Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-24
NEWS or THE DAY.
.nou arills iuentr Get deeB ore reported %

snow drifts twenty feet deeB are reported to
be- on the plains.
The French troops viii. "a is reported, leave
uevieo duripg this month or the early part Of
February.
C,utain John Fobin has been appointed BY
President Robert, 10 organize the tsRian forces
in Missouri in ths interest Of that brshch Of the
order.
English papers, by steamer City Of New York.
give accounts from al parts Of the country Of
great storms and Goods. shipEreoks and death
from starvation.
The Presiseat. Il is understood, has deter
mined 70 appoint General Townsend, Adjuthnt
General Of the army IN place ofLorenzo Thomas
who Is about 10 be placed on the retired list
Quite a number Of eounterfeiters Of our ma
iioasl currency have been convicted az the recent
term Of the Criminal Court Of New York, and
sentenced 20 various terms Of Imprisonment
varying from one % twelve years.
Cattle ir Texas are said to be In excellent or
order. Fine beeyes are selling at from fourteen
20 fifteen dollars each, for specie. Sheep are
selling Al one dollar and q half per head and
porz az two aud hall ana Eve cents per pound.
An attempt was made on the evening Of the
IAN inst. 10 burn the West Virginia peniteniia-
~ nj Moundsvills. some Of the conyicts set Ere
10 portion o. The roof. bat By the exeriionso Of
the guards and . fsR Of the prisoners. the ere was
eytingaished wiihous serious damage
The Commissioner Of Agriculture has received
letter from e farmer at San Antonio. Texas,
stating that a terrible snow storm took place
thers on New Years day. and the weather con
tinued very cold Over ] 900 head Of sheep per-
ished from the cold several farms in the neigh
b0rhood
Tigr 81. Loais Evening" Dispaich publisues a
report that Governor Fletcher has brought suit
against the st. Louis Repabliean. The suit is
basnd upon the publication Of an open letter
Irora General r. q. Vaughan 70 Governor
Fletcher IN regard 20 affairs in Lafayette
county railroad sales. etc, and the Republican,
editorial comments thereon.
A Washington dispatch to the Cincinnati Co.
..ifs Of the list inst. says: Governor Orr's
scheme Of reconstruction is being vigorously
urged. Il is substantially universal amnesty for
universal suffrage. except that the South is not
10 grant suffrage tll the Northern States agree 10
do the same. Il is claimed BY Southern men
that President johnson and certain members Of
the Supreme Court are now 5mmitted 20 the
plan. Few ConRrclsmen favO- the project.
MllAe iAUnl AHuNAAAHt IT. - n AaNh AAbfNlAliiA ~
favor Of the President
The New Albany Ledger tells us who Mr.. A.
H. Lee is. tho lucky individual who drew the
Chicago Opera House. His name is Abraham
HaFarman Lee. aud be has an own cousin, Abra-
hnm II. Harritt newspaper man, in New Al
bany. Mr. Lee is native Of Circleville, Ohio
At the age Of eighteen Leewent on a Cincinnati
and Memphis steamboat az a cabin boy. but sub
sequontly became clerk Of q Memphis and New
Orleans boat. and Afterwards was captain Of a
&c. Louis and New Orleans packet. At the
breaking out Of the war Capt. Lee raised regi-
meat Of Illinois troops. and was appointed iH
Colouel. Col Lee hurried a French lady Of
wealth, and sottled ct Prairie du Roche, small
place IN Illinois. near the Mississippi river be-
low st. Louis lie owns large tracts Of land in
Iowa. besides much other property. The draw
lux Of the Opera House. which is valued at six
hundred thousand dollars. win probably make
Col Lee one Of the wealthiest men in Illinois
The boat commanded By Capt. Lee was the
Nashville, upon which George W. Tuley. Of New
Albany was carpenter