Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-02
NEWS OF Tile DAY,

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Fred. Douglas was recently refused admission
10 the Hun House, Winona, Minnesota.
There was a slight fall Of snow 10 st. Louis
Sunday morning.
Company B, ofthe 5th United States cavalry.
passed through ST. Louis Sunday for Nashville.
The contributions in st. Louis for the relief Of
the destitute in the Southern States amounts 10
over $4,000.
The nomination Of Gen. Rousseau AZ Bripa-
der IN the Regulars. was not acted upon by the
Senste Saturday, bat will come - in extra ses-
sion this week.
A young girl named Lizzie Jones died on Fri
day, m baltimore, from the effects Of chlurofoTla
administered by a dentist with the advice Of the
family physician.
In West Jefferson. Ohio, last week, James and
Frederick Carrigan. eleven aud twelve years old,
were poisoned by eating wild parsnip. The ell
aer BOY dlsd IN an hour; the other is recovering.
The United States Supreme Court was te re-
sumo It's session In Washington Monday All
the judges were expected 10 be present with the
feeble.
DR.. A. =. Davis, whose throat was eut thoupb
not fatally. by burglars about a year ago in Des
MONIES. Iowa, died a few days since of cancer
on the neck, produced, as he believed, by inju-
ries received from the burglars
a prize fight between Frank Drew. Of st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, and james Brainard, Of Montana. oc-
CURED IN Kansas, opposite ST. Joseph Saturday.
One hundred and axty-fve rounds were fought.
occupying over two hours. Drew was the victor.
A Havana letter Of the sd ultimo states that
revolutionary proclamation had been received
from SPAN by many prominent persons. calling
all classes 70 arms for the overthrow Of the
Queen, and the establishment of a Republican
government IN Spain.
Contrary 70 expectation, the President on Sat-
urday signed the bill repeating the law which
gave three hundred dollars TO loyal owners Of
slaves where the latter enlisted in the Union
army, and the bill furnishing 10000 stand of
poses.
Tho first application for removal for disabiIi-
~ under the third section Of the constitutional
amendment. comes from James l.. Seward, Of
southwestern Georgia, formerly member Of Con-
gress irom that state, whose memorial was laid
before the United States Senate on the 10Th ult.
A number Of the members of the House Of
Representatives viii remain in Washington du-
ring the executive session Of the Senate to look
after the appointments Of Federal officers IN
their several Congressional districts. IL is sup
posed the session will continue for q week or
ten days.
The teleeraphic cable 20 connect Cuba with
Florida Is 90 be laid from point three miles
from the Moro Castle to Cape Sable in Florida,
thence up the coast TO Tampa Bay, and from
there u land line will be laid. across the PENN
sula, 70 Fernandina. The enterprise will be
completed, II Is supposed. early in June.
Congress adjourned leaving the bankrupt act
~ Il originally passed. The proposition Of Mr..
Anthony 60 tx the first of June rs the day for
is going into operation, having failed il becomes,
therefore, the duty of the Chief Justice FORTH
with 90 nominate the Registers in Bankruptcy,
OF 10 expose himself TO the charge Of disobeying
an act Of Congress.
In Swan Creek, near Monroe. Michigan, the
other day, n man named kilsOn lost an axe and
a clairyoyHnt told him one Of his neighhors,
named Watson. had stolen ii. Going 10 Wat
SOM shanty, kilsOn charged him with the theft,
and. in the quarrel which ensued, kilsOn's head
was split open. Watson had not been captured
nj last accounts.
Mr. Nathan Horner. seventy FIVE years old, Of
So. Clair county, illinois, has obtained YER
dict for 5000 damages against the illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company. He was elected from a
ago because he did not produce his ticket quick
enough 20 suit that official. and when thrust of,
fell down An emhankment. breaking has collar
bone.
