Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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live pastofice rabberics have been committed
ga A'enasylvania since the 9Th Of this month.
heavy snow storm fell in the vicinity Of In
dlIuapulis on the night ai the t-d inst bHt dad
not inJEre the ifuu.
The rivers in Minnesoia are now az h.gh food.
ana some damage has happened at ST. Paul and
ether places
Chief Justice Chase receives m average utthree
hundred applications day Tor appointments a.
Register in BANKRUPTCY.
Dispatches from Altoona. Poitsyilie. Bedford,
and other points 10 Peunsyyania. report quite
heavy fall Of snow on the oath inst
An English Grin has offered 10 pay ths nation
al debt Of Columbia. amounting 20 So tDjWb.
for u ninety nine year, lease OF the Panama
railroad.
The rumor that Attorney General Stanberry
instructed District Attorney l.. Il. Chandler. of
Virginie 10 proceed with 'he 90 e. Of JEFF. Davis
in the June term. Is denied
Hon. W. b. Kelly, Of Pennsylyania. Gen y.
y Butler. and Senators Nye and PoIneroy have
about completed arrangements 10 speak IN The
South at various times during the summers
Mr.. Doyle, wife Of the local editor # the Lou
isyille fnarisr died on the oath inst from an
overdose Of cholroiorm. administered by ser
want.
II A. remarked ia Berlin that the Great Powers
Of Europe have renewed their appeal TO Prus-
sia in hope Of avoiding war, which now seems
imminent
Several Fenian officers and men who have
been participating in the uprising In Ireland
have returned 90 this country, among whom
are the Secretaries Of the Irish War and Navy
Departments
The total number Of deaths in New York. in
elusive Of those At the public Institutions, for
the week ending at noon on the 2jth inst, was
4U6 decrease Of one COMPARED with the mum
Der for the preceding week
The food IN the Des Moines Valley is subsid-
ing. The river was twenty -three feet and caused
great destruction. The destruction OF mills and
property on the Upper Des MONIES Is reported
greater than was ever known before.
The corner stone Of the magnificent Jewish
Temple was laid in Louisville on the 9th inst,
with imposing ceremonies. IL IS the intention
10 make ID one Of abe finest and hanis0mest
l,rurtures Of the kind ia the West The cost
will be about 100000
IL Is generally remarked by travellers that the
wheat crop looks splendid all over the " est.
There never was better promise of an abundant
yield especially IL this the case in Northern
Indiana where unusually great breadth Of
land has been devoted TO staple cereals
William Hickey, of Hickey & Brother. Tobacco
manufacturers, MOrgantOwn, Indiana has disc
appeared with the proceeds Of $1,000 worth of
forged paper in which he used the names Of his
father and tather-in law. lie left a note 90 his
wiie, indicating purpose TO committee suicide,
but Is thought he has gone 10 Idaho.
The Prescott Arizona Miasy, Of January l2th,
Gays fourteen members Of Capt. Hodges cOmpn-
ny of rangers, surprised u camp Of Indians. about
one hundred miles from Prescott December 81.
and killed twenty-three of them. One ranger
was killed and three wounded.
A row occurred in u saloon 10 Memphis on the
night Of the I'd inst. among rOwdies. Police
man John Claridge was shot and killed and an
other policeman was badly beaten. John Cas-
grove a fireman, has been arrested ~ the sup
posed murderer.
The registration of voters in Washington Is
completed. with the exception Of one ward and
the whites, thus Tar. have q majority of about
four hundred. The registration Of the remaining
ward, however, will give the col6red men about
i've hundred majority. A. compared with the
registration Of last year, at least five thousand
white voters have refused 10 register.
Latest accounts from Platte river say that the
ireshet has reached its hight. and the water il
slowly recedinE. No fears of further damage 10
the Pacific railroad are entertained. and the re-
cent damage will he speedily repaired. The
worst break was near ElkhOrn Station, where
four hundred yards of the track was washed
away.
Wade, Yates, Chandler. Howard. Patterson,
Morrill,. Nye, Cameron and Poland. among Sen
Htors, and Representatives CoNodo, Bingham,
Williams. Orth, Baldwin, Hooper. Mcpherson,
Lawrence, Marston and ketchum. are enlisted
Tor the Congressional buffalo hunting party
which IS 60 leave Nankton, Dakota, about the
hrst Of jane.
An unofficial letter was received at the De-
psrtment of State ON the I'D inst, dated Paris,
April 3. from n prominent American, whose
opportunities for gaining correct information Of
the impending trouble are excellent. lie sees
no hope OF ayeTting collision between France
aud Prussia. The proposed national Congress nj
Paris for mediRtng purposes. is looked upon as
futile as the one which met 20 avert the war he
tween Prussia and Austria.
