The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-20
THE NEWS.

u6suay, winch destroyed q tenement
house A child in one of the rooms
was unable TO escape and persisted in
the flames.
Colonel Sloo, Radical postmaster at
Cairo, has been removed, and Colonel
Graham appointed his successor.
Colonel Loomis, of the celebrated
battery, is about to be appointed Col
lector of Internal Revenue at Detroit
DR.. Alder, Of New York, has received
a Passover present from his Jewish con-
gregation of $4,000. This is liberality
from a quarter where commonly, but
incorrectly, it is supposed there is more
devotion to the boarding than gener-
osity in the spending of money.
The President and Directors of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Mayor With
ers, OF Mobile, and delegation of gen.
tlemen representing the commercial
interests Of that city, arrived Thursday,
at st. Louis, and are the guests of the
Merchants Exchange.
Colonel Hobbs, the officer who com.
manded the British forces sent out
against the revolutionary blacks in ia
malca, and who was guilty of some of
the worst atrocities, has committed sui
eide. He jumped from a vessel while
on his way back from England, and was
drowned.
Three hundred and ffty-fve men are
still employed at the Watertown, Mass,
arsenal, in the manufacture of heavy
iron gun-caTriages for the forts of our
extensive seacoast, the orders for which
still continues undated.
A curious coffee case is before the Su-
perior Court of New York CITY, which
! involves dispute relative to the man
facture of coffee, one of the features
Of the process consisting in running it
through black lead, which gave the
coffee peculiar appearance, shiny and
metallic, different from coffee in gener-
al The plaintiff alleges that he was
the owner and patentee of patent for
cleaning and polishing coffee, that he
had sold to the defendants the right to
use the process in New York, and that
they had failed TO pay the sum stipula-
| ted. The defendants admit the con-
| tract, but claim that the process hurts
the sale of coiiee-that it is in fact no
| improvement TO get the metallic luster.
One of the best counterfeits that has
made Its appearance for some time, is
a twenty-dollaT note on the first Ma
| tional Bank of Portland, Conn. The
| engraving H. excellent, but somewhat
different in design from the genuine.
The paper is rather greasy.
There is said to be coalition formed
between the Democrats and certain
Republican members of the Connect
cut Senate TO prevent the election of q
Radical TO the United States Senate.
A correspondent of the Lamoille
Newsdealer says that in the town of
Cambridge, Vermont, returns from
about one-third of the number of ma
pie sugar manufacturers show that they
made one hundred and eleven thou
sand nine hundred and seventy pounds
Of maple sugar, or nearly ffty-six tons,
which would supply two hundred and
eighty-two families with five hundred
pounds each, a good supply for q year
At fifteen cents per pound this sugar
is worth sixteen thousand seven hun
dred and nine-fVe dollars and fifty
cents The lowest amount made by
any one was two hundred and twenty
five pounds, and the highest five thou
sand seven hundred pounds
There have been a number of fires
lately in the woods in Eastern Massa-
chusetts by which property to the
amount Of $4,000 has been destroyed.
The President is reported to have
stated in an interview with an eight
hour man, that if Congress failed to
sanction the measure of the District,
his efforts should be directed toward
making the system universal through
ont the Government establishments.
In the British House of Commons,
every Catholic member from Ireland,
with the single exception of Mr. Nc
| Kenna, voted with the Liberal party
for the Reform bill 1t is the first time
they have been so united since the days
! Of OConnelL
Frederick Benjamin, Of New Haven,
Conn, was troubled with a corn. He
applied salve, and also some turpen-
tine. These brought on so much infa-
nation that his leg had to be amputa.
ted. The shock from the operation
was too great for his system, and he
died soon after.
A clergyman called to visit a woman
who was calmly awaiting her depart.
ure. She expressed her resignation to
depart But" said the minister, "RTe
YOU willing 10 be damned forever for
the glory of God p mo, sir, she
softly whispered, al cannot say that
The afflicted husband, who stood by
the bedside listening to the converse
ton, moved by the impulse of his ma
ture, stepped up to the interrogation and
said, Are you willing to be thus
damned p "Yes, was the reply.
"Then, sir, there is the door, 90 and be
damned, and let my wife depart in
peace. - Christian Inquirer.
From Wellington, Ohio, l,956,21S
pounds of cheese were shipped in 1863,
and the people of that thriving town
expect that this years expectation Will
reach 100000 pounds.
1t is reported that the Merchants
National Bank will not pay more than
three per cent of its liabilities.
A communication from the Secretary
of State, in reply to a resolution adopt
cd on the It'll inst, was transmitted to
the House on the 18th. it gives the
names of the clerks employed in the
State Department, the State they are
from. their former occupations, sex,
and whether or not they have served
in the Union or the rebel army. 1t
appears that the total number, en-
pioyed is forty-four, of whom eleven
| have served in the Union and none IN
the rebel cause.
The fact has come to light that jas.
IL, Gibbs. Collector of Internal Revenue
at Columbia, S. C., keeps displayed IN
his sitting room a large and elegantly
wrought Confederate flag, made from
silk which came through the blockade.
The Presidential axe is beginning
| TO fall, and numerous removals OF radl