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UNION AND AMERICAN. FRIDAT, AOlLHEK 3 IS73. - - m - Senator Schurz clonics the report that he intends to remove to Chicago after the'eipiration of his present term. The Cincinnpti Enquirer says: The Faiinerniovemnt secmsto be fonnid ahle in the West, but the Democratic party is furnishing the "Hamlet" in that play. . The Cincinnati Enquirer refers tortn Indiana contemporary as enjoying bad health that "it is constipated by nine columns of government advertising, and its opinion isn't worth a tinker's im precation." TnE Director of the Mint at Phila delphia telegraphs Secretary Richard son that private parties in Chicago sent to the Mint thirty thousand ounces of silveriforjeoinage, which-they will pay out for change. The First National Bank.of Washing ington, it is now stated, will pay its creditors from the present assets, about 50 per cent. This was the bank in which ex-President Johnson had 73, 000 on deposit. . mim i It has dawned upon a good niany Republican newspapeis since the Octo ber and November elections that their party is carrying a pretty heavy load, and that something must be thrown overboard to prevent disaster. The Columbia Mail believes Judge Pete Turney is right in his reported preference as to who should be the suc cessor of Chief Justice Chase. The Mail adds: "In our opinion A. 0. P. Nicholson has no superior as a Judge of Law, on the continent." These be the piping times of peace and plenty that were to follow the re election of Grant. The New York World stales it is reported that many of the hands in the Howe sewing ma chine factory, at Bridgeport, have vain ly offered to work merely for their board during the winter without other compensation. The Cincinnati Gazette was caught the morning after the late elections whistling to keep its courage up after this fashion: "Another brood of Democratic roosters will probably be hatched this morning. The foolish fowls generally crow before they have found out exactly what has trans pired." At the recent election in Iowa near ly every County Treasurer was defeated for re-election, and many of them seem to be terribly alarmed at the general overhauling of books that must follow. A local journal says: "The Jackson County Treasurer takes time by the forelock and announces that $20,000 of the funds in his keeping were stolen the other night by burglars." Illy-matched couples in the East ern States have no occasion to hie themselves to Indiana or Chicago to get rid of the galling yoke that holds them together. Maine :uid Connecti cut are entering into competition with the Western Slates In the divorce busi ness. More than a hundred couples have been disunited in two counties in Maine during the last terms of court, and fresh custom is pouring in all over the State. The New York Tribune of the 1th inst. reports a better feeling among manufacturers, but says suspensions will continue to take place occasionally, perhaps for quite a while. It adds: "Reporters of th? Tribune liavc made in quiries among leading business men in this city, ami lind that the ellucts of the panic are not so great, as many have supposed. The elfect upon the real estate market has been depressing, causing prices and rents to fall greatly. The tobacco manufacturing interest, seems to be less aliectod than al most any other; sales are not reduced, and many of the manufacturers continue to employ their full force of men." The fact is mentioned by the Pitts huryh Post that "in California, where a dead set was made against greenbacks from the word go; where their currency is composed of gold and silver coin, and of paper redeemable on demand, we hear of no panic no stoppage of business of any kind not even the most trifling ripple upon the business surface of the State. It would seem as if California money was something of the right sort, after all is said and done." mm t ' The Postmaster General makes some exceedingly silly decisions, not the least absurd of which is the last we have seen mentioned. He is credited with having decided that to affix print ed matter, as a slip from a newspaper, to a postal card, whether with or with out writing on the same, is to make the card liable to letter postage. A whole newspaper will go through the mails for one cent, but a fellow is not per mitted to cut a paragraph from that paper and send it by postal card at the same rate. The Washington llcpublican states that while the "silk stocking Republic ans of Massachusetts, who thought they had annihilated Gen. Butler at Worcester," were sleeping in fancied security, the doughty General has been at work to secure his election to the United States Senate, and that it look ed :is if he would have a clear majority in the next Legislature. But the Bos ton Journal assures Gen. Butler that if he attempts to secure Senator Sumner's seat in the United Stiles Senate in 1875 he will fare no better than he did in his campaign for the Governorship. Speaking of the financial panic, which seems as severe to-day as at its inception six weeks ago, the Clarksvillc Tobacco Leaf remarks: "Nobody felt the Credit Mobilicrcxpose. Jt touched no one's pocket. The Louisana and South Carolina tyrannies, allccted no one but the unfortunate victim. Even the distinctive tariff, cramping business and jn a great measure producing Hie present state of all'airs, did its work so insidiously that the people neither saw nor felt, do not now see or feel it. "But this panic is felt in their down sit tings and their uprisings. It is an appall ing fact whose bitter" logic they cann t escaiR' at home or abroad, in the field, in the counting-roojn; at the counter, or by tne fireside. It is the most damaging blow yet struck the Republican party, and" it will unless they devise what they cannot de vise, sjieedy means of