The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-08
By Telegraph
NIGHT DISPATCHES
FIRE In CAIRO.
Confession OF PFObSt.
Congressional.
FIRE In CAIRO.
Confession or PFObSt.
Congressional.
More About Cholera.

CAIRO, May THE wholesale grocery Of
Miller, Grotten & Co., on Ohio Levee, and
twelve other buildings occupied as clothing
stores and saloons, burned this morning.
Loss estimated at SI0O,000; insured for
about SOS, 900.
PHILADELPHIA, May THE Evening
Telegraph publises the confession Of ProbsI.
After describing the murder Of the boy, he
says: '"The sight Of the blood Of the boy
produced in me a devilish and bloodthirsty
feeling, and l determined at once to murder
the whole family" He disposed Of the boy
as described before, and then deliberately
walked over to the house, entered and told
Charles, the little boy next in years to Viii
lie, who was absent, he wanted him to help
him to do some work in the barn. The
little fellow followed him, and as soon as he
got him inside the barn door, he despatched
the boy.
He then went back to the house and told
Mrs. Deering that there was something the
matter with one of the cows, and he wanted
her 10 come to the barn. She went, and he
followed as soon as she entered the barn
he struck her on the head and killed her.
He then went TO the house, and brought the
children, one at q lime, and taking them in
side the barn, dispatched them one by one,
with the same axe. In each case he cut
their throats, and placed their bodies in the
corn crib Just in the position in which they
were found. He then covered their bodies
up, and proceeded to wipe out all evidence
of his guils. He then went back TO the
house and awaited the arrival Of Mr.. Deer
ing, not expecting that Miss Dolan would
accompany him. As soon as Mr.. Deering
arrived in the carriage he got out, and
PrObst told him something was wrong with
ona nf nd ~ AH n
to tie barn with him. MIR. Deering went
along with me, and Miss DOlan went into
the hvuse and took of her bonnet and furs.
Mr.. Deering did not even take off his
gloves before going to the barn but pro-
ceeded there at once, followed by Probst,
who had the axe concealed ready for use.
SO coon as Mr.. Deerng entered the door,
Probst states that he struck him on the
head and felled him to the earth, and then
chopped at his neck with the edge of the
axe. Miss Dolan was the next and last vic
tim She proceeded to the barn, after COM
ing down stairs and not finding any of the
family in the house. ProbsJ, who was in
waiting tor her, shouted to her as he had
done the rest of the family.
After laying out the bodies and covering
ing them up with hay, he went into the
house and commenced searching for Valua-
bles. He says he got no money, but ex-
pected to secure a considerable amount.
Ho states that Miss Dolan's pocketbook had
very little in il. He saw nothing whatever
of $3.50 compound interest bearing notes,
and the twenty dollar bill of the same char
acter, that are missing. He states that he
would have confessed to the murders before,
but he feared that if he did he would be
torn to pieces by mob.
WAsHINGToE, May Mr.. Julian offered
a resolution instructing the Judiciary Com
mittee to report bill providing that here
aftei the elective franchise shall not be
denied or abridged to any OF the Territories
of the United States on account Of race or
color; and providing further, and thereby
giving notice of the fact, that hencef rth
no State which the people of any of the said
Territories may organize, shall be admitted
into the Union, whose Constitution shall
sanction such denial or abridgment of the
elective franchise.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Wilson the reso-
luton was modified so as simply to instruct
the Judiciary Committee to inquire Into the
proprIety of reporting such bill. Resolu-
ton adopted.
Mr.. Smith offered a resolution, which was
adopted, calling for information from the
Cabinet Ministers in reference to the num-
Der of clerks holding Offices under them
from the different States, ETC., specifying
those who had been in the Union and Con-
federate armies, and stating by whom the
latter had been recommended.
MIR. Wilkes introduced bill to annul the
34th article of the Declaration of Rights oil
the State of Maryland so far az it applies to
the District of Columbia. 1t was read and
referred to the Committee on Districts.
Mr. Lawrence, Of Ohio, offered a resOlu-
| ~. soh aIo I,
Committee on Agriculture to inquire into
| the expediency of removing the Department
| Of Agriculture to one of the Eastern States
The Committee on Ways and Means have
added the following articles to the fee list
| of the amen0atory tax bill: Candle wick
| ing, deer skins, dressed or smoked, flavor
| ing extracts solely for cooking purposes
paintings and statuary, horse-rakes, har-
| ness, warp used for braiding and manufsc
| turing purposes, paper, strainers, colors
| csustic and crude soda, alumina tin, sodl
Yeast powders, and railroad iron. The Com
| mittee restored the tax on gold watches anC
| gold and silver plate, and leave the tax OF
| Express companies at per cent. Broker
sales and contracts for merchandise and pro
duce are exempted from tax.
NEW YORK, May THE Savannah Her
aid of the Sd says the trial of James W
Duncan, for cruelty to Federal prisoners a
Andersonville, has been brought to q close
and the Commissioners determined tn
findings and sentence, but decline publish
ing the decision until approved by tn
President.
A report from the hospital ship to-da
state one new case of cholera received Sat
urday and five yesterday, from the stesme
Virginia. There are now III cases in tn
| hospital