Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-17
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Advices from Mexico state that Lo-
PEI, who betrayed Maximilian, has been
assassinated.
The cholera is spreading over Italy, and
IS attended with unusual fatality.
Richard OGorman delivered funeral
grafton on General Meagher "Wednesday
night, the l4tb inst af the Cooper insti-
tate, New York
The corner stone Of the Second Univer-
salist Church was laid in Indianapolis on
the l4th inst, with appropriate ceremo-
mics.
The Pennsylvania Negro Rights League
have appointed a committee to visit Con
greas, and urge the extension Of the fran
chise bill to every State in the Union
The port Of Tamanga, Japan, has been
thrown open 60 the commerce of all ma
lions, in accordance with the agreement
made with the representatives Of foreign
governments.
The Reverend Paul Bagl y, who is so
anxious to have jeff Davis apply for par
don. endeayored to get an interview with
Mr.. Davis at Montreal on the l4th inst,
for the purpose Of discussing the subject,
and was refused. .l
Mike McCoole, who is training IN ST.
Louis for his approaching fight With Aaron
Jones, Of Cincinnati, walks thirty miles
every day, and spends several hours in iiits
ing heavy weights, running, etc.
In the Buffalo races on the 18th inst,
Dexter trrtted a mile in 2:17i. He was
afterwards sold 10 Robert Bonner, Of the
the New York Ledger, for $4,000, the tel
egraph reports, to be delivered after the
Chicago races, when he will retire from the
turf
The city fathers Of Memphis are consid-
ering the feasibility Of building a break
water on the Arkansas shore that shall
protect that side from washing away, and,
what is more important, preserve the chan
mel Immediately in front Of the city, which
the river seems 10 be turning away from in
disgust. a
The Tallahassee Sentinel announces the
death of Madame Murat, which occurred
at her plantation in Jefferson county,
Florida, on the 9Th inst She had attained
the advanced age of seventy gears.
A case Of conflict Of Jurisdiction, similar
10 the recent one in North Carolina, in
which the process Of Federal Courts was
interrupted by a general order from Sickles,
has occurred in Sheridan's dominionB.
The United States Marshal, holding a GER
tain plantation in st. Charles parish under
an order of court, was elected by Sheridan
90 give possession 10 one Hoyt. The case
viii be referred to the Attorney General,
and as il is exactly similar to the North
Carolina case, we may expect the same
order in the premises as was issued by
General Grant in that case, revoking the
order Of Sheridan under which the outrage
was perpetrated, and Informing him that
the Federal courts at least are exempt from
his domination.
Reliable information received at the
military headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska,
states that on the ID instant, five miles
from Fort Phil. Kearney, an OK tain Of
thirty wagons, transporting supplies, es-
corted by Major Powell and small force
Of infantry, was attacked BY from two hun
bred to five hundred Indians. Major
Powell instantly correlled the wagons,
making bleastworks Of the wagons, OK
yokes, etc. A desperate battle was fought,
lasting three hours, until Major Smith,
with two companies and a howitzer, came
TO his rescue from Fort Kearney The In
dams then abandoned the field, taking all
their dead but FIVE, and driving off the
stock. Major Powell reports sixty In
dams killed. His own loss consisted of
Lieutenant Jenness and FIVE men. His
successful defense is partly attributed to
the new breech~loading arm.