Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-15

GOV. Patton is announced for reelection a.
Governor Of Alabama.
Great destitution is reported 10 prevail among
the people Of Cherokee county, Ala.
The Legislature Of Alabama has passed law
fur holding an election for Representative t. the
flrtieth Congress on the FIST Monday in April
Mr.. lKeys.s the last surviving classmate OF
Daniel Webster in Dartmouth College, died AZ
Bsrea, Ohio, last week. at the age of ninety.
The Missouri Legislature has refused 10 sub
nit 10 the people the question Of requiring law
yers and clersymen to take the test oath.
At West Hartford. Vt, the ice formed dam
in the river, causing the water 10 rise 70 the Sc
cond story window Of the hotel. daughter OF
the landlord was drowned.
A remarkable meteor has been seen by day
light at San Francisco, and ia utherparts Of Cal
ifornia. II exploded in the air with loud exc
plosion aud tremendous shock
A daughter Of Major West, Of Atlanta, Ca,
was burned to death on the 18th inst, by her
clothes taking fire She was twenty seven years
old.
Tue Hon. Alex. McKiustry D. announced in
the Montgomery Mail as a candidate for Cover
nor Of Alabama. He was commander OF the 10Th
Alabama Confederate Infantry.
The famous trio Of gymnasts and pantOmi-
mists. the Hanlon Brothers, with their comblna-
ton Of jugglery, music, dancing and trained dogs
and monkeys. are giving entertainments in At
lanta.
The Kentucky House of Representative has
passed a bill 20 set apart the taxes collected
from the coIored people for the support Of sepa-
rate schools for that race, and for the relief OF
paupers.
Thirty FIRES each involving a loss Of $4,000
and upward, are reported as having occurred al
the United States during the month Of January.
The aggregate value Of the property destroyed
was s4,0l8,0OO.
The Postmaster General, in reply 10 a resolu-
ton Of inquiry about the amount due TO Ten
nessee mail contractors. submits a report, saying
that the amount due June sth 1861, when the
ordinance of Secession was adopted, was S2.b2l,
which is stil standing to their credit.
On the lst instant a tornado swept across the
Mississippi, at Island ". destroying houses and
a large amount Of property, and killing Mrs. L.
4. Nelson. At Miliiken's Bend. Also serious
injury was DONE the unfinished Catholic Church
there being leTeled to the ground
The Vote By which the bill providing a ter
rlIUTlnl government iDl l4tAlHlAuh ldaaNA tAiN
House Of Representatives on the 18th inst, was
ll8 to A. The Republicans voting " No." were
Baker. Of Illinois, Bingham, of Ohio, Blow, of
Missouri. The Republicans in their seats and
not voting were Dodge and Raymond, OF New
York, and Hubbel and Schenck, of Ohio.
A blacksmith named Morgan, Of Aloha,
Greene county. Ohio, apparently intoxicated,
drove his buggy on the Dayton and Aenia rail
road track at Dayton on the nth inst He met
the passenger train, and was knocked headlong
10 the bottom Of the embankment, his horse
being killed and himself taken ap for dead At
ter some time, however, he revived, and 1t was
found ne was not seriously injured.
A bill is now before the West Virginia Legs
Iature which proposes 10 relieve the Baltimore
aud Chic Railroad Company from all liability Of
state county and local taxes heretofore assessed
by paying the sum Of So, O0). and to commute all
future taxes by paying a capitation tax OF one
mill a mile for each passenger transported
through the State. The Wheeling htsFgeucsr
denounces the measure in the strongest terms.
and calls for its defeat.