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say lamentable, how difficult it is to
find, not the nan, but any man fit
to undertake it. There are legions
of applicants for employment, but
when man is really wanted he is
not to be found. The applicants
will do anything except the thing
they are wanted to do. In the
United States they are said to get
out of these difficulties by a rigid
and universal application of the
political test; and it certainly must
save the heads Of departments from
being overcome by a morbid sense
of responsibility. But should the
head of department by chance
have a difficult job to be done, we
apprehend that he finds he can not
trust as much as he would wish to
his army of political nominees.
On the point before us, then,
there does not appear to be any
real difference between republican
and monarchial institutions, or be.
tween old societies and new. The
elected head of republic, carried
to his all but regal throne BY q mil
lion or two free snffrages, finds his
monarchy as limited almost as our
own. He finds he can not choose
his ministers; he can only accept
those forced upon him by personal
claims and a variety of cireum-
stances. All sorts of obstacles are
raised to the exercise of free Sc
lection, or, consequently, to the
choice of a policy Till we know |
what colleagues will be imposed
upon President Grant, we can not
say what he will do, for Whist is
done will be their doing, not his,
except in name. They may serve
to reconcile some grumblers
to our own close, stiff, old fash
toned system. 1t is often COM
planned, as if peculiar to ourselves,
or at least to Europe, that a man can
not force his way into the first rank
of politics by his mere personal
merits, and that ministers with the
best intentions have to choose the
worst men, or the men they least
like. The fact, indeed, may be so.
Pitt, it is said, complained that
during his long tenure of Office he
had never but once been able to
put man into any place he de.
sired for him. No cabinet can be
named in which there are not one or
two names suggestive of disuniOn,
or unwilling cooperation, or down
right antipathy. A man is evident
ly chosen because he is better in
side than outside, inasmuch as if
not friend he will be dangerous
foe. Or man is chosen to keep
out another. In the old country it
used to be said that the Dukes must
be consulted, and there must be 3
a few Lords. There must, too, be
plenty Of money and good houses,
and a good deal more not strictly
in the nature of political qualifica-
ton. Is it better in the New World
Not a bit, as it seems. Nay, it is
rather worse there. Queen Victoria
has welcomed John Bright to her
councils, but President Grant has
been obliged to leave Mr.. Stewart
to his shop, and to the further ags
grandizement of a fortune he knows
not how to spend, and would will
ingly have devoted to the use of
his country.
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NEW ORLEANS.
POntIGeaI :CeIebrattOn-RaiIrO At
fairs.

New ORLEANS. April l2.-The Pom
tifcal Anniversary Celebration yesterday
was a very magnificent affair.
4 meeting of the directors of the New
Orleans and Jackson Railroad was held
to>day. The reports Of the President
and Superintendent, all favour the ex>
tention of the road to Decatur. Repre-
sentatiyes orthe States Of Louisiana and
Mississippi, were present, the latter hold
ing 100, 600 sharss, but it is claimed
of the management of the road that they
have extingrished their rights to vote,
A meeting for the purpose of electing di~
rectors will be held next Monday,
The n Orleans and 0pelsusas Railroad
Company have just concluded contract
for 10000 tons English iron.
Yesterday quantity of valuable doc,
uments was discovered in the building il
which is located the auditors Office, 4
portion of which is SS0O0in unpaid STATE
coupons. As far as the case has pro-
crossed no loss to the State has beef
discovered.
| An inventory of the valuable paper
hidden by Auditor Wickliffe was com
pleted to-day, and foots up $l53,OOC
consisting of State coupons, warrants anC
tax receipts.
Supervisor Creery has detectives be
fore the grand jury for examination rela
tive to revenue frauds in this State.
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INTERNATIONAL.

