Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Thecholera has appeared in ell the oil regions
Of West Virginia, and at some places Is raging
with unusual fatality. a. &
New York has twenty-five or more ferries
which carry daily about two hundred and eighty
thousand people. =,
The LEGISLATURE Of North Carolina, on the zoth
ult.. elected NJ. E. Manley, United States Sena-
tor. He was Judge of the Supreme Court under
the Southern Confederacy.
Calhoun Benham, formerly United States DIS
trict Attorney for California, took the amnesty
oath. before the United States Court at Louis
vile. on the 18th ult
. Clement C. Clay. accompanied by his wife, ar
rived Al Fortress Monroe on the 18th ult.. and
shortly after his arrival he called on JET DAVIS.
The meeting was most cordial. zee
Itisremarked by produce dealers that the po-
tato crop this year is peculiarly subject to dry
rot, so that great caution is observed IN making
purchases.
A destructive fire occurred at Eufaula' Ala''
on the night Of the 9th ut, destroying iron. 'en
70 twelve stores and the ews office. Loss rom
100000 to $4,000.
A dispatch BY the Atlantic cable dated Duoiih'
Nov. @, says: The British officials .throughou'
ireland continue to make arrests OF persons sup
posed 10 be interested IN the Fenian movement
Printed copies of the Presidents message are
to be sent in advance to the Postmasters OF the
principal cities. and win be handed to the news
papers for publication on the day 1t Is sent 10
Congress. #a
Itkas been estimated that from twelve to nj
teen million dollars in gold dust has passed et.
Joseph, Missouri, during the past year, in the
hands Of miners and Others, coming from the
mining regions Of Montana, Colorado and Idaho
Hon. Andrew Hunter, Of Dumas county, the
present President of the Arkansas State Senate,
was elected United States Senator for the long
term on the 9th ult. The vote on joint ballot
stood: Hunter forty-eight; English. thirty
eight; Stevenson. SIX Tibbets, one.
A Baltimore dispatch says it is rumored that
Reverdy johnson viii take a seat in the Cabinet
and that the Democrats will elect Governor
Swami to the unexpired term Of two years in the
United States Senate, reserving the full six
years term for straight out Eastern Shore
Democrat.
ntwss not Lient Gen. A. P. Stuart, tslewart,)
as reported b. telegraph, but Gen. George Ii.
Stuart, Of Nd, late Major General in the Con-
Sederate seryiae who was pardoned BY the Pres
ident on the oath ult. His pardon was recon-
mended by Gen Grant Ithe Attorney General,
and a number Of prominent army officers.
The Democracy of Bracken co unity, Kentucky
have recommended Hon. r. II. Stanton, Of Ma
son county as the Democratic candidate for
Governor at thenext election. and suggest that
the Democratic State Convention be held at
Frankfort on the 25i of February, 1867.
Paris dispatch Of November %, says Maxi
milan is expected to arrive there early in De-
eember. 1t is also announced that the illness Of
the Empress CarlOtta has assumed serious
aspect and fears are entertained thatit will soon
prove fatal.
London dispatch Of November q, says the
American residents in the city gave banquet as
an observance Of their national thanksgiving.
There was quite a large attendance. and after APP
propriate. religious ceremonies the customary
.edibles incident to an American thanksgiving
dinner, we're heartily discussed, and patriotic
speeches were made most Of which referred, in
fitting terms to the great feature Of their native
land under blessings Of peace.
The annual conference Of the Methodist Epis-
oopal Church in session at Norfolk. Va, has
-ooncurred in the recommendations Of the gene
raj conference respecting the change Of the
name Of the church. whereby the word
South is dropped, and in the question of adj
mission of lay representation into the council Of
tie annual and general conferences.