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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-18
LITERARY ITEMS.

Theirs is writing the Parliamentary
History of France.
"a love letter written by George Wash
ington" is for sale in Boston.
The initials of George Augustus Sala's
name are said to indicate the quality of
his later writings.
James Gordon Bennett, ST., is SAID to
be engaged in writing his autobiography,
TO be published after his death.
The .JoIn Bull pronounces William
Morris, the athor Of ''The Earthly Para
disc, " greater poet than Mr.. Tennyson.
The book list of Messrs. Harpers forms
volume of 500 pages, and contains the
titles of more than 5000 publications.
Can't. Burton, the wcll-known traveller,
is about to publish in London, two vol
umes of 'Recent Experiences among the
Battle Fields of Paraguay"
Fraser's Magazine will hereafter be
edited by the historian Froude, and will
exclude fiction from its columns. In the
January number there is an able article on
England and her Colonies" from the
editors pen.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale is employing
his leisure time in preparing series OF
| lectures to he delivered before the Lowell
Institute. For regular work he is pastor
| of church which has branch chapel,
writes for the atlantic and Or Young
Folks. edits and writes largely for Old
| and Ne1U, and does 3 great deal of extra
preaching besides.
The Vienna Prose- will shortly publish
a new novel in the feuIlleton department
called Luther in Rome" "a romance il
three books, by Levin Schucking, which
will treat of Rome in the sixteenth
century, the central figure of which vii
| by Martin Luther.
Miss Susan B. Anthony says she nevel
heard of so many men in one place being
simultaneously affected with sore throa
as she found in Washington in selecting
Congressman TO speak at her suffrage con
| ycntiOn.
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PERSONALITIES.

1
| Agassiz is going to Florida with the
coast survey to fish for specimens.
David Roach, who killed his brother al
Iazoo City, Miss, was insane from
opium eating.
| The wife of Britton A. Hill, a foremos
lawyer of st. Louis, has gone into con
vent in Italy.
| Lizzie NJ. Boynton, of Charlottesville,
Ind, is writing Sunday school book
entitled SONY Girl.
James Gordon Bennett never made 2
speech, never voted, never was natural
lied, and is still subject of Queen Vic
toria.
Judge Alexander G. Morton, of Colum-
bus, Ga, friend and executor of Thorn
as Paine, has in preparation life of the
celebrated free-thinker.
| The Prince Imperial is to make long
trip through Germany and Prussia, under
the guidance of his military instructor,
early this year. Napoleon viii accom-
pany him short distance.
Gen. Karje, of New Jersey, has been
appointed to the chair of modern Ian
guages in Princeton College.
Gen. I. y; Logan, the youngest Briga-
der in the Rebel army, is now running a
coal mine in Virginia.
Rev. Robert L. Colyer, of Chicago, has
declined the call recently extended by the
Church of the Unity, Boston.
DIR. William Prescott, of Concord, N.
H., has the dress sword which Gen. Wash
ington wore at his marriage.
Leverrier, one of the scientific eIories
of France, has been dismissed from the
Observatory because Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte did not fancy the astronomers
remarks in the Senate.
Over one hundred Americans asked
Minister Washburne to present them at
the court of Napoleon this winter, but
only few were accepted. The expense
of the ceremony is several hundred dol
lars.
1t IS reported that after the aCquittal of
Prince Pierre BOnaparte, which every one
takes for granted, he is to have his pen
sion doubled, upon the condition that he
returns to America and makes it his per-
manent residence.
Letters from Europe say that the health
of Senator Grimes is failing very rapidly,
and that he Is in far worse condition
than when he left this country. The
opinion is given that he will not return TO
the United States alive.
Pertruset, the lion killer, giant in form
and strength, is one Of the curiOsities OF
Paris. He has a chamber carpeted with
the skins Of lions Slain in Algeria, and
gives recherche dinners therein. His gun
can hardly be lifted By an ordinary man.
1t is said that the person to whom N.
NOR was to be married has creole blood
in her veins, and thoughts of vengeance
are attributed to her. She relates that
only three days before the tragic event
they drew lots in jest to see who would
die first. Noir lost.
The Philadelphia Ledger says: The
new President of the Reading Railroad
Company, Mr.. Gowan, is voted an annual
salary of $50, 600, and on condition that
he relinquishcs entirely the lucrative bust
ness of his profession, except in the in
terest of the company, $4,000 annually
in addition"
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ZOE SUPREME JUDGE.