l-elief, push them surely, and speedily from their accustomed .scats." KAIXIIOAU KUFOIUI. The first step toward lailroad reform, in this country, is to insist that railroad pro peity shall 'pay dividends on its actual cost for track and equipment only. Until man agers can he restricted to this, we shall liave the tlirough shipper favored at the cost of the local shipper; worthless lines will be built, and the dividends paid on the stock out of the profits of through lines that lease them; the whole producing, tailoring, com mercial, trading and traveling public will be swindled whenever opportunity offers; the big fish will cat the little ones in Wall street until they burst of very fullness and set the financial world into utter confusion, causing widespread suffering, bankruptcy, fuin'and starvation among the classes that they have systematically -robbed .of the means to carry on their gambling opera tions. "But,"' says a well-fed director whose pockets are bursting with Green Line profits, "how arc you -going to strip us of our vested rights?" Your vested rights confer on you no ownership of the Ameri can people and give you mo Hen on their labor. Yoiir charter gives you no carle" blanche to steal, and if they do we would' very suddenly divest them. 4Wc would in finitely prefer "Cajsarism" or' any respecta ble form of desjwtisin to your vulgar tyran ny and more vulgar robbery. Chattanooga Times. Very true, so far as it goes. But there arc several elements which our protective-tariff contemporary leaves out of the problem. He argues that railroad property should pay dividends only on its actual cost, wholly ignoring thcfacJhat the actual cost has been more than doubled by the tariff on iron of which. tracks and equipments are mainly composed. Radical class legis lation has -thus doubled the cost of rail roads and doubled the dividends which capitalists demand. Here is a grievance far more serious than the "watering" of stocks, which our contemporary de nounces, for we believe the stock of no railroad has yet been watered to over double its original amount. Another notable and widely opera ting cause in increasing the actual cost of railroads has been the almost uni versal custom of building them on credit No individual can build any thing so cheaply for credit as for cash. Still less can- any corporation, public or private; and the larger the enter prise, or the greater the venture, the greater will be the difference between actual cost of building on credit and that of building for cash. Thus, again, the actual cost of our railroads has been greatly enhanced above their in trinsic value, and the dividends de manded of the people in the way of freights proportionately increased. Nor are we disposed to hold the peo ple themselves entirely guiltless in this matter of building on credit. The people have frequently voted away the credit of towns and counties and States to push premature railroads, when they knew perfectly well, or ought to know, that their bonds were being sold or hypothecated often at half their value at half the amount that the (bonds call for on maturity. The evil day of payment has been thrown far into the doubtful f uture, but in the meantime capitalists are drawing double interest on their investments in these bonds, and the actual cost of the railroads, as compared with a cash standard, has been doubled. These various causes, supplemented with the watering and pooling and bull ing of Wall street gamblers, have made the actual cost of our railroads several times as much as their intrinsic cash value. The inflation could not last for ever. There has been a tumble in the fictitious figures of Wall street, and those who have bought at fancy prices must suffer. The crash of September, still unabated, is but a natural effort to reduce tho price of the railroads of the country, not to their actual cost merely, under extravagant management, but to their actual value. We doubt that all of them, if any, have yet reached that inexorable standard of intrinsic worth. Nothing short of another speculative furore, now most unlikely, can ever .re store the prices of early September, until the natural growth of this youth ful country gives them the increased business requisite to earn dividends that will raise their market value as in vestments. TJIE BUJtXIXG OF CIS HOUSES., The frequent burning of gin houses and their contents in Georgia, has elic eted a good deal of discussion in that State. From a letter from W. LcRoy Brown, published in the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, we make the following extract: "The frequent notices recently published of the burning of gin houses, and often of the fire originating during the operation of ginning, has suggested what, in some in stances at least, may ue regained as a jrob- able cause ol the lire, and therefore worthy of consideration, and of the use of means j to prevent its occurrence. It is possible j that ignition may be caused by electricity generated by the continued friction of the rubber or yutta pcrclia band. We do not mean to say that this is always the case. We only regard the cause as sufficient, and therefore infer that in some cases the true cause of ignition mav be in the electricity thus generated. It is verv common in the lecture room to ignite by electricity, ether, alcohol and other inflammable substances, as raw cotton mixed with jKiwdered rosin, etc., and it is possible to generate enough electricity with a few feet of gutta icrcha tubing to ignite other substances. We infer, therefore, when the atmos phere is very dry, such as we have liad for some weeks, the electricity generated by the friction of the band may become of such tension as to ignite, by the passage of a spark, the waste cotton near the gin. That is, when all the conditions arc favora