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Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-04

Mayors 0FPIcR.
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 2lst. l865. I

MAYORS 0FPIcR,
Nashville. Tenn. Dec. 21st. 1886.
DR0pERTY OWNERS on Church Street. on
II Line Street, between Summer and College
and on Cherry street, between Church and Cedar
are hereby notified 10 contract stone eurbinS and
stone and brick pavement, wherever it is requir-
ed, according TO the specifications and grades
which will be furnished by the City Engineer III
said work IL not commenced within ten DAYS from
this date. and pushed rapidly 10 cOmpletieG:, the
contractor for the street work will b. notified to
construct said curbigg the expenses of which will
be charged 10 tbs property OEner.
dec22-u W. MATT. BROWN, Mayor.
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GROCERIES, LIQUORS &c.

Java. Rio and Mocha Coffee;
Crushed. Powdered. Coffee, Porti Rico. and every
grade Of Brown Sugar.:
Teas. Candies. Starch:
CASTLE. Palm, Erasive and Laundry Soaps
Almonds, filberts Curgants, Prunes Rasins.
Butter, Oysters, Fancy and Almond Crackers:
Pine Apple, Glouster and Domestic Cheese;
Mixed. Girkins. Chow-ehow and Imperial Hot
Pickles;
Mushroom. Walnut, India, and Sir Robert Peel
Catsup;
Sultana, Royal, Table. BcefSteak, Royal Osborne,
John Bull, Solo, Mogui and Hervey Sauces;
Essence OF Anchovies; Essence of Shrimps;
Halle. Imperial and Durham Mustard;
Mushrooms; Dutch Anehovies; AnchOvy Pastc:
Strasbourg Meats. Polted Tongue. Poted Ham;
Fruits of every variety in cans and jars,
IN THEIR STOCK OF
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JohnsonviIIe, Cairo and st. Louis
Daily Line of Packets.

Jacksonville, Cairo and st. Louis
Daily Line of Packets.
DUNNING IN CONNECTION WITH THE
II NASHVILLE and Northwestern, Nashville and
Chattanooga, and Tennessee and Alabama Rail-
roads
A FIRST CLASS PASSENGER STEAMER
Leaves Johnsonville for St. Louis. Cairo and
Paducah every day on the arrival Of the cars,
connecting at Paducah with the Cincinnati Pack
cts. at Cairo with the Illinois Central Railroad
the Memphis Packet Company and Atlantic and
Missssip Steamship Company and at st. Louis
with all the Railroads and Upper Mississippi
Ports.
Office corner of Church and Summer
Streets, opposite st. Cloud Hotel,
JAZZ, '66-tf
Administrators Notice.
HAVING QUALIFIED AS ADNINISTRA-
IL TOR apd Administrative of the Estate of DIR.
james Overton. deceased. all persons indebted to
said Estate hereby notified to come forward
and settle. All persons having claims against the
Estate also notified to present their GLAZING in
the form and within the time prescibed by laN, or
be forever barred.
f. H. OVERT0N, Admx:
A. w. 0VERTON, Admir-.
Nashville. Tenn, Jan. ,. 1866
jan3-l0t
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Notice.

HAVING SOLD OUT OUR STOCK OF GOODS
III Ut No 81 Market street, TO Messrs pigue a
Mspser.we take pleasure in ACKNOWLEDGMENT
our friends As gentlemen of capacity and integrity
and bespcak for them the pafronare of Ire fT;enSs
Of the old firm. EVANS, PORTER & Co.
, 1866-03-02

sna ezchaner. at the lowest tay fortyseveu doIsrs
pef ton. besides the 8ctuAl cost ol the Iron itself
which operates and i intended 10 operate ~ Pro-
lection TO The 1rou manufacturer OF this co1ntry 10
nearly that tnll zmouht"
+ this veraclous "Railroad Stakeholder"
VIII take the trouble to turn to Sec. 50 of the
present tariff act, he viii find tbs following
language: On all imported bars fo= rail-
roads, made to patterns aud fitted. to be
laid down on such roads without further
"mannfacture, Eixty cents per hundred
"pounds." According to my arithmetic this
amounts TO t,ee'ue dollars per ton, instead Of
thirty, as be all gss. The duty, then. l. but
little more than one-shird what be inserts 1t to
be. In looking over his various deceptive cx-
cuses, ind score OF other mis-statements
and sophlsms equally rs glar1ng as this In re-
aataon TO the duty on iron and the other iu re-
gard to the necessity for collecting two taxes
To pay for one. The trouble with the rail-
roads is, that their stock is largely "watered, :"
and many OF the officers Hre stock gamblers
in Wall Street. and It becomes necessary to
swindle the public TO make large dividends
On their fictitious stock IN order to sell 1t at
high prices and thereby amass fortunes in q
few years. That's what's the matter.
ANTI-HUMpCG.
, 1866-03-02
THE SOLDIERS, ORPHANS,

