Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-17
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

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Col Humphries. agent for the Cherokee In
dinns at Fort Gibson, has died OF cholera
General Ord complains Of some difficulty IN
finding loyal men 10 MISSISSIPPI quAlheu lOi
registers.
Co,srsi Ord has asked and obtained permis-
80, from the Secretary Of War 30 confne horse
thieves on the Dry Iortugas.
Tho Austrian government has dispatched Ad-
miral Tapethoff to Mexico 20 demand the Dody
Of MaKimihan .r..
General Grant declares that the rebel militia
now organizing in Maryland Is force hosule TO
the Union.
The "Russian note" in regard to an investl-
cation Of affairs in Ireland by Russia france
and the United States, is pronounced hoaA'
Seizures Of large amounts Of whisky dlS are sun
r,a5a In New York. One lot Of 500 barrels, pre-,
JARED Tor shipment to California, was seized
Saturday.
Advices from California represent the Sentral
pari6c Railroad tunnel across the Sierra NeVa-
IA range as nearly completed, ana the uallS VIII
be running into Nevada IN autumn
Authentic information. il ia said, has been re
..ived that the letter, or prOclamatlon, purpoft.
inc 10 have been issued by ksc0bedo' against
foreigners. is a forgery
Mesars. Knott aud Grover, two OF the Ken
ucy Congressmen elect have ret1LnEu M
They do not think the prospects ol ui'iii"'0 "O
mission are encouraging.
The steamboat z. Bell was capsized by a sqe VA
In Waccamaw river. south Carehha' on C ~
inst Seven persons were droWheu ~
Garrison. L. A. Doggett and wife, ana iou'
negroes. ,
The S,,nreme Court of Michigan has decided
that telegraph companies are not common car
rier,. and have a right to establish any ieas9 e
able rules governing their responsibility LOT
messages sent by them; and thaJ the conul ~
made on their printed blanks are adopted oy
the sender of a message If he signs II, ana II Is
has own fault II he does not read them.
A farmer named Homsby. residingin johnson
county, Mo, has brought SUIT against Ug5sl y
Sterling Price and other omeeIs OF the heDel
army Tor damages sustained by him IN lhe sum
meT Of 1861 by reason Of being lmpIiisT1heu ~
Rebel soldiers under Price. Inc Gneiln has re
crived from the johnson county circuit 1ouIl
an order Of attachment against Fnce ana olnSIs'
authorizing him TO SEIZE their goods chatues'
etc, 20 the value Of s5OOBJ'
The cornerstone Of the new Protestant
church for the accommodation of tue American
residepts and visitors in that capital, was iald
the 18th inst. IN the presence % 20 ~
course Of spectators. At the coneiusian 4i the
cerimony the United States consul at faTis,
John q. Nicolay, ESD, gave dinner ~ whlch
an the principal American citlAeue ~" uVto'
and several eminent European friends OF the
United States were present 10 lhe Nehihs 'ioiS
was "a tasteful display OF fireworks m honor OF
the occasion.
General Grant has no hesitation in pronounc-
ing the Indian war one got up m the ihteiesS OF
the various classes OF spectators on the boldef.
IA
dian fights circulated in the country the OnClal
report received by General Grant OF the nights
In which il was reported that Roman nose com
mnudsd and was killed, after he had Killed Jhlr-
fren whites shows that only two whites we're
wounded and the horse OF Roman nose SHOT,
instead of the nder,
A full report of the Fort Harker fight has been
received from Gen. Wright, Chief Engineer OF
the Kansas Pacific railroad. II appears mat
sixty Indians kept four hundred and hity-tour
of our cavalry az bay. killing and Wounding sew
oral and at length got away without SUSTAINING
any loss so far as could be ascertalned' IT'S re
,.orted that the red skins mutiated one OF the
soldiers who fell into their hands. The Indians
are well mounted and armed, aud as tins army
civil engineer admits, without any shAme' aitO-
gsther too much for our cavalry.
specisl from Junction City. Kansas, says the
cholera broke out al Fort Harker on June 18th
since when over a dozen soldiers OF me Ssth
colored infantry aud sexeTal cltiH 9us iheiu9shs
Department and a brother OF
Gaptain Armes. have died; ihereaTe new near
IL twenty soldiers in the hospital slek with the
sholera The surgeons think the disease was
ssnsei Nv the recent overflow OF the Smoky Hill
tiyer Seven citizens Of Sahna, ana one OF
Junction City, also died
The President has sent TO the Senate the es-
Inmates Of the expense OF carrying out the re-
laws The amount Is set down at |
fourteen million dollars. m addition 10 the two /
millions one hundred thousand dollars ALREADY 4
expended This Is the aggregate cost Tor gov
THESE
continues the President, viii ba considerably /
nugmente If the States machinery se operated
by the Federal government, and would be 4
LARGELY increased II the United States, by abol-
ishine the State governments, should become /
responsible for the liabilities incurred hy them
before the rebellion, in laudible EFFORTS TO ae,,
velop their resources ana IN noWlse cohheeted
with insurrecuonary purposes. 1hese 1ebts
will approximate one hundred million dollars
"A quarter part due 60 loyal citizens and foreign
ers Id is a subject for Congressional consldera-
ton whether the assumption OF such oohgauons
would not impair the national credit
Mr.. Jerome has recently made a match with /
Mr.. John Hunter, In which he backs his horse
Il entucky 10 run four miles In seven minutes and |
twenty seconds, carrying one hundred and
wentv pounds-Mr Hunter backing time. The /
match Is for 5000 a side, and the race is 20 come
hi al the jerome Park meeting Ia the fall. Mr.. |
jerome Is 10 be allowed the privilege of running
ls many of his own stable with Kentucky as he
,hooses aud az what distance be may deter
nine kentucky Is now In training. The time |
,Iloued in the wager has been made only once |
m America: that was by Lexington, when he |
vas ave years aid, sc the Metairie course, New |
orleans Mr. Ten Brock. has owner. backed
i'm ID 40 four miles in 5.3l, 70 carry one hun |
ired pounds lie carried Kos pounds, with XII |
lgtrick in the saddle. and did the four miles IN
.lOaz Kentucky IL now SIX years old, and 10
.qualiEe weights. aro considered, should carry |
bsut ll2 pounds 20 make a proper comparison |
nth Lexington.