Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-03
FOREIGN.
Terrible Railroad Accident.
Twelve Persons killed and Thirty
Seriously Injured.


seriously Injured. L
LONDON, Aug. IA dreadful accident
occurred this morning on the Northwestern
Railway, near WigaD, to the scotch tourist
express train from London. Twelye per-
sons were instantly killed and thirty wound
ed. Among the killed is SIR John AnsoD.
Many of the injured will die.
Reaction I'm Favor OF the Govern
ment-COntreras held as a Hostage.
MADRID, Aug. a-~Msny persons who
Joined the insurrection in the South in favor
of independence of the Cant0ns have aban-
doned the cause in consequences Of excesses
committed by the Insurgents. During the
occupancy Of Seville by the Insurrectionists;
many buil1ir gs in various quarters of the
city were burned, and in number Cf
streets every house and store was robbed.
The conduct of Gen. Contreras IN lombard
ing defenceless towns is producing an i'm
mense reaction Ia favor Of the Ma
tionat Government. The frigates seized
at Cartagena are partly manned
by galley slaves. The government has re-
ceiyed intelligence from Maulsga that upon
the arrival of the insurgent frigate, COM
manders of the English, Frenchand German
squ2drons held a conferences With CoDtre-
ras and urged him TO return the seized
war vessels to Cartagana. Thegovernment
is further informed that the Commanders
decided to hold Contreras as hostage until
the vessels are returned. {tsE
Church and State.
MADRID, Aug. IA bill providing for
the separation of church and state, was in-
troduced in the Cortes to-day.
The attack upon the insurgents in Va
lencia was renewed this morning by the Ba-
tional forces, who drove them into the
Plsza de Moress, aud are now keeping up 3
sharp fire.
Rum0r Denied.
MATAMoRAs, Aug. 2.-Vos PublicG de-
MES the rumor in American papers that
Gen. Escobado, with the fourth division of
the Mexican army, had baen or Tered to the
Rio Grande frontier, and says Gen. Esobedo
is on his estate near San Louis Potosi, and
the fourth division of the army is stationed
at different and remote parts of the repub.
lie on active duty. The report, although
stated to have emanated from headquarter s
of the department of fexas, AID first ap-
peared in San Antonio papers, "a ground
less.
The Expelled Jesuits Find q Home
In England.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-From foreign files
just received are culled the following: The
Jesuits expelled from Germany have in
part found new home in Lancashire, Eng
land. Afrer they had wandered through
France, Belgium and England, tie brothers
Stspleton placed an estate a. their disposal,
and the fathers at once established con-
vent at Dillon Hall, with nearly one hun
dred inmates. Other colonies of German
Jesuits have established themselves at
Stranghurst AID st. BQenas, in North
Wales.
DOwntrOdden Poland.
The explanation at Berlis of the story re-
Gently started by Vienna newspaper that
tie treaty between Russia and Prussia
providing for new partition of Poland,
signed in 1868, is to the effect that after the
Polish rebellion of 1868 had been suppress
ed, the Russian Government offered to cede
to Prussia part of that Troublesome and un'
governsble country, but that Bismsrck
declined the acquisition because he was OF
opinion that, with still greater number oi
| subjects belonging to nationality inimica
| 10 Prussian Government on principle, 9
constitutional govern nent would become
an impossibility in Prussia.