Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-17
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

C.. fo0ts up lib whites and $50 cOl0red.
John c. Calho un's old homestead, in South
Carolina, is to be sold at suction on the 4th n
March.
IL is reported that Horace Greeley will b,
offered the Postmaster Generalship in case Mr.
Randell resigns
II Is reported that the President has promised
10 accept the military bill, with Mr.. Blainei
amendment.
The Pennsylvania Legislative Committee has
reported that It can't see any evidence that any
candidate for Senator bribed any Legislator
Hon. q. S. Williams. Of Shreveport, formerly
Of Gen. Folks staff, has been elected United
States Senator by the Louisiana Legislature.
EX-Goyemor Brown, Judge Dawson and A
Walker. Of the Supreme Court Of Georgia. have
been admitted 20 the bar Of the UEited States
Supreme Court.
The Richmond Tines is very anxious to know
whether General Lee would like to be Governor
Of Virginia, and bids everybody else stand back
till that fact Is ascertained.
Gov. Orr made a speech at Gu arleston. S. G.,
on the l4th inst. urging the adoption Of the
Southern Governors plan to compass the event
Of admission 10 the Union.
Thos. +. Bowie, ex-Congressman from Mary
each. on which he was sued, were for gambling
debts and has gained his case.
The Feuian General Gleezon says the vessels
reported arrived at ireland were dispatched
from New York. lie also states that Stevens is
in ireland. at the head Of three hundred officers.
ali known 70 have left here.
on the 18th inst H. C. Deming was re -nomi-
mated, and p T. Barnum and II. II. Stark
weather nominated for the first time. as candi-
dates for Congress from Connecticut, by the Re
publeans
Il ID sad that the Senate will not confirm
Gen. Ewing as Minister 10 the Hague. Geo.
Bancroft having declined the Boston Collector
ship The President has asked the Senate TO
return his name
Mary Harris. who shot her lover Burroughs.
In the Treasury, two years ago, and was acquit-
ted BY the jury which tried her. has just been
committed to the insane asylum in Washington.
disastrous freshet has taken place in Iii
nois, Indiana and Iowa. carrying away rniIroad
bridges. river dams, and destroying property Of
great value. In Western Missouri and Kansas,
also, there has been considerable destruction.
The receipts for customs are now averaging
according 10 the returns TO the Treasury Depart
ment about four millions per week, in gold,
while the internal revenue receipts are averag-
ing about three millions per week in currency.
James q. Hamilton, commission merchant
ia Chicago, was shot by his son, boy ofsixteeu,
the night of the l4th inst, the bali passing
though the cheek into the neck The wound IT,
not fatal. The young man had been scolded and
took that efectusl method 0fstopping his fathers
jaw"
Gen, Andrew HickenloOper, Of Ohio, late Of
the army, was married on the 18th inst to Miss
Maria Lloyd Smith, daughter Of A. II. Smith, |
E1u., Of Cincinnati. Among the wedding guests |
were Lieutenant General W. T. Sherman. GEN |
erals Force. Noyes, Ward, and Fearing. and Cot |
unel Dayton.
The Commissioner of the General Land Office |
has received the first returns from the recently |
established local Office at Jackson Miss, which |
chow that ninety-six farms, compnsingan aggre- |
safe Of 5s45 acres, have been added to the pro |
ductive force Of that State under the homestead |
act Of July n 1866. which limit the entries to |
eighty ncre5 each.
The Southern loyalists now in Washington do |
not approve Of Elliot8 bill for the reconstruction
Of Louisiana. They complain that II viii dis |
franchise a number Of whites better fitted to |
vote than negroes. and in time a negro govern |
CA the State.
Chapman, liorner & Co., of Washington, have |
obtained decision in q very important case in /
the Court Of Claims by which every officer Of |
the srmy will receive Eve dollars per month ad- /
ditional for such services, from May lst, 1864. |
20 March Sd. 1865. This will involve an add |
tional expenditure to the government Of about /
two millions Of dollars.
IA.
more TO Locust Point on Saturday night the qih /
inst, with three laborers on board. The boat /
was caught in the ice. and. attracted by cries for
assistance. two sailors attempted to 20 to their
rescue. Nothing more was heard Of the parties
until next morning, when the ierrybOat was
found broken in the ice, and near it, bottom up
ward, the boat Of the sailors. The entire party
IL is believed. were drowned
Four men belonging to the crew Of the steam
ship City Of Bath, arrived at Charleston. South
Carolina, from Georgetown, on the 18th inst.
They reported that the steamer was burned. on
sunday morning. of Cape Hatteras. Oftwenty-
six persons aboard all are believed to be lost ex-
'ept these four. The City Of Bath was on the
way from Boston to Savannah.
Returns received on the llth inst by the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office, exhibit that
l.247 acres of public land were disposed Of |
during the month Of January last. at the follow
nE land offices. viz. Junction City. Kansas, sSgs
lcres; Eau Clare, Winconsin, 1895 acresi
g. Peter Minnesota. 76l4 acres The greater
portion Of the lands were taken up under the
homestead Law. for actual settlement and cul-
ivaton.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has
lad several meetings recently upon the question
4 extending pecuniary aid 10 the Republic Of
Mexico. on the llth inst, all members being
y esent decided unanimously that IL Is ineNpe-
lent for this government 10 extend such aid. in
lew Of the fact that the French troops are
eng Withdrawn in good faith, thus relieving
lexirans from foreign Intervention; aud also in
lev of the internal discussion of the McNiran
republic.
In Jasper county. Missouri, ON SATURDAY, the
a inst, three men charged with horse stealing
nd murder, were taken cut and hung under
ecree Of Judge Lynch and on Monday follow
ng another was hanged aud one who attempted
p escape was skot. There issaid q be an organ
led band Of brigands extending from Southern
Kansas through Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa.
he names Of number Of the gang are in the
ands of the Vigilance Committee.
census Of Alabama, taken in 1861 shows
hat the population Of that State has only in
rsased nine thousand in the past six years. The
'tal population given by this census Is q73, 2s5 "a
The sde-wheel steamer White Cloud No. .,
aptain William Conloy, bound from ST. Louis !
'r New Orleans, sunk Few miles below St v
ouis on "Wednesday night the 18Th inst She u
as owned by W. NJ McPbcraan. Of s.. Louis. ]
aluci at $4,000. and insured Cor $1,000 Her / Z
lrgo. worth $4,000 Is insured IN ST. Louis If. n
10 ilT nearly that amount. 4
An outbreak has occurred between the am
ioyers and the l9umCymeu tsilorz in some 81
BE- largest establishments in New ork. in con y
,queuce Of the gcncrsl reduction In prices which
he employers were compelled o. make on the -
'ods, and consequent reduction in the rr,..-
aid Cor making up. The juumeymcp ore M u
inized in their protective union. and while q
any men are u be found outside Of the organ; n
zion cut of employment. and desirous Of ~, J..
ptiug the terms offered, there is reason Co sun. -
lse that strikes viii take place q
The Sioux Indians from Fort W ads worth. now
Washington propose 20 gunrantee. by treaty. a.
. safety Of travel and transportation Of nails -
ID supplies through The country claimed BY =
en-, and also the safety OF the frontier settle >
snis Of MinRosots from the hostile Sioux or al
her Indians psoFidca the government will E.