Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-12
TnInnT. IUNE ~. 1855.
largest circulation IN CITY and State



This year a. the serni-eenteBnial alfniver-
s,rv of the admission Of Illinois 10 lbe
tJufun, and it is proposed to celebrate 1t
next August.
1.-The Scarsfeld Guard, Of NeW Hagen,
Connecticut. have accepted challenge Of
the Montgomery Guard, of Boston, 10 drill
for the championship Of the United States.
lSi1 delegates fnom Gernany arrived az
New York on itbs sth inst ca rOut q the
Sssngerfest al Chicago. Several more are
expected. Those arrived are being enter
tanned by the German Singing Societies.
The New Orleans Pieaw,ne quotes state
ments from Franklin, Claiborne, Carroll,
Sarereport and Harrison psPers .in Louis
lana, showing extensive ravages OF cotton
by the worms.
The Macon journal and Messenger asserts
that the negro population Of Georgia is
travelling with giant strides toward extinc-
ton, and 20 rapid is the decline that even
those living among il can see the decrease
very piainly.T 81 ,7.rHfor}gaaN
A Berlin letter writer says THIS years
emigration from Germany will reach
25OO 600, and will be mainly composed Of
men from the Northern provinces, Protes-
tar9s, and ge1erallE Posssasd Of eohseieFT
abe money A 70 ~
Tie Rertitiicar Senators held a caucus
on the OH inst. to agree upon candidates
for Sergeani-at-Arms, public, private and
executive clerks. Without any action the
caucus adieuneda 70 meet AZ December
next
Peach growers in Maryland and Della
ware state THAI the eroPythe present year
will be very small. The late frosts and
wet weather killed the fruit while the trees
were in blossom. In some orchards in
sheltered localities there Will BOT be more
Than ore lonrthof q crop 4 \ Ns5kle
In the Superior Court Of Cincinnati, on
the 9th instant, a woman named Louisa
Featherly, who had been Imprisoned four
hours on a charge Of arson, recovered a
verdict for $1,000 against the party who
lad sworn ont the warrant on which she
was arres' ed.
The Brooklyn New York. Supervisors
have discovered that the Superiutendents
Of the Poor give princeiy banquets TO
politicians, at the Almshouse, every We'd
ncsday, and have appointed a committee
TO find ont where the money came from.
A letter from Athens, just received, says
the Greek government has received the
Cretan Deputies, Tins virtually recognizing
Crete as a part Ol The Greek nation. This
event is thought certain 10 lead to war be-
tween Turkey and Greece, which would be
likely 10 involve The other European pow
crs.
.. A strike for "ien hours wages for eight
HANK work, sthibng the workingmen o.
San Francisco, two OF three weeks ago, did
not result satisfactorily 10 the strikers
Some lhousahds Of ablc-bodied men CHANGED
10 arrive from the Atlantic cities at the
critical moment, and they promptly ac-
copied ihcWagSs refped by the old hauds
Erastus s. Hart, Of Collinsville, Conn,
found on a farm, a few days since a vener-
able land turtle, and on examining it found
the initials and figures 1T. 1907 and
in another place. 90. B., 1917" On in
curing il was found that Levi Thompson
lived on the farm in 1906, and Darius Bald
win in 1917. Mr. Hart marked his initials
and date "E S III 1868" Rpd SET him at
liberty. Il would be Interesting 10 know
10 what age turtles will live.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial says: "The Presi-
dent this afternoon received official MOTIF
Gallon from The Senate OF. the rejection Of
General Mcclellan as Minister TO England
Mr.. johnson is known TO beavorably in
clined 10 the nomination Of Hon. Reverdy
johnson for the mission named. Ii is
known that the President will tender the
office Of Attorney General 10 Mr.. Evarts,
and eventually nominate Mr.. GrOe5beck to
be Secretary Of the Treasury.