Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-18
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Prof Randall Hunt has been made President
Of the University Of Louisiana.
The price Of bread in New York Is higher nov
thar ever was known before, certainty lof 'ue
last sixty years.
psonie IN 81 Louis complain that some Of
their ice Is oiled with blood, hair, and other
fifth"
The Fsnian prisoners Flood. Duffy and Cody
are nov on trial before a special commissioner
at Dublin.
Tbs loss 70 the Chicago working -men, who
,r,,cL he other day. in wages alone was about
seventy thousand dollars, and the ciiy ios' Mueh
more.
In the great trot at Middleton. n. J., on the
I6th inst between Dexter aud Ooldsm num- DeA
ter won the first heat IN Z;z51a' also tue Se'onu
IN 2.32.
+, has bsep stated that JEFF Davis, on his re,
turn from Canada with his children, INTENDED
locating ct Norfolk. Ii Is now asseItel ma nc
intends 10 go 70 his nome IA MISSISSIPPI "He'e
he will reside for the present
A spaoe has been allotted in the New York
Central Park for the erection OF monument 70
cost GO 900, by the 9Th Regiment, IN honor Of ts
members who fell in the Union army during the
war.
Reports received from Madrid state that =
large number of persons engaged IN lhe iScoh'
disfurbances in Catalonia and other places nav
been captured, and arrests are cOnsthhug "elhE
made BY the police and soldlery'
Hon. Emerson Etheridge arrived at Memphis
Thursday evening. He was met at the usPot ~. ~ ~
a large procession Of citizens and escorted 70 lne
hotel the bands playing tramp tramp
Tramp the Boys are Marching.
The internal revenue returns are falling con
siderablv below the average OF last year 10
some districts the income TAX mas Ialen Oh as
high as fifty per cent. On the 18th INST the re,
CENTS were smaller than for many months, ana
did not exceed Ssoo,OyO.
Bisbop Ouiutard. in his address 10 the Episco-
pal Convention, condemns the practice OF Tais
Ing money for churches by fairs, Lotteries, etc,
and urges on the church its duties 10 the ne
proes one Of whom. he says, Il candidate LOT
ordination
Mr.. Beverly Smith Cashier Of the National
Bank Of Petersburg, Va. was found dead IN ms
he'd on the 18th inst. A short time since, Mr.,
Beal Blackford, of the same bank was also
found dead in has bed.
Alta meeting ut Galveston, Texas, On the 18th
inst a negro speaker, while drawing an often
sive comparison between the two races. was IN
terrupted by United States soldiers. when an
indiseriminate shooting commenced. A majority
Of the negroes appeared to be armed.
The North German Gazette. organ Of Prime
Minister Bismarck. says the hnal execution OF
lie treaty signed at London, and the evacuation
ofthe fortress of Luxembourg by Prussia will
lie difficult within the month prescribed by the
london Conference, and that Prussia will need
more time.
Mayor Withers called on Mr.. Kelley before he
left on the llAu Ailsl ulh "a l'lN00tA llo
the occurrence Of last evening, and asked Mr..
Kelley 70 stay and speak again, but he declined.
Mayor Mithers said il gave him pain 10 see a
guard Of United States soldiers nj Mr.. Kelley
hotel and offered personally TO guarantee Mr..
Kelley's safety at the risk Of his life. tie also
said that the riot was deplored by the better
citizens of Mobile.
The case Of the State of Mississippi complaint
"a Secretary Stanton, and Generals Grant and
ord, was decided by the supreme Court Of the
United States on the 10th inst The motion was
for leave 10 fie an amendment to this case, this
was denied by divided court, as announced by
Chief Justice Chase. but the names Of the
Judges on each side were not made public, this
being the secret Of the court Upon motion to
dismiss the bill for want of jurisdiction, II Was
ordered the bill be dismissed with costs, so the
Mississippi Injunction case fails with that Of
Georgia.
Considerable disturbance took place among
the negro stevedOres on the levee, at New Orleans
on the 10Th inst, amounting almost 20 not.
Two policemen were badly injured while at
tempting TO rescue negro from mob of men
of his own color The military we're ordered
out 10 aid the police. The following paragraph
from an order Of Gen. Mower was issued on the
10th inst THE United States Government, il
necessary. will protect you through the military,
bat you will not be protected in wrong doing"
A very important decision has been rendered
by the Supreme Court of Louisiana. The New
Orleans Times Of the 18th inst says Under the
rules of our Supreme Court its decisions do not
become final until an application for rehearng
has been disposed Of But these applications
are rarely granted in cases which have been
rlab0rately argued and matureiy considered.
The decision, therefore rendered on Monday, in
regard 10 notes given for slaves, we presume,
NAV be regarded a. fixing the law. IN this State,
on a question Of very great moment 70 large
class OF our people That decision inyalidates
and renders void for the failure Of considera-
ton all notes given as the price OF slaves. There
are many thousands of dollars invested in this
sort of paper The current Of decisions and Of
legal authority heretofore has been in favor Of
the validity Of the consideration Of such notes,
and millions Of dollars have been paid or com
promised on such understanding OF the law, OF
The Eve Judges of the Supreme Court, two have
maintained the same view. Out OF this decision
will spring a number Of other veXatious legal
controversies. IfpArties who have given their
notes for slaves are released therefrom may not
those who have paid such notes recover back the
amOunt2 II che decision Of the Supreme Court
embraces this extent, there will be no limit 20
litigations in the State for many years 10 come