Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Vicksburg Times says Gen. Belknap,
the new Secretary of War, Is Conserya-
tive Republican in politics.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Huebner was burned
to death on Monday night, in Chicago, 10y
the explosion Of a kerosene lamp.
Mrs. Kinney, of Arcola, Ill, was in
stantly burned to death on Thursday 10y
the explosion of a kerosene lamp.
Victor NJ. Rice, late Superintendent Of
Public Instruction of New York, died on
Sunday at Oneida.
The strikers in the Erie Railroad shops at
Jersey City are divided, and a portion Of
them have resumed work. All the en-
ployes in the Susquehanna shops have gone
to work again.
The snow storm of Tuesday last prevailed
quite generally throughout the West and
Northwest Although the snow melted
rapidly, there was a depth Of three inches at
St Louis at one time.
The names of Hon. George X. Mckee
of GaTTard, and Hon. e. W Sllyetooth
Of Hickman, are mentioned IN connection
with the Speakership OF the Kentucky
House Of Representatives.
The stockholders of the Philadelphia Ii
braTy Company have decided by majority
of FIVE, in a poll of 59l votes, to accept I'M
conditicnally the munifcent bequest of the
late DR.. Rush
A meeting Will be held IN Philadelphia
for the purpose of forming a mutual bene-
fit association of railroad clerks 1t is pro
posed to extend the association over the
whole United States. Delegates from the
several States viii attend.
Edward Barrier, of Princeton, III, a
| prominent lawyer, was found dead IN
| field. seven miles from his home, on Mon
day 1t is supposed he died of apoplexy.
A letter received from George Peabody
states that he had a very pleasant voyage to
/ England. and that his health is about the
same as it was when he left the United
/ States.
Judge Mckinney, of Newark, N j., was
on Monday found guilty of praeticing ex-
tortion and black-mal upon citizens who
had cases before his court, and remanded
for sentence.
1 Mai. VIM Allen, of Richmond, Va, has
sold jamestown Island to Northern gen
tleman, for 81, 600 This island was the
site of the first English settlement in Vir-
! ginia A portion of an old church, with
numerous grave stones, now exist.
| A Swedish cotton-mil owner, John
Swanson by name, has bought in Missouri
70. 500 acres of land to raise cotton. He
proposes to build mills, etc, and calculates
to have ], 200 families in his employ.
The committee appointed by the Louis
| vile Convention to carry out the plan
there adopted for leveeing the Mississippi
/ and retaining the bottom lands, will meet
/ in New Orleans on the 10Th.
A company has been formed in Lynch
burg. Va, for the purpose of establishing
works for the extracting OF havlne and
other compounds from oak bark. They
expect to begin operations very soon.
Reliable reports from the Savannah,
Ogeechee. Altamaha and SaltillO rivers
state that the rice crops are in tlourishlng
condition, and unless some Unforeseen dis
aster occurs the yield will exceed that OF
any season since the year 1860.
About three weeks ago feet of five iron
clads, lying up in ordinary at the Navy
yard, Mound City, were ordered to Key
West for repairs. On the arrival of these
vessels in New Orleans dispatches were sent
North to the effect that they were intended
to be sent to reinforce the United States
squadron in Cuban waters.
The report of theB Tax Commissioner.
states the assessed valuation of the real and
personal property of Chicago is S2G5, or.
, 40. The ordinance authorizing the Com.
missioner 10 issue his warrant for the col
lection Of taxes for the year 1869 fixes the
( rate at > mills on the dollar This will yield
a total tax Of $3.50. lS2.