Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-31
NEW YORK.


clear and very pleasant. The East and
| North rivers are badly blocked with ice.
The lakes at Central Park were crowded
with skaters all day yesterday and there is
regular carnival of sleighiug ON Harlem
Lane and the roads in the upper portion oi
the y. a large force of laborers were al
WORK yesterday cleaning snow on Broad
way and other streets.
Extreme cold weather still prevails
Throughout the New England States.
the Louisiana Coup D'Etst
The Louisiana committee in long letter
deny the statements of Senator Kellogg, and
Gen. Heron in another letter states that
the secret of the whole difficulty lies in the
political disappointments Of Warmoth.
Banking ON City Deposits.
On recommendation of Comptroller
Green, City Chamberlain Palmer has made
arrangements for the removal of city de-
posits to the amount of two millions from
the Tenth National Bank to the Broadway
Bank. The recommendation was made on
the ground that the bank is weak in de-
posits, having besides the city deposits a
total of only $685., ,030, of which it appears
$309, 700 were loans or indebtedness of the
directors Of the bank.
Trinity Church Burglarized.
Burglars entered Trinity Church last
night and robbed the contribution boxes of
about sixty dollars. They were in search
Of the communion service which was locked
in q safe.
Antt-CrueIty Bergh.
Bergh's officers to-day stopped all stages
bound down town with less than four
horses attached.
The Center Street Horror.
Que hundred prisoners from the work.
house were put at work to-day to clear the
ruins of the Center street fire. a jury was
empaneled this morning to hold an inquest
upon the bodies.
LATER.-A large crowd gathered at the
Center street ruins to day, where force of
100 men were at work removing the ruins.
The intention of employing work-hOuse
prisoners was abandoned and poor laboring
men were engaged. A belief seems to pre-
vail that the remaining bodies were buried
beneath the ruins of the stairway. Alder
man Gilsey contributed $500 toward the
expense of removing the ruins. Judge
Bowling and Morgan Jones promised to in
crease their donations. Coroner Herman
offered $500. No other remains are yet
discovered, but pieces of shawls, stockings,
etc, have been found.
At late hour this afternoon the work
men found among the ruins in the Centre
Street building human skull with hair
several inches long attached to it, pair of
woman's shoes and fragment of female
apparel.
FrOude
altered bis determination of sailing Satur-
day last, and will remain in the country
another week.
1t stated that the place of the trial of
the civil suit against Mr.. Tweed, in which
he is implicated with Messrs. Ingersoll, Gar
vey and Woodward, has been transferred
by late judicial order from Albany to this
county. BY the late decision in the indict-
ments against Hugh Smith, it is probable
that a quashing in like manner must
follow in similar cases, leaving only the
two indictments which were found in Oyer
and Terminer valid against Mr.. Tweed.
Another Missing Revenue Collector.
IS. Adams, Collector of the Port of
Pensacola, has disappeared from Taylor's
Hotel, Jersey City. As he had large
amount Of money with him, foul play is
feared.
Man.Traps.
The Brooklyn Fire Marshal, Mr.. Ready,
has examined the hotels of tlat city, AMI
resports three of the leading hotels insecure
in the matter offire escapes.
Ku.kIuX Prisoners.
The steamer James Adger arrived Satur-
day with ten men for the Albany penitenti-
ary, convicted ofKu-Klux outrages, Among
the prisoners is Rev. John Ezell, Baptist
clergyman of South Carolina, and three
others who confess to being concerned in
fourteen assassinations.
FOrty-Five Fires.
Fire Marshal McSpedon reports forty-ive
fires for the week ending Dec. 2S at noon.
Estimated loss, 81, ,I57, 900; insurance, ST.
760,200. Eighteen of the fires were caused
by csrelessues5.
A Year OF Disasters.
The Erening Express of yesterday has
q statistical article showing that 1872 has
been pre-eminently year of disasters. 1t
says: ''Never before, we think, have so
many steamships been burned, wrecked or
sunk as d1ring this year. According to
our memoranda the number of casualties
in November was 2,211, fifteen of which
occurred on Canadian and American
coasts; % on Baltic; 81 on the west coast of
Great Britain; Y on east coast of Great
Britain; Is in the English channel; II in
the North sea, and the balance in Pacific
in Australian and other waters, resulting in
a total loss of SO vessels. The number of
vessels lost or disabled during the present
month will exceed that of November. Di-
sasters this week alone foot up ia killed
outright and 80 seriously injured.