Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-06
Largest Circulation in City and State
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
The receipts Of the Internal Revenue Tor the
last week were Sf,66l.252
Tho New England colleges contain about A0w
students this year.
So many people are out Of employment IA N CIV
York that recruiting officers are dong Dug
business.
II is said that the Bankrupt Bill will. cost A.
i stewart over 81 ,o)001 chiefly 10 baa Sou'h-
em debts.
The Deseret Ne1rs announces the departure OF
Bnrham Young. Jr, for Europe, =, 70 resume lhe
Presidency Of the missions IN the Eastern ueiiiia-
phere.,
Dr. HenryA Nelson pastor Of the First Pres
byterian Church Of ST. Louis, was surprised. on
the twentieth anniversary Of bus Weddingt1y Two
hundred Of his Practitioners, who presented MN
with a magnificent China service
Eighteen Fenian eonvicts whose sentences
we're recently committed to twenty years impr,s-
onment, arrived al Kingston on the 4th INST, by
special train from Toronto and were immediate
~ conveyed to the Peniteutiary In oi'en slelghs'
The President has notified the fortieth Con
gress that he has no communication 10 make 20
that body. an the Important business hasing
been tFsE.g tad 81 ths late session.
The jolGt resolution directing that comPensa-
ton of Tennessee Senators shall commence from
the beginning Of the Thirty ninth Congress; NJ
passed By the Senate in the last hours OF the
session.
The vote by which the military reconstruction
bill passed the House of Representatives. over
the Presidents veto was l35 10 a; that OF me
Senate - 10 10. Fowler Of this state, voted lot
and Patterson against the bill.
Mygatts cotton press, in Yicksburg, was
burned. on the 18th ult.. with Odd-fell0W
Hall and some adjoining property; There were
some old shells in the cotton press building ana
several persons were injured boy the explosion
Sax hundred and seventy persons. supposed TO
be incurably insane, are confined IN county lails
and infrmaries, in siXty-nine counties OF ONO.
OF this number three hundred and hity-louF az
females.
Prince Arthur. third son Of Queen Yictorin,
it's stated, will be NicerOy Of the new Kingdom
Of Canada lie Is seventeen years old, ana one
Of his numerous names is Patrick, which, II -
supposed. will be a tower OF strength against the
feulans.
The ST. Louis County Court has Withdrawn the
right granted 20 the Street Railroad Company 10
use steam in pFopelling their cars. The dummy
engines worked we'll. but scared teams cohtlnu
ally. causing great annoyance, ana some mis-
chief
Twenty-Five yearsago. wooden rags were worth
so a ton, and were used Tor manure, they now
sci. in England for 500 per ton. 20 be made INTO
cloth. The shoddy consumption Of EnF{l!tth le
was estimated Ia 1852 at sixiy-hYe milil'h
pounds annually.
Rev. Thomas Guthrie. D. D. is coming 10 this
count y in April. as one of deputation from the
Free Presbyterian Church Ot Scotland, 10 tne
PTesby terinn Churches Of America. Dr. uhtnIi9
Is perhaps the hblest aud most eloquent oil al
the scotch diyines.
A little daughter Of Alfred Woodruff, Of Green
field Mich was bitten some time since by
rab,d dog. A few days ago she was attacked by
ydr0phObia.suileringt terrible agonies,wh con
tinuod until after consultation was had by ply,
girians, who decided that, as the sufferer coQld
not possibly survive. considerations OF humanity
demanded that her suterings be ended by some
means. in accordance with which, during Sc
we're parOKysm, the child was smothered to
death
The following resolution ofieredby Mr.Stewart.
Of Nevada, in the United States Senate on the
3rd inst was adopted
Whereas. reports prevail of great want and
restitution IN the Southern States on account OF
failure of the CROPS, therefore be it
Resolved. That Major General Howard, Com.
missioner Of the freedman's bureau be directed
10 inquire into such matters, and report 10 the
senate whether such statements are correct, and
II So the amount that will be necessary 10 appro-
PIRATE 10 relieve such want and destltution.'
