Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-07
NEWS OF THE DAX.

NEWS OF THE DAX. {
The wife and daughter Of Mr.. Bailey,
living at Rochester, near Ligonier, Ind, {
we're killed by lightning on the 18th ult.
A dwelling house in Rochester, n. Y,
owned and occupied by Thos. Hammond,
was destroyed by FIRE on the 4th inst, and !
a son Of Mr.. Hammond, aged six years,
persisted in the flames. .r.-r rrI
1t costs negro man only two and : nalf
dollars in Richmond, Va, to slap white |
lady in the face, curse her and threaten 20
kill her. At least that's all the carpet-bag
Mayor Of that city charged one the other
day for that privilege. I....
The Postmaster at New Orleans Is |
charged, at the Postofice Department. with |
being IN default to the extent Of forty thou |
sand dollars. The government will hard !
ly lose anything, as the bondsmen are be
lieved 20 be good for the amount.
General Steedman has returned to New
Orleans TO take charge Of the COllecIorshiP
Of Internal Revenue in thatcity, theSenate
having failed TO confirm his successor, his
resignation being final only upon that event,
according to Rollins, who has a little AK
to grind himself by that view Of the case,
Some would.be lynchers visited the
Corinth, Miss, Jail a few nights ago for the
purpose Of lynching a Mr.. Cook, who was
confined therein for shooting Mr.. Keisltr,
but the Jailer remained unmoved by their
threats and arguments, and the Sheriff ar
irving on the ground with a well armed
posse, they were compelled to iOrego their
unlawful design.
1t is said that Reverdy Johnson was so
ungallant as TO intimate TO Mrs. Lincoln
that he did not desire her company, and
that for this reason she broke up her
European trip She will spend the sum
mer in miscellaneous American travel.
While in Baltimore she was the subject OF
marked attention from an ex-COniederate
Colonel of artillery.
1t is rumored that Horace Greeley will
nominally take charge of the Office of Reg
lister Of New York city, vacated by the
death Of Charles G.. Halpine, and pay over
the proceeds to his family for the balance
OF the term. This pleasant story is spoiled,
however, by dispatch that Governor Fen
ton intends to give the place to one of his
own favorites, who will not be 80 generous.
The suit Of our government in the French
courts, conducted by M. Berger against
the Messrs. Amman, ship-builders, and
Esanger, banker, TO recover six or eight
million dollars, the proceeds of ships built
for Rebels and sold to the Danish govern
ment after the fall Of the Confederacy, has
not been lost, but appealed to higher
court. The lower court rendered its decision
on account of lack of certain evidence which
the government expects TO present on the
next hearing.
In Mobile, on Friday, large crowd Of
negroes collected for the purpose Of assert
ing their right 10 ride on the street cars.
! Parties Of them took possession of several
Of the cars, and rode until the conductors
stopped the cars, the white passengers get
ting out The police we're soon got to-
gether, and made some arrests, and, after 4
good deal Of excitement, quiet was re-
stored. The negro policemen, are credited
with special activity in depressing riotous
tendencies among their own people.
| Mrs. Mary Schwindler is under arrest,
in Rochester, New York, for torturing
Anna Peter, an adopted child, seven or
eight years old. The woman accused the
little girl of stealing, and, without proof
after whipping he, took her to the stove,
removed the cover, and held the childs
hands over it until they were horribly
roasted Mrs. Schwindler did not deny
the ohense, but thought the girl chad bet
ter go to heaven without hands, than go to
hell with hands that would steal" The
sentence Of the she-devil had not been pro-
nounoed, at last accounts.
The Governor of Florida and Hon.
Isaac NJ. Hawkins, Of Tennessee, having
severely addressed letters Ia the President,
in reference 10 calling out Federal troops
| TO aid the State authorities Of those States
in suppressing riots and insurrections, Mr.
| johnson referred the Communication TO
the Secretary of War, who replied that the
| Federal troops already in all the States
South were ample to suppress any distur-
| bance that may probably occur, and that
| they will he used for that purpose when
ever the Executives or Legislatures of
! those States will make the showing and
application contemplated by the Constitu-
| ton.
The expectation Of the eggs of the silk
worm from California TO the silk-prOducing
countries Of Europe has commenced, and
promises to be profitable. Orders have
been received from France and Switzer-
land at 81 per ounce. About eight hun
bred ounces were produced last season. If
this experiment of exporting California
eggs TO Europe succeeds, California will
find market there for all the eggs she can
produce, amounting to millions Of dollars
annually, for il will be remembered that it
was stated in our columns not long since,
by high Italian authority, that no country
can now produce eggs equal TO those pro-
duced in California and that European
silk culture must depend for success upon
the foreign production of eggs. Southern
Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee
and Virginia, are admirably adapted TO this
production.