Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

| HelSn, Oh brooklyn, SHOWS 0,5UU build
ings erected in that city during the year
The annual meeting Of the American
Social Science Association will be hell
in Albany, New York, in February.
The warrant for the execution o
Wooley, at Freehold, Ner Jersey, on thu
9Th, has been signed by the Governor.
The smallpox is rapidly on the in,
crease in Newport KY. There are g.
this time about one hundred and fifty
cases.
A gang of eight burglars were arrested
at Warren, Ohio, last Tuesday. They
have been operating there qnite extern
slyely for some time past.
About hundred thousand bushels o.
peanuts have been exported from North
Carolina this year. The crop is very
exhausting to the land.
Commodore W. S. Salter, of the Uni
ted States Navy, died, after lingering
illness, Of rheumatism of the heart, on
Sunday morning, agse IA years.
Detective Walters, on Sunday, seized
one hundred and ninety-five barrels OF
whisky, at the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton Depot, said to be oyer>proof.
The Minister of Public Instruction in
Bavaria announces that he has received
orders from the King to organize an In.
ternational Exhibition of Fine Arts in
Munich, in 1869.
A bill lately passed the Alabama Sem
ate, authorizing the issue of bonds to the
amount of near 100000, for the purpose
of paying the interest due by the State
on the school fund.
The Italian journa', the Uhita Hal-
iana, was recently seized by the governs
ment on account of an article published
by Mazzini, in which he indicated how
Rome could be taken.
The amount OF -four manufactured, in
the past year, by st. Louis mills, was
S93, I54 barrels; on hand new, 40, 436 bar
rels. Wheat, in store, 76,649 bushels
corn, 3l,l53; rye, 20,334.
The joint railroad companies have &C.
cepted the terms laid by the commits
sioners for the purchase of Harsimus at
Jersey City, and have paid 100000, the
sum demanded by the State.
The President has sent the United
States Marshal of the Western District
of Missouri pardon for Charles G. Well
burn, sentenced for five years to
the penitentiary for passing counterfeit
money.
The trains laden with supplies for the
Indians of Fort Wordsworth have failed
to reach their destination, the teamsters
having found it impossible to haul heavy
loads over the drifted tracks in Northern
Minnesota.
The grand opening of the Albany and
Susquehanna railroad will take place on
the 18th, at which will be present Gov.
Hoffman, the New York Legislature,
Erie railway officials and others. A banr
quet and other ceremonies will take
place.
Coal, in abundance, and Of excellent
quality, has been discovered half a mile
from Argenta, on the line Of the Central
Pacific railway, four hundred miles from
furnishing the company a
much needed supply of fuel at the point
desired.
Proposals for building the bridge across
the Missouri river, at Leavenworth, Kan
sas, were opened on the lst. No award
has been made, but the contest seems 10
lie between Charles Kellogg, of Phoenix
vile, Pennsylvania, and L. B. Boomer Il
Co., Of Chicago.
The extensive water power, known as
Columbia canal, in South Carolina, was
sold, Monday morning, for 5000, to Maj.
u. A. Pearce, business agent Of Senator
Sprague, of Rhode Island. 1t is believed
4 few months will witness the erection
Of large manufacturing establishment
On the land bordering on the canal
In Hungary and Bohemia it is asserted
hat a movement is on foot for the crea-
ion of SclavOnic Empire, to be allied
with the North German Confederation
Part of the project is to revive the king
lon Of Poland, leaving two Of the prov>
noes to Russia. The A strian govern
nent, it is stated, has commenced prose>
;ution against the open friends Of this
plan.
Mayor Thomas, of St. Louis, has sent
! communication to the Legislature,
recommending sundry changes
n the city charter. He recommends
-aising the assessment on real estate,
which will increase the city valuation
per annum also, that the
number of city Councilmen be reduced
rom twenty four to twelve, and that the
,ity purchase and control the Gas works.