The Knoxville Wig suggests the
names of Col. Thomas A. r. Nelson and
Maj. D. NJ. Key as fitting persons for
Supreme Judges for the Eastern Division.
1t says Maj. Key stands deservedly high
as man and a lawyer. His mind is
broad and his legal attainments high.
'FWilh two such men rs these on the Su-
preme Bench, - the Wing says, ''our sec
ton would be highly honOred-n We
agree with our Knoxville contemporary in
believing that Maj. Key is just the man
for the Supreme Bench, and we hope that
the people will call upon him to accept
the position. We know him well
enough to be satisfied that he will never
seek the office, and will not accept it I'M
less it is forced upon him; but if there is
any man with whom, on the bench, the
lives and liberties of the people will be
protected, Maj. Key is the man.-Ctot-
tQ0OO0I Times.
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A SINGULAR CASE.

On the night of the 18th ult., Miss
Sarah Morris, aged. seventeen, living with
her parents in San Francisco, by some
freak of nature, was bereft of sight The
young lady, who had always enjoyed good
health, at the time mentioned retired fol
the night, and the next morning when she
awoke she was unable to see. Thinking,
perhaps, she was dreaming, she rubbed
her eyes, but still her eyesight failed her,
and she called for her parents, who in a
few moments became aware of the fact
that she was blind. During the day the
unfortunate person was taken TO an Ocu-
list, who examined her eyes and found
them covered with a thin coating, which
had rendered her totally blind. Since
then number of oculists have been con
suited, but her case has been pronounced
almost hopeless; and she has been ai-
vised to visit celebrated oculist in Der
lin for treatment.
As the parents of the girl are not in
circumstances to bear the expense of send
ing her to Europe, some gentlemen have
undertaken TO raise the sum required by
subscription.
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Passage of the mississippi Bill.
HOUSE.
The Mormon Elephant.

The bill to prevent and punish polygamy
in Utah was considered, and Mr. Cullum
made a speech in its explanation and advo-
cacy He read letter received this morn
ing from a gentlemen of character and in
official position in Utah, stating that unless
this bill or some such bill passed, every
man there who was not Mormon, would
have to leave the territory, and that very
soon, or place himself where he will newt
ably be murdered by the Mormons, who
were now trying to organize force against
the passage of this bill.
He had not the slightest idea that more
than few companies of soldiers would be
necessary to enforce this law in Utah. All
that was necessary was to give TO the
courts the power 10 enforce convictions
for violation of law, and to show that the
Government of the United States meant
business, and did not mean longer to tenn
porize with that iniquity.
The morning hour having expired, the
bill went over until next morning hour.
Mr.. YanWyck, of New York, took the
oath as a member of the House.
The House in Committee of the Whole,
then took up the legislative appropriation
bill
Discussion on Court of Claims items oc-
cupied an hour and half All proposed
| amendments were rejected.
Beating the Air.
AIr. kelsey moved an amendment of one
of the items for the State Department, and
characterized Second Assistant Secretary
Hall as having been at heart though not
in action. malignant rebel duringth war.
| He said that this official, wife and family,
were most outspoken secesSionists, and his
| house had been made a rendezvous for
Rebels.
Mr.. Jenkins denied the assertion in a
| a most positive manner. He had known
the gentleman referred to all through the
war, and knew that there was no more Of a
loyal man in Washington. Some SIAN
derer had evidently been poisoning the
ear of the gentleman from New York.
| Mr.. Kelsey said he had his information
| from common rumOr. Under the statement
of the gentleman from Rhode Island, he
| would not move to strike out the appro-
priation for that official.
| In connection with the appropriation
for the construction Of branch OF the
Treasury the extravaganza of the Super
vising Architect, A. Il. Mullett, was de-
nounced by Mr. Farnsworth. Mr. Mullett
was defended by Mr. Butler, Of Massachu-
sets.
Without disposing of the question, and
after progressing through only two pages
of the bill, the committee rose.
Artillery for Missouri.
Mr.. Boyd introduced joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of War to place
certain ordnance at the disposal of the
Comfy Court of Green county, Missouri
Referred.
The Cadctship Witnesses.
Mr.. Logan asked leave to introduce ant
have passed bill appropriating $1,000
for the expenses Of witnesses before tn
Military Committee in reference to the salt
of cadetships.
Mr.. Schofield objected.
The House at o'clock adjourned.
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EUROPEAN GOSSIP.

