Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-29

many ABUSES reported on sueh occasions
Miss Ann McGandless, Of Franklin
Pennsylvania, was shot and instantly
killed, while at tea, Saturday evening
and Zachary Taylor Hackenberry, re,
jected suitor, has been arrested on sus-
picion.
The New York Sun has private trust.
worthy accounts that Queen Victoria
continues to suffer from great nervous ir,
ritation, and has fits of alternate excite
ment and depression that are very pains
full to witness
Mr.. Curtis, the proprietor of "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" is said to be
man of great wealth, and daily getting
richer His Office in Fulton street is ele-
gantly fitted up, and he does large blu.
siness.
The cargo of the bark Cotton, bound
from Cleveland, Ohio, for Liverpool, with
two thousand barrels petroleum, which
burned at Cleveland on Sunday night,
was insured in Cincinnati Offices for
$4,000. .la.li-as b
On Wednesday night last, Mr.. Joseph
Harmon, tailor, who has lived in Hens
derson, Kentucky, for several years past,
fell from the back porch ola house in the
Bellevue Garden, near that city, and broke
his neck.
The Fenian organization of Philadel-
phia are making arrangements for the
reception of delegates to the General
Congress of the Brotherhood, on Novems
Der q. Over 1000 delegates are ex+
pected, from all parts OF the world
A meeting of business men was held in
Louisville on Saturday, in the interest of
the project to make the Kentucky river,
by means Of locks and dams, nayigable
to the Three Forks, two hundred and
fifty miles from its mouth.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has de
eided that the State law for the collec>
ton of license fee of $25 from each
person selling goods by sample in Wis
consin for merchants doing business in
other States is unconstitutional
General Foster was elected to Congress
from Westmoreland district of Pennsyln
yania, at the late election; but, yielding
to personal appeals from the Republican
candidate, Wade and Simon Cameron,
Governor Geary protests that Foster
shall not get certificate of election It'll
hell freezes over.
In the United States Court the other
day, the jury, under instruction from
Judge Treat, found that petroleum fluid
did not come under the classification of
petroleum oils, and was not therefore,
required to stand fire test of 10 de-
grees. Experts testified that the COM
pound was infammable at 60 degrees
heat.
A FIRE occurred in Paris, KY, on Sunday
night last which destroyed the POST
office and several other buildings in that
neighborhoOd The fire originated in a
defective flue between the Postofice and
Gearys store. The entire loss is about
$25, 900, on which there was insurance of
only $500. .r ..-rr
OF seven Governors in as many "rec0n
structed" Southern States, only two have
resided South more than three years. OF
ten T. s. Senator'S elected inIfve Southern
States eight are recent emigrants. OF thir-
tY three Representatives elect to Congress
from seven Southern States, twenty-five
are recent emigrants.
The principal of the Tracey Female
Seminary at Rochester, New y ork, has
taken step in the right direction, by
making arrangements to have the ele-
ments of gardening taught as one of the
branches of that institution, and green
house for plant culture and propagation
is now being built there
Mrs. William Duke of Macon county,
Alabama, hung herself last week, on &C.
count of discord with her,husband. They
were married last year, at the ages re-
spectively of eighteen and sixteen. The
unfortunate woman suspended herself
from one of the ioists in the house, and
when she was cut down, her little babe
lay TRANQUILITY sleeping in q cradle near
her feet
Fitzpatrick is still allowed by his man
ayers to make speeches in districts rural
and rude enough to hail him as great
cavalry leader He invariably states
his anxiety to make charge upon inn
aginary foes, and a contemporary suggests
that he has already made several for i'm
GgiIary services assumed to have been
rendered by him to the government for
representing US at Chilli I..-.r
The Cattle Commissioners of New Y Ork
have issued a circular recommending that
a convention of the Commissioners of the
several States and Canada be held in the
city of Springfield on the first day Of De-
cember next The object of the con yens
ton is to consider the history of the
Texas cattle fever and infections and CO n
tagiOus diseases to which cattle and stoc X
are subject, and the best methods of pre-
venting the spread at such diseases.
The heavy brake in Erie Is attribute d
to the bad financial condition of the CONF
pany, which has necessitated the issue of
convertible bonds, which in turn have
been converted into new stock, and now
being thrown upon the market At the
same time it is rumored that English
holders are selling out in disgust with
their investment, as there is about $780,
100000 of stock outstanding. The mag
nitude of the sensation created by its
rapid decline to a lower point than it has
ever been quoted at for years, may be
imagined. Many stockholders think the
only salvation of Erie is to place it in the
hands of a receiver. 1t is believed that
present troubles will result in the election