Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-27

has been discontinued.
Immigration into Kansas this year is es.
timaied at one hundred thousand.
Robert Fl. elias, editor Of the Lynch-
burg va Repdbliedh, has been nominated
for Congress by the Conservatives.
A large number Of trains started essl
from Salt Lake last week % coavsy imgs,i-
grants from Europe 70 the ffProuised
land"y4 - " ss-I'a'fs w. FAs'-
Captain Donaldson, Of the steamer
Great Republic, il in jail in 81. Louis
for killing a negro employed on bis boat
The 24lh insist John's DAy--wNs
pretty eeneFAll observed BY the Masonic
fraternity throughout the country.
IL is estimated that already over 10000
persons have applied for tickets Of admis-
sion 20 the Democratic National Conven-
ton.
The eight-hour act for laborers work
men and mechanics, employed by the gov
eminent, only requires the Presidenes sig
nature to become law.
Annie McCausland, nineteen years old,
committed suicide in Pittsburg, on the 23d
inst. by taking arsenic She vas tired Of
living, she said. 80
Gov. BulIoek has issued proclamation
dated June Is, converting The Legislature
Of Georgia in Atlanta, on the 4th Of July,
under authority granted by act Of Congress-
Millions Of small shad have been caught
this year 10 gill-nets, near the mouth of
the Connecticut river, and have been used
on the land as fertilizers, r....at r.....
The crops 10 Kansas are reported to be
the best ever known. Corn and wheat are
particularly fne, and expected TO average
thirty bushels % Che acre throughout the
State. eFH# ge 8a
A two-years-old girl, who has all the
physical development Of a. woman Of
thirty lie on exhibitions in Chicago, and
afternoon matinees are held to accommo-
date the children. -F
Gideon j. Pillow was sned on notes and
bills to the amount Of SI05. OOg, for ne
groes purchased in 1850 He lost The case
and has carried !. 70 The Supreme Court Of
A gentleman who has travelled much re-
Gently over Missouri says that crops will
be larger than they have been for ten years.
Wheat is luxurious, and grapes and
peaches will be abundant.
Adviees received At Washington from
Senator Grimes, Of Iowa, cay that his re-
covery is now impossible. His memory lie
rapidly failing, and his mind is becoming
20 weak that he complains Of not being
able TO think.
A careful estimate Of the strength of the
two branches Of Old add New School Pres
byterisns, when their union is completed,
shows a total Of 407, SS9 members, 4l72
ministers, 4lS2 congregations, and ass, 265
Sunday school attendants.
The President and Mr.. MeCulloch were
in conference on the 24th inst While the
Secretary resignation was not directly
asked, it is thought possible the interview
may result in his retirement from the. Cab.
met.
A Tilted lover at Chicopee, Massachn-
setts, the other day, reveuged himself on
the scorniul dam4el by trying 10 set Der
fathers house on Sire, lie waY ARRESTED lof
the attempt and then tried to end his
troubles with coup Of cold pisen."
The statements published 10 Eastern pa.
pers with regard TO the ravages Of grass
hoppers in Iowa are said 20 be greatly ex-
aggerated Only fourteen counfiea are in
tested Some fields are badly injured, but
none entirely destroyed.
Lieut. Col. Cats, who was courtmar-
tailed in Louisiana some weeks since, for
dunkennesA indecency. cruelty 10 his men
and private citizens, and gross disrespect 10
his superior officers, has been allowed by
the President TO resign from thearmy.
The Vin.on Qowa) Eagle states that the
cottonwood trees in that vicinity have been
stripped Of their leaves, and are looking
M bare M ia winter. This devastation is
the work Of bug. which comesi in myriads
aud strips the trees in a short time.
An estimate sent by Gen. Schofeld 10
the Committee on Military Ahairs, shown
that by expiration Of term Of service the
army will, "a the LIST Of January, 1869, be
reduced to %, 667 men, and on the lst Of
July to II, 1859.
Aleok Randolph, freedman, ravished a
negro woman near holtOa's Depot, Missis-
sippi, ON the 2lst inst, and then murdered
her. He was arrested on the 22d, and that
night, while under guard, TIE negroes Of
the neighborhood came up and shot him.
Senator Henderson was married in
Washington on the 25th insi. 10 Miss Mary
FoOte. Among the guests were the Mis-
souri, and Vermont delegations in Con
gress, the Presidenl Of the United States,
Secretaries McCulloch asd Browning,
Chief Justice Chase, members Of both
Houses Of Congress. without regard TO poll
tics, and many ladies
A man employed at furnace 10 Har-
risburg, a few days ago, attempted 10 walk
over a bed OF ho: cinders, snd broke
through, when cue OF his shoes was al once
filled With red hot material lie ran TO a
pond nesr by and placed his foot IN the
water, but when the shoe was afterwRrd
removed the sole Of the foot came OF a.
nicely as il removed with a knife
Collector Smythe, Of New York, and q
Mr.. Watts, Of PHILADELPHIA, are candidates
for Misister 70 Viouna Judge Woodward
and Hon. J Ohm L. Dawson are willing 10
accept official Punishment 10 the Court Of
st. Petersburg; and Generals Rosocrans
and McClernand are urged by their friends
for the mission 70 Mexico. The n0mina-
lions ia each case, h Is supposed, will be
one o. the other Of The parties named.
In New Orleans about one hundred
arrests were made on Monday, by the
Marshal, Of partiSs suspected Of belonging
10 a hlibusterlng expedition TO Mexico, IN
the interest Of Santa Anna The prisoners
were brought before Commissioner WHEELER
on an affidavit Of the Mexican Counsel,
but he not being in possession Of sufficient
proofs, they we're discharged. They sllege
that they were employed 70 work on q rail-
road in Mexico,
On the 23d iust. during The thunder
storm, Mr., Jessee Thomas, who lives near
Selma, Ind, was killed by lightning Mr.
Thomas was sitting by the fireplace At the
time. holding on his lap one % his ehildren,
aged eighteen months. The fstal holt de-
scended the chimney, passed through n
harrow tooth sticking in the lamb, aud
struck Mr. Thomas in the temple, killing
him instantly strange to say the child on
his lap was not injured in the least.
Colonel Davis famous fof spoliations
during the war as Colonel az the First
Texas Cavalry, composed chiefly Of Next
can renegades, who spared neither friend
nor foe, has addressed 4 commubicRtiOE 10
General Gran,, asking TO be allowed 10 or
game military force IN Texas, for the
r 4 l. a.