Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-24
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.

ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.
"A call, issued by the National Union Club. Of
which Alex. A. Randall, First Assistant Postmas-
ter General. is President. appears to-day for
grand mass meeting. 10 be held there next week.
Endorsing President johnson. All who favor that
course are invited. without regard to party.
- From Canada we learn that the excitement
in regard 10 the unprecedented Fenan raid is sub
siding. All the necessary preparations 10 meet
any emergency that may arse are, however. still
being made.
The New York TI5uae. as well as Senator
sumner. is jHbilant over the conversion Of Sena-
tor Stewart, Of Nevada, who proposes universal
suffrage. excepting women and Indians.
Between this and the meeting Of the next
Congress there must be absolutely paid. by the
Government, over and above all the ordinary ex-
psnses one billion. two hundred and one mill
lions. eight hundred and ninety thousand. six
hundred and six dollars.
= The N. Y. Times says that Gen. Grants new
residence in Washington is one Of a block built
some ten years ago by Senators Douglas. Rice
and Breckenridge, as their metropolitan resi-
eences while in Office.
The Ways and Means Committee found that
the rejected Loan Bill pleased them best, but be-
ing fully aware that il not pass the House
they set TO work 10 prepare bill which docs not
give the Secretary 50 much power. The new bin
viii probably not permit the funding Of green
backs.
"A. Frazier. Of Germany, has addressed com
munication TO the Department Of State. suggest
ing means Of preventing the spread Of the rim
derpest. The theory Is that the deceased cattle
poison the atmosphere. Hence they are to be sep
arated from the healthy animals. and the latter
fabricated with petroleum. and small quantity
Of the oil mixed with their food. The eOmmuni-
cation has been sent TO the House Committee on
Agriculture.
Judge Thompson, Of Philadelphia. has dec-
d,d that ooIored persons must not ride in cars
psovided for white men. in that city. The case
will be appealed.
The estate Of Col. Sothoron, in St Mary's
county. Maryland which has been long occu-
pied by an agent Of tae Freedmen's Bureau as a
government farm. has been restored to Colonel
Sothoron's family by order Of President johnson.
AN agent of the Freedmens Bureau, in Lou
dOun county, Virginia, has been dismissed byGen-
eral Howard for charging Zee for the restoration
ofcertain property 70 its rightful owner.
"A company Ct troops is engaged in renterring
the Union dead at Shiloh, in s6idiers' cemetery
near the battlefield
There are signs Of trouble abroad. Austria
and Prussia are at variance and the Prussian
monarch is embroiled with the legislature Of the
kingdom. The Gar and the Pope have quarrcled,
and the latter has snubbed the Russian Ambas-
sador. revolt in Roumania has dethreAed
Prince Couza who is a Fugitive and the Count Of
Flanders is invited by the insurrectionists TO
occupy his place. England is troubled by the
Fenians. and Napoleon is plunged into hot water
by the Mexican business.
"A very destructive fire occurred at Petroleum
Centre. Pa. a few days since. The eonnagration
began at the Ocean well. where two men were en-
gagged In caulking new tank containing 200 bar
rels Of oil. One Of the slaves being forced out at
the bottom. created vacuum through which the
oil ran out. and running down the run communi-
Gated with engine house. and there caught
from FIRE In the furnace. Twenty thousand bar
rels Of oil was consumed, with the tankage, sewer
eight engine houses, derricks and engines. The
damage is estimated at $4,000. Patterson &
Dickey. with the Ocean Oil Company, are the
heaviest losers.
= There is trouble between negro toops and
the citizens on Red river.
"A frightfIl calamity occurred at Lake Sta
ton. on the Michigan Central railroad. A man
named Waller, lately divorced from his wife in
81. Louis, followed her TO Lake Station. where
she was living with her brother and cut her throat
woods. He was found next morning by a scouting
party. quite dead. with his own throat cut.
Tho wheat crop in portions Of East Tennessee
was much injured BY the very cold weather in
February. Many farmers are blowing up their
wheat folds and sowing oats.
The umorcd appearance Of cholera at Mo-
bile is not believed.
The Havana papers Indignantly deny the
rumor Of its appearance there.
The choleIa is subsiding in the West Indies
and the quarantine at New Orleans is about to be
raised.
Tho Texas Convention are proposingt to pay the
widow Of General Houston-the full salary due her
husband As Governor. from the date Of his depo-
sition by the seeding convention to the end of
the term for which he was elected.
The military authorities in Salisbury. North
Carolina, have suppressed the sale Of pictures of
Generals Lee. Jackson, and other Confederate
Generals.
= The Office Of the Savannah Republican has
been restored TO Mr. Simms, its former owner. by
order Of the President
A negro soldier attempted an outrage upon
The person Of LADY in Mobile on Saturday. The
cries Of the lady. however. brought white man
and a negro citizen TO her rescue. The negro SOL
der ran Oft but was pursued caught and lodged
In the guard house by the negro citizens. He is
now in the custody Of the civil authorities. The
lady was fifty years Of age and the mother of
twelve children.
The Grand Jury Of St. Joseph. Missouri un-
der instructions of Judge Heron. have decided
TO find bills against preachers for violating the
provision Of the new constitution until the case Of
Father Cumminrs Is disposed. of by the United
States Supreme Court.
The Express special says the Committee of
Ways and Means cannot agree upon the loan bin
before them. and no report can be made for a day
or two. The majority of the Committee are quite
antagonistic.
The Treasury Department Is still applying
itself 70 the suppression of frauds in thccoection
Of cotton in the Southern States. Many of the
agents have been relieved. and there are TO be no
more seizures CT detention Of cotton or other pro-
perry as captured or abandoned. unless by special
written directions in each case from the several
agents. or direct from the Treasury Department
WHIST the late "rehels" are being ar