Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-21

officials from Cincinnati have arrived in
this city: Mayor Johnston, and Messrs.
Schiff and VIM. Storms, Park Commission
ers, with Mr.. A. Strauch, Superintendent
of Parks, and also Of Spring Grove Gem
etery. The object of their visit is to in
spect and report on VulcaniIe pavement.
From here they will visit all cities of inter-
est in the East.
Death of Rear Admiral Collins.
A telegram received at the Navy Depart
ment, this morning, from Capt. Simpson,
commanding United States steamer
Omaha, announces the death of Rear Ad-
miral Napoleon Collins, commanding the
South Pacific feet, which occurred at Calico,
on the 9th inst. He died Of erysipelas,
after an illness Of three days, and was
buried with military hOnOrs in the Prot
estant cemetery at Belle Eusta, near CalOo.
Rear Admiral Reed WOrden has been or
dered TO the command Of the South Pacific
station in place Of Rear Admiral Collins,
and until his arrival there the command
will devOlve upon Capt. Simpson. The
death Of Rear Admiral Collins promotes
Commodore Stephen d. Trenchard, but
does not affect any officer below that grade,
as there has been an excess of one in the
list Of COmmOdOres for some months past,
on account Of the reinstatement of Como
dOre Jno. G. Beaumont by Congress last
session. The law allows but twenty-five
officers Of the grade of Commodore.
Graham BrOs. q 90.
A statement Of the assets and liabilities
of Graham Bros. & Co.. who suspended on
Tuesday, shows that the assets, a large
portion of which are in real estate in the
0f Ff.sp 0Tn
and liabilities 100000. The proposition
TO accept the notes of the firm for its entire
indebtedness at six, twelve, eighteen and
twenty-four months, with interest, meets
favorable consideration.
A Batch OF Appeals.
The Government has appealed TO the
Supreme Court from the decision Of the
Court Of Claims which awarded S4S0,000
in gold TO the State National Bank Of BOs-
ton, and has also appealed from the decis-
ion Of the Court Of Claims in seventeen
cotton awards, involving three or four hun
dred thousand dollars. The title TO the
Hot Springs property having been decided
By the same court to be in the United
States, the claimants have appealed to the
Supreme Court.
Immigration Statistics.
immigration into the United States |
shows decrease Of $4,000 for the year
ending June 80, 1875, as compared with |
the year ending June 80, 1874.
BFistOw TO the Rescue.
SPECIAL to the Cincinnati Commercial.
Secretary BTistow is expected to return |
on Saturday, and it is stated that he will |
start to Ohio to take part in the campaign !
the latter part Of next week,
Cuban FuIbusters.
1t appears that two Cuban fllibusters are
now approaching the Cuban cOast-the Oc- |
tavia and the Pedro Zarila. The latter es-
capped from New York about Aug. l, and |
has not hitherto attracted much notice. |
This vessel, as well as the Octayia, was we'll |
provided with arms. The Cuban agents |
here are very sapguine Of the success Of
both these boats.
Special to the Chicago Times.
The Spanish people here complain very
much at the administration, as represented
by the President, being so much in sym
pathy with the Cubans, and openly claim
that if Mr.. Fish had been in town at the
time they received their first information
the Uruguay, the departure
would never have been permitted. The
State department is at present under charge
Of young Cadwalader, and his management
of affairs has given a great deal Of dissatis-
faction. There is no belief here that the /
Uruguay will be captured. The naval Off
Ger detailed to pursue her would not make |
any capital for himself by being too zeal
Gus in the discharge Of his duty.
A New Nest Of Corruption.
Special to the Chicago Tribune.
The Secretary of the Treasury is con-
ducting an examination into alleged frauds /
in the construction of the Boston post
Office. All information as to the exact re-
suits Of the investigation, as far as it has /
gone, is very carefully guarded from the |
press; but it is learned on the very best au-
thOrity that the Government has been sys- |
tematically defrauded, in one way and an
other, out of large sums. The mode re- |
sorted TO was a corrupt and cunning manip- |
ulation of the pay-rOlls, by which the Gov
ernment has been made to pay for more Ia
Dor than has actually been furnished in the /
Post-Ofice building, and it will also be
shown beyond dOu't that this manipula-
ton could not have been carried on to the |
extent which it has been pTacticed except |
with the collusion Of the Government |
or the discussing agent.