The Chicago Post says that Rev. DR.. Colyer
one Of the leading clergymen Of the Baptist de-
nomination in the West. and present Professor
If Biblical Theology in the Theological Seminary
Of the University Of Chicago. has Just accepted
AN imitation from the National Baptist Insti
tute 60 take charge ofthe Theological School at St.
nelcna's Island, South CaroinR-an institution
formed expressly for the purpose Of training col
ored Baptist preachers for the South.
Very much interest was taken in the Repubi-
can caucus on the night of the 4th inst, at the
capitol in Washington, called 20 nominate re
naming officers Of the House subOrdinates under
the present incumbenis and thosein expectaiion
Of places under new Offices thronged the Hobbies
IN full force. while others were attracted 70 the
capitol by curiosity. Representative Dawes
nominated for Sergeant alarms N. ordWay;
Mr.. Schenck said they wanted no ballot and
thereupon Ordway was declared the candidate.
The great contest was for Doorkeeper. The
nominees were Gen, Llppencot, Of Illinois. and
the present incumbent Capt. GoOdson, Of New
York former was nominated by seven majority.
William King was selected for Postmaster
The President Of the Senate laid before that
body on the night Of the 4th inst, communica-
ton from the Secretary Of the Treasury, from
which IL appears that the total amount received
from various sources, Of property enumerated
under the general head Of captured aud nban-
doned property, was thrty-four million dollars,
Of which amount nearly twenty-five million re-
mains ms net proceeds Upon due proof Of any
unlawful taking Of private property by agents
Of the Treasury department, the fact being
shown by satisfactory aihdayits, reports Of
agents, OF By other adequate written evidence,
that agents holding such property have been
ordered to restore the same 70 the owners, or
that the proceeds, ifnot actually turned into the
Treasury. have been paid 30 them by order of
the department The total amount allowed in
all clans is S2,a0.OoO
The Southern Relief Commission Of New York
shipped on board the steamer Memphis, on the
equal quantities, 20 Charleston, Savannah and
Mobile. Before the close Of another week the
commission hoped % be able 20 ship by another
national vessel yet larger quantity of corn to-
ward relieving the fearful restitution prevailing
In large sections Of Alabama, Georgia, North
and South Carolina. The World newspaper says
there Is tho best reason 10 believe that five hun
dred thousand bushels Of corn must be sent 90
che destitu'- districts within the next three
months 70 supply the pressing demands of starry
ing multitudes. Without this help from the
North three hundred thousand people will be
In "A state Of suffering that must bring death 10
many Of them. Aud besides this, many planters
witt not have the means 60 provide the labor and
the seed for another harvest.
A public meeting was held in Atlanta, Ca, on
the 4th inst, 20 consider the condition Of the
country There was large attendance. Sew
erai resolutions, approving the terms Of Sher-
mans bill aud the course Of Gov. Brown, were
rejected. The meeting then divided, and the
minority approving Sherman's hill Withdrawing.
and were TO bold "A meeting that night. The ma
jOrity then organized "a new meeting and passed
resolutions counselling quiet submission 10 the
bill. hut characteTiEiug the measure rs harsh
an5 unjust; eXpressing approval of the noble
course Of President johnson; asserting that the
hou,r and manhood Of the Southern people
were stlll leit aud claiming. as the sense of the
meeting, that the freedom Of the people must
DOT be bartered away for the provisions Of Sher-
mans bill. The resolutions recommend the
Governors Of the southern States 20 take steps
Supreme Court Of the United States. A dispatch.
dated Augusta, March l. says Meetings are
being called 60 consider the recommendations Of
Gov Brown. Public opinion is divided; some
of the papers are in favor Of its acceptance, but
u majority are strongly opposed 90 II.