Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-12
NEWS OF TIE DAY,

The Chicago Board Of Health is taking vigor-
Gus measures against the advent OF the cholera
It'll reported that the friends Of John II. Sur
raft are endeavOring 10 secure thei services OF
The firm Of Beaie & Co.. cotton brokers Of
Liverpool, are reported by cable as having
failed.
A New Orleans dispatch reports that there was
another crevasse in the parish Of West Baton
Rouge on the 9th inst.
The order for the registration Of voters in
Louisiana was issued by General Sheridan on
the 9Th inst.
The city Of Davenport, Iowa, on the 9th inst.
elected the DemOcratIc ticket By majority OF
over eight hundred. The Republican majority
last fall was about one thousand.
General Gleeson's father. aged about seventy
years has been arrested for kenian treason IN
Ireland He proclaimed that " he had seven
sons Fonians and glori6ed in the fact"
A meeting for the relief Of destitute South
erners was 20 be held in Chicago Tuesday night,
the 9th inst. The call was signed by the Mayor
and other prominent citizens. but no one az
tended Southern relief is not popular in Chi
cago.
The Radical county convention Of Shelby, TO
appoint delegates 10 a Congressional convention.
was held at Memphis the 10th inst. and was
about equally composed Of blacks and whites.
negro was Vice President. The meeting was
harmonious.
The Pennington mansion, in Philadelphia is
being torn down. Ii was built in 1868; was used
Ia the Revolutionary war by the British officers
In 1862 Il was made United States hospital, and
from 1863 10 April !, 1866, II was used as Sol
dier's Home.
Tn State Of Maryland voted on the 10th inst.
on the question Of calling constitutional con
Vsntion 10 form new State constitution. The
object Is to strike out that feature Of the present
constitution DISTINGUISHING considerable pOr-
ton Of the present population. The vote in
Baltimore for the constitutional convention was
ll0l6 against sl23, and for Sunday cars lO,s3s
against 9Os6.
The municipal election in Springfield, Illinois,
ON the 9Th inst, was n clear party hight, both
parties cOntesting the ground inch by inch. The
Mayor and the whole Democratic ticket was
elected by mNorites varying from 200 10 26O,
with the exception Of clerk. This Is an increase
over last year Of about two hundred, The CAPT
tai Of Illinois greets Connecticut
The State Department has received important
and reliable news from Mexico, 20 the effect that
Macmillan is in a tight place, and will be
Obliged 70 surrender his troops and his own per
son to the Liberal force. The latter threaten 20
dispose Of Macmillan by drum head court
martial, and 20 execute him at once. A Wash
ingtOn dispatch, Of the 9th inst. 10 the Cincin-
cinuRu GGEete says: "A few days since the Aus
TRAN Emperor sent n telegram directed 20 Count
Wydenbruek, his Minister here, directing him
20 say TO Mr.. Seward that the EmperUr's brother
was surrounded by the Liberals in Mexico and
his life imperiled. and 10 ask the Secretary, in
the kmperOr's lame, % interfere 70 save him;
thRt he asked this Of the United States as il was
the only government in position to accomplish
anything. Mr.. Seward at once dispatched
message 20 Juarez requesting him 20 let Maxi
milinn get away as quietly and easily az pessi-
bic. Il il significant that the Austrian Emperor
did not speak of Macmillan by any title, but
simply as my brother" A Washington dis
patch 10 the Cincinnati Enquirer says: AT
brief session of the Cabinet to-day. MaXimil-
ian's brothers Petition for the kindly Offices of
the United States government on behalf Of the
tugacious Emperor. 90 protect him from any
irregular treatment not permitted by the laws
of va anueidarQd further II IL NOT dpempU
proper 20 do anything other than reiterate our
request that JuRreE take proper steps 10 prevent
any improper treatment of the delunct Emperor
should he fall into the hands Of the Liberal
army"