Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-09
Largest Circulation in City and Stat
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Virginia Senate has passed a bin 10 call O
state Convention on the second Monday N May
by a vote Of . 10
The lower house Of the Missouri Legislature
passed bill on the 9th inst. 70 amend the con-
-itutiOn 81 that State 30 as 20 allow negroes 10
vote, by vote Of IS 10 As.
Intelligence has been received from japan
that the Tycoon has requested interviews WITH
The ambassadors from The United States ana
European powers.
Advices from the Cape Of Good Hope brings
the sad intelligence that Dir. Livingston, the
celebrated African explorer, has been killed by
the Cahres.
Mr. Tracy. the reporter for the New York
Herald, has been arrested in Ireland for tele-
graphing false reports Of sedition among the
English troops.
A London dispatch Of the 9th inst. says the
case Of the United States against the eK-Conted-
crate steamer Alexandria has been decided by
the Admiralty Court in favor Of the American
government.
A drunken man attempted 10 drive wagon
containing his wife and four children, across a
swollen stream in Phelps county Mo. a few
days ago, when the wagon was upset by the cur
rent, and three OF the children were drowned.
The risks Of thirty-eight insurance companies
10 St Louis. for January. 1867, amount TO seven
million nine hundred and forty thousand dol
lars, and their receipts on the same amount to
eighty-Gye thousand dollars. This is a decrease
from January. 1856. Of two million seven humid
red thousand dollars in risks, and Of thirty
thousand dollars in receipts
The Savannah Republican Of the lst inst. gives
the particulars Of disastrous fire in that city
the previous evening, which resulted in the de-
structiOn Of the brick block Of cotton ware
houses, situated on Bay street, near Jefferson.
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. H0dgsOn, and Miss Tel
fair. The value Of the property destroyed is e.
timated Mt from $4,000 70 $4,000.
The river at Memphis on the 18th inst was up
10 the high water mark Of 1862. The levee az
Helena, Arkansas, broke on Tuesday night about
fan a1elgnh washing the loEuar arF af ha
town and inundating the whole place. The
leyees twelve miles below Memphis broke on
the night Of the 9th inst, and the whole country
below is inundated.
Gen. Howard has ordered prosecution 10 COM
mence against Col Beaumont. the Superintend-
eEt Of the metropolitan police Of Memphis. for
arTesting negroes and employing them 10 plant
ers for stipulated sums. II is reported that he
arrested many. and released them from Jail
without trial, hy employing them 10 planters
from two 70 ifteen dollars per head.
Az meeting Of a large number Of negroes,
said To be five thousand. at Richmond, Va, on
the night Of the 9TH inst, 20 ratify the Sherman
bill, the white speakers gave q programme for
the call for ac0nventiOn by the negroes 10 ADOPT
a constitution, which win be sent to Congress ms
the Loyal Mems Constitution. The negroes we're
advised 20 vote against any constitution adopted
by the convention 70 be called by the present
Legislature. Hunnicutt was the leader Of the
meeting.
William LLOYD Garrison has been Rppointed 10
represent the American Freedmen's Union Com
mission az the Worlds Anti-Slavery Conference
90 be held in Paris in the month Of June next
William Cullen Bryant and Col. 9. q. Hnmmon
Of Chicago. have also been chosen by the Freed
mems Commission % serve as representatives on
this occasion. These gentlemen are now in Eu-
rope. Mr.. Garrison Is expected to sail in May.
The johnson County. MO- Vigilance Commit
tee yesterday morning hung a desperate named
Jeh. Collins. He was arrested in a stable near
the depot, attempting 20 hide from the detec-
D. lives on bis track, who had traced him from Car
thage, Missouri, and, as soon as arrested, was
turned over 10 the tender mercies of the johnson
County Vigilance Committee who tried and con
demnej him to be hung. He was found sus-
pended 20 tree. in close proximity to the depot
The officers Of the secret service division of
the Treasury Department. recently effected the
seizure Of a set Of cOunterleiters tools. consist
ing Of steal plates, dies, presses and various
other articles used by Csunterfeiters. at ST. Louis,
Missouri. One Of the gang was also seceTed
while In the act Of printing counterfeit fractional
currency. A large amount of partially finished
fifty cent fractional currency notes were seized
Ht the same time.
Sherman NJ. Booth has memoralized the Wis
consin Legislature for reimbursement for his
losses IN the government prosecutions against
him for aiding the escape Of Joshua Glover a
fugitive slave. IN the yeer 1854. lie does not ask
ANY particular sum, leaving the amount 10 the
discretion % the Legislature. Several eminent
legal gentlemen have signed their names 20
certificate, expressing their belief that Mr.
Booths claim Is well founded