Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-03
NEWS OF TIE DAY.


three hundred application.
The Quicksilver Mining Company Of pennsyl-
VaniA have conveyed the New AlmAden quick
silver mine 10 the New oTk Quicksilver Mining
Company for S3.5loBD.
There l. q serious talk in Paris Of 3 marriage
between Adah Isahcs Menken and Alexander
Dumas Ters. The lady was 10 start for Vienna
This month 10 fulhil an engagement there.
senator Wilson addressed an immense crowd
Ui both races al Wilmington \. c., on the lst
met Little enthusiasm was manifested. No
disturbances. .....
The watch case mandatory of The Me7srs.
peginat waa entered by burglars on the night 81
the a0tb ulss who blew open the safe and stale
$4,000 worth OF material
The spring meeting on the Memphis Course on
Monday. the 9th inst, promises L. surpass any
turmer one A large number OF celebrated
horses have already arrived.
The new street car arrangement went into
operation in Richmond on the lsi inst, and very
lew negroes ayailed themselves Of 20. though
taanywhites refrained from riding.
Ii As understood that Lord Stanley. Secretary
ct state for Foreign Affairs, who is 60 represent
Great Britain IN the peace conference TO be
held ia London on the 18th inst. Will pre- ide
ever rs deliberations. #.
The contract for the stone work on the bridge
across the Ohio at Louisville has been let 10
Nah, Flannery Co, OF Nashville. IL is in
tended 90 have the bridge completed by the hrst
IT January. 1870.
MT. itelds Ul BEmlntuAHis a NtltAAAt from
the English boards OF trade 10 the boards Of
trade ia this country. to secure measures Of ad-
ditional protection topriyate property, In time
ui war. is nov in ST. lOuis
Two citizens of Newport. Maine, have been
tined six dollars a piece for carrying citizen of
that place 10 the town hall and compelling him
tu make public apology for expression Of Joy
al the assassination Of President Lincoln.
The minimum expenses Of the ST. Louis Board
OF Health. exclusive Of street cleaning, for the
ensuing year. are estimated NJ slsi.U0. This
does not include any anticipated necessities
rowing cut Of the presence of an epidemic.
large number Of paTaons 10 unimpoFlant
persons which have been lying at The W bite
House for a long time. will be signed and ivsued
tbiz week They are most for those who come
within the property qualifications ot the aIn-
ue'ty proclamation.
owing 70 the scarcity of wheat. for seed and
uuur in Hamilton. Wight and Hancock cuuntie7
Iowa the Supervisors are considering the pro-
ninety oi pledging the credit Of those counties
ior the puymentOi such SUPPLE as are absolute
~ required by the people
Ths breaks IN the Louisiana levee7 havecaus Ell
serious differing among the neighb0rng resi-
dents and 10 partially relieve IL. General How
ard. acting under the recent Law OF Congress.
hi7 directed that rattnn7 he furnished 10 some
Two thousand persons.
Mrs. Daniel Kent of East Wallingford. YER
mont left her house 10 "a 10 her husband who
was boiling maple sap IN the woods, the other
syseRsu hq1 e he Kid died from sEhaTs
ton. when within twenty rods OF home
The Mis- our river has recSded from the bot
tom lands above Kansas city, 20 that people eau
rr occupy their houses. The Union Pacific rail
road track 20 Myandotte. and the Missouri Pa
,lhc O. LeayeuWorth are cut Of water ami
bsnR repaired. Trains are running through o.
Lssvenworih to-day, and viii continue rrgu-
larry.
Parties from the Mexican border report Mata-
moras besieged for lev days by Canales. who
e. route 10 Tnmpico. IL Is believed also, that
CortiHas will bring his army from the North.
aud aid In eKpelling Gen. BerrioEabal from the
gubernatorial seat Of Tamaulipas This indi-
,ates that Ortega is still alive and is ambitions
To- berome President Of Mexico. and that he will
proclaim his FIRST proclamation from the Heroic
city.
woman in the penitentiary at Joliet. hi
Un,s, has confessed that while living in a house
ct ill-iame in Chicago in October last stranger
who said be was from New York. was murdered
ga her room by the keepers Of the houss. I'd. aud
Ida Stockton for has money. amounting 10
ninety DOLLAR. The man is now in the peniten-
u4ry. The woman has been arrested.
nice young man in Norfolk. Virginia, al
dressed an anonymous letter 90 a married lady
Z he other day. and she handed il 60 her husband
An answer was sent. making an appointment Tor
q meeting on the street she next evening which |
Was faithfully kept BY the enamOred youth lie
was met ~ the lads 3 husband. who gave him |
o. Und thrRshinE With cudgei. and then cropped |
one % his ears
The arst draft of the Attorney Generals opin-
tyn the scope Of the disfranchisins clause of |
the recenstrnction bill, was submitted 90 the /
1 abinet on the Goth nit. Decision on some of /
thU points was, il Is undergtood. reserved 10 /
another meetins. when all the members should Il
he present. The Washington correspondent at L
tie Cincinnati 0Gzefte, says. The general puT
pose Of the President is 70 give the lHw the most
liberal construction possible. The circular will /
probably oblige General sheridan 60 re. omen /
he registration list.
