Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-09

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THURSDAY E1OnNING, AUeUsT Q, 1890
ROCK CITY MILLS.
RETAIL PRICES. -..
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S SssI H''A0'S do - $50 Il
DeIiTsrea to all pArss Of the city. octs, 1883 y
RAILWAY mATTERS.
Departure of Pass niger Trains.
NASHVILLE AND cH.rTAEOos.-4:O0 .2P;M
tennessee AND ALARANA-4:15 A. NJ, 800 P. NJ.
LoUIsvIELE AND NAsHVlLE-5 AM $50 P. N.
eallain Express 5 P. NJ.
EDaETmED AND KEETucKT-6:3OA NJ, 2:45P.N
Arrival of Passenger Trains.
NAsHvIuLE AND eH.TrAEOosA-s:OO A. SCOOP.
LOUISVILLE AED N.sIEVIrrs52:sO N, ego r NJ
Galahn Express 3 :. n
E7sErIEID KESTucET-lO A-M..TP
The shock of an earthquake, although very slight
was felt in Louisville about nine o'clock tuesday
morning.
The GooDwooD RAcE.-Nr. TES BRoEck did not
win the English GOodwood. It was won by SWEEP
Sauce Starke. the American horse was iouflh'
- MARION BDEwArER RUGGEEs is announced by
asoutbern paper as the author of "Rutedge." Miss
RreetEs IS Of southern birth of Yankee education
and Is INV residing at little village not far from
SaeO, Maine. -
ro,-,,-oc,, ,lEyr.-The Providence Jour-
nal says:
The sneecbes which the Prince of Wales has made
thus far unon his trip in the most excellent tas6e
and reflect the highest credit on their author, loho-
eUer he may be.
N,,r CI-,rrD-s. NJ DAVIS, Esq., of Wilson
county claims the name of Pat Taylor for his mare
bv linn. Albion. dam by Imp. Sovereign, grand dam
nv stockholder-Imp. Leviathan- Pacolet-Dare
Devil &c. She is five years old, and is now in
training by Mr.. JOGS AILoocK, of Gallatin, Tenn.
Kny,PprR Kn1ED-A passenger on the boat from
Kansas City, yesterday, informed that Jake Hurd.
the notorious kidnapper, shot in that place on
Tuesday. A confederate claimed payment for as
sistance rendered Ia running away negroes. 1t
was refused by Hurd and the other party immedi-
ately shot him. He was not expected to recover
LeausaroTth Tines, aug. 2.
DRAWING AND DIsPERsNG CRowD-The Norwich,
Connecticut, Bulletin says that machine poet"
drew such boisterous crowd around him that it
seriously thought necessary read the riot act
when the ~poet " solved the difficulty by the simple
remark" Gentlemen, 1 viii now pass around the
hat
A marriage is to take place between Mademoiselle
TRocHU, the descendant Of RACINE, and young cap
tain of infantry in the French army. The subscrip-
ton which was opened in favor Of the young or
phan, and in which the Pope and several foreign
sovereigns took part will give the lady marriage
portion of 50 900 francs
The meteor observed here last Thursday night
was also seen in some eight or ten States. ~ Co
lumbia. s. c., there were two visible. The first
made lis appearance in the East about o'clock;
The latter was so brilliant that though the moon
was shiling it illuminated the town. In its
it scintillated beautifully.
FEARHII1 HoT WEAuERH KANsAs--A private let
ter from Manhattan Kansas, dated July 29th CON
taihs the following:
The thermometer DAY after day stood ~ is de-
grees and one day for a few hours it rose 70 10
degrees the north side of the hOusc in the shade
yet there was but one case of sunstruke and that
not fatal. There is always wind in this
country which makes 1t bedrable.
NOVEL Law Sru-A suit has been brought by
Gen J. d. LEDrARD Of Cazenoya, against HENRY Ten
EYcK, for obstructing the plaintiff view ofCazeno
via Lake, by planting willow trees on the shore of
the lake Mr. TES Ercks residence is on the lake
shore and he has built into the natural waters
by filling in with earth and planting trees, which
the plaintiff contends Re has no right to do.
SINGULAR APPEARANCE on LAKE ERIE-The Cleve-
land Herald of the 4th says a tremendous thunder
shower passed over that city the previous night
and adds
Between three and four O'Clock this morning the
appearance of a vessel on fire far out on
the lake Some persons thought they could distin-
gush the sails. Daring heavy gust OF wind the
light disappeared. such appearances are not IN
frequent on the lake. and the more experienced men
along the dock think that there has been no vessel
burnt
Coon DrvIDExD-The Macon Telegraph says:sa We
point with pride and pleasure to the advertisement Of
adecaraton of a five per cent dividend for the last
six months, by the Macon Manufacturing Company.
This is certainly one of the successful adventures
of cotton milling in the South, and we believe every
wears additional experience shows anincrease in its
profits The stock ought to go up, and we presume
it Is rising
tended with circumstances conirmatory of the sus-
picoa that they are the results Of abolition con
.piracy Galveston dates to the 3lst utmo say that
thtClarge Touring and lumber mill at Austin was
burned on the 26th. Loss 100000. The fire was
the work Of an incendiary. A negro was caught
Isettng fire to a building in Georgetown, ard con-
fessed he was melted by two abolitioHists to burn
the town.
THE LAW OF EyIDENcr.-There Is now before the
House of Lords in England bill. introduced by
Lord BRouGHAu. to amend the law of evidence, some
notice of which may interest the profession here
1t is proposed by this measure to enable all defend
ants in criminal cases, is done in civil to give
evidence for themselves on OATH in cases of mIsde
rneanor. in which the prosecutor himself is examin
ed; the condition being that they must also submit
to crossexaminat on, and prosecution rpeTJury
if they make any false statement. There Is every
prospect this till will be passed this session.
PERCUSSION OF GoLD JEwELRY WOEN IN EUROPE
Gold jewelry is much worn by the ladies in Europe
this season The English papers are ridiculing thu
profusicn of ornaments, and of the London Jour
nails SAYS: We cannot believe that this yellow in
xasion of ear rings wristbands and buckles, is des
tined for a long existence; for if such were tn
Case, European ladies would eventually look NOR
like the fair sex of New Zealand than denizens 0
that quarter of the globe in which civilization ha
hitherto been marching hand in hand with goo
taste"
We copied paragraph frcm Memphis paper tn
other day stating that patient at the City Hospital
named PATRICK DUGAN, in a fit of insanity. or som