Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-04-19
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.

Tho New York Herald processes 10 have BY
the last steamer from Southampton the following
iutellieonee in regard to the Gillian war: On the
the 18th of March an officer Of the Spanish ravy.
supposed 10 have been Rear Admiral Isquierdo,
left Southampton. with positive orders to lombard
Valparaiso. and then, Withdrawing 10 Montcvi-
dec. abandon as fruitlcss the war against the Al
lies A Chilean bearer Of dispatches left this city
on the nth inst. for Aspinwall bearing this i'm
portant intelligence to the CHILEAN authorities.
The Spanish despairing at their inability to con
tnue the war in the Pacific. and chagrined at the
repeated rcyerses with which their inadequate
navy has met have resorted to this treacheTous
and barbarous way Of ending the war which they
so foolishly began. The bombardment Of Val
paraiso as a measure Of mere revenge would be
not only barbarous and upolitic, but highly Grim
inal
Green, the murderer Of the cashier Of the
Maiden (Niass) Bank, whose case has been on trial
for two years or more was executed on Friday last.
Efforts made to save him, but the Governor
was memorable.
80 The project Of bridge across the Mississippi
river above the mouth Of the Missouri is being
agitated again in Congress. A commission TO ex-
amino and report is suggested.
Tho corner stone Of the monument to be
erected over the grave Of Stephen A. Douglas,
be laid some time during the month Of May or
June, and the trustees, having tho matter in
charge. have invited VIM. II. Seward. Secretary
Of State, 70 be the orator Of the occasion. in
ply Secretary Seward writes " / may inform you
that l should consider il an agreeable duty 10
accept this invitation, which does not exaggerate
the regard in which hold the memory Of Ste
phen A. Douglas. The last Of his days in Wash
ington were employed in consultation with
President Lincoln and myself in organizing the
resistance TO disunion. Unless two events which
are now mentioned should concur hereafter, /
could not expect 10 be able to assume the pro
posed duty at a time early as May or June:
First. my returning health must become more
distinctly established. Second, official duties
must become less exactng. At present ] am
prevented, therefore, from making a promise
which depends so materially upon the future for
its realization"
-Ex-Gov. Todd pronounces the use of his name
n a vice president Of the National johnson Club
unauthorized. 81
The following is an English papers estimate
Of the strength Of parties in Parliament, on the
Reform question, as presented in Mr.. Gladstone's
bill There are 367 Liberals. and Of these l6O de-
olared themselves for reform on the hastings, lG5
held their tongues on it, and forty-two satisfied
themselves simply as supporters OF Lord Palmer
ston There are 2S9 regular Conservatives and Of
these ninety-ive declared for some reform" The
proposed reform" is in regard to the extension
Of the franchise privilege, and the abolition Of
what are called rotten boroughs."
The disease which has been pronounced chol
era on the cmigrant ship England. lately arrived
q; Halifax, was wholly confined to the steerage
passengers The cabin passengers were entirely
free from Il.
The jury in the case of Dryden, one Of the
Judges removed by the vacation ordinance passed
by the Convention, vs. Gov. Fletcher and Others,
having failed TO agree on n verdict. were dis
charged Saturday.
- Both Houses Of Congress nave within the
past few days been the scene Of disgracefu per-
sona alterations between members. In the Sen
ate. Messrs. McDouFal and C0nness. the Senators
from California, collided. In the House, Messrs.
lngcrsoi and Eldridge were the disputants.
- A medical committee a. Chicago have had
under investigation the subject Of treehina, OF the
disease in hogs. They say that one in every fifty
hogs brought 20 that market has the disease, and
adds We must confess our surprise at arriving at
this result, which indicates, with little doubt the
startling fact that trichiniasis in pork is even more
common in this country than in Germany, where
it caused so much suffering and death. For in
stance. in the city Of Brunswick, where a most
careful inspection Of 1874 hogs made in the
years lS6i-j. only two were found to contain trich
ina in their nusccs-tho proportion being one to
10000 against one to fifty, as before stated in
country. The comparative immunity from dis
ease which our own people have enjoyed, un-
doubleday arises from our habit of cooking meat
before eating it, while in Germany it is eaten raw
by the poorer classes on account of the highprice
Of fuel.
Another disease among cattle said, however
not to be the rndor pest has broken out along the
line Of the Panama railroad.
The Old School Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, as shortly to assemble Mt ST. Louis. The
question Of reunion Of tho churches North and
South is expected to be one of the prominent
subjects Of discussion.
- The Brook street Methodist Episcopal church
ia Louisville. was sold on Tuesday 10 Bishop La
vaillc and viii be consecrated on next Sunday 10
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