Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-21
FOR GOVERNOR
EMERSON ETHEREDGE.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
NEWS OF TIE DAY

Imprisonment for debt has been abolished in
France.
An the dams on the Iowa river have been bro
ken away by the ireshet.
Four persons were bitten by mad dogs in Chi
cage. on the 18th inst
Counterfeit greenbacks. Of the denomination
Of one dollar are in circulation in New York.
Two negroes we're hung ut Savannah on the
18th inst for the murder Of man last January
The earnings Of the Michigan Southern rail
road, for the year ending 18th ult, amounted to
ti,6i3ly3.
Traders just in from the Indian camps say
that the ChPy0BneS are certainly preparing 70
plunder on the Platte route this summer.
The Republican majority in Michigan 1t the
recent judicial election was twenty-one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-i0ur.
Fourteen thousand bushels Of corn were sent
20 Mobile by the southern Relief Association OF
New York on the 18th inst.
Dispatches received from Berlin state that the
speech of King William on the closing OF Parlla-
ment eXctes distrust throughout Germany.
The Russian government has made reduc.
ton Of twelve millions of rublcs in the annual
military and naval expenses Of the empire.
In South Carolina it is estimated that hun
drsd thousand people are without meat. Gases
Of absolute starvation are reported.
Senator Tumbull and wife left Washington
for home on the 18th inst. 90 attend Mrs. Trum
bulls father, who Is dangerously III.
The wooden manufacturers Of Indiana are
holding a convention at indianapolis. IL IS es-
timuted there are i've hundred establishments
Tor the manufacture Of wooden in the State.
In one Of the districts of Frederick county,
Maryland, the Democrats supported a ticket Tor
delegates TO the constitutional convention. made
up Of white and colOred candidates.
DR.. n. q. Cole. who has been on trial at Tip
ton, Ind, for the murder Of Alden, the seduceT
OF his wife, has been acquitted, the jury remain
ing out but fifteen minutes.
Troops are moving out upon the plains in mum
beers that indicate a decisive campaign. Twenty
thousand troops are 10 60 20 the country north
VI Platte river and east of the mountains.
Dispatches were received at the State Depart
ment. on the 18th inst, from Gen. Dix, At Paris,
wherein he is represented as looking upon the
complications between France and Prussia rs Of
most serious nature.
TheregulaT statement of the New York Com
missiOners Of Emigration, up 10 the 18th inst,
shows that there had arrived % 363 emigrants at
that port since January ], against a., 503 during
the same period in 1866.
The President and Mr.. Seward have been talk
ing Of buying that portion of British America
which lies west of the one hundredth meridian
Of longitude. No propositions have yet been
addressed 10 the British government on the sub
ject however.
The Platte and Missouri rivers are reported
higher than at any time since 1874. The track
Of the Union Pacific railroad. near NyAndotte,
Is overlooked TO depth sufficient 90 eXtinguish
hres IN the locomotives.
I noulclhl news from turi Bulurd 10 the lith
OF January-two days later than the reported
date OF the maEsacre-has been received at the
headquarters of the army; and Il is confidently
hoped, therefore, that the whole story is without
foundation.
Attorney General StanberTy is said 10 have
recently remarked 90 the District Attorney of
Virginia Jet. Davis case must be disposed of
during the coming term OF the Circuit Court of
the United States. which meets at Richmond on
the first Monday IN May"
An eyl-tempered old man, named Patterson,
u miner at Minersville on the Chicago and Rock
Island railroad, attempted 70 kill his two sons,
on the 18th inst. They escaped, and he then
deliberately wrote his will, shot his dog, which
he asked 10 have buried with him, and then
shot himself
Secretary Harlan's sale of Indian lands to the
Connecticut Emigraut Company, II will be re-
meInbered, was set aside 10y his successor. The
latter afterwards sold the lands 10 the Sonth-
west Pacific railroad for a million dullars-two
hundred thousand more than Mr. Harlan's sale.
The Senate refuses 10 confirm the transaction.
A report comes from New Orleans that some
Of the July rioters in that city are to be tried by
military commission, by order of General Sheri-
dan. The jurisdiction Of the military cOmman-
deTs under the reconstruction act does not eX-
tend for any purpose over an Oheuso that took
place prior 20 the second day Of last month and |
that amilitary commission would not have au-
thority 10 try the July rioters. Should such
commission, however, assume such power, try and |
convict the proceedings would be set aside By |
the gov eminent.