Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Onfuhmcn hEO W 10 cuplOyCu All bho
construction of the Memphis and Salem
railroad, of which Ned Forrest is Presi'
dent ..l....... ..
A Washington special notes rumOr
that Gov Geary, Of Pennsylvania, viii
supereeds Mr. BOrie as Secretary Of the
Navy.
The Iowa State Temperance ConVen-
ton, which assembled at Des MOines
Thursday evening, made no nominations
for State officers, although called tDgeth-
er partially for that purpose
A remOnstrance against the appoint
ment of visible-admixture men to of
fee, addressed to President Grant, has
received 5000 signatures in New York
George Truman, the Maryland negro,
hanged at Frederick, for murder, May
%, stole the preacher pOcket-kandker-
chief while engaged in prayer with him
the night before his execution.
At San Francisco the Cinnamon have
been set to work making cheap shoes,
and imported goods of that class are
driven from the market They now talk
of giving them similar employment in
Brigham Youngs dominions.
Capt. Isaac Keys, recently appointed
by the President Postmaster of SPRING
field, Illinois, has been suspended, and
the Rev. G. L. Crane, pastor of the new
Methodist church, appointed in his place.
Portsmouth is enjoying an Official sens
satisn. Oliver Wood, q soldier who
passed from private to the command Of
the twenty-~econd regiment Ohio in>
fantry, was removed by Grant from the
| postoffice, and q man named Drake APP
pointed. A long list of citizens enter a
protest to the Postmaster General, de.
| claring Drake deficient in business tact
and incompetent.
The revolution in Spain did not do
away with bull fighting. A recent Mad.
rid paper announces superb coridO dc
tOr0S to come off "the next Sunday"
under the patronage of the Countess Of
Montijo (mother Of the Empress Euge-
ME- of the Duchess of La Tore (wife
of Marshal Serrano,) and of the Count
ess Of Reuss (wife Of Gen. Prim.)
John Mitchell, the Irish patriot, lee-
tured at Mozart Hall, Cincinnati, on the
10Th inst, to n small audience His
subject was the Observation-Disclosures of
the Irish Church" which, he said, the
people of ireland did not care for. Their
wrongs would not be removed by it. The
plan proposed by MIR. Gladstone and
supported by the Liberals would afford
no relief The speaker was enthusiastic
ally applauded. -.u. ....
During the atrOciOus Metropolitan
Police demonstration in Jefferson city
La a young man was shot down as he
was taking leave of his bethrOthsd at the
door. The lady fail back fainting AM
never spoke again, dying Of hemorrhage
the next day.
The Charleston NeOs says there ha.
been no rain of any consequence in the
neighborhOOd Of Charleston since Marcl
II, and during a period of nearly tire
months, enough rain has not fallen {
penetrate the soil to a depth of NOR
than two inches So long drought a
this season of the year has no parallel
| we believe, in the memory of our sldes
citizens. All the farms near the cit
are suffering greatly, and nearly ever
cistern in the city is dry. ~
Il A duel was fought on Saturday after
noon between Capt. M. f. Cameron, q
itOr of the Petersburg Inder, (Conservs
: i've and RObt. w. Hughes, contribute
,, to the Richmond State Journal, (Rt
l publican,) in consequence of an articl
2 denouncing Hughes. The fight too
t place in North Carolina, sixteen mile
{ from the Norfolk and Petersburg raj
. road The weapons used were pistol
Cameron was struck in the breast at Ii
first fire, striking rib and glanclnl
. Hughes demanded another fire, but II
: surgeons pronounced Cameron unable
! deliver another shot. Hughes then d.
: clared he was satisfied and the alta
a ended. Cameron's wounds are sever
n but not considered dangerous.
e EDWIN and Thomas Holden, aged Il
and twelve years, sons of Robert Holde
l. of Milwaukee, were drowned in Mi
,e waukee river Saturday afternoon. Tit
4. went into battle, leaving their clothes I
r. the bank, and were drowned witho
is being seen by any one. The body of
oldest has been recovered.