Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-09
largest cremation in City and State,
OF rIEE DAY.

A bin 70 cali State Convention 10 amend the
constitution Of Virginia was introduced in the
Senate on the 18th inst, and after an exciting
debate was referred
The meieorologists report the month Of Janu-
arr the first in seventy years that has passed By
without a thav. There was not the sign Of a
thaW in the entire month.
The friends Of the Bankrupt bill viii not en-
deavor to bfingit up in the Senate on the motion
20 reconsider. until after the arrival Of Senator
Nye. who Is now on bis way to Washington from
the Pacific coast.
The Paris Prcsse. Of January r. announces
that on the 18th Of that month an insurance Of
two hundred thousand francs was offered in the
Hamburg Exchange. upon the personal proper
u Of Maximili an-ahiDped by the Maria 10 Ra-
gusa.
The Maine Hoase Of Representatives has re-
fused 10 concur in the action Of the Senate in
amending the law TO permit white people 10
intermarry with negroes. Indians or mulattoes.
The vote stood--forty-fve yeas 70 seventy six
nays.
Pliny Merrick a prominent. Massachusetts
lawyer and Judge. died in Boston on the LIST inst
at the age Of seveniy-two zsars and six months.
He defended Professor Webster in bis trial for
eessful Ia procuring his acqnittal. won much
praise Cor the ability he displayed. Judge
Merriek was a leading man among the Demo
Gratis.
The Toledo l0hio) Blade. Of the 5th inst, says
that the seyerest snow storm Of the season began
in that city on the day previous and continued
with violence until beyond midnight At De-
troii. on the same day. snow cell 20 the depth Of
ten or twelve inches. The storm seems to have
extended over the whole State Of Michigan and
Canada West. The trains were not greatly de-
TENED. however
Washington Is oYercroWded with people from
every part Of the country. and representing eve
~ conceivable interest. On the Cab Instant the
lesding hotels were unable 10 accommodate the
rush frcm Philadelphie. There n one delega-
ton Of one hundred men. urging the passage Of
the House bill by the Senate for the location Of
the iron-clad navy yard At League Island.
note from Gen. Butler to the New York
Tribune emPhatically cOntradicts his alleged
suit against POmeroy. Of the Lacrosse CWis)
Demoeraf. Cor libel. lie says "hction 50 con
trhry 10 my determined silence az 70 newspaper
SANDERS. needed confirmation. SO the DemOcrai
publishes a letter purportinz 20 be signed BY me-
Offering TO withdraw the suit to which be makes
8 nandiloqaeni aud abusive reply. Need say
that have brought no such suit against him or
any other slandering scfibbler? The letter is a
forgery 10 bolster a lie."
Returns received b. the Commissioner of the
General Land Office from the local Office at Ma
nesha. Wisconsin, show that 1910 acres Of the
public lands were disposed Of during the month
ofJnnuary last. large portion Of which was loca-
ted with agricultural college ecr!p, and the re
mainder taken up under the Homestead Law
cold for cash and located with military warrants
Returns for the same month from the Mongome
~. Alabama. Office. shsW several entries under
the Homestead Law Cor actual settlement and
cultivation.
Garabaldi has written a letter. in which he
gives his view on affairs in the United States.
he rejoiess that Massachusetts, has elected col
orsd men to the Legislature. but while recog-
nizing no distinction Of race, thinks that the
question Of negro Suffrage ought not to excite
fresh dissensions. He hopes that the President
win come to an understanding with Congress
and sums up a. foilows: "What we chiefly De-
sire b that the harmony more Or less complete.
which now reiens among The members Of the
American family. may not be disturbed. and
that every sort Of individual prejudice may be
nacrihcsd a, any cost. in ord9r to maintain in
tact the integrity Of the great republic, the
strongest palladium Of liberty in the world"
Il is expected that the Supreme Court Of the
District Of Columbia will to-day decide the case
Of Gen. Magruder. who asked to be permitted
to resume the practice Of law in that court.
Magrudor was in the Rebel army. and cannot,
therefore. take the test oath AID be claims that
under the recent decision in the Supreme Court
Of the United States be is entitled TO pursue his
profession without taxi pg the shove named oath.
This L resisted singuAEly enough by lawyers
who claim that the decision of the United States
Supreme Court Is not binding upon the District
Court In this instance, and the anomalous and
novel legal proposition Is argued that an infe-
nor court may revise, and, n Il pleases disre-
Eagd the decision Of a superior and supreme tri-