Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-24
FRIDAY. JANUARY "a. 1865.
Largest Circulation In City and Stat
NEWS OF THE DAY.

National bank circulation. S2s9. $50. 296
Shad fishing has commenced on the Savannah.
The internal revenue receipts last week
amounted TO S2l7S,60O.
Canada has one hundred and forty-two thou
sand militia.
Dickens realized $4,000 by the sale of his
tickets 10 Baltimore.
They fne coal-dealers ia Indianapolis. Ind,
for selling coal without weighing 1t.
More than two hundred and fifty families in
Trenton, New jersey, are supported By charity.
By instructions from Spain, newspapers have
been prohibited in all the colleges Of Cuba
The cholera at Buenos Ayres is killing from
80 20 lao persons daily. Great numbers are iee-
Jog 20 the country, and trade is stagnant.
John p Hale has rendered his resignation as
Minister at the court Of Madrid, and new ap-
p0intment will soon be made
Water from the river Jordan, supposed to be
very efficient for baptism, Is advertised m the
New York papers.
John Henry. the last survivor but one Of the
children Of Patrick Henry. died in Charlotte
county, Va, the other day.
Another Liliputian marriage is announced.
that Of Commodore Mutt and Miss Minnie War
rem. The combined fortunes OF the pair amount
20 $4,000.
Two more fatal cases Of trichina have oc-
CURED in the ST. LOus hospital. snd the papers
communicate the discOmtOrting information
that " the disease appears TO be ON the in
crease"
Work on the Union Pacific railroad is being
vigorously pushed. and construction trains are
now running almost 20 the summit OF the Black
Hills. The road will be finished TO Saunders by
the last Of May.
T. r. O'Conner. a school teacher in Richfeld.
Minnesota, was put of the cars on the 10Th inst,
for falling TO pay the extra ten cents exacted
for not procuring a ticket Of the office, and was
frozen 20 death.
General Carlin, the Bureau Commissioner of
Tennessee. informs General Howard that the re-
cent riot at Pulaski. Tennessee. was the work Of
n secret organization Of wicked Rebels, who
want 20 drive loyal men of the State.
The City Council of Rochester have increased
the local tax upon the property of the New
York Central railroad about $4,000, and are 20
enforce the ordinance against running trains
across the city. which will greatly embarrass
that company.
A Ere. caused by the explosion Of a coal oil
lamp. occurred at Ottumway, Iowa, on the night
of the 10Th inst. Eight frame buildings on Main
street were destroyed. Loss $1,000. Insurance
not Ascertained.
Col Runkel. Bureau Agent in Kentucky, has
furnished a report of affairs in Kentucky. Bur
bank, the Commissioner, urges a suspension or
revocation of the order Of Grant disseminating
the Bureau. Howard, Runkel and Stanton dis
cussed the matter on the 22d inst.
Gre broke out in Case 4 Cos saddlery ware
house, in Memphis on the I'D inst, destroying
the building. The upper floors we're occupied
by Mrs. lesmer and Mrs. Zimmerman as board
ing houses. Several female occupants barely
escaped, and were only rescued by the fOreman's
ladders Loss. $4,000.
The rolling mills in Allentown, Pennsylvania,
are partially idle owing 20 a strike among the
puddlers. A reduction Of one dollar per ton
was made ia the wages, which the men refused
Ia accede 10, aud hence the difficulty. All the
mills along toe Lehigh are in similar condi-
ton
A liquor law pending in the Pennsylvania
Legislature provides that any taYern-keeper
who shall sell adulterated OF impure liquor
shall be liable to fine of not less than fifty doll
lars nor more than one thousand. and be i'm
prisoned at the discretion of the court.
The eight hour rule has been adopted on the
New York Central railroad. The workmen do
not appear 10 like II. One Of their chief Objec-
lions seems TO be that the price and length of
the day = work have been curtaued in equal
proportion.
The Frontier iadec says advices from Fort
Phil. kearney are 90 the effect that the Sioux
and Cheyenne Indians are becoming very
troublesome. Cavalry scouts at that post have
recently had two fights with them, and killed
several OF them and recAptured over fifty stolen
government horses and mules.
Washington paper Of the POD inst declares
General Grant expresses opposition 20 the re
construction bill. The course of Washhume,
Of Illinois. in this connection seems significant.
ON the final passage OF the bill he remained in
has seat, but failed 10 vote The Radicals are
highly displeased thereat
An immense number Of memorials are being
daily received by the House, praying Congress
10 take legislative action 10 define the rights Of
naturallzed citizens and TO compel the English
government 10 recognize the validity of Ameri-
can naturalization. The House Committee on
Foreign Affairs have agreed on no report on the
subject.
Mr.. Hamilton. Of Maryland, is 10 undergo a
political ordeal when he claims his seat uni
ted States Senator. He was e member of the
Legislature which Mcclellan dispersed the first
year Of the war. IL is understood a movement
has already been made by the Radicals 20 in
yestigate the private and public history Of Mr..
Hamilton during the war.
The second Conference Committee on the bill
10 repeal the tax on tt0n, have agreed TO re-
port to their respective houses that the bills as
passed by the House shall be adopted with the
Senate amendment, taking the tarig of of coarse
India cotton. This is in accordsn ce with in
structions which the Senate Fave TO the com
mittee appointed by them on the 22d inst.
Rev. Jason w. Kellogg, formerly pastor Of the
Seventh Street Methodist Church. in Detroit
and more rec emily of Dearborn, Mich, eloped
on the night Of the 10th inst, with the wife of
VIM. Moorehouse, a wealthy farmer, living
about three miles from ID earbOrn. KELLOGG left
a wife and two children, and the woman had
hitherto borne q good character. Her father, at
last accounts was in pursuit OF the reverend
scoundrel and his victim.
A London dispatch of the 22d says the causes
leading 10 the arrest Of Train, were these An
Enelishman named Gee, a fellow passenger of
Mr.. Train. informed the officers on the tug
which boarded the Scotia at Queenstown, that
Train had said he came 10 ireland TO organize
the fenians and commence the fight. Train was
arrested on this information. Gee denied giving
such information when before the court. Con-
sui Eastman, at Queenstown, was exceedingly
active in Trains behalf Minister Adams al
once saw Lord Stanley. who ordered the release
of Train. Lord Stanley disavowed the act on
the part Of the government and stated that the |
local authorities were solely responsible.