Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Reports from Western Kansas say the
Indians are going to their reservations
and submitting to the new policy of the
government.
The Cincinnati Red Stocking base
ball club had perfect ovation on their
return Thursday, and in the evening they
were given a banquet at the Gibson
House, which was largely attended.
Kansas City was visited by destruc>
tive fire on Monday night last, during
the progress of which the Bulletin office
was totally destroyed Total loss caused
by fire about twenty-five thousand dol-
lars.
Great damage has been done in North
west Missouri by recent heavy rains.
Bridges, fencing and crops have been de-
stroy and many streams are higher
than they were ever known before.
A young Mr.. Hammers attempted to
save little boy from drowning a few
days ago, near Columbia, Ga, but the
little fellow convulsively seized him by
the throat and before he could release
| himself both were drowned. The bodies
| were shortly afterward recovered, the
boy with his arms locked around the
man.
Accounts from Indiana state that the
recent heavy rains have done some dam
age to the wheat, bnt not enough to make
any material change in the prospect for
the largest crop ever harvested IN the
State. Corn is backward, but the recent
hot weather has brought it forward
rapidly.
The California Democratic State Con-
vention has adjourned sine die. They
passed resolutions opposing the adoption
of the fifteenth amendment; approving
the rejection by Congress of the Alabama
treaty, Ond indOrsing the State admins
traLion. They also appointed commit
tee to prepare an address on Chinese
labor in California. gLgEE va. nj
Col. W. D. Mann, of the Mobile Regis
. ter, was nominated for Congress by thu
people of the First District Of Alabama
: on Wednesday last. -...
Chinese laborers to the number G
! 500 are at Omaha awaiting transports
: ton to New Orleans, whence they vii
|, go on to the plantations. ..-.--,5
;. A publication Of the tax list at Wash
r ington shows that taxation has been in
creased in that city one million and
g half of dollars during the past year.
y There is a rumor, which processes
have excellent foundation, that Secretar
% Boutwell, contemplates retiring from tn
: Treasury at no distant day, for persons
and not political or financial reasons.
A buxom young lady of San FrancisC
was insulted, when alone on the sire
re the other evening, by vile fellow; b.
y, instead Of screaming and fainting, 81
= simply broke his head with cObbI
o stone.
n Daniel G. Mason, Of the well>knoV
d New York firm Of Mason Brothers, IN
K sic publishers, died on Thursday
a. Schwalbach, Germany, whittier he hi
lie gone to recruit his shattered health,
., the age Of forty-nine.
he The Iowa papers are proposing nam
Iy for the Seuatorship soon to be vacat
by Mr.. Grimes. j. H. Wilson, CT
Kirkwood, George c. Wright, G.
1e. WiIlet and Hiram Price are among
ed most promising aspirants.
M A letter from Madrid says that UT
re- the Spaniards shall have been driven {
IRE Of Cuba, or its independence is ackno
lodged, there will be no king proclaim
RS, because Serrano and Prim are not a
1d- to fight the Cuban patriots and the repU
De licans of the peninsula. Spain will eq
d every man that can be obtained to
Siy sent against the revolutionists. b.
md A portion of the snow sheds of
nd Central Pacific railroad, near Emigr
Gap, have been destroyed by fire.
we'd Advices from all parts of Indi'
M Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa
Mr.; Minnesota, give very favorable accoU
nGh of the condition of the crops.
nv Some individual in Boston has
cal posed that the city purchase 800 acre
land near the Chestnut Hill reservoir
a grand park, and surpass Central 7
On the 18th of July the numb
Use. money order postoffices will be incre
and some 300, making an aggregate OF a
has 500 in this country.
y 70 The government has made der
aged on Uaines' Dey oe SIO(
for Kentucky, lot Tue pay 80,
tax on the whisky which was rec
sold destroyed by the burning OF their
Or house.
This ,or.b bo.ut;es of the apr
80, meut of Robson that it tears open
sore in the Republican party in New
sew. Influential Republicans are al
home getting up case to prevent his conf
ton by the Senate. -gEran.