Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-08
ITEMs or GGNERAL NEWs.

Gold closed in New j ork yesterday az l415I
in delayed cable dispatch from London, da
ted Aug. . 81 Sc stated that the peace conference
10 be held al Prague. The preliminaries thereto
rs agreed upon, are as follows: Austria is tC
withdraw from the German Confederation, and i
to lose Nenetia and her part Of Schleswig- Hol-
stein. and also 10 pay ten million dollars 10 hei
adversaries as expenses Of the war The German
States north ef the Main are % form union IN
der the guidance Of Prussia. The German States
south Of the Main are to form an independent
union.
The italian patriot. GlEIyI query MAzz1xI.
"a dead
- Cardinal ASToyELLI is again reported to be
sick. and e was believed he would shortly retire
from public Affairs
w. NJ. RoBEETs has been appointed by the
War Department. Engineer. in charge Of the con
iomplated Ohio river Improvement. he is cH-
pected at Pittsburg in a few days 70 commence
operations.
= The National Union Executive Committee
announce that they have applied to the railroad
companies for a reduction Of fare to the Philadel-
phia Convention. and that all the roads South
have agreed to the request. Many Of the West
ern roads and some Of those in New York and
Pennsylvania have also consented to the arrange
ment
-Messrs. 2oBINsoN CLARK. Of Boston. have
patented a steam car for street railroads the pc
culiar advantages Of which arc az follows. The
ear has the appearance Of the ordinary horse
cars upon the street differing only in length ard
IN double truck. No part Of the engine is visible
save the end Of the smokc-stack through the top
of ho car. The great point in relation TO the en-
ginc is the addition Of an exhaust cylinder Of the
same size and general construction With the mo
tive cylinder. The steam passes from the boiler
ID the motive cylinder from thence 10 the exhaust
cylinder Ia which IL is mixed wi th water and It's
power greatly destroyed; and from the exhaust
cylinder IL passes into a water-tank and there is
siiI further condensed. so far that there is the
smallest possible residue 10 pass into the pit
and fre-box. The boiler is connected with the
tank. and the water is taken fiom that into the
boiler. SO TINT the same water is used over and
over again, with very little waste. The great
poin. gained here is this-thore is no escape Of
steam into the air and the engine is noiseloss in
iis operations. In addition 10 this smoke, and
gas-hurnor VIII be used, 50 that comparatively no
smoke viii escape from the engine into the street.
- The statement Of the public debt on the lst Of
August. 1866, is just out. Tho whole amount Of
debt has been diminished since June ], by $S7 49,
o3l II. Within the same period the debt bearing
coin interest has increased SO SOC. 30 The debt
bearing currency interest has decreased 1885,
225 81 The matured debt not presented for pay
ment has decreased by ss.5s2.556 u. The increase
in the amount Of coin and currency in the Treasu-
rs, since June lst, is S7.695,2i9 81.
Prof T. II. sAFFoRD. director Of the great
equatorial telescope on the Chicago Observatory,
has been elected associate Of the Royal Astron-
omical Society Of London, a distinction which is
hold at Ia rtr.asr,f TINA Inv ovTrr fbrao cthor
American Professors GoULD, PEARcE
and BACHE.
A dispatch from Mammoth Cave, dated
Thursday. August 2 says two young men belong
Ing to a party visiting the Mammoth Cave. yes
torday, were lost at 10 a. n, and up to this time
have not been found. II is feared they fell down
n steep bank noarwhich they were last seen.
- II is said that Lord BRoUGHAN. in his young
or days. being pressed for money, prevailed upon
Mr.. JErTnEY, then editor Of the Edinburgh Re-
ricir, 20 advance him thousand pounds, which
be was 10 repay In contributions to that periodi-
cal. He was as good as his word. and actually
within six months wrote the whole Of two sue
oessve issues, or one entire volume. The articles
covered a wide variety Of subjects, and ranged
from an elaborate treatise on tho political econo-
my Of ancient Greece to e comprehensive re-
view. on seven closely printed pages. Of the state
of lthotomy M that time.
- The Richmond Board Of Trade have purchas-
ed an easy chair for JEFF DAVIS.
~ Washington dispatches give q list Of claim
agents who, By order, have been excluded from
doing business at tho second Auditors officer
The namo of W. W. INGERsoLL, Nashville. Ten
ncssee. appears. II is taken from the New York
TribuHc Of August 9Th.
Mr.. DAVIS counsel are preparing denial Of
the late report of the Judiciary Committee Of the
House. involving DAVIS in completely with the
plot 10 assazsinato tho late President LINCOLN and