Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-28
VEIDAY. TERTIARY rs. 1865.
argcst circulation in City and State
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There are thirty deaths a day by chol-
ers in San Domingo City.
The Memphis Appeai HOSTS the name OF
Andrew johnson for President
General Lee has completed the manu-
a,ript Of his congratulated memoir OF
Light Horse Harry
Isaac Dntton fell upon the saw in has
raill. at Morganton, Ind, the other day,
while il was IN motion, ard was cut 10 two.
Thomas A. Ross, Of Buckeye Point, West
Tennessee. was swindled out Of $500, by
some -harpeis at Cincinnati, day or two
since.
The Committee on Elections "a the
House Of Representative, have decided TO
admit Young, of kentucky, and also decided
not TO give Mckee the seat.
The news from New Hampshire is most
gratifying. The Democrats are confident
they will carry the State, and at worst re-
duce the majority TO a mere song.
At the meeting Of the Ways and Means
Committee, on The Goth inst, it wac agreed
hy a majority vote TO keep the tax on
whisky at 81 per gallon.
A pack Of scoundrels in the vicinity Of
Xenis, Ohio, are engaged in going about
and wantonly destroying stock, crippling
horses, cutting harness, etc
The Democrats Of the city Of Reading,
Pennsylvania, elected their entire muni-
cipal ticket last Friday, and made gain
81 three hundred and seventeen over their
vote in October last
Phlanthropists in New Orleans are or
ganizing a society 10 help needy persons
TO employment and homes in the country,
believing that TO be a better course than
feeding them in idleneas in town.
The Ohio House Of Representatives has
passed 4 bill providing that no person shall
be permitted 10 practice medicine in. that
State, without a diploma from some medi-
cal college in good standing.
Colonel p. c. Gaillard, removed from the
Mayorality Of Charleston by General Can
by, was formerly in the United States army,
aud lost an arm in defense Of Battery Wag-
ner against the Federal arms.
A young mau named Charles Williams
was arrested in Winona, Minnesota, few
days since, for a slight ofiense, and was &C
quilted, when lac deliberately committed
suicide on account Of the disgrace.
At a recent supper given at Trenton
New Jersey, to prominent Democrats OF
the State, Il was unanimously resolved "a
present John Z. Stockton az the New
Jersey candidate for the next President.
A strike among the negroes Of the
wharves at Charleston, South Carolina, on
the oath inst, threatened serious results
but Gen. Burns, the Mayor, appeared with
a file of soldiers, and dispersed the mob,
arreslinP ihe ringeaders.
Senator Thomas, Of Maryland, will re-
sign 70 his State can select some person less
Objectionable 10 the Senate. He regards
the perils Of the country above all person
al considerations, and that one vote is
needed.
The House Of Representatives has agreed
10 the amendments Of the Senate TO the
supplementary reconstruction bill, which
practically admits all Southern States
under the negro constitutions. The Presi-
dent will undoubtedly veto it, and it will
be passed over the veto.
In Morgan county, Kentucky, recently,
a man named Isaac Hall, was called 10 the
door of his house and shot. He retreated,
was pursued into the house, and again shot,
and killed Within a few DAYS, 4 number
Of men have been arrested and lodged in
Jail at Mount Sterling, charged with the
murder. One Of the parties is Halls own
brother, one his hrother-in-law, and all the
others are his relatives by blood or mar
riage.
Mrs Margaret Hayes, of Brownsville,
Texas, met her death in a singular manner
the other day. She had crossed the river
on her way to Matamoras, and was killed
by a bullet from the Brownsville side,
while riding in a cab. The bullet was fired
hy one Of the soldiers Of a guard inst re-
heved, who were directed TO discharge
their pieces into the river. The oticer'
who invested the occurrence, express the
opinion that the fatal ball had ricoChetted
upon the surface Of the wafer.
The Wheeling Register charges horribl,
Encouragement upon the authorities Of Oh,
West Virginia Lunatic Asylum. The pa
tienis, il is stated, are served with disgust
ing and unwholesome food, and "ar,
crowded together in filth and wretchednes
unspeakable.' A story Of an insane wo
man, seduced by one of the attendants a
told; and il is charged that helpless in
sane man was put one night in the room o
raving maniac, and was found mex
morning 30 badly bruised and beaten tina
he died
The Washington special of the 25th inst
10 the Louisville Courier saws: 4" The war
rants Of Secretary Stanton on the Treasury
DEPARTMENT which were refused naymen
Yesterday, were honored to-day by Secre
tsry McCulloch. Among these was on,
for $4,000 TO pay clerks a months salary
No reason has been assigned for the pay
ment Of the dishonored warrants No re
QUESTIONS, signed by General Thomas 81
Secretary Of War, has up 10 this time beef
received at the Treasury Department, ant
Il is presumed he haE not drawn any,"