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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-04
CUBA.
Encouraging Accounts Of the Patriot
eauSe

Encouraging Accounts of the Patriot
SRuse.
New YORK, August 3-Letters have
been received in this city from leaders Of
the Cubans, dated the 26,h ult. These
letters give the following items from the
insurrectionary districts. The recent en-
gsgements have placed in the hands OF the
Republican leaders large number Of
prisoners, and they are now III position to
prevent the holesale massacre of Cubans
and their friends, which has taken place
through the power of the volunteer organ
is ttiOn, ~ it is understood the prisoners
IN the hands Of the revolutionisls would
be held as hostages for the proper trea'-
ment Of Cubans who might be captured in
battle. This fact has caused a Cessation OF
the execution Of prisoners which has
hitherto been the policy Of 81 anish COM
manders.
Gen QuesadA has completely destroyed
all communication between Puerto Prin-
cipe and the coast and telegraph cOmmu'
nicstion with Havana, and were ii not fol
the unhealthy condition Of the city he
would have occupied it some time since.
Every effort of General Letona t
open COMMUNICATION mas DoOh uSIOoeO"
and in those attempted the Spanish loss
has been treble that Of the Cubans. ThC
loss of the Spanish in these encounter
is so great that it is reported that the ef
fectiye force of Letons at Nuevitas ant
the entire district does not exceed 4,OO
men, while that of Quesada exceeds $, ,OO
in good discipline, well armed and full.
prepared for forward movement wher
the healthy condition of the countr,
adjacent to the coast will permit.
There have been a number OF mlno
contests in Jordan's district. In eac
case the Spanish have been the aggres
sors, but in every instance they hay
been repulsed with great loss, Will
the Cubans have suffered little.
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NEW JERSEY.

Rough Treatment Of CoIOred IndiVid-
uaIs-DessructIOn of AN Ink Fac
tory.
New YORK, August 3.-A party OF white
rowdies assaulted negro picnic near New
ark, New Jersey, yesterday. A desperate
fight ensued between O'Donnell and
OBrien, who fatally stabbed several. OH
ers were wounded. Several arrests were
made.
Doyell's ink factory at Newark burned
last nipht. loss Sl2 900.
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AS Wamble, drunk and malicious mis-
chief, costs; Jennie johnson, keeping mouse
Of ill,fame, $5 and costs; Emma Harrlng-
ton, assault and battery, 50 and Soslf'
Catbsrine Shook, drunk and disorderIy,
s. and costs; VIM Phillips, tiPpling on
SnDJav two cases, SIS and costs; Ann
Cunningham, drunkenness and yagTanieSy,
az md costs: George Finley and Philip
Csstleberry, assault! and battery, costs
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Speaking at Camden.

A large number of people attended at
Camden on Monday last, and Gen. Daw-
son of our city being present, at the urgent
request of the citizens, made a speech in
favor Of Senter and suffrage, urging the
people to turn out and vote, even though
they should be threatened by the Stokesites
with prosecutions without number. His
speech was decidedly able one and well
received by the people" 81"
Jas. w. Harris, Conservative candi-
date for the lower house, made short and
pointed speech in favor of the same plat.
form; while Mr.. Ball, heretofore a esndi'
date, declined in favor Of Harris election
The friends Of Senter and suffrage maj
look for rousing majority against Stoke
and prescription on Thursday the 5th.
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SARATOGA.

Meeting "f the American Dental
Association.
SARATOGA, Aug. 3.-Ihe American
Dental Association commenced It's elghth
annual session At Union Hall ballroom
this morning. The association was called
10 order by Mr.. Taft, of Cincinnati.
President. Delegates from all parts of the
country. including Vice Pre- lent Honor
Judd. of st. Louis; Secretsries, Jas. Nc
Csnnr. Of Hartford, and Edgar Parker, Of
~, Lonis, Treasurer; w. l. Goddard, OF
LonisyilIe; also the leading dentists OF
Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, Boston New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. }. u.
Amber, of New York, made the address
& Welcome
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THE Commercial travellers Of the
Northern cities are excited and rather
disgusted at the action of the Maryland
Court of Appeals last week, in sustain-
ing the judgment of the Criminal Court
of Baltimore. imposing a fine of S4OO
upon Elias Ward, a sample Jersey drums
mer for peddling without State license.
1t is even said that the question will be
carried up to the United States Supreme
ro,,.k
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SPAIN.
A Significant Letter from the Captain
General

A Significant Letter from the Captain
General
MADRID, Augusta The Captain Gen.
eral of Madrid addresses letter to Serrano
and Gen. Prim, in which he Gays: 81 took
part in the revolution hoping 10 see
morality law aud Justice succeed to former
abuses lt is now ten months since the
revolution commenced. My hopes have
been deceived Greater abuses, wide-
spread immortality, deplorable anarchy
prevails, and disasters to which it ia ahso'
lutely necessary to put an end
"The constitution having baen pro
claimed, a monarchy is immediate, and
the choice of a King is indispensable. II
the government does not shortly consider
the question, | shall abandon all hope AZ
to the consolidation of The revolution, and
return 10 private life"
This letter WAS read in the council oi
minister, aud created profound impres
|
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THE FLOODS IN TEXAS.
A Lady and Six Small Children In a
Tree for Twenty four Hours.

