Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-29
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The Washington correspondent Of the Gin
cinnaii Gazette says: Persons as well informed as
any outside Of the State Department concerning
the French occupation Of Mexico. assert that the
whole question has been in Mr.. SEwARD's hands
since the close Of our war, and that NAPOLEON
would have yielded the point and Withdrawn from
Mexico had It not been for the fact that he found
himself able to control Mr.. SEwARD BY working
upon his fears. The same parties affirm that Dir.
B1aEIow is wholly in the interest Of NAPOLEON.
-THos. 7. EcKERT. who has been for long
time acting in that capacity has been appointed
Assistant Secretary Of War, vice DANA.
90 The President has approved the act regu-
lating Senatorial elections by State Legislatures
We published It q day or two since.
1t Is stated that a revolutionary society has
been established for the purpose Of creating
Republic in Germany. The Head Center is located
IN London. and there is a branch organization in
New York. Unless better managed than the Irish
Fenian organization, the German Emper0rs and
Princes will have little 10 fear from it,
- In the House. on Thursday. q joint resolution
was passed providing for a life size statue Of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. to be executed by Miss LIZZIE
REAM, the cost not to exceed $4,000.
The CORY HEALY case is the reigniag ex-
element in Cincinnati.
- The Prussian soldiers receive each day half
pound Of meat a sufficient quantity Of vegeta-
bles and bread. coffee. a little brandy, and some
cigars. The victuals are organized for each bat
tallion. Every company has its cook, who follows
It everywhere with acantecn. which he stocks in
the villages or towns through which he passes.
the csntoen the soldier can procure additional
supplies. as in other armies. with the money Of
his pay.
Prof JAMES NJ. SAFFoRD Of this city was at the
Yale College commencement on Thursday made
Doctor Of Philosophy.
Captain Phil. RICHARDSON, one Of the Oldest
steamboatmen on the river. died at Louisville, on
Wednesday. ofRpoplsxy.
FLETCHER, MAYNARD and WMIB. Strokes Of
bad ominenoe" in Tennessee. it IL said have
agreed 10 make radical speeches in the State Of
Ohio.
- They are building an enormous wigwam,
covering whole block, in Philadelphia. for the
accommodation Of the National Union Conserya-
tive Convention, TO be held on the lIth Of August
- The London Times. speaking Of ths battle Of
sadowa says: 1T is difficult to bring
oneself 20 believe that such horrors have
been onacted in our own time and in
a region so near and so familiar. We had
uHAFu ana tcQ OF bucu hel4s Of slnuFnLer but they
seemed to belonE.to age and a state Of human
character which never could be revived. Min,
miles of slaughter, ending with the drowning Of
mass Of torror-stricken fugitives. are an even
which few years since the Wisest would hay,
pronounced impossible In the Europe of to-day
- The Journal de HdUre contains the following
extract from the report Of Captain TEssA, com
mRnder Of the French ship he CoQ. just arrived
from thscoast Of Africa: "A large sea sorpen
pursued me for two days. This creaturomust hay,
been sixty meters u97 feet in length. Thanks {,
storm. il disappeared. and was not seeon again.
The report itself is published in foil in the SAM
paper, and there be no doubt as to its genuine
ness
90 The fears heretofore expressed for the saiet!
Of the large emigrant ship Monarch of the Seas
have unfortunately proved too well founded. 4
boat, believed TO have belonged to shat vessel
and containing number Of dead bodies. has beer
picked up on the coast Of Ireland. The ship ha
probably foundered at sea, with all on board an,
the prevalent opinion is that she struck an ice
burg.