Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-06

Bishop elect of Buffalo, will take place on
Saturday, November 9Th, in st. Joseph's
Cathedral. The sum of $1,000 has been
subscribed to procure a suitable outfit for
the new bishop.
The Iowa Agricultural College, which
opens this month, receives pupils without
regard 10 sex. While the young men learn
farming, the young women learn to cook
and keep house.
QUEEN ISABELLA is not so poor as some
other exiles. She owns an estate in France
worth 100000, and has other property,
real and personal, outside ofSpain, worth
more than million dollars.
The smoke from the volcanic eruption
| in the Sandwich Islands was seen one
thousand miles from the islands, and at
half that distance was 30 dense that off
GERS of ships were prevented from making
their observations.
A sharp Frenchman was recently ar
restested for a serious crime and taken to
the Charleroi prison. His wife accom-
panied him. The moment the police re.
tired, he fell at his wife's feet, sobbed
bitterly, told her he knew she was inno
cent, it was all a mistake, she was taken
for somebody else, then turning to the
jailer said: "Let me out, / have no time
to lose, am going at once to the Judge to
explain the mistake to him, and get an
order for my wife's liberation" He was
let out, but, naturally, didn't come back.
The London Gazette says that prize fight
ing seems likely to depart from England,
like cock fighting and rafting, the magis.
trates arresting and committing readily
those who undertake these brutal breaches
of the peace. We wish the same could be
said of the authorities in the Northern
States Of America.
The Peoria en- Democrat says, Mr..
John NJ. Irwin, on wager of fifty dollars,
drove span of horses TO buggy, himself
and wife in it, from Summerville, in Peo-
ria county, to Middletown, Champaign
county, a distance of about ninety-five
miles, in ten hours and ten minutes. This
time included half hour spent for dinner.
The Usage Indians are reported to be in
a very destitute condition, and the Secre-
tary Of the Interior has written to the Sec
rotary of War, asking for assistance out Of
the army supplies, as the appropriations of
the Department of the Interior have been
exhausted. 1t is reported that General
Sheridan has promised assistance TO the
Osages, under the condition that they will
join in the war against the hostile In
dams.
1t is reported that the arrest of Reno and
Anderson cost the Express Company fully
$4,000. The company gave bonds to the
United States, guaranting the safe conduct
Of the men to Indiana, a fair trial there
and, if acquitted, a safe escort back to
Windsor. Secretary Seward then pledged
the faith of the government for the fulfill
ment Of these conditions, and these msn
were accordingly given up.
The Roman Catholics of London are 10
erect cathedral which will be the most
spacious and attractive in the world. 1t is
to be memorial of the late Cardinal
Wiseman who styled himself as does his
successor, Archbishop of Westminster. The
ground on which it is to be built alone cost
100000. This will be the first recognized
Roman Catholic cathedral in England
since The days of Queen Mary.
Alexander Dumas, ST., has written the
following letter to Jules NOriac about his
intended trip to America "My dear Nori-
&C, think l shall not return 10 Italy; at
all events, shall not do so next year.
shall remain in France until MAY, and
then probably go to the United States. The
most urgent invitations have called
me thither ever since 1856, and can not
defer the voyage any longer. | am anXio Us
to visit the New World, aud would have
gone there ere this but for my contracts with
my publishers.
The smallpox has been raging in Mays
Vile, Kentucky. The Eagle says: eve
learn there has been about forty casts in
all, and of them twelve have died-Hiue
black and three white. The loathsome
disease originated among the negroes living
ia the vicinity of the fifth ward, and its
ravages have been principally confined to
them. We have not heard of a single case
this side OF Limestone. la the western
part Of the city there Is no smallpox and
the most timid can come to Maysville with
out apprehension of danger. There are 40
new cases, aud the afflicted are rapidly re-
covering"
The case Of William Valentine, OF Fall
River, Massachusetts, contestant of the
will of his grandfather, who died in 1889,
is to come before the Supreme Court which
commences its session in Taunton, next
Tuesday. The estate was valued at $751;
600, which he placed By will 10 the hands
of trustees, for the benefit of his grand
children. The question to be passed upon
by the court is upon the construction Of the
will, whether distribution is to be made as
the heirs come of age, or not until the
youngest reaches majority. The estate,
under the skillful management of the trus-
tees, has increased to 81, 100000.
The English commission appointed to
consider the feasibility of an international
coinage have made their report against the
proposition of the Paris conference, TO es-
tablish gold coin of the value of twenty
five francs, ard reduce the pound sterling
to that rate They consider this only as a
partial measure, and instead of it they
dwell upo0 the merits ofthe English pound
and sovereign as basis for international
coinage. But they advocate rather than
this complete assimilation Of the cur
rencies of different countries, though they
do not anticipate that this will soon be
effected. Their conclusions, indeed, are
vague and general, and not very satisfac-
tory 10 themselves