Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.

at ten dollars quart.
: The prospects of an abundant crop o
{ oranges in Florida are very good.
A Florence letter says that Ristori vii
: visit this country again next spring.
A special from Chicago says that JAS
r. Ballahtyne, editor Of the Republican
is in dying condition.
The health of the Prince Imperial o
France is reported to be very feeble
Physicians have no hope of his recovery
Speed s. Fry has been appointed Su-
pervisor of Internal Revenue for the
Kentucky District, in place of Goodloe
Supervisor Noah has been retained in
Tennessee.
California has its Ku Klux. An or.
ganization is sending secret circulars to
all who employ Chinese laborers, warn
ing them to- desist or to expect serious
consequences.
The woman murder in Hoboken, New
York is still mystery. Miss Wilson,
who was supposed to have been MUIR
dered. has been found in low brothel in
New York city.
The indications are now that the Sem
ate Finance Committee will restore the
House provision, which was stricken
from the tax bill, to furnish free stamps
for tax paid tobacco.
At Ebensburg, Butler county, Penn
sylvania, on Sunday last, two children of
Mr.. Martin, aged respectively nine and
| FIVE years, quarreled, when the younger
stabbed the elder, causing his death in
two hours afterward.
The President has directed Secretary
Fish to recall at once Minister Reverdy
johnson from the Court of st. James.
The official letter requiring Mr.. johnson
to return was mailed to him Wednesday
night at London.
A New Orleans burglar donned female
apparel on entering house, and not only
secured good ''swag," but afectionate
kisses from the young lady of the house,
who supposed the interloper to be her
aunt from the country.
Gen. Alexander Webb, the new mills
tary Governor Of Virginia, is the son Of
Gen. James Watson Webb, the Minister
i'll Brazil. He is graduate Of West
Point, and was lieutenant of artillery
at the breaking out Of the war.
A fire brske out in Eminence, KY,
Wednesday morning about two O'Clock,
in L. Woolridge's store, burning up sew
enteen houses, including the bank, which |
saved all its contents. The fire destroy
ed the greater part of the town.
The list of Supervisors of Internal |
Revenue, as appointed by Secretary Nc
Culloch and Commissioner Rollins, has |
been examined by Secretary Boutwell,
and Commissioner Delano, and they have |
made numerous changes, particularly in
the Southern districts.
A young man in Virginia about to be
ousted from office under the thirty day |
law of Congress, has raised the point that
not being twenty one years Of age at the
close of the war, he was not a citizen OF |
the United States, and is not liable to |
any disabilities.
Considerable excitement prevails in
political circles at Washington over the |
rumor that the Mexican government has
fled charges against Gen. Rosecrans,
Minister there, and asked his recall. |
There was no necessity for such request, |
as the administration has already resolV-
ed to relieve him.
A Montreal paper says that at no time
within the last twelve years has there /
been such large and continuous emigraN
ton of agriculturists from Canada to the |
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mated that as many as 500 persons, most 1
of them young men, are leaving the |
country every week by way of Mont-
real.
In the Senate the Chaplain in his
opening prayer, the other day, put in a
good word for Cuba praying that the
patriot arms may be strengthened, and
the isles of the sea delivered from their |
oppressors. He also prayed that all dis
appointed office-seekers might return /
home and become good citizens. |
Alexander McCulloch, General Land
Agent, Waco, Texas, has in his possess
sion land certificates amounting in the /
aggregate to thirty thousand acres Of
land, belonging to the heirs of the men
who fell with Fannin at Golisd, and with |
Travis at the Alamo. Mr.. McCulloch is |
DESTROYS Of communicating with these
parties, but knows not who or where
they are.
A special from st. Paul says that
Tuesday night, eight miles from that
city, in Washington county, q horrible
tragedy was enacted. A man named
Gray killed his wife and four children |
with an ak, mangling them in shocking |
manner. He afterwards cut all |
their threats. All were found lying
near each other in pools Of blood, pre-
senting a most sickening spectacle.
Gray is insane. He was arrested and is
now in Jail at st. Paul.
The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, at their meeting, Wednesday
morning, authorized Gen. Banks to res
port resolution recommending the
appointment of O Commissioner by the
President, to make inquiries into the fl
nancial condition Of the Island Of San
Domingo, the products Of the Island and
the feelings of the inhabitants, with a
view to getting information in regard to
the desirability Of assuming the proposed
prOtectorate Of that Island.
The question Of the legitimacy of chill
dren born after their parents have been
legally separated has been vexed one
in France. The Court of Appeal has at
last ruled that all children born the Booth
day following that on which the separaa
| Ill L., Loci
innate. A father, if so inclined, can sOf
far adopt his illegitimate offspring as to
give them an equal legal standing in the
distribution of his property with his
children born in wedlOck.
Sumner County Items.
We CLEAN the following items from the