Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-29
wEpNEspAY. JANUARY e. Ises,
largest circulation in City and State
,ET1Yyks OF THE DAY.

The Captain General Of Cuba has assured
Jaurez that Santa Anna will not be permitted
90 undertake any hlibustering expedition.
very heavy gale passed over the Southern bern
counties OF Scotland on Sunday, unroofng and
blowing down houses. and doing much damage
Itisuow stated that neither Gen. Grant nor
General Sherman have advised hr- Stahloh "
resign.
A 81. Louis Insurance Company was driven
into bankruptcy by the presentation OF claim
for G26.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has grown 50
economical that il will not print the Governors
mess age.
some portions Of northern New York boast
Of an average depth Of snow OF RON three 10
Eve feet.
Both branches Of the Kentucky Legislature
have resolved that IL is inexpedient 70 remove
the State capital from Frankfort.
The President will give the Office Of Commits
ai0ner of Patenta 70 Hon. w. ID. Bishop. OF Con-
nectcut this week-if the Senate consents;
negro has been sentenced. at Indianapolis.
90 fine OF 5000 aud two years In the enplten-
tisry. for marrying white woman.
The Cannucks are distressed about the i'm
mense migration from the Dominion" 70 the
United States, and are cogitatng means 10
check Il.
Alabama is the first Of the Southern States TO
vote upon a reconstructed constitution. The
election will be held on the 4th and 5th OF Feb
ruary.
The Diocesan Convention 10 elect q successor
10 Bishop Hopkins. meets at 81, Panls Church,
in Burlington. Vermont on wednesday, thellt
81 March.
The shoemaking interest In Lynn is impreving
many large purcease- having bsen made 10 the
town by buyers the past week, leaving but
small stock on hand.
A couple Of unreeonstrueted FlOridians were
JAILED by the military. last week. because they
refused TO pay anegro for work which he had
not performed.
Hon. w. l.. Sharkey. +. NJ. Y sreer and +. H.
Handy are appointed 60 represent the Demo
cratic party OF Mississippi in the National Dem
ocratic Convention.
cheering. The detection among the kepubli-
cans II so extended that there is scarcely "A
doubt Of Democratic victory.
The old meeting house in Newbury, Massa-
chusetts. erected in 1906, was burned Saturday
morning. The bell was among the Oldest IN the
country. having been cast in London in 1905
Notwithstanding all the talk in favor Of re-
duction of the whisky tax, II is now said that
only one member Of the Committee Of Ways
and Means IS ia favor OF It.
Grants friends propose 10 defeat Chase by
excluding delegates from the Southern States
from the Chicago Convention, on the ground
that they are not represented in Congress.
The Missouri Central Grant Club publishes
an address 70 the Republicans Of Missouri, Civ
ing numerous reasons why Grant should be nom
mated By the National Convention for Presi-
dent
The proposition made By Senator Harlan TO
consolidate the two cities OF Warrington and
Georgetown, meets with almost universal fay0r.
and viii probably a0on be carried through Con
gress.
The Wilmington and Weldon IN. c. Railroad
Company has been compelled TO discharge be-
tween forty and hity Workmen out OF the shops
and yara-machinists, carpenters, hlacksmiths
and lsborers OF various degrees of skill.
Dickens. il Is reported, has sent $1,000 to Mrs
GLENN, mother-n-law Of Edgar A. Poe. who is
. an inmate of q charitable Institution at Balti-
more and for years has been in extremely in
dgent circumstances.
A Senator in the Missouri Legislature. the
other day, made the charge that black mail
ring had been formed in Jefferson City, 20 pre-
vent the passage of all private measures through
the Legislature which did not pay toll 10 IL.
In Wisconsin, bya recent amendment TO the
constitution Of the State. the pay of members OF
the Legislature is limited 20 $3.50 each, be the
session long OF short. The result Is that the
present session will continue but six weeks.
Senator saulsbury is now at his home at
GeorgetoWn, Delaware. lie does not propose 20
take us seat IN the Senate again during his term
81 office. and the Republican papers IN Della
ware are calling upon KIN 70 resign.
A little schooner. with 3 cargo ofwhite fish,
arrived al Memphis on the 18th inst from Mil
waukee Wisconsin. She came through the Illi-
nos eansl and thence down the river. She is
on her way 10 New Orleans and Mobile.
IL. Ii Harmon, VINO MDHeNnutu lIOn LAKE
Providence La, with $1,000 deposited in bis
hands as agent OF the freedmen's Bureau by
freedmen, has been arrested at Charleston, S. C.,
and nearly al the money recovered. lie has
been sent 20 New Orleans for trial.
