Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-09
largest Circulation in city and STATE
NEws oF liz DAY.


A few days ago a vessel arrived in New
York from Liverpool, having thirty-two
professional pick-pockets on board.
In BroadalbiD, Fulton county, New York,
Mrs. Sanders, of Albany, while on visit
few days since, fell down stairs and was
killed.
1t is said the Bishops Of the Church Of
Ireland have united in note to Disraeli
requesting him to save half the Church
revenue rather than lose the whole.
A private dispatch from Hartford. Con-
necticut says that 1T il highly probable a
Conservative Republican will be elected
United States Senator.
The President has declined TO exercise
Executive clemency in the case of Wells,
sentenced TO prison at Frankfort, Kentucky,
for ten years, charged with being a gueril-
la, robber etc
Gen. Grant has forwarded 10 Gen. Bu-
chanan the papers relating to the case of
Street Commissioner Baker, Of New Or
leans, who il is rumored will again be re-
moved, and Field, the Hancock appointee,
reinstated.
A suit brought in one Of the courts of
New Orleans by Judah =. Benjamin for
recovery Of fees for legal services before
the war, has been decided adversely 10 the
plaintiff, on the ground that he forfeited
his rights and credits by participating in
rebellion.
A child in the arms Of its mother was
killed in New Orleans on the 9Th inst. by
a ball from Monte Cristo rifle, fred from
garnet window a square distant The
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shot, which is said TO have been an acct
dental one.
Civilization is advancing with rapid
strides in the young territory of Montana.
They have Just selected grounds for a peni-
Tertiary at Deer Lodge City, and the neces-
sary buildings are TO be erected at once II
is now costing $4,000 year to maintain
the convicts.
The McConnellsville Herald announces
the death Of John Gray, supposed to be the
last surviving soldier of the American
Revolution. 1t occurred at the residence
of his daughter, near Hiramsburg, Noble
county, Ohio, on the Goth nit. Mr.. Gray
had Just completed his 10th year, having
been born early in 1864.
Mrs. F. Widner, aged sixty-seven years,
Of Rutland, ILL.,, was brutality murdered on
the Sd inst, by man named John Furness,
who was working the farm of her husband
on shares. He had a lawsuit with Mr..
Widner at Elgin on the same day, and
killed Mrs. Widner in revenge for his de-
feat in the trial. Furness has been ar
rested.
For the first time for yeaTs the priyi-
lege Of q member of Congress was pleaded
in the courts of Washington on the 9TH
inst, in a case of debt. Senator Sprague,
Of Rhode Island, pleaded his privilege as
Senator against his late gardener VIM.
Mex Jenna, who wanted 10 bring an action
for a small debt. Under the privilege no
member can be sued here or while coming
from or returning to his home.
John Reeves, r carpenter, was murdered
at Terre Haute, on the 9th inst, by for
mer employe named John l.. Stevens. The
cause of the murder appears TO be that Ste
vens claimed money which Reeves had
already paid for Stevens board, and on
Reeves refusing to pay il over, Stevens de- |
iiberalely shot him three times, killing him |
instantly. Stevens was Immediately ar
rested and is now in Jail.
Mrs. Cady Stanton, who has been can
wasting among Congressman at Washing |
ton for her new paper, says she is surprised |
20 learn, on the best authority, that prob /
ably two-thirds of the set speeches read |
from manuscript are not the production of |
those who deliverd them, but are prepared |
by newspaper reporters, and the literary
gentlemen at Washington.
A corporal named Henderson, attached |
30 the garrison at Columbia, South Carroll |
ma, who was tried by court martial, a few /
days ago, and found guilty Of striking Col |
Guenther, while on duty, was sentenced by |
the court to be reduced to the ranks, |
drummed out of camp, 10 have his head |
shaved, to forfeit all pay, and to be impris-
oned for three years at hard labor in Fort /
Macon; and during the term of his i'm
prisonment 10 wear a ball weighing thirty /
two pounds, attached TO a thirty-six inch
chain.
The Conservative Army and Navy
Union of Washington are arranging for a
National Convention, which will be held in
May or June, when they may nominate a
ticket for President and Vice President,
which will represent the conservative and
patriotic ideas of the soldiers as we'll as
citizens, or they may recommend some
person 10 the Democratic National Con-
vention as their choice. Ii does not neces-
sarily follow because il is a soldiers con
yention, that they will express prefer
ence for military men, "a their sole object
is TO promote the success and the Demo
cratic and Conservative cause.
Negro equality is not popular with SOL
dlers. A few DAYS ago one Tucker adj |
dressed the negroes about Warrenton, Va.
advising them not 20 work for any one with
out they were admitted 10 the familycircle |
and otherwise recognized "a equals The |
soldiers there became 40 incensed that they
made an assault on him, and the officers OF
that post had 10 escort him 20 the depot, TO
save him from the Infatuated soldiers.
Citizens took no part in the difficulty. The
result Of his teachings is the negroes have
left their employers, and are living on the
Bureau. The lessee of White Sulphur |
Springs, Virginia, lost fifty freedmen, en-
ployed at good wages, as he refuses 10 COM
ply with their demands, az instgated by |
Tucker.
At half past hFo o'clock, on The morning
OF the 9TH inst, Darcy Mc(iee was shot
dead by an unknown assassin as he was
entering the house where he lodged, in OF
tawa, Canada. The ball passed through I
Mc'iee's head and lodged in the door,
which he opened. The son Of the land
lady, who came mp soon after, found the
body on the pavement, but saw no person {
in the neighborhood, and heard no foot l
steps. Ii was clear, bright night, and
the assassin must have been behind the
ience Of a vacant lot opposite, and made a {
very hasiy retreat into the inclosure iust at 4
the leit Of The Parliament House. Brains :
protruded, and the sidewalk was covered
Wlth blood, indicating that the weapons
was held close at the head No trace Of
The ASSASSIN has been discovered.
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