Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr.. Jefferson Davis is staying at Alton,
England, with the Earl of Shrewsbury.
Over a seventh part of the State of Mis-
sissippi is advertised for sale under execu-
ton.
Brigham Young is the third largest de-
positor in the Bank of England. lls
Four hundred and two students had
matriculated at the University of Vir
ginia up TO October 10th. .-..,.
The New York Times estimates the
Democratic msjority in that city and
Brooklyn, in November, at $4,000, and
claims the State for Grant.
Hon. w. D. Kelley, Radical, of Phila-
delphia, is announced TO speak at Knox
will to-day. 1t is stated he will visit several
other points in the State.
A Democratic Convention at Providence,
r. l., Monday, nominated Olney Arm old
for Congress, and passed resolutions. in
dorsing Seymour and Blair.
Alfred Green, colored boy, was sem
fenced to four months confinement in the
House of Correction, for throwing stones
at Democratic procession, in Boston, on
Monday night
Nine thousand six hundred and fifty
four voters had been registered in Shelby
county, Tenn, up to Monday evening. The
proportion of black to white is about dhree
70 one.
The official count in Philadelphia gives
only 175 Democratic majority for Boyle
on their State ticket. The city ticket is
Democratic, by msjorities ranging from
238 to 1888, except that the Republicans
elect Hare for President Judge by twenty
five, and their two State Senators by 1852
and 1854 respectively. af.tta d
In the United States District Court at
Chicago Monday, Judge Drummond pre-
siding, decision was given that where q
bankrupt dies, the final oath may be signed
by the counsel or by the administrator of
the estate. The Law requires the proceed
ings to go on, and the question was who,
the bankrupt having died, should sign the
final oath. l-. -r.sae-.
Saturday evening, about dark, farmer,
named James WOLF of Beaver county. was
crossing the Fort Wayne railroad track
with load of stone, at Freedom, Penn
sylvanis, when the wagon was struck by
the express train, and Wolf literally torn
all to pieces--his flesh, limbs and entrails
strewn along-th track for rods. He was
about forly-fve years Of age and leaves q
family. --r-rgs 10 Tlrs.5 ~ s-.-
Some soldiers belonging to the garrison
at Galveston, Texas, became very bolster
Gus on the streets of that town the other
night, when one Of them was arrested and
lodged in Jail. Soon after Sergeant wit b
a squad of men appeared and by threaten.
ing the Jailer with death, compelled him
to release the prisoner. They showed no
authority for the proceeding, S'and the out
rage on the civil authority was doubtless
unauthorized by the military.
The Knoxville Press. and Herald Of the
Goth inst. says: "The westward bound train
on the Virginia and Tennessee on Sunday
last when few miles this side Of Lynch
bug, met with a terrible accident. The
boiler of the engine exploded killing the
engineer and fireman instantly-in fact
blowing them almost to atoms. Quite
number of Norfolk delegates were aboard,
but the personal injuries sustained were
only those mentioned above. The un-
fortunate engineer was Jerome FOnte, Of
Washington county, Tennessee. The name
of the fireman we did not learn"
a serious railroad accident occurred on
the Pennsylvania railroad, at Christisna,
between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, on
Saturday evening at ten o'clock. The Gin
cinnati express train left Philadelphia at
1850 in the evening. At Christiana it was
going very rapidly, and ran upon a mis-
placed switch. The engine, tender, bag
gage car, smoking car, and second Passen
ger car, were more or less wrecked. VIM.
Irwin was scalded 30 he died in half an
hour. John Shultz, fireman, was killed
instantly; caught under the engine aud
could not be removed for several hours.
Peter Stein, baggage master, was seriously
hurt. The smoking car had thirty per-
sons in it, bat, thong h completely wrecked,
no person was injured.