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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11

The Texas Convention has adopted an
ordinance chartering the New Orleans,
Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany, and comforting on it the power Of
a corporation in Texas. The charter per-
mits the company TO run railroad from
any point on the line between Texas
and Louisiana, in the counties Of
Orange or Newton, to any point on
the Rio Grande, in the counties of
Webb or Maverick; also, to run ans
other line from any point on the
Texas line, in Newton couHty to any
posts on the line Of of New Mexico, in Ell
Paso county, and thence to connect with
any railroad, by way of Ell Paso to the
Pacific, or to run from said beginning
point to any point on the Northern or
Western boundary of Texas, to connect
with any line by way of Alberqueque or
Santa Fe to the Pacific also to connect
the main lines by brances with any other
railroads. mines, or manufactures in
Texas; to build and run steamboats, 10
connection with their lines or branches,
and to use steam or other motive power.
The State is to indorse the bonds of
the company for S12,500 for each mile
constructed, when forty miles of the
main track are completed, and twenty
sections of land per mile are granted for
all completed within ten years. The
road is to be completed from the State
line to Houston within twenty four
months, and is to pay three per cent. to
the State on its dividends. Other i'm
portant privileges are granted to the
cOmDaDV
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11
CRIME IN NEW YORK

1t is asserted by the New York jour-
nails that no similar period of time has
been so fruitful in daring robberies and
burglaries in that city as the past ten
days. All the criminals Of the country,
it is stated, have made a preconcerted
raid on the metropolis. The audacity
and boldness OF the robbers and burglars
are reported to be unparalleled, and the
arrest of any of their number, it is cons
tended, has apparently no effect in de>
terring the remainder. The operations
of the law in New York are ordinarily
so slow that they entertain hopes Of
escape even if so unfortunate as to be
arrested. The courts are, therefore, ad
vised to enforce the law with Vigor, and
one Judge is especially praised for dis
posing of over one hundred cases Of felony
within three weeks time.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11
A LAMENT.

TIE New York Epening Post (Radi-
cali thus laments the condition Of its par
ty:
When political party has a great
predeminance, it is pretty sure to draw
to itself the rogues, the interruptions, and
the self seekers in the community. That
is the danger of such an ascendancy. A
party may become the tool of corrupt
men, because its leaders are careless and
over confident of their strength, and be-
cause the rogues and selfsseekers are att
tracted to it from a desire to use it as
their instrument
When a party becomes corrupt, the
people who endure for while with that
patience which short.sighted politicians
are SO sure to misunderstood, presently
leave it and take up the other party, even
if they Iun the risk eff faring bat little
better by the change.
1t seems to many thoughtful friends OF
the Republican party that it Is running
Just now a good deal of risk of such a
popular desertion. 1t has amongst it's
leaders wise, prudent and good men, but
these are, in many cases, over1rldden by
glib tOnguel demagOgues, by Inscriptions
spectators, and by men too Ignorant for
these times, which demand at least, de-
cent knowledge of political science in the
legislator.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11
JAZZ DELIVERY IN GRANGER
COUNTY.
Four Prisoners Escape, and Attem p
10 Murder the sheriff

-Four Prisoners Escape, and Attempt
10 Murder the sheriff
The Knoxville Press and Herald has the
following account of a Jail delivery at Rut-
ledge, Granger county, a few nights since:
On Saturday night, Feb. 6, while the
citizens of Rutledge were TRANQUILITY pur-
suing their peaceful avocations, at once
there rang upon the startled air shrill
female shrek Of murderp The cry
seemed TO proceed from the jail, and thith-
er ran an anxious throng. 1t seems that
in the Jail were confined four men named
Walters, Hodges, Collins and Kirby, upon
the various charges of house breaking,
horse stealing and hog stealing. There is
a heavy wooden door to the room in which
the prisoners were confined and an outer
door of iron. Between the two
there is room for the prisoners to place
the buckets into which they empty the dirt
of their CELL The Sheriff, as usual that
night, had opened the inner door 10 allow
the prisoners to set out the buckets, and
had afterwards closed and locked it.
Shortly afterwards he opened the outer
iron door TO remove them, when suddenly
the inner door flow open, and the stoutest
of the four men caught him by the throat,
and another struck him with his fist 30 that
he staggered back and fell down the stairs
Two of the prisoners followed him 30
closely that he had not time to recover
himself before they seized him again and
threatened to take his life if be attempted
to speak. The Sheriff Mr.. John Morgan,
seeing that his only chance was in flight,
tore himselfloose and escaped their pursuit
by lodging around his smoke house The
cries of his wife in the mean time aroused
the town and alarmed the prisoners, who
seeing the crowd coming to the Sheriff g
rescue, armed with all manner of weapons,
abandoned their pursuit of Mr.. Morgan
and made for the creek, which they forded
I'd made their escape through the darkness
into the woods.
The prisoners had by some means coz
triged TO get fire in the cell, and the wood
en- door being fastened on the outside by a
chain, with a staple passing through the
door, they had burned the door around the
staple until, by concert of action, they
could pull the door open from the inside.
No blame attaches to the sheriff, who
organized pursuing party on Sunday, but
without success. Hodges, we believe, lives
in or near Knoxville, and was arrested last
fall by policemen Camp and Reeder of this
CT y, and committed to Jail for horse steal
ing in Granger. A reward sf $25 each ID
offered by the sheriff for the arrest Of
Hodges, Walters and Collins.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11
HOW A WESTERN CITY GROWS.