The Treaty -Ominous Talk.
In the discussion in the Senate yester>
day after Mr.. Summers speech, some re-
marks are reported to have been made to
Mr.. Chandler. The American continent,
he said, was too small to hold the two
sovereignities. Mr.. Warner is reported
to have equaled, if not. surpassed, Mr..
Chandler in his sangunary declarations.
If be were President, he said, be would
in his instructions to Mr.. Molly say not
to take any further trouble in reference
to the settlement of the question. Let
it 60 by. If England wishes to open
negotiations let her do so. No Amer,
lean can afford to wait the day of
reckoning,
The Herald says the Senate has COM
menced the work, by rejecting the Ala
bama treaty, of dissipating the fiction
that the Alabama claims constituted
merely sort of international account,
easily adjusted.
The Tribune says the vote in txecu-
tive session rejecting this treaty was en-
phatic enough, we trust, to enable our
friends in Great Britain TO comprehend
at least the truth.
The World says the rejection of the
Alabama treaty is no surprise, and thinks
the prospect of a satisfactory settlement
under Grants administration is slender.
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Particulars of the Spanish Outrage
UDOD the Schooner Lizzie Major.

Particulars of the Spanish 0ufrags
Upon the Schooner Lizzie Major
NEW YORK, April l4--Lieut. Com
mander Fillebrown of the United States
steamer Naragansett, reports under date
of the 7th inst. from Havana, the psrticu>
lars of two passengers, Cubans, having
been taken out of merchant schoozer,
Lizzie Major, ten leagues from the coast
Of Cuba by the Spanish faigate, Ferdi-
nand Calillico,. and imprisoned. The
two persons were named d. Santiago A.
Armable and Don Ransom s. Rives.
1t seems they took passage on the Liz
zie Major at Havana for New Orleans.
The schooner touched at Remedies took
ip a cargo and sailed on the 10Th of
March for her destination. She was
boarded the same day by the Spanish
frigate as above.
The prisoners were carried back to
Remedias and incarcerated. One is lad
about ten years Of age. They were
visited in prison by Mr.. Stone, U. s.
Consular Agent at that port, who made
demand upon the commander of the
Province for their release; this he did
not feel authorized to do without orders
from superior authority. The case
having been known to Mr.. Hall, U. s.
vice Consul General in Cuba, he has or
dered thorough Investigation to be
made. The ground Of the arrest is said
to be that the names Of the passengers
were not on the manifest of the
schooner.
MADRID, April 14.-It is reported that
Gen. Prim will go to Cuba as Captains
General, accompanied by large reinforce
ments Of troops for the suppression ofthe
instruction.
HAVANA, April l4.-Volunteers are
organizing in the interior. The Rasede
Cuba warns the public against overscon-
fidence in the termination Of the insur.
rection. The Dero says the Spanish war
steamers are watching the two expedi-
lions which are expected from the United
States
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IF her American possessions to the

of her American possessions to the
United States. %
This plan 10 about ready to be
brought forward again. 1t will
probably be presented before the
session ends. It is based upon a
thorough investigation of the rela-
tive value of all public property,
therevenues, aid for public works,
and the relative debts of the two
governments. 1t has been modified
to conform to the new relations of
the confederation, and in this new
form it will probably be used by
the party in Canada fayoring an
nexation, as basis upon which to
work in the presentation of their
views to the people of the Domin-
ion. The plan, as revised, may
have an important bearing upon the
settlement Of the Alabama claims.
On the 18th Of the present month
the question of annexation will be
directly passed upon at an election
to be held in one of the representa-
tive districts of Nova Scotia. Hon.
Joseph Howe has been for twenty
years one Of the leading statesmen
Of that province, and one of its best
speakers, and until lately strong
opponent of a confederation. After
the union was decided upon, believ-
ing that repeal was impossible, he
accepted Office under the confeder-
alton. In accordance with English
custom, he has now gone before the
people of his district for indorse-
ment or defeat. If he is defeated,
it will show strong annexation
feeling; and on this account the
election of next week is awaited by
many here and throughout Canada
with anxiety.
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ST. LOUIS.
Decision Ia the Can't. Dona,ds,

Decision Ia the Capt. Donaldson Case.
ST. LOUIS, April l4.-Judge Primm
of the Criminal Court to-day delivered an
opinion in the case of Capt. VIM. B. Don>
aIdsOn, whose counsel had moved
discharge on the ground that
on three terms the. court has
passed since his indictment, and that I'M
der the law further action could not be
had against him. The Judge decided
against the motion and remanded him to
jail. He will doubtless be brought to
trial, one of the principal witnesses
against him being now here.
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In the Political Interests of
the People

