The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-02

and says, I" if Savannah requires a siege,
Leflnan can communicate with our
feet through some of the sounds be-
tween Savannah and Ogeeche rivers,
and replenish his munitions of war.
After Savannah falls, he can invade
South Carolina" finish up that nest of
treason, Charleston. Nothing can
prevent this, Lut some uncommon ad,
versfties, which cannot be foreseen and
which we do not anticipate.
The official majority of Mr.. Lincoln
in Indiana is 20,190, being lS4 less than
Governor Morton's
Our Indianapolis special says there
are indications of an extra session of
the Indiana Legislature. An increase
OF members pay is one of supposed
reasons for the step.
Gen. Asboth, who was 80 severely
wounded in Florida, a few weeks
since, has been compelled to retire from
active service for the present He is
succeeded by General Bailey.
The n Y. Herald speaking of the
production of the tragedy of Julius
Cesar at the Winter Garden, in which
the brothers Booth played, says
No playgoer has seen Shakspere pre-
sented with attraction more likely to
draw and charm the true lover Of the
drama since the days when Shakspere
himself appeared in his own plays.
Three parts in the tragedy of julius
Caesar were personated by actors of the
first inertia thing that can hardly be
seen many city but ours Only Eng
lish cities could hope to rival us in this;
and England does not now possess three
tragedians, or even one, comparable to |
any one of the Booths. Moreover, if
there were three men of such ability on
the British stage, audiences would hope
in vain to see them all together in one
play.
The Indianapolis Journal of Monday
says: 'It is quietly limited that the Sc
curities of COL John G. Walker are be-
coming very solicitous to learn that gen.
tleman's exact whereabouts. We learn
that he has in his possession about
S75, 900 of the money belonging TO the
State of Indiana. We rather guess
Walkers securities are in for it. He
will not turn up"
Mrs. Major General Sherman has
gone to South Bend, Ind, to remain
during the winter. She has two daught-
ers at the Catholic College near that
city.
The number of letters posted in Lon
don in 1869, was one hundred and
forty-one million, six hundred and
nineteen thousand. In Liverpool in
the same year, fifteen million, four hun
dred and ffty-four thousand
A notable feature in the curiosity de-
partment of the Sailors Fair, at Bos-
ton, is an OK saddle from Dedham, da-
ting from 1858, by means of which one
John Fairbank and his wife we're ac-
custorned to ride to church on Sun
days.
A case involving twenty FIVE millions
of dollars, probably the largest sum
that was ever litigated, is now before
the U. s. Circuit Court in New York.
It has besides an important bearing on
the interest of the Government, It
being whether the Seven-thirty notes
are receivable for duties The Secre-
tary of the Treasury has long since de-
cided that, in his opinion, they are not.
Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coke, D. D.,
Episcopal Bishop Of Western New York,
preached sermon in Brooklyn a few
days since, in which he proposed a
Union of Episcopalians, Presbyterians,
Methodists, Moravians, and other sects,
on the basis of the Nicene creed.
People accustomed to speak by the
card, say that Beauregard has been eu-
cbred, and that Sherman is making a
march. He certainly seems to have
gone'it alone so far Beauregard viii
have to order Hood up, in a hurry.
The sword of Captain Morris, Of the
Florida, has been received at the Navy
Department. II is of English make,
crowned with q lions head, and bear
ing the rose, thistle and shamrock in
its hilt and blade, with Confederate
flag. 45t
Hon, Erastus Fairbanks, Ex-Governor
of Vermont, who died few dsySsinee
was poor boy, but invented the cele-
brated platform scales which bear his
name, and made his fortune from them |
The New Orleans True Delta, noti- |
cling the arrival direct from Bordeaux,
of q bark loaded with wines and other
French products, indicates the fallen
state of commerce in that city by ex-
preston of its regrets that this vessel |
cannot make up return cargo there.
The United States Circuit Court, |
New York, has given a verdict Of |
$4,000 to q person for damages sustained |
while crossing the street, from stage |
The law is, that pedestrians have the
first right to crossings, and that drivers !
of vehicles must consult the safety and |
convenience Of the persons on foot
Drivers of vehicles should make q note
Of this fact, and not run persons down |
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