The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-09
THE NEWS.

the lst inst, 10 examine the subject ot
artificial limbs a soldier, who had lost
both his legs in battle, performed to ad
miration on pair of parlor skates, at
tached TO mis- artificial feet
The local excitement in Washington
continues to be in the failure of the
Merchants National Bank. Tho in.
vestigation into-its affairs shows that
the loss 10 the Government will be
over half a million dollars. As the re
suit of the failure, the banking house
Of Maury az Co, in the same city, sus
pended Saturday, and rumors are rife
of the suspension of one or two other
banks.
A singular case came up in Court al
Racine, Wis, the other day. George S.
Wright sued Thomas j. Emerson for
damages for breach of promise The
two men were applicants for the Office
of Collector OF Internal Revenue in the
First Wisconsin District, and Wright
had the influence of Congressman Pot
ter. Emerson prevailed on Wright to
release Potter from his promise to sup
port him Wright, engaging that if he
(Emerson) should get the collectorship
he would make Wright his deputy.
Wright fulfilled his part of the con-
tract, but Emerson refused to give him
the deputy collectorship. For this
Wright brought suit against him. After
the evidence was all in, the Court held
the contract void as against public
policy, and took the case from the
Jury.
Governor Orr, of South Carolina, has
expressed his opinion regarding the
teaching of freed people lie believes
it is good for them and good for the
State. lie says the teachers shall be
protected in their duties, and that the
pejudice against them and their occu-
patton is disappearing.
The O'Mahony attributes the failure
Of the Fenians at Campo Bello Island
to the too great publicity given to the
movements Of the expedition, and to
| the delay in the launching of an iron
clad until it was too late for the valiant
Brotherhood TO use it.
Secretary McCulloch has instructed
! the heads of bureaus in his Depart
ment to discharge all incompetent and
| inefficient clerks, and to supply their
places with competent, honorably dis
charged soldiers.
A crusty old bachelor says the proper
name for marriageable young ladies Is
waiting maids " The girls should per
init him 20 wait out in the cold until
he learns more agreeable manners.
The latest advices from the Russian
telegraphic expedition are said to as
sure the success of the enterprise.
A man named Fleming died at Lock
port, Win county, Ill, recently, aged
| lO2 years, having been born in l764
| lie was never sick in his life, not even
to the extent Of headache or tooth
ache, and was never a sufferer from
anything in the way Of accident.
Governor Pierpont has appointed
Hon. Alexander Rives Judge of the
Supreme Court of Appeals, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Judge
Thompson.
In the Court of Admiralty, on the
9th, it was decreed that the steamer
Chameleon, late rebel cruiser Tallahas-
see, now lying at Liverpool, be deliv-
| cred up TO the United States Govern
ment The alleged owner did not op-
pose, and was condemned in costs.
In the shoddy districts, so called, of
Yorkshire, one hundred and four mil
lions eight hundred and eighty-eight
Thousand pounds of that maligned arti-
Gle are consumed annually.
The Freshman class at Amherst Col
Iege has six more members than any
other class in college, and in the recent
award of rank according to scholarship
twenty-three men received honorary
appointments Three married men,
with their families, are members of the
class.
1t is reported that the Mexican Re
publican Government has ceded the
greater part of the Californian penin-
sula to an organization of American
capitalists, for mining purposes.
Capt. Thomas Joyes, the first white
male born in Louisville, died in that
city on Friday, in his seventy-eighth
year.
General Stoneman has appointed a
commission to inquire into the facts
connected with the late Memphis riots.
Two Union officers, one citizen, snd one
ex-rebel General compose the commits
sion.
The Northern Central Railroad Com
pany, of Pennsylvania, have narrowed
the guage of the road from Elmira to
Canandaigus, which they lately pur-
chased, and now have uniform guage
from Washington TO the New York
Central lines, and will run trains on
and after Monday, ia inst
A large cotton factory called the
Manassas mandatory, has been
built at CarrOllton, Miss Ii contains
one hundred and eighty thousand spin
dies, thirteen hundred looms, and will
go into operation July lst. The COM
many owns seventeen hundred acres of
land contiguous TO the factory, all well
wooded.
A writer in the n. y. Post says three
millions of tons of rain fell on New
York Island during the month of
April
TIE Pine street Presbyterian Church
OF Philadelphia has erected IN tne Wall
Of its vestibule q marble tablet, on
which is inscribed the names and date
and place Of death of each of its mem
bers who fell victim 10 the late war.
The Columbia Herald of Saturday
GAYS: at is with great regret that we
learn that the residence of Mr. Seth R. |
Kittrel!, near Mt Pleasant, was entire
ly destroyed by FIRE on Tuesday night |
last It was unquestionably the work |
of an incendiary, though unfortunately |
legal evidence is wanting to identify |
and convict the culprit
The Memphis Bulletin OF the 9Th,
speaking Of the late riots says the
number killed during these unfortu-
nate disturbances, which all good law
abiding citizens regret in the most
heartfelt manner, were as follows
Henry Dunn, engineer of No. 2l fire
engine, and officer Stephens, of the Po-
lice force. Twelve negroes, in all, were
killed during the riots -Four were
ly;Iled the first evening, Tuesday, four