The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-16
NASHVILLE.
THE NEWS.

| THE NEWS.
The greatest monopoly on this CONT
nent is the consolidated Telegraph
Company. It controls every wire in
the United States, except 8 single line
between Washington and New York,
and wields scapitaI 50se0o, 00e. TO-
Lawrence Rousseau, of La, has been
pardoned by the President So has
Lewis NJ Crozelter, of s. O.
A letter from Lebanon, KY, says
Gen. Lee win spend his summer vaca-
ton in the vicinity of Crab Orchard,
Kentucky. L, an.
A convention of Texas planters was
held in Austin, last week, to Organize
a Joint stock company, WITH capital of
81, 100000, having for It's object the inn
4 pertation of labor and tie sale of Tex
as lands to immigrants. The plan of
operations reported is to employ agents
to induce European labor and capital
to emigrate to Texas. The company
has been fully organized, and only
awaits the sanction of the Legislature
and the granting of the requisite sub
sides to 60 into operation.
Several agents Of the Cosintton, KY,
lotteries have been arrested in Indian
apolis, and compelled to give bail for
their appearance at Court, TO answer
to a charge of violating the law in sell
ing tickets .f- 80 - - 'a .sl
Messrs. D. APPLETON & Co !. of New
York, publishers of the, American En-
cyclopedia, are becoming uneasy at the
rejection of that work by the Indiana
State Board of Education, and have adj
dressed letter to the Superintendent
of Public Instruction, in that State,
asking that errors in the article in re-
latiOn to indiana, be pointed OUT and
promising that they shall be rectifed.
The work of aiming for defense in
| Canada has ceased, but the Volun-
teers are still guarding the principal
points. Night travel on the Canadian
railroads is resumed.
The President has signed the bill
making appropriations for river and
harbor defense and improvements.
Major General Alexander D. McCook
crossed to the Canada side at Niagara
Falls on Tuesday, and was arrested as
a suspicious character by the military
The General satisfied his captors that
he was not addicted to "WeRFin' o the
green and they released him with
ample apologies for the mistake.
Advices from Liverpool state that
during the four months ending May
lst, the United States have furnished
fully one-half of all the cotton import
ed into England.
The Senate judiciary Committee de-
cided to report in favor of the House
bill reducing the number of Justices
of the Supreme Court from ten to nine
The intention is to leave Mr.. Henry
anberry-recently nominated to fill
the place of Judge Catron, deceased
"out in the cold.
SeVenty-one of the hundred delega-
ties to the Fifth Union Congressional
convention of Iowa, have been instruc-
ted to vote against the denomination
of Hon. j. A. Xasson.
The War Department has made in
curry by telegraph, but can find no con-
firmation of the story that British
troops have crossed the Canada line
and killed and captured Fenians.
Judge Eanns, of Fort Wayne, Indi-
ana, died on the 10th, inst. lie was at
one time President of the Ohio and In
diana railroad, and afterward of the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
railroad.
The receiver of the collapsed Mer-
chants National Bank at Washington,
has brought suit against the stockhold-
ers for 100000.
James c. Gallagher, United States
Consul at Ponce, Porto Rico, died on
the 2Sth of May,
The office of the Petersburg Eva
Express was destroyed by fire Wednes-
day morning.
The President has nominated Hon.
Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky, for
Governor Of Montana Territory.
The Postmaster General refuses the
demand of the New England railroads
for increased pay for carrying the
mails,
The Buffalo Board of Trade sub
scribed FIVE hundred dollars to furnish
supplies and transportation to destitute
Fenisns.
The Social Science Convention, which
has been in session at Boston, adjourn
ed to meet at Philadelphia in 1867. Its
members have generally arrived at the
conclusion that the "family system" is
the best for reforming institutions.
The thirtieth birthday Of the De-
troit Advertiser and Tribune was cele-
brated on Monday by the ,proprietors
of that paper giving banquet 10 their
employees and a number Of invited
guests.
The first prize of silver cup worth |
4. 500 francs, at the Paris races on the
27th ult.. was won by Geylon, horse
belonging to the English Duke of Beau
fort.
The German princes, when they mar
~ ia0y not OF IOgAl bioONs OnsAoOs |
what is called a faarganatic alliance, /!
That is, the children, though legiti- |
mate, are not heirs to the loyal success
sion. These marriages nowadays take
place for the most part when no other |
wife is living. Nevertheless, there !
were rumors In England that Prince |
Christian, of Augusterburg, who is en- |
eaged to Victoria's daughter Helena,
had a morganatic wife living. The re.
port was contradicted, and the. English |
wedding will take place on the 9th Of
July. G1la HAa
From The Philadelphia Age. l,le BIZ -gsc3E
Plantation Hunters.
The pretense of plsntstiOn-hunting /
persons that their object in going south
is not 70 make money, but 70 better the