The Washington Star Of the 30th ult., says
that lrading State Senator Of Virginia, who
opposed the action Of the State Senate in legis-
lating for convention under the military re-
construction act, is about TO advocate comprO-
mise of the white voters of that State with the
colored voters that Is 20 give the colored men
the entire Congressional delegation, II the whites
are allowed TO control the State government
The New York journal Of Commerce il as
sured upon authority which cannot be doubted
that the report published in the National Kptel-
EgcHeer in regard 20 Mrs. John Dean. formerly
Miss Boxer, ~ NulNtlN unlOuuuNN, and adds.
" She is living near this city, respected and re-
spectacle; and both she and her husband (who
Is in good business here) enjoy and deserve the
confidence Of vide circle Of attached and sym
pathizing friends" Another paper says Mr.
Dean Is in the cotton brokerage business.
A Washington dispatch says the price 20 be
maid for the territory ceded by Russia is 81 600
600. The treaty was fully discussed in Cabinet
council Friday and that evening the Russian
Ambassador was received at the State Depart
ment the negotiations beng brought TO n salts
factory conclusion at two o'clock Saturday morn
ing The treaty will have 70 become ratified by
the Senate and both Houses Of Congress must
concur IN making appropriations for the pay
ment Of the purchase money before the treaty is
accomplished.
Gen. Sheridan issued an order on the 18th ult.
prohibiting the holding of elections for State
parish. municipal, or Judicial offices in LOUISE
ana until the provisions Of the law Of Congress
entitled AN act 60 provide for the more efficient
government OF the Rebel States," and the act
supplomentary thereto shall have been complied
with. Until elections are held in accordance
with those acts the law Of the Legislature Of the
State Of Louisiana. approved March l5 1851,
which provides for the continuance in the per-
forinsnce Of their duties OF those persons whose
term Of Office would otherwise have expired, will
govern all cases except where removals may be
made by the General.
The National Lincoln Monument Association
has been organized with senator Harlan as
President, and Hon. James NJ. Edpunds Score
tary Hon. Mr. Van Horn and FREQ. Douglass
:
John Andrews, Massachusetts; Hon. Schuyler
Colfax, Indiana Hon. Sidney porham, Maine
Hon 81 Shollabargcr, Ohio; Bishop Simpson.
Pennsylvania. and Hon joan Conncss, Calitor-
mia. IL Is proposed TO erect a monument m the
city Of Washington In COMMUNICATION of the
great charter of emancipation and universal
liberty In America. Contributions are 20 be for
wsrdod 20 Gen. spinner. United states Iuea-
surer.
The receipts from internal revenue are more
than two hundred and fourteen million dollars
since the FIRST % July, 1890. That Is for three
fourths Of the fiscal year, and Il is said IN Official
sources there is no good reason for supposing
that the revenue from this source will fail below
the estimates; In TACT, II Is conhdentially be-
heyed 10 will exceed them The income taNis
vet 60 be collected. and, according 90 the no
visions Of the amcndatory act of the 2i Of
March Is 10 DC collected by the 80ib Of Aprii /
The condition O; this branch ei the national /
revenue H encouraelng notWlthstandinF the /
depression that al first sight would seem % 4
threaten u serious dohclt
Vera Cruz correspondent Of March l5th. /
states that Marshal BaEaine and the rear guard /
of the French army, We the egyptians EN- /
whirh originally numbered three thousand re- |
main under sail for Mexico. A large quantity of /
war material was sold % the lmperialsls hy the 4
French The city was in 9 state OF siege Mar
tial law had been declared and the ports closed.
IA feared that the troops inside the city viii
pounoe on Iuare1 a. soon as the Liberals appear /
in frunt of the walls. All comprehension with |
the interior hes been cut off, and only news 81 d i
capital. Il Is rumured that MaTimiiian agreed 1
10 abdicAte Il Juareg wOuld consent % abide the
decision 81 the people for or against the Empe-
ror. The rumoT has been confirmed
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HoN. J. W. LEFrwIcH, one Of the Rep /
resentaaves in the thirty-ninth Congress