How A WESTERN CITY GROWS.
One Of the most noted examples of raps
id growth in recent times is furnished in
the case Of the infant city Cheyenne,
Wyoming Territory On the 4th ofJuly,
1861, it consisted of q single house,
Now it boasts population of 1000 it
has six boot and shoe stores, five drug
stores, eight dry goods stores, three
clothing stores, FIVE wholesale groceries,
three hardware and cutlery stores, three
restaurants and game stores, four sta-
tOnery and Yankee notion firms, six
wholesale liquor dealers and four tobae-
co and cigar stores, besides twelve other
firms engaged in various branches of
business. There are four hotels, eight
lawyers, and seven physicians in the
place. -Four papers, three daily and one
weekly, are published in Cheyenne. The
Union Pacific railroad passes through it,
and four lines of telegraph radiate from
it. 1t contains one very fine church
(CathOlie) and three or four other de-
nominations are about TO erect houses of
worship. Formerly, when the Union
Pacific railroad had its terminus there,
the town was oyerrun with disrspntabls
women to the number OF five hundred or
more, bat large proportion Of them
have followed the road on 10 lis next
terminus. The youthful city supports a
large number of gambling bells, several
dance-hOuses, a museum and a theatre,
all in full blast The Union Pacific
Company are building machine shops
there, which, when completed, will en-
plOy some 5000 hands. The rieh-men,
miners, farmers and stOekmen of Idaho,
Utah, Montana, Nevada, DacOta and Ores
gOn, buy the bulk of their goods at Chey-
enne TWenty-One firms there last year
reported a business of over $4,000
month. The wages of masons, carpen-
tiers, common wOrkmen, &C., are from "a
to $40 per day, and improved property
sells for 500 foot Such are the mag
zeal effects of railroad enterprises, on a
grand scale, in the West.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11
TELEGRAPHIC,
WASHINGTON.
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL
VOTES.
The Final Result.
Prospect of Compromise In
Cuba.
Probable Revolution In New
York Politics.
StOneman Making Another Raid
In Virginia.
NEW YORK.

Probable Revolution I'm Ihe Govern
msnt Of the Ci1y-AtiemEIed Bank
Robbery.
NEW YORK, Feb. l0.-The Herald pre-
diets coming change in the government
of this city. 1t says the Irish vote is be-
coming Of less consequence than it used
TO be. The German vote is growing to
be thing of such importance that poll
ticians bid for it in no feeble terms. The
Germans here are more numerous than
the Irish. They have more journals than
the Irish and can poll more votes than
tie Irish, and knowing all this, they in
tend to assert themselves in unnistaka
bic style.
Two burglars, on Monday night, at
tempted to break into the Oriental Bank,
by forcing an entrance from the liquor
store in the basement. The thieves were
surprised at their work and made good
their escape.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