There are said to be fifty thousand children
OF soldiers, and orphans of deceased veterans,
in Illinois. needing adoption and nurture, OF
cancation. Many Of them arc reduced to se.
we're suffering and want. and should I've pro-
vidcd with home Immediately, and with ed
uca.ion In the future. Soma of them have nj
ready been so provided for, by the gratitude
Of the patriotic, and the muniGccnce of the
generous citizens Of our State. Nearly thirty
Thousand dollars. We believe, hare already
been ruiscd but fifty thousand nre required
10 place the clarity. SO worthy OF our State
nud people, on an adequate md permanent
foundation, by the purchase OF a suitable
"Soldters' Orphans Home.' These funds
have been collected by, and arc nov in the
hands ot, responsible Trustees, appointed by
The Governor, pursuant to an act ofthe Legs
lntrsc. They arc Gustavns K,csacr, Arson G.
Miller, 'ohn r Reynolds, Joseph ". ling,
Alfred Kitchcl, John L. FIncher, Thomas b.
B,rnn, Amos c. Dabcock and Walter s.
Akin. They are known TO all the
people e,' the State, mud were
appointed to the tI1.st for their reliability and
integrity. Thote desiring to contribute to an
object 81 noble could have no safer or more
satisfactory mode Of cutrusting the contribu-
tion. Mrs. Bickerdykc, who las accompanied
the marches of our grand armies Of the
Nest" fran Cairo TO Richmond, who watch
cd over our wounded boys in tho battle field
and In tic hospital from Belmont aud ponel-
son, straight through .hr campaigns of vlcks-
b,lrEh. Crsckan,anga and Shermau's sreat
march, LII they emerged IN 1hc Potomac IN
triumph and In peace, this tr1e woman who
1I4.A 1a14rtfH 1F.1,r E.{3 f,tt,, ~
, 1866-03-02

and others for alleged interference tn the elec-
tiors last August, but uron the calling OF
them The defendants all fled pardons from
Governor Bramlette, and the indictments
were dismissed.
Captains Lennin and Rea did moi choose
to seek satisfaction IN that way, aad hence
pursued the course they did, which gives In
finite satisfaction, also, to all the Union citl-
zens Of the country, against many Of whom
similar indictments are pending, but will
doubtless be quashed If, as is confidently e1-
pected, the United States Court refuses to
sustain the action Of the little assembly at
Al xandria.
It's very proper to add that the Grand Jury
that found the above indictments, as well a
the petit jury before whom the cases were
tried, were both composed OF men notorious
for their open and avowed sympathy with the
Rebel cause; and it Is also proper to state
that J. F. Traver, one Of the turors named
above, was Judge at the very election at Car
thsge that went on," according to the wit
ness for the prosecution. Another Of the
jurymen, James F. White. ran on the Demo
cratic ticket, in that district, for the present
Legislature, and Was defeated.
The Prosecuting Attorney, R. B. Carpenter
who MAS zealous In conducting the p.usecu
| tion, was elected by the Union men, by tht
Federal bayonets, - and no matter In what
light, almost, the cases are presented, they
| f0rcibly suggest the queer mixture prepared
| for Macheth's incantatfons, when the witches
"fllthy hags," shrieked out:
"Douhle, double. toll and trouble;
Fire burn and cautd1on bubble"
, 1866-03-02

A curious and most unforeseen accident hap
pened to Gen. Grant yesterday, which tort1-
natcly resulted In triaing wound. i gen.
tleman called at The Metropolitan hotel for
the purpose Of exhibiting 10 Gen. Grant
rifle Of an entirely new pattera. The rifle was
about two feet In length, and resemb1ed pis-
tol in construction, excepting that the car
fridge wes Inserted at the breech. Owing to
the novel construction Of the new invention,
Gen. Grant took hold Of 1t to examine the
deadly instrument in m incautious manner,
and, baying inserted the z. cartridge, touched
Ing the fife to explode. 1t the instant that
the General touched the trigger. he had
his left hand On the muzzle Of the rifle, aud
part Of the cartridge entered his hand and
lodged in the palm and thumb, wounding him
in serious manner. The scene Of this unfor-
tunatc accident was in the private apartments
belonging to Gen. Grant, his aids and four
children Of the Geoernl being present. The
ball lodged In the .-au of the room directly
opposite to where Gen. Grant was standing at
tie time Of the accident, Col. Badcaux,
Col. Porter, Col. Hudson. Col. Babcock, and
Capt. Dunn, Of the Generals staff were
also present at the time Of
the accident, and considerable alarm
, 1866-03-02
~CssARgTY 3 8UFFBRETa LOSG,o

