Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-08
TUESDAY. JANUARY ;. 1867.
Nncws Oh TmE d.

- fsW$ OF THE bA II
The Prcsdsat has parlonsd two hundred sad 4
nIneiy-Gve Rebels.
ThcMissour senate ratified the constitutional I
amendment Saturday, by vote Of 5 too
The oyercoats contributed by Roberts for the /
Tsnian prisoners are detained in Toronto. the /
custom house Outs not having been paid.
Monday began % week Of prayer at Chicago
The churches and the Young Mems Christian
Association hold.dsily prayer meeting.
The penal law Of Alabams, which p1nlshe-
larse and mule stealing with death took ene.'
the lst Of January.
The prospects % q good wheat cropin Indiana
next season are very favorable, the late 'n'"
having afforded full protection from the cold.
There was erected in Toledo, Ohio, during 'ne
wear 1865. 1909 new building -"- '' '"'N
lasluugs-at cost of sl.0E.s"
Thirteen ditilleries have beer seized 10 Ray
J,r.ssn and Clay counties Missouri, for VIOLA
tian Of the revenuelaws.
The BIO Grands Courier Of the "a u'I report
maj Escobedo had not been hung a. reported
t.rt ,ras well on the way o" Monterey. 90 ine
Et.
The number Of new buildings put mp no ~.
..,,;s last year was 3is; Of which ,o'J were
l.-i~k tbirfy-eight Of stone, and one hundred
eight of wood. Seventeen Of The mum
l.s- we're churches, sud eleven schools
III. oueep Of spain has offered 10 re-arponi
80, o,DoDpeu Chief Of the Cabinet, bat the lal-
,.r vyiu not accep. the position unless nc ls 'o
- 81 rspvoke the CONSTITUTIONAL '"TieI' TO
remodel the government.
The Ohio House % KcpTcseniauVe'' Oh the ''l
.,., ,5opied the resolution rauiying the con
-titnfiopal amendment, by a vote Of hiiy-iour 0"
,,gc1tv-6ye. The vote on the amendment In we
senate was twenty-one to twelve
william Walcut. Of New York, agrees 10
compIste Perrys Monument, al Cleveland o5
,loeinr the figures Of a sailor and midsh'p"'n
IN either side Of the statue. o. originally "s-
signed, for 5000.
The Gardner will case in New York, tn when
q, t..y, amount Of property Is involved mas
been decided by the Court Of Appea''' 'n ,''o
al David Gardener. brother of MT'' eN-tIe-'-
dent Tyler. and against her.
several of the principal mills On Lawrence
~. hove notified their employees OF the re-
5,ction Of wages Of ten per cent, on oecodnt oil
an. aspresgion of prices on goods and the dull
-t,to of the manufacturing interests.
nm. annual report Of the Adjutant General OF
uI., sbo,y. that tho State Of Ohio furnished lO.-
l1 men in Excess Of all calls By the general gov
eminent during the war. Tho total war eE-
,..ps.s Of the State during the war viii reach
46is57.Sl8 n.
The prevailing conviction among experienced
lookers-on al the capital Is that the present ses-
.ioD of C.,;zress will bo chiefly engrossed boy
,olities Little will be accomplished in the way
,f pr,cticahle legislation. The tariff in all
,r,l.,bility will be plentifuly discussed without
any definite result II is ALMOST certain that
nothing will be done with the currency question
to disturb the existing statistics.
La Pat,ie says the government OF England
and France have agreed upon note 90 be Tor
warded to the Porte, in which the ottoman
Empire is counscled that the course OF the
Porte should be 50 shaped in its deahngs with
the Grecians and the Eastern complication as Ia
conserve the peace Of Europe. The note PLAINLY
iutimute5 that the quiet Of the continent VIII
materially rest on the action OF the Porte upon
these important questions
The ST. Joseph HsraH says that on Saturday
night. December 10. most dastsrdly deed was
perpstrated in DcKalb county, No. The resi-
dence of Mr. Brosdherst an old iuhahltau' "I
the county, vas fred and burned 90 the ground.
The inmates. on the discovery OF the FIRE, sought
other shelter when a son Of Mr.. b. young
man. was shot as he came out Of the door, aud
received such injuries that death soon ensued.
Another son Of Mr.. b., having difficult" with
several parties some time in August last, killed
one Of them and il Is supposed that the friends
Of the man killed have committed this double
crime Ia retaliation.
II Is stated On unquesu0nable authority, that
the leaders Of the majorities in Congress have
agreed upon a programme for the present ses-
sion regarding the Southern States, and that D.
embraces 6rst the ratification Of the cousutu-
uonal amendment by throe-quarters Of the States
represented In Congress. and second. the reoT-
sanitation OF the recreant States boy compu!sion.
The adoption Of the amendment by the Legisla-
lures of the States will be completed IL is expect
cd by the lst Of February. when measures will
be Immediately carried through Congress, look
ipg 10 the goveruinEof the South by the military
arm.
On the 18th Of March. 1885, i. @. Harris was
tried by the United States Court at Louisville ON
charge Of evadinE the revenue law. found
guilty, and sentenced 10 pay fine otsiN hundred
dollars. two hundred and fifty dollars Of which
amount was, by order Of the court, awarded 20
the iaiormeT Subsequent % the conviction of
Harris. aud during his Imprisonment in default
ofpaying the inc President johnson ordered
the remission Of siOO, wo-thirds Of the penalty.
Judge Ballard has inyahdatsd the ruling Of the
President by deciding that the iuiormer is en-
titled 70 his allowance Of $50,
The President has siglii6ed his intention 10 be
present nj the eighth of January banquet In
Washington. Coacsrning this occasion, the
Warrington UpioH. whose editor is one oi the
prit cipal movers 10 the matter. says cry
INN lrtant declarations Of political principles
will be enunciated In the regular toasts which
will be responded 10 by some Of the most emf
neut statesmen Of the country and in Congress.
The leading Conservative citizens Of the District
Of Columbia will be-present. An earnest and
uuialteriug opposition % Radicalism will be
boldly proclaimed. with a Posiuyeness and GER
taiuty which intimidation, from any quarter, will
not have the brazen hardness 10 assal.
Washington dispatch Of the 4th inst. 90 the
Cincinnati Gazette says Members Of che Penn
sylvania delegation who werein Harrisburg, yes
tsrday are Of the opinion that Cameron will be
elected, and that Curtin has no chance. They
also say that Curtins friends have been So great
by provoked by some act Of Stevens that they
viii not unite on him. though they may possibly
upon Mr.. Grow. Yesterday the game, as these
men saw &C. appeared to be between Curtin and
Grow. To-day however, delegation OF Ste
vcns men FROM the Legislature called ON him
here. and said that the Curtin men had agreed
t0 transfer ihOi7 support 20 Mr. stevens.
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