Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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ebriates has just been established at st.
Louis, and is likely to be well patronized.
1t is said that Treasurer Spinner will
recommend that the three and five cent
issues of coins be called in as fast as pos
sible, and their further coinage discon-
tinued.
The Commissioner of Patents, in his
annual report to Congress, shows that
the expenditures Of the Bureau have ex"
ceeded the receipts only one hundred
and seventy-one dollars.
The Senate rolls will contain the names
of sixty six members, including Messrs.
Hill and Miller, Of Georgia, and Messrs.
Spencer and Warner, of Alabama, being
an increase of thirteen sinceahe vote on
impeachment.
There will be upon the roll Of the
House, at the coming session Of Congress,
the names of 223 representatives, includ>
! ing the delegations from Georgia and
Alabama. A quorum will, therefore,
consist of IL members.
It's understood here that Gen. Grant
will not authorize any extension of the
Virginia stay laws, and consequently
hundreds of farms in that State will
soon be offered for sale under the ham
mer, unless Congress legislates on the
question.
Mr.. Bryson, superintendent Of the
operations for the removal the Obstruc-
tons from the Mississippi river at st.
Louis, has submitted report to the
Mayor, showing the manner in which
$2,375,000 the amount granted by Con
gress, has been expended, during the past
eighteen months.
Mrs. Gatewood, who committed suicide
in New York a few days since in con-
sequence of being detected in pilfering,
was native of st. Louis, and related to
some of the most respectable families in
that city and New Orleans. A few years
ago her husband died, leaving her and
son in INDECENT circumstances. Since
then she has been in constant reception
Of remittances from a wealthy aunt in
New Orleans and a nephew in Paris.
Since the loss of her child she has been
victim Of kleptomania.
The New England Christian Temper
ance Convention met at Boston last
Monday, and was largely attended.
Hon. Henry Wilson was temporary
chairman, and made q speech denun-
ciatory of the license law. Ex-GOv.
Buckingham. of Connecticut, was elected
permanent chairman, and spoke at length
| of the work temperance men had to do in
| New England. All the speakers were
in favor Of attempting restoration Of the
prohibitory law in those States where it
had been set aside, and the adoption Of it
in others.
An important whisky fraud case, in
which Gen. Fry, revenue officer, is one
of the defendants, has been on trial in the
United States Court at st. Louis, for the
past ten days. The counsel have been
speaking for three days. The charge
is the conveyance Of seven hundred bar
rels of whisky through water pipe to q
distant building, the pipe being so ar.
ranged that by turning valve upon the
approach of revenue officers, the water
would run through the pipe. Hagland
of Cincinnati, is the principal witness.
a dispatch from Havana of the I'd says
The stagnation in trade is increasing
Merchants refuse to make advances Il
planters on their crops. The DidriO to-
day publishes the following news from
the interior: The rebels near Villa de
Cobre have destroyed the aqueduc
which supplies Santiago de Cuba will
water. A brother of Gen. Cespcdes wa
: killed in the engagement at Cobre. Dis
sensions had broken out among the rebe
leaders. Perez objects to the appoint
ment Of Cespedes as commandments
of the revolutionary forces. The tow
of Manzanillo continues in possession {
the government, but is beseiged by tn
| rebels.
A New York dispatch says that Com
, modore Meade, well-known naval Of
fcer, is now confined in Bloomingdal
Insane Asylum, for these reasons Tn
Commodore, disappearing a marriag
, about to occur in his family, took actio
{, against the gentleman afiianced TO HI
" daughter, which led to his arraignmer
before Police Justice, who bound hi
1, over TO keep the peace. Having bee
discharged, papers were made out an
= the Commodore was sent to the asylur
4 at once. On the day following HI
d daughter was married to this objection
able gentleman. Friends Of the Com
> modore declare him to be perfectly SANE
y but have not yet been able to obtain h
y release on hdbeGS corpus. This r
markable case has excited much after
n ton, and is unquestionably conspirac
~ against the Commodore.