Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The new Lunatic Asylum in St. Louis
county, one of the largest in the United
States, is just completed,
An official proclamation, removing the
State officers and archives from Omaha to
Lincoln, will be issued by Governor But
Ter this week.
DR.. Joshua Gore, a prominent eX-COn-
federate soldier, died very suddenly in
Bloomfield, KY, few days ago, from a
stroke of apOplexy.
A portion of the Presidents family,
Mrs. Slower and her children, and Senas
tor Patterson, returned to Washington
Friday night, from Tennessee.
The Lexington Observer and Reporter
understands that the race-horses, Wols
ford, Pat Malloy and Fannie Cheatham,
have broken down since their arrival at
the Metairie Course, New Orleans.
A human Footprint has just been dis
covered in shale, three hundred feet be-
low the surface of the earth, in Western
Pennsylvania, estimated to have been
made millions Of years" ago. So the
biologists say.
A meeting was held at Louisville Frs
paw, to consider the feasibility Of estab-
fishing Republican paper in that place.
1t was stated at the meeting that the
Frankfort Commonwealth would be re-
moved to Louisville January lst
Early in November the greater part Of
Switzerland was completely buried in
snow. 1t fell necessarily for two days
and two nights, and the railways were
only rendered passable after great exerA
tons.
The Spanish Provisional Government
has contracted loan for $20,OOO,0O9
with Messrs. Rothschilds, the money to
be devoted solely to the payment of the
half-yearly interest on the home and fore
eign debt.
Mrs. Thomas Williams, the wife Of Il
st. Louis huckster, gave birth to four livr
ing children, last Tuesday-three girls
and one boy. Two of the children have
died. The mother and father are Eng
lish.
Or. Il. Rhett, Jr., proprietor Of the
Charleston Mercury has published
card, in which he says that though cir
cumstauees beyond his control have
caused the suspension of that paper,
measures are afoot for issuing it again on
| a substantial basis.
Jefferson Davis will be represented in
the United States Circuit Court, at Rich
mond, when his case is called, by Judge
Ould and Jas. Lyons There will then
be q further continuance until next term.
Gen. Cooper, Adjutant General Of the
Confederate States Army, is in Richmond
! in obedience to n summons, as witness
ia this case
A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch of the 9th
saws Sheriff Earhart of this county, had
an attack of apoplexy yesterday alters
noou.about 4 o'clock, while in the coun-
try, some distance from the city. He was
brought home, and notwithstanding he
received all the medical attention possible,
died this morning about G clock His
death is regretted by q large circle OF
friends, embracing members OF both
political parties.
The contested municipal election case
at Charleston after a trial OF two weeks,
was concluded last Saturday by the
election being declared irregular and
void by a vote Of l2yeas to nays. This
decision was rendered by the present city
council, of which large majority arc
Republicans. The effect will be to con
tinue in power the present city govern
ment until a new election is ordered by
the legislature.
The New Orleans PicdyanG announce;
the death of Mr. Henry T. Brooke, for
merly connected editorially with that and
other New Orleans papers. tie was ar
Englishman by birth, and an English,
American in feeling; conservative in hl
, American politics, and altogether South
. | ern in his attachment He was an ad
, | mirable collater of news, and an encyelo
. pedia of municipal information. Iii
t style was elaborate and smooth, and hi
, industry was untiring.
i The State of Missouri, through its AT
= torney General, has brought suit agains
a General John B. Gray, former State agen
0 to recover the sum of $lO2, 575 90, allege
to have been collected from the Unite
! States government by Gray as a rem
: bursement to the State formoney spent
d. arming and equipping troops, and b
-. him illegally appropriated to his own US
! The suit is entered in the Circuit Cou
4 | OF the county OF St. LOUIS lOr Tue Dectn
f Der term of the present year.
q Gen, Jno O'Neill was unanimous
l. elected president of the Fenian Broth
10 hood at their congress in Philadel ph
last week. The delegates pledged the
entire support to the plans submitted J
+. him, and resolved 10 use all their i
, fluence to stop the recriminatiOn al
u denunciation among the lrishmen W
II y are laboriDg for the independence of lr
"a. land
1t Last Friday, while a girl named Ke
nedy, living in De Soto county, Miss
x sippi, was going through Il piece of WOO
or on her way to neighbOrs house, S
on was seized by a negro, who violated b
ed person in most horrible manner.
the following morning he was found
he some citizens, who took him before
ice girl who at once identified him as
20 one who had outraged her, and upon Il
and other unmistakable evidence, tn
of took him to the scene of the outrage a
,ed hung him.
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"What is your notion of the true ply
iiy clan ?" asked medical professor of 8
dent, TO which the latter replied: HE
cid an unfortunate gentleman who is ev'