Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-25
NEW YORK.


Parental Lawsuit over a Child.
NEW York. Dec. 24.-The Lewis hd6eds
corDus case. in which Mrs. Lewis, of Boston,
is endeayorine TO obtain possession OF her
| little girl. Oorinna Lewis, alleged TO have
been kidnapped by her father and taken to
Chicago, is going on in the Supreme Court
here. The courtroom is crowded Inc
case at present wears an unfavorable aspect
for Dr. Lewis Mrs. Lewis is apparently
the object of much sympathy.
Tammany.
Mayor Hall, and other magnates Of Tam
many, are making preparations for the
election Of new Democratic General Com
mittee. A private caucus yesterday re-
suited in recommendation that call be
sent out next week for the primaries.
citizenship.
Surrogate Tucker, yesterday decided
that permanent residence in foreign
country with declared but unexecuted
intention of becoming a citizen OF that
country, does Lot operate as remuneration
of allegiance of citizenship by citizen OF
the United States, until ne actually be-
comes citizen of another country.
Bricks and straw for Union Men.
In June, 1868, man signing his name
as II. Sam Bright, of Huntsville, Ind,
sent an order to Merwin d Bray, IN this
city, for box of pistols, averring that
the Union residents of Huntsville found 1t
necessary 10 go armed, because OF perse-
cutions by Rebels, and ordered the
pistols to be sent by the American Express
Company, in care of the Provost Marshal,
the bill to be collected on delivery. No
one called for the box, and when it was
opened it was found to be filed with bricks
and straw. Messrs. Merwin d Bray sued
the company for the value of the firearms,
and yesterday secured Judgment.
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The Council of the Union League Of
America nave adopted preamble and reso-
buttons affirming in strong terms the in
debtedness of the whole country TO the
disabled volunteers and families of those
who fell during the lato civil war, and OPP
posing the proposition before Congress,
paying pensions monthly instead OF semi
annually. A committee was appointed to
go to Washington to urge the speedy pas
sage of the measure.
Fraudulent Receipts
Henry A. Allen, Keeper of the Treasury
Building, was arrested and held In Sl0,O 900
for examination on the charge of having
presented false and fraudulent receipts to
the Government on which he obtained
money which he appropriated to his own
use, and also of having destroyed book OF
the Sub-Treasury containing record OF
disbursements. The first charge is similar
to that made against Dunning, Superinten-
dent of the Assay Office.
United states Circuit.
Judge Woodruff, the new United States
Circuit Court Judge, will not be sworn in
for some weeks.
The Darien Canal.
Capt Selfridge, of the gunboat Nepsic,
is here, obtaining preliminary information
relative to the proposed Darien Canal, the
survey for which he is to have charge Of
Memphis and Ell Paso.
The srut of the Memphis, FL Paso and
Pacific Railroad as. William Antermern,
came up to-day in the Superior Court. On
motion to vacate the writ of arrest against
the defendant. The decision is reserved.
Inquest.
An inquest in the case of Mitchell Gobier,
which has excited much attention from al
legged attempts of DIR. Weekend to black
mail Mrs. Gobier on the charge of endeav-
Oring to induce him to administer poison |
to her husband, was concluded to-day. |
Prof DOremus' analysis of the stomach |
had failed to detect poison in sufficient |
quantities to cause death. The jury re-
turned verdict that the deceased came to |
his death from causes unknown.