A barrel containing ashes. ia the basement Of /
Ns.Hfs a.
.treets, Boston. took Gre on Friday evening the /
nth ult., and melted a gas meter fixed Ia the Il
" all near IL, The consequences was tremen-
dous explosion. which threw up the sidewalk
along both fronts Of the building, and hurled
he fragments through windows on the opposite 4
eide of the street. Fortunately no person was
injured
The London Standard Of the laih SAYS that
General" Massey, the FeniRn leader who
l.intea away when ae was arrested at Limerick
function, has turned Queens evidence: and It |
said that his testimony has assisted materially
la establishing true balls against the prisoners
charged with high treason at Dublin. His evil /
irnce in open court is looked forward 90 With /
The greatest interest. as afordlng complete re-
pose OF the Fenian scheme and Intentions"
The much talked Of rules and regulations Of |
lac Supreme Court relative 90 the bankrupt law
v 10 appear in the fern Of manual OF practice Il
'ar the Of registers and attorn,ys, similar IN
.hsractsr % the existing manual for equity prnc
ice. The document will be book OF two han
red pages, made up chiefly of forms. The hrst Il
part Is nov going through the press copy being
applied ~ the supreme Court finds time foT
preparing t. A strong effort Is making % com
llete the work so that ID can be submitted a. the
all sencs for approval OF rejection by the mid
lie Of May.
At n meeting of one Of the Republican ward
tubs at Washington on the 24th ult.. one Of the
ghite members offered resolution declaring the |
inc has arrived when the Republican party |
huuld iully Tcc0gnize the right af the c0l0red !
nan not only 60 vote. butte be voted for, ana I
h..H Na.f.a NEalsr a.. /
hould in the coming election n thar city furnish |
ONE 0t the candidates 20 be supported in the |
lhereut wards and AZ least one on the general |
4eket. The resolution led 10 animated debate |
ln9y tWo members really opposed &C. and the
,ody 81 those present declared they would sup
,urt any regular nominee. This proposition was
luaily carried by unanimous vote.
The Rev. Mr.. BSgley called on the President ,
"a the 18th ult, 60 inquire whether the kNeru- |
i've would pardon Jefferson DAVIS, should the |
after petition Tor such clemeney. The President |
epied that he had i7'ued q proclamation two
ears 6go, which set forth certain conditions and
.tcs Tor pardon, that any one DESTROYS Of Oh
Sinins pardon must place himself within the |
erl7s snd pg9h stems Of thst PROCLAMATION ms
resident Gdaed that he declined % say 70 Mr. |
'agioy, as he had heretofore declined Il saw 10 |
tterg,swhGt course he would purrue with rerard |
zen Davis. That be AIR. Johnson) would |
udsavor 20 perform hlesduty consciouti rsicIv Ia
% understood DIS obligations az the proper
ne.
Adyicss from Texas resolved al Wssbins,tp
"a he oSth nit, state that General GriHn has |
ItsEed upon me Tsoonstruoti9n woIk IN that
tzts. lks resistyAs3on order ifioTs IN no male
al point nom that issged by Gen. sheridan in |
.osis4ana. tuul legal definition OF The df--
ans hilnE clause al the reconstruction act 10 | .
srsiyed and PROMULGATED. a. doubtful name
al be enrolled, The order states that the list 4
i The registers VIII be ann0unced IN afeW days | =
apec,si order from the ssme authority declares
hat "a accordance With Instructions received !
rom headgUaIters Of the Lfth military district |
" sieruonH 81 ans Kind will be permitted. foT |
ne liss SCI IN AehAS The Governor b Suthor- @
81 % III All Sacancies which may oerrr In fhs | /.
NreunNe pepartmeut 81 the g yerument Where II
be appointing power De- by law vested in hin 4
be Commanding General for apurovai Al b
acancief securing In elective ohires rnnut h.. | !,
ep0Tted O.. headquafters for such action ss ~ "
Military authontlea may see I'd 70 tale This | =
elton shoEs that il Us not rontemplated A ~. 9
snt 20 rsnovs Gov. Ihrockmortoa ~ Q