Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-14

La: J. J. MILLER No; F. c. HADLEr, Tenn; }. d.
TnLMlN Tenn; S. P. WALKER, Tenn
The first prize essay was written by J. D. THLNAN,
Tenn; the second by R. W. MILLER, No.
The first prize defamation, by J. E. HARRIS, Tenn;
the second by W. Il. MORGAN, Tenn.
TORNADO IN NOSTooxEET CoUSTY.-The GAINESVILLE
Jsfersoniau Of the 18th says: eve were again visited
this morning by another fearful tornado; which, al
though it lasted but a short WHILE done some dam
age TO the fences and wheat crops in this vicinity
The rain came down in torrents. and the maddened
elements seemed as if they intended to hold mid
night reve We are happy to state that little or no
damage was done in the city"
carr CHuRCH-This well-known citizen Of Mem
phs left last evening for Middle Tennessee en- route
for the North, where he VIII pass the next three
months. RumOr with one Of her tongues mas II tnat
he wiz not leave the State alone, but bear with HIM
as a travelling companion, Tennessee bride.-MeTa-
phiS Bulletin, June 18th
And that bride, that is to be, is fair daughter Of
the City of Rocks.
Nashville has been selected as the place of meet
ing Of the National Division Of the Sons Of Temper
ance in 1851.
The Hog Cholera has made its appearance in
Greene county, IN this State.
American FuRs.-Four hundred and fifty thousand
muskrat skins have been bought by the Northwest
ern Fur Company since last fall. They have been
gathered from Wisconsin, Minnesota and small
portion of Iowa, and have been shipped direct to
London. During the season just closed this compa-
ny has paid out 100000 for furs.
LAGER BEER N ST LOUISA German commercial
paper in St Louis gives list Of forty breweries IN
that city, all with German names, which turn out in
year l22 400 barrels lager, IS 500 barrels common
beer, and 400 barrels ale. The average price Of
lager is SIS, and common beer Sc per barrel and Of
ale SIS per barrel
Return OF A PATRIOT WAR SOLDIER FROM EXILE
The Oswego IN. y Times that says JoHN BERRY,
sentenced from Kingston to Van Diemans Land
during life for participating in the Patriot War in
1888 is now in that city. He among the num-
Der for whom DANIEL WEBSTER procured pardon.
lie spent twenty years in Van Diemans Land.
The Fl Wayne (a.) Times says that the worms
which so lately made havoc among the fruit trees in
that region, have disappeared the damage done
by them is not so great as was apprehended. 1t
states that fruit of all kinds except peaches will be
reasonably plenty, in that region
A German physician who had been making des-
perate love to the girls at Vincennes. Ind recently
left there in haste as it was discovered he was mar
ried with various unsettled accounts.
A gentleman passing, some two weeks since,
through very public thoroughfare in Havana early
in the evening was elled to the earth and robbed Of
his watch, jewelry and SI,7OO.
The brig Trenton which arrived at Salem, Mass
recently, from Sierra Leone, brought five more boa
constructors which were in demand before the YES
sci touched the wharf
There must be splendid trout fishing in BroOme
county, New York F. Z. BAKER, a hotel-keeper in
Lisle. few days ago caught three hundred and fifty
trout IN six hours.
An isolated and unoccupied house was recently
discovered in Saginaw county, Michigan, which had
evidently been the rendezvous Of extensive gang
Of counterfeiters.
A new Catholic Church was dedicated in Raleigh
n. c.. Sunday, the Sd instant, Bishop HUGHEs, Of
Charleston, and Archbishop HUGHEs Of New York
officiating.
A little boy at jackson, Michigan, bitten by
a rattle-snake, and would have died last week, had
not an elder boy sucked out the poison from the
wound.
The celebrated bronze doors for the Federal Cap
itol cast IN Munich have arrived in New York
They cost $4,000, and excited general admiration
abroad.
A few rich specimens of quartz rock, about the
size of hickory-nuts, and rich with gold have been
discovered recently in Cambria County, Pennsyl
vaniG.
Twelve per cent year is the steady dividend upor
the stock Of the New Jersey RrilrOad and this, Tho
company say, they realize from the local travel
alone. "
The ROYAL Society of London, AZ a recent meeting
elected Prof. A. D. BACHE, superintendent Of tn
United States Coast Survey a foreign member Of tn
Society.
A large stable was burnt in Troy, n. Y, few
nights since. Eight horses were consumed IN thu
fire. and nine rescued in a dreadfully burnt condi
ton.
A steam dredre is now engaged dredging thrOug
the cutoff at the bend Of Lake Poygan, on Wo
River in Wisconsin, to open channel for boats an
RATS.
ANTHONY BEE, a resident of Putnam county, Ind
was run over by the north-bound freight train, a
Greencastle day two since, and instantly kille'
A dance has been composed by GoTrscHALK Gale
Creole Eyes" which was performed by him toS Il
first time. recently, at one ofhis concerts in Havan
M,RGARFr RYDER. for some months an inmate
,ba warehouse at Blackwell's Island, near Ne
York. destroy. herself on Thursday by laudanuT
The last municipal election in New Orleans WI
there called very quiet one, though six or sev'
men were cut and shot in afIrays during the day.
nan was arrested recently in Buchanan count
No for stealing two negroes but, though mob hun
him nm two or three times, he would not confess
DIN T. RToH recently became involved in
,,,,s.ral with an old man and his son named FHz
Ponlar Bluffs. Missouri, and was fatally stabbed.
Tho City Council of Atlanta, Ga, recently su
sc-ibad s3O0 600 and the citizens S2OO.0OO to aid
constrpction of a railroad to Jacksonville, Ala.
Chiffon blooms are the subject Of frequent motto
in Alabama. Georgia. Texas and some other Sout
ern states. The crop appears to promise wen.
The editor of the Cedar Key lFla) Telegraph q
vatermelons. a few days since, and they had tn
been plenty on the coast for more than week
The speech of Senator SUESER-twelye colum
long-y7as furnished in manuscript to the New
HeTdld and Tribune before it was delivered
The Board Of Education Of Chicago have adept
WoRoEsTER's Dictionary a standard authority
its department in the schools Of that city.