The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-03
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NEWS SUMMARY.

The Indianola one of our best gun
boats was sunk last year just below
Vicksburg A letter from that place
written on the 18th ult, says: "About
three weeks ago party of some sixty
caulkers and carpenters, in charge of
Capt. Lanning U. S. N, came down
and commenced work on the wreck of
the iron-clad Indianols, with the as
sistance of our large crew. She is now
nearly ready for launching, having been
raised some seven feet, new hog chains
put in and newly caulked ready for
the water. They are now constructing
the ways on which to launch her, and
then as soon as the old Mississippi con-
cludes to rise we shall have another
new gunboat. The hull and machinery
are almost entirely uninjured, only the
upper works being burnt of, and with
very little additional expense she will
be as good as new. Capt Lanning de-
serves credit for the expeditions man
ner in which he has accomplished so
heavy a job. We understand he is to
take command of her when com
pleted"
The rebels have some forty good
steamboats, at Shreveport, La. The
Bailey dam near Alexandra, has been
of immense service to them during the
low water season.
In Paris there are at this moment no
fewer than $4,000 men who have no
other creed of religion than that of spir
itsna and it is really sad to witness the
rapid diffusion of faith built on such
senseless tenets 1t has its cToyants, its
priests, its affairs, &c, as well as its pa
pers, reviews, publications of all sorts,
editors and booksellers of its own, such
as NJ Ledoyen, Galerie d'Orleans, Palais
Royal
A special order has been issued by
the commander of the Post of Louis
vile, announcing that until further or
ders no passes will be granted citizens
wishing to visit Nashville, Tenn, by
way of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad.
The Boatswain's Whistle proposes the
following "What is worse than rain
ing pitchforks?" HaiIing omnibuses.
Sunset Cox is writing drama for the
Webb Sisters.
A Memphis letter to the Chicago
Tribune says:
Now that our State has been, by the
recent election, deprived of its Govern
or, some anxiety is felt in regard to his
successor, and it is understood that the
leaders of the Union party in West
Tennessee have had several informal
consultations with regard to the Military
Governorship OF the two men whose
claims have been considered, Maynard
and Brownlow,, the majority favor
Brownlow. All admit the eminent fit
ness, the statesmanlike ability, and the
undoubted patriotism of Mr.. Maynard |
but it is thought Mr. Brownlow will be
the most Thorough" in favoring the
loyal people, and in every possible
manner showing disfavor to rebel SIM
pathizers.
In an English town recently WELL
to-do young man wooed and won a
damsel fair, and the pair presented |
themselves for marriage Instead of |
answering yes to the usual questions,
the would be bridegroom jocularly re-
marked "Well, don't mind taking |
her month or SO on trial" The hor-
riied clergyman dropped his robes and
ran, and the joVial youth was obliged |
to go unwed.
A Maine officer recently applied for |
a furlough, stating that if was not !
granted he should lose fifty thousand |
dollars. He said he was engaged to a
young lady worth fifty thousand dol
lars; that there was another fellow
after her, and that she had written to
him that if he did not come and marry |
her right away, she would have the
other man He got his furlough.
The Commissioner of the General |
Land Office, is in receipt of letter from |
the Surveyor General of Washington |
Territory, giving information of the dis
covery of gold on Chehales River, Grey |
Harbor, Washington Territory He |
says:
81 find gold in quantities over the |
surface of some twenty or thirty acres,
that has undoubtedly been washed !
there from the channel that enters the |
Harbor | regard it as evident that |
good places for digging and quartz ex
ist in the Olympia range of mountains, |
upon streams emptying into the Bay /
from the north. A company are now /
making arrangements for working the |
mines. 1t is also reported that gold |
has been found in paying quantities on
stream emptying into Discovery Bay, |
about fifteen miles In the rear OF Port |
Loan"
The War Department has issued |
orders that all enlisted men, at the ex
piration of their term Of service, must /
be mustered and paid on the muster
out rolls, and not on the statements Of |
regimental officers only The excep-
tions are men discharged by special
order for disability, or discharged in
hospitals on the expiration Of their
term of service, as unable to travel
The minimum standard Of the heights
for recruits for the volunteer service,
has been fixed by the Secretary Of War
at FIVE feet three inches, as heretofore
established.
The Navy Department has ordered
volunteer Lieutenant g. u D. Patter-
son, and Master L. Bartholomew, TO