Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-03
Largest Circulation in City and State
Jews OF TnIa DAY.

principal other debt, during the past fiscal
year.
The Princess Salm~Salm passed through
Cincinnati on the 29th ult., on her way 10
New York.
r. A. Alexander, Of WOodford county,
Ky, the celebrated importer and raiser Of
fne stock, died at his residence, on the lst
inst.
The New York Board of Fire Under
writers has appropriated fifty thousand
dollars for payment of rewards for the ar
rest Of persons guilty ofincendiarisn.
Gran has received dispateh from Has
vana, urging him, under no circumstance,
10 sail for Havana with Ristori, on account
of tie prevailing sickness there.
During the present year, mp to the 9th
ult., there have arrived at the port of New
York 228, 279 emigrants, 6459 more than
had arrived last year at this time.
Out of a European population of less
than 1900 upon the island of st. Louis, in
Senegar, on the west coast of Africa, $50
have died this season of yellow fever.
Farmers in some parts of Illinois drive
their stock eight miles to water and back,
consuming The entire day. Some are Civ
ing away their hogs because they have no
water.
Hon. Walter Preston died at his resi-
dence near Abingdon, Va, few days ago.
He was once a member of the United
States Congress, and afterwards Of the Con-
federate Congress, and was regarded one Of
the most brilliant men Of Virginia.
Boston is about TO erect a $l25, 900 build
ing 70 accommodate the officers of all her
charitable societies, TO be called the Cen
trail Charity Bureau" in order that their
benevolent work may be carried out more
systematically.
in Pierceton, Indiana, on the 29th ult.
a negro went TO the house of Mrs. J. S.
Baker, respectable married lady, threat
ened her life and ravished her. He was
pursued but was not captured. The out
rage caused great excitement in the viii
lage.
A St. Thomas dispatch of the 18th uh.
says: Another earthquake, accompanied
with volcanic eruptioHs, has occurred.
The sea rose fifty feet, doing much dam
age TO houses and shipping. Similar dis
turbance occurred at Dutch Island of Saba,
and at st. Domingo a slight earthquake is
reported"
Hon. B. 3. French, Commissioner of
Public Buildings in Washington, has writ
ten, for publication a letter denying the
stories of President Johnson's drinking
habits Mr.. French says he has seen the
President, officially, almost daily, and he
is satisfied he "is as temperate a man in all
his habits as any in the United States"
In the tier Of counties south of the Mis-,
souri, river, bordering on the Kansas line,
including Johnson and Henry counties,
adjoining on the east, at a rough estimate
there has been, says the Bates County Re-
cord, upward of 100000 worth of property
in horses, cash, and other valuables stolen
in the last six months.
The Austrian frigate Navarro, having on
board the remains Of the late Arch-Duke
Macmillan, has arrived at Havana. On
the road from the City of Mexico to Vera
Cruz the people were assembled in masses,
but we're quiet. No demonstrations were
made. The body was not permitted to be
seen in the coffin. The physician who en-
balmed the body in person, by order of
Tekedo, mutilated the body, cutting of the
hair and clothes for the purpose of specu-
lation.
The Committee of Ways and Means had
an interview with Secretary McCulloch on
the 29th ult. regarding the repeal Of the
cotton tax. He made no definite reply, bat
expressed general concurrence in the views
Of Mr.. Wells on the subject The commit
tee has taken no formal vote on reporting
a bill repeating the tax, though the under
standing among them is that it should be
done; bnt as 10 the time, and whether the
present crop should be included, no conclu>
sion has been reached.
The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial says in his dispatch
Of Nov %: Impeachment stock is de-
olining rapidly. An estimate to-day puts
the House at tifty-two for aud one hundred
and forty-two against it. 1t is generally
understood that the Democrats will vote
against the proposition, to force vote
upon the resolution reported by the ma
jority Of the Judiciary Committee, and
compel the Republicans TO put themselves
on the record for or against impeachment"
Jefferson Davis attended the Catholic
Orphans Fair at Richmond on the 28th
ult., and was formally presented with a
splendid musical box. In reply Mr.. Davis
said 81 thank you and the ladies and gen.
tlemen for your kindness, and will place
this with the gold-headed cane presented
TO me by the Catholic ladies of Norfolk,
who held fair for a charitable purpose
last spring. Your kindness will not be
forgotten. The Catholics have always been
my friends, and cannot forget the circum-
stance that the Holy Father, the Head of
your Church, was the first sovereign who
sent his blessing in my misfortune May
God bless you all.
A funeral procession in houor of the
Fenians who were recently hung in Man
chester came off in New York on the 2Sth
ult About five thousand Irishmen formed
in column four deep and marched through
the principal thoroughfares, with three
hesrses, each containing q coffin bearing
the name of one of the executed men. The
procession halted in Union square, where
orations were delivered e1tolling the mars
tyrs and the cause for which they died.
The Superintendent Of Police refused to
furnish police escort to the managers of
the affair, on the ground that he could not
order has officers 10 attend procession in
honor Of the murderers of policemen.
The Senate spent about three hours in
executive session on the Oath ult. oonsid-
ering nominations left over from last sum
mer. That of Gov Hunt, of Colorado. led
TO q warm discussion. He was finally con-
frmed by q small majority. Horace Gree.
leys nomination as Minister TO Austria
was confirmed without division, though
Upton, whose objections prevented action
last July, made a bitter speech against
him. Mr.. Greeley's friends say he will
not accept the appointment Gen. Horace
Cspron, of Illinois, whose nomination has
been pending since last March, was con-
frmed as Commissioner Of Agriculture, by
q two-thirds vote. Action on il heretofore
has been defeated by dilatory motions. He
will probably enter upon the duties this
week.
Horace GREELEY, who was last spring
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