There are only two days this week
the rest are Lent.
The United States owe Kentucky a
million and quarter.
The Protestant population Of France
is estimated at ], 100000.
An Ambitious stable keeper in East
Broadway, New York, has an immense
sign on the front Of his establishment
Hotel de Horse"
The Hindoo Nicer Hadjee, who murs
dered Capt. Douglass and others in 1857,
will be executed shortly at Delhi, near
the scene of his crimes.
A dispatch from Athens says King
George has declared that Greece must
either accept the protocol of the Paris
conference or receive his resignation Of
the crown.
The claim Of parties in st. Louis, for
army supplies, which led to the dismissal
of Gen. Nc Kinstry, has just been decided
in favor of the plaintiffs by verdict for
$4,000.
Aspecimen Of gold leaf was lately OK
hibited in Boston, reduced to one~fiftieth
of its original thickness, or to one four,
teen-millionth of an inch. 1t was quite
transparent.
The cause of Weston's being behind
is said to be the necessity Of stopping to
rub his ears, these frosty morning. The
extent Of surface to be gone over con-
sumes great deal of time.
Edwin Booth has sold the Salt Pond
Mountain, in Giles county, Virginia, con-
tanning Il, 900 acres to company of Ten.
nesseeans, for 100000. They intend to
found watering place there.
The New York gossips say that Eds
win Booth has been playing Romeo to
Miss Mary McVicker's Juliet, for several
months, and the probabilities are that he
will soon change the roll to that of Benz
edick.
Capt. David T. Hoke, an old resident of
Cincinnati, died at his residence on Sun
day morning last. Capt. Hoke was a
well>kaown citizen, was master builder
by profession, and was at one time Chief
of Police.
The grand jury of Washington has
found true bill against man who, with
out knowledge or skill in medicine, ad-
ministered ten grains of sulphate of NOR,
phine to woman who, it is alleged, died |
in consequence.
Cora Pearl paid the chemist who dyed
her hair 5000 francs. 1t used to be |
light yellow, and is now of that color
which the Psrisians call COX tall" very
red, but with singular golden luster.
The dying process lasted week.
The Boston Pos: says: "If Gen. Grant |
refuses, as reported, to accept the Gus
tomary official courtesy of the outgoing
to the incoming Executive, by declining |
to ride in the same barouche with him
to the Capitol, on Inauguration day, he |
does churlish thing, which none of the
ordinary rules of good breeding will per-
nit. A refusal of that sort can not harm |
President johnson, who takes no respon-
sible part in the act; whether it will tend |
to inspire more exalted opinion in judi
cious minds respecting the conduct OF the
party, is his affair, and not that |
of Mr. Johnson
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11

Wet FLORIDA Before adjOurning, the
Legislature of Florida adopted reso7
lutions authorizing the Governor to APP
point three commissioners to negotiate
with the commissioners of Alabama for
the cessiOn Of West Florida TO the latter
State also authorizing an election to be
held in that section o / the State to test
the popular will on the matter of annexA
alton. The Legislature or the people of
Florida, and the Congress of the United
States, are to approve the transfer before
tt can be regarded as final
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VIRGINIA.

How MildIy Gen. StOnemau Cuts Ii.
RICHMOND, Feb. 10.-Gen. Stoneman
has issued an order directing all civil
officers, corporations, companies and as
sociations in this State, required by law
to make reports and returns to the Legis-
lature at its annual session, to make the
same to his headquarters without delay,
in addition to the annual or other reports,
supplement reports are to be made TO in
clude January.
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CHICAGO.
Female Suffrage Convention, ct

Fems.e Suffrage Convention, etc.
CHICAGO, Feb. l0.-The Woman Suf-
frage Convention commences its session
in this city tomorrow morning. Mrs.
Cady Stanton is to speak in the evening.
Messrs. Anthony and George Francis
Train have also signified their intention
TO be on hand. Rev. Robert Collier,
Rev. E. J. Goodspeed, and other promi,
nent citizens, are to address the cOnvenN
ton.
Ii is now believed that the murder oil
ex-senator Mcconnell was the result Of
an old grudge entertained by a man to
whom he had sold some land.
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/
and happiness Of mankind" (Dee.
Rights, Sec 2) Hoping and trust
ing that no exercise Of suc1 arbitra-
ry power and oppression, no OUTRAGE
of persons. nor depreciation or
property may be committed in our
county, we confidently appeal to our
fellow citizens, through the county,
and request every one to keep and
preserve the peace and assist the
civil authorities in bringing often
ders to justice.
JNo. W. RICHARDSON, Chm.
CHAs. READY,
j. u. PALMER,
w. N. DoUGHTY,
JNo. W. BUXTON,
E. L. JORDAN.
Sub Committee.
After the report of the COMMITTEES
was read, the following resolutions
were offered by John Woods, ESQ,
and unanimously adopted by the
meeting:
Resolved, That we, citizens from
every portion of Rutherford county,
have heard the report of the com
mittee who were appointed to confer
with the public authorities on the
subjects named, and do most heatily
approve and endorse their report.
Resolved, That the Secretaries of
this meeting be requested to furnish
q printed copy Of the report and of
the proceedings of this meeting to
His Excellency, w. G. Brownlow,
Governor Of the State Of Tennessee,
Gen. Joseph A. Cooper, and the
Honorable Speakers of the Senate
and House of Representatives ofthe
General Assembly Of the State of
Tennessee.
Be it further resolved, That the
thanks of this meeting be rendered
TO the gentlemen of the committee
FOR the faithful and able manner in
which they have discharged the du-
les imposed upon them.
After which the meeting adj
burned sine de.
j. B. PALMER, Chairman
j. r. DlLLIN,
III. c. MeLAUGHLIN,
r. X. HENDERSON,
Secretaries.
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NORTH CAROLINA.

