Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.

For the week ending Sunday there were l0'
deaths in Baltimore.
Miss Anna Dickinson the Radical lecturer, il
seriously i'll at Rockford, Illinois.
The United States steamers Hartford and
Wyoming were at Yokohama, Japan, October
9th. . #
The latest report about Stephens, c. o. I. R., il
that ho is in Boston, negotiating for ships to TAXI
arms TO ireland. .
John V. Coekroft, Of the Nassau Bank, wal
robbed of package of $4,000, on Nassau street
New York, on Saturday.
The registration lists prepared for the New
York municipal election. were closed on Satur'
day night. They contain the names Of over 49,
900 electors.
Commissioners have now been appointed tC
assess the value Of slaves enlisted during the
war. for Missouri. Maryland. Kentucky and
Tennessee.
Both branches of the Georgia Legislature
adopted resolutions Of sympathy with JEFF,
Davis, on the lst inst. a
The FeniaA prisoners. at Toronto, who have
been sentenced to be hanged on the 18th of this
month, will probably be respited for three
months. A new trial has been refused Lynch,
MCMAHON, blaTln ana Scn0Ol-
A convention Of the citizens Of the Peninsu-
lar counties Of Virginia have memoralized the
Legislature to call a convention to frame anew
Constitution, adapted to the change in the social
condition Of the State.
The Washington correspondent Of the Cincin-
natl Gazette says bill has already been pre-
pared, and will be pressed upon the cOnsidera-
ton Of the next Congress, providing Provision
b al Governments for the States lately in rebel
lion.
At the annual meeting Of the Richmond and
Petersburg Railroad Company, held in Rich
mOnd last week Charles Ellis was reelected
President The report Ofthe years business ex-
hibits net profit Of s6O,7O3 n.
Mr.. Joseph S. BOUCHER, Most Worth Grand
Master Of the Grand Lodge Of Maryland, I. D..
0..F., and:Most Worthy Grand: Patriarch Of the
Grand Encampment Of the same order, died on
the I'd inst. lie was an old and useful citizen.
The election judges at Baltimore have signed
a document 10 be presented to Congress, saying
that they believed tho loyal candidates for
Congress from the city and vicinity received a
majority Of the loyal" vote cast and are entitled
to seats. .....r... ....e.
Hon. F. c. Beaman, Of Michigan, called on
Gen. Spinner, United States Treasurer, on Sat-
urday, and paid back into the Treasury over five
hundred dollars, received during the last three
years for milege as a member of Congress, in ex-
cess Of what he believes to be just.
The Universal Suffrage Association Of Louis
lana. said to consist of thirteen men, has sent a
delegation to Washington with a series Of reso-
buttons addressed to Congress, in which they
ask the impeachment and removal Of Andrew
johnson, the adjustment of the present State
Government Of Louisiana, ard the establishment
Of a loyal Territorial Government, and recon
struction on the basis Of universal suffrage.
Inspector G en-. SCHNEIDER, in letter to BYt. Brig
Gen. Comstock, A. d. C. on Gen. Grants staff.
informs the latter that the Secretary of War has
directed that the checks drawn by Gen. Comstock
in 1861, while Treasurer Of the Military Aeade-
my. in favor Of John 0'Brien and Price Butler
King, cadets who left the Academy for the pur-
pose Of taking part in the rebellion, be not paid,
and that they be cancelled, and the amount be
transferred to the fund from whence derived.
The answer Of the French Government to Mr..
Stewards note respecting Mexican affairs is said
to reite-ate the assurances already given by the
French Secretary Of State. 1t afirms that France
has nothing to change or retract in her former
declarations; that the orders for the evacuation
Of Mexico were long ago given; that she fulflls
all her promises, and therefore considers Mr..
Stewards note useless. The French Government
cannot refrain from expressing its establishment
at this new demand regarding q matter which is
already in the way Of execution, and PROCESSES
itself unable TO understand the real meaning Of
the steps Of Mr.. Seward when he 50 well knew
the intentions Of the Emperor