Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-13
Largest Circulation in City and State
NEWS or THE DAY.

forced down.
Il is positively announced in Paris that all the
French soldiers will leave Mexico on the 2}th
inst
Contracts have been LET Tor eight miles more Of
heavy work on the Knoxville and Kentucky
railroad. The much coveted coal fields will be
reached by next July.
A great many houses are for rent in Chicago,
aaI landlords. tits said, will make q reduction
Of from fifteen to twenty five per cent. from the
high rates Of last year.
Senator Doolitlle. of Wisconsin, will retain
his seat. taking the ground that 10 obey the
voice Of the Legislature would SET an unwise
precedent
The Patent Office IS the only sell-sustaining
branch Of the government The fund now on
hand, after the payment Of the entire expense OF
offices, a. S25n, 0OD-alI paid by inventors.
The President has appointed Geor.o Bancroft,
the historian, Collector at Boston, vice General
Couch. not confirmed. The appointment occa-
stoned some surprise. Mr.. Bancroft was collect
OF of that port in ls2s.
The Home Journal says several young mel
have appeared at fashionable receptions in New
York, recently, in something like court dress,
maroon velvet coat and breeches with silk stock
ings.
samuel Sweeney. a notorious character, has
been arrested at Memphis on the charge of rob
bling Dr. Woodfolk, of Kentucky. and throwing
him a the train, from the Injuries of which he
will probably die.
Fnyor sixty members Of Congress, Saturday
evening organized a temperance society, with
Senator Wilson as President. Senator Wiley as
Vice President, and Messra Yates, Pomeroy,
Coliax. Perham and Price on the Executive
Committee.
Among the drygoods men 10 New York the
Grn8 Of A. B. Clafin and A. T. Stewart a Co..
stand at the head. The following are their Il
cense returns: II. Z. ClaAin, 1913; A 7. Stew
ant & Co.. s45.3W.
A young married American lady. ofthe name
Of Latimer who has just made her ds5lf in Pa
ri.ian society, was unanimously declared the
belle Of ball given at the Grand Hotel. Sell
dom hgs an American lady created greater SEN
sation.
A communication sent 10 the Senate Saturday
by the Secretary of War gives details Of the
enormous cost Of SUPPLE delivered to troops in
the Rocky Mountain region. Hay costs $50 TO
slo) a tun. and corn s's cents a pound or 81 Sc
per bushel.
The snow storm that visited Nashville Satur-
day was pretty general throughout Ohio, fndi-
ana. Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and Tennes-
see Several inches fell in Cairo, 81. Louis,
Memphis and Louisville There is more or less
railroad embarrassment 10 bee apprehended
Stephen Watson, residing near London, Ohio.
has. sithin the last fortnight lost nine nne. fat
teers aud twenty nine fat sheep. from q strange
and very fatal disease known as the mad itch.'
II 4. said 10 be the result of feeding green corn
fodder The disease run it, course in from
twelve 10 twenty-four hours.
Three incendiary fires occurred Sunday night
ia Memphis, bat the loss is not heavy. The
damage TO the Commercial and Alyus Office
was TO the amount OF about thirty-Gye hundred
dollars. which was fully covered by insurance
Al uttompt was made 10 set Ere 10 O'Donner7
saloon, on Front street. by bnzine, but was ais
covered inlimsto be e1tinguishel. ~
Atthe examination of George Carleton ia New
York on the llth inst, on the charge of embez
element of pubic money while special Treasury
Ascent at Memphis, the prisoner claimed that the
matter had been fully investigated by Mr.. Riley,
olths Treasury Department. and by commission
ct Congress and that he had been completely
cvuncrated by both.
One hundred thousand acres of land, main
~ lying in Morgan county, Tennessee, on the
line of the projected Tennessee and Pacific rail-
road, have been purchased for the purpose Of
settlng immigrants from foreign countries. One
hundred German families. composed of young
persons belonging 10 the better classes Of society
each bringing to the United State an average of
riN hundred dollars in gold, are now on their
way to Tennessee. and have contracted for %
portion OF the land above referred Co..
