Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-18
IrE5ss OF GENERAL NEWS.


- Cola closed in New York yesterday at 1501k.
R. b. CARPEvrER is announced as a candidate
for Congress in the 9th District Of Kentucky vice
GREEN CLAY SMITH resigned
- The time Of the meeting Of the Kentucky
Conference Of the ". z. Church South, at Win
chester, has been changed to.October ., by Bishop
DoeGETT.
If there remained any uncertainty 10 the
public mind as to the reliability Of the Atlantic
cable IL must be dispeIcd by the fact that every
morning now the journals contain news from Eu-
rope up to the evening previous. The dispatches
are looked for as regularly as those from New
York.
- The sale Of melons and egcumbers has been
suppressed all over the city Of ST. Louis. There
is something os panic in the northern part Of
the city 10 regard to the cholera, but The panic is
now subsiding.
90 The indianapolis correspo Of the Louis
vile Democrat says: THE negroes Of this city
have formed an cqual-rights association, demand
ing all the rights and privileges Of white citizens,
including suffrage and free access TO the common
schools. They have formed a battalion, consist
ing Of about three hundred, which has military
drills at night commanded By one Of their num-
ber who has been in the service They say the
object Of drilling is 10 prepare for the next war,
and the Republican leaders threaten war within
two months. The organization extends over the
State"
90 considerable sensation has been created in
mechanic circles by the recent discovery Of ROB-
ERT HEyEAGE Of Buffalo. that sheet iron will
serve for betting in place ofleather or rubber
The Richmond DisDatch says engineer is
about to examine the Dutch Gap canal which was
dug under the orders Of Generl BUTLER, with
T. - e $500 . ~. - l.
through.
Philadelphia SPECTATORS in anticipation Of
cholera. bought up ell the chloride Of lime in the
city, which they ore now anxious 10 sell at a dis
count.
There Is a young Baptist clergyman at Sara
toga, New York. the Rev Mr.. FRosT, who is Great
ing quite a sensation and promises in time to
become q second STURGEON OF BEEcHER. He is G
feet 4 inches in height, stout 10 proportion, and
weighs some 300 pounds. He has a voice like
FoRREsr. the actor. only much deeper and more
resonant. This clerical giant is a man Of prOdi-
gi0us strength, and the Saratoga sporting who
have seen him say that had he taken to pugilism
MoRRrssEY would have been an infant in his
hands.
A St. Adams paper chronicles the arrival in
that town Of Generals SWEENEY and SPEAR. who
have gone there Il is supposed for trial on the in
dictments for breaking the neutrality laws.
The salary Of the newly appointed Chief
Baron Of the Exchequer in England is $4,000
year. The other Judges have $4,000 each, with
the exception Of The Lord Chief Justice who has
$4,000 year. The Chief Justice Of the Common
Pleas has $4,000 year.
-DELAyE. who expected 10 walk across
the Niagara river this summer and perform all
kinds Of impossible icats with wings. rs a substi-
Il l.. Z. 4 "a q.
said. and concluded not 20 walk at all.
General EonERT L. LEE is not writing his
tory Of his campaigns for publication as has been
reported, but he will publish in November n new
edition Of Memoirs ofthe War in he Southern De-
portncnt al tle United States, by Colonel HENRy
LEE, Il was originally published in 1909 and
again in 1898, but copies are very rare General
LEE viii add a biography Of his father, Colonel
LEE and much new and important matter
- Lieutenant General SHERMAN publicly stated
In st. Louis that he would not attend any soldiers
meeting Of a political character. II says that ho
Is always glad 10 meet any Of his old comrades In
arms but not as politicians. and does not deem il
consistent with his present duties and responsible
tics 20 participate in the political contest now in
progress.
An aged lady. Miss BADGER. living near At
lanta. was brutally maltreated by negro few
days ago. After smothering her in q sheet he
dragged her by the hair around the yard, and
stamped her tin she was insensiblc. Her house
was then thoroughly pllaged by the miscreant.
A method Of rendering nitro-glyccrine non
explosive without permanently destroying its
properties has just been discovered. Il is not
unlike Mr. GALEs method Of mixing Funpowdcr
with powdered glass. and consists simply in mix
ing the nitro-g lycerine with mcthylic alcohol or
wood-nnphthu. So long ms the two substances re-
main together She compound is perfectly iunocu-
Gus and n0n-cxplosivc. when the nitro -glyoe-
rino is required for use, 1t is separated by wash
ing the mixture in water by which tho naptha is
set free.
- An extract from the official military rcport Of
the late riots in New Orleans puts down the total
number known 10 be killed at So; severely
wounded. As slightly 9s
- Sixty-oight deaths from cholera were rr-
ported ia Cincinnati, on Thursday. Eleven
cases and six deaths from cholera report
ed In the city Of New York. and eleven cases
and seven deaths in Brooklyn, on Thursday.
One hundred and forty-onc cases Of cholcru
repaired for the twcnty-four hours ending on the
noon Of Thursday, in st. Louis Finy-two proved
fatal Forty four deaths from cholera for twenty
four hours ending o'clock Thursday morning, in
Now Orlpanu