Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-01
Largest Circulation in City and State
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The ram StoneWalI, which We were 70
sell TO the Japanese government, has ar
rived at MonteyideO a total failure, and
will be brought hack and a better vessel
substituted.
The Adair county Iowa Bcgi5ier says
that prairie fires can be seen every night
in almost every direction. Ii learns of
considerable damage being done in differ
ent parts Of that county.
The Monticello (Illinois) E5prcss is au-
thoritv for the statement that Mr.. John II.
Dickey, of Hazel Green Township, Della
ware county, raised this season four lhous-
and bushels Of corn on forty acres of
ground-one hundred bushels to the acre.
The complete returns Of the Wisconsin
election indicate the following result of the
vote for Governor: Fairchild rep 49,
6l5; Talmadge DEM G8,8 1863. Fair
child's msiority, 4752. In 1865 the vote
stood, Fairchild, 57,079; Hobart, 1862.
Fairchilds majority, 1927. The increase
in the total vots this year over 1865 is b.
347.
At the present term Of the Supreme
Court Chief Justice Chase will have 10 de-
eide the question whether State can COM
pei a citizen or county 10 pay taxes ia gold
or silver, instead Of legalstender. This is
the case Of Cave county against the State
of Oregon.
The display Of meteors on the 18th of
November, although invisible in England
on account of foggy weather, was very
brilliant in Paris. Galignani's Messenger
says the spectacle was witnessed TO great
advantage, and between ] and 3 in the
morning the number of aerolites was 90
great that they could not be counted.
A bill is TO be introduced in Congress, at
the present session, giving 10 Territorial
Delegates in the House all the rights and
privileges enjoyed by members from the
States. At present, delegates have no
votes, can only speak on subjects affecting
their immediate constituents, and are not
eligible to appointments on committees.
The new Jewish Synagogue, corner Of
Fifth avenue and Forty-third street, New
York, is nearly finished. lis total cost will
not fall short Of half million of dollars.
Ii has been built by the sect known as Re-
formed Jews. II is TO have the largest orr
gan in the country, with the single excep-
ton Of that in the Music Hall, Boston.
A petition with sixteen thousand sigma
lures appended, was lately laid before the
City Council of st. Louis, asking for a re-
peal Of the laws forbidding Sunday traffic
and amusements. Since then remon-
strances numbering about as many signers,
have been pouring in. 1t is now alleged
that many of the signatures to the original
petition are forgeries or inventions. The
Council has not yet acted on the matter.
The question is exciting a good deal of in
terest among the friends and opponents of
repeal.
As the steamer Bombalia, which plies
between Liverpool and Greece, was leaving
the former port on the 29th nit, one of her
boilers exploded with loud report, which
was distinctly felt throughout the city.
Thirty-three persons were killed outright,
and many others injured. The steam pipe
was entirely destroyed
A St. Louis dispatch of the 29th ult
says: "a rain storm set in about o'clock
last night and continued until toward
morning, when il turned TO a furious snow
storm, which still continues to rage vio-
lenuy. Probably six inches of snow has
fallen-the greater part, however, fell in
mud and melted The mercury is now be-
low the freezing point, and the indications
now are for cold weather. The storm came
from the northwest, and yesterday pre-
vailed through Western Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska"