Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Rev. b. r. Hanley. author Of Nellie Gray"
aud other tayorite songs, died in Chicago Sat
urday.
A snow slide occurred March ], at the town Of
Kearsarge, Nevada, Killing one person and de-
atroyIug nine houses.
Several Spanish war steamers, which left
Havana recently under sealed orders, are re-
ported 10 have gone 60 Honduras.
Soldiers carelessly losing carbines OF revolvers
hereafter are to charged so for the former and
$50 for the latter.
Five hundred and sixty dollars conscience
money Was received CT the Treasury Department
in Washington on the 18th inst.
The Washington Chronicle denies. apparently
on authority, that Senator Sumner IS to retire
from public life NJ the end Of his present Sena
tOrial term.
The United States Senate on the 18th inst.
adopted the resolution directing the Secretary
Of War 10 furnish the State Of Tennessee with
arms and equipments for 300 militia.
The Secretary of the Treasury and Treasurer
Spinner both affirm that there is not the slight
est evidence IN the treasury Of any over issues.
either Of 1905 or Of fractional currency.
Much excitement is reported in Prescott. Ari
z0na, over the discovery Of new and rich placers
CA a tributary Of the Aqua Frio, sixty miles
from Prescott. The Indians are troublesome In
that region.
Thad. Stevens wants to conGscate S5OOOOO.0OO
loaded with a speech on the subject Of which
he is determined 10 deliver himself before the
adjournment
In the Maryland House Of Delegates on the
18th inst, bill permitting negro testimony IN
courts, on the same footing as white citizens,
failed for the want Of n constitutional quorum.
The vote was ayes 80, nays 10; absent 81.
Smthland. Kentucky, is completely mum
dated, and great suffering exists among the peO-
pie Some Of the houses have been washed
away. and many families have taken refuge in
the courthouse.
The late Alexandria eeQtion is TO be used by
the Radicals az the means Of testing the mill
tary reconstruction bill Of last session. The case
Is being made up very carefully, and will be
pushed up 90 the Supreme Court Us soon as
possible.
There Is a rumOr ahoat in Washington Of a
proposition having been made 10 the French
government 20 convert its Mexican war obliga-
lions into three per cent bonds. 10 be ulti-
mately paid BY the sale Ofthe State Of Chihuahua
TO the United States.
number OF negroes attempted 20 y0te-at the
election IN Omaha. Nebraska on the 4th inst.
but were driven from the polls by mob. In one
ward solitary negro vote was received, but
none were permitted 20 be cast in the other
wards.
Scarlet Grow. a Sioux Indian. disappeared
from Washington some days since, and his body
has lust been found on the Virginia side, near
the aqueduct bridge. lie had torn slip from
his blanket and hung himself with il. He had
been for some time In government employment
a scout.
The Lafayette Qnd:ana) Journal tells Of an
attempt 20 commit suicide, in that city. by
young eirl Of sixteen, whose parents live in the
neighborhOod Of Portsmouth, Ohio. She had
been seducod. taken 90 Lafayette and there do
serted by her seducer. She took heavy dose
Of laudanum, but prompt medical attendance
saved her life.
Chief Justice Chase, on whom devolyes the
duty of nomination and recommending the re
gisters in bankruptcy provided for IN the bank
Tupt act declines 20 assume the labor and re-
sponsibility Of making the selections without
submitting % the entire court the question OF che
duty.
A meeting was held az Savannah. Georgia, on
the 18th inst, al which about three thousand
negroes were present. Three white and i've
black speakers addressed the assemblage. The
speeches were confined 30 topics Of universal
suffrage and right to sit on juries. The affair
passed Of quietly.
The Frankfort and Louisville Railroad Com |
papy have commenced the construction Of |
short line railroad 60 connect Louisville and
Cincinnati. The new road VIII branch on from /
the Louisville and Frankfort railroad at La
thence to Covinrton. eighty miles. II is prob /
able the whole line will be built m eighteen /
months.
young lady named Kate Gamble was nc
cOst5d on the street in Philadelphia few eve
pings ago by an unknown rusian. who seized /
her hands aud, when she broke away from him. /
threw vial of liquid caustic m her face. tis i
face is terribly burned. No reason for the saw
age outrage Is known by Miss Gamble OF. her i
friends.
The snow fall last week, in some parts Of the
West, exceeded that Of any storm during the 1
winter months, and the cold was hardly less Sc
we're. At Chicago the Thermometer Indicated /
twelve degrees below zero, at several points in
Iowa fourteen, and at ST Paul twenty-four. On L
many lines of railroad in Iowa and Wisconsin Il
the snow fell % such depth ms 20 make Il ne
oossary 20 detain trains tll the track could be /
~. ~ NgaNH 49, u. q N.a.N
torty-nrst parallel presented ~ blanchod and
frgid an appearance n an mid winter, and
skates and sleighs that had been put aside for
the season az once, and for tins spring prob
ably the last time, brought into reQuislhon.
Sleighs in the North, and canoes M the South /
were last week the most useful Of all vehicles.
The Memphis AuuluRcis, Of the lsth inst.
saws. "From an old citizen Of Friar's Point we
learn that the river there is six inches higher |
than ever was known. The town is inundated. |
and the water extends back % the hills, dis-
lance Of thirty miles Sreai saherlns ana sesli
disheartcned over their Losses and the unfnvor-
able prospects for planting. Unless AID II CAV en-.
and thai speedily, hy the g93Ternmlepi ioE re-
the products Of the great Valley OF the MisSis- /
sippi. which yields such sn immense revenue,
will be lost, and. In addition, mnny hundreds q
negroes viii be thrown out of employment. ana 4
consequently starye.'
The supplementary reconstruction act passed
By the Senate Saturday night, differs very ma |
terlntly from The bail passed by the House on |
the llth inst The essental points Of the differ |
ence are as follows; The oath % 10 be taken 40 |
the time Of registration Is much longer and more
stringent electors, when voting for delegates,
must also vote for OF against convention, and
a convention shall not be held unless a majority |
81 all the persons registered vote On the Ques- |
ituu, and majority ui votes cast are in favor OF
the same if a convention be called. Il shall, /
v hen ORGANIZED dut determine by a vote !
" aether h IS ne wish Of The people Of the State 60
d sine constItutlOn and civil government &C |
cordlnF 20 the terms Of this act and the act 10 .
which It's supplementary, The constitution may !
De rauhedl not a. m the House bill, By ma
issltf ~ All the votes registered, but By a ma
lorty Of all The votes cast on the question of |
Istlhcauon; provided however. that al least |
ball the voters shall vote on this qucs-
aon- 70 STATE shall be restored % representa-
ton tai iis constitution has been formally an 4
proved BY Congress. The provision relative IA |
utilization Wa strcnuoasly opposed ia the |
lionse When moved b. Mr.. Bingham he |
-entiment against it was 81 strong thai he couia
bot get the yeas and nays called.