ble, it is possible this may occur. "Did we know tiie facts in regard to the biuning of the gin-houses, such as the character of the day, the when and where the lire was first discovered, etc, the amount of probability in favor of this supposed cause could soon be determined. There is no danger to be apprehended from this cause except when a rubber or gutta pcreha band is used and the atmosjtherc is very dry, and then the remedy is simply to ice the band. Out of abundance of caution I wouldthere fore suggest when these bands are used, and the atmosphere is very dry, that they be wetted three or four times a day. This could be readily done by the driver pour ing on gradually a cup of water near the band wh'iel.'' . The author of the above is President of the State Agricultural College of Georgia in connection with its Uni versity, and his suggestion is worthy of consideration. If a fire is kindled in a gin room when the machine is at work, it would be seen by the person or persons attending the same. But no one sees the beginning of these disas trous fires, and generally they occur at in'ght when not in operation, and all believe them to be the, work of incen diaries. The honest laborers who gen erate the assumed electricity could not fail to see the burning of the gin houses and report the circumstances. Their destruction haB grown into an epidemic mania in Georgia, with a tendency to spread into other States. NASHVILLE Jackson, Miss. Nov. 5 Nothing official known. Count very sIoav. It is generally believed Ames has" earned the State by 15,000. The Democrats of Mississippi doubt less knew best, but outsiders will think they couldn't have done much worse with a straight ticket in the field. Those "Independents" whose professed aim is the overthrow of; Democracy, '.ought to be satisfied with the result in Missis sippi; but in due time they will no doubt be accusing the Democrats of "treachery," staying away from the polls, etc. 'Twas ever thus. Whether the Democrats do their own do in Ohio and New York, winning tho victory; or whether they let somebody else do their dough in Mississippi and get beaten in either case, the predetermined "in differential" feels it his duty to' find fault and that continually. The New York Times of the 14th inst says: "There seems to be a probability that the prices cliarged by our first class hotels will soon be reduced. A chance of this kind has long been desirable, and is especially so at present, notels bills are a large item of expense to the business community, in times like these, when everybody is care fully counting Ins spare cash and closely calculating his income, the cost of staying at a hotel will often, when the question of going to a city to make purchases comes up for consideration, serve to turn the scale in favor of a negative decision." This movement should not be con fined to New York. Hotel charges are too high all over the country, and have been a serious drawback to travel, either for business or pleasure. The New York Bulletin thinks there is as much currency in the hands of the people to-day as there was two months ago, but they are hoarding it They are afraid to invest it in securi ties, lest these may not yet have, as the saj ing is, touched bottom. They are also afraid to bank it lest the bank may break. The fact is, there is plenty of money, but an utter lack of confidence People are full of suspicion, and, what with the multifarious defalcations and dishonesties, of one kind and another, on the part of men in public and pri rate positions of trust, there is nothing that need excite surprise, unreasonable though it may be in reality. A Washington dispatch to the Cin cinnati Times reports President Grant scandalized at Judge Kellcy's assertion of a remarkable agreement between their respective financial views. The dispatch concludes: "It is known iwsitively that the President does not entertain the extreme views of Judge Kelley on expansion, and that in this respect lie has not been tairly quoted.-' The Fayciteville Observer publishes this politico-religious item: "The sincerity of the Northern 'loyal' Methodist Church, recently in session in Conference in Tullahoma, was, we are told, put to the test, and 'found wanting.' A preacher who happened to have a negro wife applied for membership in the Con ference, and of the large number of dele gates in attendance, only three lavored the application. Bringing the matter home is an efficient wav of showing the hollowncss of Radical professions, whether coining from preachers or laymen. OHIO. From the Murfrccsboro Monitor. If nothing more had been accomplish ed by tho Ohio election than the over throw of the Republican party in that State and securing the re-election of Senator Thurman to the United States Senate, there would have been abund ant cause for rejoicing on the part of the friends of good government. But the Democratic victory in Ohio has a significance of meaning. 1. It means that the principles of the Democratic party are still dear to the patriotic masses, and that when they are main tained by honest and competent lead ers, they are sure to triumph. 2. It means that the people are determined to put down the rank corruption abroad in the land. 3. It means that the peo ple intend to resist the giant monopo lies that have grown up all over the Country, and which are drawing the very life-blood from the toiling masses. 