Louis Kossuth will shortly return to
Hungary.
In ROumania twenty per cent of the
population are Jews.
A faculty 'For the Science of Juda-
ism" is to be founded in Berlin.
A 'Gyceum for ladies' has been opened
at Breslau, in the Russian province OF
Slesia
Bcrlip has now over 700, 900 inhabitants,
and Vienna 100000.
The Brussels Assizes recently sent to
the House of Correction nine-year-Old
boy who had attempted to assassinate
his own mother.
They say in Paris that recently large
sums have been invested in United States
bonds, in the name of Emperor Napoleon
the Third, the Empress Eugene AMI
| the Prince Imperial.
Paul de Cassignag urges the Emperor
Napoleon to make the Marseillaise Hymn
again the national air of France. He says
that if that were done, the rcvOlutiOnists
would soon cease using its sOul-stirring
strains for their purposes.
1t is related by q French paper that
Pope Pins the Ninth said, the other day,
in regard to those who preach~the intal-
libilty of the Pope separately from the
| church: $50 it was not enough that st.
John was decapitated; you also want to
decapitate St. Peter?" Plus the Ninth
intended to say by these words that he
regards as a decapitation the infallibility
dOgmas which separates the head of the
church from its members
Professor Won Graefe, the celebrated
| Berlin oculist, was recently invited to
visit Vienna for the purpose of perform
inc an operation on the eyes of wealthy
banker of that city. He remained five
DAYS on the banks of the Danube and re-
ceived from the banker 5000 flOrins, and
from other patients who consulted him
during his sOiourn in Vienna as much
more. Graefe is in very poor health, and
it is feared he will be obliged to abandon
his practice entirely.
The famous Pastor Knaack, of Berlin,
whose protest against the Astronomical
theories of Kepler and Newton, year OIL
two ago, excited so much amusement,
seems to have found imitators in the
petty German principally of Lippe.
Some time ago there was introduced in
the public schools of that place a reader,
which, on page 100, contains an article
headed as fNllows: "AbOut space, the
largo celesti orb, and the daily revOlu.
ton of the tars, the sun, and the moon
around the earth"
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CONGRESSIONAL.


/ WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Mr. Sumner,
from the Committee ON Foreign Relations,
reported a joint resolution authorizing the
payment in full of the salary of Gen. Ho-
vey as Minister to Peru. Passed.
TO Tunnel Hudson and East Rivers.
Mr.. Mcdonald, from the Committee on
Postofices, reported the bill authorizing
the construction, as post roads, of tunnels
and tubes for railroad purposes from New
York city to Brooklyn and the New Jsrse y
shore, with an amendatory proviso that
said tunnels shall not obstruct nor impair
navigation.
Disabled Soldiers.
Mr.. Wilson, from the Committee on
| Military, reported without amendment a
| joint resolution to pass to the credit of the
| National Asylum for disabled volunteers
the unexpended balance of the fund crea-
| ted by the seventeenth section of the act
Of Feb. q, 1864, which was passed.
Tribute TO the Russian Bear.
Mr.. Fenton introduced bill declaratory
Of the tariff act of 1861. 1t declares that
said act should not be permitted to inter
tere with existing treaty stlpulatons
with Russia, and directs the Secretary Of
the Treasury to refund in coin the amount
of duties levied on Russian hemp, since the
passage of the act, in excess of the rate on
on Manila hemp, and appropriates $50, 900
for the purpose.
$500 WinnePeR.
Mr.. Anthony, from the Printing Com
mittee, reported resolution for the print
ing of 1000 copies of the letter of the SEQ
rotary Of State, relative to the expulsion Of
Governor McDoUgal from the Winnepeg
Territory. Passed
To Revive Observation-Disclosures.
Mr. Drake introduced bill amending the
naturalization laws. He referred to sun
dry propositions upon the subject; and
said his own opinion was that change was
demanded-not in the established princi-
pies Of the law respecting naturalization,
but in the administration of the law
80 that while safeguards were provided
against the recurrence of the terrible frauds
heretofore perpetrated, access to naturali-
cation by well disposed persons, might not
be impeled. Such was the purpose Of the
bill
Passage Of the Mississippi Bill.
The unfinished business of the Missis-
sippi Bill was then taken up. After some
discussion by Messrs. Fowler, Sawyer,
Drake, Sumner, Osborne, Thayer, Came
ron and TrumbulI, the Senate proceeded
to vote upon the pending bill.
Mr.. Willey's amendments to repeal the
condition in the Virginia bill was defeated.
Yeas, %; nays, 36.
The vote was then taken upon on the
amendment of the Senate to strike out Of
the bill all conditions, and simply de-
clare the State entitled to representation,
vote taken which was voted down-yeas
81, nays 81.
The bill was then read the third time,
and passed by party Vote-yeas 80, nays
IL.
The Senate then adjourned
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NEW SERIES, NO. 459.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.


