Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-27
largest Circulation in CITY and State.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Al least one.hall Of the aourishing town Of
LsGrauge. Georgia embracing all the bushes
houses. was burned on the night Of the 2ith inst.
The gold and silver product d the Pacific
states and Territories Tor the year 1856 is esti-
mated at slO6.OooOOO.
Minnesota paper says that since the memo
~ Of man, furs have never been so plenty in that
State and on is northern frontier as the present
year.
-Four hundred colored voters have been regis
tered in Georgetown. d. c.. nearly as many as
there nre of white voters. negro has been
nominated for Councilman in thatc
Thus far. memorials signed By eve hundred
persons. asking for the impeachment Of th'
President. have been presented in the House
aud laid before the judiciary Committee.
Al Columbus. Nebraska, on the 18th. Robert
Wilson shetland killed his employer. X. b. Grant
The murderer was arrested. and, next day. was
taken from Jail By a mob and hanged.
Philadelphians had remarkably good luck in
occurring the prizes Of the Chicago Opera House
-cheme-not less than seventeen Of the pictures
going 10 the residents Of that city.
The sandusky Register say: I'VE have reason
To believe that q very strong movement Il on foot
Tor the Presidential successor, aud we do not
regret the fact"
The Maysyille Eagie says that the reports
from the wheat crop ia all sections Of Northern
Kentucky are most encouraging. The usual
breadth Of land has not been Bown. but all that
has been planted il in 3 splendid condition.
Gen. Grant has ordered upward Of Eve hun
bred recruits 70 be INN ediately forwarded 10 the
regiments serving at Forts Campo and Phil.
Koarney. Dakotah Territory and Camp Douglas
Utah Territory. 10 serve against the hostile In
dianS
The Holly Springs Miss) Reporter Of the 18th
complains that there has not been any rain iu
that neighbOrhood for six weeks, and that the
roads are rs dry and dusty a. in midsummer
while thure il hardly any water left IN the ponds
and wells.
On Saturday morning the 10Th inst. the life
less remains Of Mr.. VIM. ONeal. a highly re-
rpectsd and wealthy citizen Of CarroltOn, Ky
we're found in = ravine OF gully. not far from his
own residence. He had been delivering com
that day at Client. and in attempting TO walk
homo was frozen to death.
Major General Howard has issued gcircular
10 the Assistant Commissioners Of the Bureau
AlNNNLAAk AlsAlt AA4AAA AAl taA1l hlNNAA ' AfN WI
charges will BE- oxactsd By the officers or agents
oi the Bureau for services they may render IN
connection with contracts between freed people
and their employers.
special from Desmoinel. Iowa. says that a
board Of school directors In jackson county re-
Gently expelled O col0rcd boy from the public
schools. and the mGtter was referred 20 the Su-
perintendent Of Public Instruction. who ordered
ths board 10 reverse is action and allow the boy
10 attend the school. and decides that the laws
Of Iowa make no distinctions iu regard 10 color
IN the public schools.
The Chairman Of the National Democratic
Committee. in his address on the oath inst 10 the
meeting which decided 10 recommend the call
inc Of a National Convention. used the following
language " For reasons which Il is not difficult
20 understand. the Philadelphia movement failed
30 achieve thesuecess which Il At first promised.
and which promises seemed sufficient to justify
the experiment then made. We do no not be
lieve il 10 be expedient to repeat that effort un-
der existing circumstances, in the next great
battle. This fall the DomOorbtic party must
march under is own colors. We must act in the
oapacly Of principals. and not ofmere allies. in
Wiling 20 our aid, and on an equal footing with
ourselves, the few conservative Republicans who
stood firmly by ne Ia the late campaign. and the
thsusands ofdlstrustful Democrats whoae uspi-
oi0ns then kept them aloof"