Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-24
Largest Circulation in City and Srat'
NEWS OF THE DAY

vicinity OF ~. Louis Tor some time, rs Tho
longest and seyerest since 1854.
A Kentucky farmer named Samuel An
derson, committed suicide in Cincinnati on
the Goth inst.
Steamship Chipola exploded her boilers
below Columbus, Georgia, on the l9tF
inst. Six men we're killed.
General Hancock thinks we shall have a
long Indian war, and advises "e1termina,
tion" Of the savages
Leprosy has broken out in the Sandwich
Islands and is carrying off the natives by
hundreds. Only one foreigner had beer
attacked.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in
session at New York, has approved the &C
ton of the Grand Sire in establishing
lodges in Colorado and Montana.
Further returns from the California
election make Haighfs majority about
5000. The State Senate will have a Re-
publican majority Of four.
Messrs. Sutton and Murphy, reporters OF
the conspiracy trial in Washington, in
1865, have sent in little bill Of $4,000 to
the government for services.
1t is reported that the President will, in
few days, issue a pardon to Alex. II.
Stephens, Vice President, and $. r. NAL
Tory, Secretary of the Navy, Of the Con-
federate States.
Gen. Sickles has made a fresh demand
for a court Of inquiry in his case, which, il
not granted. he win have 30 resign in or
der 10 make reply to Che charges in the
Presidents proclamation.
Arrests Of suspected Fenian emissaries
continue in Dublin. The latest arrest is
that of James Walton, supposed to be an
agent of the Fenian Brotherhood from the
United States.
On the 10th inst, intelligence was re
ceived in Washington that the Indians are
determined TO continue war, and will not
accept peace. This news, il is believed,
will cause Grant to advise Sheridan's i'm
mediate departure for the scene of strife.
The camp Of Thomas Parker, railroad
contractor, forty miles above Fort Hays,
was attacked by Indians on the 18th inst.
Parker and five Of his men were killed,
and five others MORALLY wounded.
General Sickles has received letter from
Governor Orr, Of South Carolina, express
sive Of hearty approval of the formers
course while commanding the second dis
trict, and of regret at the action Of the
President in removing him.
Advices from Arizona TO the oath ult.,
represent the Indians still more trouble
some. Governor Mccormick writes to Gen.
Mcdowell imploring more troops, stating
that the hostilities of the Indians in Pres
colt district are unusually formidable and
alarming, and the military force is totally
insufficient.
A superb dinner was given by the King
Of Denmark at Copenhagen on the 10Th
inst, in honor of Admiral Farragut and
United States Minister Yeaman. The
King of Greece was also one of the guests
on the occasion, and in his speech ex-
pressed his qualification for the sympathy
shown by the United States Congress for
the suffering Christians G. Crete.
The following is an extract from
private letter addressed to gentleman in
Washington, by President Juarez, dated
August q, 1867 "Our affairs are look
ing well. and l have well founded hopes
that are daily gaining ground that peace
will be secured TO us, not TO be again dis
turbed, because, in my opinion, the ele-
nents of discord which might have altered
the public order in the future, have now
disappeared"
Augusta, Georgia has a loyal Postmas-
ter named Blodgett. This Blodgett took |
the iron-clad oath, Of course, az all South |
ern loyalists can do when there is an Office |
in prospect. The fact has been brought 10 !
light that Blodgett in the year 1861, raised |
and commanded a company of Confederate |
volunteers for the third Georgia regiment. |
They were afterwards transferred TO artil- |
lery service, and known as "Blodgett's |
battery" Their old Captain is to be tried
in October, at Savannah, before the United
States District Court for perjury.
There is a fair in progress in Chicago,
given by the ladies of the st. Mary's Catho-
lie Church, in which there is a lively con-
test for gold watch. Parties are allowed
TO vote for any lady upon the payment of
specified sum. The principal contestants
are Mrs. j. A. Mulligan, widow of Col.
Mulligan, who was killed in one of the
battles in West Virginia, and Mrs. Buck
ner S. Morris, who sympatbized so strongly
with the South during the war that she was
hanished from Chicago until the close of
the war. Mrs. Morris is not a Catholic, |
while Mrs. Mulligan is and yet it is re-
garded as not improbable that the former
will win the prize.
Count Bismarck recently addressed
circular note 70 the diplomatic representa-
tives Of Prussia in regard 10 the confer
ence of Napoleon and Francis Joseph at
Salzburg. The document has lust been
published, and is the principal subject of
editorial discussion in English and conti~
mental newspapers. Bismarck says Prus-
sia is willing 10 accept the representations
made by France that the conference at
Salzburg should be regarded as a pledge Of
peace. He also makes many illusions to
the union Of the German States. The Lon
don journals comment fayorably on this
note, regarding il as pacific and tranquil
izinR.
The Washington correspondent Of the \
Cincinnati Gasetfe SAYS: "Gen Grant, since
going into the War Department, has re-
ceived a number of letters, some OF them
anonymous, and others from unknown per
sons urging him to great rare for his per
sonal safety. The writers represent gener-
ally that his life now is of the utmost i'm
portance 10 the nation. Some advise him
TO refrain from going about the city unst-
tended. Others knowing his penchant for
fast horses beg HIM 10 handle them with
every possible precaution. One advises
him to keep. away from theatres and
another urges caution in the admission Of
persons who wish private Interviews"
The government has received iniorma-
ton that Gen. Candy is not interfering ia
any way with the processes issued from the
Federal courts in North Carolina. although
he has not suspended by any special order
that feature of Gen. Sickles' order No. 10
which prohibited the enforcement of
Judgment for debt. The United States
Marshal is serving writs issued nv the \
United States District Courts and selling
property under them, but the prices are 10
low in the present condition Of affairs in
North Carolina that in one case farm,
which cost forty thousand dollars in gold /
before the war, brought at the Marshars
sale but tive thousand dollars The iudg- /
ment in this case wac brought by a North
ern creditor.
IT was reported and generally credited
in the city yesterday evening, that Gov
ernor Brownloy had issued another pros