Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-11

| An tx Metropolitan from Memphis
One of the PrisOners-AdVRntage
Of AdvertIsins.
One night about week ago, two mules
and horse were stolen from the farm O
Donald Clark, on the Dickerson pike
three miles from the city. Information
Of the thef being given detective Ryan, al
at once got ont a largenumber Of hand bills
offering reward, and had them distributed
through various portions Of Kentucky
Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee. One Of
these bills falling into the hands of check
master Mcdonald, Of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, that gentleman SET
about looking up the matter, and soon as
certained that two men named Gus Cum
nings and Doc Vaughn were in possession
Of the stolen property, and ltNt il was
somewhere between Galiatin am Alitchells-
| VILE
Cummings and Vaughn appearing in
| Gallatin. were arrested by Sheriff Lowell,
and we're brought TO this city on Sunday
and lodged in Jail. Upon their arrest,
they stated that the mules and horses had
been delivered 10 them between ten and
twelve oclock on the night Of the Sd, by
Ira Tuthill, an ex-member of Beanmonfs
Metropolitan Police at Memphis Tuthill
had also been employed by Col. Moore,
Post QuarteTmaster at this point, in look
ing mp and reclaiming government horses
and mules. He now lives in Edge6eld.
Upon the strength of this statement, Tut
hill was arrested on Sunday by detective
Ryan, and remained in Jail until yesterday
morning, when the trio were taken before
Justice Wilkinson. Tuthill gave bonds in
the sum of $1,000 for his appearance on
Monday next, and Cummings aud Vaughn
were committed to Jail until that time.
Publication OfE.egal Notices.
Those who have kept posted in the trans
actions of the Legislature, will remember
that a bill has been before that body TO
give the Governor the power to select one
newspaper in each Congressional district,
TO publish all legal notices, this selection
to be Endorsed by the Senate, and the price
of publication 10 be that now paid the
State Printer, which is fifty per cent. over
the price now charged for such work by
the various newspapers throughout the
| State.
On Yesterday, in the Senate, an amend
ment was adopted fixing tie price at the
rates now charged by newspapers for such
advertisements. The bill>w then recon-
mitted to the Judiciary Commiite for re-
| vision. As this bill il one Of general inter
est, we propose to glance at some Of its
| features.
What Is is objeof' Certainly not 10 pro-
mote the interest Of the great mass of the
people. If all the monied men of the
State, those who wish to buy property, be-
longed 10 the Radical party, then this bill
might be Of some service. If the object in
advertising is 10 attract the greatest
| possible attention and to reach the largest
number of readers, then this bill is a fail
ure. The man who has property for sale,
under decree Of the court, wishes to find
the best purchaser whether he be Con-
sentative or Radical. 1t is simply a ques-
ton of dollars and cents, and not to be con
trolled by political preferences for this or
that paper.
The object of the bill is to build up q
Radical paper in each Congressional dis
trict, and this act compelling all legal no
tees 10 be published in that paper, is sim
/ ply a contribution levied upon every man
| in the district who has 10 have any legal
! printing done for the support and main
tenance Of Radical paper. If there was
well established paper in the central part
of every district, the effect of this bill
would be less onerous, but in some districts
there is only one paper published, and that
may be in a remote county, with no clrcu-
lation outside of the county limits.
Take for an illustration the CoDgression-
al diitrict lying Immediately below this
district. That district extends from the
Alabama TO the Kentucky line. There is
only one Radical paper published in the
district, and that ia at GAINESVILLE. Very few
Of the citizens in the southern part of the
district, ever heard the name of the
paper. But if this law passes, the Governor
viii select that paper for hisorgan, and not
one person in twenty in the Southern part
of the district will ever know when the
lands of their nearest neighbor are to be
sold, because they never see the paper in
| which il is advertised. A few spectators
| will take advantage Of this fact, and they
| alone, in connection with the publisher, will
be benefited by it, The same difficulty
will present itselfln almost every Congress
| sional district. II is very commendable in
| the Radicals 10 exert themselves to sustain
their papers, but We do not think they have
the right to compromise the interests Of the
whole community to build up few men
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THE FAYETTEVILLE RIoT.-Two Of the
wounded in the Fayetteville riot have died
Of their injuries.
CIRCUIT CoURT-No cases were taken
mp in this court yesterday A very i'm
portant case will come up to-day-that o
Felix Clemens as. Lishy, Lanier anC
others. II is an action Of eiectmen
brought for the recovery ol property EN-
bracing the horticultural gardens and s
large tract Of land adjacent, on the Edge
field side Of the Cumberland, owned by
defendants. The amount involved il
nearly fifty thousand dollars. The plain
tin alleges, in his declaration, that at th,
time the sale Of the land was made by th,
father Of the plaintiff, he was unable tC
convey the land from mental imbecility
This the defendants controvert. The salt
was made by Clemens TO Thomas, anC
finally sold TO defendants K. McPhai
Saith appears for the plaintiff, and VIM
Ct. Brien, Esq, Col. John Burch ans
Smith & Guild for the defendants.
THE RUNNING WATER BRIDGE.-Presi
dent Burns, Superintendent Ewing, and As
sistant Superintendent Yates, of the Nash
Vile and Chattanooga railroad in compau,
with Sam. Watkins, J. Il. Knowles, Ari
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