Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-01
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

Rev. Paul Bagley has been impeached
by his church, in Washington, ard re-
moved from his pulpit for indulging in
political matters.
Philip 3. Foulk, formerly member Of
Congress from Illinois, has been appointed
Special Treasury Agent for Customs in
Louisiana and Alabama.
From an official statement prepared at
the Treasury Department, il appears that
the outstanding compound interest notes
maturing and payable between April and
October l6, 1858, amount 10 S5l ,403. $50.
Mira. A. +. Hammond was put under the
influence Of chloroform in order to have
some teeth extracted, in Ontario, Knox
county, Illinois, on the 23d Of April, and
before the operation could be completed
she died
The Nachitoches Times of the 18th of
April learns by private letter from Grand
Coteau, La, that cholera ia prevailing in
the country surrounding that place, and
that freedmen are dying at the rate Of eight
or ten day.
Sunday, May 10Th, is the anniversary of
the capture Of Camp Jackson by General
Lyon. The day Is 10 be celebrated in great
style in So. Louis under the auspices Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic. Carl Schurz
will deliver the Grafton.
The reported msiority Tor ratification OF
the Arkansas Constitution is now in the
hands Of General Grant, and an effort is be-
ing made to have him announce the result
in consequence Of Gen. Gillem's refusal to
do 90.
The New Orleans Crescent, Of the 22d of
April, figures up the Legislature as about
a tie between the Radical negro party
and the Democratic white mems party. Ii
thinks the chances for a majority are in
favor of the Democrats
DIR. E. s. Gaillard, of Richmond, is to
issue from Louisville the Richmond and
Louisville Medical Journal. 1t is to contain
ninety-six pages to the number, and will
be the largest monthly scientific publica-
tion in the country.
Gen. Halleck is fortifying Alaska. He
has established fort on Kodiac Island,
and another on the Gulf Of Chugachink,
both garrisoned by detachments from the
Second Artillery, and bristling with can
non. Now he had better look for an enemy
TO attack these formidable works.
The Reconstruction Committee will meet
on Saturday TO frame bill for the admis-
sion Of South Carolina 10 representation in
Congress. A certified copy Of the Consti-
tuition was received to-day. II is the in.
tention 10 admit this State first.
Il is stated that an entirely new Fenian
organization is 10 be perfected in this
country on the same basis as the political
secret societies in Italy, which will alb
sorb those now in the existing circles
whose honesty is uuquestionable.
The Canadian Parliament has voted a
yearly allowance Of $1,000 to Mrs. Mcjee,
and lumpssum Of $4,000 to each of her
daughters, TO be invested in Dominion
stock until they become of age. There is
some complaint about the smallness Of
the amount. Niece il lie said, left a
large amount Of liabilities.
The recent avalanche near Cisco, Cali
forni, il is asserted, was five or six miles
long, and must have carried with it a mass
of snow ten feet deep and half mile wide,
weighing over FIVE million tons. Three
avalanches occurred in California on
March A and 5, killing thirteen men and
destroying 100000 worth ofproperty
Some time in 1863, Henry Tibhits, of
Broome, New York, wrote a letter to the
Provost Marshal, informing him that John
Hsger, Of the same place was not enrolled
snd was a secessionist. Hager, learning
this, sued Tibbits for libel, the name "se-
oessionist" being objected TO. The Gaze
was tried in October, but the jury did not
agree. A second trial took place last week,
and the plaintiff obtained a verdict Of six
cents damages
A few days since w. A. Norris, Sheriff
of Barton county, Missouri, had his upper
and lower teeth knocked out by his cousin,
youth named Patterson, while the Sheriff
was endeavoring TO arrest him for dis
turbing the peace of his sisters family.
The Sheriff, in turn, shot his assailant
twice, inhicting wounds from which he
died two hours after
A daughter Of Mr.. A. j. Putzel, a young
man named Mortimer Carr, and two ne.
groes, were drowned while crossing the
river st Dew's Landing Cumberland
county, Virginia, Wednesday night April
p. Nothing is known Of the circum-
stances Of the drowning, further than that
IN the darkness the parties left the one
side Of river and never reached the
other.
In Polk county, Missouri. few nights
ago, William Inks aud his son set them
selves to watch for an expected horse-thief
The iathec went into a stable, leaving his
son on watch outside. After a while the
son saw one approaching him in the dark,
and Tired. Running up TO the man, who
had fallen dead, the young man was hcrf-
lied 10 find he had slain his father, who had
left the stable unobserved.
The competition between the rival lines
Of steamers 10 California is flooding San
Francisco with more people than can find
employment OF means Of livelihood. Loud
complaints are made in that city of the
rapidly increasing surplus of population
Trade If dGll, wages are low, provisions and
sill the necesssTies Of life are high, and
those who take advantage Of the low rates
of passage to get out there, find themselves
quite unable to get back
AT dance near Independence. Mo. on
the 18th Of April, James Raney got into
quarrel with another man as 10 which had
the right 10 occupy a certain place on the
floor. John Bowlin, the husband Of Ra-
ney's partner in the dance, told the parties
if they did not quit quarreling he would
take has wife and 90 nome. Raney told
Mrs. b. to come on, and when Bowlin
turned to his wife and told her to get her
bonnet, Raney shot and killed him instant
ly. Raney aud Bowlin had been friends
for many years.
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