Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-06
SATURDAY, JANUARY ;. isCz.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

n e. reported that Gen. sheridan o. about I"
lead 50 the altar a fair daughter OF Louisiana.
Madame Jenny Lind Goidschmidt Is Wee Pre-
silent Of the London Academy Of Music.
Alexander II. Stephens IL engaged on a work
10 be called "The History of the War between
the State
The Rsuan Catholic Church Of ST. Thomas, "a
Manor. Charlie county. Nd. built one hundred
aud Ghy years ago. has been DESTROYED by hre
The exact number Of Confederate dead buried
ia the vicinity Of the various camps in Ohio has
been aseertained 20 be z,S05.
In the Ohio Senate on the Sd inst, the con
,titutional amendment was ratified by vote Of
tweuty-o TO eight
Mr.. Trimble. member Of Congress from Ken
lucky. dcnies that be intends 20 resign 10 order
100 accept the nomination for Governor Of that
State.
letter from St. Paul MINI, says company
ST heavy English capitalists have contracted
fo buid railroad from that place 20 Lake ~u-
peIior.
The public debt 81 Illinois has been reduced
81 A60Oy0 within the past year, and aow amount
DO sz6s8.252 81. The debt Of Michigan BE- 80
s-aaH p.
Mason Jones a young lrishman who went
about delivering "oraticns' in this country two
OF three year. ago. has turned novelist, and an
naunces a story entitled "Old Trinity.
General Dix has rented the apartments ri Mr..
Dayton, in the Rue de Prssburg. which are very
-psrious and handsome, well ventilated, and
adapted &c receiving company.
The reyarts Of disasters AZ sea for December
.bow that r. vessels were lost 10 various ways, or
are supposed 10 be lost sud ia 1850. 81 we're re-
ported wrecked aud missing.
General Fitzpatrick, our Minister 10 Chill, is
anen picked up drunk in the streets Of Santiago,
and /, described ~ q drunken BLACKBOARD. 10
..ys the Springfield Mass Repabfica"
Among the literary gentlemen having positions
IN The New York Custom house. are L. H. Slod-
asrI. Barry Gray, Charles +. Briggs, Gaylord
clarke John Savage and Herman Melville.
I, was rumored in political circles in Pitts
burpb on the Sd inst. that Governor Curtin,
finding that General Cameron Is too strong Tor
bim. viii withdraw and throw al his influence
in favor Of Hon Thaddeus Stevens for United
States Senator.
A Galveston dispatch ofthe 4th inst. says Gen.
Kid6oo issues a circular es follows: The labor
law passed al the last session Of the Legislature
and approycd Nov. l. 1886, win be disregaTded
LAT, the Sub Assistant Commissioners of the bu-
rcap Aay contracts made in accordance with
lis provisions will not be approved kiddoo says
the rea=Sns for this are that the just provisions
ortbe law nre iroluded in general order No is.
The objectionable feature is that Il reduces
the negro 60 state Of practical slavery.
Further news from New Ulm, Minnesota, re-
ysalsamost diabolical heDdishness on the part OF
mob A second party from Manketo' where the
men lived. By clearing away the ice found the
bodies in the river. Campbell's body contained
Gfceu wounds, eight Of (which were fatal Ha
right hand was cut o6 at the wrist, and the right
leg AT the knee, Lescond had eighteen wounds,
frpf.tal. Ifthese outrages had been perDetrat-
GA ip the South. would we not have heard a
howl IN regard TO the barbarity Of the people
In regard 10 affairs in Lafayette county. Gov.
Fletcher SAYS in his message TO the Missouri
Legislature. Some Of the civil officers aud d
number Of gentlemen claiming 20 represent the
wishes Of the people Of that county, have assured
me that the citizens will aid the proper officers
ip sTrestiuR and holding FOR trial men against
whom proper writs are issued. In order to i've
them fun opportunity to do this, have with
drawn all the militia. with the exception Of
thirty men and one officer who are ordered to
remain IN their quarters. unless called on by the
sheriff 20 aid In the execution process. In case
Of failure from any cause. on the part Of citizens
OF Lafayette county, 90 arrest men for whom
,yrits are Issued and those who are VIGOROUSLY
entity Of hish crimes, / shall order back suh-
ciout force for the arrest Of those parties either
with or without the assistance or concurrence of
the citizens Of the county"
A Cnnstantinople CORES ondent Of the New
York Tribune Il Fes rather adiscouraging account
ofthe condition Of the American colony which
recently emigratei from Maine 70 Palestine
under the leadership Of one Elder, OF as he calls
himself President Adams. The colonists belong
10 n sect whichis self-styled The Church Of the
Messiah" One point Of faith is that they are Of
the Jewish tribe Of Ephraim, and that the curse
having been taken Of from Palestine. tho set
time has come for the lost ten tribes TO return TO
the promised land The oolonists are said to be
much dissatisfied. None Of their number their
whole strength being one hundred and City
seven. have died The Turkish government,
however, has shown itself friendly thus far and
admitted their goods free Of duty. The settlers
had ample funds At the beginning. but have in
vested so largely in lands that their resources
may fail before the next crop comes in.
The Cork papers confirm the report that =
regular stampede" has set in among the Yam
kee Irish who have been hanging about that city
and lts neighborhood for some time. The cor
respondent Of Dublin paperAwho has spoken
10 some of them, also substantiates the rumor.
one Of them applied recently for berth on
board the outgoing steamer. declaring that he
and his Friends hsd come from New York under
standing there was a little business 20 be done
in Ireland" but that they found the country
filled with English soldiers and policemen, and
that he would stay no longer. Finding he could
not be booked rs the berths we're all full, he gave
utteranoe Go a blasphemy-only to be heard from
the lips Of a Yankee rowdy-against everything
Irish. Were they induced to 60 to Ireland BY
Stephen brayaa5l