Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-18
FOR GOVERNOR
EMERSON ETHERIDUhs
OF WFAELEY.
NEWS OF TIE DAY

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whole colored congregation, including pastor
and 5eac5ns has left Macon, Georgia, Tor Llpe-
ria.
,cv Jersey, not the most advanced state IN
educational matters. has abolished corporal pun
ishmgut in public schools.
A paper is in circulation in Washington. ana
D. being numerously signed, asking the president
90 pardon Gen. Long5treet'
An agent of the California Pacific railroad IL
In Washington, endcayOrtng 10 hlre Few lhou
sand negroes to work on the road.
The amount Of gold in the Treasury . one hun
drei and three millions including eighteen NIL
lions deposited for gold certificates.
Texas papers contain accounts OF the devAsta-
ling storfa o! tho n and 81 inst, by which many
lives md much property were destroyed
An old man Of seventy named Wooster,
l-5vrpod himself in The MonOngahela. at Pitts
burg on Thursday. Cause, domestic troubles.
A grand concert for the reliefo southern Ma
sons will he given nj the New ork Academy OF
Music on the evening Of the 9th inst james L.
Brady will also deliver an address
Miss Maggie Mitchell has sailed al last for
Earope. Henry Ward Beecher, Joseph Ike, de-
ciined ~ 90 when he found that she was 70 &C.
cupy his state room.
The steamer Miner. falsely reported captured
NV Indians some weeks ago. has reached 81
Joseph Missouri. on her return trip. she had
30 trouble with the savGgcs.
General Pope and staff have been invited BY
and committee has been appointed 70 proceed
10 Atlanta and tender the invitation.
Rev. Father Rupert has been consccrated
Abbot for the province OF Minnesota. lie rs
thus made one Of the three mitred abbots m tins
country.
A movement has been started in Virginia for
the purpose Of encouraging the subdivision Of
the large plantations into farms Of n marketaoie
size.
Judge AbelIs letters TO President johnson
have been published. lie charges that all Gen;
Sheridan's acts have been unconstitutional ana
subvcrsiye ofhbcrty.
A pcrro was stabbed and killed at Trenton,
XIV, on the 10th inst. by Samuel Brockman; The
murderer i said 60 haze been recently pard0ned
out Of the Tennessee penitcnuary.
A new trial has been granted in the suit Of
The Louigviile and Nashville Railroad Company
against General Buckncr, for destruction Of pro-
perry during the war
A littlo boy. three years old, was chokcd to
death in New Albany, Ind, on the ith inst, by
bean he had swallowed, and which lodged IN
his windppe.
The preliminary drawing Of the Southern
Asylum Land Lottery occurred Saturday at
UcrnandC. near Memphis. The AU0tdncbc and
Port newspapers were among the winners Of
prizes The drawing is considered great sue
cess.
midnight complimentary banquet was given
~ senator Wade and party at IT. Lonls' Friday
night. Seven OF eight speeches only were made,
but the music Of unbottlcd gas and How Of gen
cruus champagne charmed every ear and filled
the large hearts Of the crowd.
lanes Torrcgan was fatally sun-struck in
New York Friday. and two men, named COt-
frey Hnd Eastman. while caulkinE boat, were
sun-struck fell into the East river and were
drowned. On the same day man named Au-
rustus Cook died in Chicago Of sun-storke.
Mr.. Turton. first clerk. chief engineer Cornc-
Inns and a cabin boy named George, are the only
persons known 20 have lost their lives by the
i;pkinr Of the steamer Governor Sharkey, near
- L. "a baltoVpH flp
ployes who were passengers, all got oil.
About one hundred clerks will soon be dis
charged from the Treasury Department and
Qunrtermastcr Generals eiice m washington.
lack Of funds TO pay is the cause affecting the
Inter while IN the Treasury theamouut OF work
is greatly reduced.
The coronor's Jury at st. Louis. on the body Of
"a cabin boy drowned by the sinking of the
steamer Governor Sharkcy, declare in their YER
dict that the sinking was caused by overlooking
and bad condition Of the deck. On complaint OF
the Coroner Captain Iurton was thcreupon ar
rested and held to bail.
Forty-onc suits brought against Col John II.
GriAcr 60 recover 500 each. levied upon citizens
If Warren county by Col. Order during the
war, 10 remuuerate Union men for dcprcdations
Of Rebel soldiers. were dismissed IN the United
States Court at Louisville ON saturday, upon
motion Of the plaintiffs.