Gen. Fiek, Assistant Commissioner of the
Ffcedmen,s Bureau for Tennessee, reports rela-
live to the condition Of the freedmen:
"1here are ous few dependents upon Government
freedmen Themselves for the relied Of their Owl poor
have iende1ed valuable service. The Nashville
tsovtGeut Akeoct4.on, 4 society contacted by the
eo1fed people Of that city. hz. i!e coal 8nd wool
selesez the eu1rr:nc root without distinction of
color. 0nd IT, deity TeoTts <1,Gaf kaar grrat.t
H1hfsr tfaite Gn Of coiorkd pe4sons arr u b.ne
.as IN ahs w1a1Ms t" ana nan. whose nu:-
~. have been fed and ~attued through the kindly
U1eee Of the ASSOCIATION"
We doubt whether In the annals Of the
civilized world any finer Illustration of
Christian charity exists, than is recorded
abose. A race Of men have been prevented
for centuries from acquiring property Or cdr-
cation, and, after toiling for wealth in which
they had no share, are suddenly turned adtist
Without penny, in society In which the
laws discriminate against them, end public
opinion pcrsecutes and oppresses them. Yet
they 70 10 work in msuner that relieves the
Government agencies appointed TO assist
them. of all care 3o their behalf. BY taking
care OF their own poor, and then, in addition,
they nssist In relieving the wants Of the
Poor white trash" who lately hunted them
down with bloodhounds, bought aud sold
them at the auction block, mud performed all
those dirty ontsages which the more fhsti-
dlous slaye-ownets shrank from committing.
Yet, meanwhile, the President, the rcprcsen-
talFe man ot'the poor white class moi only
, 1866-03-02
RAILROAD FREIEUTS.
4 CrIt1cIam on a PIe0.

Eai,ont Chicago Tribune:
The long and labored plea for high railroad
frrlghss, signed "a Railway Stakeholder n
which appeared In yesterdays TRIBUNE, con-
tains some errors tlat require correction.
The writer says there is "sing1e railroad
running out Of Chicago into the State. which
In one form or another, has paid s355, GOD to
the general Government In thirteen month";
And that the road In question has been COM
pelled TO increase its freight tariff from thal
cause alone, the enormous amount of SsSSs 00o.
And this he admits has been "a taken from the
pockets OF The population along the line,
mainly" Iprcsume it is true that some road
the Burlington, for inssance-has paid the
Government taxes, in one shape or another, to
the amount Of sS6s ,o00 in the time named.
But I f.ll to see Why the company
were compelled TO add $77S6, ,03o to. their
freight tariffs in consequence thereof. It Ger
tainly did not cost the company S6s, 90 to
cullcct the other sSBs,oo0. Il is undoubtedly
true, IS the stockholder con1esscst that his
company extracted the whole E7SG, 900 out OF
the pockets Of the population along the line
CT that rai1wny-tho Burlington, for instance,
aud that they paid one half Of the su!n to
the Government, and put the other holt INTO
;ieir o.ru poeiets. But it Is humbng mud very
shallow humbug for this 'Railsoad Stock
holder" to say that 1t was necessary to add
more than the Government tax to the freight
bills of the road. The cost Of operating The
road md handling freight is one thing and
Ii the gross receipts Of that rosd wonld be
ten millions, without my Government tax, It
il only necessary to add four per cent 10 their
freight and passenger tariffs to raise the tax,
and have - 900 clear profit for their commis-
sion for collecting and paying the tax on Their
selves.
Suppose the Charge for Transporting ton
Of freight Is $500, 1t costs the company moth
ing to add four per cent and charge and collect
5 $50 Per ton. But It seems from the conles-
sion Of this railway stockholdar that tue com
pany charges commission Of 100 per cent for
their freight charges. Instead oflosing money
BY the tar, his company makes $50, 90 year
out Of If.
Tnls railway stockholder complains OF the
excessive Government tax on their gross earn
lngs. How much Is IT. Just t1eo and q half
FER eeaf. Every manufacturer In the United
Stntes pays sit PER cent on hts gross receipts,
besides heavy license tax, being more than
twice whnt the railroads hare to pay. And
II II Is necessary for the latter TO charge the
public 10 per cent for their trouble In adding
the lax to their freight and passenger. tarlf,
WY IS It not equally a. ~ Imperative on al
Government ta1esy If tic railroad tax
should be repealed to prevent those corpora
tions from sEindllng the people, why should
not all manufacturers taxes be repealed TO
prevent them from exacting two taxes to pay
cue?
This railroad stakeholder gives a great
many Other excuses Tor the e1iortious pr.c-
Used on the public. Here is one Of them:
.ItmaE he illustrated by talns Iron a. IN example,
, 1866-03-02
MRS. s1v1SsnEIm GUILLor1sED.

