Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-20
STATE NEWS.

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Great preparations are being nade by the
students for the commencement in June next.
Besides the Moot Court there will be ball,
which will eclipse in magnifcence any
thing of the sori that has ever come off in
Lebanon.
The Nav term Of the Circuit Court COM
mences It's sitting next Monday. We are
informed that the docket it light, and taken
up almost altogether by trivial and unim-
pertant cases. There are several negroes
and one white man confined in Jail, but 1t is
not supposed that those charged with grave
offences will be tried this term.
We have in oar town 133 manageable
ladies and 35 m;Triageable gentlemen. OF
these some FIVE or six couples will be married
shortly, and, then, what will become of the
balance we are unable to state Just at present.
RUTHERFORD CoUNTY.-The Murfrees-
boro Monitor of yesterday says:
There has been an interesting revival of
religion progressing in the Methodist Church
South, in this city, during the past week,
and the interest is increasing, mourners
nightly thronging the altar.
Whether it was nobler in the mind to shut
up your shebang and go fishing, or to go
one eye during the day, was a question
which seemed hard TO decide on Thursday
last in relation to fast day; and after shut
ting and opening again until the tally be.
tween houses open and shut changed as of
ten as the polls at a Single score election in
Van Buren,, the Mayor put decision to by
requesting them to shut up until 4 o'clock.
Every one seemed particularly anxious on
the subject, they didn't seem to care what
for or who, and then 60 fishing or hunting
Just so there was a religious excuse TO sus-
pend business, and seek blessings from the
mouth of black bottle. As it was thought,
nobody knew for certain and everybody
cared less, that the fasting was something
about the cholera or peace-(sink or swim
they couldn't tell which, our friend Snibbs
takes it for granted that as We have done had
Rseq4.j hgRstbe tGePenF9y a" ne can mink q
outside Of strong prayers, which was: five
drinks of brandy mixed with six of whisky,
taken with seven of lager beer, and stirred
up while we go marching home" He re-
commends it for fasting days on all subjects.
and says the blessings will follow on reach
ing home.
WILLIAMSON CoUETY.-The Franklin
RecieU of yesterday saws
II is really refreshing to walk through
Main street and other streets of our town and
see the the Improvements going on. The
houses are being repaired and SONS. being
built. Take it altogether, franklin is the
incest and cleanest little city this side of
Philadelphia. We have good reports of
the crops, except some complaint about the
cut worm. A great many valuable farms are
on the market, and we invite all men every
where who wish to be located in the finest
country in the world 10 come over and look
at them.
We notice that steps are being taken to
put the fire engine in working order. An
engine house has been built OIL the square,
and other necessary arrangements will soon
be made.
SUMNER CoUNTY.-The Gallatin Eraati-
ner of yesterday, states:
On Tuesday the body of Tom Morrow a
noted desperate, who killed Sandy Aus
brooks some weeks ago north of the Ridge,
of which we gave an account, at the time,
was found lying across the road on ROgUe's
Fork, with number nf bullet holes through
it. His horse was galloping over the coun-
try. 1t is not known who killed him.
As our paper goes to press before the close
of the tablaux last evening, we are unable
to give an account of it. We have every
assurance that the noble efforts of the ladies
to minister to the necessities of the gallant
men who lost their limbs in the war will be
responded to literally by our citizens They
have been busy forweeks in the preparation
of an entertainment worthy Of such cause
and of themselves, and we have no fear that
it will not be, in every way, creditab!e to
their well established good taste and
elegance.
The second of the series will take place
this evening with an entire change of pro-
gramme.
On Tuesday night about or 8 o'clock an
attempt was made to enter the dry goods
store of Mr.. Robert Beebe, on the Square
The burglar cut away portion of the shut
ter Of a back window, cracked a pane of
glass, and succeeded in opening the shutter,
but his progress was evidently interrupted
by some passer-by, and he decamped
There was no little excitement in the vii
lage on Monday, and for while the inhab-
itants had dozen tales of horror. 1t was
rumored that before daylight a wagon was
seen moving off from one of the shanties
near the depot, and that it contained the
body of a white man. In the evening the
evening the story was, that dead body had
been fished up, near Sandersville out of the
river, or pond, and that it was the body of
young man Of this place whose disrepnta-
bic and vagabond conduct has, for years
been grief to his relatives. 1t was also said
that the body would be up on the night train.
The Mayor arrested the women at whose
den the murder was believed to have occur
red, and with closed door investigated the
matter.
1t was developed that a crowd Of wild fell
lows, desiring to run off a rowdy who was
at the den in question, fired off pistols and
set up bowling and groaning as though,
some one was killed. The fellow sloped. In
this way the hob-goblin tale of the murder
originated. There was no one killed-no
body found-no, nothing except the devil
ment at the house of the abandoned woman.
Wednesday morning the roof of the den was
torn of, and the poor depraved creature took
passage to Nashville in the cars.
The supper given by the ladies of the
Baptist Church, Thursday evening, for the
benefit of the church was most elegant en-
The tables were arranged very
and were loaded with Strawberries
and ice cream, with profusion of cakes and
other delicacies. Among the enioyments of
the evening was pleasant music by the young
ladies. We are sure that no one went away
in a bad humor, for each had received the
full amount of his money in the feast of good
things, besides contributing to the prosperity
of the church. The ladies of the Society
have reason to be proud of the success, as
well as the perfection of their entertainment.
BRADLEY CoUNTY.-The Cleveland Ban
ner says:
During the present week of the court
four men-one white and three blacll-have
been sentenced to the penitentiary. The
white man and one of the negroes were re-
to the mercy of the Court, and
were fined $50 each and imprisoned ten days
The other two go to the penitentiarv one
year-one for arson, the other for larceny.
\ farmer friend of ours SAYS he don /
know which is the worst, the Radicals or the
cut worms. He says both are doing their
level best to destroy the country.
SULLIVAN CoUNTY.-The Bristol Nc,rs
of Friday brings us the following:
General Granger, of the Federal army,
passed through here few nights since on
sour of inspection. We learn that he
stopped at Jonesboro day or two to inves-
tigate certain matters at that point, which
we have heretofore noticed
The donation party which came off at the |
Thomas House, ON Wednesday night last,