Saws the Leayonworth Times of the llth:
About two hundred additional troops arrived |
on sunday morning. and will be sent forward for |
service on the plains flulS last hdAlAllbu III
croases the number now under co nmand OF
General Hancock 10 nearly five thousand, along |
the smoky Hin route and in garrison at the va
rious frontier posts. |
Sir VIM Napier was arrested in New York on
saturday. charged with purchasing of one c. =. |
Meudlehall, Of Baltimore, goods amounting TO |
$3.50 and giving IN payment worthless order on |
au English bank Napier has an extensive
estate at Morriston, Tennessee and came here |
40 send home 10 England a governOss TO has l
children, who dislikcd the customs OF that |
country. The complainant alleged mat ne was |
bout To leave for England. lie denies has quit,
and agrees 20 be examined on the 9th inst. |
The Joint Congressional Committee on Ord /
,on.e has made demand on the War and Navy
Departments for copies OF records pertaining 10 |
the Ordnance Bureau, which cannot possibly he |
complied with. Il all the clerical force at the |
command Of the department should be employed
in copying. before the l-t Of December next IL /
Is the intention of the committee 60 do what has
never heen done before since the organization Of /
the hureau viz. investigate their N ode OF adj Il
mipistrntion thoroughly. Some startling devcl-
opments are promised by parties who are push
ips me matter lat there Is no probability that /
ANYTHING of interest will trauspIre before the Il
next session Of Congress.
II seems TO be conceded in Republican circles /
in Washington that there will be July session /
of Congress Old Thad. Stevens iavors II, and i
the Washington Chronicle of the 18th inst con-
tuius a double-caded, two-column article, which /
has been sent 90 all Of the Republican members
calling upon them, IN the most positive language,
not 10 fail % be present at the meeting m July
Ii declares that the recent telegram forwarded 20
certain journals. that an extra session would be
called IN August. By the Executive, was sent
with the Presidents sanction. and that IL IS
mere ruse 90 prevent n July session. The Re
publican Congressional Committee are repre-
scented rs recommending a July session.
Official advices received at C0nstantinople
ON the llth inst. from Crete, state that on the
81 of June, Omar PaShn attacked the Christian |
insurgents position in the district Of Luoethe, |
situated IN a rock bound valley, and one of the |
mia far
Several engagements cu-uCd at the place where /
the insurgents were lutrCnched- The Turkish |
troops. IN the end dislodeed the Christians, and
thus secured possession OF the valley Reports |
say the Cretans lost 500 men, killed aud wound |
ed and the Turks only ten men KILLED and sixty
wounded.
Last FRIDAY morning. the body Of a man horri-
bly mutiatcd and laid out, was discovered under |
a bridge near Fort Pickering, Memphis. The |
clothes OF the man had been stripped ot, and
bis face was covered with white cloth. When
his was removed. lt was discovered that his |
.ruU had been cleft by Ratchet or AK. IL was
identified A. the body Of Cornelius LCary, a Ia |
horror on the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad. |
II e came % the city the previous day, and az 10
gr IN, clock that night was seen drinking In "A
srorcry Ito b. known Go have had two silver |
1atehes and fifteen oT twenty dollars on has per
.4u and ne was no doubt murdered for those |
,sitry considerations. An inquest was held but
lo trace was found OF the horrible midnight
murder.
Within the last few days the annual report Of
he General Land once has hceh issued iIoth tue
press in tts complete form, accom- |
panied by a number Of valuable maps. We
extract the following facts from the report: The
public domain. Ht the present ume' amounts 20
1o lezs than / as as 500 acres The lands in |
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, once a part u the
national territory, have nearly AZ passed suto 4
ludly iduul ownership. The uBsold lauds are
divided into ten surveying departments. VITA 1
-INty one districts each Que being supplied WITH
n register and receiver. The lands whoa have |
alreanN ueen heINeyed amount 20 o,+luO,1li
ecrcs. leaving uusurveyed. COL, SOS .249 acres. |
Durins the last fiscal year. the public land |
amounted O. ass.-A acres, the locations for mill
tary bounty covered 4uS lso acres. and the total |
quantity taken under the Homestead act for |
actual settlement was .Ss- IlD acres Titles |
\ asted under railroad grants amounted 20 "a 5q6 |
arros Rhlle the number ut acres assigned 10
a. ricuitrual and mechanical colleges was 65l Oi6
Ihe whole number of acres disposed of durin-
the last hscal year was 4.tH.al&
GALVESTON, Texas, it is estimated by the
authorities Of that city, now has popula-