Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-25
largest Circulation in City and State
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

ttulAehtiF pta1tihis
Madame Ristori sailed on the 2'd inst from
New York for Havana.
An degrading punishmenis in the Mexican
army have been abolished
A slight shock Of earthquake was felt through
ont Mexico on the SOth ult.
Duffy. Fenian recently arrested at Dublin,
died at Millbank prison on the I'd inst.
The Legislature Of Nneva Leon had ordered
the destruction Of the Black Fort. near Mon
terey.
Lord Stanley attributes the disaheeti0n Of the
Irish 10 the designs Of American soldiers.
James Warren, Esq. Of McNairy county.
Tenn, has been appointed by Judge inks
United States Commissioner
The work Of rebuilding the Memphis and Lit
tie Rock railroad is progressing iayOraDly ne
tween Memphis and Madison.
Col. John Davis proposes 10 fern JOINT STOCK
company ia Memphis for the inanniaetuIe OF
hats the capital 20 be s20OOO, IN shares OF $loO.
In the Maine House Of Representatives, the
Judiciary Committee, on the 9Th inst, reported
a bin repeating the State COnstabnlsry act
More than eighty-four thousand persons yis-
tied the Central Park skating ponds ~ Ne"
York on Sunday. the l9th INST.
A Chicago hotel clerk has been arrested on
reonisition from Prussia, charging him with
having robbed the mail in TINT country oil
$4,000.
Commissioner Rollins Is reducing the expenses
Of the Revenue Bureau, by dismisslng some OF
large districts
The steamer Mollie Hambleton. from the St.
Francis river. has arrived at Memphis. ana re-
ports that stream frozen over from Madison 10
Witlsburg.
The President has nominated General Leslie
Combs for Marshal Of the district OF X entueky,
vice Merwether. whose term viii shortly ex-
pire.
Hogs were packed IA Iowa in 1867 at fifteen
different points TO the number of 1884. an IN
in her f a
year
A little hoy named George Hand0n, eight
wears old was instantly killed in Memphis on
the 2lgt inst, by the aeeidentai discharge oi
pistol in the hands Of ThOmas JORGE.
The New York Court OF Appeals has decided
that a party has q right 20 compose word
never before used in our common language. and
10 adopt and enjoy the exclusive use OF the
same as a trade mark.
The Albany Agricultural Society proposes to
erect monument over the remains Of Jesse
Buel the originator and chief founder Of the
New York State Agricultural Society.
The Rev. Thomas Young. aged eighty six and
Mrs. q. Nixon. aged eighty three. were recent
~ married near Sparta Ohio. The present-the
tfth-Mrs Young, has c hundred descendants
The effort, commenced some time ago in Bal
timore. to raise a fund for the erection of
monument to Edgar Allen Poe. is about 10 be
renewed, with a fair prospect Of success,
The North Carolina Reconciliation Conven-
ton has fixed the per dieR OF ITS members at
eight dollars and twelve dollars Tor the Presi-
dent, and mileage az twenty cents
The Bristol (Tenn) Ne,os states that Captain
I'd. Lancaster formerly Of Richmond, heads
company organized for the purpose of starting a
wooden and cotton manufacturing establishment
at lristOl.
The House Committee on Banks has substan-
TALLY agreed to bill authorizing the several
State Legislatures 10 tax shareholders Of nation
al banks resident within their respective States.
Ten thousand dollars, advanced from the
Georgia State road, has been received at NIL
ledgeyille and taken to Atlanta by Captain
Rockwell. military treasurer. Tor the payment OF
the convention
Our new fellow-citEens in the Northwest are
becoming Americanized. AT ,Sitka there are
already established a billiard saloon, restau-
rants and pawnbrokeIs' shops. and burglaries
and brutal tights are offrequent occurrence.
Mississippi aud the southern part of Arkansas
are in a wretched condition. The planters are
destitute and unable TO plant or get supplies on
next crop Blacks and whites are Ga the point
of starvation.
Resolutions have been introduced in the Ken
lucky Legislature declaring the removal of
Judge Bullitt from the Supreme Bench Of that
State. in 1866. for alleged sympathy with the re
beilion, null and void.
Ex-Head Center Stephens complains in the
French papers of the impertinenee of two Eng
lish detectives who he says. are dogRing bis
Steps night and day. They might save them
selves the trouble.
At the close of the sale Of tickets for Dickens
reading in Washington. on the 22d inst. the
total sum received for the season was over
Twelve thousand dollars. Seats have been as
signed for the President and his family tor all
the readings IN the city.
