The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-12

DR.. Mary Z. Walker was arrested OF
the 9TH inst, in New York for being
dressed in male attire She was dis
missed, and subsequently the police
man was, upon her complaint, fined fol
making the arrest
Miss Evans, the author of Beulah
has generously purchased a marble
mausoleum for the rebel dead at No
bile.
Duke w. Goodman, an old citizen Of
Mobile, died on the 9th inst
Not long since Elkan Hermann,
Rabbi of Jewish Synagogue in Brook
Ign, was kicked out of his church by Q
portion of his congregation who object.
ed to his ministration on sectional
grounds. He brought an action against
them on the 9th inst, and received
$500 damages.
The New York Express says: Five
vessels, bearing a triple plague, are
now anchored in the Lower Bay, with
In circle of two miles. The Falcon,
with cholera and smallpox cases; the
brig Bertha, with yellow fever, and the
Portsmouth, with two other vessels,
each containing passengers sick with
some form of pestilence, are now with
in hailing distance of each other.
A plan has been suggested by which
the Hudson river can be tunneled
from New York TO Hoboken, by laying
an iron tube five feet in diameter across
the bed Of the stream. This tunnel, in
tended to be worked by the pneumatic
method, is designed to transport the
freight of the Erie railroad between
HOboken and the company's depots in
New York.
The celebrated Cavour irrigation
canal, from the river Pc to the Ticino,
in Italy, has been completed. This is
the most important irrigating canal in
Europe, and has three hundred and
sixty important works along its banks.
The Philadelphia Bulletin says the
shipments of coal from the different
mining regions of Pennsylvania for the
current year amount, thus far, to 4, 49,
40 tons, being an increase of !, 27S, 977
tons over last year at the same date.
A variable star has been discovered
in the constellation of the Northern
Crown, and has been carefully observ-
ed at the United States Naval 0bserY-
atory in this city. The daily rate of
| decrease is about four-tentbs of mag
nitude, and it has changed from the
second to about the eighth magnitude.
The Germans of New York City have
| held a meeting and resolved to vote
against the Republicans and for the
Democrats this fall. The reason assign
ed is the Republican Temperance Sun
day anti-lageT-beer law.
The Senate, Friday, passed the Joint
( resolution for amending the COnstitu-
tion-after materially changing its form
as received from the House-by vote
of yeas 80, nays ll-four Senators be-
ing absent Messrs. Cowan, Doolittle,
Norton and Van Wrinkle voted with
| the minority. The resolution now goes
| back TO the House for concurrence in
the amendments.
In spite of Secretary McCulloch's
order mastering out fifty frst-class
clerks in his departments, for lack of
employment, applicants for place
swarm in undiminished numbers in
Washington.
Thirty-five thousand troops are re-
ported under arms in Canada, and the
authorities are still adding to the num-
Der.
A Utah letter speaks of one of Brig
ham Youngs sons as follows: Joseph,
or Joe Young, as he is Familiarity
known in Utah, is a fast young man.
He has been on mission, travelled in
| Europe, smokes, chews, gets drunk,
swears, breaches the gospel, has three
wives, whom he whips and otherwise
shamefully abuses, and is a good Nor.
mon, in full fellowship with the
! Church"
The New York Tribune States that
there have occurred in that city during
the first five months of the present year,
three hundred and forty-seven fires;
more than in the corresponding months
of any two previous years. Twenty-nine
Of these fires we're on Broadway.
The total amount of deposits in the
sixteen branches of the Freedmen's
Saving and Trust Company, for the
quarter ending April l, was Sl72,-
SOL 80
Gen. J. B. Hood is said to be at the
head of stock company, forming a
capital of $250,000, for draining and
sweeping the streets of New Orleans
by machinery.
George w. Childs, Esq, has pre-
scented TO the commissioner of the city
property of Philadelphia the lifeboat
used by Dr. Kane in his escape from
the perils of Arctic seas. The boat is
to be hung between two trees, in Fair
mount Park, near the Log Cabin, and
light shed will be placed over 1t, 10
protect it from the weather.
The Keowa e. CD Courier publishes
an appeal to the citizens of Piekens
signed by some Of the most influential
men in the community, in behalf of
the poor in its vicinage. The Courier,
saws there are not less than eight hun
dred families, or an aggregate popula-
ton of four thousand, allowing an aver
age of FIVE souls 10 family, on the
point of starvation in that district OF
these, at least two thousand are wild
ows and orphans, almost entirely help
less, and made by the misfortunes OF
war.
1t is said that the Massachusetts,
Legislature, by q blunder last week, re
IieVed an immense number of convict |
ed LIQUOR dealers of the punishment
awaiting them They passed a new
act changing the penalty for the of
Tense. of which those men were con- |
yicted. The new act, it is contended, |
is er post f1eto as applied to former ca
ses. Fifteen hundred in Suffolk coun-
ty alone escape. The aggregate of
their fines could not have been less
than $4,000 and might have been
81, 100000.
Sam Curtis killed his favorite dog |
yesterday. The reason vas, there
were a couple of specimens of the tilt
ing hoops persmbulating our streets
the day before. The dog saw too much
to live So Sam says-Oioea County
Ind Journal
Six hundred and fifty Chinese emf