Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-24
TUESDAY. DECEMBER -. 1867.
largest Circulation in city and State


hls rope az cologne.
There is one whisky shop to every hun
bred and twenty-five inhabitants in Detroit.
Jo Jefferson, the comedian, was married
in Chicago yesterday, TO Miss Mary A.
Warren, niece Of Mayor Rice, Of that place.
A movement is said to be on foot among
the Southern Radicals 10 get mp another
national convention. The new movement
is represented as being in the interest OF
Chase.
Adyices from Japan announce that. IN
accordance with the treaty concluded with
the Commissioners Of foreign powers, the
ports Of Jeddo and Osaka will be thrown
open 20 foreigners for settlement and COM
merce on the 29th Of January.
A memorial is in circulation among the
leading cotton factors in Charleston, pray~
ing Congress, IN view Of the PROSTATE con-
dition Of the planting interest, 70 make an
appropriation 10 assist the factors in ma
king advances TO planters.
The London Observer Of the Dist inst.
says the British government, in all the
extraordinary precautions which it is now
taking against the Fenians, is acting with
full knowledge of their secret plans. The
alarm caused by the Fenians in the city is
subsiding
The Assistant Commissioner for Louisi
ana reports to the Freedmens Bureau that
the number Of laborers Of all classes, male
and female, ia stated to be $4,000, and
the aged and helpless, Of both sexes, 1885,
900 in that State
A London dispatch of the 2lst instant
says: "Tbe government Is still taking pre-
cautionary measures to guard against the
expected movement of Fenians. Troops
that were Yesterday dispatched to Ports
mouth were to-day sent to Osborne, Isle of
Wight"
An aflectionate wife in New York sweet
ened her husbands cup of coffee with arse
mic Friday, and eloped with his partner.
The "pizen" didn't take, and the lady is
likely TO come TO grief
w. II. Bunnell, auctioneer 10 New Or
leans, was seized with a congestive chill,
and sent for his business partner, Mr.. Bal
ley. The latter fell dead Of heart disease
as he assembled the steps Of Bunnelrs
house, and half an hour later the other
expired.
A number Of prominent Democrats
have addressed correspondence to Mr.. Bel
tonal Executive Committee, requesting
him TO call a meeting of the committee, so
as to fix the time and place Of holding,the
convention.
Wendell Phillips "ramped" Thursday
night about Grant and Congress. The
former he denounced as the instrument of
third-rate corner-grocery politician from
benighted Tennessee, and the latter az a
sci Of sneaks and towards.
Mayor Horton, the military Mayor of
Mobile, has been tried and found guilty Of
violating the civil rights law, and fined
$1,000. A short time after the adjourn
ment Of the coart, Horton paid the fine and
was discharged from custody.
The Pittsburg Commercial RADICAL says
that a majority Of the manufacturers of that
city have stopped work, and more will soon
close, thus throwing out Of employment at
least four hundred workmen The object
is stated TO be 10 compel the workmen to
consent TO a further reduction of wages.
The Baltimore papers state that con-
siderable of an ovation greeted jeff Davis
on his departure from that city for Missis-
sippi. A large crowd Of ladies and gem
tlemen gathered on the wharf and cheered
him as he went on board the boat. One
young lady, a stranger, threw her arms
around his neck and kissed him.
The Greenville (Ala.) AdUOcdte says the
negro Who a few days ago shot a woman
because she refused to marry him, was APP
pretended yesterday By several of his own
color, who swore vengeance for the wicked |
deed done. He was armed and showed |
pluck, and il was not until he was severely |
wounded by gun shot, which will probably |
prove fatal, that he was made prisoner
The House Commi ttee on Public Lands |
have agreed to report a bill forbidding all |
further sale Of public lands excepting as
provided for by the pre- emption home |
stead laws. The design is TO prevent fu- |
ture speculation in the public domain and |
10 secure the settlement and actual tillage |
Of every tract Of land hereafter disposed of /
by the government.
The long and angry debate in the TIA
liam Chamber Of Deputies on the policy of |
the government on the Roman question,
terminated on the Dist inst The final
vote was taken and the Ministry was de-
feated by majority of two. The announ ce-
ment of the result was received by the
opposition with loud cheering.
One of the New York Tribune staff, who
has very carefully examined the immense
mass Of Republican exchanges received by
that paper, says that, 80 far rs he has gone |
siXty-three journals have expressed their
preference for Grant, thirteen for Salmon
p. Chase, four for Sheridan, and six scat
tering and that for the Vice Presidency,
twelve support VIM. ID. Kelley, seven
Schuyler Coliax, four Geo s. Boutwell,,
four Reuben f. Fenton, two John A. Bing-
ham, and six scattering.
Upon the re-assembling of Congress the
Committee on Foreign Relations will re-
port favorsbly on the purchase of Alaska,
and the Committee on Appropriations will
report a bill voting money 10 carry the
treaty into execution. A side issue is pre-
scented j. the case, however, by Mrs. Hen
kins of Massachusetts,. She asks an in
junction in $500, 900 Of the money, alleging
that the Russian government owes her late |
husband that sum for ammunition fur
nished through contracts with Baron
Stoeckel, their Minister 10 this country.
Her papers are in the hands of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations
Dickens gives two readings in Boston
this week, the tickets 10 which were sold
on the 18th inst One hundred and fihy
brought his mattress and blanket. The
shrewd ones sold out their places for g.
and $40, early Tuesday morning. And |
after all the waiting, policeman who dis
tributed the numbers Of precedence mixed
them mp so that il mattered not who was
first. Some checks sold as high "a sos.
All the tickets, or parcels Of tickets, were
disposed Of between and l o'clock, Tues
day forenoon. Some people paid as high
as $50 for two tickets, buying them up
from those more fortunately placed.
The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer SAYS the
trial Of the negro conspirator and revolu-
zionist George Shorter, at Union Springs
Alabama, resulted in his conviction, and
sentence TO Jail for six months. On the
trial the material facts, heretofore pub
lished, about bis organization Of a negro
government in Bullock county, were pro-
duced. The report that he claims to have
been sent TO do the work by the Radicals
in the Northwestern States is confirmed.
But for the timely discovery Of the organi-
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