The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-08

Tor q q a cents. Sugar and molasses dul
Freight unchanged. Checks in New Yer
~ diseount.
The Galveston Bulletin says yellow fevs
IS prevaiiing to a e~onsideraBle extont i
Havauna. The proportion Of deaths Is great
erthaa usual
The army worm Is thresteaing the ertir
destruction Of eo.sOn IN Wharton county
Texas.
The Tines Austin Correspondent an
nounces jeflnf caviar,
there from Shreveport. The Old Flsg wa
raised To- tae FIRST time in four years at III
stat Cspitol amid great rejoicing.
NV HORE, Aug. The Heraid's soatl
Carolina correspondent Gays; Movement
indicate that it is The intention Of he Ma
honal Government 10 keep some check for,
season yei, on the natural secession and 70
bellious efforts Of the chivalry ofthat State
G rria0ns have been placed in aIl The prin.
eiplc interior towns, and much 10 the disgus
Of the palmetto artist esscy, these post de
t~aehmeats, tos large extent, are colo %
troops.
NV ioRE, Aug. u 1t viii be remember
ed'that previous to the eaptare OF Richmond
propositions we're made thst a considerable,
smounto Of money should be- raised and de.
PoAiied with General Grant, for p-ressntatior
to the national soldiers who should first re.
place The glorious old ensign ofths republic
over hat city. In the then contemplate
assault Of the latter, however, was no. pros
ecuted 70 the exieat designed, and only
$a6o were raised. IN consideration Of this
fact, Gen. Grant decided TO divide the mon.
ey among the three soldiers most eonspiou-
oas for gallsntry in the first assault on Pc.
t~eTsburg, and on Richmond. On recon-
~mendatiOn Of their corps commanders, he
has awarded It to the following brave men,
and addressed each Of them an autograph
letter to that effect: serg'tD David ". Young
Of the PEN. regiment, sixth corps
serg't ThOs. MeGrav, 2sd Ind. Inft., oath
corps and Corporal Jacob R. Thicker, 4th
Ind. InA 5th corps.
New YoRE, Aug. The Times Wash
ington special says that another important
whisky case is before the Secretary of the
Treasury, involving several hundred thou
sand dollars worth of property. The pc
tiiioner Tor relief in this case is one Espy. Of
Northern Ohio, whose distillery and a large
amount Of whisky has been seized BY the
Government, fer violation Of Internal Rev
sEue laws. The principles involved are the
same to some extent as those decided last
week in the sturgss high wines cases. A
decision viii be rendered in the Espy,
case about the middle of the week.
C~IScIENATI, Aug. IA young man named
Irwin brutal Y mu dered his father and
At Durristown, near Hamilton, Ohio.
FoRTRsss MoSaoE, Aug. 7.-Elriek's cot
factory at Petersburg, Va, was dest OF
by Gre last Thursday. Loss 500, geo;
insured for $4,000. Tnree hundred hands
OFT Of employment.
NFw YORK, Aug. THE Fortress Monroe
correspondent Of the Petersburg Index Gays
JET Davis and c.. c. Clay accidentally met
the frst time since their c ndnsnent, n
evenings ago, o. the ramparts Of For
.ress Monroe. 1t has been customary 70
have them promenade at different hours,
but this time BY some error they we're out
1t the same time. Mr.. Clay extended his
hand, saying he presumed they would be
to shake hands if not converse.
There being no objections BY the officers.
they elasped hands but no word was ut
Tered.
NEw YoRK, Aug. 7-GoId dull, firm and
lower. Quotations for . pos at London has
the downward tendency. A con
siderable amount of specie is sent south to
purchase produce. The Commercial Adver
Gays the amount has averaged enc
per week. Silver sells at sole per
cent below gold.
The STEAMER S R. spaulding brings sa.
dates TO the Ssth. The Saw nnsh
Hera d has the following items: Orders
have been received to music out The 27th
N. Y, 9Th Conn, 18th Ind, and the 2sth
Mass. The 2sth Iowa left for Baltimore on
the ID.
Capt Custer arrived in Savannah from
Augusta on the goth ult.. in charge ofS3O~
600 in silver, and $4,000 in gola, said to
have been scattered by JEFF Davis upon his
flight near his residence.
Augusta papers contain the f-uowing-
General eteedman has suppressed the Macon
Journal, and Messenger fer disloyal Ian
guage. The Augusta Transcript is published
BY Jas. Welles. A paper in Albany, N. y.
was also suspended a day or two for publish
ing a communicated obituary notice Of areb-
Ell soldier.
A portion Of the Isl Ohio Cavalry, under
the influence oflquOr, has robbed and de-
goods in Florence, s. C., valued at
$4,000.
NEv YoRE, Aug. 1.-The Commercials
Montreal special says that John A. surrait
has been in Canada for a long tine, aud is
now secrsted near Montreal. It's believed
he is harborsd by secession sympathisers,
who bee, me indignant At the execution Of
his mother. Several Canadian detectives
are on the alert for hiri. Saunders e worn
oct, and Tucker is psupsring 10 leave Mon
tresl, owing to a back o. funds.
MEwPHIs, July cameron elected Rep
resentativs for shelby county; Freeman
elected fcr Haywood eourty; Nswbern elect
ed S nator for Haywood district; Aldridgo.
elected from MeNsiry.
For consrsss, Seventh Distrsct Ether
i6ge reported elected.
Eighth District not all heard from. The
contest Is between saup5srs and Lsfwich.
A great many counties held my election.