Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-08
FROMNEW YORK.
The Cholera SubsidinS-Tames Stevens
Coming West-ArTest ola FOrger-Ver-
diet of COrOner's Jury-HOmicide-
Canadian Anafrs-DecIines to Act.

| The Cholera neutrality-suspicious. stevens
Coming West-Arrest ola FOrger-Ver-
| diet of COrOner's Jury-HOmicide-
! Canadian Anairs-DecIInes to Act.
New YORK, August Only nineteen
cases of cholera, including four deaths, were
reported in this city yesterday. The de-
| crease is thought to have resulted from a
change in the weather, although it is sup
/ posed that number of cases were not re-
| ported. The mortality report gives the to-
| tai number of deaths for the past week as
| 949, of which 239 were from cholera. In
| Brooklyn but few cases are reported, and the
accounts from the Islands are more encOur-
| aging.
There was a meeting of the Board of
Health yesterday evening. Another chol-
era hospital was ordered to be opened up
town.
During the debate on Brooklyn, President
SCHULTZ proposed to organize corpse of
nurses to attend the cholera patients at their
own residences.
JAMES STEVENS, Head Centre of Fenian-
ism, is to start on Western tour during the
present week. The usual degree of activity
has prevailed among hiswing of the Brother
hood lately, but nothing will be furnished
for publication.
GEORGE ANDREA, formerly merchant of
Williamsburg, was arrested here yesterday,
charged with several forgeries on down
town merchants. He was committed by
Justise HOGAN, and will be examined this
morning.
The Coroners jury investigating the
deaths caused by the recent explosion of
HARRIS & Co.'s sugar refinery, on Leonard
street. returned two verdicts yesterday
three of the jurors deciding that the en-
gineer, PHILLIP RYAN, was responsible for
the explosion, and three of them deciding
that the firm of HARRIS q Co. was to blame
for employing careless people in the estab-
lishment
The demand of the journeymen carpenters
aud iOiEers of Brooklyn for the privilege of
quitting work at o'clock on Saturday after
noon was met with acquiescence by nearly
all the employers. The movement is con-
sidered a decided success.
Two young men, CHARLES FARGUs and
PAT. MCCAIN, engaged in an alteration in
Brooklyn yesterday, when FGRGUs shot his
antagonist through the head, inhicting a
wound which was pronounced fatal by ply
sicians. EARGUs was arrested.
The Herald's Ottawa special says it is con-
fdently expected in Canada that another
itary are kept drilling.
An attempt is being made to have Parlia-
ment prorogued in the latter part of this
week, to avoid an investigation of the Fort
Erie affair.
Mr.. JONES complained yesterday in Par
Lament that the Crown lands were badly
managed, and that great revenue was lost,
and settlers were driven to the United
States, where more encouragement was given
them.
A Tribunes Washington special says:
Hon. CORNELIUS COLE, United States Sen
ator elect from California, declines to be
delegate to the Philadelphia Convention.
He says his name was used without his au-
thority, and he does not approve of the
movement
The same special says: Gen. SHERDAN's !
dispatch to Gen. GRANT on his arrival in
New Orleans after the riot was mutilated so
as to make false impression.