Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-07

The Shelbyville Union says that the re-
cent snow did great damage to the timber
in Bedford county. The continued break
ing and falling Of branches from the trees
rendered ii unsafe to 60 into the forests.
All the prisoners in the Roane county
Jail escaped one night last week, through
hole in the wall, which they made for the
purpose.
Bedford county is waking up on the
subject Of immigration.
The Christmas and New Year holidays
passed off very quietly throughout the
State.
"A new paper, the Herald, has been
started at Union City, West Tennessee. 1t
is neatly printed and conducted with good
taste and judgment We trust it may
prosper.
From the Lebanon Herald and Regs
lister, of the 4th inst, we learn: Three hum
dred and fifty marriage licences were Issued
in Wilson county last year.
The negroes near Green Hill, in this
county, under the manipulations of the
Leaguers in that neighborhood, refuse to
apply for situations for the ensuing year.
They say they will wait for the white folks
10 apply to them, when they will get better
offers. The farmers in that section are
not going to raise much cotton this year,
and we think many Of tn negroes viii get
pretty hungry before they are applied to.
The GaIlatin Examiner Of the 4th, has
the following:
Yesterday pat was granted by Chan
cellor Barry, upon bill filed by the Mag
istrates of the county, restraining the
newly appointed Commissioners, Peacock,
Cummings and Dismukes from taking
charge of the affairs of the county, upon
the ground of the unconstitutionality of
the act and other valid reasons. Judge
Barry, in thus throwing himself in the
breach to stem the tide of vindictive RAD
ical malice, at time when so many of
our Judges have trailed the judicial er-
mine in the mire at the command of mon
grel partisans, has earned the deepest re-
spect of our people. He has displayed
manly nerve and high toned independence,
and determination to uphold the constituS
tion and laws of the land, which will be a
heritage of which his descendants need not
blush.
A negro came up to a prominent
lawyer Of this place, some days ago, and
rendering him fee of $40, remarking at
the same time that he understood that he
was great friend of the negroes, and that
he wanted him ''to sue somebody" and get
him a horse-that he had no horse, and
wanted one. The negro was clearly in
earnest, and the incident is a fair illustra-
tion ofthe condition of morality and jus
tice possessed by his race.
The first act of the new Commissioners
of Sumner county was to appoint the Com
missioner of Registration, Mckinley,
County Attorney. Being a member of the
Legislature, it is probable the affairs of the
county were taken out of the hands of the
Magistrates for this purpose.
- The Murfreesboro Monitor, of the 4th'
has the following:
We learn that an appropriation of 500
was allowed by the old board of "city
dads to defray the expenses of the legisla-
tive college e-eXcusionsdisfranchi
elevating committee who visited our bo,
rough recently. 1t was passed on a tie
vote, Messrs. Lane, Winston and Collier
voting against, and Messrs. Graham, Kim
bro and Singleton voting for 1.-THE Mayor
giving the deciding vote.
The bill was extremely moderate for
temperance dinner.
We learn that there were three smoke
houses broken open in the suburbs of the
city on Thursday night, and small supply
of raiions stolen. The everlasting song of
free, Lord, free" with a clean dish of
freedom, may do very well "to rally around
the flag with, but it will not satisfy
craving appetite or ell an empty stomach.
There were 567 marriage licenses issued
in this county during the year 1867.