Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-27
NEWS OF rus DAY.

New York city has had eighteen rainy
days thus far this month.
Forty-twO Of the emigrants who passed
through Columbus, Ohio, Last week intend
settling in Tennessee.
Counterfeit tens on the National Bank
Of LockPort, New York, are circulating.
The examination Of cadets at the An
naposis Naval Academy was begun Friday.
Res. John @. Lyon, founder Of the Ger
man Methodist Church 10 America, died on
the 22d, at Baltimore.
The committee selected to officially
notify General Grant Of his nomination
will perform that duty next Friday.
The would-be assassin Of Prince Alfred
was executed at Sydney, on the 22d Of
April. The Prince is on his way home.
The grain crops Of Oregon are very
large but fears are expressed about the
possibility Of harvesting, especially In
Rogue river valley.
Hon. w. II. Banum, member Of Con-
gress, from Connecticut, is still very i'll, at
his home. His reported recovery was err
rOneous.
ing become the properly Of HOughton q
Co, will hencelorth be the organ OF The
Conservative Episeopalians.
The Honse Of Commons has passed the
Irish Disestablishing bill 10 a second read
ing, the majority against Disrseli on this
step being 6fty-four.
Senator Trumbull gave a large party on
Friday night. Yates was the only Radi-
cal Senator present. Chase attended, but
Grant did not
Six men, three white and three cOlored,
were exposed in the pillory, and publicly
whipped ia Wilmington, Delaw ware, last
week An average Of twenty-five lashes
from a "cat' was administered 10 each.
One was a mere boy.
The Grand Jury, at Albany, New York
Saturday, brought an indictment against
Mark NJ. Lewis, charged on complaint Of
en-. X. Glenn, member Of the Assem-
bly,, with attempting bribery on the Erie
Railroad bill. The Jury also brought in
several indictments, and IL Is generally
rumored that one or more members Of the
Legislature are involved.
A very fatal cattle plague is raging near
lafayette, Indiana The disease is rapid
in its effects, the animals being appar emily
we'll ia the morning and before night
are dead, in many instances dropping down
by the roadside, within an hour or tive
after milking. The fret symptom notice
able ia a stifening Of the limbs and al
inability 10 walk, after which death
speedily ensues. The same disease is also
. thinning out the stock in several parts o
Illinois. .H ....
General Sheridan has returned TO For
Leavenworth from the West. Capt. An
gel arrived at Fort Leayenworth from the
Plains on the 10Th inst. He reports siz
hundred Indians at Fort Larned, and
about the same number at Fort Dodge
Mai. Wynkoop was at Fort Larned, and
had invited all the Indians to meet him
there 10 receive annuities. A large num-
Der Of Indians had arrived armed with
Spencer carbines, aud well supplied with
ammunition furnished by the government
Cant. Angel don't believe there Is any
danger Of difficulty with the Indians at
present, but il whisky ia not kept away
from them trouble is likely to occur.
The government has commenced suit in
equity against the Bank Of the State OF
South Carolina, the Bank Of Charleston,
the Merchants Bank Of South Carolina,
and the firm OF Hayne a. Son, of Charles
ton, 20 recover the sum Of SS797 in gold,
which, il is alleged, is what remained OF
the late Confederacy in deposit with de
PENDANTS at the time of the suppression o.
the rebellion. The bill further charges
that the money in question has been paid
away 10 some person or persons unknown
and prays for the usual process Of discov,
cry. This is the first suit Of the kind
which has 80 far been instituted in this
country.