4. It means that the people are tired of Rad ical legislation, which has brought financial ruin on the country, o. It means that the people will no longer blindly vote the Republican ticket, and that the party itself is on the decline, G.2 And itgmeans thatjthe Republican leaders can no longer frighten the Northern people with the rattle of the "bloody bones of the "rebellion and theKu-Klux Klan. WASTED TWO I'KESIDEXTS. "Washington, Oct. 80 President Grant and his Private Secretary, accom panied by the Secretary of War and the rostmaster general, went to lialtimore tins afternoon to attend the Maryland Institute fair. The expect to return here on the late train to-night. The next show Gen. Grant will attend is a fair in Virginia. He lias also accepted aninvitatioutolavtheconier- stone ofthe American Museum of Natural History in Central Park, New York." We have long suspected that the of ficial duties of the executive were too heavy a burden for one man to bear with comfort to himself or credit to the country. The above telegram confirms our suspicion, and leads us to volunteer a brief suggestion. While it is for many reasons advisable that a Presi dent elected to superintend the admin istration of the government should be at the seat of government as frequent ly as possible, it seems to be equally necessary for him to attend army re unions, patriotic clam-bakes, agricul tural fairs, art and mechanical ex hibitions, the laying of corner stones and the unveiling of monu ments. The country might manage to get along tor a while without any eov- ernment, but it is doubtful whether it could or woidd stirvive if an embargo was laid upon reunions, clam-bakes, fairs, exhibitions, corner-stones and monuments. President Grant takes this view of the case, and, accordintrly, with that spirit of self-sacrifice for which he is remarkable, employs Ins time, spends his money and risks his life in rushing hither and thither to lend the light of his countenance and the dignity of his presence to festive and other occasions too numerous to mention. Men andbrethern.thisoughtnot so to be. We must have two presidents, one to stay at home and attend tobusines, and the other to travel about and play the ornamental and the agreeable. The working president could then remain at Washington as closely as Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln did; while the playing president need never be there except on pay-day, and hold himself in constant readiness to accept all invita tions to shows which are not complete without the presidential presence. Many difficulties would be obviated by this arrangement. It is very hard to find an accomplished statesman, such as all presidents are supposed to be, who is also a good eater, a good drink er, a good smoker and a goodj talker. Vigorous brains and unimpeachable digestion arc not always united, and sometimes the ability to rule well and tho capacity to feed well are not blended in the same person. But the playing Presi UNION AND AMERICAN, RIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 18TS. dent in .event that our suggestion is adopted need know no more about government than a hog does of Hebrew; he requires simply to be, like Falstaff, a man. of unbounded stomach and un quenchable thirst, a fine speaker, . a. graceful dancer, the pet of the ladies and the envy of tho men.w?Nogrand funeral or grand ball, no fair or horse race, no banquet or celebration, no cir cus or centennial, would then be with out a President to exhibit free of charge; while at the same time the other Presi dent would be doing the work he was paid to do, and watching those matters which demand the constant supervision of a faithful and competent chief magis trate. St. Louis Republican. TENNESSEE NEWS. Rutherford county has 232 cases on the Circuit Court docket. The Fayetleville Express reports that Capt. Tollcy is rapidly recovering from Ids severe wounds. The Springfield Itccord says two new fanners' granges were lately organized in Robertson county. Dr. P. D. Sims has received the nomina tion for Mayor of Chattanooga from the city Democratic convention. A railroad meeting was held at Pulaski recently in the interest of the Memphis and Knoxville Air Line. The Citizen says tho attendance was small. The Faycttcville Express is sanguine that the Memphis and Knoxville Air-line Railroad will be built through that town. A survey of that route has been ordered. A white woman was assaulted and se verely beaten by a negro woman, in Knox ville, the other day, owing to improper re lations oetween tne tormer anu her bus band. A Tennessee ox, weighing 4,170 pounds, has attended many lairs, among others, that at Macon, Ga., ami is to be at the Chattanooga Exposition. He is owned by Li. I'. J lelus, ot Wartrace. The Columbia Mail notes the fact that Maj. W. Vance Thompson, an account of whose death we published a few weeks ago, had a life policy m the JEtna Luc In surance Company for $11,000. Tho Chattanooga Commercial of the 5th says: Mr. A. Garrabrant, an old son- tleman who came trom Michigan about tlirec years ago, and located in South Chat tanooga, was found dead in his cliair yes terday morning. The Murfrec&boro Monitor of the Oth says: A man by the name of Patterson shot a negro woman, at the place of George liuclianan, .sq., near Juavenme, last week, and fractured her leg. She is expected to die. I'atterson Jled. The Enoxcille Chronicle ofthe uth inst, says: We learn that on Sabbath a young man named McDonald, living near Greenc- ville, and a brother of Rev. Mr. McDonald, who was drowned some time back, was thrown from his horse and instantly killed The Columbia Mail of the Gth savs: The cotton gin of Thomas .Leftwich, of tins county, was burned last Monday. It run by steam, and it is supposed the fire originated from sparks from the smoke stack. Over forty bales of cotton were de stroyed. The Fayciteville Express ofthe 5th gives the following: Saturday night, a party of unKnown persons, on ulHlcwell ridge, per petrated a barbarous outrage on the person of Jesse Steed, an old shoemaker livim: at Oak Hill, in this county, mutilating him so hominy tliat he is not expected to recover. The McMinntille Neto Era of the Oth says: Last Thursday morning Mr. Wiley Randolph had the misfortune to lose hfs residence, and the greater lwrtion of his household goods bv fire. An aged sister living with Mr. Randolph was so badly binned that she died from the effects next morning. The Fayelteville Express ofthe 5th says: The Woolen mills, controlled by Messrs. Asquith & Griffin, at present located one mile from this place on Elk river, will be removed at an early day to the large and commodious warehouse near the railroad depot, when their manufacturing capacity will be largely increased, and operated up on a capital of $20,000. The Chattanooga Commercial notes an efieet of the strike: "One of the employes of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, who 'smokes the weed,' stepped into a cigar store, and witli-a dole ful look and pleading accent, asked the proprietor if he could not take oil' '20 per cent.' 