Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-13

The only things necessary to make yes
terdzy pretty and pleasant day were more
sunsbine and less clouds. The absence Of
the first and abundance of the latter settled
the point the other way, and the result was
generally disagreeable.
The Common Council meefs to-norrow
night in adjourned session 20 finish up i'm
portant business deferred at their meeting
last Thursday night.
Heads Of families who yesterday had &C.
casion to purchase market stuff could not
discover any reduction Of prices to cores
pond Fith the fall ia gold Articles of
prime necessity were bringing as much, if
not little more, than week age.
Alderman William Sunmons. who broke
his arm and was otherwise injured by fall
ing from a ladder, as noted in our last
paper, was doing quite well yesterday,
circumstances considered, and there is, we
are glad to say, reason to hope for his early
recovery.
The meeting to have been held at Turner
Hall last Thursday night for the purpose Of
organizing a German Immigration Society,
was, In consequence of several other gather
ings Of our German citizens occurring that
Ah5Hes pootpoAou uAbll hOn1t cfcuAnB ~ cuc
present week, Of which due public notice
will be given.
The csa-cdners have been arrested at
Memphis, and therefore can not caa-caR
any more in that virtuously indignant city.
The same party was suppressed here a few
weeks ago by official interference.
The few advocates about hare of recon-
struction, at least that portion of them
who are informed on the subject, appeared
yesterday, more hopeless than ever Of any
such event occurring. Whether they had
Information from Washington, not fur,
nished in the usual way, was not aseer-
tanned. 80
There was very little show Of personal
fashion on the streets yesterday, the wealth
err being quite unfriendly to fancy exhibi-
tons.
The Catholics are building schoolhouse
in GAINESVILLE, and have purchased a 10;
with view TO erecting a church at an
early day.
The accessions to the several Presbyte-
rian churches of Cincinnati since Jan /,
amount to about 800.
According to statements rendered by the
pastors, the accessions to The several
Methodist Episcopal churches of Cinninnati
the last three months amount to $50.
Fhe committee appointed some days age
by the Louisville Board of Trade, to inves.
tigate and report upon the causes of the
protracted freight blockades on the Louis.
vile and Nashville and other Southern
railroads, met yesterday to make theil
report.
Specie was still floating around loose
| yesterday, and inumerable we're the quar-
tiers and dimes that changed hands. Il
was refreshing to see how freely they were
| given out in change.
The attention of the gentleman who was
trying to shoot few dogs in Masonic Hal
alley at 10 o'clock last night, is respectfully
| invited TO the corporation law for such
cases made and provided
j. A. j. Rose and VIM. I. Berry, Of
this city, were registered at New York
hotels, on the Sth inst
The March winds were last evening
| blowing at furious rate, and many a
fancy hat bit the mud.
Barnum, in pulic lecture, has told the
Bostonians how to be happy, by temperate
living, and how to get rich by unlimited
advertising.
The Sunday passenger train on the
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad now
leaves at O'Clock in the afternoon, and
not in the early morning as heretofore.