Petroleum has been discovered at New
ton, Ala.
Dogs paid the State of Kentucky 50,
loo 50 for license last year, and killed
Il, 0l6 sheep, valued at $50, 342.
A large meeting of citizens interested
in the construction of the Duval's Bluff
and White River Railroad, will be held at
Duvall's Bluff, Ark, on the 22d.
In St. Mary's, La, the white clover is
putting forth its leaves in vernal freshness
in all parts of the parish. In some places
it is nearly foot high, and Gas green as
grass
A mimic ball was distracted from the
shoulder of Mr.. w. II. Elliott, in Con-
waysboro, S. c., few days ago. The
ball had been imbedded in the flesh for
eight years.
The reunion of the Mexican war soldiers
called to meet at Danville, KY, on the
22d of this month, has been postponed by
the committee who had the matter in
charge until the 9Th of May next.
There is to be a religious debate at Mt.
Sterling, KY, commencing on the first
day of March. The contestants are the
Rev. Mr.. Deitzier, of the Methodist
Church, and L. B. Wilkes, of the Christian
Church.
A cOlOred man employed at saw mill
near Little Rock, Ark, on Friday last,
became entangled in chain used for
drawing logs from the river, and was
carried to the shaft, the chain gradually
winding around him, crushing him to
jelly.
Friday night coal oil lamp exploded
at the residence of Mr.. Erwin, near Little
Rock, Ark, scattering the fluid in every
direction. Two of Mr. Erwin's children
were burned 50 severely that one of them
died. The other can not recover.
In Houston, Texas, about a week ago,
a Mr.. Henry Collins was introduced to
Miss Matte johnson, and a jocular re-
mark led to the interesting subject of
matrimony. The jest soon turned into
soberness, and the result was that the
necessary document was obtained, and
Justice Hanna fixed the business in short
order.
Georgia planters want hands to tillsheir
lands. Many of the negroes have died;
very many have flOcked to the railroads
now building; the towns have absorbed
good share; some have hired or bought
lands and gone to work on their own ac-
count, and the women, as a general thing,
have entirely deserted the fields.
A party of gentlemen from Lebanon,
KY, while hunting near the National
Cemetery last Wednesday, noticed a num-
Der of raccoon tracks terminating at the
roots of large tree. They cut down the
tree, which was found to contain nine
full-grown 'coons There was some live
ly fighting for few minutes, resulting in
the death of al the 'cnnns.
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ESTABLISHED MARCH 80, 1886.
WILL STREET.
The News From washington

Ene news EEOAA w sAShtDS eOA'
New York, Feb 1.-THE chief feature
in financial circles to-day, was the publiea-
ton of private kilograms from Washington
in regard to the action Of Congress on fl
nances. Prominent among these was one
to the effect that all measures looking to
the funding of the debt would be abandon
ed for this year. This news gave general
satisfaction, as the the funding bill now
before Congress is looked upon with gen.
eral disfavor Other kilograms relative to
the proposed reduction IN the tariff and
internal revenue to the extent of so, O00,-
600, were received with much favor.
Improved Credit An Europe.
The rise and activity in Government
bonds in Europe, were also subjects of
much comment. The German bakers
generally, telegraphed to Europe, last
night that the funding bill would probably
fail, which in connection with the general
reduction of interest In continental cities,
caused rise in the national credit. Bank
ers generally look for further improve
ment in Europe, when it is known the
funding bill is abandoned for this year.
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MASCULINE VANITY.

Are men ever vainl On, no A young
gentleman, in the excitement of dressing
for the Princes ball at Washington, tore
the lace neck-tie he intended to wear. In
despair he rushed to a lady friend and
begged her assistance. She kindly fastened
her best point-lace barb over a ribbon, in
color matching his gloves-tied it in the
most approved square knot and sent him
to the Prince rejoicing. Among the
many elegantly dressed gentlemen al a
late reception, we particularly noticed the
toilet of one who wore lawn shirt
bosom pulled over pink cambria, with an
artificial pink rosebud in the buttOn-hoie
of his coat, and his hair parted in the
middle and frizzed Brooklyn On ~
T'DjOD
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PARIS.
Amenities oFEditoriaILiFc.

