Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Til. Trpion Pacific railroad is nov. completed
from four hundred and thirty miles west Vi
Omaha, Nebraska .,-
g.lt lake papers Of the 9th state that large
,.,,rnbprs Of people are Aocking TO lhe ne"
mines discovered recently on Green river
Tro copvicts in the Illinois penitentiary are
earning for the State ten cents a aSy eooh' o'''
The cost of food, clothing and guaIus'
~. eood on the Smoky Hill route IS the heaF-
uo noo1 Lna,vn Al Fort Hayes there was
..,t, foet Of water IN the fort. SIX sOiuleiS
aud one citizen were dro"heu'
Ths motion for a new trial OF SANFORD Como.
yeris case has been Oyerruled, ana M a't pg;
viii be made to get him pardoned py In' rres'
dent. e.. -.
The New York Express says santa Anna wa,
ON the 22d Of June, prisoner on pal't fsa ~
Campeachy. He writes as II ne ia" no '0'''
that his life was in danger.
T.oWpdes county, Alabama, on the 9TH INST, by
a. Renfroe. his partner. The wives OF inc Two
men had quarreled about some e nlO5hons' T" "i'H
led 10 An ARRAY between the husDahus'
The eon6seationists in Congress seem disposed
~ a. preeid emit Z idea about the liability
~ NJ nstional government for the debts OF the
conquered provinces, ana Iney gtIn . tue iio
pcrty of Rebels taken to pay the ueD's'
Rcports from Omaha, Nebraska state that
~ ~ lhb5nAre6 Mormon converts from Europe,
rcsched that place on Monday nlght, ana lelt
a. Utab Yesterday. On the other hand, forty
wagon loads Of saints wnf 9 foT fbe Ststes
ann nonton (Ohio) Repubhcon Says that two
Voupg girls. children Of a MIS-. 5outhafd' were
It,rned 10 death ia that neghborhood iast "SSSth,
in attempting to kindle hre win goe -. III 6s
T1olbOr was absent from home, ana me n9uso
49,, troubled with mosquitoes, the chll9Iou
ottcTnpted 10 stprt a smoke TO drive them on
Tn commercial AdDcrtiser says: move
ment that looks as though ~ Mo8tu
G1rrnidabIe. has been organized at washington,
,,,,1ns acme of the members OF congress- 70 pul
sheridan forward as a Preadentai eaIi tint
Sneaker Colfax's friends do not IKE lnS a''einp'
ond will oppose Il secretly OF openly
A vessel arrived AT San Francisco nom n, emma,
brincs startling and horrible reports 81 the raw
ages of pestilenco at the Island OF MeuI l',5
Tho pcstiicnce is supposed TO have been canted
ny a." I,rr dav. and dead and dying were
iriiis nbout lie streets. Quinine was worth 40
The Maygvilo Ky.) Eagle says We learn
that John l. Scott has 500 9o ms ~
Setber tbo fruit, pay all expenses ana take a.
risks. We learn that the crop IS very iarEe, anu any.
the quality ef fruit good Inc oIcnaiG C
Gffy acres and cost Mr.. scott, some years ago.
$500"
Lats Arizona advices state that the COLORADO
river Is so high that the break water on me uila
overaowed the country, causing inc 9hI iiS 1e-
struction of Arizona City; only Two pullal1ngs
-, ,,,,;ninred on the Fort una SIDE. Inc
FosS had overfowed the Mail Ccmpnny's quar-
tiers in the QuartermasteT S 81 W oa6 hOi'
Nfissis.ippi papers say that terrible disease
similar no The cholera has broken out among the
feedmen on the plantations aleng me aHo3
river This disease has every al.eaafahce on
cholera though IL has confined itself 70 the
freedmen On one plantation eleven died in
few days on another four, ana on a lhIu piaoo
i've died during one week, ana huhbeiS afe
sick. The disease, it Is thought, was DreeseS on
~ tba negroes eating such quantities OF cathshs
half cooked and seasoned
The Denver Tribune Of the 18th has dispatch
from m Porte Station, seventy i've miles west
.rt,,snt Train on the 10th. and forty wagons
loaded with MOrmOns VINO were IeluIu ~
fbs States A man named Burkson was NOR
tally wounded and died next Jay. my 49,,
winds an with an article on sherman ~ loiioNs
. Shsrman's great anaconda system y played
ONT and the sooner he departs Tor lhe Hoiy
Jand. leaving the management OF lnd'ah MAJ,
tiers in the hands OF some man g'lnou' p'''''"'
aspirations the better for US
A aacisiop has been rendered at Lexington;
Nv in a case of hdbeds corpus, the eheet 81
which is to render that writ useless where II Is
6iTected 10 officers Of the freedmen bureau.
ian,ss A johnson. for cruelty beating negro
nov. AS is alleged. was arrested by the treea-
mems Bureau. A writ was sued OUT anu the
6,jv demanded by the civil authoriuest Whleh
~ military declined 10 deliver up. The case
yrcnt into court, and Judge uoodloe ueeiueu
thaf the action Of the Bureau was legal ana Fio.
per and that the writ Oh h9ee5s ~ G % -.
take the prisoner out OF inc h"nN' VI WV
eminent.
The steamer Thompson, from Fort bentoo,
49, come additional particulars OF the drown
- IA General Meagher. IL appears be was en-
~ Ia a quarrel on the afternoon Of the hrst,
s.I;Dring Ar Irishmau who insulted him. Rage |
"a STRONG drink caused temporary delirum.
ne steward OF the Thompson induced him TO /
= =, bsd iu the stew ards room, but IA the night
bcut ian o'clock he left the room, ana those on /
.b1r, saw him 60 overheard. The alarm was az 1
moe given and search made but the body could /
NJ be found A Geographic dispatch RON the /
,g,f. III General Meagher says that although the /
49, - erertious have been made 20 secure the i
remains of General Meagher, they have not yet 4
been recovered.
--Georee A. Ellsworth was arrested near Pleas
NJ Hfn Mo. on the Sth instant, alter lively Il
chase through the brush. -Four shots were cred Il
NV the officers which had the effect Of bringing Il
rim 10 The charge upon which he was arrested Il
,.ss contained in letter from the Governor Of i
Kentucky inclosinF proclamation Offering a Il
-eyVsrd III five hundred dollar tor the arrest Of i
FllsWorth. he being fugitive from Justice hav-
- b,,sLe inil in Bath county. where he was con-
tnsa charged with the murder OF james Smoth- Il
.rs In February last The prisoner claims that i
lie killing was done in a street light, IN which Il
tbere we're dozens engaged, and many shots eX
changed and that Smothers was unfortunately
tilied A good deal of interest was manifested 4
duripg the examination before Esquire Thomp- 4
son tfom the fact that the accused was a chief Il
f.icgranh operator for General Morgan In his Il
iamcus raid through kentucky, and IL was
1v-in. 10 rs skillful manIpulatons et the tole-
graph that the raiders we're enabled 20 elude the
Federal troops and escape. ELLSWORTH frankly
acknowledges has identity, and ayoWed his pur-
nose NJ he had not been arrested, 90 have sur
rrragre8 himself 10 the authorities az The next /
session Of the court, and be tired upon the