Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.

! The Western Pacific railroad is com
pleted between Sacramento and Stock
ton. Regular trains are now running
Grant has removed Turner, the negro
postmaster at Macon, Ga. He is charged
with completely with counterfeiters anC
thieves. ai
Apropos of proposition to introduce
German into the public schools OF New
York, the Herald suggests that the irish
brogue be also inculcated.
John d Mackerel has sued st Louis
for false Imprisonment, laying damages
at two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. A high priced mackerel.
A Cincinnati gambler, at Saratoga, won
$1,000 at the Club House (Morrissey's),
on Saturday night. 1t is whispered that
Morrissey won 1900 the same night,
playing the game Of Boston" /
Mr.. Robert Bonner speeded Dexter to
heavy roadswagon very fast on the FASH
ion Course q few days ago. de went
under the watch to the half-mile pole in
Ill.
Over one>half Of the two million dol
lars of the capital necessary for line OF
twelve iron screw propellers between
New Orleans and Liverpool has been
subscribed in England.
Fisk's purchase of the Raritan and
Delaware Bay road is for the purpose OF
making through line from New York to
Philadelphia and Washington, in oppo-
sition to the Camden and Amboy line. I
At the Saratoga races, Saturday, Vaux.
hall ran three miles, under los pounds,
in $50, and Corsican ran one and quars
ter miles in 3:0734-the time in each
case being the fastest ever made In
America. elhE
The father of Mrs. William Throcks
morton sued her husband, wealthy
citizen of st. Louis, for supporting the
wife snd two children, Throckmorton
having abandoned them. Damages were
recovered. The lady has already pro>
cured divorce.
Hon. Garrett Davis has gone to Wolf
Island to examine its situation, being ens
gagged in the suit now pending in the Su-
preme Court between Kentucky and
Missouri, as to the territorial claim Of
each State to the island.
The gist of the Presidents letter to
Judge Dent is, that he would like to see
him elected to the governorship of Miss
sissippi, but cannot yield him the sup
port of the administration until assured
of the soundness of the Republicanism
of bis supporters. ... $50. NJ. I
The new pulpit built of cedar of Leb-
anon and olive wood for the new Consrs-
gational Church at Amherst, Massas
chusetts, was dedicated on Sunday. The
wood was a gift from Rev. Mr.. Bliss,
President of the Missionary College at
Beirut, Syria, and is supposed to be
fully two thousand years old. /
Some of the negro members Of the
Methodist Church, North, on Sunday
night last, interrupted and broke up
meeting of the colored Methodist Church,
South, at Russellville, Ky. They got up
a considerable riot, during which one OF
the Northern negro rioters got fatally
wounded by pistol ball.
The fellow White, who killed Mrs.
Hobbs, in Boston, because he loved her,
was 4 carpet.bagger, He prowled around
Mississippi awhile, and manipulated the
negroes, was a registrar, and attended
the Chicago convention. He ought to
kill himself now, as just expiatiOn for
his acts
The tactics which elected Walker in
Virginia and Senter in Tennessee, it is
thought would be equally successful in
electing ex-senator Henderson as Gov
ernor Of Missouri, and securing the re-
peal of the odious restrictions upon
white suffrage in that State. 1t is inns
possible that rule so mean, malignant
and disgraceful IS that of the Radicals
in Missouri can be tolerated much lon
ger. Ill.
The Cleveland Herald says that on
Saturday evening, at about half-past I
O'Clock, an unusually large and brilliant
meteor was observed, emitting, apparent
ly, sparks of fire from its body, and leav"
ing long train behind, which dazzled
the eye with its splendor. When nearly
over Woodland Cemetery it vanished,
and Immediately afterward a rushing
sound was heard, and fiery aerolite was
seen to fall to the ground. Directly
after, the stone was picked up in the
garden of Mr.. R. S. Evans, on Cemetery
street, by Mr.. E. himself, who stated that
it was so hot that he could scracely
handle it. The color of the stone is of a
brownish cast, and it is nearly round and
of q remarkable hardness.