THE UNION AND AMERICAN will take the Con-
stitutiOn and laws for its guide. adherine 10 the
teachings Of the founders Of cur government. II
will guard with vigilance and frmness the
rights Of all the people. urging upon ALL ln0dera
ton. forbearancs and steady sdhsrenee a.
and order. thereby enabling the people To
develop the resources and advance all the mate
rial and other interests Of our State and com
non country. Feeling that these are endaD-
sered BY the revolutionary schemes Of the Radi-
cal politicians. who now hold the legislative
power Of the government We shall abzts moth
ing of our past.oppOsitiOn to thsirmszsurss.
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PITTSBURG.
Great oil Fire Near the CITY


PITTsBURG, April 1.-THE extensive
oil refinery of Forsyth Bros. at Sharps-
burg, near the city, was almost totally
destroyed by fire to-day. At 10 clock A.
NJ. a tank of benzine exploded, and the
flames spread rapidly to the buildings
and other tanks. The stills building and
selling house, containing 1900 barrels
refined, and | 800 barrels distilled oil,
caught fire and burned all the afternoon.
At clock NJ. another containing Do
600 barrels Of crude, caught, and at 10
P. NJ still another alarm has struck, indi-
eating that the fire is still raging. 1t is
feared the adjoining Observation-Disclosures,
National and Standard-may have taken
fire. The loss is estimated at $4,000
to 5000, 900; said to be only $45, 900 inr
surance
Two men, two women and a child
living near, were burned by the first
flames which shot out from the benzine.
One of the women is injured seriously.
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ILLINOIS.
The Legislature Again in

THO LFE LsFHtHEe AEHaIh IN sNss1VHs
CHICAGO, April 14.-The State Legis-
lature's adjourned session met at Spring
field toSday.
The Governor has vetoed one hundred
and fifty bills out of the number placed
in his hands at the adjournment, the most
important of which are the lake front
bill, ceding a certain portion of the lake
frontage to the Illinois Central railroad,
and the bill allowing towns and cities to
resume State taxes for the benefit of ex-
isting or prospective railroads. The
first-named bill is likely TO pass over the
Governors veto, but the fate of the latter
is somewhat doubtful.
The session is likely to continue about
ten DAYS.
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Our Manufacturing and Do
nestle Interests.

We shall constantly Admonish the Southern
people to be self-rsliant. and shall do what We
may be able to induce the establishment
manufactures in eur midst for our bone pro-
ducts. To this end We viii pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and sxert OGsselvss to encourage the eiysrsia-
cation Of Southern industries snd the develop
ment Of Southern resources.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-15
Our Financial and CONNER
cial Column.

Every department Of business has an immS
data interest In the markets Of the country. and
in its financial Illustrations and condition. fhs
man who fans to keep himself property sd
vissd as to the rise aud fall Ct the markets. a.
controlled By the laws Of demand and supply
and tia relative condition Of he currency. Ia
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and snssrp<ising
nsighbOrs. In order 20 make our paper vAfEAbls
as well a. interesting. We shall make this
SPECIAL BEATuEK- Our Daily Market Rsports.
domestic and foreign. By telegraph. and sur
City Reports. gotten up At heavy expense. shali
challenge the commsndstion Of our best susi-
ness men; while our current Financial Reports
from all the leading m0nsy csntsrs ofths coun-
try shall be fuller than have svsr been pub
lishsd BY any other Journal n fsnnsssss-
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RADICAL ORGAN ON
AND SOUTHERN RADICALS


