Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-20
PARAGRAPHS.
Various Personal and Political Affairs

Henry Ward Beecher say his health i
improved and he will probably resum
his duties very soon.
The knights of St Patrick have ar
ranged for their annual dinner at the As
tor House on the 18th of March, and in
tend inviting some of the most distin.
guished lrishmen in the country and
city.
Pixies Opera House will be closed af.
ter this week, until next April
Reports from Fernandina, Fla, say
thattwenty-thr Cubans gathered there,
abouts on the 10th of this month and left
for Nassau on the steamer Harry Bur-
den. Nothing is known concerning their
destination except by the agent of the
steamer and the custom>house officers
| The FreucA provisional paper, Il In
dependent, says there is now in Paris O
Freedman just returned from Mexico
who asserts that the Emperor Macmillan
is not dead. According to his statement
when the unfortunate monarch was shot
he was carried to Convent to be buried.
One Of the monks found he was still
alive and dressed his wounds, applied an
sir pump to his lungs and a galvanic
battery tohis nervous system. The En-
perOr was restored to consciousness and
the body of a soldier put in his place.
The Frehchman gives the name of the
village where Macmillan is now con-
cealed and shows a letter of credit res
Gently written by Macmillan
The residence of Henry Maurice at
Staten Island was burned this morning
Loss $4,000. A valuable library and
several rare pictures were destroyed
The authorities at Washington have
stopped payment of twenty FIVE thousand
dollars worth of bounty certificates to Col
Herman. The latter has not been fousd,
but his wife offers to compromise by
giving up real estate to the amount Of
the fraud
Extensive frauds have also been dis.
covered in the collection of pensions
for soldiers who were killed in the war
and left families in Europe Several
agents have been collecting these pen>
sions and RENTING nothing to the
widows
The Commercial Advertiser says nine
out of every ten Cubans in this country
sympathize with the revolutionists, and
their sympathy will soon exhibit itself in
a shape that will give aid and succor to
their struggling brothers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l9-In the assault
case of Dempsey VS.. Gen Duncan, q clerk
in the Patent-ofice, Judge Fisher to-day
fined Dempsey $500 and imposed an i'm.
prisonment of ten days.
In the Supreme Court to-day Attorney
General Evarts moved that the certificate |
of division in the case of jeff Davis be |
Judge Chase said the order
would be made
Several petitions praying that the ALI
mighty he recognized by the constitu.
ton, were received
A delegation appointed by the Texas |
Convention, has arrived here for the pur-
pose Of urging division Of the State into |
two States. They will have a hearing |
before the proper committee In day or |
two, but it is feared that it is rather too /
late in the session to accomplish what
they desire.
CHICAGO, Feb. ia rumOr started |
some time since, that the Northern and
St Paul Railroad Company contemplate |
building q grand through air line, double
track narrow guage railroad, to connect
Chicago with New York, is obtaining
credence here among rail-
road men. The scheme, however is en-
tirely dependent upon contingencies not
yet determined in regard to the matter
DR. Charles Earl, the notorious abor-
ZIONIST, whose arrest on a charge Of child |
murder was mentioned yesterday, has
been committed to Jail fer trial The ex-
before Justice of the Peace |
revealed series of the most revolving |
crimes. Several parties of high stand-
ing in the community are indirectly im'
plicated
HAVANA, Feb. Heterogeneous be.
tween the rebels and the troops, are re-
ported in the vicinity Of Cienluegos, but
they are represented as being mere Skin
nishes.
NEW York, Feb 70. The Washington
Of the Anti-slavery STAN
ierd denOuuces Grant at great length in
terms, and the Times and
sun attempt such an explanation of
Grants late speech as will reassure Re-
publican Otlice~seekers
CINCINNATI, Feb. l9.-The Presbyte-
rion Convention of Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky closed its session tonight Its
last work was t. issue circular to all
he churches in those States urging them
10 earnest Christian work The ques-
ion of reunion did not come up
'Ur discussion. Members of the Com
7ention believe it has been productive of
much good
The stockholders of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton railroad to-day, by
l vote of five to seven ratified its lease to
he Atlantic and Great Western railroad.
The lease CONVEYS allthe railroads cons
rolled by the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton railroad
Jesse X Grant, father of the Presi-
lent elect while crossing Fourth street,
N Vine to-day, about noon, was struck
~ the shaft Of an express wagon, which
rom partial deafness and blindness he
lid not see or hear approaching, and
knocked down His injuries were not
serious.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb l9-The Edi-
orial Convention adjourned to. day after
.dOpoting the bill which is before the
legislature, providing for the publica-
ion Of various kinds Of legal notices
Chapman, the supposed murderer Of
Lee Collins, near Cloverdale, Putnam
county was arrested in this city last
night
EVANSVILLE, Feb. l9.-Asy the steamer
Glendale from Cincinnati to St Louis,
full Of freight and people, was pass
ng Green River Island, seven miles
above this city, at > T NJ to-day, a fire
broke out in her pilOthousC The boat
was run ashore, and the women and chill
iren safely landed In the meantime
Capt Hare and crew, with most Of the
male passengers, by vigorous efforts, got
the fire in check, and finally extinguished
it, with the total loss of the plotohouse
and a portion of the texas.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ia duel was
fought yesterday, near Blandenburg. be.
tween Judge Harrison, Of West NIr-
,inia. and an ex-rebel officer, whose name
Is not learned The latter was wounded
II the first fire, and then secretly removed
Jy his friends No arrests.
OMAHA, Feb. IA man named Doug
las alias Franklin, under arrest for steals
ing, while being removed from Fort Rue
sell to Camp Calling, near Cheyenne,
was hung by the yigilants who over
powered the guard.
=WAyERLLY, n. Y, Feb. l9.-In the
case OF Floyd VS.. Erie Railroad Com
pany verdict of $4,000 was to-day
rendered at Oswego for the plaintiff for
Injuries sustained hy an accident at |