Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-08
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1867.
largest Circulation in city and State.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The Brandon Miss Republieap says steg'
have been taken 10 erect first class female col
lege at that place.
The Louisiana House Of Representatives
unanimously reieoted tas constitutional amend
meut on the 9th inst.
Official information from Fernandna Fla,
states that there is question at issue there in
regard 10 eonhscsted Lands.
Horace Greeley. Henry Ward Beecher. and c.
L. Yailaadigham, have been. invited to lecture
before the Atlanta Relief Society.
The Louisiana House Of Representative has
unanimously cohcurred IN the Senate bin call
ing State Constitutional Convention. The bill
now awaits the signature OF the Governor b be-
come Law. II Is reported that the bin VIII be
vetoed.
OHeal dispatches have been received by the
War Department, stating that there is no truth
in the report that City men we're killed by the
Cheyenne Indians beyond Fort Wallace.
The total amount Of the publie debt on the
lst inst., was S2,5is,sfs7is Sc; Of this 81 800.
1854 50 bears coin interest and S8l9.6627 iO
bears currency Interest,
The marble statue Of Henry Clay. executed in
Italy. by Hart, the Kentucky sculptor. has
reached New York. It win b set up ia the
Louisville courthouse on the anniversary Of Mr..
Clay's birth. April 18th.
Aterriblehurrieaneo on February lst swept over
Ouaehita river and the adjoining parishes Of the
neighborboOd Of Pine Bluff. causing great de-
struction Of property and los Of life The in
habitants had TO fee to the dpen fields for salty.
The citizens Of Hancock, Brooks and Ohio
counties (the Pan Handlej. h West Virginia, Il
il again stated are about TO petition their Le-
gislature TO be disanBexed from the Stats and 10
become attached e. Pennsylvania
The Buffalo Commercial AdDerfiser states that
the First National Bank Of that city has, la
period Of four years. accumulated a surplus
greater than its original capital. and. without
impsiring itssurrlus, paid Us proprietors diyi-
dend for the past year Of City per cent.
Destitution prevails in both England and tia
~. In Liverpool aad London the working
casses are suffering fearfuly. In the former
city twenty thousand persons are receiving pa
rish relief 10 Venice out Of one hundred and
ten thousand inhabitants. thirty thousand are
assisted BY public charity.
On Tuesday night. the 5th inst, At Dauyille
Ky. a mob broke open the jail, and took there
from man nnmea Trowbridge. incarcerated on
charge Of hOrae-sieeling. and proceeded to the
College yard. where they hung him 70 a tree. At
eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, when our
informant LEFT the town. the body was still hang
ing to the limb. The excuse Of the men who
a.
s. that iftheir victim had been tried and con-
victed. be would have been pnrdoned by the
Governor.
Vicksburg letter to the Louisville Courier
says that only partial arrangements have been
made for the coming cotton crop. This is owing
70 the failure Of capitalists 10 realize their an
tieipatod profits. Northern men are greatly dis
gusted. Most Of the old planters are making
arrangements to plant on small SCALE but
from limited means. will not be able 20 cultivate
one-fourih Of former years In fact they are
not justified ia attempting anything more for
want Of reliable labor. The unexampled drouth
last year destroyed the corn crop. and there is
no meat In the country beyond the wants Of the
whites. and many Of them have not bread aud
neat enough for six days supply.
A. W. Lee. clerk in the Loan Branch Of The
Treasury Department, who was appointed from
New York. disappeared week ago last Satur-
day with about $4,000 seventy-thirty notes,
Issued August. 1854. Il is understood he has
been taking these notes during the last two
months. from receipts by mail and express. lie
was traced 10 Baltimore. where he registered
himself rs John Rogers. Il Is not believed he
has leit the country yet he served some time
In the army. but under an assumed name. In
this connection Il may be recalled that thirty
thousand dollars was taken from the Loan Office
seme time ago. which has never been traced,
though one Schneider Is now on bail awaiting
trial, which will perhaps never occur for lack Of
evidence.
Shortly previous 20 the surrender Of the Con-
fsderate armies, thirty thousand bales of cotton
at Marion. Alabama, we're placed at the dis
poaal of lack Taylor g pay his troops. and gold
was furnished one A. K. Shepherd. Rebel Quar-
termaster from Alabama. by parties IN Memphis,
then In possession Of Federal forces. % exchange
for cotton. After the surrender this cotton was
seized and sent to New York. and sold on gov
eminent account. Recently Lewis i. Parsons.
late Provisional Governor Of Alabama, as agent
q shepherd, has obtained Treasury warrants in
payIpens fcr eight thousand bales Of this cotton.
At $50 per bale amounting 20 q. 10000. Senator
Wilson introduced 3 resolution. ON the STD inst,
inquIring into this case. and other cotton trans
actions Of q similar character.
An affair Of honor came Oh az West Point
Georsia. early on SATURDAY morning last, between
a Msior Baker. OF Lowbaes county. and Mr.
Angtell. of Mobile, in which the former was Sc
riously. II not MORALLY wounded IN the side
The latter was unhurt, but we are informed that
the second Of Mr. AusseI was struck in the
thigh b. a shot from Major Baker. whoss aim
was deraneed while IN the act Of falling. The
reapops used were small pistols az Eve PAGES.
We have been unable 10 learn the cause Of the
meeting. The parties were taken 20 Montgom-
cry. Alabama. by the freight train Saturday
NIGHT. and Major Baker is nov at the Exchange
Hotel. receiving an necessary medical atten-
ton. The whole AFFAIR was kept profound Sc
cret. and Is still shredded in mystery.
The Washington correspondent Of TIE Cinciu-
natl gssehs says. The opinion is gaining ground
thai the Reconstruction Committee viii report.
and that the main feature win be providing for
the protection Of Oh persons and property. AZ
already stated such q bin hiss been drawn by
BINGHAM. Il provides thai until the States.
whose relations % the Union still practically
discontinued by rebellion shall be fully restored
ana auly represented. the President shall. with
ont DELAY. throash the Secretary Of War, pro-
v,se roles and reflati0ns for the fun protection
a. all prlssners and enforce the same by mill
tary authority, and shall prohibit. by military
oriera. the infection Of any cruel OF unjust pun
ishmsnt. or the denying 60 citizens Of the United
States therein any OF the rights or immunities
ofcitiaons Of the United States, or the inhieting
Of any other orgreater penalty upon blacks than
the laws prescribe for whites for the sane Of
fsnses. aud that no civil courts shall have iuris-
diotion in any Of the matters named