The Idaho Nofcsman is agitating the question
Of constructing a branch railroad from Salt Lake
City % some point on the Columbia river. A
branch railroad connecting the nayigable waters
of the Columbia river with the Union or Cen
tral Pacific Railroad is also proposed.
The President has withdrawn the nomination
Of General Edward McCook for Collector of the
eighth Illinois district, which was sent 20 the
Senate last week. IL turned out that he was
neither a resident Of the district nor the State,
but belonged in Ohio.
Messrs. Beck and Knott. Of Kentucky, will ar
gue che night Of Mr.. Brown, Of Kentucky, 10 his
seat in the House, The case will be submitted
in . day OF two IL is pretty clearly stated that
q vote on Youngs case. contested BY Mckee. will
be five 10 three against his admission.
Planters in western Arkansas have given up
cotton and will plant cereals and raise stock and
hogr Corn Is plentiful in that section of the
country. pork and corn being shipped from there
10 supply southern Arkansas. Several parties
are extensively engaged at Duvall's Bluff. Ar
kansas, in curing and packing beef A large
number of hogs were also packed.
The newspapers in Hudson, New York, are
discussing the question Of ladies "eoasting' down
hill On hhnd-sleds. The disputants generally
agree that that kind Of sleiFh-riding. in company
with gentleman, is not Of itself lndeiicate, but
ton the parties shall occupy.
The Kingston lCansda) papers say that the
frequent cart qualze shocks, or some other cause
have induced the deer in the mountain region
near Lake ChAmplain 90 descend into the plain
on the Canadian side Of the line. They are 80
plentiful and tame 10 be seen eating in settlers
bsrn-yards with the cattle
Judge Lawrence, ofthe Judiciary Committee.
has Instured 3 bill establishing a law depart
ment. The object Is 20 reduce the vast expenses
II the government for legal advice. by creating a
department TO which all questions arising in any
branch Of the government may be referred. A
statement viii accompany IL. showing the enor-
NOUS expenses of the present system, and the
esving effected by the one proposed.
While looiing after the rights Of our living
citizens In Europe, u might not be amiss 20 in
sist upon decent treatment fer the remains Of
those who are 80 unfortunate s. 20 die IN South
America. The reyolutionists IN Ecuador. hay-
ma exiled their President, have caused the
hOdy Of Mr.. CogEeshall. our late Minister to be
removed from the cemetery where IL was in
TERED. and. st last accounts. the remains were
stored In public warehouse.
While Great Bri tain has been collecting claims
made BY her subjects who were az the South
during tho war, against the United states. for
damages as an offset 10 the Alabama claims.
France has also gathered the items for long
account, which she claims is due the French
subjects who were IN Alabama and Louisiana.
These vail probably be referred "a Joint COM
mission for adjudication.
mr. Washegrns q ilIpois, succeeded in
driving through the House the BAH repndiafing
claims for steamboat and other transportat ton
duTinE the war. There are sevsrai niiiions dine
citizens for this service. and Wash hama ana ne
anfcTupulous Radical friends took this new v-av
20 pay old debts. The Democrats memhers
voted against the bin az did most OF the Nest
srn member It's thought the hill cannot pas
the Senate.
The Montgomery tAia) Adusrfissr report.
that negro iaborerH in that city are hiring them.
selves Tor try dollar. and even as loN O. TWEEN
ty-bye dollars Tor the year These are all able
bodied field hands. BOYS who got Eve dollar
per month last year, hire themselves for food
aud ciOthing. The A0UtTfiser hears from ths
country that the best field hands are hiripg IN
some sections for forty dollars per anuum A
great many decline 70 hire until after the cleo
ton. Fl =
Ihe Jackson CialsoA haspsrticulars Of an out
rSse co9mltted IN Jasper county. Miss. On the
sftn ano 19lb instant, a SQUAD OF freedmen Who
had been stealing hogs. waylSid some consta-
Dies q posse Il whom were searching for them
with warrant for Their arrest Tvro ,.bi,s-Ss,
we're Killed, one MORALLY wounded, aud Eve Sc
perpetrators. w.
The steamer Emerald. from New Osloans 10
CINCINNATI, Suddenly parted from her cabin and
went down 10 nye minutes. while rounding Tu-
nioa Bead. below Natchel, on SATURDAY. after.
noon. FonT liFeE were lost viF. Dr. Richard
son. wife and daughter, OF Arkansas and fhs
second chambeFnaid. The balance oil the pas-
sengors and crew we're saved, and wiu tale a.
GrFf upward bound boat for Cincinnan. ne
boat, cargo ana baggaee arr a total loss.