Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-14
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

The Bank Of Praire Du Chen. Wisconsin,
has failed.
In twenty-five counties in Illinois the Rggre-
gate Democratic gain on the Supervisors " i0uT.
The Illinois constitutional convention will be
composed of seventy five Republicans and
twenty-five Democrats.
The Senate on the lOta instant rejected the
nomination Of the cK Feuiau General Sweeney,
Tor Major Of the 10th infantry.
Governor Throckmorton. Of Texas, through
hs agent in Washington, Hon. Il. ii. kppeTson'
member Of Congress elect declines 90 be a party
10 the suit 10 test the eonsttutonaliy Of the re-
construction act
The Washington Chronicle Of the nth instant
says that 5000 have been subscribed BY Senators
and members, for the distribution Of political
documents throughout the South.
Terrence Carol. of Andoyer, Massachusetts,
on the 10th instant beat out the brains Of bis
wife With a hot Fat iron. tie had previously
beaten his grandelnld. and bis Wiie's remon-
france at bis cruelty resulted her death.
The annual report ofthe Methodist Book Con
ceInin New York shows over tSOOOO pronts.
The payment for Bishops salaries. travelling
expenses. etc. we're 81. Total assets Of the
concern $682. O3i, and IL owes SlBG15.
The Lafayette (lnd) papers mention the de-
parture Of number Of citizens OF that se"tion Of
Indiana. for the mining regions Of Montana,
whittier they had previously shipped quantity
ct quartz machinery. Six ladies accompany the
party.
At the municipal election in Tuscumbia. Ala.
ON the Let, Mai. Sl0ss formerly Of the COnted-
crate army received four tths Of the cOl0red
voters, for mayor against the Radical candidate.
who was bureau agent Major Sloss was
lscted.
Montana dates % the 18TH Of March have been
received There was terrible suffering during
the late cold spell. The temperature ranged al
from forty six 10 fly seven degrees below zero.
The people Of Montana are getting up an invita-
ton 20 Professor Agnssia 70 visit them as agent
of the territory.
of the applications for pardon on iile in the
Attorney Generals oice, one hundred and fifty
three are from eX-United States army officers.
tiny -four from ex-bnted states congressman
twenty eight from prominent Rebel ohieials,
one hundred aud four from officers OF the Rebel
army Of or above the rank Of Brigadicr General
The Springfield Mass RerublicaR suys: One
thousand workmen have struck work at the
Portland stone quarries, and have been idle
since Tuesday on account Of the discharge Of q
part Of the number for voting the Democratic
ticket at the recent election. and ffty of the
Rill hands at Rockville have also lost thersiiu-
Atious for a similar reason.
When the Great Eastern was about 10 leave the
Mersey on the 10Th ait. pin broke IN the cap
stan with which the anchor was being raised,
and the immense mass Of ir0n, weighing over
nine tons. dropped back into the water. making
the capstan reyolve with great velocity. and
causing the bars 10 dy from the sockets, One
man was instantly killed, and several others
injured.
IL is generally admitted by newspapers
throughout the country that the winter has been
an exceedingly fair one Tor farmers There
has been snow enough 20 protect the wheat and
there is every prospect of abundant crops. Such
news Is always cheering at this season Of the
year, and those who are prone 20 indulge in
gloomy forebodings, may ind comfort IN turn
lng their attention 20 agricultural regions, from
whence come the greatest necessities OF life.
A Washington dispatch Of the nth inst. 10 the
Cincinnati CoHmcrci0f says: II q intimated
tonight that the Supreme Court will render
deeigion in the Mississippi injunction case, 20
restrain the enforcement Of the reconstruction
act the moment the arguments close, in which
the application will be dismissed On the ground
that The court has no original jurisdiction in the
premises. The principal precedent for the deci-
zion Is that made by the supreme Court in the
case Of Dou, in the Rhode Island rebellion.
The court bns been IN possession. informally, Of
the printed briefs and argument IN the case Tor
more than week
The qI astion Of the power Of jailor 70 pun
ish prisoners for dis0rdefly conduct by logging
was heard in the United States Court at Louis
Vile on the llth inst, and Judge Ballard said
that ID was singular that on question OF such
Importance no decision could he found on tho
power or liabilities Of aoF, or as 10 bis duties.
while the old English authorities gave the iaiior
power 70 inhict punishment for the misconduct
sf prisoner; yet this question has never been
decided. 80 far as he could End, IN the United
states. NJ ruled that tho Tailor had no right %
inhiet cOrporeal punishment
Mrs Furman, who had been separated from
Ter husband about two years. aud who was act
ing a. q hOusekeeper for a gentleman. admins
tered dose Of strychnne 20 her little daughter,
aged about two year,, IN some milk. She sat
down quietly with the child in her lap, and
watched the effects Of the poison until the child
Was dead. She then took n dose Of the poison
herself and in ten minutes was corpse. she
had been for seine time endeayoring TO get a al
vorce from her husband. M the same time labor
tns under the delusiOn that the gentleman for
whom she was keeping house. would marry her.
A lev days previous 60 the tragedy, the gentle
man married another lady, and the disappoint
luent Induced her 60 commit the deed.
The following was the destination Of the emf
-, ~ Work HWrIug the rnanfhe
I'd January, February and March Alabama, 4
Australia =: California. lsa; Canada, ls6; Con
nosucuL S9l Cuba J British Columbia, 2;
sa 81 lnnois, i5s6i Iowa. 81; Indiana, 2sS,
kentucky. III. Kansas. u. Louisiana. lfe; Massa-
IAN. ~. Minnesota. 80; Mexico. ]; Mississippi.
!. New HAMPSHIRE, Sli Nova scotia. =. Mis-
aour 0s2; New York. 1854; New jersey. $50,
wick, 3: Oregon. 4 Rhode Island, M Ohio.
lBsa Pennsylvania. el55; South Carolina, -:
lexis 81 Tennessee, al Vermont 81 Utah, J;
Idaho y Nevada, d Prince Edwards Island .;
Dacoia = Colorado, Z. Total for January, 7614;
total for February. toSs total for March .l2s63.
The south part Of Chicago was the scene Of a
horrible crime on the 9Ih instant The perpe-
traitor was woman named BIsuagan. This
WomaB had incurred the bate of her aeiFhhors
by her criminal condul with a nerro iivinr
aear ~, and she has frequently threatened the
lives Of these parties, ON the 9th inst. she got
NothlatiNA ~ wv tAAttaAANtAa Nue ANlEe ana the
other four years old. daughtsrs Of Michael Kay-
annugh and Patrick Pidgeon. Der nearest neigh
bars The former she clicked % desth placed
the body Ia 3 barrel 81 water, and covered IN
with ice The other she threw into a privy
vault, bat b some means she was enabled 10
crawl out. and her life was saved. As soon as
the crime and is perpctratoI were discovered
crowds gathered around the house Of the hend
aud il was with the greatest dlNculty they could
bc restrained from taklnG seminary veneenuco
On her. In the meantime she barricadea her
house and bade defiance O. the police. Ii was
ruly by the practice Of strategy that they could
capture her While taking her % the station
loaso. she fought With the desperation ii a
ttEgr