The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-05

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ton Of Gen. F. ?. Blair as Collector oi
Internal Revenue at St Louis
Chief Justice Chase will on no &C
count hold q term of the Supreme
Court in Virginia as long as martial
law prevails there, and the writ of ha-
beas corpus is not restored.
A hail storm which passed over
Natchez. Miss, on the 22d ult, played
I havoc with the panes Of glass in many
windows. One giazier received an or,
der to restore six hundred lights. Some
of the hail stones were three inches in
circumference.
The damage done TO the Chilian Gov
ernment by the bombsrdment Of Val
paraiso, is about one million dollars
to the French, British, and other for
eign citizens, fifteen millions. The
| United States interest was small. The
fire was put out in eighteen hours.
1000 balls and shells were fired In four
hours; one man and one woman were
killed, and four wounded IL Is un-
derstood that all other accessible ports
are to have their share, and that the
orders of the Spanish Commander are
TO do all the damage he can with the
force at his disposal
Count Castiglione was a passenger by
the Scotia, which arrived at New York
day before yesterday. He is on mis-
sion from the King of Italy.
The weather was cold enough at
Chicago on Tuesday night for the
formation of ice a quarter of an ich in
| thickness, and the prospects last night
were that it would be colder still. The
damage to the fruit crop, it is feared,
will be great Further northwest it
has been colder still, and at st. Paul
snow fell
Hon John Hogan, one of the Mis-
souri, Congressman, asserted in a speech
at st. Louis, on Tuesday night, that he
| had been informed by one of the Judges
of the United States Supreme Court,
that the Missouri preachers and law
yers test oath law was uncOnstitu-
tional. The decision will not be off.
ceally made public until next winter.
An order has been issued by the
| War Department directing that all per-
sons, where military authority exists,
shall be tried by the civil courts, when
| there are any, except officers, army
| followers, and offenders whose crimes
are especially provided against in mill
tary law
1t is said that bill is soon to be re-
| ported in Congress establishing week
| ly line of mail steamers to Europe,
with the rate of compensation based on
the probable postal receipts, and in no
case to exceed thens.
The Pittsburgh Gazette says that a
coal company has now piled, near
1 Honesdale in that State, $50, ,0OG tons
of coal-said to be the largest body of
coal ever collected in one heap on the
face Of the earth. it would require a
train over 200 miles in length TO re-
move the stock, or 100000 carts would
be needed, reaching in one continuous
line more than 1000 miles.
An attempt was recently made to
assassinate the Emperor of Russia. The
man who made it was a Russian land
owner of small means, who considered
himself injured by the emancipation of
the serfs. He discharged the pistol
within few feet of the Emperor, and
the shot would have probably taken
| effect, had not q peasant turned aside
| the assassin's arm. This peasant had
been ennobled. 1t is said that the En-
peror, with perfect presence of mind,
/ himself seized the culprit, asking him
quietly: 'What have | ever done to
you, that you should seek my life 2
The Dyersburg Gazette of the 2sth
says, last Wednesday a negro woman
was boiling soap, at the house of Mr..
Whitaker, in that county. The negro
woman was called from the soap a short
time. and when she returned little
daughter of Mr.. Whitaker was found
in the pot boiled to death. 1t is sup
posed that the child, aged about three
years, was playing around the boiling
pot and, by some mishap fell into 1t,
causing almost instant death.
The Gazette states also that the steam
saw mill of the Messrs. Stevens, Beau
mont & Co.'S cotton gin, Thomas livery
stable, and the lanyard buildings of
Richard Watson were destroyed by fire
last Friday evening. A strong wind
was blowing at the time, and the whole
town of Dyersburg was in iminent dan
ger.
The Memphis Argus of the sth says
we understand that as the mail'passen'
ger train passed COlliersVille yesterday
morning about eight o'clock, difficult
~ was brought on by the insuferable
insolence and impudence of the ne
groes on the train, which resulted final
ly in the killing OF a negro man.
A guard started from Memphis few
dave ago with three negro convicts to
be confined in the Penitentiary here
On the way the negroes jumped off the
train. One was shot and killed. the
others escaped.