Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-03-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The English judges promptly rebuke
any journal of eminence which presumes
to offer an opinion on an unfinished law
! suit.
A proposition to mount the messenger
boys Of the telegraph companies onveloci-
pedes is being seriously entertained at
st. Louis.
Carl Schurz will remain one Of the
owners of the st. Louis WeStliche Post,
and will probably contribute articles to it
now and then. .-.
Hon. Thos Beer, of Crawford county,
is considerably talked of as the probable
candidate Of the Democracy for Cow
ernor of Ohio.
M. B. Agard, who died at Indianapo>
lis recently, confessed to having fred the
machine shop of Yates & Rudy, at
Goshen, some years since.
The report that the bill providing for
the grant Of lands to the Denver Pacific
Railroad was not signed by the President
is mistake. 1t is now law.
Mayor Hall is making an extensive
raid upon the booths and signs which OBJ
struct the principal streets of New York.
A large number are being removed.
A fellow in Kansas, who was ducked
by parcel Of boys for beating his wife,
sued them for damages. The magistrate
promptly sentenced them to duck him
again.
James f. Murdoch, Esq, hes seriously
ill in Washington, and has been com
PEELED by his physician, DR.. j. II. Thomp-
son to prohibit all interviews with his
friends.
Judge Hoar, the new Attorney General
has son in the Attorney Generals of.
fice-Mr. Samuel Hoar-who was APP
pointed pardon clerk about three months
since by Attorney General Evarts.
In Texas, the wheat crop promises
well, and in some parts of the State
corn is rising in price, and is now worth
fifty cents in specie per bushel. A short
time since it could hardly be disposed Of
at any price.
The woman's rights paper in New
York says bills will soon be introduced
into several Legislatures compelling
hotels to receive women travelling alone,
unless there is positive evidence Of bad
character,
The constitutional limit of the Indiana
Legislature expired last Tuesday. The
special election ordered by Gov. Baker
to fill vacancies in that body occasioned
by the resignation of Democratic mems
bers takes place on the 23d inst.
An American singer, Signorina Maria
Caliste Miss Huntley), after most sue
cessful debut in Berlin, has won even
greater laurels in Belgium, where she is
as much praised for her fine tragic acts
ing as forher extraordinary musical talent.
The estate OF the late Hon. John Minor
Bolts was sold last week by auction.
The horses, cattle and some other per-
sonal property brought an aggregate of
$4,000 His stock was quite famous,
and buyers were present from several
Northern States.
A remarkable revival Of religion is pres
yailing in Carbonate, Ill. During the
past eight weeks over two hundred per-
sons have been received into the MethO,
dist church Of that place, Gen. John A.
Logan among the number.
Seventy thousand acres of land in
Florida will be sold at Jacksonville on
the first Monday in April next, for divisE
ion among heirs. These lands are Spans
ish grants, and comprise some Of the
most valuable lands in the State.
Retrenchment is the order of the day
in England. The army, navy, coast
lie service, are to be pruned down.
About 1900 men will be discharged
from the army and navy and dock yards.
Tires English gentlemen raced from
London to Brighton, distance Of more
than sixty miles, upon Velocipedes. For
even, after which Mr.. Myall put on a
squirt Of mile to four minutes, and won
the race.
The Paris True KentucktGn, speak,
ing of the appearance of John c. Breck-
inridge in that town, says: 1--WE particu-
larly noticed the cordial greeting between
himself and Col. Hanson. The last time
they met, at Saltville, Col. Hanson was
badly wounded, and his prisoner"
A book is to be published in st. Louis
giving an intelligent and connected ac-
count Of the persecution Of ministers of
the gospel in Missouri, beginning with
the tefusal of the General Assembly in
1858, to elect a chaplain, and eliminating
in the martyTdom of innocent and holy
men of God, under the sanction Of the
new constitution Of the State.
In the criminal court of Baltimore, On
| the 9th, John H. French, who was in
dicted as a nonresident trader, pleaded
guilty by his counsel, and was tined four
hundred dollars and costs. French re-
sides in Connecticut. Some time since,
he, with several others, was indicted for
selling goods by sample without license,
in violation of the laws of the State OF
Maryland.
The Williamsburg (Va) Gazette ex>
presses the opinion that the peninsula
between the James and York has re-
cupersted more rapidly than any other
portion of Virginia. After speaking OF
the attractiVeness of the region, it says :
Large numbers of Northern men and
Scotchmen are pouring in ali around US,
buying lands, building, and improving
They are ali quiet, industrious, and we'll
meaning gentlemen"