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

/ give Donui committed 70 prison. lie
was arrested on charges preferred by
the Comptroller Of the Currency.
There has been another break in the
Mississippi levee, in front of Alexan-
dria, which town is under three to FIVE
feet of water Much damage has been
done, and more is spprehended.
Earnest appeals are sent from Ala
bama for an increased supply Of food.
The people are in q wretched and suf-
| fering condition. This destitution,
which has so rapidly increased since
January, must continue until some
thing can be realized from the growing
crops.
Richard s. Cox, fthe District of Col
umbia, has been pardoned. He came
under the tenth exception of the am
nesty proclamation excepting all those
frOca the general amnesty who voluu-
tarily left their homes in a border
State to engage in rebellion.
The amount now in the Treasury
vault at Washington, subject to draft,
is nearly $lO40OO,000
They have another civil rights case
| in Baltimore In q certain will case
the counsel on one side offered a col
ored witness, but the counsel for the de-
Tense objected, on the ground that the
State laws prohibited colored testi-
mOny, where white persons were inte-
| rested. After argument, the Court de-
cided to receive the testimony, as the
| Civil Rights bill overrides State enact
ments.
The number Of buildings erected in
| Brooklyn, New York, last year was
| Go Improvements are still going on
rapidly.
The cornerstone of the new Catholic
Cathedral in Portland, Ne, was laid on
the 3lst ult, by Right Rev. Bishop Ba-
con, in the presence Of a great con-
course Of spectstors.
Queen Victoria intends to create his
| Royal Highness, Prince Albert, a Peer
of the Realm, under the title Of Duke
of Edinburgh and Earl of Kent.
lie was expected to take his seat in the
House Of Lords on the oath of May, her
Majesty birthday.
In the contest for double bird shoot
ing at Palmyra, New Y 0rk, on Satur-
day, r Newell won the first prize, NJ
H. Cobb the second, and George J.
Marsh the third The Forester Club
OF Buffalo carried of six of the seven
prizes given for shot gun shooting.
A mass meeting of the residents of
Chicago has been called to express
sympathy with Canada, and, if neces- !
sary, 20 raise money and troops for the
protection of that province.
The Charleston Ollinois) Courier
learns that the hail which fell on Sat
urday, reached a dep tn of fully half an
inch at Oakland, in the northeast end
of Coles county
In Richmond, Indiana, a telegraph
wire his been run into the Commercial
College, and students are TO be taught
the art of telegraphing in connection
with their commercial education.
The San Jose California; Mercury
reports that a great number Of flowing
artesian wells in and about San Jose
have completely dried and rendered !
worthless hundreds Of acres of laguna
in the southern portion of the coun-
try
We understand that Col Lee, of the !
Freedmen's Bureau in this place, has !
reported the action of Judge Thomas,
in declining to receive negro testimony,
in the case of the Commonwealth VS.. |
Clancy, a white man, charged with !
larceny. to the officers of the u. s. Dis !
trict Court here, for their consideration. !
-dIsr Gazette
DISTURBANCES AT A FUYERAL-While |
one of our ministers was conducting |
the services at a funeral on Monday |
afternoon in Sidney, a woman in the |
room was observed shaking her |
finger at him, and having repeated |
this several times, il attracted his no |
tice and caused him TO stop in his re-
marks. She then told him he had |
spoken long enough, and must stop
she wouldn't have any more OF his talk. !
OF course great excitement ensued, and |
il was not until after some moments |
that she was excluded, and quiet re-
stored-DiSpateb, 30h.
German Dietary Intelligence-An
important telegram from Stuttgart an
nounces that Herr Won Wiederhold, |
the Minister of War, has resigned He |
is succeeded by General Hardegg'
Let rs hope that the noble army of |
Wurtemburg will find itself able to /
support Hardeggs yoke.-P'o'eh
The receipts from Internal Revenue |
on Saturday were S3,42l,9 ~. The !
receipts for the week amounted to 81 |
1918 Is, and the total receipts for |
May were SzI,7246S0 40
A shipment of 100000 of fractional |
currency to the Depository at Cincin- |
uati has been authorized
The citizens of Alexandria are NOV
ing beyond the corporation limits TO es- 1
cane taxes. Independent OF the inter |
not revenue. United States license, /
Stete and county taxes, the city Elk.
nects TO raise 5000, 600 out of a popula-
ton of 5000 whites and blaoks Two
thirds of the stores are for rent, ana
business is being driven from the place.
Mary Ann Bastine, a spinsterr died
at the New York Aims House s. few
days ago, at the age of lis. She had
been 3 pauper in the institution since
Dec. "A. 1907, when she was Sc years
old. Up to quite a recent period she
IVES able 10 90 considerable work, and
was always a small eater She was
Quite small in person, very deaf, much
emaoiated, and her mental powers
were somewhat impaired.
THE New ARMY OFFIcER-Opposition
viii be made in the Senate to the bill
creating the grade of General, but the
friends OF General Grant, and those OF
sherman, who hope 10 see HIM
made Lieutenant General in case OF
Grants promotion to the rank OF Gen
eral, will probably carry the measure
through.
The Cleveland Herald asserts that
the lake steamboats, now use fish for
fuel. Huge sixty pound sturgeon are
flung head foremost into the furnace
Tine oil assists the combustion of the
wool. twenty sturgeon being equal 10
4 cord of wood in the production OF
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