A LADY and SiX Small CnlIuEeh IN ~
Tree for Twenty four Hours.
From the Bolton (Texas) Journal. July II.
About nine miles below us on the
river, in the neighborhood of Mr..
Coalson, a widow lady, name not
remembered, with six small child
rem, driven from her house, which
was swept by the high water, took
refuge in tree with her little ones.
AS the flood brought along fence
rails and drift wood, she caught
them and constructed kind of raft
around the tree, SO that when one
of her children slept and fell it was
caught by the platform below. Here
the heroic mother, with all her
precious treasures, remained for
twenty four hours, until Mr.. Coal
son constructed a boat and took
them all safely ashore.
Nolan creek, which runs through
this place, has been Impassable
since Sunday until this Tuesday,
morning. We have no mails since
Monday, and, Judging from appear
ances, we shall expect none for some
time to come.
Since the above was written we
have news from Tennessee Valley,
which is situated some six or eight
miles above this place on the Leon.
The report is that most of the farms
have been overfown, fencing washed
off and the crops otherwise severely
damaged. Among those who have
lsuffered we hear the names of MIR.
Thomas, Rev. Whitley on the Leon,
Mr.. Isaacs on the Lampasas, and
Col. Hawkins on Nolan creek. 1t
has been impossible, up to the
present time, to procure reliable In
formation OF the extent of damage
done, from the fact that the streams
are still impossible, but we much
fear that it has been heavy on all
the streams below.
VISIT TO THE OVERLOOKED REGION
From the ualV6stOn DuhStihs "uiS 81
| Mr.. George b. Nichols, Superln-
tendent of the Buffalo Bayou road
| returned last evening from a visit
| to the overfowed country. H'
went up with supply train of pro
visions and boats. The provisions
| were rationed out among the des
titute at Eagle Lake. He was un
able to approach nearer to Alley
town than three miles, the waite
being four feet on the track; Alley
town is free from water. 1t is re
ported, but not certainly knowu
that Winston's very fine plantatiO-
between Wharton and Richmond, l
left with but single mule, and tha
fifty negroes have been drowned
Mr.. Nichols reports that the stenc
of decaying vegetable and amin
remains were so great that it sicE
ened him. Hundreds of peopl
J were left without food or clothing
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CINCINNATI,
Success OF the Textile Exposition

Success of the Textile Exposition
CINCINNATI, August 3.-Jesse Meal
lister, of Chicago, Secretary Of the Wool
GroWers' Association of the Northwest,
smoke at the opening of the Textile Exp posi-
ION this afternoon. The great Exposition
of Textile Fabrics opentd this morninr,
two adjacent sore rooms fer three stories
in Senton's magnificent new block are
filled with goods. The variety OF articles
ia great and the quality very fine. Basi-
ness men are inspecting them TO confess
that hitherto they have been ignorant Of
the extent and perfection of wooden manu-
f,ctures in the West.
A large number Of people have come
from abroad, and more will come io-mor
row and Thursday to see it. The citizens
are eIated by its success, which far exceed
ed the most sauguine expectations
Throngs visited it to day. all expressed
unouali6ed satisfaction. At three this al
ternoon the formal opening took place.
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COIored ChallenEers.

Noticing large number of colored men
in the city from other parts of The country,
and having understood that many Of them
are here for the purpose Of voting in the
Governors election tomorrow, it is sug-
gested that the following named colored
men act as challeDgers at the different
ward polls:
1st Ward-Joel Hendricks; I'd Ward
Richard Bailey; Sd Ward-John W Al
len; 4th Ward-James Kelly; 9Th Ward
John Rains, No /; 6thWard-John Rains,
No 2; 9TH Ward-Jim TedfOrd; 8th Ward
jeff Patterson; 10th Ward-Alfred
Dodd. FAIR PLAY.
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BUFFALO,.
o,ra,,ous for the Coming Races.

u,. oarAtions for the Coming Races.
BUFFALO, August 3-Great interest
IS manifested in the annual meeting oi
the Buffalo Park Association, commenc.
ing on the 10Th inst. A large number OF
fine horses will be in attendance, on eX-
hlbition and for sale.
Among the horses which arrived to-
day were American Girl, Lucy Bradley,
Confidence and two green ones in charge
Of Dan Goldsmith Maid in charge
of liable Il Henry. From the West q
number of fast horses are also on hand IN
splendid condition. Lady Thorn is ex-
p,cted TO morrow. The race for SlO,OO
comes off on the 18th.
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1t now looks very much as though
Secretary Boutwell, would go by the
board. He has quarreled with Mlssis-
sippi Dent, and to quarrel with a Dent
is one of the highest crimes known to the
administration. We fear nothing can
cavo him
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-04