Two distinct shocks Of an earthquake we're felt
iH st. Louis about i've minutes before o'clock
IN the afternoon Of the 2ith inst. The vibration
was from north 60 south, lasting about FIVE
-er0nds. Articles Of furniture. crockery, etc,
we're shaken quite vigorously. but no harm WAS
A h Oh ..l Fla A l.
Kansas and IN different parts Of Missouri, shak-
tng houses cracking walls, and creating great
alarm among the people.
The junction City kansas Chion Of the Path
inst, says that on the 18th "a squad Of the 9TH /
cavalry. under MAJOR Cooper, killed six Chey-
enne Indians at Cinarope Landing. thirty miles |
west Of Fort Dodge. This is the 6rgt blood spilt
ia the Indian war Of 1867. One Of Maior Coop
eT's men Was killed and one wounded Thirty /
horses belonging 20 the United States Express
Company were run OF by Indians from Chalk /
Blud Station on smoky HIN. lew days ago.
The trial Of c c. Williams spiritualist, who,
IA January last starved has child a girl Of thir-
teen years. nearly TO death, commenced ia Nor
WiCh, Connecticut. on the ed inst Evidence /
E0es TO show that he kept her IN a cold room On |
water and cruel Tor three weeks and for three
days gave her no food He gagged her for speak |
ms, and cOwhided her twelve times The girl
escaped by jumping from the third stOry an the |
snow, The slri testified and admits the facts |
but pleads the insanity ot her father.
Il will be rerollectei that short time since
eN-hepreseutattye Mason. OF Iowa. was selected /
b the Pustotfce Department a. "A special com
missioner % visit Europe Ca obtain lower aud
more uniform rates Of International postage, /
aud 20 confer with the Paris Congress on the
metric system Of weights aud measure. His in
-Fncuuus were given, some of the funds ad-
aneed and his passage engaged. Ills commits
SION, however, requires the signature OF the
fresident, which has thus Tar been persmptorily
refused. Mr.. Mason and the Post office Depart
lsent are IN dilemma. Tor the President seems
immoyable
The records Of the War Department show THAI
hfty prisoners are now confined al the Dry Tor
Iugas. nine citizens and forty one soldiers The
former are Mudd. Spangler, Arnold and 10 Laugh
i'm, the cOnspirators notorious 81. Lcdger areen-
held sentenced % hard labor for lite for c0nspir
ina 90 release prisoners Of war, John Prsdair.
south Carolinlan, sentenced 20 Eve years Tor
robbery; John Walters ten years for man
laughter and Sam Henry three years for as
saul. with intent 90 Kill. OF the soldiers
eighteen were sentenced for desertion, seven Tor
assault with intent 10 Kill, and six Tor robbery.
one the main objects Of General Orls visit
10 " ashington was 20 confer with General Grant
IN regard 20 hs authority 60 set aside certain
late laws OF the Arkansas Legislature, which he
deems hindrance e. the smooth working OF
the reconstruction law. As the result " the in
terSiew Il Is understood that General Grant is
engaged IN preparing a general order of instruc-
u0ns 70 District Commanders under the military |
iii. ia which he win define their duties and |
p0wers regarding the class Of laws In question. |
lie Is opposed 90 giving his subordinate the au-
thority asked By Generhl uri
The Holly Spring. Miss Reporter, says
,oionel scott. one OF the prisoners sent 30 the /
Dry lortugas, during the war. under the charge /
81 being Spy, passed through holly Springs /
last week, having, BY the intercesston Of the \
yommandants daughter. obtaiped his release
IL ~ quite common, Colonel scott reports for /
Tue prisoners 70 be severely dashed on their hare
backs, Tor The least impotence or indisrretiop.
I OF the accidentally spiiling cup on paint the
colonel vas severely punished Amonr the
IrlsOners stu IN this horrible basiils arc Colonel
81 Ledger Hrenteis Inspector Gcnerni an ,}er |
braggs staff. afterward Inspector },nerSl Al
the cavalry Of The Army vf tennessee VIZ bss |
teen severely hoEgcd n number of time,. mi
Mr., Alexander h. stewart Of Bolivar comfy |
Mississippi. Mr. Stewart was tried for arson
convicted and sent 90 the Dry Torturag f5r he ]
The real ohen-e was. that Nh. Stewart, In com |
pEny with several gallant Conteietates, in lssg |
laade an attack upon the steamer Ruth. between
VI emphis and Randolph. captured and burnt the
boat. taking and destroying about siu,0 40 ia
gTeen6aeks
Nail Tank. - The Radical tactics
during the pending canvass will consist
Of misrepresentation and Justification