Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-03
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NEWS OF TIE DAY.

NEWS Oh THE DAY
Dispatches from Omaha state that the
Indians are exhibiting a disposition
which forebodes trouble.
The first through train from New York
for Omaha, arrived at Sioux City, Iowa, on
the 3Oth ult., with goods for Montana
Charles Temple Dix, youngest son Of the
General, was married in London on the
9th inst, to Camilla Watson, widow.
In Clear Springs, Cedar county, Mo-, on
the night Of the Doth, Mr.. John Hughes
was murdered in his bed by an unknown
assassin.
A woman named Piggolt, in fiji Of in
sanity, cut her infants throat, in Colerain,
Belmont county, Ohio, on Friday, the 9th
ult. The child was but five days old.
The case of Cora james, of st. Louis,
for common barratry, terminated yester-
day. The Jury assessed six months i'm
prisonment in the county Jail.
II is understood that Gen. Schofeld will
shortly issue an order removing Gov. Pier
pont, james Mayo, Mayor, and Thomas o.
Dudley, City Treasurer, Of Richmond.
The British Parliament, by vote Of 1Sl
to %, has swept away the practice OF
hanging in public. Criminals are to be
executed in private hereafter.
A Wide-Awake Club has been organized
in indianapolis, which will be followed up
by others throughout Indiana. This will
be one Of the features Of the campaign.
The residence Of Oscar johnson, Treas
urer of Brotherton, Wis, was entered on
the night Of the 28th ult by two men in
disguise, who shot Mr.. johnson, wounding
him fatally, and robbed the house of $1,000.
The Fremont (Ohio) Journal says the
lightning, the other night, broke off the
axle Of buggy in barn-yard at ElmoEe.
The break was made just at the shoulder
of each wheel, and the vehicle was not
otherwise injured.
y. Creder a merchant Of Greenfield,
Indiana, on his way East, was robbed on
the cars at Richmond, on the Both ult., of
$4,000. The money was carried In a
carpet-sack, and the thief took the sack
and contents from the corner of his seat.
General Schofeld has ordered all mill
tary commanders in his department to re-
port the names Of all elected officers whose
terms have expired, in order that suitable
persons may be appointed in cases where
the present incumbents are ineligible.
The funeral of General Orlow Smith, in
Edford, Henry county, Illinois, on the 22d
ult., was attended by over twelve hundred
persons, in two hundred vehicles, the pro-
cesson being over two miles long. He
was Colonel Of the sixty-ffth Ohio Infan-
try, and received wounds at Chckamauga
and Franklin.
A Boston letter mentions a sudden ad-
vance in the price of real estate, and sin
gular activity in the market. Many of the
large purchasers are the State street finan-
ciers, and the correspondent thinks these
keen-scented persons "snuf reputation
afar off," but yet so near that they are con-
yerting their bonds into corner lots.
The editor of the Biddeford (Maine)
Democrat intimates that the English execu-
tors who have Artemus Wards property
in charge seem disposed TO keep it. The
mother of the deceased humorist has not
been able 10 get a single word in answer to
her numerous letters, from those who OBJ
tanned possession of the money and chattels
Of her son after his death.
The Midshipmen of the United States
Naval Academy who graduated in 1866,
and who, since that time, have been serv-
ing in the navy, are now being examined
by Naval Board, preparatory 10 their
promotion to the rank Of Ensigns. The
total number of members Of this class was
seventy-three, but two have died since
graduation.
An Omaha dispatch Of the S0th ult says ::
Several hundred passengers have been
showed in near Hillsdale, twenty-five
miles east of Cheyenne, for several days.
Four OF five hundred men had been EN-
ployed in clearing the road. The storm
extended far west in the mountains. There
have been no mails from Salt Lake since
the 18th. The snow at Denver on the
26th was nearly three feet deep. This
storm was the seyerest ever experienced in
Colorado.
The most Infamous frauds were perpe-
trated in many counties AZ the Arkansas
election. At GAINESVILLE, for instance,
ninety-nine votes were returned against the
Consiitution-since then the affidavits of
one hundred and eighty have been taken
of those who voted against IT, One of the
Registers is known TO have voted twice,
and was seen 20 tear up Conservative
tickets from the military baliot-boX. Ne
groes we're permitted TO vote two or three
times, and even negro women appeared,
dressed in mems clothes, and deposited
votes.
The African Republic Of Liberia has
Just had an impeachment case, and pushed
il through TO the farthest limit. Chief
Justice L. J. Roy, the Oldest shipping mer-
chant and wealthiest man in the republic,
has been impeached and removed for high
crimes and misdemeanors, and G. l.. Par
sons is Chief Justice in his stead. Roy's
ofiense consisted in discharging on the pay
ment Of a fine, an English vessel, which
the law required TO be confscated for trad
ing between the ports of the republic
without license.
In Chicago, some months ago, Richard
Buckley stopped at the store of Bones q
George bargained for a lot of cabbages,
had them put into his wagon, and on the
question being asked, told one of the clerks
he had paid for them; but was not able 10
point out the persen who received the
money, and no one could be found who re-
membered receiving il. Nevertheless, Mr.
Buckley refused 10 pay, and started 10 drive
off with the property. At the request of
one Of the firm, Buckley was then arrested
by a policeman, taken 20 the Police Court,
charged with larceny, and, on a statement
Of the case, was held 10 bail in $500. He
has now sued Bones & George for causing
his arrest, aud an intelligent jury awards
him $4,000.
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