Large numbers of spurious ten-dolIar
notes are coming into the Treasury from
all the Northern cities, especially from
the New York city banks. They are
so nearly perfect as to make their detec-
ton by the government experts diff
Guilty matter, and are supposed to be
printed from electrotype plates made
from lead impressions of the genuine
plates, by collusion between the printers
in the two bank note offices in New
York where the government note
printing is executed.
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INCIDENT AND ACCIDENT.

CNcNNATI, August 81 Five robberies
startled Clifton last night. The robbers
got nothing but girl years old, which
was reported stolen by gipsles,
but was recovered before night, having
been abandoned by the thieves, for what
object is not known.
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Larceny of Money.

wv Smith and Jane Irwin, both col
ored, were up in the police court yesteI-
day on the charge of stealing SlO5 from
A Bassett, on Cedar street. The case Of
Smith was postponed, and Jane was re-
leased, there not being sufficient evidence
TO convict her.
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PHILADELPHIA, August Sin a game
of base ball to-day the keystone club
of this city defeated the Maryland club OF
Baltimore-3l to "a.
NEW YORK, August 3-One of the cap
tured hlibuslers who refused TO sign the
| agreement not TO violate the neutrality
laws, was sent to BlackwelPs IIsnd yes
terday a. a vagi ant.
POUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, Aug. l.-AI
z O'Clock tO-nights meteor of unusual size
and brilliancy shot from the northeast to
the southwest emitting sparks of fire.
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George Walker, charged with the theft
of watch valued at $40, was released by
the Police Commissioner yesterday. The
case of Dan Griffin, charged with the same
ofIense. WAS continued for further hearing.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-04

The colony of Japanese in California IS
doing well. The Japs are experiment
ing in tea culture in this country, and
have high hopes of success. They are
also raising mulberry trees, and next
wear will plant rice.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-04

The Emperor Napoleon, who is PAS
sionately fond of the ballet, has just re-
warded NJ. Petitpal, the ballet master Of
the opera, with retiring pension of $500
(gold) per year.
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Rig Collection.

John l. Glenn, the Water Tax Coliec-
tor, has recti d collections In TWO
weeks upward of 5000, the biggest cOllec'
ton ever known in that Office for the same
length of time.
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Workmen and others in Connecticut
are forming clubs for the purpose ofbuy-
ing coal by the cargo. They thereby
save couple of dollars or more on the
ton.
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BE Up and Doing.

This day and to-morro " will be big with
the m ital interests TO the people Of
the Volunteer State. Soldiers and the
sons of soldiers, they will nobly peform
the duty assigned them.
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MEMPHIS.

The Movement I'm Favor of chinese
Immigration.
MEMPHIS, August S-A meeting OF citl-
zens and merchants was addressed tonight
at the Chamber Of Commerce by Gen Pli-
low and others, on the subject of introduc-
ing Chinese labor. Subscriptions we're
msdeto the stock Of the company organised
anne weeka acO
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1t is now stated that Gen. Candy will
not be sent to Mississippi. In the appIi-
cation of the test oath to members elect
of the Virginia Legislature he will be
guided by instructions from Gep. Sher-
man.
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co,yo.rC CertIacates.

To-day being the last which the citizens
can procure certificates, we urge upon all
who are entitled to certificates to call upon
Mr. Mulloy and secure one. A large num-
Der were issued yesterday.
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Contrary to previous statement made
through the public press, that Elisha Z.
Sprague had acquiesced in the Judgment
ofthe court at Wheaton, which required
him to pay forty thousand dollars to MISS
Amanda J. Craig, ofCincinnati, for breach
of promise, that gentleman has appealed
to the Supreme Court Of Illinois Tor
writ of error ia the case.
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PardOned.

A convict named Ephraim Smith, seq
fenced 10 the penitentiary one year ior
larceny. received his pardon yesterday.
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A devil fish has been caught at New
Orleans. His chief characteristics are
length Of twelve, and breadth Of four
teen feet, and mouth two feet wide.
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A warrant was issued by Justice Cassetty
Yesterday for the arrest Of Joe Love-
charged with disturbing the peace OF Lewis
,nft
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Nnu a the Time.

"strike while the iron is hot" Let
there be no tagging or miss llcKS. AheS'
are the hours for work.
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ION DENTON DMIIh'
Soliciting Agent Il. X. b

b. J. Decker, mail agent on the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad, was seS
verely, if not fatally, injured, on Friday
night While throwing out mail bag
his hand struck freight car which had
been left on the siding in close proxlml-
tv to the main track.
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Criminal Court,
pnlsce Court.

Nothing of interest was transacted III
this tribunal yesterday.
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LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
The Virginia and Tennessee Air Line
HnIIWay-ImpOrtant Suggestions 10
AashWIEIa N serPhanlS o.

Rhe virginia and Tennessee Air Line
HnIIWay-ImpOrtant Suggestions 10
Nashville Merchants,
Correspondence of the Union and American.
New YORK, July 29.-This leaves
the city of Gotham growing b isk. The
business men are lively waiting on
customers from the South and West,
and anticipate heavy trade this season.
We are gratifed to say that the merN
chants of Nashville are patroniZlng the
Virginia and Tennessee Air Line very
literally. Shippers are getting their
goods through in seven and eight days
and in the best order. Nashville mer'
chants can help the Nashville and Chat
tanoega Railroad wonderfully with their
patronage and may rest assured the road
appreciates it.
Mr.. Evans, the General Eastern
agent in New York, is q live business
man and will do all in the power of the
line to further the interests Of those
that ship by it. Firstly, by shipping on
as good time as any other route, and
secondly, as cheap or little cheaper on
special classes of goods.
Gen. Malone is with us now in New
York and was complimented very highly
by the New York Tribune few days
since for his successful management and
building up the line from Norfolk to
Bristol. With such men as Gen. Ma
hone, Gen, Beaureg.rd, Col Tate, MAJ
Wicks, Col. Cole and Col. Galloway, tC
manage the great railroad interests o
the South, the people and merchant;
may rest assured not a wheel Will o'
left unturned to put everything in uPtol
order as rapidly as possible for the bene
fit of our section Of the country.
Tom BENTON SMITH.
i EAl.a.A.n. Arrnr,k II II d
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The Canvass in Bedford and Ruthe r
ford

We are informed upon reliable authority
that Doughty and Galbreath drew of from
the race for Floater in Bedford and Ruther-
ford last week, and that BOwles, the cOlored
candidate for the same position, drew off
on Monday evening-the only remaining
candidates in the Geld for that position be-
ing DIR. l.. Russell, of Rutherford, and
Joseph Ramsey, Esq, Of Bedford These
gentlemen addressed the people of Bed
ford county on Monday, at Shelbyyille.
DR.. Russell took bold ground for the
immediate removal of the disabilities Of
the people and for calling convention for
the purpose; opposed the fifteenth amend
ment," and declared himself for Senter
and suffrage. Mr.. Ramsey said in his
speech that he was for neither Senter nor
Stokes, and that he was opposed to any and
all conventions, and was in favor Of the
fifteenth amendment. lie proposes to re-
move the disabilities of the people through
the courts, and thinks the Supreme Court
will settle the matter without the necessity
of convention. We have seen a number
of gentlemen from both counties who seem
TO entertain no doubt of the election Of
of DIR. Russell by decided majority,
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Public So uare,
Opposite Upper End of the M.rkelhOu

Opposite Upper End of the MsrkelhOu
E "a.
7
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WE PRESENT THIS SEASON. MOST
unquestiOnabIy. the LARGEST and FINEST
stock of Linen Clothing in Tennessee. Our
goods are the most perfect character in poi
Of FABRIC. CUT. FIT. GENERAL MAX
UP and ELEGANT PROPORTION. These
goods are known to have undergone a Thorough
process of shrinking before making up. and
beautifully laundried after they are made. Eaza
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Still for the Right.


When the canvass for Governor was COM
menced, Joe Williams, who imagined that
Gen. Stokes designed taking liberal posi-
ton on the franchise question, made
speech in which he said that, as there was
no Democratic candidate in the field, he
should vote for that person. But since
that time, in fact Immediately after, the
feathers of the "Bald Eagle" were
fully exhibited, and none of
them pointed in the direction
of Joe's favorite idea Of universal suffrage.
For this reason he recanted his Stokes
speech and earnestly advocates the election
of Gov Senter and the suffrage ticket of
Davidson county. We say this much in
justice to a colored man who feels that be
is slandered by the imputation that he ems
dorses the illiberal policy of the other side.
Guard Against Fraudulent Voting.
There is reason to apprehend that the
supporters of Stokes are so farming Out"
the numerous nonresident negroes, now
being brought here 10 aid them in the cleo
tion tomorrow, as to have many of them
vote at the country precincts near the city.
Knowing that they are TO be closely
watched at the ward polls, these uDPrin-
cipled men will no doubt attempt to use
their ignorant dupes at places where they
are not so strongly susPicioned. The at
tention of our friends in the country is
especially directed to this point. See to it
that no man casts ballot at your precinct
who has not been bona fde resident Of the
State and county the length of time re-
quiIed by law.
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We Sfer a superior make Of o..