'just for fun.'" The new school law authorizes each dis trict to levy a special tax of tlirec mills on the dollar for school purposes, if the people so elect. The 5th district, of Lincoln coun ty, has voted this tax, thus taking the in itiative, as no other district in the county has, so far, voted it. The public schools of that district will now be taught ten mouths in the year. The Press and Herald says a negro man was arrested in Knoxville the other day, on suspicion that he had concealed weapons on his person. A search discovered a load ed pistol. The negro attempted flight, and would have made a successful escape, had he not received tho contents of his weapon in one of his lower limbs, which was suffi cient to bring him to a halt, but not dan gerous. The Morristoicn Gazette of the 5th inst. records a singular occurrence which took place recently in the court room at Dand ridge. Some one made inquiry of the court in reference to the action of the court, touching the death of Gen. Dewoy, who was some montlis ago suddenly taken off by apoplexy m the court room at Knoxville. D. R. N. Blackburn, who had been a law partner of deceased, rose to explain, but before he had uttered a word, fell heavily to the floor, as if lifeless. By the inunedi ate attention of a physician present, he was revived, and was soon as well as ever. Thc South Carolina Railroad Shops, in Charleston, having just completed several hrst-class locomotives, and ad vertised their intention of competing in that kind of work with thc Northern manufacturers, St. Louis now wants to try its hand at the business. "There is no better place in the world for loco motive Avorks than here at St. Louis," says the Democrat of that city, "and why we have not had them long before now is a puzzle to those who have a good opinion of the sagacity of St. Louis capitalists." s im A Georgia negro was riding a mule along ancLcame to a bridge, when the mule stopped. "I'll bet you a quarter," said Jack, "I'll make you go ober dis bridge," and with that struck the mule over the ears, which made him nod his head suddenly, "You take de bet den, said the negro, and contrived to get the stubborn mule over the bridge. "I won dat quarter anyhow," said Jack. "But how will you get your money ?" said a man who had been close by, un perceived. "To-inorrow," said Jack, "inassa gib me a dollanto get com ior the mule, and I take the quarter out." NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. STATE DEPOSITORY FOIt SALE OF Fcairth Heiskell. Wc are the authorized Agents of thc Slate for (he sale of Fourth Heiskell, and arc prepared to fill all order. Price ISo.oll, mvtmaonj cash. TAVEL, EASTMAN & HOWELTi, nov" 2t 48 Union street. CHANCERY SALE FOK SATUKDAY,$NOV. 2i, 1873. IN PURSUANCE OF A DECREE REN dcrcd by the Chancery Court, at Nashville, nt its Ayril Term, 1S72, in the case or It. II. AValker vs. Edward Stncey mid others, I will sell on Saturday, Nov. 9, 1S73, at the Courthouse door nt Nashville, at 12 o'clock m., thc unexpired lease in tl(o property known as the Stacev House, situated on Church or Spring street, in the city of Nashville. Said lease was made by "William Rrown and wife to .T. Edward Stacey, commencing May 1, 1804, and will expire May 1, 1S74, including the interest of Alexander F. Bertram in said lease. TERMS OF SALE Cash. NATHANIEL BAXTER. .Tr... novi oawlt Clerk and Master. AMUSEMENTS... MASONIC HALL. Two Nights fnly Friday and Saturday. Nov. 7 and 8, 1873, ORIGINAL GEORGIA MINSTRELS, In their peculiar Characteristic Scenes and De lineations of Plantation Life. Bescrvcd seats at Dorman's Music Store. Admission S1.00, 75 cts. and GO cts. Grand FamilyMatincc on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. nov2 Ct THOS. "W. BROWN, Agent. MISCELLANEOUS. $20 SAVED! Tomcetthe xirgenldemand ofthe times the FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE CO. have determined to REDUCE PRICES, and will hereafter sell their $70 Machine for 50, and other styles in proportion. THE FLORENCE is the ONLY Sewing Machine that feeds thc work backward and forward, or to rinht and left, as the nurchaser man mri. fer. It has been greatly Impkoved and r -.-.