Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-06
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NEWa OE TIIIc DAY.

A large number Of French troops left
Mexico for home on the 18th ult.
The New York Democratic Convention
will be held IN Albany on the Bird day Of
October.
General Sickles has appointed Beverly
Nash, prominent negro in Columbia, 5.
C., to be police magistrate.
It IS denied that private instructions
have been issued by Gen. Pope, forbidding
negroes running for delegates 10 tie Geor-
gia convention.
The Special Committee on retrenchment
will meet in Washington in few days TO
investigate matters connected with cotton
claims and frauds. .rta
A subcommittee Of the House Commit
tee on ELECTIONS assemble at Louisville
October lst, to takeNesiimOny regarding the
late Kentucky elections.
The sanitary condition Of St. Louis is 80
good that the Board Of Health has rescind~
ed the order prohibiting the sale Of certain
vegetables, unripe fruit and fresh oysters.
Judge Moody has s1ed the Missouri
Democrat for libel, laying his damages at
ten thousand dollars This makes nearly
half dozen libel suits now pending against
that paper.
Gen Howard, who il sojourning al Provi-
dence, p. l., has received an intimatiOn
from Gen. Grant that his presence is not
wanted at Washington, and that he may
prolong his stay.
Three children under ten years Of age,
named Margaret Durgan, Mary Ann Near
don, and Alice Martin, were killed on the
Sd inst. near Neponset, Mass, while at
tempting to run across the railroad track,
The Southern Famine Relief Committee
ia New York, held its final meeting on the
4th inst. The total cash receipts have been
S250,5G0, all of which.is expended. The
number of bushels OF corn purchased was
1886.
The Conservative State Convention Of
Alabama, met at Montgomery on the 4th
inst. Thirteen oat Of sixty-two counties
were represented. Eighty-seyen delegates
were present twenty Of whom were eolored.
Secretary Seward departed from his usual
reticenoe on the Sd inst, and contradicted
the New York Tribunes story that he is
endeavoring 10 settle the Alabama claims
By securing the cession Of British territory
on the Pacific coast.
The golden wedding Of the Rev. DR., DUFF
field and wife, of Detroit, is 10 be celebrated
September 1lth, by his family and friends.
During the day the observance will be of a
private character but in the evening there
viii be a public reception.
The First National Bank at Washington
has Withdrawn It's advertisement for the
purchase Of Confederate bonds, which it
put out at the instance of parties in Europe.
The only offer of the bonds for sale came
from New York city. The bankers pro-
posed two dollars and half for every
thousand.
Leading State officers in Washington are
preparing new plan for collecting the tax
on whisky, to present to the next session of
Congress. One measure under discussion
is to tax the capacity of stills and issue
licenses by the week, month or year,
through the Collector, payment being re-
CURED in advance
II has transpired that the committee ap-
pointed sometime since to examine the &C
counts of the different bureaus of the
treasury have discovered evidence in the
Office of the Controller Of the Currency of
defalcation on the part of one OF the
clerks amounting to two thousand dollars.
The clerk who makes collection Of the as
sessments upon national banks for expenses
Of examiners, is short to that amount.
Neither banks nor government will lose.