The Columbia South Cualiail. recently con
tanned an editorial article on the question, Are
cur people ready 10 give the negro qualified suf-
irage2" The editor says there are prejudices 20
overcome. but ueyertheles7, "thore are thoughtful
mcn-ieadiug men ia the Statc-who, recognizing
the hand Of Providence iu the great changes
that have been effected m our condition, regard
this Gnal contamination Of the purpose Of the
war as an essential ingredient of our material
aud political Prosperity. There are those who
sec la negroes who can read and write. own
property. and pay taxes thereon, and are other
w,=e acceptable TO members Of community,
elements Of a future strength which o wise poll
cy forbids as TO ignore"
The late news from Mexico a. unGayoruhle to
the Liberals. A Galveston dispatch Of the nth
inst. says. Dates from the Rio Gmnde 10 the
lth. and City of Mexico the "a. have been iust
received. items Ortega and Hatoni have been
sent 20 Monterey where q cnurtWarlal VIII be
convened FOR their trial While the TcjOicinE7
ia honor OF JuareE were going on m Lacatccls
MramOn suddenly appeared with aHt troops,
whereupon Juarez evacuated the city, Mira
mon, alter taking possession, started on an pur-
Eult. There seems Co be much Eaclllatlou among
the Liberal leaders, The lmpcralist7 have
resumed :he advance, and it IS considered
F..H hat 1 fHHs AZ faf1
into their hands. Some report that they cap.
tured Juarez and his train, with three-quarters
Of million dollars in silver The lmperilllsta
are Cunscripting men and selEiuE houses CI erNr
where" A New Orleans dispatch of the llth
inst. says; Fears are entertained that JuHrer
has been taken prisoner hN the lmpcualist7
undcr Oueriga. There are rrmorg here that
Coriiua BE- "a route for the seat Of the Repuhh-
ran government 90 turn over htscommand % the
Minister Of War and Marine. Mela a. said o.
have abandoned the cause ut Macmillan. Ii IS
thought that large Imperial force will soon bc
sent 20 the State of Iamauhp8s. gentleman
from Monterey on the hth state that intelligence
reached there that the forces concentrated hy
the Liberals between San LUIS and ouerta,
which were 20 march upon the capital, amount
ing 90 fourteen thousand, were defeated By the
lmperalists. nine thousand strong.
The minority report GOT Mr. BoyerD on the
New Orleans riots, argues the inegaltty Of the
convention, and states tu reviewing the origin
Of the riots that Il was toe deliberate intention
ct the c0uventionists that produced the excite
scented from the opinion of the majority that the
Tiut was deliberately planned by Mayor Monroe.
and refers 60 evidence 20 show the FIRST assault
was MADE by = negro on the policeman and
fiNos credit 60 Lieutenant Governor Voorhees, for
having originated timely and pre- aull anary mca
.urlH which Il carried out. would have prevented
the riot and which failed from no fault Of his.
ne Hays the Presidents acts exhibit ham as chief
magistrate, actuated by a sincere desire % pre-
servo the public peace and uphold the law. In
Uu degree whatever Is the not attributable o. the
government ut Louisiana. ittheye be any nom
bcTs ct that government ia whose acts the ne.
motCrt causes tor riot ls 60 De traced they are
Judge HoWClls. Whs headed the conspiracy 20
overthrow the state con ztituUln, and Governor
Wells. who lent his official sanction o. the CON
spiTugy, but on the day Of danger deserted has
post without an effort o. restore the pub
lac peace, and ID there be any member ui
the Federal government who are indirectly re
Epaneible for the bloody result. they are those
melaborr Of the present Congress. who encouT-
AGED these men by their c0uuscls, and promised
81 them their individual and official support
LEGISLATIVE.
Ia the Senate Yesterday, the franchise