Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Chinese laborers have been employed
| in Planquemines parish Louisiana, aud
generally give good satisfaction. i,i,.,
| The North Atlantic squadron, which
until recently, has consisted Of only sir
vessels. is to be increased Immediately
10 eleven. 80 sl"aliA kef
| N. De Lavalette and Rouber are said
| By the ,GaislOts to be the only advisers
| Of Napoleon who desire peace. Every
other counselor is anxious for immediate
| war with Prussis. .,
| The publication in sensational man.
ner, in New York paper, that an extra
session of Congress was to be called in
sixty days appears, upon inquiry, to have
no official foundation. 3H1YEa i
A convention of railroad .superintend-
eEts has been in session in Louisville.
One feature in the ssmmer arrangement
is through express train which will be
run without change from Louisville to
New York. id hDH BjJlu .!Hli
On the morning of Easter Sunday fifty
Spaniards received the communion ac-
cording to the rite of the Protestant re-
ligion; and this is the first time that such
a ceremony has been witnessed in Mad,
nd since the days of Philip II.
The executive committee having in
charge the erection of the monument to
Humboldt, in Central Park, have re-
csiyed offers from the King of Prussia,
asking the privilege of casting bust
from the one made in Berlin. ., ..a
The Postmaster General is yet very
busily engaged in appointing postmasters
and route agents in all parts of the United
States, and averages about one hundred
appointments per day. The pressure for
these offices continues undated.
The General Landofice has Just re-
ceived returns showing that during the
past month PAT farms, Sembracing q, 723
acres, were added to the productive area
of the State of Arkansas, under the ope-
ration Of the homestead laws which re,
quire actual residence upon and cultiva-
ton Of thu tracts.
The new Consul General for Cuba has |
received his instructions, and is about to
depart at once for Havana to look sfter
the better protection of American citizens
and the property of the same. There
are two citizens of this country now in
prison there, and two Spanish citizens
who were taken from the protection of |
the American flag. III " - 'A.'E ' =
There was quite lively time in exec-
utiVe session Of the Senate Saturday |
when the name of Col. Grove, nominated 1
for the GOVernorship of New Mexico, !
came up for confirmation. The nomina-
ton met with about the same kind |
of opposition as did that of Gen.
Longstreet, bat he was finally confirmed. |
Grove was an ex-Rebel officer and Gov.
Mitchell, who Is thus superseded, was a |
Union officer and severely wounded.
Much excitement has been created |
among the Catholic population of New
York, by the passage of a city railroad /
bill. The Tablet of Friday says: "We
will now only say that the first stone of
st. Peters Church taken down by rail-
road company would, in our opinion, in
augurate such riots as New York has not
yet seen. st. Peters Church is some
thing more even than ordinary temples.
1t is an historic monument it is dear to
the Catholic people of New York and of
all the United States, as one of the
cradles of their faith in these Middle
States. Before it could be dislocated or
torn down, such scenes might be enacted
in New York as we shrink from con-
This We say by way Of
solemn warning. Let the spectators
try it, and they will find what We say is
true. St. Peters Church shall not be
1esecrated that tims>honored fabric
must stand. If the Catholics of New
Y ork cannot protect st. Peters Church,
md preserve it for coming generations of
this belief they can do nothing. None
would deplore more than we any dis
Lurbances or tumult in this or any other
'ity, but we say, and say again, that an
unnecessary railroad shall not run where
The most dear and sacred of sanctuaries
stands while there are Catholics in New
Y Ork to prevent such dissertation"