Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-31
NEWS or THE DAY.

Hon. 0eorre Reade Riddle. Ex-senator from
Delaware. died ia Washington Friday evening.
Il Is announced that King George Of Greece
Is soon % marry niece Of Queen Victoria.
A dispatch from Odessa reports a terrible
storm IN the Black sea. Several vessels we're
wrecked with some loss of life.
Several mad dogs have appeared in Memphis
within the last few days. and number Of chill
dron have been bitten.
The banking house Of 3. NJ. Runyan & Co.. St.
Louis failed on the 18th inst The liabilities
reported are not large.
Falsiaf llaokeit s negotiating for lot on
Br"adwa New lork. upon which 10 build the
finest theatre ia America.
Hon A. q. Brown. Of Mississippi has written
letter in favor OF accepting the military plan Of
reconstruction.
MlrRmon. one Of the Imperialisi chiefs IN Mex
leo. hns issued proclamation declaring war Of
exteItntBRtion-' "A duel 10 the death with the
Juarists.
The Treasury Is receiving ut present an aver
age Of about four millions u week in gold from
customs. and the same amount in currency from
Internal taxes.
Griffith Roberts. wealthy drug merchant In
Columbus, Ohio, committed suicide by hanging
on the 18th inst. Religious monomania is sup
posed to have been the ease.
The crowd Of Office seekers In Washington
grows larger every day. and completely blocks
the hall OF the Senate during the sessions Of that
body.
man named Reeves. living nj Sandyvine,
Warren county, Iowa. murdered his infant child
on Thursday night. the'2lth inst. by choking it
% death. lie was arrested.
a Dalton Ha) paper tells Of former planter
IN Pulaski county. who b. employed BY oae of
his ex-slayes a. oyerseer. Sambo pays his ole
massa literally giving him eight bales of cotton
Tor bis services for the season.
Chief Justice Chase has decided not 10 APP
point REGISTERS under the bankrupt law until
alter the Supreme Court decided on the rules 20
govern under the act. The court meets on Mon
day for that purpose.
The House Judiciary Committee will do moth
Ing further in the impeachment investigation
until about the middle Of April. by which time
the chairman viii return. The committee in
tend 20 SIT during the recess.
They have a hy,lrophobia excitement IN and
around Indianapolis Ind. Young lady living
az beck's station. twelve miles from that city
was bitten by dog some three weeks ago. and
hvdrOphohia. A boy bitten hy the same dog h
tlil well, however.
The weather has been very cold in the North
west Four men left Fort Aberrrombs, Mimi
% the 10Th Of February last. for trading expe-
dtlon on the James river. i has been asCeF-
tanned that nll funr were frozen todeath A man
was found irozen t. death Ia bis wagon near
Ciermont. Iowa. on Sunday last.
The one hundred thousand volumes which the
Appletons Of New ork. have given % the trus-
ices Of the Peabody Southern Educational Fund
are 2o.oo copies Of Webster Elementary Smell
er. 1000 copies of The Mebsfer's Elementary
Header. 2'.O00 copies Of Comell's First Steps in
biography, 1000 copies Of Quackenbos's pr-
mary Arithmetic, 1000 COPIES of Ouark enbos's
First Book in Grammar
The notorious Mrs Lucy Stone and one Mr..
y. Il. BLACKWELL. who reside nt Montclair near
newark, Nd have started for Kansas where
they are TO address the Topeka State Convention
on Tuesday, April 3 with reference 10 striking
out the words white aud male" from the
state constitution. the same 10 be subsequently
Hnbmitted to the people for ratification.
IL Is feared that the tobacco CROP the chief
production 81 the Green river country Of = en-
lucky. viii this year prove total failure No
seed has yet been sown, and none can he for
week OF fwo, m consequence ot the ground
being soaked with water. This delay viii make
it 90 late that the plants can have little certainty
Of success. The oat crop will also be short: the
peaches were killed In the bud, while the wheat
looks tolerably WELL
The late census returns Of Alabama showed
that az the commencement Of the year the ne
sroef had an aggregate majority Of ga in
AKteen counties. In the remaining thirty-six
counties the whites bad an aggregate majority
u LES. From these figures the Montgomery
Nal estimates thatthe majority Of negro voters
amount to 1884, and those Of white voters 20
9.isl, leaving majority Of II 492 white voters.
Such being the case, the MAJ thinks Il matters
but iittle how the blacks may vote
The situation 10 Maryland came up In the
House q henresentatives on the the 18th inst
b the Introduction 90 resolutions passed 10 Il
Republican convention ol that State. and IN
d0rsed by Representative Thomas asking Con
Etoss 20 intervene % prevent the assembling Of
The state convention, and ia guarantee 90 Mary
land republican form Of government The
action Of the New York Legislature on the 21th
inst. Ia ref using 90 pass the universal suffrage
act was cited as furnishing ~ good reason for
Congregational interference there as in Mary
land. The matter was referred 20 the Judiciary
Committee.
John Mullen. q private IN the third artillery
stationed az Jefferson Barracks, 81. Louis. died
IN the 9Th inst, under the following ciTeum-
stances Mullen bad beaten a negro. which was
reported 90 Capt Mcneil. of whose company
Mullen was amember Mcneil sent for Mullen.
who refused 70 obey has order % report. .deineh
then went % the soldiers quarters. found Mullen.
told him be would teach him % obey orders. and
NJ the same time struck him heavy blow Ia the
face knocking him down. This was rcpeRted
three times. Meinel then ordered Mullen 20
be washed and sert O. the guardhouse but be-
fore Il could be done be was dead. Capt Mcneil
has been put under arrest. snd The matter will
be Investigated. Mullen was dissipated man,
and the immediate cause of his death b. said by
the Coroner 10 have been the bursting Of % blood
vessel in the brain.
The Office Of the cashier Of the Jeaersonyiile
railroad was robbed. FRIDAY morning about two
o'clock Of over faoOm Ii anpears that sbout
the hour designated the waichnan I'd The aenot
was approached by party of about eight APP
pareBuY negro men, and asked hv one ID them
u that building was hotel. lie had ony time
90 reply that it was not when thew seized hita
ane tied him. then hiiudiolded and paFrea hirn
They then carried the wstchman IN he sfsirrsV
and laid him down on the balcony. Two III Them
guarded him. while the other siN proceeded a.
force An entrance % the nom occupied a. AZ
OtlcO by j, i. Sanders. Esq. Haymaster ~ sho
jedersOnvE- e sud Indianapolis Railroad gam
pAuy. an entrance was effected. and The robhers
found bat toe easily what they sought-the rail-
loads funds Il happened that Mr. Sander
had been up tai late hour counting out the
money ia bis hands with view Of starting np
the railroad yesterday morning O. pay "a thr
employees Of road This money. amounting a.
over $40 000. he bad unfortunately amer plsSinE
a inG IAN boz placed il on top OF The safe forget.
ung O. pat d within. The robbers helped them
eclves 10 this. opened the inner door by takine
III the lock with tools brought Tor the purpose.
gni took their doparture-guinr down by dil-
farenf stairway. The Waterman subsequently
rrlessrd himself aud raised the alarm Bat the
rsbbcrs bad bed. No one thinks Ines were ne
eroas The color was ouiy adopted a. q disguise.
lhe Eatchmsn saya that the party seemed 60
tEou him quite we'll aud called hi4 name scKe-
fai times One ol the two len 90 guard ham
spgke ia 4 familiar voice. bat he could not iden-
ats hin.
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