Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-16
NEWS or TTTE DAY

Gen. Churchill has been elected Lieutenant
Governor Of Arkansas.
The lower branch Of the Massachusetts, 4sgis-
laiHfe has passed the constitutional amendment
EY ID vote Of 30 yeas 20 20 nays
Chisi Justice Chase will not appoint any reg
isters under the bankrupt act until alter the
meeting Of The Supreme Court in April.
TX Senator Foster. II Connecticut. and Post
master General Randall. are among the names
mentioned for the position Of Minister tn
Austria.
Both houses Of the Arkansas Legislature have
passed d bill l0uuiug ten Thousand dollars per
mile 60 aid in the construction ot railroads in
the State.
letter from o Catholic clergyman in the
county Of Kerry. Ireland, states that Colonel
Hearty. . prominent Fenian who left the ini-
ted States and went TO Ireland 10 aid his country
has been arrested and is in jail
A London dispatch Of the l4th inst. says The
fenian troubles are not entirely ended. The
government has just sent four gunboats 60 Dub
liu 10 be posted in Lilly river. The Fenan
have taken refuge IN the Nicklock mountains.
where they are perishing from cold and hunger.
Resolutions we're adopted b. the Democratic
Convention Of Michigan on the l4th inst. de
uouncing the recGnstrnction bill. declaring the
acknowledgements Of the negroes and the disiran
chisement of the whites, as portended ~ Con
greasi3nai action. unconstitutional arbitrary,
and revolutionary
Wednesday was the coolest day Of the season
in The Northwest. At st. Paul. Mimi. the ther
nomster was n degrees below zero, and NJ Mad
icon. La Crosse and Milwaukee, Wis. y degrees
below zero. At St. Joseph, Mo-. il was the
coolest Of the season, the thermometer standing
two degrees below the point reached In Deem
Der and January,
The conference committee, in the New York
Legislature, on the bill providing for a conven-
ton 50 revise the PROSTITUTION. has agreed to
port in favor OF holding election for delegates
On the 4tlI Tuesday in April; four delegates 10
be ch5seh from each Senatorial district and
thirty two 81 laTge-eOlOrea men 10 be allowed
10 vote Cor delegRtes-deseTters and Rebels 20 be
evelHded from voting.
la the Baltimore Conference Of the Methodist
Epice0Bat Church South on the sth inst the
proposition 10 change the name OF the church 10
Episcopal Methodist Church, submitted 10 the
Annual Conferences by the oeneml.C 0nierence,
was adopted by q unanimous vote. lOll The
proposition % admit lay delegates Was adopted
by tue same vote We believe the vote Of this
conference secures the proposed changes.
Mr. j. J. Knox, very estimable citizen of
sumter district, south Carolina, employed a
trust worthy neighbor 90 make personal eXami-
nation OF the destitution in his vicinity and he
reported as follows; 4 have not been over I've
miiol rom home and have seen and Heard
direct from three hundred and sixty-siX per
sons. The most OF them are now without bread,
aud are actually subsisting on COMMUNISTS, and
whatever they can get 70 preserve lite upon.
while there are othera who have enc and two
burhels Of corn yet, bat without any means to
act more. Some have horse OF two, and are
irving 90 raise little crop, but have little or
nothing TO live upon Mr.. Knox Vouches Tor
the truth Of this statement.
The Washington correspondent Of the Cincin-
natl GGsene says in his dispatch Of the 18th inst
The nomination of Col. N. q. Taylor, Of Ten
nessee. as Commissioner OF Indian Affairs, wee
Bogy rejected. was sent 60 the Senate this even
ius. There has been a severe struggle for the
appointment. and half dozen different gentle
men were strongly pressed during the forenoon,
IL appears that the President became digusted
With the tight and about noon he hanked the
whole crowd by giving the appointment 20 one
whose name had not been mentioned IN connee-
ton With the Office. Col. Taylor was represent
alive in last Congress from the first district Of
Tennessee. Several Republican Senators have
already expressed their purpose 60 vote Tor has
confirmation"