Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Masonic Grand Lodge of Kentucky
elected Charles Egerton Grand Master. A.
G.. Hodges Grand Treasurer, j. S. Me
COrkle Grand Secretary
1t is reported that the Lillian, which left
Cedar Keys with reinforcements for the Gu,
ban army, has been compelled to put bach
TO Key West, on account of finding it i'm.
possible to land ON the Cuban coast, through
the vigilance of the Spanish cruisers.
DR. Tindall, of Oklahoma. heretofore one
of the most influential Radical Republicans
III North Mississippi, has come out for the
Conservatives, as has also his brother
Judge Tindall
The survey Of the line of the proposed
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, between
Versailles and Harrodsburg, was com
menced on the 18th inst
During the recent visit of the Grand
Duke Constantine to Konigsberg he de-
clared that the severity of Russian rule in
Poland was to be relaxed. The Grand
Duke was formerly Governor of Poland
Ex-senator Yulee is now President of
the Florida Railroad, and as such offers to
give eligible sites for the erection of school
houses wherever they shall be needed
along the line of the road
Two prominent North Alabamians have
died within the past few days-Gen. Daniel
Morgan Bradford. one of the pioneers of
Huntsville, and DIR. Thomas F. Keller, for
merly of 1uscumbia.
The Only spectator at the autopsy of the
victims of the horrible Pantin murder,
near Paris, was Madame Ratazzi. and she is
70, ho, l.
Gle with admirable sang froid
A party Of mOuntaineers discovered.
some days ago, IN Southwest Colorado, the
the bones of six men and 46 horses,
supposed to be the remains of the party
lost from Col Fremonts exploring expedi-
ton, of whom nothing was ever heard
over 20 years ago.
A Montreal paper says that Sir Francis
Hincks recently declared that the Fenian
organization Is now an essential part of the
electoral machinery of the United States, "
and will yet give the Canadians more
trouble than they think.
Immediately after the news of the return
of DIR. Hall, the Arctic explorer, to the
United States, Lady Franklin sent a cable
dispatch to Mr.. Grinnell to inquire whether
AlO bANhE7AAt oAif JOhAAAot'h VI NAAbAl5o- bNt
received a negative reply.
The Spanish volunteers sent of late a CON-
mittee to De Rodas, to report that the
several Masonic lodges in Havana, though
attended mostly by Spaniards, were moth
ing but meetings of conspirators, in con-
slant communication with the rebels The
committee demanded the closing of all the
lodges, threateningto oft themselves at the
point of the bayonet if the General did not
comply with their wishes. Accordingly, De
Rodas called the grand masters, informed
them of the risk they ran, and advised
them to suspend their sessions for three
or four months.
Gen Butterfeld, Assistant United States
Treasurer, published no less than six
newspaper columns of what is called his
defense against the allegations of his COM
plcity in the recent gold gambling. The
great pains which the Federal Office hold
ers, from Grant downward, are taking to
defend themselves against the implication
of circumstances and facts which they can
not explain away, is already looked upon
as a strong indication of their guilt 1t is
said that Butterfeld's defense and the ad-
missions of his defenders concerning him
are generally regarded in New York as
more dangerous than beneficiary.
The wife of prominent Philadelphian,
writing from Baden Baden, says of Mrs.
Lincoln: 1--WE have passed many happy,
sad hours together The first night we
spent in Frankfort we sat talking all night
long, until the bright day dawned in at the
window of her cheerless, desolate room.
Not having seen her since met her in hel
sick room, after MIR. Lincoln's death, OF
course the meeting quite Overcame her.
For while tears and sobs, such as l never
witnessed, rent her anguished heart She
Is as great a mourner now as she was the
day she lost the best of husbands The
Duke of Nassau and many of the nobility
have called upon her, but she declined re,
ceiying them. Her life is the loneliest
| ever saw