Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-08-26
TIL N E w S,
PRINCE ARTHoI. is on his way to
Halifax.

q r N Il w D.
PRINCE ARTHoR, is on his way tc
Halifax.
PRATT, the alledged Texas murderer.
has been discharged by United State:
Commissioner Osborne, upon the ground
that there was nothing for which he could
longer be held. The decision was greeted
with cheers by an immense crowd.
A TERRIBLE explosion of gas occurred
at the La Taurctte House, Bergen Point
on the 10th inst, demolishing the gas build.
ing a two story stone structure, twenty-five
feet square, and severely injuring two
men, Clark and Gonnaly. Loss, S $1,000.
THE steamer Havana, of the Nashville
Packet Company, was burnt to the waters
edge at Parlor Grove, on the Ohio river
twelve miles below Cincinnati, at noon on
the 10th inst. She had just landed a pic
mic party. Loss, $4,000.
Mr.. GEORGE r. RUTTER, formerly
| President of the First National Bank OF
Memphis, was arrested in New York city
on the 10th inst, ON a charge of embez-
zling $62O,O0O of the School Fund, which
was deposited in his bank at the time it
failed.
THE expenses of the Spanish Govern
ment in Cuba, are now about two millions
and a quarter of dollars a month, and the
revenue is not far from nothing. No %
der they cOnfiscate estates, and want to
| sell their claims to the Island.
LETTERS received from the White Sui
phur Springs, state that Mr.. George Pea
body, is failing in health. and little hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
THE Wzig says, Hon. J. E. Rust, State
Treasurer of Tennessee, is in Washington
on official business connected with the as
sets of the late Tennessee National Bank
at Memphis, which institution it will be
remembered. was the dcfaulting depository
of the school fund of Tennessee, amount
ing to $61S,O0O.
TIE Post says the attempt to depreci-
ate the Tennessee State Bonds grew out of
the crazy speeches of Andy johnson and
Emmerson Etheridge, who are contestants
for the U. S. Senate, and hence, anxious
to take advantage of whatever buncombe
they can make. There will be no legisia-
tive action in favor of reputation, but, on
the contrary, the State credit will be Wig
o%rously maintained.
THE Presidential party arrived at War
rensburg on the 18th inst. The President
was accompanied by Senator Cameron
and General Kan and Lady. At Sun
bury j. D. Cameron, President of the
Northern Central Railway, Joined the
party. All along the route the people
turned out en- maSSe and exhibited great
enthusiasm. The party spent the night
at the residence of Gen. Cameron.
FROM WAsIiINGToN.-The report that
General Rawlins, Secretary of War, was
about to resign, and that President Grant
had rendered the office to General Gran
Vile NJ. Dodge, is unfounded. Gen. Raw
Inns left OF the 18th for Connecticut on
n brief visit to his family.
There is nov no members of the Cabi-
net in the city and no heads of Depart
ments expected for ut least a week.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE is said to favor
the formation of a new Conservative par
ty. He has written 4 letter to a prOmi-
nent politician in Tennessee on the sub
jcct, which has not been published.
JUDGE DENTS becoming warmed up by
the hostility exhibited by the Admins
tration toward the National Republican
party of the South.
MIR. CLIFFORD living in the northern
part of iowa, died on the Nth inst. from
the effects of fright at the eclipse.
Half an acre of cotton was struck by
lightning in Columbus, Ca, killing it as
dead as December
THE first bale of cotton, new crop, was
.onn,rA1 - pActna ON tln 1-sL
put up at auction II after Il spirited COM
petition was bid off at 40 cents per pound.
A gentleman recently elected to the
Virginia State Senate visited the Secreta-
nv of War to-day, and states that he re-
ceived assurances that the test oath would
not be required of he members elect to
the Legislature.
The total revenue receipts from all sour
ces during the fiscal year ending Jun 80,
1869, estimating those of seventy-seven
districts, were S1JS 900. 900. The orders
for tobacco stamps received yesterday at
the revenue Office were larger i'm number
and aggregate amount than ever received
i'll any one day.
THEY get rid of manageable children
by means of fairs in Roumania. When
the fair is opened, the fathers climb to the
top of their carriages and shout with the
whole power of their lungs, - have a
daughter to marry Who wants a wife 20
The call is answered by some other parent
who has 4 son he is anxious to pair Off
The two parents compare notes. and if the
marriage portion is satisfactory, the treaty
is there N then concluded.
MARIAHR RUE, daughter of Mr.. 2. RUE.
of Louisiana, Pike County is supposed TO
have committed suicide by drowning her
sen IN the Mississippi River at that place,
on the night of the 5thinst. Her slippers
We're found in the mud near the river bank
ana from thence her footprints in her
S1ochllS ieet were traced into the water.
me enects OF disease, and had twice be-
fore attempted suicide.