Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-11-27
VOL. XXXIII. a11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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The Democrats Of Ohio hold State Conyen-
tion at Columbus on the sth Of January.
The total number Of voters in Indiana is $40, :
240, as ascertained by recent census.
"a Tbs Jefferson City Mo- Tribune, Conserva-
tive paper. has come out in favor Of negro
suffrage.
There was a light fall of snow in Louisville at
an early hour Saturday morning, the first Of the
season.
Ourgovernment has taken into earnest consid-
Grafton the Coolie trade, and has taken measures
to prevent the traffic in future.
The Arkansas Legislature elected the Hon.
John S. Jones, of Phillips county. as United
States Senator on the oath inst. |
Two young officers Of the household Of the
Prince Of Higs, pOtent2te Of the japanese En-
peror, are sojourning in New York city.
The impression in Washington that the Senate
caucus will fix upon Hon. Ben. Wade to succeed
Mr.. Foster is daily STRENGTHENING.
Hon. W. A. Woodford, Representative elect
from Georgia. has applied to the Boston Tract
Society for one hundred libraries for white and
black schools.
There arc nov $50 convicts confined in the
Ohio PeniteAtiEry-l50 more than at this time
last year. The number has been steadily increas-
ing since the war
A New York Commercial Washington special
says the President viii iudorse in his message a
plan submitted by the Secretary Of the Treasury
for return to specie payments.
The extensive military preparations being
made IN CaDada, have it's now stated, reference
to possible difficulties Of the home government
with the United States, as we'll as with the
Felians.
There have been, within few days. a number
of failures among the Massachusetts, shoe manu-
facturers, caused By the recent decline in price
Of boots and shoes. An extensive tanner of
Chelsea has also suspended.
There was a large shipment Of arms from Gin
cinnati during the past week to New York for
the Stephens wing Of the Fenians. Something of
stirring character in Fenian circles is now go
ing on.
Scheringer's meIodeon facto: y, at New Haven. 4
Connecticut. was burned on Thursday night, the
22d inst, With about two hundred melodeons and
q large quantity Of lumber. Only three or fourj
Of the instruments were saved q E
The Democrat and News Of st. Louis. and
several Radical papers in the interior, have l
strong articles in favor Of Charles D. Drake for
United States Senator. The only other promi-
nent candidate Is Gov. Fletcher. at q.
The liquor question will enter largely into IA e
Boston municipal election. The Republican
candidate for Mayor is prohibitionist but will
not bring his views ofensvely forward. The
Democratic noninee is in favor of license law
The Erie Dispatch states that the Buffalo ami
Erie Railroad has settled the claims Of those in
jured by the late accident for the sum of SIS 900
The friends Of the deceased accept s. 900 each,
while the remaining 5000 is distributed among
the wounded.
The Conservative Soldiers Club held a meet
ing at Washington Saturday night and passed
resolutions IN favor Of impartial suffrage and
requesting Conservative journalism to support
it. A committee was appointed to present the
resolution to the preiident copied with one re-
questing him to appoint soldiers TO the local oii-
ces Of that district.
dispatch from Desmoines, Iowa, says a par
ty consisting Of Daniel Ellis, Mrs Baker Miss
Baker. and two Young ladies' by the name of
Manners, a boy ofnine years, and another young
lady, left Knoxville, Iowa, in October last to
cross the plains; were captured by the Indiana,
and all but the three young ladies were killed
The headquarters Of the Department Of Ar
kansas is, by order of Gen. Grant. transferred
from Little 4 ock 20 Fort Smith, Arkansas, and
the Commanding General Of the department is
authorized to movable band now at Little Rock ;
to the post within his command having the lars-
est permanent garrison.
The St. Louis News says Gov. Fletcher, Hon.
B. Gratz Brown. Hon. Henry T. Blow and other {
prominent Radicals have inaugurated move I
ment in St. Louis in favor Of universal suffrage 2
and universal amnesty. and appointed a coma {
mitteo to mcmoralize the Legislature to reject
the amendment 20 the Federal constitution and J
amend the State constitution BY removing the J
disfranehisement Of Rebels. and granting negro
suffrage Z
A mob numbering about two hundred men en-
tered Lebanon Ky, at about u O'Clock Saturday Z
night seized the iaiIor opened the jail and took
from it three men, viz; Clem Crowdus, Wm. l
Goode, and LON stephens, all charged with v
robbery, whom they hung 70 a limb about mile L
East Of Lebanon. The actions Of the mob are 4
opposed BY all citizens. II is certain that no y
innocent man was hung. The mob left fTe men
charged with larceny in the Jail. The mob com u
mitted no other exeesses--interfered with no 81
citizens. N
The Presbyterian General Assembly at Mem I
phis on Saturday received the report Of the
Committee on the union Of the two Churches. az
II reported in favor Of appointing delegate % u
the Assemblies Of the Cumberland and Associ- OF
ated Reform Church. which was adopted A &C
discussion TOOK place in regard to the removal pI
OF the Theological College at Columbia, to some
point in Alabama, action upon which proposition an
was postponed. of
COLONEL WILLIAM PRESTON JOHNSON. M
The Lexington, Va, Gazette saws n
"Colonel William Preston johnson. of an
Kentucky, has been elected by the Trustees tn
Of Washington College, at their recent di
meeting TO FIJI She Chair of History and
English Literature in that institution. pc
From his antecedents and reputation he Is tw
the very man for the position, and will
prove a most valuable addition to It's pre- br
sent able professorial corps. Colonel John Br
son is son Of General Albert Sydney Of
johnson, and was an aid of President Davis tin
turing the war. trC