Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-29
Largest ClrculatIOn in city and State.
NEWS OF THE DAY.


iraye.
Senator Sumner "a claimed b. has friends TO
favor The impeachmeni Of the President.
The President has thus Ear sent to the Senate
over four hundred civil nominations. among
which thereis yet hut one postmaster.
The number Of American visitors 10 Jerusalem
during he last few months has been greater than
that IS any other nation. the Russians excepted.
Rev. Joel Lindsey. who has been on trial a.
AIbian. Orleans county. for whipping his child
Co. death. a. been found guilty Of manslaughteF
iu1he second degree.
Atafair in New Bedford last week silver
pitcher and salyer were TO be awarded 10 the
most popular physician. Mrs. Dr. Helen W..
Webster 70. the most votes and the silver
The arrivlI Of A. II. Lee. who drew the Gro by
opera House. in Chicago on the 9th Is an
nounced. ard e. II. Crosby IL reported 10 have
bought the 9pera House from him on the 18th
Cor 100000
The House COMMITTEES on Foreign AnAirs have
agreed 90 report the Senate bill, indeNnitylng
Maine and Massachusetts, under the Aahburton
treaty. The smount is between two and three
millions.
The remains Of GOV. Allen were buried on the
nth inst. 10 Lafayette Cemetery. New Orleans.
The procession was very long and the services
very impressive. Bishop Wilmer dictated.
A bill 10 before the Illinois begislature 10 re-
spportion the State. which, II passed. will Sc
cure 10 The Republican party fourteen Congres5-
men. tweuty-one out Of twenty Eve State senh-
tors. and eighty -one out Of ninety Repreentn-
tveo.
Il ia understocd that the Following answer was
l.. "a Hrs kanHfUT
Summer ana lads 10 the next Presidential State
Dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner regret 10 be IN
ahloto accept the invitation cf Mr.. and Mr7.
johnson"
An o6icial letter from Florida fayE the Indians
af Everglades are determined 70 keep the ne
.roes in their tribe as slaves. denying the white
mems Laws as applicable TO them. The negroes
claim their liberty. and have appealed 60 the
military for assistance.
A tremendous snow storm has visited the
Northwest The snow il eighteen 10 twenty
inches deep at ST. Paul, La Crosse, Prairie du
Chieu. Madiaon and Milwaukee. The railroads
have suspended travel The severest snow storm
which has occurred in Eve years is reported 10
have visited Kansas.
The Territorial Suffrage bill, which was pre-
aented 10 the President for his signature on the
I2th instant. has. q is understood, becoUe law
without his signature. This bin provides that
there mall hereafter beno distinction Of race or
color IN The night o. suffrage.
The exact number o. persons assembled In the
convent at Arcadsum. wheni was blown up 10y
lie Crstans was s25 men. go Of whom we're ct
90 carry arms. and G4l women and children, $50
persons in all. Of whom % men and q women and
children alone survived the explosion. The
women threw themselves into the flames with
their children. so that they might not fall into
the hands Of the Turks. The bodies Of the
Christians remhin unburied.
II is omciaIy reported that the freedmen
throughout Florida are renewing contracts.
barro numbers are entering lands. There was
O. large emigration from New Orleans and Nir-
riuia for the purpose Of obtaining work or colo
MIXING on St. Johns river. Gen, Ely had ar
rived from South Carolina with eight hundred
freedmen The colonization agencies in the
southorn part Of the State seemed 10 be unpopu
tar
sonor Godory. Mexican Consul at San Fran
cisco. received a letter from President Juare7,
dated Durango, January 18th. advising him Of
The capture of Gonzales. Ortega and Gen. Pat
toni. By Governor Ons. a GauTist, Of Seacaticas.
Iuarez would leave for Seacnticas January 18th,
60 roma there two OF three dny7. and thence
io San Luis potosi or 0uRnagatota, and expects
Go be in the city of Mexico in March.
Advises from the plains and mountain report
that great bodies Of Indiana are moving south
ward. Ola Indian fighters ray this means war.
The Indian. have knowledge Of the troops which
ave being sent out. ana they are moying south
ward 20 open the war in that less protested re-
ZION. hut when the troops are after them. they
will give them the slip dash north again and
sprend murder and desolstion upen The region
thus uncovered.
A dinicuHy occurred at Fernando. Florida. on
Inc oslh ut. the citizens resisting tAe seizure BY
Inc ,herie of sotne propertyrhoi had been sold
for taxos. The sheriff was driven o. and ap-
reoled 10 the g ovornor for military force, end
he Governor having no men asks the interior
cnco ofUnitoa States troops. Coi.SPmgue' who
has charge Of the latter, declined, and the dow
ernor has applied 20 the President All was
quiet aud the authorities were awaiting insilu'-
lions from Washington.
A hill was psased By the House Of Representa-
lives on the 25th met. Gxing The same tax on
whisky distilled from burning auid az on that
In the usual way. OF late large
Quantities Of whisky have been manufactured fy
Grst distilhng burning duid from mash OF corn
mixea with tuFpentine. and then washing it. as
tho operation is termed. and obtaining whisky
Five thousand doilars' worth Of whisky has been
manufactured daily By this process. and escaped
taxation, In Philadelphia alonS.
The statement Of disbursement on account OF
indians for the lscai year 1870 was sent to the
Senate on the 18th inst. by the Second Auditor.
Ia consists oflGO items. 6s Of which are for eX-
rep.es IN fulGlling treaties with IS many tribes.
A few If Ne items are as follows. Chippewas Of
Mississippi. sl66.ClS: Creeks. $ll7.20, Black
fsot. 81 sos: Pottawutamies S63 COS; ccnstruc-
ticn OF wagon roads in idaho. Motana. aud Ne
hrasks. s6sg7 pay Of Superintendent, sl22,aE
nav orinterpreters. S63.y0S, Besides this Sis@.-
tsi wa required r1r provisions and clothing for
destitute Indians Of the Southern Superiutcn-
doncy.
As the Eastward bound train on the ludiapcis
Junction railroad was drswinE lear oNiord,
Friday eyening. the train boy. Eamed Easton. -
lad tycIye or thirteen yehTs Of age. attempted o.
pass irom one car 30 another az THAI moment a /
strong gust Of wind swept across the platform
and threw him og. Assoon a. possible the train |
Nas stopped. Il was soing at high speed, how
ever, and had go be backed iEo miles before it |
rad rogaiued the spot where the accident occur
r,a. Easton was found in q neighborins house.
ahore had taken refuge. hc was not al ah hurt. /
thc rar snow hu,inr, doubtless, broken Die iall. 4