Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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The Washington street tunnel, Chi
cago, will be thrown open to the publ
en- New Years Day.
A New Orleans dispatch announce
the sinking and probable loss of tn
steamer st. Nicholas, on Red river.
i DIR. w. A. McCracken, Of Springfield
o., one Of the proprietors of the Spring
field Advertiser, died suddenly il
Vicksburg, on Christmas day.
Paducah is suffering with the velOci
pede mania. A citizen has invented !
vehicle bearing that name, with thre'
wheels, that is said to work like charm
It is claimed by Senator Morton tina
a majority of the Senate Committee hav'
already informally pronounced in favor o
his bill for redeeming the legal tender
notes.
One of the committees appointed to in
vestigate the frauds in the Auditors Of
fee at st. Louis, states that forgerie'
had been discovered to tho extent o
$4,000 committed during the past foul
years.
The New York Tribune says that mo-
less than two hundred thousand persons
are now within sight of that city steeples
who have no work, no real homes, and
no means which insure them a liyeli.
i-sszl.
Edward, Lanham & Long, proprietors
Of the Paschal House lottery scheme,
have been arrested in st. Louis on CONS
plant of Mr.. John King, for selling lot
terry tickets in violation of law. They
were released on bail.
The Dearborn Theater, which opened
at Chicago two weeks ago, has suspendS
ed operations, the mis-management
having resulted in a failure. Manager
Aiken, of the Museum, has leased it,
and will shortly transfer his company
to it.
Velocipede building has now become
one of the established industries of Paris.
There are not only separate msnufac,
tories of the article, but one, engaged in
finishing the iron work alone, employs
$50 hands, and turns out twelve vehicles
day.
The lifeless body of W. Saladiu,
prominent brewer Of Chicago, was found
suspended from the ceiling of his brewery
Monday morning. No cause is assigned
for the act. 1t is known that his busiS
ness was cool, and his domestic relations
were happy.
Judge Busted, whose official action in
the State of Alabama is shortly to be the
subject of investigation in Washington,
announces that he is totally opposed to
the removal, for any cause, at any time,
of disabilities from any and all persons
who engaged in the late rebellion.
The supervisor of revenue for Ken
lucky reports that the revenue officers are
generally performing their duty we'll
that but few perssns attempt now to de-
fraud the government, and that the
amount of tax collected, under the new
law, is about double that collected under
the old one.
Gen. Donaldson, Chief Quartermaster
Of that military division, has addressed a
letter to the Board of Underwriters of |
st. Louis, suggesting that the standard of |
Missouri river steamboats, be raised, and |
indicating that unless this be done, and |
the risk Of transportation on that river be |
the government will look for |
other avenues by which to supply its |
military posts.
George w. Frost, General Superin~
tendent ard Purchase and Supply Agent ]
Of the Pacific railroad, has announced |
that the Pacific railroad would be opened |
TO San Francisco June 4 that rails are
being laid at the rate of seven miles a
lay that fOrty-fye sleeping cars and
eighteen dining>room cars had already |
been ordered for the accommodation of |
the grand opening excursion party.
The statement of the trade of Chicago
for the year 1865, shows that the re-
ceipts of wheat have been 100000 |
bushels corn, 25,0O0000 bushels other
grains, 100000 bushels. Hogs, 1885, |
900 head cattle, 323,S50 head. The
quantity Of wheat mentioned includes |
-four reduced. 1t is greater by several
hundred thousand bushels than ever be-
fore.
NtH. bOuSSedu mas OIueTeu DTGNeI |
Maj. Gen. f. B. Ayers, Lieut.. Col. |
twenty eighth infantry, acting Assistant |
Inspector General, Department of Lou
siana, to proceed Ella Memphis, TenneS- |
see, and White river, to Little Rock, |
and to such points in the State |
Of Arkansas as are reported in disturbed |
and to examine into and make |
report concerning the same.
A Washington dispatch has it that the
Congressman are in lively |
fight over the Speakership of the forty |
first Congress- Banks declines to be a |
candidate, and Schenck, if he cant 90 |
into the cabinet, prefers to continue as |
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. The contest Is therefore mar
rowed down to Dawes, of Massachusetts,
and Blaine, Of Maine, with tn, chances
in favor of the latter.
1t is said that the statement of the pub,
lie debt for the month of December will |
show an increase of between two and |
three millions. 1t has been published |
enormously that the debt has been de-
creased about eight millions. The inter-
raj revenue receipts have been about the
average at this season, but the custom |
receipts have fallen off slightly. The |
War Department expenses, owing to the |
Indian difficulties, have been largely ine