Il
Andrew johnson has caused Mrs. Jane G.
Swisshclm to be dismissed from c1erkshIp
at Washington, tor using disrcspectful 1an-
guecc toward his tnebsiatc majesty In her
neHspape-, the Reeonstructioniss. Meanwhile
the unimpeachAble Mrs. Cobb, who prolesses
to draw from pardon brokerage Ia week
sum greater than Mrs. 8Hisshelm would de-
rive from her salary in year, still has the
ensree Of The White House. Doubtiess Mrs.
Cobb sussains the Presidents policy.
This Is the first time M American Chief
Magistrate ever used those Offices which be-
long 10 the party to punish woman for ad-
hering to that party. It has been one Of the
prerogatives ofwoman to express her thoughts
freely. Since she cannot vote, her Widows
1nite'' Of political influence, contributed
through pen and tongue, could hardly break
down m administration so successful Tron{d)
and popular (Ne.s) and heroic Chicago Tfmes)
and patriotic {Richmond Eiamiaer) as Mr.
Johnson's. Now that Mr. Seward declares
that "thc Onion Is i fixed tact,'n polut
which no one would have doubted had he not
found it necessary to affirm 1t, why not let the
good lady express her contempt, If Andrew
johnson turns ont everybody who despises his
recent course, he will have enough left to I'LL
flla offices
, 1866-03-02

II appears that the CoMmittee OF Ways and
Means, having thrown Chinese wall around
the Northwest, by refusing to accept the
proposition Of the Canadians to build n ship
canal for us, have now gone to lesislatins for
The Chinese directly They propose to pay
bounty Of five cents pound on all cotton
goods exported TO tic Celestial Empire and
elsewhere, ind 10 collect the mouey TO pay
such bounty trom the farmers and other pro-
ducine classes Of the country. The effect Is
Of course to make American cotton goods
cheaper In China Than they are at home, and
10 do 80 at the cost Of the American con-
SINNER.
We have examined with some care the argu.
meuts upon which this proposed robbery
rests, and we find them to be IS dimsy as pos
sible. A tax Of 1re cents pound is to be
levied on all raw cotton produced in the
United Statee. This tar is 10 be collected
upon ninc-tenths Of all the cotton manufac-
tured by civilized nations. The very iaet THAT
We have practical monopoly Of the cotton
crop Of the world furnishes the Justification
Of the proposed tax. By imposing this tax o
five cents per pornd wc place all
the cottonspInness OF the world on level
as TO nine-tenths Of The raw material which
they uee. "But,' say the cotton bounty
Jumpers, off You tax our cotton five cents a
pound, British manufacturers will buy cot
ton in Egypt Or India, and sell goods to for
elen nations cheaper than We can" II this
were true, VIC should say, Jet them do It. It
Is no part Of the business Of the American
Congress to tax tho entire people to enable
few cotton spinneIs to make shirts for the
Chinese. Bul there nre two reasons why It
cannot be true. The nrst is, that We have
inst as good an opportunity to get
nnta1ed cotton from Egypt or India
as any other country has; and
tie second is, that the price OF nil the cotton
in the world will be Immediately fixed by the
prize Of the American crop, Just as II was du-
ring the war. Thereiore, Manchester spin
ners will have no advantage over Lowell spin.
ners in furnishing shizts to John Cl,inanau.
II Is time tor Western members of Congress
to make stand against class legislation, snd
here We think Ia good place. Their constit-
uents viii not h0ld them guiitlcss II they vote
their money away TO furnish breech clouts to
tho eavages Of Asia and Africa, Willie they arr
being taxed 10 the very verge Of human en-
durance 10 meet the expenses Of the Govern
mept and maintain the public credit. VIC cx-
ported cotton goods last year to the amount
Of s3,S;l l,5s2, without bounties, To
vote away the public money in .gratu-
tiles, either to the manufacturers Of
GOTTEN goods, or to their customers in
foreign countries, Is crime Of the deepest
dye, aud one which will be visited By swift
and coudign punishment from the people, II
Congress sllall be so foolhardy as to attempt
, 1866-03-02
Letter from Senator Howe.