NO Reduction OF tue Army Wanted.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I0-Gov Holden,
Of North Carolina, on behalf Of the
loyalists of that State, has telegraphed
the North Carolina Senators to oppose
any bill reducing the Federal army
which may result in a reduction Of the
garrison in that State
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11
VERMONT.
The EIectlon of Censors.

The EIection OF Cens0rs.
BURLINGTON, VT, Feb 10.-The Chair
man of the Republican and Democratic
State Committees Of this State, have
united in a call for a convention of The
freemen Of Vermont, to be held at Mont
pelier on the 18th inst, to nominate a
ticket Of thirteen persons to,constitute p
council of censors, to be voted for the
last Wednesday in March, agreeable to
the State constitution.
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MEMPHIS.

Coal OIL Lamp AeeIdent-TriaI of Do
ran, etc.
The grocery store Ct Page q Co, on
Popular street, together with the contents.
Was destroyed by the bursting of a coal
oil lamp last night. Loss $4,000, par
TALLY insured.
The trial Of Dorsn for the murder Of
Whitfield, postponed until the 18Th inst.
Robert Goode has been appointed In
sPector Of bulls FOR this Port, vi &c Duvoe
dpceased
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11

Hon. Murray Mcconnell, ex,State Sens
ator and auditor of one of the bureaus
in the Treasury Department at Wash.
ingtOn during Mr.. Buchanan's admins
tratiOn, was murdered in his law Office
at Jacksonville, Morgan county, Miss,
on the 9th inst by an unknown assassin.
Deceased was seVenty-One years old, and
was the law precepter of Stephen A.
Douglas One of his daughters is the
widow of ex-senator McDOugall, OF Cal
ilOrnia.
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GERM y.


Ceremony OT KRIghIIng the Prince OF
Wales.
Berlin, Jan 20-l esterlay afternoon,
at halEpast two clock, chapter of the
knight of the Black Eagle, was held in
the Royal Palace 10 invest his Royal
Highness, the Prince OF Wales, with the
insignia Of the Order The inYestiture
took place in the Ritter Saal (hall Of the
Knights, in the presence OF the King,
the royal Princess and the other Knights
Of the Order all wearing the robes and
attended by the officials, pages and her.
aids. His Majesty having taken his place
upon the throne, Count Sdllfried, the
chief master Of the ceremonies was com
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11

HYDRoPHoBIA CURED.-Hydrophobia
has been successfully treated with iodine
by DR.. Mussey, ofChicago. He has pub
lished paper detailing his experience in
eight cases in which the patients were
thought to have beewbitten by rabid ami
mails. He makes the important state~
ment that in not more than one case out Of
twenty does hydrophobia result from the
bite of animals supposed to be rabid. Of
the eight cases p romptly treated with
iodine, not one resulted fatally, nor were
any decisive symptoms manifested. In
four of the cases it was probable that the
wounds were from animals really rabid,
and not in the other four. All were
treated alike, in view Of the uncertainty.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11
THE BROWNL0WS AND THE
SCHOOL FUND.-"
What kufser Said ia Memphis--The
Memphis Ledger snsinaates thai alI
"a Mot Hight
From the Memphis Appeal. Hob. 8

