Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-21

select committee ON free schools IN the Dis
trict of Columbia: Messrs. Stevens, of Pa,
Patterson, of New Hampshire, Welker, of
Ohio. Boutwell,, Of Massachusetts, Mo0lten,
Of HlinOis, Ashley. of Missouri
Mr.. Julian, of Indiana, offered resOin-
ton which was agreed to, instructing The
committee on direct taxes and abandoned
lands, to inquire whether any officer of the
government, or any person who served in
the late rebellious States, had hinder
ed or obstructed the act for the disposal OF
public lands, for homesteads to actual set
leEs, TO either white or colered, to receive
land under the Law, or have been wfonfTilly
prevented from enjoying themselves thereat.
On motion of Mr.. Spalding, of Ohio, the
Ways and Means Committee was instructed
to inquire into the expediency Of exempt
ing from tariff duties, timber for ship build
ing and fire wood for steamers navigating
the Northern lakes and rivers, when inn
ported by the parties using them for such
purposes.
Mr.. Lawrence offered resolution, which
was adopted, directing the Secretary Of the
Navy to report in what newspapers he has
ordered advertisements to be inserted, and
what orders he has given for withdrawing
advertisements from newspapers, and the
reason therefor.
The House then adjourned.
...l $500 = IL p
FrightfuI caIamiIy-FOarteen Persons
SmOfhered 10 Deafh-A Sleeping In-
FAINT Found on lis Mothers Breast.
Special Dispatch to the Louisville Courier.
MEMPHIS, Dec ia four story stone
| building, on Madison street, known as
| SpechPs confectionery and refreshmeut
| saloon, took fire from an unknown cause
early this morning, and before it could be
entered by the police and 6remen fourteen
persons we're smothered to death. They
were sleeping in the upper stories, and SC
dense was the smoke they could not escape
but by the windows. One man jumped
from fourth story window and was killed
One singular feature is that babe of six
weeks was found alive and uninjured on
the breast Of iis dead mother.
The fire was speedily extinguished afleI
the arrival Of the firemen, and the build
ing was not greatly damaged. The fire
originated in the lower portion.
The following persons are among the
dead; Mr.. and Mrs. William Jekle, Frank
Reidenhau, three walters names unknown
and John Honick. The others were ne
groes. Mr. Speeht, Mrs. Yarby, Miss Sallie
Lee, Joseph Barthel, Victor Swaiberg, and
Louis Correll escaped
This calamity has plunged the commu
nifty into the most profound melancholy.
MEMPHIS, Dec ia fire broke ont in
the basement of Joseph Spechts' confee
tionery, on Madison street, at o'clock this
morning, resulting in an appalling disaster
Sixteen persons sleeping in the fourth story
were sufocated, or else walked to a sense OF
their situation, and leaping through the
windows, we're crushed on the pavement
below.
VIM. Jekle, wholesale notion dealer and
soD-in-law of Specht, and wife and child
we're asleep. Captain WaldraYer, Chief o.
Fire Department, assembled by ladder to the
room and found the wife dead and JeklC
lying on the floor, who had just strength
left to point out the cradle where his child
only few weeks old was, and dropped
dead. Waldraver seized the child and es-
capped through the window. The blankets
over its face saved it. .- an
/ Joseph Bartle, employee, jumped from
| the fourth story, and escaped with slight in
inries. Several others attempted it bui
we're dashed in pieces on the rocks
4 Nine negroes, employed in the establish
ment were burned to death; and of eigh-
teen residing in the buildingonly one Bar
I tlel escaped. ...r.t...
! The engines were promptly on the spot
and extinguishedth the fire with little damage
to the building.