Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.


population within the last eighteen months.
The New England Anti-slaveIy Society
has pronounced against Grant. E..
There is large amount Of emigration to
the western counties OF Minnesota.
Santa Anna has agents at Brownsville,
Texas, preparing for raid into Mexico
from that point.
The Union Pacific railroad il now COM
pleted 10 the six hundreth mile post west
of Omaha.
Brigham Young has the contract to grade
the Union Pacific railroad from the head
Of Echo Canon to Salt Lake, and has begun
work.
At ST. Josephs Church, New York, on
the llth instant, the Archbishop confirmed
and administered the holy sacrament Ia
over eight hundred girls and boys.
Election returns now complete from
thirty-one districts in South Carolina, In
dictate that the Radicals have carried fifteen
and the Democrats sixteen districts.
The Lancaster PENN Herald has ''the
authority Of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens for
stating that the tax on whisky will be re-
duced by the present Congress from two
dollars per gallon TO seventy-6ve eentsV
Day before yesterday the steamer Daniel
Drew ran from Yonkers 10 New York, a
distance Of fourteen and a half miles, in
thirty-iour minutes and forty-fve seconds.
Fastest time on record.
BY a case Just adjudicated in Chicago, il
has been decided that telegraph company
is responsible in damages for an error in
the transmission Of a telegram, whether
the message is repeated or not.
One act Of the Methodist Episcopal Con-
vention at Chicago was to rescind vote Of
censure passed in 1886 upon two members
Of the body for attending an anti-slayery
prayer meeting.
A man named Dill, Senator elect from
the Kershaw district, South Carolina, was
murdered in his own house, few nights
since. A negro man sitting in the same
room, was also killed.
A very destructive FIRE occurred at Mar
quette, Michigan, on Tuesday night, the
18th inst Over one hundred buildings in
the business part of town were consumed.
The loss is over one million dollars. In
suranoe small.
The Massachusetts delegates to the Dem
ocratic National Convention organized on
the 18th inst. by appointing ]. G.. Abbott
Chairman. A motion that if a majority
were in favor Of any particular candidate
the vote should be cast as a unit, was tabled.
The Orphan Girls Home at Newton
Center, Mass, was destroyed by fire SuR-
day while, the inmates were at church. A
barn belonging to the establishment was
also destroyed. The fire is supposed to
have been the work of an incendary. Loss
not ascertained.
The cultivation Of the sugar beet is rap
idly becoming an important interest in II
linois. During the past week, the eau
rora Beet Sugar Company" have pur-
chased four hundred and eighty-fge acres
Of land, at a cost Of thirty-three thousand
dollars, near Montgomery, for the purpose
Of entering upon their operations.
Some time ago VIM. James, Collector of
Internal Revenue for Richmond, Virginia,
was suspended from office, but the Senate
has not regarded the reasons assigned as
sufficient, and MIR. james is restored 10 Of
fee, and General Muliord, late commits
sloner for the exchange Of prisoners, who
held the position meantime, retires.
At a meeting Of the Executive Commit
tee Of the Equal Rights Association, held
in New York on the 8th inst, il was unani- |
mOusly resolved, on motion of Theodore |
Iilton, that Miss Susan b. Anthony be re-
quested 10 attend the National Democratic |
Convention, for the purpose of securing in |
the Democratic platform a recognition of |
woman's rights in the elective franchise.
dispatch from Oregon reports the ma
Jority for Smith, Democratic candidate for |
Congress, between 1900 and 1900 official |
count The counties next Idaho gave I'M
eXpectedly large Democratic msiorities.
The total vote Of the State is nearly %, 600. /
the largest ever polled. The State Senate 4
stands IL Democratic 10 10 Republicans. /
The Assembly stands % Democratic to 10 /
Republican.
The Commissioners of Emigration re. /
port that 76607 emigrants arrived al NeEs |
York up to June 3, aud during the we elk |
ending June 10, the arrivals numbered |
OLA mRklnga total Of 81, 7Sl, which shows
a decrease a. compared with the arrivals |
up TO same date last year Of 1896. The |
disbursements up 10 June 3, am ounted 10 |
S242,2l2 25, leaving an amount on hand |
of Sal ,6ls rs.
The Paris Monitelr stahes that The Czsr
OF Russia has made proposals to Napoleon
Tor Russia and France. 10 unite In an effort
10 induce all civilized nations 10 abandon
the use OF toFpedoes and explosive proiec-
l 'iiIs IN tame Of war; The MoRitesT adds:
lhls humane prop osition meets with the
approval OF the Emperor, who, however,
.hihks II may h.e necessary TO employ tor
pedoes TT Offensive purposes"
In December lsst, the Island of Formoss
was visited by destructive earthquake.
A thousand people were killed in one vii
lage on the northern extremity Of the is-
land. At Keeling the water receded from
the hsrbor, and suddenly returning, over
whelmed may people who had ventured
into the bed Of the bay TO catch fish. Fifty
people were killed by falling houses on
shore at the same place. There we're also
great destruction Of property and loss Of
life at Namstin.
The food in Dubuque, on the 9th inst,
sas the most serious experienced IN that /
city since the great flood OF 1851. Half /
the fflh ward was submerged by the tor !
rents Of mud and water. One contractor |
for building streei-crossings saw 1000 feet |
of his lumber washed away 10 the Missile |
sippi. The damage is variously estimated, |
some placing il al high a. 10000 Not |
less than $4,000 wall be required 10 re-
pair the damage done 10 Che streets.
The Galveston Meas publishes a special, |
dated Austin, llth, which says in the Con |
stiiutional Convention to-day, resolution |
was offered that the Constitution of 1916, |
as il existed in 1860, 20 Gar as IL does not |
conflict with the Constitution Of the United |
States be adopted as the Constitution Of |
Texas. The resolution was referred 20 the |
Judiciary Committee. A resolution that
the gratitude Of the State is due 10 those
who took up arms against the rebellion was
referred 10 Che cOmmitte on State Affairs. |
MIR. PENDLETON.
We print ON the first page most in
teresting letter in relation 10 Mr. PEN