Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The yellow fever is raging at Panama. The
English Consul has lost bis family by the disease.
The City Council Of Paducah, Kentucky, have
decided 10 destroy all the ailanthus trees in that
hurEh.
Governor Flanders Of Louisiana, Governor
Patton, of Alabama, and other Southern state
officials arrived ia Washington on the 10th inst.
90 confer with Congressman, on the pending
reorganization bill.
The Supreme Court Of Illinois, in the case Of
the United States Marshal, Jones prosecuted
for false imprisonment IN the case OF Johnson
aud sheban. dad not, as reported hWaFd daul
ages Of Sl00,0O0. but simply sent the case back
Tor new trial.
At Fredsburg, eighteen miles from New Al
bauy, Iowa, n few days since, Mr. Rice was
stung on the lip by a bee, and the poison spread
through his system rapidly that he was speech
less ia thirty minutes, and died m about three
hours.
The Galveston NstCs says that Judge John c.
WatrOus applied 70 the Board 70 register him
self ia accordance with the law, but he was re
jucied. lie was in Texas before annexation, and
has held the Office Of Federal Judge ever since
that event.
Attorney General Stanberry in his recent evil
dence before the House Judiciary Committee
testified that he did not write the Presidents
veto message last winter on the reconstruction
bill, so generally attributed 70 him by the press
since.the issuance Of his late opinion.
Samantha Proctor, better known as Madam
Cora james. famous fortune teller, has sued
Ira Y Mum, a Chicago warehOusemQn, tor breach
of marriage promise She wants Sl00O00, and
expresses a determination TO plead her own case
IN court.
most brutal case Of child whipping has oc-
CURED IN Springfield, Erie county. Pennsyiva
MIA. For some triting Oteuse little girl nine
years of age was so terribly beaten, first by the
father aud then By the mother, that her life was
despaired of; Ugly gashes completely covered
the head and body Of The child. The fends only
deFisted upon the interference Of the neigh
bOrs.
The people Of New Jersey laid the corner
stone of q monument 10 Washington on the 4th
of July. The structure will DO erected on
high elevation a few mlles from Plainhcld
The spot is said 10 have been favorite resort Of
Washington ia the days of the revolution, and
from whence he took observations OF the move
ments Of the British army. The monument
will be fifty feet high, and surmounted by
statue.
A correspondent OF the New York World,
writing from Springfield, Mass, under date Of
the 9th inst. says there is extraordinary activity
in the armoIy there now, especially IN making
breech loading arms of the Allen patent, and
ia converting old muskets. Ii is said that our
War Department regards the Allen arm as the
most perfect breech-loader in the world.
The steamers Y elbow Stone and @. W. Graham,
Just returned from the Upper Missouri, and laid
up at the lower end Of the levee at ST Louis,
were burned on the 10th inst. The Yellow stone
was valued at $4,000, ana insured Tor szO,tJO;
The Graham was valued at t2oO03, and insured
for $4,000 A large lot Of lumber and slaves
lying on the levee took FIRE, and a considerable
quantity was destroyed. The origin Of the FIRE
is not known.
An important diplomatic note from the Rus
siRn Cabinet in regard to Ireland, has just been
published. Ii Is addressed 10 the ambassadors
ofhussiR and France. They are requested TO call
the attention Of the governments 20 winch they
are respectfully accredited. 10 the existing stale
"a afiairs in ireland and are instructed to re-
present that in the opinion OF the Russian Cabl-
net the condition of that island invites II Joint
inquiry on the parts of the governments OF
france Russia and the United States, in con
junction with that Of Great Britain.