Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-09
NEW YORK.
A Missing Merchant.

NEW YORK, July S.-A man, known
to be a merchant, doing business on
Myst street, Syracuse, paid visit, with
his wife aud child, to Staten Island on
the 4th, stopping at Lewis Hotel, Cliff
ton. lie left to go to the race at New
Depot, and has not been heard of. He
had six hundred dollars in his pocket,
and wore Mason's badge. The Mssons
are to send to her home the poor wife,
who had only twenty-fV cents in her
possession.
Several Hundred Bales OF Cotton
Damaged by Fire and Water.
A fire was discovered in the cotton
warehouse of Dewitt 81 Duncan, No. IS
Bridge street, this morning. There were
2, 800 bales of cotton stored in it. The
| fire broke out on the second floor near the
hatchway, in a lot of cotton bales that
were tied up there solid last week. Sev@
eral hundred bales of cotton. were more
or less damaged by the flames and water.
The latter being the cause of the princi-
pal part of the damage. Dewitt 81 Dun
cans loss exceeds $4,000 on stock; in
cured. The premises are owned by B.
Bianes, and are damaged 50, 900; insured.
Numbers 10, q and %, same street,
which form large two story warehouse,
full of merchandise of every description,
were flooded with water and the loss to
the owners must be at least $50, 900.
The Horse Plague.
Reports from public and private stables
justify the most grave apprehension as to
the safety of the entire horse population
of the city. Everything indicates an in
crease in the extent and violence of the
disease, and eminent authorities declare
that it is not only an epidemic, but con-
tsgion. There are now a very large num-
Der of valuable animals seized with the
plague. Most of these are hopeless cases,
and the sudden mortality is alsrmingly on
the increase. Stables that have hereto
sore escaped are now sOrely afflicted.
Many of the large owners of stock seem
seized with a panic, and the veterinary
surgeons are overwhelmed with work.
There are now probably 1000 animals
more or less affected.
Canadian Annexation.
The Eastern Chronicle, of New Glas-
Cow, Nova Scotia, referring to the Wash
ington treaty, says: "The ratification of
the treaty in lis entirety by the Dominion,
as well as by the high contracting parties,
will constitute very important step to-
ward our absorption into the American
republic. The refusal of the Dominion
Parliament to Tatify the treaty must neces-
sarily eliminate in our separation from
Great Britain, an equally important step
toward annexation. Therefore, we are
not extremely particular which of these
modes of Fastening annexation the Do
minion government and parliament will
adopt"
A Religious War I'm France.
A letter from Paris, June "a, says: cit
will not be long before the peace of Ed
rope is again broken, for France is al
ready turning belligerent eye toward
Italy. France could thus find salve for
its wounded honor by whipping weaker
neighbor. FIVE of the leading Bishops
come out boldly in favor of this war, for
the purpose of replacing the Pope upon
his throne; but the general order was
somewhat arrested by this bold step, and
the journals began to doubt if France was
really able to whip Italy. There is no
doubt that the Catholic dignitaries are
doing their best to make war against any
power, however weak it may be, for the
serious divisions in the army are giving
ground for alarm. There is now an open
rupture between the old army and the
new on the question of promotion. The
army of the Rhine having been detained
in the prisons of Germany during the
war, finds itself far behind the new army
formed by NJ. Gambetta."