilty Of his muir
der.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
SENATOR JOHNSON.
He WiIIsNOt:Aet as Party Man-NOr
Has He Any Enemies 10 Punish.

Has He Any Enemies 10 Eumish.
New YORK, March S.-The TTib1ue's
Washington correspondent sends a lengthy
interview with Senator johnson, who said:
81 can give no pledge Of my future
course. cannot say that l will act with
one party or with the other. We have too
much Of party, and l propose to bind my
self in advance TO no theory Of party poll
cy. l have never done so in the past, and
l do not intend to do so in the future.
shall support such measures as appear in
my Judgment best for the country, caring
not whether it is a Democratic measure, or
whether it is supported by Republicans. l
will never place myself in apOsition where
1 must do a thing because it is a party
measure, or oppose anything at a party's
dictatiOn. place country above party ."
johnson could not say whether he would
participate in the debate on the Pinchback
resolution.
Being asked whether be would not in his
new position have opportunity to pay on
some old scores, and whether he did not
have a mass of facts against the leaders OF
the parties Of to-day, he said:
"Whatever may have, l do not say; but
l shall usesnOthing. Ny service in the
Senate will not be a personal one. L do not
represent myself, but tennessee The
country has now nothing to do with my
personal matters, and with what has passed.
1 have no enemies to punish or friends TO
reward. I have buried resentments and
have forgotten the i'll treatment Of indiyid-
uals. If l can perform the duties that are
now before5 me as cOnscientiously ard
clearlS as l see them at this moment, shall
accO nlplisb as much as human vanity may
SEEK to attain"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
A WILD CAT RAID.
Illicit DistiIIing I'm the Mountains OF
Southwestern Virginia.

Illicit D1sllAAdmE IN the MouAAAAAAs u
Southwestern Virginia.
Washington National Republican, March c.
The mountainous region Of southwestern
Virginia, bordering on Tennessee and Ken
tuckv, has long been the haunt Of illicit dis
tillers, who, in the gOrges and rsvines Of
the Cumberland, POWell's and Clinch
mountains, sequestered their stills and
made large quantities of whisky without
complying with the requirements Of
law or paying the tax I'M
posed on the article. Through indifeT-
ence and neglect on the part Of some Of
the revenue officers the number Of illicit
distilleries in the counties Of Lee and Scott
alone had increased to over fifty. The De
paTtment has frequent appeals made to 1t
BY the law-abiding citizens Of those coun-
ties to suppress the evil, which was de-
mOralizing the population and wasting the
corn crop to such an extent as to cause SUI
fering among the poorer classes. By arecent
change Of officers Major Jacob Wagner was
assigned to. the section Of the State enl-
bracing the territory referred to, who at
once made arrangements 10 afford the de-
sired relief aud bring the offenders 20 pun
ishment.
He started from Bristol with a special
force Of picked men, armed with improved
breech-lOaders, and by rapid movement
through Tennessee faxed the lawless sec
tion and re-entered Virginia at Cumber-
land Gap. From this point he moved east
ward and broke in upon the distilleries
with good effect. They were completely
surprised, as their arrangements for infOr-
nation Of the movements Of the officers
we're all made with the expectation that
they would approach from the east.
On almost every creek there was a dis
tillery. One after another they were seized
and the propertv either cOnfscated or de-
stroyed. The distillers, for whom proper
warrants had been previously issued and
placed in the hands Of a Deputy United
States Marshal who accompanied the exPe-
diiiOn, were arrested or forced to flee.
They had freely threatened resistance,
but only in one instance was it attempted,
and then a well-directed volley into
thicket on a bluff, where a party Of them
lay concealed, drove them away IN con-
fusion.
The force was out fifteen days and rode
over 500 hundred miles over the rOughest
imaginable road. Severe rains Of several
days' duration swelled the streams, the
largest Of Which-the POwelPs and Clinch
rivers-were thirty feet above low water
mark, and had to be crossed by swimming.
The party returned to Abingdon, having
the following result of the expedition to
show: Seized and destroyed - stills, ca
pacity 1,753 gallons; seized 13 Gstillery
buiIdinps. 241 mash tubs, 81 gallons fruit
brandy and 10 gallons Of whisky; destroyed
$4,000 gallons of mash and beer, go gallons
of whisky, !, 400 gallons Of low wines and
l3O bushels Of malt; number Of arrests
made 10.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
THE GREAT SNOW STORM.
The Heaviest Fall of Snow for
Many Years.
BlOckading of Trains---PrObable
Effect on the New Hamp-
shire Election.
Heaviest ever Known in Memphis

