Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-27

Executive Committee for Middle Ten
JOHN LELLYETT, JoHN $. BRIEg,
THEo. TREERSIoHT. W. MATT. BRowN.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The Bishop of Derry, ireland, DIR. Hig-
gins, died suddenly, on the 18th, of disease
Of the heart.
The harvest in Hungary promises 10 be
a magnificent one, and English and
French agents are buying largely in that
country.
Il is reported on the authority of Lord
Mas, Chief Secretary for Ireland, that two
Of the Fenian prisoners now awaiting trial
in Dublin have become insane
1t is said the public debt statement for
August will show decrease Of two or
three millions of dollars. During the
current month about twenty million dol
lars of interest have been paid 10 coin, and
six millions in currency.
The first locomotive for the Evansville
Henderson and Nashville railroad was
taken through Evansville on the oath inst
TO be shipped TO Henderson.
A memorial to the President Of the
United States is now being circulated for
signatures, by the Constitutional Union
Association of New York, praying the in
tsrposition Of this government in behalf of
Colonies Maggie and Warren, row prisoners
in Ireland.
The receipts and expenditures Of the
government for the fiscal year, which
ended July !, are being made up at the
Treasury, and will present an exhibit more
favorable than was anticipated some time
since
A committee appointed to examine the
line Of the proposed Lexington aud Rich
mond (Kentucky) railroad, report that
there is an abundance Of excellent coal adj
accent 20 the road, and any quantity of
superior timber, limestone and hydraulic
cement
Napoleon's letter Of coincidence TO the
Emperor Of Austria, states that his grief is
the more poignant on account of his agency
Ia sending Macmillan to Mexico, but he
calls God to witness that his only object
was 10 extend 10 the Mexicans the influence
Of French civilization.
II is now stated, on the authority of a
semi-ofiicial letter received in Washington,
that General Sheridan will not remove the
civil officers Of Louisiana aud Texas, who
cannot take the oath, but will allow them
to serve until after the election, which will
soon be ordered.
The partial official returns from forty
nine counties in Alabama show $4,000
whites and $4,000 blacks registered. The
blacksmith exceed the whites at least $4,000
or 10000 in the State. Two additional
counties, where the blacks have a majority,
will elect over half the members TO the
State Convention.
A new and apparently truthful version
OF the circumstances of General Meagher's
death is furnished by the correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial at Omaha. The
General had been promenading on the
hurricane deck Of the steamer, and attempt
ing to descend by the narrow stairway
beside the wheel house, he supported him
self by rope, which gave way, being rot
ten, and he fell into the river, sank and was
swept beyond reach by the current
The cholera is reported on the increase
at Salina, Ellsworth and Fort Harker At
Ellsworth, on the Goth inst. fifty new cases
were reported-many resulting fatally. On
Sunday and Monday reports show a still
greater number Of cases. No business is
being done. Unless the epidemic abates.
the town will be deserted in a week. II is
impossible 10 ascertain the number of
deaths, as the bodies are hastily inferred,
and efforts made 10 keep the matter secret.
A shocking tragedy occurred at Chilli
Gothic, Ohio on the 23d inst. A young
man named Hunter with three of his
friends we're drunk together in a saloon on
High street when they got into free
tight" Hunters mother came 10 take
him out, when he run into the street, got
stone, and throwing il into the crowd,
struck his mother on the temple, iniuring
her 30 severely that she lived but about
ten minutes afterward.
A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred at
Frankfort, Ky., on the 23d inst. between
Allan Bridgeiord and - Nichols, in
which Nichols was shot SO badly that he
died in a short time Bridgeford was Sc
yerely wounded in the leg, which had 10 be
amputated, and he was otherwise SO Sc
verely injured that there is very little
prospect OF his recovery.
An Omaha dispatch says much feeling is
manifested at headquarters, caused by the
sad fate of Lieutenant kidder. He had
with him ten picked men of the second
cavalry. Every means were provided 10
insure the safety Of his party and the de
livery Of important dispatches from Gen.
Sherman 10 Gen Custar. The party was
accompanied by Red Bead, one Of the most
reliable and sagacious Indian Chiefs, of
whom nothing has since been seen or heard.
Whether Lieut.. Kidder fell a victim 10 In
dian treachery remains mystery.
On the Esd inst. the passenger train on
the Jackson railroad ran of the bridge near
Terre. Miss, by parties removing the frog
connecting the rails. The locomotive and
baggage cars were thrown off falling thirty
feet: the passenger car remained on the
bridge. The fireman was killed, aud en-
gineer and brakeman badly injured. The
train was delayed several hours. ATeward
of $1,000 in gold is offered for the arrest OF
the miscreants who removed the frog, A
similar attempt was made week ago at
Crystal Springs nine miles ahead, but
failed.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Enquirer SAYS IN has dispatch oi
tbe oath instant: Another deputation
from Tennessee has been here urging the
President 10 send Federal troops to that
State 70 insure order at the polls on the
lst of August. They represent that thirty
United States soldiers stationed at the
polls in each county will secure order and
= fair election. The President replied that
aLa Ia lbs matter entirely 10 the con-