Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-11
Largest Circulation in City and State
NEWS OF THE DAY.


The celebrated trotting mare "Lady
Woodruff" is dead.
The first hogshead Of the new crop of
tobacco has arrived in New York, from
Hart county, Kentucky.
There has been a negro uprising in Santi-
ago de Cuba, in which several Of the blacks
were killed. 1t was speedily put down.
Several serious riots are reported in
Canada, growing out Of the elections The
military interferred at Montreal. Several
we're shot.
There were FIVE hundred and sixty,two
deaths in New York last week, slight
falling off from the number Of the preyi-
Gus week.
The Irish policemen who distinguished
themselves during the late Fenian out
breaks have been decorated with medals
by the Lord Lieutenant.
Advices by steamer from Europe confirm
the successes Of the Spanish revolutionists
They have badly beaten the royal troops
in several encounters.
Governor Swami has postponed the
parade Of the Maryland militia from the
18th instant the day Of the meeting of the
Border State Convention, until October 10.
The large livery stable of Keeney, Blake
& Hadley, at Danville, Hendricks county,
Ind, was burned on Saturday, together
with twenty-one horses. Two other adjacent
buildings were burned.
The Secretary of the Treasury has made
a rule that the share of informers, in cases
of violation of the revenue laws, shall not
be allotted until all costs and charges have
been paid.
The cigar makers of Havana complain
Of the starvation wages they receive for
their work, and are preparing for a strike.
The government, however, takes the other
side, and appear determined to put down
the movement by high measures.
1t is given out, semi-oficially, that no
attempt will be made to try Surratt until
after Congress shall have passed an act
providing that colored citizens shall be
qualified TO serve as jurors, and thus enable
the Marshal Of the District TO summon a
few negro jurors for the next trial.
Speaker Colfax denies any knowledge OF,
or responsibility for, the origin of the cir
cular, distributed extensively through the
country by his friends, giving sixteen rea-
sons why Gen.. Grant ought not TO be the
Republican candidate for President.
George Walbright, Missouri State Sem
ator, was arrested in st. Louis Sunday for
keeping open his billiard saloon, on the
corner Of Fourth and Elm, such opening
not being permitted on the Sabbath After
giving bail, he opened his saloon a second
time, and was again arrested.
At Dubuque, Iowa, on Saturday, two
boys aged respectively twelve and fourteen
years, got into a quarrel, when the younger,
John Doan, struck the elder, Joseph Har-
rem, with a heavy stick on the head, near
the left temple. Harren died six hours
after. Doan was arrested and held for
murder.
The St. Louis Democrat a violent Radi-
cal organ, attributes the Democratic victory
in California TO the nomination of corrupt
men by the Republicans. 1t reioioes over
the defeat Of Gorham, the Republican can
didate for Governor, and says CHS election
would have been a triumph of rascality and
fraud" This is certainly a candid ac-
acknowledgement.
The great trot between Dexter and
Brown George and running mate, took
place at the Dexter Park, Chicago, on the
9TH inst, for two thousand dollars, best three
in FIVE, mile heats. The crowd present to
witness this last effort Dexter will probably
make on a public course was immense,
numbering at least ten thousand people
The number of carriages alone in the park
was eight hundred and fifty The excite
ment, of course, reached the highest pitch
The betting, of course, was confined to time,
and in this way very large sums Of money
changed hands. The losers were generally
the friends of Dexter, who in their over
weening confidence expected his time
would be considerably below the twenties.
Dexter won the race in three straight heats
Time224, 2:22, 2:25. The track, intechnical /
phrase, was a very slow one, and the gen.
eral impression among sporting men is that
this is one Of Dexters very best perform
anpns