The New York Nation, one Of the
ablest Radical organs in the country, re-
fers to the confirmation Of Gen. Long
street as follows
Gen. Longstreet's nomination for the
Collectorship of New Orleans has been
confirmed, after some fierce opposition in
the Senate from Parson Brownlow, who
read paper against him based on the
incidents of the Generals campaigns in
East Tennessee. Another Senator read
extracts against him from an old article
in Black,eood's Magazine, but all in
vain. The hostility to the appointment
on the part of the Unionist element at
the South is of course intense, but it is
nevertheless perhaps the wisest and most
statesmanlike GRAFT has made. The
principal duty of the government at
the South is not, as many people
imagine, to "pay off" transgress-
ors and keep the best offices for
the faithful, but to do what it can to
make the South peaceful, prosperous,
and contented, and there is only one
way Of doing this, and that is by recon-
CLING the disaffscted white population to
the new order of things. The objection
hitherto usually made to forgiving or
forgetting the misdeeds of the Rebels has
been that they would not repent" but
Gen. Longstreet has humbly "repsnted,"
and the very best way of building up
real Union party of the South, composed
of the influential portion of the people,
is to show that repentance" really does
End acceptance at Washington, and is
likely to be followed not merely by par
don, but reward. OF course this is not
exact Justice" but then exact justice
is not within our reach, while scientific
government is. If everybody got his
due, Parson Brownlew would certainly
not be in the Senate, as he spenta great
many years of his life in helping to
bring the war about, and good many
Southern Unionists would be engaged in
work better suited to their character and
capacity and antecedents than legislation
for Southern Rebels.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Arkansas Legislature adjourned
on Saturday sine die.
The British government has recalled
five regiments from Canada.
The spring meeting Of the Memphis
Racing Association begins on the l9th.
A compromise has been effected be-
tween the Republicans and Democrats of
the Indiana Legislature.
Forty-fi five negroes were baptised by a
revival preacher at Danville, Kentucky,
last Sunday.
Haywood county, Tennessee, has
voted $4,000 for bridge over the
Hatchie river at Brownsville.
Providence, Carroll Parish, La, has no
church, and the Record says the Gospel
has not been preached there for years.
A committee of the New York Legisr
lature will investigate the charge of cruel
| treatment of convicts in the State prison.
A majority of the papers Of Texas
support A. j. Hamilton for Governor,
and urge the adoption Of the Constitu-
| ton.
A new medical society was formed IN
Chicago, Saturday evening, under the
name of the Chicago Academy of Medi'
cine.
The latest advices from Rio JaneirC
state that the allies were preparing t
send an expedition Of 1900 men from
Asumcion in the interior of Paraguay, IL
search of President Lopez.
The Pope, on the occasion of the jubi-
lee in the celebration Of the fifteenth
anniversary OH accession to the priest
hood, granted pardons to large mum
Der Of persons, including many politica
offenders.
Mr.. Motley, the nominee for the Eng
lish mission, is fltyofVe years old, ma
tive of Massachusetts, and a grsdute q
Harvard College. lie is widely know
a. a scholar and historian. In 1861
President Lincoln appointed him Minis
ter to Austria, which position he he'll
, until 1867, when an impudent lette
, from Secretary Seward was replied to b
the tender of his resignation.
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The Cubans who have been in Wash>
ington for some time, are quite discon-
solate over the failure of the Senate to
pass Gen. Banks resolution of sympathy
for their suffering countrymen. The
Cubans, however, profess to have ihfor>
nation that Capedes is master of the stu
atien, and they declare that within the
coming fortnight he will have received
arms and ammunition which will enable
him to put ten thousand colored men in
Gala
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Fred. Bussey and Patsy Reardon have
signed articles of agreement to fight, sc>
cording to the rules of the London prize
ring, for $500a side, in three months,
within fifty miles of St. Louis. Bussey
claims to be champion Of the middle
weights of the Northwest. He has fought
twice, and Reardon has had five battles.
Both men go into training at once.
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Subscription Price Reduced stIIl
Lower.
TERMS CASH IN ADyAxoE
FOR 1890.

Tag NAsHvILLE UStOS AND DfsPAroH and the
NASHVILLE GAzErrE By consolidating the tive
papers. propose to make the UNIoN AND AMEaI-
ANthe best and cheapest jsurnal ever published
in Tennessee. and We ask the united supper. and
tavcr Ofthe patrons Of both the former papers,
tnfhe new enterprise. pledging ourselves that
in every particular our paper will compare IA
vOrably with the best Ia ths entire country; and
in saying this. We Only repeat the expressions Of
many Of our patrons who are most capable Of
'Gdging In such matters.
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two. A large number of female clerks
will be discharged from the Treasury
Department tomorrow.
In the Criminal Court to day the jury
rendered a verdict Of guilty against
Leonard Huych. charged with larceny of
$4,000 Of government bonds, special
deposit by Col. d. r. McNair with, MUIR
ray & Co. It will be recollected that
Huych was President of the Merchants
National Bank which exploded two or
three years ago.
j. G. Bancroft Davis, Assistant Secs
rotary of State, is quite i'll and unable to
attend to business.
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CINCINNATI.
Legal Opinion ON a railroad auesti

