Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-11
NEW YORK.
Wrapped HIS child TO Death.

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A boiler in the Brooklyn navy yard ex.
ploded yesterday, but no one hurt The
officials are very reticent about be affair.
Italian Unity and Catholic Feeling.
The Italian celebration on the 25Lh
inst, promises TO be very tine affair.
Delegations will be present from Balti-
more and Philadelphia, to take part in
the demonstration. A general invitation
is to be issued to all associations of what
ever nationality favonng the cause.
The Freeman's Journal, a leading
Catholic organ of to-day in an editorial
on the proposed Italian procession of the
25th, says: There is not the least dan
ger of assault, and advises every respect
able Catholic to avoid looking at it, but
let it die in its nastiness unnoticed.
Murdered by Negro Mutineers.
The case of Charles Hilner, mate of
the brig Europa, for salvage for bringing
into port the Boston brig ]. L. Bowen,
whose captain was lately murdered by
negro mutineers, was tried to-day before
Judge BlackfoId, who reserved his deci-
\ sion.
Tammany and the .ROthschiIds.
The Evening Express in an article on
the city credit says the credit of New
York City is good notwithstanding the
persistent efforts of the Radical clique to
break it down. The Rothschilds recently
took three million Of the city's bonds and
offered them for sale in Frankfort. They
received bids for ten millions at an ad-
vance of six per cent. upon the price
they paid.
Appeal from BuenOs Ayres.
An appeal has been received from
Buenos Ayres, setting forth terrible rava-
ges by yellow fever in that country, and
asking donations TO aid the sufferers.
Death of an Irish Patriot.
Capt. VIM. T. Lyons, well known
Irish patriot, died yesterday. He had
been for some years past an editorial
writer Oh the Herald.
Humbug Barnun,.
P. T. Barnum and Gen. Schofeld and
Bro, have purchased thirty thousand
acres of land in Colona They will stock
il with one thousand head of fine blooded
cattle, and if these prove profitable they
will follow with larger investments.
Fenian Fusion.
At meeting of the Irish Confederation
to-day, Thomas Clarke Luby, recently
arrived Fenian exile, announced that by
next Saturday fusien would be effected
between the Fenisn Brotherhood and the
Irish Confederation, and that hencefor-
ward they would act in concert. Rz
Westfield-The Government Investi-
cation.
Messrs. Fletcher, Vanderbilt aud Cope
land, the commission appointed by United
States Inspector Low to make thorough
investigation of the condition of the
boiler of the Wesfield, to-day presented
their report, stating that they found by
repeated tests that the steam gauge and
safety valve were in good working order,
and at no time indicating less than the
true pressure of steam, while the locked
up safety valve was found rusted, OF in
correctly set, so that it required several
pounds more steam than indicated to raise
it. The iron of the boiler was carefully
tested, showing the strength of 40, 079
pounds to the square inch when tried with
the grain, and 40, 934 when tested across
the grain. Both Fletcher and Vanderbilt
subsequently testified that they found an
old defect in the boiler, probably started
by the woIkmen when made, and which
could not have been discovered when in
spected.
6 The COroner's Inquest
The coroner's jury of inquest upon the
victims of the Westfeld explosion was
continued to day. Jacob 81. Vanderbilt,
President of the Company, was exam
ined. His testimony was unimportant.
James W. Brsistead, Superintendent of
the Company, admitted in his evidence
that he thought there was no one on
board who understood testing the correct
ness of the guage.
Another Coroner In the Field.
Coroner Whitehill. of Brooklyn, began
investigation to-day, making three now
in progress.
A movement has lately been inaugura-
ted by the Staten Island and Elizabeth
Ferry Company to establish an opposition
line to the Island.
Two More Victims.
John S. Roberts and Henry Storms,
both scalded by the explosion of the
Westfield, died at Bellevue Hospital this
morning.
This afternoon the body of an un-
known man, supposed to be one of the
victims of the Westfeld explosion, fioated
into the dock at the foot of King street.
Brooklyn.
The New Four and-a-HaIf Per
Cents.
There are prospects of the four and
half FER cent loan being negotiated also.
The stock market is strong, especially in
Western Union Telegraph, New York
Central and Scrip, Wabash and Pacific
Mail. The big bulls are attracted.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-There were
twenty-three bids for gold, amounting to
81, 470, 600, from Ill to III &c. Awards
will be about two millions from 111-51
to 11ls69.
funniest.
New YORK Aug. IO-At the close of
the German funniest yesterday, diplomas
were awarded in the following order:
For Excellence-C. Stahl, New York; F.
Steinbeck, st. Louis; VIM. Medal, st.
Louis; F. Probst, Chicago; E. Fielder,
Chicago; Theo. Buntz, Philadelphia; o.
Fisher, Brooklyn; E. Lietgaen, and r.
Neuecht, New York; F. GAtz, Chicago;
E. Miller, New York; F. Markus, Auro-
Rs; - Turner, Chicago. For excellence
in Fencing and Bsyonet Exerclses-W.
Stehler, L. Held, A. Randsbip, and P.
Schnutz, Brooklyn.
Diplomas and laurel wresths for prof.
cheney 10 class exercises were awarded as
follows: First prize to class, Chicago
Society, of which II. MaltOrn is leader;
second prize to Pittsburg clsss, II.
Scmiiz, leader; third prize to S.. Louis
class, II. Storm, leader.
COunterfeits.
Some of the papers say that q large
amount of S. counterfeit notes on the
Ninth National Bank of this city, and
twenties and fifties on other city banks
are in circulation here. Col. II. G.
Whitley, Chief of the Secret Service Di-
vision of the Treasury Department, pros
nounces the whole story fabrication.