-m 7 T 7 i y quixuimuv, una zsjur ueaer man any other Machine in the viarket. IT IS NOW THE CHEAPEST. AGENTS WANTED. E. A. NELSON, Agent, t 2 uuurcu street.. Nashville, Nov. 1, 1873. novl cod2w DISSOLUTION. rnnE copartnership heudtofoui JL existing between L. It. & C. II. Freeman & Co. was dissolved by mutual consent on the 10th day of October, 1873. W. Freeman, of the late urni, assumes an tno liabilities, ana an its busl ness win ue settieu in ins name. L. It. & C. II. FREEMAN & Co NEW FIRM. T R. FREEMAN AND .INO. W. ORCHARD I J. have formed a copartnership under the firm name oi rceman & urcnaru, ami win coutinuo the manutacture ot Pier and Mantle Mirrors Picture and Portrait Frames, Mouldincs, etc, at the old stsnd of L. R. & C. H. Freeman & Co., Jso. 13 North College street, where they will be pleased to sec their old friends and thc public generally. FREEMAN & ORCHARD A CARD. LR. & C. H. FREEMAN & CO. HAVING . sold their stock of Pierand Mantle Looking Glasses, Portrait and Picture Frames, Gilt .Moulding, window Miaucs, etc., to f reeman ,s urcnaru, ami tneir wan 1'apcr stocK to u. ii. Freeman, who will respectively continue the business, I take pleasure in recommending them to tne public, wlille returning my own anu tlic thanks of L. R. & C. II. Freeman & Co. to thoso who have so liberally patronized the house in me past, w. i jif.,.iiArs. WALL PAPERS. TTAVING PURCHASED THE WALL PA- 1 I ver business of the late firm of X.. R. & C, 11. Freeman & Co., I respectfully invite the at tention oi tne menus ot tne late arm to my cx tensivo stock of Wall Papers, which may be seen at me old stand, ;so. 13 jsorui uoiiege st, novl lw C. II. FREEMAN NOTICE. TT U NTIL FURTHER NOTICE, THE DIXIE Oil Company will pay 81.40 each for all good Coal Oil Barrels, delivered at thc Works on Mc- Lcmore street. oc3 tf ROBERT THOMPSON, Pres't. f-AA ACRES OF SPLENDID ELK RIVER OW v Land in Lincoln county, Tenu., situated C miles from Favetteville on thc Winchester and Alabama Railroad; well watered and tim bered, and adapted to cotton, corn, small grain anil grass, tor liuormaiioii auuress L. P. BRIGHT, sepl9 tf Fayetteville, Tcnn TO CAPITALISTS. .A. Good Iiwestinent, THE CORPORATION OF EDGEFIELD has now for sale six School House Bonds, bearing interest at the rate ot 10 per cent pernn- num, payable semi-annually. Parties desiring to invet will please call on either of tho under signed, w. a. ULii-.r, iuayor. . W. JENKINS,) W. II. MORROW, ) Finance Committee. J. N. BROOKS, ) nov2 lw Nashville and Decatur It. It. Co. SECRETARY'S OFFICE. NASHVILLE, Oct. 13, 1S73 Tho annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Nashville and Decatur Rail road Company will be held at the Depot of tho Uompany. m tins city, On Wednesday, thc 19th day of No- vemucr next. oc24 td G. W. SEAY, Sec'y, STAR CANDLES. PROCTER & GAMBLE'S "LIGHT OF BAY" BRAND STAR CANDLES, Are of superior quality and the Standard Brand. Sold by Jfashvlllc Grocers. au23 d2taw sat,wcdtStw3m M. J. MOHAN, 42 Cedar St., Nashville, Tcnn. J. H. PERRY, 1.41S F St., Washington, D. C. MORAX cfc rERIST, SOLICITORS OF Ci.UVTW, Nashville, Tenn., and Washington, D. C. Prompt and particular attention given to Col lection ot uiainis ior an jjeparuucui ui mo Uovcrnment. c n REAL ESTATE AGENTS. A NEAT BRICK COTTAGE ON WOOD- lan'd street, near thc Presbyterian Church, at $3,000; one-third cash, balance in ono and two years. A great bargain. ARRINGTON, FARRAR & WEAKLEY. novO tf For Exchange, A- BEAUTIFUL COTTAGE IN EDGE lield, witii all the modern conveniences, for a small farm near thc city. ARRINGTON, FARRAR & WiSAlvJjiiX, oc7 eodtf Agents. For Sale or Exchange. A PLEASANT COUNTRY KESlUlSJMJJi and ten acres of land, two miles from thc citv, for sale; or will exenange ior a nice coiuigu in Edgefield, and tho balance to be paid part casli and on time. ARRINGTON, FAHKAK VYAiii4CXf oclO codtf Agents, No. 30 N. College st. For Sale, SeVERALNICE RESip.ENOES IN SOUTH Edgefield at from $3,000 to $0,000, on easy terras, ARRINGTON, FARRAR & WEAKLEY, sep2S cod tf Agents. jjRCHmcjrs. JOHN L. SMITH, ARCHITECT, KAS REMOVED HIS OFFICE TO THIRD National Bank Building, Southeast corner of Collce and Union streets, tntrancc on col lege street. jan!5eodly MUSKBOOKS NEWEST AND BEST MUSIC BOOKS! DITSON & CO. PUBLISH 1,000 MUSIC Books suited to every taste and every occa sion Descriptive Catalogues sent free. Among the most recent and best arc: HOUR OF SIXGISCJ, For High Schools and Seminaries. ciioici: TRIOS, - - . gi.oo 81.00 jpor mgn ociiuwi .j v.. ........ . TIIE STANDARD, - $$ The BANNER CHURCH Music Book ot tho season. THE KIVEtt Or MFE, - - 35c Unenualled in variety. Unexcelled in quality. A Sabbath-school Song Book by 40 composers. CIIEERFUE TOICES, - - -, 50c LO Emerson's latest School Song Book. TIIE ORGAN AT HOME, - - 83.50 Undeniably tho best collection for Reed Or gans. DEVOTIONAE CHIMES, - " 'jC Neat, Complete, Perfect. -For social meetings. All are Choice Books. Already in great de mand Sent iiostpaid for retail price. CIIAS. II. DITSON & CO., 711 Eroadway. New York. ocl5 dwed&sat&wtf BANKING iFirst National Bank, of KAsinrciAE, TE?rar., No. 55 North College Street. The Designated Depository of tho United States for Middle Tennessee. Capital Surplus Fund... ....8250,000 .... 60,000 DIRECTORS : M. BURNS, C. R. PARSONS, E.,R. CAMPBELL, A. G. EWING, A L. DEMOSS, WM. SIMMONS. M. B. PILCHER. Receives Deposits, Deals In Foreign and Do mestic Exchange, Gold, Silver and Govern ment Securities. Collections made and remitted for on day of payment at current rate of exchange. Rcv nue Stamps for Tiale. M. BURNS, W. C. BUTTERFIELD, President. Cashier. THEO. COOLEY, janll tf sp Assistant Cashier. IFTjCONCERTS MASONIC $250,000 in Currency! TO BE GIVEN A WAT BY THE MASONIC BELIEF ASSOCIATION OF Under the personal management and supervis ion or tne lonowmg wen-Known gouc mcn, alt Masons: DIRECTORS: Col. Jons W.Ropkb, Maj. John B. Corprbw, jrresiuent. -treasurer. Capt. Jas. Y. Leigh. Col. Waler If. Taylor. George OldHeld, John A. Rosson, Daniel Husted, Wm H. Wales, M H Stevens, John T. Redmond, S. Weil. ADVISORY HOARD. His Excellency Gov. Gilbert C. Walker. Col. Kader Bfgge, P. H. P. J no. R. McDaniel, P. G. Commander. J. J. Burroughs, Esq. Capt. Samuel Watts, Virginia Legislature. Col. Thos. F. Owens, P. G. M. Jco. B. Whitehead, Esq., iCi-Mayor. Col. W. It. Taylor, State Senator. Jas. G. Bain, G. C. G. G. C. Bobt E. Withers, G. M., G. H. P.,I& D. G. O, of G. C. This Gift Concert has been legalized by the Virginia Legislature in order to raise funds to complete the Masonic Temple now in course of erection in Norfolk. To the Masonic Fraternity Uiis enterprise commends itaplf in the interests of Charity and Brotherly Love. To others than masons, it presents a cnance lor legitimate and innocent speculation seiuom onereu. 