The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-04

braosTeet, OF Topsheld, on Tuesday
weighing seventeen pounds This wai
one of four, hatched by an old goose
se9enty-elght gears of age The average
weight of the four was fifteen pounds
On Monday a rebel force, with four
or five pieces of artillery, made their
appearance about ten miles from
Paducah, coming in the direction of
the central part of the State. They
were conscripting every "man and
beast" they found On Tuesday another
gang tore up the railroad between May
field and Paducah to within few miles
OF the latter place. The citizens were
excited and expecting an attack upon
the town.
The steamer Gray Eagle arrived at
Memphis few days ago, having on
board Capt Ned Montgomery and
twenty-six other rebel prisoners, cap
tured at Choctaw Bend The party, at
the time of the capture, were on their
| way to Texas, where Capt Montgomery
Is said 20 have purchased rancho, on
which he intended to reside for the
balance of his days On Montgomery
were found $25OO0O in foreign ex-
change and quantity of money, and
all the party were mounted on fine |
blooded horses Captain Montgomery |
IS well known, having been in charge
OF the construction of the Confederate
heet at the time Farragut passed the
iorts. He skedaddled at that time,
and has since been engaged in the
guerrilla business, which seems to be
profitable, Judging from what V'as found
upon him. 1t is said that he has quit
the rebel service, and had determined
to become a apeaceable citizen.
The excavations at Pompeii have led
to the discovery of temple of Juno,
around the porticos of which more than
two hundred skeletons of women and
children were scattered, who during
the fiery rain from Vesuvius, crowded
to the temple toimplore the protection
of the goddess. This is more terrible
than any of the imaginings of Bulwer
in his graphic novel of the Last Days
Of Pompeii.
The Evansville journal of Wednes- :
lay says: "a family who arrived from /
near Evansville, Arkansas, last night /
'eport Prices army breaking up into
guerrilla bands and coming into that Z
egion in large numbers" r
Hugh Mccullough, Comptroller of =
he Currency, has decided to authorize C
70 more National Banks to be organiz- q
d, but banking corporations now ex-
sting can, however, change themselves
nto National Banks. CO
When Frederick Douglass delivered o. u
is recent address in Baltimore, he met ru
nth his sister, a freed Maryland slave, y"
rhom he had not seen since he made 60
is escape from his master, thirty years ol ol
go. N
An article in French political pa p
er was recently suppressed by the to
ensor of the press. The next day five "
'lumns of the Journal (the space it Sc
ould have occupied were left blank, d
aving only the heading, "Whither are
g Going2 and the signature of the
ithor at the foot of the vacancy M
The designations of Messrs. McCler- &c
md, Paine, and Neal Dow have been
cepted
On the Sd of last September the Ad, bo
rs Express Office. at Grafton, West Gu
irginia, was robbed of s12, 900, and on tn
e 5th of October another package th'
ntaing $4,000 was stolen from the CIV
me Office. The package first taken
IS addressed to Arthur Resley, form Ey
y of Grafton, and the second package
the First National Bank of Palkers- %
rg.. We learn from the Wheeling I"
telligencer that the detectives have atai
last succeeded in discovering the 7gs l~'
eves. They are Resley himself S0S'
aries Lieredith, and A Marks, both
Grafton, and one Roland, brake Tet
N on the B. d o. Railroad. All the
soners have confessed their guilt.
The following appears in the Rich n,
md papers of the 26th: