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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15
"BRUDDER'' HOWARD AND THE
FREEDMEN,s BUREAU.

When Mr.. Fernando Wood made
charges of very serious nature against
Gen. o. o. Howard in regard to his man.
agement of the Freedmen's Bureau, the
Radicals were Mortified at Mr.. Woods
presumption, and declared that he was
actuated by malice. But the charges
were rather too serious to be ignored by
Congress, as was demanded by the Radi-
Gals, and they were referred to a commit
tee for investigation Every obstacle has
been thrown in the way of fair and full
investigation, by the Radicals on the COM
mittee, notwithstanding which some as
founding developments have been made,
and the truth of number of Mr.. Woods
charges have been established. As stated
by Washington correspondent of the
New York Journal Of Commerce, the
evidence thus far presented has been to
the following effect:
First. That the Howard University
was started entirely independent of the
Freedmen's Bureau. Gen. Howard
bought $50 acres of land with funds be-
longing to the bureau, at 81, 900 per acre,
without the recommendation Of the trus-
tees and against the opposition of some
of them. After the property was decided
to the trustees, the executive committee
was empowered to sell large part of the
estate in city lots. Gen. Whitlesey,
Adjutant General of the bureau, who had
been made financial agent to sell lots, on
Gen. Howard recommendation, obtained
an order to sell lots signed by Howard and
one other member of the executive com
mittee. Without consulting the Others
he sold $50 lots. A committee of trus-
tees inquired into the matter and reported
all these sales unauthorized and illegal,
and took measures TO remedy it. At How
ards request the trustees gave him an
acre of the land, valued at minimum
price at $4, 900. Several other officers of
the bureau had lots reserved at the mini
mum price.
Second. The first Congregational church |
of this city, received S33, 800, in ex-
change for its bonds at par. A portion |
of this was turned over from the bureau
to the University, and part from another
bureau fund for investment in this way.
Third. A bond of the Young Mems |
Christian Association Of this year, for |
81, 900, was sent to the Fisk University, |
in Nashville, as cash TO help that school, |
$40, 900 of the church bonds were sent to
to help the Normal school
there.
Fourth. The contract for building the
University was made by General Howard,
and stipulation made that the material
should be purchased Of the Patent Build
ing Block Company. Charles II. How
ard, Assistant Commissioner of the Freed
mems Bureau, for the District of Colum-
Dia, made contract for building the hos
1ital with the same stipulation. Right to
Use the Patent Brick Machines were pur-
;hased for $4,000 by Gen. o. O. How
lrd, Col c. III. Howard, General Whit
lesey, J. w. Alvord, Superintendent of
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GIN. o. o. HOWARD, "the Christian
soldier" is becoming environed with
many complications as the investigation
into his conduct of the Freedmen's Blu
reau progresses. The revelations of the
past few days are Overwhelmingly crush
ing. