Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-27
NEW YORK.
MR.. arseIex,s Condition.

mr. GreeLey'S Condition.
NEW YORK, Nov. ga number of re-
porters who yesterday visited several inti-
mate friends of Mr.. Greeley, both in this
city and Westchester county, where Mr..
Greeley is, all represent that that gentleman
Is simply suffering from i'll health, owing to
an attack of nervous prostration, as tele-
grsphed In these dispatches last night.
what Came OF Pooling With Nitro
GIycexine.
AT Yonkers, yesterday, four youths whose
ages ranged from sixteen to twenty-one,
being out for sport, encountered four cans
OF nltro-glycerine deposited in an excava-
tion two feet deep on the line of newly
constructed portion of the New York and
Boston Railroad. Two of the young men
wanted to see what effect an explosion
would have, and so dropped large stone
upon the cans. The tremendous explosion
which followed was heard for miles, and
shook houses in the vicinity. Two Of the
party were horribly mutilated, and had their
limbs blown in all directions. Their re-
mains are scarcely recognizable. The other
TWO were frightfully wounded, but may re-
cover.
Perjury.
- ~--o-A WClA1 tIOhC1, 1o bO-usJ diLOSJCu
on Change on charge of perjury prefer
red by Luther G. Challis.
Boss Tweed.
The Tweed case was before the Oyer and
Terminer Court again to-day, but was car
ried over to Monday next, when the de-
fendant viii be required to plead TO the
various indictments against him.
The District Attorney to-day stated that
still another indictment has been found
against Tweed.
The Lost LOuisviIIean.
1t is stated that the police now feel con-
Edert that Mr. Peay, the missing Louis
vile gentle nan, has absconded with certain
moneV IL. they are about to give up further
scare.
Gum.Elastic Juries.
The General term of the Supreme Court
to-day reversed judgment in the case of
Abraham Greenthal, who was convicted by
Judge Bedford's Elastic Grand Jury, on the
ground That the extension of the term Of
the Jury'wss Illegal.
DisfiIlery Seized.
The Government has seized Oscar Kings
distillery in Brooklyn, and will sell it at
auction, Dec. 6, to recover $31, ,447 taxes
and interest due.
Six Passenger Coaches Smashed.
A serious accident occurred at a depot of
the New Jersey railroad at Trenton this
morning. The Z o'clock train from New
York coming in collision with another traiu
going on the side track, all the windows
and most of the sides of six passenger cars
were literally torn out. Several passengers
rooaiuod q aovoro cl,oalr hut mona vvoro co
riously injured. Congressman Scudder, of |
Jersey City, had narrow escape.
Murder ef the Iunocents.
An investigation discloses that one of the |
ward schools is in such dilapidated state |
as TO endanger the lives Of the fifteen hund- |
red children in daily attendance.
Yachting and Gambling.
A defalcation of $4,000 is reported to |
have been discovered yesterday in bank |
ing house in Wall street. The cause is |
said to be expensive yachting and street |
speculation.
The Brooklyn Eagle says the defalcation |
reported to-day in Wall street is reported to |
be on the part of a young man named Allen |
G. Bush, clerk and junior partner in the |
house of Kidd, Pearce & Co., corner OF |
Broad street and Exchange Place. The |
loss Of the firm is vaTiously estimated at |
$4,000, $4,000 and 100000.
Severe Storms at Sea-CharIes Sum- |
ner. |
The steamship Baltic, from Liver |
pool, has arrived. Among her passengers |
Is Charles Sumner.
The Baltic had a remarkably rough pas
sage. On the 10th, during a heavy gale, a
ship, which proved TO be the Assyria, was
sighted off the port bow with her maintop !
mast gone, and flying signal of distress. |
The course of the steamer was at once |
altered, and in about an hour the disabled |
vessel was reached, when it was found to /
be the Assyria, wster-logged and complete-
ly helpless. Arrangements were immediate |
ly made to rescue the crew of the Inflated |
vessel, which was finally accomplished after
great difficulty and danger by volunteer
boat-crews from the steamer. The party
rescued numbered nineteen.
At the instance of Charles Sumner, who
was passenger on the Baltic, a collection
was taken up among the passengers for the
benefit of the rescued crew and of the Off
GERS and men who saved them.
The steamship Egypt, which arrived yes
terday, encountered heavy gale on the
18th, the waves Of which broke over the
deck and poured down into the cabin, SET
ting everyth afloat. The water on the
saloon deck was over two feet In depth.
The steam tunnels and ventilators were
swept away, and such was the force
of the waves that the iron pumping appara-
tus was twisted SO as to be practically use
less. Two of the boats we're smashed, one
ofthem being completely demolished.
The steamship Europa, from Glasgow,
9th inst, reports encountering on the 18th
a terrific hurricane with sea feaIfully high.
The ship IaboriDg heavily aud shipping
large quantities of water, hove to for sew
enteen hours with split sails, etc. On the
2lst she passed a large steamship bound
west with loss of the foremost, boats, etc.
The steamship Carolina, Capt. Morgan,
from Baltimore for Liverpool, Oct. 26, was
found in sinking condition by the bark
Magnus LaGobeter, and the captain, wife
and twenty-five men were brought to this
port.
Details OF the Loss of the Carolina.
The Herald furnishes the following ac-
count of the loss Of the steamship Carolina.
She left Baltimore Oct. rs, for Queenstown;
encountered terrific westerly gale Nov.
4th, the ship scudding before it under all
steam, but shipping heavy seas, which broke
up the engineers and mates houses, stow
ing in the front of the galley, wash
ing all the berths down on the starboard
side and filling the stoke holes. At noon
tho wind Veprpd sDddenlu tn tho north