Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-06
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

A decree Is soon to be Issued, making a
reduction 10 the number Of the stading al
my Of Spain.
There Is a IumOr Of the early Withdrawal
Of McCnlloch from from the Cabinet, and
come probability of its truth.
Elias &. /. FaxoD, a leading merchant
Of Chicago, died Tuesday night.
Hon. Samuel L. Bette, Judge of the
United STATES District Court Of New York,
for the last forty years. died at New Ha-
ven, Connecticut, Tuesday morning, Of
apoplexy.
In England they fine 500 and dismiss
from Office any revenue officer who takes
an actiTe Part in politics.
1t ia said that Napoleon Is inclined TO
permit the MdrSe!!aiss to resume its old
place a. the national air Of France.
The clock on the Town Hall at Calves.
ton, Texas, was recently sold TO satisfy a
judgment against the city.
The schools and colleges in the South
are said to be more numerously attended
than at any time since the war.
The Bombay po;entate, Chimmlalee
Mahsry, has married girl Of ten years.
He paid $4,000 for his bride
The safe of George W. Lipscomb, Trea-
surer of DeKalb, county, Missouri, was
robbed of $4,000 last Sunday night.
At late meeting of the Chicago Minis
teTial Union, it was decided that the Minis
tiers should make an onslaught rpon the
theateTs.
Another English cergyman's daughter
has married her fathers c0achman. She
brings him S25O,OO0,
Prof. Carmc has accepted Mons. Rudol.
iphos challenge 70 play ten match games Of
| billiards, bui the lime has no. been agreed
upon.
Fourteen hundred men have reported at
Topeka for the volunteer regiment called
n to seryice by Gen. Sheridan for six
months.
The Manchester Orangemlu, Murphy,
having been suppressed by the authorities,
| his wife has taken the field and 10 lee
turing against the Pope.
A large number Of negroes alckei into
| Washington City from The country, Tues.
day morning, to- vote for Grant and Col
fax. They were highly indignant because
no election vas held in the district.
Estelle, the PArisian fowcrgiri Of the
| Jockey Club, has been eclipsed by Mile
de la Perine, who now monopolizeB
! the trade and the flvors. Estelle, in her
anger, threatens to come TO America.
Weston. the pedestrian, il nov pre-.
pairing for his great walk of 5000 miles a
one hundred consecutive days. Starting
from an extreme point in Maine he will
Il ! H.
finally at ST. Paul, Minnesota.
The Paris Moniteur gently reminds the
| journals which have been in the habit of
cfiticising the governm At. that such 4
course Is forbidden.
The three hundred and seventy-frst an
niversary of the great Reformation was
appropriately celebrated Monday By the
various Lutheran congregations Of Pitts
burg.
The first consignment CT meat preserved
at Chicago in August last by the Gangee
process was forwarded to London last
week per steamer Scotia. More and
larger consignmenls will follow forthwith.
A Berkshire Mass gentleman pur-
chased ten thousand bGsEels of corn at
Albany one day last week, and was offered
$4,000 for his bargain the same day. A
regular corn.dUdger
Many fruit growers in Maine were large
losers by the late sGOw-storm. Hundreds
Of bushels Of apples were frozen on the
trees. Farmers were unprepared for such
a sudden change to cold weather.
Large bodies of immigrants are pouring
into western Missouri, and the St. Louis
Republican claims that the State has gained
$4,000, in population since the war
\ New York paper, detailing recent
frhi5nable wedding, demurey says, 1t
was noticed that the groom neglected to
kiss his bride at the conclusion of the
beUeiiciion, which was somewhat remark
able, considering her rare personal charms"