Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-19
NEWS OF THE DAY.

n. i. .ScHNifrol, JOIN iLLLhLli'
q. r. LAsATER, JAMES PARKS,
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
General schoGeli has issued an order pro-
hibiuug the whipping Of any person for crime
iH irgnia.
The Gre in Albany Ca. of which we have had
a report By telegraph. involved the destruction
Of the business part Of the town and loss Of
S311Om.
Gen. SchoReld has suspended the municipal
election at Fredericksburg. II is probable that
he will do the same all over the State The old
officers will hold on until a new election.
Trains on the Illinois Central run through
about four feet water for the distance Of three
hundred yards at Mound City Junction on Sun
day. The leyees are still hrn.
Mrs. R0ssin, living in Alachua county.
Florida. was shot while in bed, by negro, on
the LEI inst. She had 'reprimanded" him, the
day before. ioreruelty to his wife, the papers say
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs are
seriously considering the propnety Of reporting
a series Of resolutions looking virtually TO sym
pathy with the.present struggle in Ireland
The returns 10 the Land Office show that over
twenty thousand acres Of land were taken mp
during the month of February. in Michigan and
WiFconsin. under the Homestead Act.
ureat suffering exists at Mound City in couse-
quence of the inuudation of that town. The
citizens Of Cairo sent up boat on Sunday
loaded with provisions and $500 in money for
the sufferers. which was ioyfully received.
General Fremont has purchased the Memphis
and Little Rock railroad, and the work, Il Is
stated, will be finished and equipped rs fast as
possible, The extension through Arkansas and
Texas 10 III Paso, is also talked about
MIR. Sherman offered a resolution in the
United States Senate on the 18th inst. 10 remove
the office holding disability Of Governors Patton,
OF Alabama and Brown. Of Georgia. II was re-
feTed 90 the Judiciary Committee.
W. p. King and Abram Owens, the railroad
robbers, and murderers Of Henry King. who
e. q ~ NUUg
al Franklin. ny, have been re7pitcd by the Gov
ernor until the 18th Of May
The condition Of business in the country is ex.
hibited by the internal revenue receipts. which
have fallen considerably below half q million
dollars per day. Theyreached but q trte over
three hundred thousand dollars on the 18th inst.
report from the War Department shows that
the money voted for subsistence stores isssed by
the COmmisaaU Department Of the army 10
destitute refugees and freedmen In different
States, from July ]. 1866. 20 December 81, 1866,
was sa39, 4Z9.
Ex-Governor Hamilton, of Texas made
speech ia Washington on the night Of the 18th
inst. IN which he declared, as reported in tne
Chgoniets, that the present reconEtruction law
was a failure. because the government had not
troops enough 90 enforce It,
In Toronto. on the 18th inst. a man named
Gould was put under the influence OF chlaU0-
form, Tor the purpose OF having the external
lilac srt terry taken AZ ny, ana zoo, large tgmor re
could be reformed, he died.
committee Of the New York Legs allure
agreed 90 report bill appointing three COM
missioners 10 regulate prostitution IN New ork
eity with power 10 grant licenses l. houses Of
prostitution and designation. Medical inspectors
are also provided for 90 inspect the inmates Of
sneh houses.
On Tuesday night, the l2th inst, the prisoners
IN the Charleston jail, Clark county. Indiana.
attempted TO murder the jail0r and his son with
clubs and pieces Of coal, intending TO escape
The citizens hearing the cries Of the tailor came
Hh.r laHt in oil HNs,
prisoners who had got into the courthouse yard.
An authoritative contradiction was made in
the Senate. on the 18th inst, by Mr., sherman, Of
the stories set atoat that there had been n dupli
cation Of bonds by the Printing Bureau Of the
Treasury II appears that duplicate numbers
had been printed accidentally on SIC 900 worth |
of bonds. but that no duplicate bonds in point Of
fact had been issued.
The Richmond Eag,nJsr is satis6ed with Gen.
schodelds assignment 90 that military district. /
Ii SAYS: III the civil authorities Of our State /
must be unfortunate and over-ruled, the IN
pleasing Office could not have been cOnhded 20 Il
any one who would command in the outset more Il
Of the hope and confidence Of our people then
General Soh0Geld.
snow storm commenced in Boston, SATURDAY.
evening about O'Clock. and continued with 4
evening. covering the ground 30 the depth Of /
about foot A heavy northeast wind pre-
siderably. A northeast snow storm prevailed in 1
Portland, Ne, all day Sunday.
Captain Simons Of the 9th United States ar
ililery, post quartermaster at Key West, Florida.
shot himself through the head with musket al |
that place on the 1th instant. tie was born in
Bavaria had served in the United States army .
Tor sixteen years. day OF two previous Ru-
dolph Ringer younU prussian was found dead |
"A hts room, 10 the same place. having shot him /
SELF through the heart with pistol
The Portsmouth Ohio Republican says: The |
late rise in the Ohio has made sad havoc 90 its
banks. in many places between this city andtbe |
mouth % q / :
nave cayed IN for rods. and al one place a mile |
below Solotov,lie. un the Kentucky side. three |
Many Of the houses OF Hanging Rock, ana two |
u the lime kllns nine miles above the CITY are .
well nigh submerged.
In Point Pleasant. Mason county. West Viz |
ginia on the 5th inst. Charles ounger was CON
dcmne3 20 be hung on the 10th Of April, ter the |
murder Of hiss wife. Having formed csnnee- |
ton with another woman In Wheeling. he re-
turned home dug grave in remote part Of
bis fathers place deceived his wife there clicked ,
and beat her 20 death. and thrust her body into /
he hole he had prepared. The murder wa
speedily discovered, aud the savage arrested,
ried and convicted
A sensational Sunday paper oi New York
'tates that Roberts aud the Fenian Senate are '
nHklnG extensive Preparations for a new Can
lreech -loaders and, 1t IS said, from fifteen thou /;
aud % twenty thousand Feniaus will cross into
'anada on the order Of Roberts a. soon Is trans |
'oTtaiion can be found. The objective point is |
Il
,e attacked.
lioR. {. hams. who edited The Nashville Taial ! 4
iueen or twenty years ago. died Ia Washington /
% Saturday, an the hhy-ihh yearot his aEe. b,
ie was actively engaged in his professional du- 1 a.
les As counsel Tor several branches OF the gov | q
sument, ln an important case until about a / A.
aouth ago. when he was oyertaken bv illness =
hilo addressing the bench OF the supreme / q
.0art he was after retiring from the Nashville | o
tsoi', tommlssioner Go The Sandwich Islandr | 1
M afterwards Minister O. Venezuela.
In Marshall. Miohiean the other day DELHI
rate end several times repeated attempt 90 pai- 3
en- a Ms Thompson. wife Of railroad engineer | :
IS discovered. The lady was taken ill some | n
leeths ago, but recovered had a relapse was | :
4 IN SsSeo ana soon after had another attack &
nc simliatly OF The symptoms puzzled the doc / q
oIs out the truth was not discovered until the =
aIse ana other members % the family haa | =
ees nA9e s'cb ty ealing some cruel prepared | :
% MS. 1hompeon giTl named MARY a rer
ant ~ The family Was arrested, and cor tossed ] r
bat she bad attempted % poison her mietresg hi -
be hope Of taking her place in the affections III b
IT, Thompson. Il