Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-18
FOR GOVERNOR
EMERSON ETHEREDGE,
OF WEAKLEY.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Right Rev. John Timon. Catholic Bishop of
Buffalo. n Y, died IN that city OF erysipelas on
the 10th inst.
Another unsuccessful attempt was made on the
18th inst, 70 effect the destruction OF the Rebel
ram Herrimac. ut Fortress Monroe, by torpe-
does.
General Rousseau, recently confirmed Briga-
der in the regular army. has been ordered TO
Fort Vancouver, Washington territory, 10 re-
iieye General Steele.
A correspondent at Honolulu, Sandwich Is
lands. writes that Admiral Thatcher, United
States navy, has been decorated by the King
with the Order Of kamehameha |.
The Pittsburgh Silver Mining Company. oper-
ating in Jackson county, West Virginia. have
found rock yielding forty dollars to the ton. and
are confident Of striking richer VEIN
A man named Ingram. believed TO be an ac-
cotuDlire In the recent murder Of General Bailey
In Vernon county, Missouri, has been hung by
the citizens. under sentence by Judge Lynch.
Jane Pike was brought before the Brooklyn
Police Court on the 18th instant, for eowhiding
Robert Carter. Jane alleged that Carter had
attempted 10 seduce her sister. The matter was
compromised.
In the case of the PeterhOf captured while
attempting to enter the Rio Grande. during the
war. the Supreme Court on the 10th inst ordered
the release Of the vessel and all Of her cargo,
cept contraband goods on the ground that the
river was as much Mexican rs American. and
that blockade OF neutral waters could not be
maintained.
fOFty-One cases, 10 recover one uuuNFcu dOl-
lars each, have been brought in the United
States Court at Louisville by the citizens Of War
rem county, Kentucky. against J. II. Gresier and
J. NJ. Bllingsly, ex-Coionel and eX-Captain OF
the sd kentucky regiment that was levied and
collected from the citizens, during the war, 10
remunerate Union men for losses sustained by
the depredations Of Rebel and "guerrllas.'
The Commissioner Of the General Land Office
has received returns showing that 2l3 farms,
comprising in the aggregate 1854 acres, were
added 20 the productive force of Arkansas under
act of June q, 1861, providing for the disposal
of public lands for hOmesteads 10 actual settlers
in the States of Alabama Mississippi Louisiana,
Arkansas and Florida.
About 1900 coOred persons held n political
meeting at Princess Anne Courthouse. Md, on
Saturday, the 18th inst. Remarks were made by
several colored speakers, who advised colored
people 10 devote their attention TO agricultural
pursuits and eschew politics. The right of suf-
TRACE was argued as being question Of time.
and when they were properly qualified TO vote
they would receive all prerOgatives enjoyed by
white men. The meeting was extremely orderly.
The Marshal Of the Supreme Court, by direc-
ton Of the Chief Justice. has half dozen men
arranging and examining applications fer ap-
pointments as registers Of bankruptcy. For the
80 appointments 10 be made. there are already
over 1000 RpplicatiOns-l25 from New \ Ork city
alone. The nominations Wlll he made by states,
first taking those in which the chief commercial
centres are situated. MIR. Chase hopes TO begin
the examination Of applications from New York
next week, and make the appointments by the
end of the month. Pennsylvania, Massachu-
sets Ohio and Illinois will then follow in order.
The removal Of the bodies Of the Confederate
dead nj Chicago from the old city cemetery to
Rose Hill, has been going on for some time past.
About 400 bodies were inferred during 1868 and
1854 The work will be completed in about ten
days. A few Of the graves were found empty,
showing that the resuTectioRists have been at
work Every care is being taken TO preserve the
identity of graves The head boards were sim
ply numbered but books have been preserved
containing these numbers, with the names of the
dead carefully noted opposite When n coffin is
exhumed, it is instantly ticketed with the mum
Der Of the head board, so rs 10 render Identified
ton certain.