Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The resources Of the fifty-six National
Banks, in New York, on the l7th ult.,
we're $426, l07, 492 5S.

The resources Of the ffty-six Nationa
Banks, in New York, on the l7th ult
were $426, l07.4 92 IS.
The Havana press advocate the ex
pulsion of all Cuban-American CITIZEN
from the island.
| Charles B. Seymour, dramatic editor
of the New York Times, died on Sunday
of inflammation of the brain.
The women who demanded registra-
ton as voters in Washington have been
| refused
Claimants for the immense estate OF
John c. Clark, the Texas millionaire,
have at last appeared.
Cut worms were never known to be
so numerous or so destructive as they
are this spring in many portions of Lou
isiana.
The present indications are that there
will be at least one~third more corn
planted this season, in East Tennessee,
than there has been since the war
The pensions Of the soldiers of the
first Napoleon win be increased in Aus
gust to two hundred and fifty francs an
nually.
The work toward removing the obs
structions at He'll Gate entrance to New
York harbOr has been abandoned for the
present
The Boston Journal approves the sysS
tenn of erecting public drinking fOuns
tains, and recommends its adoption in
Boston.
Gen. Sherman has advertised for sale
his residence at st. Louis, Mo-, which
was presented to him by some of the
leading citizens
The nutmeg tree grows on the Sierra
Nevada range in California, and produces
fruit equal in strength and flavor to that
of the East Indies.
Ferney writes to one of his two papers
that railroad questions enter consider
ably into the contest for Governor of
Virginia.
The pressure for the removal Of Judge
Breckenridge, as Surveyor of Customs at
st. Louis, is such that the President has
yielded, and asked him to resign. Felix
COstee will probably be app Ointed.
The Mississippi State exchanges speak |
Of too frequent rains and backward crops.
In many sections the planting of cotton
has not commenced, while the corn will
have to be planted again.
The Cincinnati Commercial congratu-
lates the people of that city that they
have, after a long lapse, chosen Prose-
cutting Attorney for the Police Court who !
can speak English correctly.
Weston has been examined by physi- |
;ian, who tells him that his walking has |
caused a serious enlargement of the |
heart, and forbids him ever to start on |
another tramp. t..
The number of Cinnamon living in |
California, and the adjacent States and |
Territories, is said to be about 100000,
'r nearl y one-fourth of the adult male |
population.
The Louisville COuTier-JOuTndl says |
t is rumored that extensive frauds in
he tobacco trade, involving collectors,
and others in the principal
" estern cities, Louisville included, have
'ecently come to light. A prominent |
lealer in, and manufacturer Of the sta
DE has made a full confession to the |
proper authorities, and they are DOW
working the matter up for legal investi-
,ation and exposure.
Emigration to the United States from
III parts of especially from
russia is to be larger this year than
'Ver before. The emigration from Ire
and will also be immense this year.
Thousands of young Irish people are
low waiting at Cork and Queenstown TO
axe passage on the Over-crowded steam
rs. This, in spite Of extra steamers
hat have been put on the various lines
or the accommodation of the extra de-
nand