Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The President, Saturday, nominate,
George W. Summers Postmaster at At
lanta, Georgia.
Government officers report consider
able quantities Of contraband whisky ar.
irving at st Louis from Illinois.
The Committee of Nine has postponed
the assembling of the Virginia State
Convention until Congress shall have
acted on the Virginia bill
England is now paying $75,0O0,0OO q
year for her standing army. 1t is to re-
dnce this expenditure that all the Brit
Ish regulars are to be Withdrawn from
Canada early next summer.
Fractional currency printed last week,
SS9I 900; amount shipped, $22, $50. Ma
rlonal Bank currency issued $500, 00G
amount in circulation, $299,8I5,077.
Fractional currency destroyed, Sc, 377,>
600.
In Evansville, Indiana, the soap and
candle factory of Phillip Decker was to-
tally destroyed by fire, on Sunday morn
ing, at 8 clock. Loss, $4,000 insured
in the Evansville insurance companies
for 5000.
Ann Swami, the giantess, in yellow
dress and black velvet cloak, swept ma
jestically down Broadway recently, look
ing in at the second story windows,
much to the CONSERVATION Of all the
men and women on the street.
Subscriptions to the St Louis and IL
linois Bridge Company, amounting to
three million dollars, were completed
Saturday, and the books closed. The
construction of the bridge will be pushed
vigorously and without delay.
The good people of the ancient town
of Poitiers, in France, were much
shocked recently by the elopement of a
young priest with one of the ruling
bellies. The reverend father was conf
Dental secretary to the bishop, and, on
leaving, took all the cash under his
charge.
c. II. Campen reports the arrival of |
PIG emigrants at Columbus, Ohio, for the
week ending Saturday night, who will
find homes as follows: In Ohio, &c;
Illinois, IS; Missouri, IS; Indiana, 35 |
Kentucky, %; Tennessee, 80; Wiscon. |
consin, q; Minnesota, 4 Michigan, s; |
Kansas, II, and Nebraska, 7.
John F. Hickey, supposed to be the
oldest Catholic priest in this country,
lied at st. Agnes Hospital Baltimore,
IN Monday. He was born in Georgetown
q 1888, and became a student at st.
Mary Theological Seminary, Baltimore,
1t an early age. In 1914 he was or
iained to the priesthood He labOred
for over half century.
The Governor of South Carolina has
'ecently extended his "clemencv" to nine
who had been sentenced to
'arious terms Of penal servitude for such
ritling offences as rape, murder and burr
larry. Within few weeks this same
nerciful Governor has saved five others
rom hanging All these recipients of
"clemency" are negroes.
The Carrick will case has been decals
d. Carriek was Scotchman who mar
led his housekeeper, and at his death
eft will giving her $4,000, and also
10000 to a policeman who had at one
inc prevented burglars from breaking
iIO his uOuSe Dut there was COulcll |
'hich cut off many other legacies
nd left the widow $4,000 The decis-
IN annuls this codicil, leaving several
Oor people across the water a share in
he old mans wealth.
In the case of Rev. C. L. Batch, pastor
All Saints Church, GAINESVILLE, Visions q
n, who has been on trial in Chicago
efore Universalist tribunal for few
avs past, on the charge of falsehood
nd urministerial conduct, a verdict has
cen rendered of guilty OF all charges,
nd he stands suspended from fellowship
nd ministry in the Universalist denomi-
alton until the next annual meeting of c
lie State Convention of Illinois Batch
ok a leading part in the recent Wo-
an : Rights Convention in Chicago