Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

ing one OF his farms. 1t contains q
million and half of acres.
The work on the bridge over the Mis-
sissippi, at St. Louis, has been resumed,
and will be vigorously prosecuted.
Jasper c. Griffin, a well-known banker
and cotton merchant Of Memphis, died
suddenly in that city Sunday morning.
The charred hull of the steamer
United States was lowed to Cincinnati
on Friday from the scene of the late dis
aster.
A. Belot, Of New Orleans, sues the
city for $4,000 damages sustained by the
destruction of his cigar factory by a mob
in May last.
Lady Thorn and George Wilkes are
matched 70 trOt, in June next, for the
largest stake ever contested for in this
country-Sl0,000
A California company is preparing to
work newly discovered oil wells in the
State Of Oaxaca, Mexico, now running
$50 to 300 barrels day.
Advices from the City of Mexico, to
December 3, state that Gen Rosecrans,
accompanied by Gen. Stuart, had arrived
and been cordially received.
The Indiana lawyers are reading up
the authorities on the subject Of moral
insanity, in order to be ready for the work
of defending the Seymour mob.
A carpet-b bag judge in Florida recently
fined q newspaper reporter for contempt
oil court" His offense was cTiticlsing a
political speech made by the judge.
Mr.. Chesley Tapp, of Grayson county,
Kentucky, deliberately jumped off the
the steamer Commercial, near Augusta,
Ark, few days ago and was drowned.
In a railway at Camden Town. Eng
land, steel rails were laid upon one side,
and iron upon the other Seventeen
faces of the iron rail were worn off to one
of the steel.
The New Orleans, Mobile and Chatta-
nooga railroad has advertised for sealed
| proposals for constructing the portion of
the road between the cities Of New Or
leans and Mobile.
The plantation Of Julien Poydras, Of
the parish of st. Bernard, near New Or
leans, which yielded about a thousand
hogsheads of sugar before the war, this
year produces only third of that amount.
The commercial travellers are about to
hold their meetings in New York with the
object Of framing petition to Congress to
| take action relative to the license laws Of
various cities in the United States.
Senator Morton has received dis
patch from Europe stating that the effect
of his speech in favor of resumption. was
already visible in an increased confidence
in American securities.
The Rochester Union begs of the
Radical members of the Legislature Of
New York, not to overlook the claims OF
Frederick Douglass upon the party when
they come to choosing successor to Mr..
Morgan.
The New Orleans Times says that the
colored man Menard was not elected to
Congress by even a nominal majority,
and that it would be as legitimate to give
the seat to any free negro in Washington
as to him.
A fine horse said TO he worth 81, 500
presented by Bonner, of the Ledger, to
Or. McCOsh, the newly installed princi-
pal Of Princeton College, was stolen from
the stables OF the latter last Monday
night.
& memorial in opposition to the bill
which passed the United States House 0
Representatives., increasing the dtuy or
4 copper has received the signatures OF thu
leading merchants of New York.
\ Owing to the Illness of one Of tbs
, USited States inspectors, it will be sOmt
. time before they render their decision
f as to which pilot is responsible for tn,
late disastrous collision between tn
e steames United States and America.
Mrs. eli Parcels and her little girl
= eight years of age, were burned to dealt
last Saturday in Pickaway county, Ohio
The clothing of the child took fire at III
+ hearth, and the flames communicated L
the garments Of the frightened mother.
The following named persons hav
:. been apptinted Aldermen of the city 0
Huntsville, Ala: Josenh H. Conner, Wm
oi H. Granger George Warwick, j. D. Va -
A. deyenter, joseph c. Bradley, Sr. A
- 5. Fletcher, Frank Neal and j. "
:" Steele. The slly Democrats in the lis
are Messrs flerber and Neal
Is Gen. g. I. Be'aregard has sent in hi
- resignation rs mpuber Of the Board {
rr Engineers, recently appointed by tn
- New Orleans City Iauncil, for the pun
nd pose Of eifecting SON, method for tn
er more etfectual drainage of the city, an
i'll protecting it from oyertio,. The G.ener.
he | etotaS that other pnpaU,,, ante ,,,o,, a,
his serving, and intimateshis belief ths
no board Of three would lebably hay
ar been more apt 10 have succsded in tn