Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-19
Largest Circulation IN City and State
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The thermometer ut 81. Paul. Wednesday /
evening. fell twenty one degrees below zero.
The Democrats in the Indiana Legislature. /
last night, nominated Daniel W. VOORHEES, a.
their candidate for United States Senator.
Ordo.s we're sent BY telegraph on the 18th inst
10 General Reynolds. commanding az Browns
vile. releasing General Sedgwick, Of Matamoras
occupation notoristy, from arrest and ordering
him 10 his regiment.
Judge Stowe. Of the Quarter Sessions Court u
Pittaburg hai decided that the father mother.
grandfather or grandmother. II able. Is bound to
support his or her children Or grandchildren
ana prevent them becoming charge upon the
public and the like duty legally devolves upon
the children OF grandchildren Of aged. inhrm OF
INDECENT parents or grandparents.
Washington dispatch 70 the Cincinnati In
gaifer. dated the 18th inst, says: "rhe severe
attack Of Nlr. Paine. Of Wisconsin. upon Mr.
stevens Ia the House to-day In which Mr.
stevens is charged A. being equally guilty with
Mr.. johnson. IN his trehtmentof the reconstruc-
ton problems, has created hutter among the
Radicals. and is the subject ofgenerai conversa-
ton tonight; and Mr.. BinghRm's onslaught mp
90 the Stevens end Ashley territorial bills mas
created q sensation II Is admitted that Mr..
Bingham has demolished the theories Of Stevens
sndArhley."
I. c. Campbell telegraphed from Frankfort
KY, under date OF the 18th inst. 10 the Hon
samuel Mckee as follows: Have the Senate
delay the action on Cooks resolution regarding
slaves until you hear from me- The bin viii ruin
oar party here II passed, and insure your
defeat"
The Commissioner Of the General Land Office
has Just received returns showing that hfty-one
thousand Elk hundred and ninety-one acres Of
the public lands were disposed Of during the
month Of December last. Of the following
local olacea Eau Claire. Wisconsin . S3l acres,
the lar=er portion Of which was taken with agri-
cultural college scrip Denver City, Colorado,
7.as3 acres. mostly entered for actual settlement
and cultivation, under the homestead law and
a. Tallahassee. Florida. is farms. Of 80 acres
each, we're added to the productive force Of the
State By entries for settlement under the home
stead law passed at the last session Of Congress.
embracing In the aggregate l4,374 acres.
The Washington correspondent ofthe Cincin
natl GaFsffe furnishes the following in his dis
patch Of the 10th instant The diary Of Wilkes
Booth, taken from his body sfter bis capture,
is now in the hands Of the proper investigating
committee having been handed over 10 IL by
the authorities. For some reason lie contents
vera not used in the trial Il shows that he was
an agent Of the Confederate government, and
received money from Il, and that at one time,
at least, the plan was to kenaP Mr.. Lincoln.
II is believed 10 impIieate only Booth and Her
rold Ia the assassination. The enty made on
Friday. the 2lst Of April one week after the
murder shows that Il must have been written 10
s.rrf.af r.r1-v ~ mind II doneri hes bis DOfl-
tioa, With D broken leg in the midst Of q swamp,
alone, an outcast. an assassin weighed down by
HE guilt, and q feeling that God would refuse
forgiveness. 1t Is altogether such cry Of human
agony as seldom finds expression In words