MEMPHIS, TENN, March THE snow
storm last night was the severest ever
known here, fifteen inches having fallen,
while in many places it drifted to the depth
OF four feet, stopping the street cars.
Six 20 ten Inches at Cairo.
CAIRO, ILL, March THE heaviest
snow for many years fell last night and
this morning. It drifted considerably. Il
is estimated at from to 10 inches depth
on level. It is clear tonight; mercury
"a.
Eight Inches at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, o., March 7.-Snow COM
meneed falling about A. NJ, continuing
until dark tonight, about eight inches
having fallen; the heaviest fall Of the
season.
Eight Inches at Evansville.
EVANSVILLE, March Eight or nine
inches of snow fell last night and to-day.
1t is clear tonight and freezing. The
mercury, which has been ranging from 81
to 81, is now down to q.
Nine Inches at Columbus, Ohio.
COLUMBUS, o., March THE snow fen
this afternoon to the depth Of nine inches,
and drifted in some places so as to make
the streets nearly impossible for PEDESTRIANS.
snow East Extensive.
NEW YORK, March Snow fell most
of the day, followed tonight by sleet and
heavy rain. Snow is reported Throughout
this State and Northern Pennsylvania, with
sleet and rain in the southern portion of
the latter State and Maryland.
WHEELING, w. VA, March S.-Twelve
inches Of snow fell here yesterday and last
night.
blockade Of Freight=Trains.
POUGHKEEPsIE, y. Y, March S.-The
storm of last night was the heaviest in
many years. Nearly foot and a half of
snow fell, blOckading five freight trains
south of here. Three locomotives have
been sent to help them out. The Atlantic
express tram is several hours behind time.
Fears of a disastrous freshet are redOubled.
The Snow and the New Hampshire
Election.
Boston, March S.-Traveling in the
back towns Of New Hampshire was al
ready bad. The added storm is likely to
reduce the aggregate vote tomorrow.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

THE movement in the General As
sembly 10 abolish two Of the courts in
Memphis is attracting considerable at
tention, and is the subject Of much
discussion. As gathered from the ac-
ton Of the Memphis bar and the tone
of the local press, the people Of the
Bluff City would appear to be opposed
to such legislation. The following
facts were presented at a bar meeting
in Memphis a few days ago: On the
docket Of the First Chancery Court
there remain LIS cases, and on that
Of the Second Chancery Court, l,49l
cases, making a total Of 1926 cases-a
material increase over the number
awaiting trial when the courts were
established some four years since.
A singular report is made as to the
condition Of the Circuit Courts, there
being on their dockets awaiting trial
about 1000 causes. The citizens of
Shelby certainly have rather strong
penchant for litigation.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
The IrrepressIbIe CarIists.
FRANCE
The View MinIsfrr.

PARIS, March Sit is reported that
Duke D'Audifiret Pasquier has accepted
The Ministry Of the Interior, and the Cabi-
net will be composed as follows: NJ.
Buffet, Vice President Of the Council; NJ.
Dufaure, Minister Of Justice; Duke D'Au-
difret Pasquier, Minister Of the Interior;
Duke De Cazes, Minister Of Foreign At
fairs; NJ. Leon Say, Minister Of Finance;
N. WALTON. Minister of Instruction; Gen.
De Cissey, Minister Of War; Admiral De
Montaignac, Minister of Marine.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
COMPLETION OF CAIRO AND ST.
LOUIS MARROW GAUGE.
81. L0uIs Democrat. March 2.

