Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-04

Reports of riots and disturbances arr
wholly false. There has been no dis
turbances or difficulty whatever in Gen.
trail Alabama.
The cornerstone Of the new building
for the Young Mems Christian .Associa,
ton, Of New York, was laid on Saturl
day, at the corner of Twenty-third
street and Fourth avenue, with appro-
pirate ceremonies.
VIM. Cullent Bryant was on Saturday
chosen President of the National Copy
right Association. Among the Vice
Presidents are H. w. Longfellow, II.
Greeley, G. W. Curtis, s. s. Cox and 9TH
| ers.
The St Marys was attached at Mem.
phis Wednesday evening for $4,000
damages for carrying passenger be-
yond the landing where he was to get
OFT. The boat gave bond and proceeded
on her way.
One hundred men and seventy-fye
women were dismissed from the Treasu.
~ Department at Washington Saturday,
but they will draw pay till the end of Mo-
vember. The cause of the dismissal is o
falling off in work. About two hundred
more clerks will be discharged in De-
cember, unless the number of resigna-
tionssprier to that time is very large
Three men, on Saturday night, en-
tered the Office of Mr.. Orr, agent of the
Northern Line at Wabashaw, Minneso-
ia, closed his mouth with a plaster,
bound him hand and foot robbed him of
his watch and pocket,book, riaed the
safe of some $500, and decamped, lock-
ing the door of the Office. Mr.. Orr was
not seriously hurt,
In view of the number Of his "con-
stituents" who live in Michigan, and |
crossed the line to vote for him, the other,
day, it is proposed that Baker shall have
his commission made out as Governor Of |
Indiana and Michigan.
Dr. Dryden, who has been for some
years engaged on the military and medi-
cal statistics of India, concludes, from
the data already collected, that it is
as possible to predict the outbreak and
march of visitation of cholera as of an
eclipse or an occultatiOn. A book on this
subject may shortly be expected from the
Doctors pen.
C. H. Camper, Great Western Emil
grant Agent, reports the arrival of $50
emigrants at Columbus, Ohio, at that
point during the week ending Saturday
night, who will locate as follows In
Ohio, 100; Missouri, 123 Illinois, l42
Indiana, 2S; Kentucky, 60; Wisconsin,
81; Tennessee, 80; Minnesota, Is Iowa,
II; Michigan, 80; Louisiana. Il.
Mrs. Mary Sharkey was accidentally
killed in Augusta, Ga, last Wednesday.
A negro was in her store making some
purchases and was negotiating for a piss
ol with daughter of the deceased,
,irl about thirteen years of age. While
he daughter was exhibiting the pistol it
vas discharged, the contents passing
through Mrs. Sharkey's heart
Below will be found what is deemed q
proper text from which to preach the
uneral sermon of Ben Butler: From |
eremiah iii, 10: "And the basins, and
he frepans, and the bowls, and the caul.
IRONS, and the candlesticks, and the
poems and the cups; that which was of
old, in gold, and that which was of sill.
er, in silver, the Captain of the guard
OOk away"
The ex.Queen of Spain left behind her
40 carriages, several splendid Arab and
English horses, as we'll as the finest COLI
ection Of mules eHant in the coach
lOuses and stables of her royal palace at
ladrid. One vehicle, that which annu. (
lily conveyed her Most Catholic Majesty
0 the opening of the Cortes, is marvel +
US specimen of gliding and carving, and
orgeOus are the trappings belonging
hereto. More curious as historic relic
) the quaintly~sculptured vehicle in
which Jane, Charles VS. insane daughter,
rayeled with the body of her dead hus-
and, Phillip the Handsome
The New York critics, in the absence
f something better to do, are finding
ault with the size of Miss Kellogs |
'anier, and the angle of her Grecian
'end. They insinuate that the influences
# life abroad have been unfayorable to
hat charming simplicity of manner
which characterized her efforts before |
DING to Europe. French fattery, Eng
ish toadyism, and other causes are
.lleged to have made sad inroads upon
he natural freshness of her acting. One
II two are harsh enough to assert that
he has become affected, while another
autiOns the young ladies of Brooklyn
Who are especially susceptible of her
Example, to guard against adopting the
ltra mannerisms Of the fair cantatrice.