Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-07
THURSDAY, FEBREART :, 1855.
I.argest CIreuIatIon b CIty and sac
NEWS OF TIE DAY.


Capital punishment has been abolished
throughout Italy.
A severe snow storm ragged iE Wisconsin and
Northern illinois on the Ash inst
A direct mail between ST. Petersburg and Pc
kin, China, has been established. The time Is
iorty-eight days.
The Lafayette Ia) Courier reports well de
lued case Of insanity resulting from the use Of
hair dye.
Advices from San Domingo state that treaty
Of amity and commerce Is about 10 be concluded
with the United States.
The famous Castle Thunder. at Richmond, Va
has been recOnverted to its original use, a. to-
baoco mandatory.
The Unconditional Union State Central Com
mittee Of Maryland, has called a State Conven-
ton Of Unionists to meet at Baltimore on the
10th Of February.
A bill has been introduced in the Illinois Le-
gislaiure disffanchisiug deserters and Rebel sym
pathizers, and urging its passage.
A Havana letter states that the distrust Of the
Cubans by the government is increasing. Span
ish ofBcers who have married In the Island are
To besent home.
The Owensboro Monitor states tlata negro at
tempted 10 commit rape on 4 young lady in
CloverpOrt. Kentucky. last week, and II sup
poses be was hung by a mob for tie crime.
An informal investigation is going on into the
charges which have been made that fund was
raised by gold Spectators to urge on the i'm
peachment project.
bill has been introduced into the Illinois
Legislature providing for q State constitutional
Convention. 20 meet on the fourth Monday in
August
Fruit. shade and forest trees in the vicinity Of
Lafayette. Indiana. have suffered great damage
from the unprecedented ice and snow. Limbs
four inches thick have been broken with the
weight.
A Washington dispatch TO the Cincinnati Ga
zefts says a rumor prevails that Louis D. Camp
bell has either resigned or been removed from
the post Of Minister TO Mexico.
Many Of the Lawrence and Lowell mills have
reduced their work from 10 to % per cent. since
the let inst, in consequence Of dizziness IN
trade and the markets.
A Chicago dispatch Of the Attn inst. says it had
been showing al dag in Chicago and that old
ssttlera assert the amount ofmoE thus far fallen
in that city SURPRISES that in any previous year
for twenty year.
Il IL said that the beltha on all the steamship.
Of the regular lines leaving the port Of New
York Tor Europe. up 20 the lst Of June. have al
ready been taken. The number Of American.
who propose to visit Paris and take run oyei
the continent during the summer is extrsordi
nary.
The convictB in the Rhode Island State Prison
were served with their annual dinner on Thurs
day. the Slst ult.. from the proceeds Of a fund
contributed BY Pawtucket gentleman for that
purpose. The convicts in the Connecticut State
Prison were also provided with an unusual din
Her on the same day through the thoughtful lib
crafty Of the same gentleman.
Richard I. Cox a Georgetown Rebel, par
doned last fall. whose property was restored him
by executive order in December, commenced a
suit against Mrs. Stanton. Mrs. Senator Wade,
Mrs. Senator Psmeroy, and other ladies con-
nected with the Home for Colored Orphans and
Aged Women, for use and abuse Of his house
without his consent He sues for $4,000.
A sharp rascal. giving the names at different
times Of ". B. Thatcher. W. Lewis and +. N.
slean, visited Louisville last week and obtained
5000 Of George W. Wicks a Co.. on a forged
check, purporting 70 be drawn in his favor by
Lewis. Hanson & Co., Of St. Louis. Of which irm
he pretended to be 3 member. He started for
Nashville, on Thursday. but a dispatch was sent
after him, and he was arrested at Bowling Green
and brought back 10 Louisville. He is said to
have been also guilty Of a $1,000 forgery at 81
Louis, and 10 have committed several acts Of the
same kind in Cincinnati.