The last rail Of the Cairo and st. Louis
Narrow Gauge Railroad was laid yesterday
afternoon, at point two and three-fourths
miles south Of JonesbOro, H., giving st.
Louis and Cairo a connection by rail un-
der one ownership and one management.
This cOnsumatiOn has been accomplished
in tie face Of seemingly insurmOuntable
difficulties, and has been eagerly looked
forward to and wished for by many. A
special train, with officers Of the road, will
leave East St. Louis for Cairo this (Sun.
dav) afternoon.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

WHILE Mr.. Lamar, of Mississippi,
and Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, have
gone North to stump New Hampshire
for the coming election, the Vice Presi-
dent is prepaTingfor a journey through
the Southern States as soon as the
Senate adjourns. He means to visit
Texas, and, on his return, proposes TO
see for himself the greater part Of the
South.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
FOREIGN NOTES BY CABLE.

Lieut.. Gen. Sir James Hope Grant and
Arthur Helps, the author, Of England, are
dead.
Charles James MathieU, the French as
trOuOmer. is dead.
An order forbidding the sale of the Nine
feeRtb Cen IBg newspaper, has been issued
in Paris.
The amount Of bullion withdrawn from
the Bank of England on balance yesterday
was EI5O.000, all for the United States.
The London ObSeruer states that the war
rumof which appeared in the Calcutta En-
gliStmdn of the 5th, and sent forward by
telegraph. has no foundation.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

MRS. PUTNAM testified IN the
Beecher case yesterday that Tilt0n had
often referred to the fits of moOdiness
IN which he bullied his wife as one of
the penalties of genius" The penalty
Of Tilton's genius on those particular
occasions should have been a stout
hickory stick applied vigorously over
hishead and shoulders by some Chris
tian brother of good muscular develop
meut
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

ONE Of the last acts of Congress was
the adoption of a resolution by the
House resembling the vote of censure
passed upon Senator Cameron for his
corrupt administration of the War
Department, Of which he was Secreta-
ry. Perhaps it may be as
well to forgive and forget the
an1mosities and bad blood of
the war. But in Senator Cameron's
care It is questionable whether his name
Will be handed down unspotted and un-
stained in history. The whole country
rang with his corruptions at the CON-
mencement Of the war, and matters
assumed t lat Importance that New
York fnanciers fatty told Presi-
dent Lincoln that they would not lend
a dollar to carry on the war so long as
Mr.. Cameron had the spending Of it.
It was this which led to his dismissal,
the vote Of censure, and the appoint
ment Of Stanton. In point Of fact,
Cameron's reputation as a corruption
ist. both in and out of the War De-
partment, is such as to considerably
reduce the importance of this latest act
Of whitewashing.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

THE Shel5yUiLle Gazette cackles at
the financial views Of the UNION AND
AMERICAN. We say cackles, because
the only thing that keeps the editor Of
the Gazette from being a goose is the
fact that he must always remain a
GOsling.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

CINCINNATI, March S.-An Enquirer
sDecial reports a disastrous FIRE at Freder-
ickton, Knox county, Ohio, last night,
which originated in Gay & Rowley's dry
goods store, and destroyed an entire block
of two story frame buildings with con
tents. Loss estimated at $4,000; insurance
$4,000.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

As THE 4th Of March IN 1877 VIII
come on Sunday, the next President
cannot be inaugurated till Monday,
but President Grants and Vice Pres
ident Wilson's terms viii expire on
Sunday, and 50 the President pro tenn.
Of the Senate will become President Of
the United States during the interim,
holding the Office "a hours.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
FOREIGN.
Church and State in Germany,
Wrecking Of the Steamer Gait
lenburg.
Signing the Virginius Settlement.
A q Hours Engagementin Spain.
Alfonso Wants to Abdicate.
The New French Cabinet.
FOREIGN.
Signingth the Virginius Settlement.
A 6 Hours Engagementin Spain.
The New French Cabinet.
GERMANY.
The Pope and Ghe Austrian Bishops.

The Pope and she Austrian Bishops.
LONDON, March S.-A dispatch from
Berlin, says the Pope has permitted the
Austrian bishops to comply with the law,
which requires that the authorities be noti-
fed Of the names Of priests appointed to
livings. This is considered in Berlin evi-
dence that the Pope is actuated by political
motives, as the resistance Of Prussian
Bishops, which be encourages, to a similar
law, is the principal cause Of the recent
trouble with the Catholic Church.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
= Death Of COnrre.sman BuaintOn.

