Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-10
FRIDAY. JANUARY 10. 1865.
largest Circulation in City and stat
NEWS OF THE DAY.

There were eighty-two suicides in New
York last year.
Samuel Nicolsou, inventor Of the pave
ment that bears his name, is dead.
Crittenden & Sargent, proprietors Of the
Clarendon Hotel, Cincinnati, have failed.
Liabilities about 100000.
The depredations Of horse thieves in the
region adjacent 10 Memphis continue almost
nightly.
The total number Of deaths in st. Louis
the past year was 554S, Of which 684 were
from cholera.
The delegation of the Philadelphia Con-
stitutional Climb presented a gold medal
costing $1,000 to the President on the Sth
inst.
Senator Hendricks was nominated by
the Democratic State Convention Of lndi-
ana on the 8th inst. for Governor.
The Democratic State Conventions Of
Ohio and Indiana, on the Sth inst, ex-
pressed a preference for Hon. Geo. II.
Pendleton for President.
There was a large Fenian procession in
Philadelphia on the 9Th inst. in honor Of
the Fenians who were executed at Man
chester
The Radicals Of Knox county, Tenn, in
their convention the other day, expressed
a preference for General Grant for Presi-
dent.
The Reconstruction Conventions Of Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas met on the 9Th inst.
White officers were chosen by the former
and only one negro by the latter.
Mr.. Piggoit, editor Of the Dublin Irish
man, has been arrested by order Of the gov
eminent for printing and distributing a
work Of a scditious character.
Leon Trousdale, late associate editor Of
the Memphis Appeal has withdrawn from
that paper and will hereafter write for the
Ledger.
The Presbyterian Witness says that Gen.
Howard has appointed Rev. r. ID. Harper,
DID, of Xenia, Ohio, Superintendent of
Education for the State Of Texas.
The Conservatives have appointed a
Central Executive Committee for the
district Of West Tennessee" NJ. d. L.
Stewart, Alfred T. Lacey, and Jesse w.
Page are Che members from Shelby county.
1t is settled that Reverdy johnson will
not be re elected to the Senate by the
Maryland Legislature. His vote in favor
of the reconstruction bill destroys his
chances utterly.
Senator Howard's report on the Stanton
case was read on Tuesday. 1t is a notable
fact that Stanton, Howard, Sumner, Chand-
Ter and Washburne dined with Grant the
previous evening.
A meeting for the relief Of the Cretans
took place at Senator Pomeroy's house, in
Washington, on the 9TH inst. The Sonar
tor, as well as Senator DOolittle and other
gentlemen, made effective speeches, and
the greatest enthusiasm prevailed for the
cause.
Nearly all the London papers of the 8th
inst. have editorial comments on the SUBJ
ject of the resolution recently adopted by
the United States House of Representa-
tives on the question of citizenship. The
abatement of British claims, and the &C.
ceptance Of the American view as ex-
pressed in President Johnson's annual
message to the Congress Of the United
States are urged with singular unanimity.
William Murphy, familiarity known as
" Daddy Murphy" died in Taunton, Mas
sachusetts, on Wednesday of last week, at
the extreme age Of l0S years. He was a
native Of Ireland. The old man had been
in poor health for some time. although a
long time after be had passed his century
he was smart and active, and has sawed
wood for subsistence within a year. He
leaves descendants 10 the fifth generation.
When the cotton tax bill was before the
Senate on the 9TH inst, amendments to re-
lieve cotton Of last years growth, now in
the hands Of the producer, from taxation,
were strongly urged, but defeated by a large
majority. An amendment to make the tax
one cent per pound instead of two, as il is
now, was also defeated. The bill, as passed
by the House before the recess, declared
that all cotton grown after last year is ex-
empt from tax. The Senate refused to
agree TO this, and the bill, as passed by
that body, simply suspends the tax for the
year 1868. Whether the House will agree
TO this is quite uncertain. The Chairman
Of the WAYS and Means Committee thinks
it will not, but will insist on total ex-
emption.
A Washington telegram says have
tuo bShI "HtnolAty iOI atatihb thali III Tue
cases brought before the United States Court
last spring by the States of Mississippi and
Georgia, testing the constitutionality Of
the reconstruction acts, the decision of a
majority of the Judges will be adverse
thereto. 1t is likely that the minority of
the court will be smaller than at first sup
posed, and there are even hints that Chief
Justice Chase may not care TO be placed
upon the record in a dissenting opinion.
Such an opinion will break down at a blow
all the reconstruction work done thus far,
and leave the decision of the next Presi-
Dental contest in the hands Of the North.