Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-22
THURSDAY. AUGUST ~. 1857.
Largest Circulation in city and Stat,
~ Ole LII DAY.

Six inches Of rain fell at Washington
during the recent storm.
The hop crop 10 New York this season
will probably be failure.
Efficient Radical organizations are said
TO have been formed in every city and town
in Alabama to control the approaching
election.
The funds in the United States Treasury
on the 18th inst, amounted 10 ST., 600. 600
currency, $4,000, 900 coin, and $50, 600, 600
gold certificates.
destructive fire occurred late on Sun
day night, the 18th inst, in New York,
which destroyed 1000 barrels Of -four, and
al least $4,000 worth Of other property.
The corn and cotton crops of Alabamba
are better than for many years. la Texas
Louisiana and Mississippi worms and over
flows have destroyed half the cotton
crops.
County meetings are the order Of the
day in Alabama The purpose Of them is
to elect delegates to the State Conservative
Convention, which meets September 4th.
The colored men in New York city are
organizing a regiment, with a view to be-
ing attached to the regular militia organi
cation Of the State.
A wealthy citizen Of San Francisco has
offered to give $4,000, On certain condi-
tions, 10 found Laborers' Exchange, for
assisting working men TO information and
employment.
Judge Blatchford, Of the New York Dis
trict Court, has decided that debts arising
from defaleation Of the debtor while act
ing in Judiciary capacity, cannot be dis
charged by bankruptcy.
The majority for Governor Helm, in
Kentucky, is $4,000 over Barnes, the Radi-
cal nominee; $4,000 over Kinkaid, the
third-party candidate, and $4,000 majority
over both.
Dan Noble a well-known sporting man,
was arrested at Elmira, New York, on the
10Th inst, on the charge Of having received
about 500, 600 of the bonds stolen from
the Royal Insurance Company last De
cember.
Two Quixotic, but not very blood thirsty
youths, judging from the distance at which
they fought, took a pop at each other "for
lady's love" at twenty PAGES, on the 18th
inst, in the classic shades Of Weehawken,
New Jersey. Three shots were Cred and
Ac1oNy mutt
1t is said that among the reforms con-
templated by General Grant, he intends to
order a chsnge in the Quartermaster's De.
partment There are nov upward Of thirty
Quariermssters in and about Washington
City, a majority Of whom are to be relieved
and ordered elsewhere.
A reaping contest took place at Wood.
burn, Massachusetts,, the other day, between
Joshua Converse, aged one hundred, and
jeremiah ellison, aged seVenty-seyen. The
contestants used the old time sickle, and
reaped and bound their sheaves in an easy
and off-hand manner. Old century was
able to keep up with the youngster.
In the fall Of 1864, Capt james Speedy
and others arrested and imprisoned in
Crawford county, Indiana, one Thomas w.
Deaton, a member Of the Sons of Liberty.
Some time since Deaton sued the persons
who arrested him for $4,000 damages. |
The case was recently tried before the Cir |
cult Court, at Leavenworth, Crawford |
county. The defendants proved that Dea- !
ton had committed treason, robbery and |
larceny, and was combined with other per
sons TO commit felony. They also proved |
that they acted by orders of their superior |
officers. The jury found a verdict for the !
defendants.
The Washington correspondent of the |
Cincinnati Gazette says "The contents |
and history Of one Of the first papers the |
President ever received, concerning the re-
moval of Secretary Stanton, has come to |
light. 1t is petition for his immediate |
removal, dated about year ago, and orig |
mated at the Philadelphia Convention. 1t |
was drawn up by John Hogan, Of St. |
Louis, and first signed by the Wisconsin
delegation, followed by the delegation of /
Ohio, and part of the Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota delegations
After the fall elections, scores Of Office
seekers who visited the capital attempted
frequently to get their hands on this docu-
ment, to erase their names, but found on
inquiry at the White House that it had
been mislaid. Those most anxious 10 get
possession of At were military gentlemen
seeking promotion or appointment"