FALL RIVER, MASS, March Hon.
Jas. BufdntOn, Repres entative Of the First
Congressional District of Massachusetts,
arrived at home this morning withhis fam
lily, and went to the residence Of his son
in-law, where he died suddenly an ho.or
later. He was fifty-eight years Of age, and
had been indispOsed a long period.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

HON. JAMES BURLINGTON, Repre-
sentative IN Congress from the First
District Of Massachusetts,, and elected
to the next Congress, is dead. He is
the third Congressman from that State
who has died within three months.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

''THE bhghting, the iudelible stain
of repudiation," E" nas very few friends
or advocates" In the Senate of Ten
nessee-for proof of which fact, see
our report of the proceedings of that
honorable body, yesterday.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

Inv to believe the HeraId's cor
respondent IN Spain, they have to hold
little Fonse to keep him from resigning
IN faTcE Of the Duke DeMontpensier.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
Rnried in tie Snon.

NEW YORK, March s Dispatches fIom
St. Johns, Y. F., say the bodies of over
forty persons, who died at 81. John this
winter, have been temporarily Inferred in
the snow, which lies in such immense
quantities in the cemeteries IS to prevent
The opening Of graves.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

CHHTTANoOGAhas a forgiving spirit.
In a communication to the Times, one
of her prominent men thus apostro-
phises the rampaging Tennessee (:
''Noble old river, with all thy faults,
we love thee still
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

Now that the floods are over, our
East Tennessee exchanges begin to put
IN Al appearance-venerable as to date
and m-beaten Of aspect, but as vel
cone as ever.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
sonfh CnrolIna,s 80 Treasnrer.

CHARLESTON, March 7.-BOth branches
Of the Legislature adopted resolutions for
the appointment Of 4 committee to prepare
an address to the Governor, demanding the
removal Of State Treasurer CardOzO, for al
legged Irregularities in the execution Of the
law for funding the State debt. The treas
urer denies the charges, and an investiga-
ton will take place.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

THE KHosriIle Whig and Chronicle
mourns that the Bounty bin failed to
pass, unmindful of the fact that the
taxpayers Of the nation are thereby
three hundred millions better off.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

GENTLEMEN Of theLegislature don {
touch the Memphis school charter. 1t
is an unalloyed blessing to US, and one
Of those things essential and necessary
to the future welfare and success Of
this community.-Menphis appeal
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

Fatal CnsuaIty-A Wagon and Two
Men PreeiPItated over an Embank-
ment.
PITTsBURG, PA, March S.-Last night,
between 9 and 10 O'Clock, as John Murhall
and Con Sullivan were returning from
visit to a physician, and when near the
railroad crossing at Mills Station, on the
Pittsburg, Washington and Baltimore rail-
road. their horses became frightened at
passing engine, and the wagon was pre-
ciDitated over an embankment, crushing to
death the sick man (Sullivan) and very
seriously injuring Murhall, whose recovery
Is pronounced impossible.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

The Effort at Making Gold Scarce
New YORK, March Sit IS said four
millions OF dollars n gold were taken out
ofthe market Saturday, making the total
held of the market ten millions.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
GREAT BRTrAIN.
and Loss OF LiF

ShiPWreek and Loss OF Life
LONDON, March S.-Many women and
children were drowned by the wTecl1ing Of
the steamship Gattlenburg in BOis strait,
between Australia and Van Deman's land.
The total number saved, as far as known,
Is %.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09
SPAIN

The Virginius SettIement-Exehan
ing Prisoners.
LONDON, March S.-The canon between
Spain and the United States for the settle
ment Of the Virginius affair has been
signed.
Alfonsists and Carlists are exchanging
prisoners.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

COTTON quiet but steady in New
York, closing yesterday at l6gc. for
middipg upland.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

SENATOR JOHNSON puts uD at the
Imperial Hotel, in Washington.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

BERLIN, March S.-The TqgSblaft, of
this city, says the Government having been
informed that France intended to order an
her eastern frontier early in the spring, in
timated to President McMahOn that it
would direct the mobilization Of two army
corps on the Rhine if France persisted in
carrying out her intention.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

LITTLE PHIL has been here, and we
are not afraid.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-09

MIR. A. J. owen, Of New York, was
found dead in his bed at the st. George
Hotel. in Evansville, yesterday morning:
His death resulted from iDjurie- received
in a fall at Cleveland in February.