We take pleasure In layfs before our read
ers the following letter from our nobte
Senator, In reply TO letter sent from Be1oit
bearing the signatures Of one hundred Of our
leading citizens. What true Wisconsin MN
does not feel proud that we have such d man
IN the q. 8. Senatos
WAsH1xoroN. D. C., Feb. IL, 1855.
DEAR SIRs : I have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt OF yonr ayor OF the 9Th inst,
Rock county. and conveying to me their
thanks for and their approval OF the remarks
made to tee Senate On the 10th OF january
Inst.
For this generous expression Of approval
beg to tender my grateful Acknowledgements.
Next to the approval Of God and Of my own
Judgment desire the approval Of the lntclii-
gent and true men among my constituents.
but your commendation has value far be-
yond my personal qualification It affords me
- value arising from the weight 1t gives to
thelviews then submitted to the seaate and
the country. The substantial recognition OF
those Views, believe to be essential to the
vindicatfon Of the constitutional authority Of
the nation.
think with horror upon the proposition
to commit the destinies Of eleven great States
to the control OF men who have bnt Just been
pardoned for tho highest crime that can be per-
pctratcd against society. should think the
ne measure Of cyl exampls' ful Ct peril, eyen Il
past offences, md promised to abstain from
further wrong loing. But when Isee them
everywhere gloEying In their past mis-deels
and already laboriously' deTissnc the most
formidable and lnhuman political machinery
Tor the purpose Of future wrong, cannot
help but regard the national assent to the
execution OF that ayowed purpose as a crime
scarcely less than the Rebellion which has
cost NJ 80 vast an expenditure of treasure
aud or lite. Every citizen therefore who
falsea his voice against the commission OF
This crime greet as another witness that the
crime viii not be committed
this struggle to be essentially peoples
contest, ~ and he said, "It Is worthy ot nota
that while In this tha Governments hour of
Trial, lasRe numbers Of those in the army aud
navy who have been favored with offices, have
reaigncd and proved false to the hand which
pnmpered them, not one common soldier or
common sailor Is known to have deserted bis
Iag." As II sWas In The beginning 50 1t has
BEEN to this time.
The people whether In or out of the army
have recognized the contest to be theirs and
have at all times uuainching1y met It's ssespon-
sibflittes. From the assaults on Fort Sum-
there nerer has been an hour when the people
would allow the Government to retire from
the struggle.
As 1t has been until now 80 it must be until
the end. Whoever Of your agents Ealters the
people must be firm. Whoever among your
omesrs once M 11sn back the people must press for
highe1, and truer manhood, and against
blind predjndlce and the spirit Of caste, our
success Is the triumph Of humanity, our ta'i-
uIc its defeat.
When the Army of the Tennessee W.: es-
, 1866-03-02

was manifested BY Mrs. Grant, and
cral. at the result ot the inspection Of the
novel frc-arm. Luckily, however, the chill
dIen Of the General were not IN position TO
receive the deadly charge of The weapon, and
the great left-fanker exclaimed, as he re-
ceiyed the fragment Of the cartridge in his
hnnd, II am rot hurt.r The staff crowded
lis fortunate escape, which tRe General Te-
ceived m calm and cool manner, as ii moth.
ing had happened. The wound was dressed
carefully BY surgeon, md nothing was said
about the wound by any one present, fearing
that an alarm might be created by the report
that an accident had occurred to the General.
The wound did not prevent Gen. Grant from
keeping his engagement during the evening.
, 1866-03-02

- The rebel and Coppcrhead press are
ehragcd against the Northwest for It's stancl
support Of Congress and freedom. So far 60
.ood- No greater homage could be paid to
the Republicans Of Chicago than this wicked
onslaught upon their patriotic demonstra-
tions* When big dogs bark, smaller ones
join The bowling chorus, and thos- Interested
in dog-hghts genernlly luay decide far them
selves whether the most h1deous noises are
made by the big or the small ones. Little
doubt remains, In this matter, a1ter perusiug
yesterdays "Chicago 7imes." Thi. little
sheet has actually the ettrontcry to compare
the noble treemen who gathered in Chicago
last Monday evening In the support Of Con-
gress and freedom to the Coppeshcad rabblc
who arplauded Mr. Johnson's disgraeeful
speech at Washington, and to the ragamuf.
fins who were entertained at Cooper Institute
by Gen. Wctmorc.