Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-11-29

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NEWS OF THE DAY,

in that city are behaving very badly.
- The Georgia House has passed . bill prohibit
ing railroad trains and STEAMBOATS, running on
Sunday.
Colonel St. Leger Greenfels according to a
EeB Orleans paper, SIS suffering exerueiating
hardshiPs" at the Dry Tortugas.
Gov. Fletcher, It is understood, has under con-
temptation the declaration of martial law in
several counties in Missouri.
Illinois furnished the government during the
war 256 297 men. Her militia force now number
S5i, Sal men. .-.- ..--.-.. ..........s i3b ar-@
Southern gentlemen are leaving Washington
with the conviction thai the President win not
issue a new amnesty proclamation at present.
A Cincinnati policeman, who passed Of his
mistress for his wife upon q virtuOus landlady,
WAS horse shipped By the latter on MOndayo y
The GOvernmsnt has in its Treasury about
slO00OQOO0 in gold and coin certificates, about
S22.0 100000 ofthe latter
The Upper Mississippi is reported closed at
Hastings BY an ice-gorge and boats between Da-
Tenport and Dubuque have stopped running for
the season.
The President has completed bis message. and
in all probability copies will be forwarded to the
leading Journals, to be printed simultaneously
with the reading in Congress. fi-a ri
Adviees from the Upper Missouri say the In
dams are becoming Troublesome again. Several
Msckinaw boats containiag miners from Mon
stana. have recently been attacked, and some Of
the passengers killed.
A FIRE occurred Ia Selma, Alabama, on Sunday
night. destroying al buildings on the north side
Of Wafer street. between Washington and Broad.
and number on the east side Of Broad street,
near Water. Loss estimated at slo0,000.
-. ~. -. r. c.,
Sherman's staff. and author of the Story Ofthe
Great AIarch. is recommended BY General sher
man and numesons influential friends for the
position of Secretary Of Legation at Paris.
The Washington papers warn people not to
visit that city in search Of employment. There
are already twenty thousand more freedmen
there than can be employed, besides host Of po-
Iitical and other vagrants, for whom there il no
work, even If they wantedit u ~ u El
The Reading Pa Dispatch, ia announcing
the appearance Of a new counterfeit one dollar
ereenback, says: "T'hey may, however. be
known BY the Yignetts. Of Chief Justice Chase,
which is much darker and contains more wrin-
kles than the genuine" .a'
q Madame Ristoi VIII appear 10 Washington
December "a, Tho Richmond Enquirer states
that an effort is now milking to secure per-
fornances By Madame Ristori in Richmond, for
few nights. and, in fact, that sufficient numr
Der Of tickets have already been sold to secure
her appearance there. .--...s r
The longest dispatch yet transmitted over the
Atlantic cable was sent on Monday by 4 govern
ment Official Of the United States to one Of the
Ministers Of this country on the continent Of
Europe. Il contained over five thousand words
The 'Oficial was Of course, Mr.. Seward; and
tSeMinister Mr.. Biyelow, at Paris. --ls.
A statement has been published that the Presi-
dent has given 10 Mrs Thompson permission for
her Husband, Jacob Thompson, to return home
This. Il is announced. is untrue. He positively
refused TO give such permission, but said that
Thompson must take the Consequences Of return
ingas wellas other prominent rebels stll abroad.
Minister Romero. Of the Mexican legation. is |
fully confident that there win be no Unnecessary
delay IN the Witbdrawal of the French trosps
from Mexico. lie does not place much faith in
Napoleon's request for more time, and declares
that Junrez will be es, ablished in the city Of
Mexico by the first or middle Of January. 3
At the town election in Hartford. Connecticut.
Monday the Republicans elected their entire
ticket by majorities ranging from thirty-fOur TO
one hundred AID ssveuiy-six. Allyn S. Still
we'll Republican eandidate for SelectInan. re-
eeiyed the highest majority. Thevot vas light
on both sides. s.' t.T
The following are the Official figures Of the
Iowa election: For Secretary Of State Edward
Wright, Republican, 9i.227; S. G. Van Aida
Democrat. 55.6l5. wrights majority. IS, 40, As
several hundred votes cast for 3. D. Wright.
though unquestionably intended for Edward
Wright, were thrown out by the State Canvass
erE. Wnghts majority does rot represent the
full Republicans majority on the State tieket
CFflaa 4ha nor,trhff.,n candidate for Eu~
Court Reporter. had majority Of 87.sS6.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says il has
Observation-Disclosures from Washington that Thad
deus Stevens has called a caucus Of the Repub-
sican members Of Congress 10 meet on Thursday |
to bring about concert of action fer the imPesch
ment Of the President aert -.l"i l
Jane Cole and Richard Doyle are on trial in |
Chicago for perjury. Mr.. Colelcft home ca busi- |
ness q couple Of months ago to be absent four
weeks. As soon as be was gone his wife JaBe |
applied for divorce on the ground Of deseTtioa.
and produced Doyle as a witness. The divorce
was granted. aud when Cole returned he found /
his wife married to Doyle He now prosecutest
both for perjury and conspiracy ~ a 81
The message Of Gov. Orr was laid before the
South Carolina Legislature on the 9th inst. It
takes a gloomy view Of the present condition of I
Affairs, and attributes the depression Of agri-
caltare and business in the State to the ifs Of
her eonquerers. ard argues that the white peo-
pie should be stimulated 70 work by taking to
labor which is honorable He concludes by re-
ferring TO the constitutional amendment. which
hesays neither thointcrest nor honor oft state
viii allow her to satify. iE1, A-e s.-t |
combination cor the prosecution Of claims
against the government between claim agents |
and clerks in the departments having charge of |
claims for officers back pay, has been discovered
at Washington. It is charged that these clerks, |
who have access 10 the muster-rolls Of the army |
select the names Of officers entitled to arrears Of
pay, and cause such officers to be netihed Of the |
facts, At the same time suggesting the namo Of |
claim agent for them. 1t is supposed the clerks /
share the profits secured by the agents in this
way. - :. :. - n VA
THE Chamber Of Life Insurance in New
York on the Esd inst, resolved that the
people ought to beprOtec,ed as efectually J
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