what Rssser Said ia Memphis--The
| Memphis Ledger Ensinaates that ALI
Is NOt Right.
From the Memphis Appeal, Feb. 9.
The Knoxville Press and Herald Of
Sunday morning publishes the following
extract of card from Gov. Brownlow,
published in the Knoxville Wing of the
previous day :saEsass x-sssa IS e
" 1t is gratifying to me that this search
Ing investigation by the Legislature
proves me to have been entirely free
from any and all completely with the dis
astrous and criminal perVersion of the
school funds, rescued from the Rebels.
"Rutter, himself, the late President of
the Tennessee National Bank, has testi-
fled that no member Of the Brownlow
family had received dollar of this money
or was in any way connected with it,
Whatever our views of Gov. BroWn-
lows political conduct may be, we will
always be glad to accord to him, or any
man, whatever Of credit may belong to
him for honesty. But we are constrain-
ed to say that so far as we are aware,
Rutter made no such statement as the
second paragraph Of the above contains;
but, on the contrary, declared here in
Memphis, openly and above board, that
he could prove the corruption Of the Rad>
zeal party, from Brownlow down. He
boosted Of having letters from the Gov
ernor confessing bribery, and said he
would publish them before he left for
Nashville. There's another lie struggling
for father.
] From the Memphis Ledger. Feb. s.
If the Brownlows could exculpats
themselves from any completely or crim>
inality in this late School Fund rascality,
it would be gratifying to US as citizen of
Tennessee. But we fear that our Cow
ernor and his loyal son, Col. John Brown
low, have both received their share Of the
missing fund. The Colonel denounces
the letter to Mr.. Rutter acknowledging
the receipt of $1,000 as q forgery, and
says that it was receipt for
twenty dollars for work done
at his printing Office, and that he |
had failed to put in the dividing point |
between the dollars and cents, which left |
the amount to appear as $1,000, when it |
should have been only $50 and no cents.
A very artful dodge, indeed. But you
can't win with that hand, Col. John. We |
understand, and from good authority, that
Mr.. Parhsm, the agent of Mr.. Rutter,
did pay You an amount Of money for con-
sideration for services rendered in the
matter ofgetting the School Fund in posi-
session. Do you deny that II so, we
think that the proof can be made so clear
that the most incredulous can be con-
WINGED.
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The Germans of Washington are pre-
pairing a reception for Carl Schurz, on his
arrival next week. A scramble will be
given him.
DIR. Nelaton, of Paris, the Emperors
medical adviser, has inspecteds the
Siamese Twins, and thinks they can be
safely divided.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11

FREAK OF NATURE.-At the aImshouse
in this county, is a colored child, appa-
rently near one year old, upon which mas
ture seems to have been practicing its
freaks. On each of its hands it has
five separate and distinct fingers, exelu-
sive of the thumb, and on its right foot it
has two great toes. The left foot has the
usual number of toes, but instead of the
second one being in its proper place, be-
tween the first and third, it has grown
under them. These extra fingers and
toes are perfectly natural 10 every res
spect. The child was left at the aims
house several months since by some per.
son unknown, and is being properly at.
tended to.-DentOn Nd Journal
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Georgia were counted. Grant and Col
fax stood 2l4, Seymour and Blair 80.
Grant and Collax were declared duly
elected.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11

A movement is on foot in New York
to unite the various French societies
throughout the United States and Canada.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-11

Charles Bradford, of New Bedford,
Mass, has been offered $4,000 for the
patent Of his four wheeled velocipide; but
has refused it, and contents himself with
selling the Connecticut right for Sc, 900.
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GEN. LEE IN FAVOR OF THE New
MOVEMENT IN NIRGINIA.-The Richmond
Wig quotes approvingly and cOnspicu-
ously the following; 1.-The editor of the
Petersburg index, writing from Wash
ington, says: i see that the Express,
Norfolk TUgiRiaR, Examiner and
Fredericksburg NetoS are still exercis-
ing themselves about the honor of the
old State and its good people The
writer adds, by authority, that Gen.
Lee not only heartily agreed with the
new movement, but was among the first
to suggest the ideas which control it
The fact is, all sensible people in Nlr~
GINA and elsewhere in the South are pre-
pared for peace, and expect 1t under Gen:
Grants administration, and those old
politicians who cast obstacles IN the way
of consummation so devOutly to be
wished should be shelyed forever
Nc,c York Herald