Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-29
A Hard Case.

A Hard Case.
Carl Vogt, saved from surrender sto the
Prussian Government by deCision,of Attor-
ney General Williams, .emphstically denies
that be is the murderer of CheYalier
Bianco, and explains his possession of bank
notes and other securities which the Cheva-
liers relatives claim, by saying he received
them from woman known here as Mrs
Vogt, who bought them in London from
German. This woman is.nnW earning
livelihood scrub5ing law Offices in this city
while lawyers are fighting for hundred
thousand dollars worth of securities
which she handed over to them after Vogt's
arrest, to pay the expenses of his defense.
A Yankee Trick and its Results.
The Peruvian Government has com
menced suit against several dealers in guano
in this city, who are said to sdulterate the
article and sell it as genuine.
Reduction In Freight Charges.
Managers of trunk lines to the West have
made the following reductions in freight
charges on firs.-class merchandise, which
Includes dry-goods, boots and shoes, cloth
ing, etc: New York to Chicago, per hun
bred, Toe, formerly one dollar; Cleveland,
Acc, formerly sixty-fiVe cents; Cincinnati,
zoe, formerly ninety cents; ST. Louis, 97c,
formerly SIPS; Louisville, Soc, formerly
$l.23; Memphis, Sl.3S, formerly $l.62.
The South Carolina ku-KIux.
Gen. J. B. Kershsw, W. D. Porter and
Z. NJ. Sims, committee of South Car oil
mans, have had a conference with Presi-
dent Grant at Long Branch, the purpose of
which was intercession for Ku-Klux pris-
oneIs of South Carolina. The President
said he was DESTROYS of pursuing a very
liberal policy towards all convicts, except
those guilty of violent crimes, and towards
all accused except those charged and prob
ably guilty of similar crimes. It is under.
stood the President will address letter of
instruction, Immediately, to Attorney Gen
eral Williams in pursuance of these under
standings.
The TIgress Polar Expedition.
A Herald special dispatch from St. Johns
says: "The United States steamer Tigress
of The Polaris search expedition sailed this
evening. She has been delayed here in or
der to make some repairs and have her
boilers thoroughly and finally overhauled.
According to the best calculation, she will
arrive at Disco on or about the 9TH of
August.
Catholic Inspection Tour.
The Herald says Monsignor Kristsppy,
one of the prelstes of the Pope's domestic
household, is now in this city. Kristappy
has been travelling incog. for fifteen
months through the United States, exam
lining into the condition of the Catholic
Church in the various States. He denies,
or rather he refuses to deny that he is in
America on an Official mission, but il is
certain that in the not distant future we
shall hear of his report to Rome of his i'm
pressions of Catholic as we'll as Protestant
Institutions in America.
Young waIwOrth and tn g Governor.
The Ne,cS says an application has been
made to Governor Dix, and P petition sign
ed by some of the most prominent men in
the State of New York, to grant young
Walworth pardon. The proceedings have
been kept vary quiet, and Governor Dix has
written to Judge Noah Davis, asking him
to transmit him copy of all the testimony,
letters, and records in the case. 'a=f
Starved 60 Death.
The remains of the woman anu boy re-
Gently discovered in East River tied togeth-
er have been identified as those of Marga.
ret Crawford, an Irish woman, and her lille
climate son. They had not had mouth
ful to eat for two days before drowning, and
it is supposed that the mother, despairing of
life, killed her boy, tied his body to her own
and then threw herself into the river.
Newspaper Reporter Drowned.
On wednesday last James NJ. Cowlson,
reporter of the Herald, was assigned to vis-
it the new steamer City of Chester, lying
in North River. Since that time he has
not been heard of until to-day. Intelli-
gence was received that his body had been
found in East River. Cowlson was form
erly connected with the Chicago Times.