The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-14
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NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Horrible AtrOeliY in Western
Massachusetts,.
Great Fire In New York.
BaFnum's Museum Destroyed.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Great Fire in New York.
Barnum's Museum Destroyed.
HEAVY sWIndle.

EEw YoRK, July l3.-Goll is frmer, IL
bulls buying freely, aud cash gold is beeOm
ing scaTeer. Bankers are paying IL pc
cent. on day lolns to cover their short con
tracts. The regular demand is light, th
quotations opening at l42, going upio 1879
and down to l42.
BOsroN, July ia child nsmcd Aiieu
Buras, who attended picnic in Weston
yesterday, was seduesd away IRON hi
young eompaui ms and brutality rsyished BY
three rufhaus, from Il to % years of age
The scoundrels have been arre.ted. Alice
after the preparation Of the horrible act
was discovered by her friends in perfectly
insensibls state. She still remains in a very
critical coalition.
HARTFORD, Cow, July IS.-The Connec-
ticut Legislature has just passed q bill com
polling railroads in this State not to abolish
the commutation system, nor increase the
rate Of eommutors' fares in greater rates
than their increase was as they exist on the
Ist Of July.
DETRoIF, July I8.-The reports of the
Trsnsit Committee were taken up. PrOsser
withdrew his report, and moved to add to.
the report Of the majority, a resolution ask
ing the Governor Of New York, to recon-
mend to the I4egi stature an enlargement Of
the locks in the Canals of that State. The
resolution was agreed TO.
Mr.. Mitchell offered a substitute to the
canal which was demsnded, but under the
present eonditi Of the National finances
cannot ask for its construction BY the Gen
eral Government.
This was laid on the table by SO to 50.
Mr.. Kennedy moved 10 amend the reso-
luton by striking cut the words "unlil ne
eessitie'." This was agreed to.
{ Mr.. Littlejohn's resolution, as amended,
passed l2s to p.
NEw YORK, July Is.--A Ere broke out at
noon in BaInum's Museum, extending rap
idly to the adjoining buildings on Broadway.
Fulton street Museum was totally destroyed.
No. u, 80. IA, No. 16, aud No IsAnn street,
occupied By various parties, including Don
ahone's store, Groats's Restaurant, French 4
Wheat and Dick & Fitzgerald, bankers, and
others were burned. No. 2l6 BrosdEay, oc-
eupied BY White, halter, and Van Manus,
restaurant, was destroyed. No. 2I4 Broad
way, occupied by Rogers & Raymond,
Reeves, billiard saloon, was con-
sumed- No. 2l2 Broadway, occupied by
Knox, halter, and others, was destroyed
The fremen were in force and the flames
were here stayed.
No one was injured. The loss is said TO be
Dne million dollars, on which there is half
d million insurance.
The FIRE originated over a boiler in the |
Museum basement.
An extensive fraud has just been discov- |
sred in the shape Of forged Cook & Co.
Bonds. $4,000 bogus scrip has been nego-
lated. A fellow named Kennedy has been
lrrested, having been detected in swindling.
banks have been Yictimized by
lin.
The State Sanitary Fair, at Milwaukee,
losed tonight. The total cash receipts are
yer 100000.
DETROIT, July 12.-Mr. Lyman Tremain,
rom the Finance COMMITTEES, by consent
report on matters referred 10
be committee. The resolutions reported
re as follows, and were adopted unani-
lOusly:
That it be recommended to the Govern
lent that in any future adjustment of Ia
ifs and internal revenue, burdens of taxa
ion, direct and indirect, may be made to
al as far as possible on the vices aud luxu-
les OF the people, thus relieving the labor
lg and industrial CLASSES: That we ae-
nOwledge the nationsl debt as peeuniary
litigation most sacred in its character.
The convention declares its conviction
nat all sacrifices viii be ehserfully borne
hat may be necessary TO maintain the
redit unimpesebed, at all times and under
Il circumstances, and that every dollar Of
lch debt, principal and interest, can and
ill be discharged without retardiDg in the
Iighlest degree the onward progress of the
alton in the career Of prosperity, great
ess and CORY. The debate on the reeipro-
ity was continued until adjournment, to be
ssumed tomorrow at 10 o'clock, An