Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-30

zraduats3 according 30 the length Of service nc
4soae. ForfwelFe months service, or more, Ailsy
tx dollsrs; for six months service, but less than
twelve nouths seventy fFe dsiiars for slxly Gays
service but less tban Elk months. ATTY collars pro-
pifsd that " surTiTor OF surviving widow 81 an
of6eer nun~e0nra ssionsd osieer, musician, or pri
vate. who pated in SEXUAL batiles in said war;
I shlllbe sniilsd to he maximum penaion gwen oy
Ehe News.
There Is reason 10 believe thss the Liberal Par'y
ia McKee, whe ara seeking recognition sf tbs
9paFsz Goysrnness BY cur Own, would consent to
cater into treaty By which the United States could
establish miiitaIy p6sts in Chihuahua and Sonora,
thus sYoiding the objections 10 fersbls possession
as recently officially recommended by the President
4 A letter received at the Indian Bureau from the
oOmmiesioners engaged in Surveying the Indian
boundary line says that they under the proieo-
i ton OF Maj Van Dorm. Who recently inflicted the
severest punishment upon the camanches residing
on the Oarodian river, and that through his vigt-
/ hence snd that Of the officers accompanying his
command the frontier Of Texas is not likely to be
moiested again for long time BY these marauders,
Wbo.haTe disappeared and nothing has been seen Of
them since the fight at Wichita village. i
Judge Samuel Bisek Of Pennsylvaaias viii, ihsre
is little loubt be appointed Governor Of Nebraska,
and The vacancy OK the bench Of that Territory viii
be hllsaby gentleman from Georgia.
While the opponents of the old soldiers pension
bill Estimate that from eleven to fifteen millions
Woud be required to carry the act for their benefit,
into effect It's friends say, thatfrom the NEST
rate calculation, the amount would be only three
/ millions per annum.
Il e balsoved II ha I'M fa virieflsr
of MObilsg General Henningsen is still in Wash
iugton.
The most intimate friends Of Mr. Fossyth sag
that he has No thought at presest Of Fesienng his
position as Minister to Mexi0a.
An answer is expected, blythe last Of JapusFy,
to certain propositions looking the settlement Of
the Central Americas eassti7n, which we're trans
mittsdto E1gland several weeks ago.
! Letters resolved BY ihe Overland msil from an
oiEesr AZ F5rt B1ehaaan, anser date Of December,
slais hat rich deposits Of gold have been found on
tls ella river for one hundred and sky miles on
both sides. Six hundred and ffty men we're ct
work, and five hundred more ssps ca their way from
California. Should the emigration increase q the
same rate that it has commenced, there viii be So,
OGpersOnsin ArizOns within she nezttwelvs months
Specimens of silver, richer tran those found in
Heniselmsll's mine, have also been discovered.
Judge Hart, writing from the Bio GraDde, says
that he has received letters from leading Hsn in
Santa Re yielding their opposition to Territorial
government Cor Arizona.
The prices asked for Mexican titles to land in
Sonora have increased, the holders believing that
the Americans viii soon obtain possession Of the
country.
lis said thet certain parties have anticipated the
action Of our Government, and obtained the riEhtto
construct railroad from GuaymAs to some point on
The American line. Lieut. marry has addressed a
letter 10 the Secretary Of War, showing the neces
siiy, and asking for the establishments Of military
post at the Peinos villages, to protect emigFanIs and
prevent collisions between the whites and The In~
dams. e-
The Legislature Of Missouri convened on the 9th,
temporarily organised, and proceeded TO qualify the
members. Il WAS thought tho Organization would
be completed by the election Of officers on the 18th,
when the Governors message would be delivered
Amos Cummings, Jr., Secretary Of the Howard,
Atlantic snd TreHsent Association, at Boston, has
been arrested on the charge Of loaning the funds
of the institution, contrary the provisions Of the
charter It's known that there had been received
funds to The amount of Sl5sO00 which sum has
uuaoeouutably dwindled down to only $4,000,
leaving deficit of 100000. The secretary is
charged With having appropriated this amOunt to
his own use. He is said to be about leaving for Eu
rope It is understood that the losses sustained by
the association will compel it to go into chaueery
Capt. Townsend, Of the shaver Eche, left Boston
the 27th for trial at KEY West. He is escorted by
two deputy o. S. msEshals.
The Charleston papers announce the death on the
26tb Of ZEN james Gadsden. ses
Washington Irving has made donation Of FIVE
hundred dollars TO the Mount Vernon fund.- and at
recent meeting Of the corporation Of Yale College,
Govern Buckingham rendered to the treasurer his
salary as Governor, Sl1OO. during this year
An Irishman named MeGsrty, at Port Chester,
n Y, attempted to run away from his wife with all
the money earned by her as a washerwoman, her
clothes and articles 81 zen TO her to wash. Just be-
fore the cars started Mrs MoCarty came running,
and out Of breath, looked over the baggage, and
identified her trunks. She next fOundher husband,
cOllared him, gave him severe trOuneiDg, tore his
coat of his back, and ordered him to walk back
home Mr. MeCary Obeyed. s..lH
The Canadian post Office department win intro
duce the system, on the first Of next year, Of carry
ing by mail parcels not exceeding two pounds in
weight The postage win be 25 cents on parcels
not exceeding one pound, and so cents on those
over one aud not exceeding two pounds.
Miss Nancy Holt, as we learn by the New Haven
Mars came to her death suddenly on Tuesday last,
under very singular circumstances She was in per-
feet health Sunday, and afforded church; Monday
she complained little, and Tuesday she died Of
congestion of the lungs, and on Wednesday was
buried This young lady was 70 have been married
on New Years day, and had prepared everything
for the occasion. 1..-
An Eugishman writing from Nice on the 9Th Of
November, says Russian families continue to
pour in by steamer and by pOstchaise, and the sla
vOnic element decidedly prevails here. The Rus
sian young ladies are charming specimens of the
sex, but their msmmss generally have hungry and
disconnected expression Of cOun,enance. Their
papas are tall, slim men, with mOustaches who
seem eaten up bv spleen, while their broth rs wear
bright colored kid gloves dirty nails and seem
to think breaking the bank at Baden Baden the no
blest achievement within the grasp of man.
mule killed Chinaman at GOodyear's Der, in |
California seventeen Celestias arrested and tried
the murderer, found him guilty, shot him with six
balls, and then dubbed his brains out 1t was reN
quired to cut of the kicking Leg but the mule lying
its back, they couldn't tell which Was The right !