Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-19
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The deaths in New York last week were
e43.
Foreign imports for last week segregated
S4,312,89S.
The Belgian government has prohibited
the manufacture OF use Of nitrO-glycerin-
Boston Corbett, Who killed Booth, has been
taking prominent part in the late camp
meeting At Sing Sing.
Captain Parker Snow, in letter 70 the
London Star, says mosquitoes abound in
the Attic regions, where their sling Is fear
ful. ~ iiisc3
The authorities at Washington are in.
formed that agents Of the French govern
ment have been purchasing forage in this
country.
Capisin Lewis Walcott, Of Trumbull
county, Ohio. eightyihree year,. old, was
killed, shoa time ago, By being run over
by hay rake, while at work ia his
meadow. -s-b.
Il IL claimed that no Presidential cleo
ton can be held in Alabama, for the rea-
son Chat, under the Coustiiutios, there must
he Registrations before an election, and
the Legislature adioafned without passing
a registry law.
At the Republican mass meeting a. Ca
lena, on Friday, General Grant drove 10
the place Of meeting at the fair ground, and
the crowd tried to capture him, bait jailed.
lie rufused either TO appear on the stand
or 10 make speech. gs.s
Rev. Albert N. Fisher, formerly Of Che
mango county, New York, and a GENTLE,
lately preached at Brigham Young's
Tabernacle. at Salt Lake, TO 5000 saints
| He IL the first Gentle who every preached
there by Invitation Of Brigham. IIiH sub
jecl was the " Divinity Of Christ"
There is an old gentleman named Slater,
living in Washington county, indiana, who
was born 10 March, 1865, and IL, therefore,
| wen advanced in his one hundred and
fourth year. The other day MIR. Sinter
walked eight miles in three and hall
h0urs-not quite equal to Wes'on, bat
pretty lively walking for n centurixn.
There il undersLOod 10 be a serieus disa-
greement in the administration with regard
to the instructions 10 be given 10 Minister
Rosecrans. Secretary Seward desires that
the same Instructions which were given %
ex-Miuisler Campbell should be handed
over 10 General Rosecrsns, while the
President favors more positive policy for
the projections Of AmericaIi interests in
| Mexico.
In New York, the other day, sitter 9Th.
drawing his stakes for the McCOole Eight
under Frank Queens decision, OOburn
stated that under no consideration wOnld
he ever make match TO fight again 10 the
| prize ring, that he has retired altogether
bui that he will always hold himself ready
10 Sight McCloole, and him only. lie will
fight him at any time with five minutes
notice, but not for dollar.
A singular phenomenon has occurred al
Middle road, Suffolk county, Long Island.
Mrs. Esther Wells, now upward OF seventy
years Of age, lost her hair by sickness d
yearor twosince. Recently ilgrew outagaih,
and what is very remarkable, IL, that while
it was straight before, it is now curly and
fails in beautiful ring lets about her neek and
shoulders. In youth her hair was light
but since ils second growth it has become
darker, and nov is haRhsome dark color
very nearly black.
The Dnke de Sesa, husband of sitter o.
the King of Spain, is aspendlhrift, bum
mer, aud rather inclined 10 the tactics o.
the class vulgsrly known a. dead beats
He obtained 10000 francs worth Of Jewel
~ by false preienses the other day, and
pledged il 10 other parties TO raise money
BY threats the jewellers succeeded 10 com.
Polling restoration OF their property. His
wife has now had the Duke interdicted
that IL, legally incapacitated to manage OF
dispose Of his property or business, the
wife herself being appointed guardian OF
curator.
George Wilson was killed at Cardington,
Ohio, last Monday night II appears that
Wilson and some other blackguards had
been in the habit Of iniruding in the house
of Mra. White, widow, whose family con-
sisted Of son seventeen years old, and
three young daughters. Alter vainly en-
| deavOring 10 rid herself of the Nuisance
peacefully, Mrs. White, on the evening
named, closed her house aud refused ad.
mission to Wilson aud his companions.
They attempted TO break in the door, when
Mira White handed a pistol to her son and
directed him To fire upon the party. He
did 40. aud Wilson was killed t.-