100,000 Tickets and 10,000 Prizes! I.IST OF GIFTS. One Grand Cash Gift. $50,000 One Grand Cash Gilt 25,000 One Grand Cash Gift 12,500 One Grand Cash Gift 10,000 One Grand Cash Gift. 6,000 uno ucana uasn uut Xfiuo V4 Cash Gifts, S500 each 12,000 50 Cash Gifts, 5250 each 12,500 80 Cash Gifts, S2O0 each 16,000 100 Cash Gift), S150 each 15,000 150 Cash Gifts, SIO0 each...-. 15,000 500 Cash Gifts, S-V) each 29.500 9,000 Cash Gifts, S5 each 45,000 Grand Total, 10,000 Gifts, all Cash 5250,000 Whole Tickets 85, Half Tickets $2.50 GRAND CONCERT AND DKAMNG TO TAKE PLACE ON THE 15tli OF JANUARY NEXT, Positively without fail, in Norfolk, Va. More thanhf.lt the tickets are already sold. Plan ot drawing same as that of Kentucky State Li brary Association. Orders for tickets, and all communications, suouiu De auurcsseci HENRY V. MOORE. Secretarv. M. R. Asso., Norfolk, Va. n. w. Huuiu.N, lien'i Agent. oc? im The Shortest lloute 30 Fortune $100,000 for only $2.50. THE LARGEST RETURN FOR THE SMALLEST INVESTMENT. A Srand Gift Concert! WILL BE HELD AT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, DECEMBER 81, 1S73 FOR THE BENEFIT OF A JUYEXILE REFORM SCHOOL. 40,000 GIFTS! $450,000 PNT PHIZES! PllLNCIPAL, PHIZE, $100,000! Consisting of the superb palatial residence of Simon Aocies, r.sq., nnsurpasseu as a private dwelling in the United States, being onlv a few blocks from tho Courthouse, surrounded bvmag nificcnt grounds, orchards, gardens and vine yards. The building has been only recently PRIZE EIST. 13 Prizes, Real Estate 1 Cash Prize .150,125 ,. a,ooo . 20,000 , 20,000 . 10,000 " S10.000 each... 4 4 20 CO 100 200 300 C93 1,000 1,158 5,000 " 2,500 " 1,000 " 500 " 200 " 100 " 50 " 20 " 10 " A 3.50 20,000 20,000 15,000 13,060 10,000 5,730 91,125 30,450 40,000 $450,000 The title to the abovoreal estate is guaranteed perfect. The liberal terms ofthe schcmobrlnirs itwith- in the reach of all the greatest opportunity ever oSered for the poor man to rise to wealth. PRICE OF TICKETS. Single Tickets, 2.50; Eleven Ticket, S25.00: Fity-sii Tickets, S125.00; One Hundred and my-six -jLicKctSj sksai.uu. The drawing will be made under the superin tendence of a committee appointed by the high est officials in the State, duly sworn to tho faith ful performance of the duties assigned them. The highest officials both of City, County and Stato havo not only endorsed Mr. Abeles, but also his scheme. The demand for tickets is unnarallelcd. .and all desiring to participate in the drawint? should at once form their clubs anil send in their orders. Agents Wanted in all States, Cities and Towns in thc United States and Canadas. 82" Money should bo Sent by IWlstored Let ter, P. O. Order or Express, with tho full ad dres of the purcaliscr in plain writting. For furilicf information and particulars, send for circulars to tho Manager and Proprietor, and addresa SIMON ABELES, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS. sep23 cod3m wcd,fri,sun AjESTATTAGJNIES T1IOS. CirADWELL. A. W. JOHNSOX, JE. CHAD WELL, JOHXSOX & CO., JEteal Estate Agents, WILL ATTEND TO RUTING, SEELING AND RENTING OF PROPERTY. ALSO TO THE NEGOTIATING OF LOANS. And will make Cash Advances on Property or items wucro parties uesire it. Office, No. -12 Cortnr Street, nearly op. positc, Postoflicc. deel ly BUILDING MATERIAL. J. BKOAVN & CO., DEALERS IN Rnllilin? Supplies, White Eime, Cc- iiieiu, J ire linen. 1 ire l iny, l-ias-ter Paris, Plastering Hair, White Sand, Etc., No. '405NORTII SE3EHER STREET. augVT tf AGRJUJURAL. FARMERS, E ASK YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR largo and complete stocs ot Field and Garden Seeds, Agricultural Implements ana Machinery, Fertilizers, etc. Send for Catalogue. C. II. STOCKELL & CO., - 88 Broad street, and 2 and 4 College street, feb2 3 eodly NASHVILLE, TENN. WHOLESALE DRY GOODS. .A. CARD. Announce to their friends that they havo taken advantage of the times and purchased a second Fall Stock, and are prepared to supply the wants of the Trade with a full lino of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, TOTS, ETC., ETC., AT THE VERY LOWEST .PRICES. Thc attention of Cash Buyers is respectfully invited. FUIOIAN & CO., No. 1 Hicks' Block, Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 15, 18T3. ocl5 2m GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. M. POWERS' (EL U-- . fiO. T WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR FAI4L STOCK Clothing, Furnishing Goods, HATS, ETC., A ti-ND WOULD MOST RESPECTFULLY invite all of our old customers ami' the public generally to call and see ns before buying, as we have the largest stock In the city, and aro determined to sell cheaper than any house in the city. 31. POWERS, Corner Square ami Market Street, ,TAS. W. EVANS, ) i um u. uituiv, salesmen. JNO. FINCH, oc23 Im SLATE ROOFERS. r s ss s S s F. J. JOXES & CO., PRACTICAL SLATE ROOFERS. Wholesalo and Retail Dealers in all kinds of American Slate. All orders promptly attended to. Olliceaml Yard cor. Vine it Church sts. Particular attention paid to Overhauling Old jyz um koois. MEDICAL. A Stitch in Time Saves Nine. DO NOT NEGLECT A COUGH BECAUSE it troubles you but little now. Now is the very time it is e'asiest removed, and none would suffer if they knew how easily they can be enred by the timely use of DccoxtJE'a Pectoral Balsamic Syrup. Sufferers from all ailments of the Breast. Luncs and Throat, will find that by using the Pectoral Balsamic Svrup they are using tue Desi expectorant, which removes an phlegm, soothes all irritation, and radically cures. For sale by R. II. PAGE. Druggist, 100 North College street, Nashville, Tenn. ocl0 