Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-28

Al Springfield. Massachusetts, boy six year,
old stole SO FROM his Inether, snd DISPOSED q e
among his playmstcs. Hi. mother took up with
the idea that her sou was possessed Of 4 delneni-
&C spirit, and to punish him for the then and
drive the devil out Of him. she tied him nala
and foot to post. and Kept him stark 1akeq, gu.
Of DOORS in sun and storm. every DAY 1uf 4
week. Not content with THIS brutal ueatnleeiht,
she kept him for a fortnight. tied IN Sltniiat
way, 70 bed-post in the house
In the Pennsylvania Radical state ~ Sonye ntion
an The 18th inst Mr.. Mcpherson, Chairman OF
The Committees on Resolutions, reported aSeries
demanding such guarantees from the south a. 70
make treason forever impossible. denOunclng
lie administration of Andrew johnson as faith
less endorsing the Teconstruction measures Of
Congress, and calling on Congress promptly to
dispose Of the new notification Of the plant
Attorney General.
Itwas reported that there was a fatal case Of
cholera in Louisville on the 18th inst. The
Journal Of the 18th says: RumOrs of more
cholera in the neighborhoOd Of Green street, be-
tween Clay and Hancock. were rife yesterday,
but they were totally untounded. Dr, Penny,
liant. made tour of inspection through the
alarme region, and reports that no case OF chol-
era exists there. He heard Of several eases OF
cholera -morbus, neither Of which was Of a dan
ger0us type.
A very large and enthusiasts Feniaa meeting
was held at Cincinnati on the night Of the 18th
inst. Addresses were made BY james Gibbons,
Of phlaaePhla ss w rTfsoshi q sns p ,T
i've young men signed the military roll, and
5000 we're subscribed for the purchase Of uni
forms. etc. After the meeting adjourned Senator
j. w. Fitzgerald called a secret meeting Ct the
Brotherhood 10 take action In regard to Presi-
dent Roberts tour IN Paris.
The case of Mark Downing, charged with
forgery, In having registered though disfran-
chised by the Alexandra State constitution, was
before the United States Commissioner at Rich
mond on the 26th inst. District Attorney Chand-
Ter, who has just returned from Washington.
asked for postponement Of the case until Juiy
s. as he felt justified in saying that Congress
would revise Attorney General Stanberry's
opinion and thereby settle the matter. The
Com missioner held the case under adyisement.
In the case of Thomas Is. White, for the same
oflense, the prisoner was discharged.
A private letter from thesteamer 0ctaroOn, on
her way TO Fort Benton with government stores
and troops, dated near Fort Union, gives an ne
count Of the death OF Captain w. ID. Speer Of
the British army, passenger, who was shot dead
by a sentinel. The facts of the case were these
sentines had been posted on the roof TO watch
the banks at night, SO a. to give warning OF the
approach of Indians. Captain Speer started TO
70 20 his room, which was in the Texas, about II
O'Clock at night. and when about to enter was
fired upon by a sentinel stationed aft of the Tex
as killing him instantly. From the testimony
taken by the committee appointed BY the pas
sengers il appeared that the sentinel did not
challenge Captain Speer, but fired without halt
ing him.
Il appears that strange and terribly fatal
disease exists in Ireland, and as yet chiefly in
Dublin. The general features of the preliminary
stage are bilious vomiting and sometimes purg-
ing, and usueliy headache ofunparelleled inten-
sity, with incoherency. Then comes the purpIe
eruption, accompanied. in most cases, BY great
debility, and followed by collapse and death.
The duration of the illness is Of a threefold va
riety. In the first, where the period is reckoned
by hours. one case was fatal in four hours from
the occurrence of the first symptoms; but the
average is eighteen hours. The second variety
includes from three TO six days from the first in
dications Of indisp0sition TO the fatal issue The
third variety in which alone any recoveries
have taken place, embraces a period extending
10 many days, and even weeks.