Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-16
NEWS OF THE DAY,

The Democrats, in convention al Fond
du.Lac, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, renom-
mated c. A. Eldridge.
Any person allowing Canada thistIes to
grow and mature upon his land in Illinois
is liable TO a fine Of SIS.
The town Of Laporte, California, was de-
stroyed by fire on August 10. The loss is
estimated at half million.
The New York Democratic State Com
mittee has resolved to hold The State Con-
ventiOn on September 2, at Albany.
Mrs. Richards, of Alexandria, Virgins,
suffering from neuralgia took an overdose
Of chloroform, and died.
A Hudson New York; dispatch says
) udge HogeboOm has denied the appIica-
ton 70 admit Gen. George w. Cole, charged
with the murder Of L. II. HiscOck, TO bail.
Mrs. Amelia Psssmuek, wealthy lady,
was killed in st. Louis, 90 Wednesday, by
the explosion Of a coal oil lamp, which she
attempted 10 extinguish.
Des Moines, Iowa, is excited by virtue
Of the fact that Augustus Monroe, who has
been in Jail there for larceny some three
months, on his discharge on Saturday,
elOped with the jailer's daughter.
The mistake Of druggist in Waterloo,
Indiana, who gave 3 butcher belladonns
when he applied Tor sage leaves with which
10 season some sausage-meat, made eighty
three persons violently i'll. The prompt
action Of the physicians alone saved many
OF them from death.
A dispatch from Omaha says thirty adj
ditional miles Of the Union Pacific railroad
are now finished, making $50 from Omaha.
IL now seems probable that nearly 1000
miles will be in running order before the
close Of the year, and that the whole line
TO the Pacific will be open for business
during 1869.
1t has been discovered that regular
sytem Of mail robbery las been carried on
in the postoffice at Malta, Morgan county,
Ohio. Circumstances led to the suspicion
Of Charles Scovill, the pOstmaster's son,
who has been arrested and held for trial
The amount Of plunder secured by the
young robber was not large.
Governor Fenton has appointed General
Pat. X. II. Jones, present Clerk ofthe Court
Of Appeals, Register Of the city of New
York, in place of General Hslpine, de-
ceased. 1t Is understood the fees of the
Office until the first Of January will be
passed over TO Mrs. Halpine by General
Jones.
General Candy assumed command at
Washington on the 18th mat. He ex-
presses il as his deliberate opinion that all
will be quiet in the South as long as civil
war Is averted, and that may be aYerted
If the people are let alone. He thinks that
the only guarantee of quietness is that the
South should be left to herself.
A Washington dispatch Of the 18th inst.
says: The general feeling here among
the thoughtful and intelligent men in the
Radical party is, that q greater misfortune
than the death ofThad. Stevens could not
possibly have happened at this juncture to
the party. There is no man who is capable
oftaking his place or could WELD the same
influence. No wonder they are gloomy,
with the tarpet-baggers going back on
them in Alabama, the negroes Of the South
hocking 20 the Democratic standard, Grant
losing ground every day, Kentucky
" Smelling the woods" and Thad Stevens,
the power behind the Radical throne,
dead and gone.
There are fourteen applicants for the
Alaska Collectorship, and sixteen for the
New Orleans. No definite action has been
taken by the President yet, but it is ex-
pected appointments will be made for both
these important positions, and the same
will be announced on Monday next. Verbal
opinions Of Attorney General Evarts on
the Alaska and New Orleans Collectorship
were given Secretary McCullOch and par
TALLY approved by the President and in the
Cabinet by members present. The Attor-
ney General holds that a temporary APP
pointment Of a Collector for the port Of
New Orleans can be made at once, and also
4 temporary Collector for Alaska. Also,
that all other government officers for Alas
ka can be at once appointed.