Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-08
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Personal ITEMS.

Sir Samuel Bakers new book is Cast
up by the Sea, and it is dedicated to boys
from eight years old to eighty.
Colfax spreads o table for his friends
on New Years day, but gave no spirltu>
Gus or malt liquors to drink.
A Liverpool paper announces that Gen.
Grant is rich, having made his money IN
"well considered speculation"
The Dayton Journal has a story OF
Mrs. Fox, who claims the land on which
about third of Charleston, South Caro-
lima, is situated.
Miss Emily Faithful, one of the promi-
nent women's rights speakers of Great
Britain, says that out Of 6,OO,OOO women
of England, 100000 are unmarried.
The Rev. Mr.. Boyakin has sued the
ReY. Mr.. Deppe for SANDER in charging
him with adultery. Deppe offered to
Justify, and Boyakin withdrew the suit.
All Of Belleyille, Illinois. No cards.
The Rev. Father McElroy, the Oldest
Roman Catholic priest in the United
States, who has been blind two years,
has just had his sight perfectly restored
by the removal of cataract.
The Rev. Mr.. Collision alias John W.
Green, who preached at Middlefeld,
Connecticut, about year ago, and leit
after committing forgery and setting fire
TO the parsonage, has been heard from
at the West, where he is in jail on q
charge of poisoning his wife.
The daughter of Judge Thompson, Of
Logan County, Kentucky, came very
near losing her life by the explosion of
lamp few days ago, her clothes taking
fire. from which she was badly and dan
cerously burned. Also the Judge was
badly burned in trying to save his
daughter from the devouring element.
Willie, a little son of Clifton Davis,
aged about six years, was drowned in
Muddy Creek, near Richmond, Kentucky,
on Tuesday last At the time of the &C.
cident he was riding behind his father
when the horse became frightened while
crossing the creek, throwing the boy of.
The body has not been recovered.
A little boy had his first pocket-knife,
and for several days used it himself, and
extended the privilege of the occasional
usue of his treasure to his little play
mates. One evening he was kneeling at
his mothers knee, saying his customary
PRAYER, which he closed in these words
land please, God, give little Jimmy
Bailey knife of his own, so he won't
want to borrow mine all the time"
Tennyson recently visited Paris, when
he was received by a committee of the
Association Of French Authors. On the
evening of the second day after his arrival
the Authors Association gave sOiree in
his honor, at which Paul Feysl read his
new translation of "Enoch Arden" and
Louis Ratisbonne, the translator of Long,
fellows poems, presented a golden laurel
wreath to Tennyson.
Queen Olga, Of Greece, late a Russian
Duchess, and now the wife of the young
and rather insignificant King Of the
former country, is credited with being
the leader of the war party in Athens.
She is beautiful, accomplished and popu-
lar, and uses all her influence to excite
the popular enthusiasm against the
Turks. This would seem to be practi-
cal case of woman's rights,
In his message to the New York Legis- |
lature Gov Hoffman recommends regis |
try law for the whole State, which |
should aim to secure to every citizen his |
right of suffrage free from intimidation,
corruption and exactiOn, while the cor
rupt use of money 10 elections should be |
severely punished and every guarantee
established by which Illegal voting may
be prevented