Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-11
ITEMS or GENERAL NEWS.

- Gold closed in New York yesterday at l.4gJz.
An attempt on the life Of Gov. FARcHILD, Of
Wisconsin. was made ono night last week. While
fali,ing in his garden he was struck from be-
ind with a slung-shot. He was not seriously in
ured There arc several conjeetures a. to the
motive.
- Capt THos. r. PoLk. Of the Polk family Of
bis State. was thrown from his horse. on the 18th
llt.. near his residence in Morehouse Parish. La,
and died in a feE hours from injuries sustained
BY the fall.
The total imports Of dry goods for the fiscal
year have reached the enormous figure Of $751;
0000e which is $50. 100000 in excess ofthe heavi-
slt year in the history Of the past the receipts Of
1880 the next largest year, having been SlO7 OOO
J00. The average impOrtatiOns for the five years
rocedit5 that just closed was s63,o0OO0O, and for
the ten years ending with 1915. s77.00O,O00 The
faports for tho last year are thus s7zper cent in
excess Of the average oftke ten preceding years.
= The st. Louis DisDatck says Gov. FLETcHEa
and G. d. DRAKE are the Radical candidates for
United States Senator, to succeed GRAFT BROwN.
FLETcHER and DRAKE differ on State politics.
- The Petersburg. Virginia. ErDress says: /" Il
is said that HOWELL Com has recently come out
in favor Of granting suffrage to the negroes and
eleciing them to Congress to occupy seats with
the Northern Radicals. He will commence early
this month to stump the State in favor Of this the
ory and President JoHEsoE"
= The Buffalo Courier, Democrat) Of the 9Th,
says General GRANT recently remark I'd to a
gentleman Of this city. who met him in the West,
thai unless the Southern States Wera speedily
admitted 70 representation In Congress and the
right Of self-Eovenment conceded 10 them. We
shoUld soon have another rebellion"
Every inhabitant Of the United States pays
three cents day for internal tax alone to the
United States Government OF the amount paid
is at that rate.
The San Antonio (Texas) Herald states the
number Of registered votes Of Bexar county, thus
far. 70 be 2.2a; ofthis number 795 are Americans
and Irish 7S6 are Germans; and 7SO are Mexi-
cans. This shows the nationalities are pretty
evenly divided; but what has become Of the Eng
fish, French. Italians, Turks. Greeks, Chinese and
Arabsg
- The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue esti-
mates the receipts from that source for the pres
ent fiscal year. notwithstanding the large reduc-
ton IN taxation made BY the new tax BILL at from
two hundred and City to two hundred and sixty
millions
news by the Sar0Ria shows considerable
decline IN American securities. Five-twentiel
were Of nearly per cent closing at 6iG6I1<
Judge LoyELAcE, or the Supreme Court Of
Missouri, died at his residence in st. Charles on
Saturday.
= The last weekly statement Of the U. S. Trea-
surer SPINNER. shows that the amount Of funds in
the cash vault Of the Treasury proper on the It'll,
was nearly $4,000 000-an increase Of about s..
100000 as compared with last weeks exhibit.
PaymRster PAULDNG, recently convicted OF
fraud. WIS sent under sentence 20 Fort McHsnry
on Saturday last.
-JoHN NJ. Boris made a characteristics speech
AZ Baltimcre on the Fourth Of July.
THE meeting in Decatur county, the pro-
oeedings Of which we published yesterday,
was held on the 3Oth ult instead Of the Bird,
as enormously printed.
- An organization Of counterfeitors. reaching
from the St. Lawrence 20 the Rocky Mountains
has boen disclosed by the arrest Of parties in
Kansas which Is said 20 have issued spurious bills
70 the amount Of one and-a-quarter millions Of
dollars.
r General FIR HUGH WARREN announces him
self an independent candidate for Congress in the
First Iowa district, on the Baltimore platform Of
1854 and against unqualified negro suffrage
1t is said that Lone JOHN WENTWORTH wants
TO 60 70 Congress one more term. and has offered
for tho nomination this year. 20 support JosEFH
MEBuL's claim in 1868.