CINCINNATI, April 1.-The executive
committee of the Board of Trade tO>day
consulted Hon. Geo II. Pendleton and
another eminent lawyer, +. A. Ferguson,
as to the power OF the city to aid in the
construction of a railroad to Chatta-
nooga, with amendment to the State con
s.itution The question was referred to
six able lawyers for discussion. Three
of them have already expressed opinions
that the city can give such aid.
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TO the Friends Of the Old Union and
American. and others.

We ask the ftisuds:Ioi the 0l9 UsIoE kSD
AxERIeAE. and all supporters Of Constitutional
liberty without regard "a past party affiliations.
to aid Esin extending our circulation and busl-
ness. in the warfare We are wzging ssainsr Rsdi-
calism. its corupsions and asurpstions. Speak
to your neisEbor and get him TO take the papsr.
at least for the canvass Address
y. o. GRIFFITH q CO.,
Old Union and American Biosk. corner
Cherry and Church streets, saSG
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ALABAMA AND GEORGIA.

Had News from the Cotton Fields.
LOUISVILLE, April l4-Telegrams
from Alabama and Georgia say the frost
has materially injured the cotton crop
and repIantiBg wilt be necessary
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MONTGOMERY.
WO.k Of the OsI-KfnG-ImpOrtan
Railroad Item

hHtETUHN FtSUI.
MONTGOMERY, April IA. - Yesterday
morning there was slight frost, and this
morning a more severe one, damaging
new cotton crops and fruits, and render
ing re-planting Of cotton necessary.
The South and North road is now un-
der contract, insurins the completion
and equipment Of the whole line by De-
cember, 1861.
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Mr.. Smallwood, formerly of Missouri,
and more recently Postmaster at New
Orleans, has been removed from that
position. His successor is Mr.. Lowell,
late speaker of the Louisiana Legisla>
ture, and a general leader in Radical
eaucuses.
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Upon the Subject of Agri-
culture,

And Kindred topics. Ws shall also siVs N AZ
tsnsiye variety Of valuable and interesting mat
tsr-ths best adapted TO the farming CLASSES Of
our State. which will. In 9 great measure. up-
ply the place Of family Agricultural paper
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Schools and Education.

We will take especial pains to ascertain the
true situation Of all :Our school and sduss-
tional interests. so as to keep our readers fully
posted in regA.d 10 those important matters.
Too much confederation cannot be given 10 the
interests Of our State.
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The farmers of Mississippi ara turning
their attention TO wheat raising, and sans
guire persons predict that it will be the
greatest grain>growing State in the
Southwest in five years.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


Tri-Waekly and other subscribers. having
prepaid for the UsI0s AsR Drsz4Fcz win b
supplied With either Of the ether editions Of the
UsIos AND AxEs1oAx At tbs reduced rssss. II
hey viii notify rs Of their choices.
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Gen. John C. Breckenridge arrived in
Harrodsburg Friday, and met with a
warm reception from the citizens of that
town. Heis the guest of ex-Gov. Magof-
fin.
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In Every Thing.

News. cOmmorce. Finance. Manufactures. Az
rieulturs and niscellaEsces topics. together vita
political matters. shall be the special Obiecs o.
attention in the columns Of the USIoE AID
AHERIoaE, 80 as to make Il ahead Of all Other
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TEE UEIOE AND AMERICAN As an sdysrtissns
medium shall not BE surpassed b. any paper in
the State. In sntsrpriss and energy It shall b.
second 10 none.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-04

The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, in
his speech at the opening of the Provincial
Parliament yesterday, recommended that
efforts be made to induce larger immigration
into the Dominion. The wisdom of this ad-
vice requires no demonstration. Not only
does the great tide of European emigration
shun the shores of the Dominion but even
the people who are born upon its soil desert
it for the land of greater promise which lies
to the south.