A motion which was recently adopted by the
Board Of Mayor and Aldermen Of Memphis,
that the members would appropriate one-h half
their salaries TO the relief of the destitute. has
been expunged from the minutes. IL was only
an RldermanieiOke.
General Hancock. in reply 10 application
L. IN fp nj aH-
lust certain claims of the freedmen upon the
crop of planter in DonaldsOnville. has referred
the petition 70 the civil court, directing a spe-
cial session Of said court for that purpose.
VIM Spencer. twenty three years Of age,
went into the woods. near Chillicothe, Ohio. 20
hunt, the other day. By careless handling his
sun was discharged, the contents mutilating the
upper portion of his lett arm 10 shocking
manner. lie died from loss of blood the next
day.
Exhibits of the business Of five street rail
road companies Of st, Louis, for the past year,
show q loss Of over S5anO. Only one road in
the city has made money, and that only $500.
An appeal will be made 10 the Legislature for
authority 20 raise the fare from i've 10 six cents.
The price Of farm labor is not extravagant in
the South at the present tme. At Petersburg.
Virginia, the highest rate of wages does not
exceed eight dollars per month, while in South
Carolina il ranges from Eve 20 six dollar. Any
number Of laborers may be had at these prices,
aud they are glad TO accept the offer.
There is a report in Berlin that Bismark will
purchase ST Thomas and ST. bartholomew, if
the United States do not wAntto purchase these
islands Prussia has, besides, been looking |
around for some time past for an island in the |
Atlantic or Pacific suitable for Inc establish
ment OF penal colony
Destitntion exists 20 a terrible degree among |
the fishermen Of Gloucester and other towns on |
the coast Of NJ Rssachusetts. Families of fisher
men, who have made poor years work. suffer |
much, and activity in procuring food and cloth |
ing for them is highly necessary.
@. II: Bates. the Federal soldier who proposes
to walk from Nickshurg TO Washington city,
through Mississippi. Georgia, Alabama and |
Virginia. carrying the United States hag ar
rived At Memphis on the I'D inst He was
treated cordially by eX-Rebels and furnished |
passes by A. $. livemore. Superintendent of the |
Memphis and Tennessee railroad, 10 Nicksburg.
An order has appeared from Gen. Ruser, the |
army otheer detailed as Governor Of Georgia, |
reciting Gov Jenkins order suspending the coll |
lection of taxes in the State and requiring the |
army officer detailed as Comptroller TO order the |
tax collectors 20 Immediately collect and for |
ward to the State treasury all unpaid taxes of
last year.
Like Stephens, Madame Victor Hugo com |
plains of the impeTtinence Of the secret police /
agents doggins her steps during the three days |
which she recently passed in Paris 10 letter /
Go the kfotte Beige she says that she could not 4
30 anywhere without being followed by FIVE OF /
tx men with hang dog countenances. al Of
whom. she was assured. were m0uchords.
Ia an action brought in the Common Pleas
Court of Hamilton county, Ohio, 10 recover dam
ages for personal injuries sustained by the /
plaintiff and his wife. in consequence Of the act /
II a little child four years Of Rge waving \ flag
IN the face Of horse, IL was decided that the
parent Of the child was not liable for has wllfnl
act, and the Judgment was for defendant
A Grand skating tournament is 10 be given al
the Keystone Skating Rink, Pittsburg. Febru.
ary I. Prizes 60 the amount Of 5000 will be |
given TO the contestants. Invitations have been |
sent 20 distinguished skaters from other cities
A skating Congress Of the United States and
Csnadas viii meet 81 the Rink on the 5th al
February.
In the Kentucky House of Representatives on
the ID inst, resolutions were introduced de-
claLing that Congress, the legislative department
81 me government, y usurping the preTosatives |
Of us co-ordlnRte departments. the judiciary |
ana executive, aud pledging the support Of |
hentucky 70 the Executive IN case Of need
ttappears to be now settled that Senator Guth-
re, on account OF continual sickness viii rof |
take ms seat IN the Senate this season Tettsre |
are 10 be written 70 him By Dcmoeratic Cor /
Sressmen representing the Importance 81 49, |
every Democratic vote cast on the vsrio,,S ,,se |
sures shortly 10 come before the Senate - |
suggesting. therefore. the resisnation 81 NJ |
Guthrie, TO enable the Governor and Lecislsf,,rs |
Of Kentucky to immediately appoint on elect
new Senator IRON that state
10 the Ohio Senate on che I'd inst. MIR L.v
renee introduced a resolution inquiri9g why The
Governor had not transmitted 70 Washington |
the joint resolution passed on the 18th rescind-
iua The cons flfuripuRl amendment and rsou.as |