Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-24
Largest Circulation in City and State
MEMS OF THE DAY.
A number Of srocers have been arrested
i pb;lsssluhia for selling ssrdines, pickles,
III Mifhont rerenne stamps.

MEMS OF TUE DAY.
number Of srocers have been arrested
In Philadelphia for selling ssrdines, pickles,
etc, without revenue stamps.
AFR. John Pike aud wife, of Northampton,
New Hampshire, celebrated the SEVENTEEN
anniversary Of their wedding on the 9Th
inst.
ObeTlin College has gained a suit which
confirms lis title TO nearly 10000 acres of
land ia Dodridge county, Va. The suit
has been pending for six years.
Charleston, s. C., is moving in the mat
ter Of removing the distractions la her
hsrbor. Probably no city in the v ord has
its karbor so obstTucted with the debris Of
war. ESQ - . H1 tHt
The pr .oneIs confined in the Jail at
cambridge, Tenn, attempted to escape
Two Of them, Mosely and Miles, both con
fined on a charge of murder, we're success
ful. The rest Of the prisoners were Sc.
cured.
The North Georgia Annual Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
will meet in Atlanta on the 9th inst, and
the South Georgia Conference of the same
C1uTcD Will dShSmDle an sDhhdhudu Ou Aht
18th Of December.
The Mexican authorities offered Admiral
TegefhoG an escort Of government troops
for the remains Of Macmillan on the way
10 Vera Cruz All public denomination,
however, both on Mexican soil and with.
in Mexican maritime jurisdiction, was fore
hidden.
The Solicitor of the Treasury is Of the
opinion that, under the tenureIof ofhcclaw,
suspensions from Office during the recess
must be reported within twenty days after
the commencement Of the present adjourned
session, and that at its close all commits
sions temporarily issued TO fill vacancies
viii expire by Limitation. t
The Ohio river continues TO recede slowly
from Pittsburg to Cairo, navigation being
suspended at Pittsburg, where there were
fourteen inches water in the channel on the
2lst inst, while there are only four feet on
the shoalest bars between Cincinnati and
Cairo. A dense fog at present prevails
along the Ohio river its entire length, i'm
peding navigation day as well as night,
Dispatches containing the gratifying in
telligence Of the safety of DIR. Livingstone,
the celebrated traveller and explorer, have
been received in London The particulars
are few, but the Doctor is known TO have
been safe and we'll in April last. He was
then exploring the waters Of Africa hun
dreds Of miles from the sea coast
The Colonial Office in London is in re-
ceipt Of dispatches from the government
officials in the West Indies relative to the
alleged Tortola disaster, indicating that the
accounts heretofore published prove TO be
greatly exaggerated. While the West In
dia Islands we're visited by a severe hurri.
cane near the close of last month it is no
evidence that Tortola suffered any more or
in any other way than any other islands in
that quarter. .s..
A Washington dispatch Of the Dist inst
10 the Cincinnati Commercial SAYS: !" At an
informal meeting Of some Of the Democratic
members Of the Senate and House, last
night, a lively discussion arose in regard
to who would be the most available can
didates for President and Vice President,
Of the Democrats and Conservatives Of the
country. After free exchange of opinions,
the names Of Gen. w. s. Hancock, of Penn
sylvania, and Judge Thurman, of Ohio,
were settled upon az being the strongest"
The Louisville Democrat says The
Court of Appeals on the 22d inst. decided
the long pending and important suit, in
volviDg the proprietary right to Walnut
Street Presbyterian Church in the case Of
Watson ct al. rs. Avery Ct al. lnthe Chance
~ Court Judge Pirtle gave the property to
Avery and his party. The Court of APP
peals have reversed the decision of the
lower tribunal and awarded the church TO
Messrs. Watson and friends, who belong to
the declaration andstestimony party. In
the matter, Chief Justice Peters, Judges
Robertson and Hardin agreed, Judge Will
lisms dissenting"
Havana letters Of the 18th, state that
Fifty towns in Porto Rico suffered from the
late hurricane, and, in addition to the loss
of two hundred lives, three thousand six
hundred families were rendered houseless |
The loss Of life in St. Thomas will exceed !
one thousand. The appalling number of |
seven hundred aud sixty-three bodies have |
been washed ashore. Many bodies had to
be hurried 10 prevent putrefaction. Several \
vessels were wrecked at Martinique. The /
letter adds that the island Of Tortola sui /
fered severely; not a house remains. Trees
we're torn up by the roots, and crops de-
stroyed. Later adyices renew the report
that that island had been visited By an
earthquake and completely submerged. If
this be true, the loss Of life must have been
awful, as the island has ten thousand inc
habitants. The earthquake must have
been the largest thing of the kind on re-
cord, for the island is twelve miles long,
and Its main feature is a range of hills
which are--or were not long ago-si1teen
hundred feet high.
In New York, on Tuesday evening, the
18th inst, two hundred ladies received the
degree Of adaptive Masonry" at the
hands Of the Mystic Tie Lodge. All of the
two hundred were either wives, widows or
daughters of Masons. After the brief ini-
tiatory ceremonies some remarks were
made by Robert 8. Holmes, Past Grand
Master Of the Masons in the State Of New
York. He said that it had long been a
matter Of regret that the Masons' wives,
sisters, daughters, widows, and although
II was not in the Masonic ritual mothers,
had not been recognized among Masons.
FROM Tins time forth, he would labor liz
the Srand Lodge Of this State 10 have il |
use aus great influence with the Grand |
Lodges oil the world for the purpose of
having some token brought into being.
and generally recognized, bv which wives
sisters, daughters, widows and mo,bere of
Mssons may make themaelyes known ali
over the world. lApplause.l In this he
intended no infraction Of Masonic law bnt
he did mean that when such relatives Of
Masons were in distress, they should he
known without carrying their relatives "a,
plomas in their pockets. |
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