Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

A dozen cases Of infanticide have come 10 light
in New England within the past two weeks.
Nearly one hundred persons were confirmed in
Memphis Sunday By Bishop Quintard.
Mr.. Jerome's private theatricnls in New York
have Melted $1,000 for the Southern relief
fund.
Buffalo gnats are destroying the stock along
the Mississippi river. One planter near Com o.
merce lost fifty head last week.
Among the emigrants who passed through Co
lumbus, Ohio. last week, were thirty destined
for Tennessee.
The London Times declares that il is the in
tentiOn Of the Queen government TO withdraw
at no distant time all British troops from the
American continent.
Sweden. according 10 "A census Just taken, has
apopulation Of 4.4l4.ln. The annual rate Of in
crease Is slightly over one per cent. per nnuum-
smaller rate than that Of England.
Governor Orr addressed q circular h. the
sheriff. in South Carolina, urging the naming Of
suitable persons for registers nnder the recon
structiOn act.
Accounts from Rio Japeiro state that be-
tween the 9th and oath Of March, one hundred
and forty three deaths from cholera occurred in
the little capital Of the Rio Grande, De Sui
Spain promises 10 give England full satsfac-
lion and indemnity for the seizure Of the Veto
ria, but her replies 20 the demands in the Lor-
yado case continue eyRsiye and unsatisfactory.
Napoleon is strengthening his frontier posts
and placing his artillery on a war footing. Ii IL
expected that the reserves Of 1868 will be called
on the LIST Of May. Prussia Is Just as active as
the Emperor.
Snow fell Sunday night from two 10 three
inches deep in Wisconsin aud Minnesota. Ii
was fast disappearing, and there was "A pruspect
of a hard frost Monday night.
The Acting Quartermaster Genernl has or
dered the Withholding of ALI payment f9r mail
transportation TO railroads which are indebted
10 the United States for materials purchased ON
credit, till said debts be eNtinguished
Fenianism is very quiet at present on both
sides OF the Atlantic. Correspondents in Ireland,
however report that the people Of that country
anticipate another and more extensive Fenian
rising. and that the British commander is forced
60 keep fully prepared Tor active operations at
any moment.
. Ia his speech at Richmond Va Monday
afternoon, Senator Wilson advised the disfran-
chised class that by speaking and working for
the national policy they would show their
c0untrymen that the disabilities now imposed
them ought 20 be removed and a country
that had proved its generosity would not forget
them.
The Fort Dodge QOwa) Northeast, Of the 18th.
fays there is great suffering among the home
stead settlers IN the counties northwest Of that
locality from the severity of the winter aud its
long continuance. Large numbers of cattle
sheep and hogs have persisted, and for many
weeks the people have subsistsd on parched corn
aud turnips. Meat, flour and meal cannot he
procured.
Advices from the West state that some 1900 or
Np Sheyennes and Sioux are moving westward
1t Is supposed to escape Hancock. Some fifty
or sixty went TO Lookout Station, "A few DAYS
ago, killed and scalped three men, burned the
station. and drove of the stock. IL IL rumored
that the Indians announced their intention of
refusing 10 treat with Hancock.
The Gnnl adjournment of the Senate has left
about forty Offices vacant They are mostly con-
hned to collectors, assessors and small postmas-
t0rs. and are also mostly in the Western States
The only important offices untitled are those of
Ia f.,U ~ II. L. IL. -
sral Of Havana. The President claims the right
Go I'LL these by appointment during the recess
well as the mission 10 Austria.
The United States steamer Tahoma has
arrived from Tampico and brings positive con-
hrmation Of the capture of Puebla. Ii IS rep
resented that OrtegO a. in great favor with the
citizens OF Tampic0. Letters from the Liberal
camp At Queretaro say that Dear shot six Gen
ernl officers and siXty-One Of a lower grade who
were captured ut Puebla, il is alleged, in re
tsiiation for the October decree