PANS, Feb. 1.-THE trial of the editors
of the Re0eiHe for violation of the presslaw,
has lust been brought to a close. NJ. Des-
lelant. chief editor, was sentenced to i'm
prlsonment for thirteen months, and to
nav a fine of 1000 francs. NJ. Caron, an
other of the editors, was sentenced to six
months imprisonment and 1000 francs
fine
EUgcnic.
Empress Eugene has been seriously i'll,
but is now better.
Monument 10 Victor NOir.
La NarscIaisc publishes letter from a
gentleman of Boston to Francis Vincent
Prospect, which he says, encloses fifty
francs towards the erection of a monument
to Victor Noir and NJ. Bonnden Raphael.
EugOistic.
La TrrCc0RcleaJle publishes a letter from
Victor Hugo to Henri Rochefort calling
the latter force for the future.
An Imperial Decree.
The Journal Official publishes an impe-
rial decree which, by request of the Minis
ter of Justice, annuls the decree Of 1851,
giving the government the power of trans
porting to the penal settlements parties
who belong TO secret political societies.
The Minister says this power is abolished
because it is incompatible with liberal
government.
Must Pay for the FrOlic.
Gustave Floureus has been sentenced to
SIX months imprisonment and hundred
francs fine. Mr.. Deasemere, proprietor OF
the La MdrSdilLdjSe, to two months i'm
prisonment and five hundred francs fine,
for publishing false news of persons ar
rested during the late riots. Those con
victed of carrying arms have been con
demned to three or four months imprison-
ment, and those convicted Of uttering Sc,
ditious cries to fifteen and thirty days i'm
prisonment
domestic POiity.
A meeting of deputies in department
centre in the Corps Legislatif viii be held
tomorrow Immediate action on inter.
pellation introduced in the Chamber 10y
Jules Favre concerning domestic policy
| of the Government, will be urged and
resolution will be introduced declaring tina
if the ministry do not accept Interpolation
! of the left centre with vote of the centre
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THE NEW CHURCH, OF MORMON.

A letter from Salt Like states that the
Mormon schismatics have formed a tenn
porary church organization, called ''The
Church of Zion," which is little more
liberal than Brigham YOung's, although
it contains many of the most objectiOna-
bic points of the old organization. Po-
lygamy isneither advocated nor condemned,
but the principle of tithing is continued.
Joe Smith, the son of the ancient founder
of MOrmonism, who is opposed to polyg-
amy, is expected to become the leader of
the new movement. The schism appears
to he complete and powerful, and cOnsid-
ering the cnCrOaChments of railroads and
Congress, it is assumed that the latter
days of the Latter Day Saints have come.
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A Rio JANEIEO correspondent of the
ST. Louis Republican says: ''Female
beauty is not very common here. Per
haps the elements are not yet well COM
bined. But the richest cOlOrs of the skin
more charming than the rose and more
soft than the sunny peach-I have seen
on the CampOs GeTaes, where health,
cline and culture cOnspire to perfection
The cheeks seem animated like the
diamond with inner light the eyes are
black, seldom blue, and brilliant; the
dress and department always modest and
what they lack in regular beauty is for
gotten in their amiable department. They
have intelligence without much book
knowledge. | remember a sonora who
asked me if my country, the United States
bOrdered on Spain"
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ENGLAND.


LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE Pal Nal Ga
zC.tc reviews the history of the Freedmen's
Bureau in the United States, and after re-
counting the immense good it has accom-
plished, deplores its approaching end.
The Postal Telegraph Humbug.
The merchants of Glasgow last evening
held an indignation meeting, denouncing
the present management of the new tele-
graDhin system
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A BEAUTIFUL English lady, residing at
TouIon for the benefit of her health, re-
ceived numerous and devoted letters from
an admirer who signed himself ''Abel,
and who could not be traced. At length
she became quite interested in him. Soon
after police inspector presented himself
to the fair lady. "Madam," said ne,
''among the effects of a person lately de-
ceased a letter has been found bearing
your address. 1t is supposed that the
deceased, who died suddenly, had not
time to post it. ''Here it is" 1t was a
letter from Abel. The lady recognized ii
at once. 'tAnd who was this Abel who
wrote me so often7" said the fair English.
woman. 'AIadam,n replied the func-
tiorary, che was convict at the dock
ward :"