2m IvoUl Quac&s. A VICTIM OF EARLY INDISCRETION, causing nervous debility, premature decay, etc., having tried in vain every advertised rem edy, has discovered a simple means of self-cure which he will send free to his fellow-sufferers. Address J. II. REEVES, 78 Nassau street. New York. oct eod3m 1T St. rh.rt.. llnu. C. Ar 1 v , gagedinthe treatment of aUreneml and lezul dLscuci this dj pecUUit in Et. Loaji, t, the cily papr hcT; also ipcrm&torrhceft, sexual debility and impc-tener, as tta result orieir-abuse la youth, or sexual excesses ; ijmptoms beta;, aerronsness, seminal emissions, desUitr, dimness ot sight, detective memory, pimples on the race, pbTsiealdecar aversion to society of females, confusion of ideas, loss of sexual power, are permanenUr cured. Pamphlet 3C pages free. Every letter of inquirwith one stamn snivel. sen lv Sfein Diseases. WILL SEND (FREE) RECEIPT FOR MY VEGETABLE BALM, removing Pimples, Black Worms, Blotches, Freckles, Moth and Tan, leaving the skin clear and with a healthy glow. Also sure process for thc growth of Hair on bald heads or smooth faces. H. PRATT, Chemist, 42 Pino street, N. Y., P. O. bo 5,128. (Send stamp.) ocl02m STOVES. LOW EESEEVOIE . .Mlt!nfi. Are Suited to all CHe? AND FAMOUS FOE BEING BEST TO USS! CHEAPEST TO BUY il EASIEST TO SBLL III olW&Sj. Famous for doing mcro and KBETTER COOKING, Syg&: torso ix vlSuY Qnlclccr r.ntl Cheaper . Thsnaoy Stare of tio eost. nir T FAMOUS J70R GXVITiQ lBffif; SstisfMticnEverjwIiere, ffip Especially Adapted TO THE rais o? ives? wwm, SOLD .BIT Excelsior ;Mannractnrlp;g Co., ST, IOUIS, MO ., AND PHILLIPS, BIjaoBEF & CO., NAivir.LE, TENN". oc30 d tues;thurs& W6m UNDERTAKERS. R.H. G-ROOMES & CO., JTuneral TFiidertalters, AGENTS FOR J. 51. PCXLIA3I. 12 ami 14 XOKTII CSiEItKY STItEET, NASHVILLE. DEALF.RS IN RITUAL CASES AND CAS kcts, and Age'jts for Crane. Breed & Co.'s and other Improved Cases and Caskets. Attend promptly to all funerals in city or surrounding country with line Hearses for both Adulte and Children. TL'elegraphlc orders filled with dis patch. Tr.yior'g Patent Corpse Preserver, be sides otb.er Preservers, that are warranted to preserve a corpse from 15 to 20 days without de cay. At the office day and night, jaiill till ap LEGAL NOTICES. Supreme Conrt at Nashville,. R. C. McNairy et al3. vs. C. B. JIcNalry et als. IN THIS CAUSE IT APPEARING ""ROM the Scire Facias retimed by the Sheriff of Davidson county, that C. Scott Sym jnea and Alfred Kayne, Jr., are non-residents of tho Stato of Tennessee: It is ordered that publication be made, for four consecutive weeks, in tho Union and American, a newspaper pub'Jshed in the city of Nashville, requiring the snid C. Scott Sjmmes and Alfred Kajne, Jr., to be and ap pear before the Clerk of said Supr.eme Court, at his office in the Capitol in Nas'jvllle, on or be fore the first Monday in Dew jmbcr next, and show causo, If any they can, -why this cause shonld not be revived against t'aem as the heirs of "W. H. McNairy, dee'd, a nd Seline Kayne, deceased, respectively. F. C. DUNNINGTON, Oct. C, 1S73. CI trie Supreme Court. oc9 lm SK3HssBnHs9nSi'- NEWSPAPERS. EVERYBODY READS ITj Everybody Wants Ire? THE NASHVILLE ' Hi 111 ,IT IS the People's. Paper. - TO1 TS fl,n 7")v,,7 J, 73-7;r. 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IT GIVES, by telegraph, day by day, . thc closing quotations of Gold, Stocks and Bonds in this city and New York, of the day before. IT GIVES daily, semi-weekly and, ; weekly the current market price in the city of Nashville, of every article ofPro-'-duce and Trade in Tennessee. '' IT GIVES to the Mechanic an account of every new invention calculated to ad-'-ranee his interest by lessening his labor'., IT IS AITNANCIAIj chroniclewhich " publishes to the people every fact in the jinanccsqt the stale and country, calcu lated to advance or retard their interests. IT GIVES all tJie current political news and movements of the day, and the honest opinions of its conductors thereon. IT GIVES all local, State and miscel laneous neics of the day. IT GIVES a good sliarelof Literature ,. and Poetry fresh, carefully chosen and entertaing. ITS'AGKICULTUBAL and Souse- hold columns, by Dr. DANIEL LEE, (who is alone employed by this paper, and who stands first among the scientific and practical Agricidturists of this coun- . try, arefull of plain talk to Farmers and) Houseicives, and advocate their interests'?. in all things. Y SUBCRIBE NOW FOR THE (MAMMOTH Weekly Union & Atterieai: CONTAINING j t Twelve Tares, makingr Serenty-tiroi voininnS p At 2.00 a year; ?1.00 six months, 50c' three, months. THE PIONEER IN CHEAPNESS. Clubljing Rates. To clubs of five or more subscribers we will send our MAMMOTH WEEKLY for one year, each, 1.90. Any one getting up a club of twelve? 1.90 each, shall have one copy gratis. To clubs of twenty or more subscribers wc will send our Mammoth Weekly for one year, each 1.80, and one copy gratis to the getter vp of thc club. The Semi Weekly UNION AND AMERICAN, Is made up from three dailies, and is fulfr of choice matter. Mailed Wed nesdays and Saturdays. lit One year only 4.00; -six months, 2.00;' . three months, 1.00. - ;f. THE '2 Daily Union-& American,"' Js filled with the latest and fulled news from all quarters. (( " TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION lly Mail or nt the Easiness Office. Daily, 12 months, in advance ?JL0 00 " G " " 5 00; " 3 "' " 2 50' " 1 " " 1 00'- liceek, " 25' Dclnrcred ly Carriers In the. City nnd Edgefield. Daily, 12 months 12 00s G " G 00 " 3 " 3 00 " 1 " 1 00. " 1 week 25- ADVERTISEBS, AT HOME ANU ABROAD, Will unquestionably reach a greater num-. ber of readers through the columns of the UNION & AMERICAN. Than any otlier paper published in Ten-' nessee or thc South. Address UNION AND AMERICAN, '.' NASHYILLJ5, TENN. ' c 4 ' "i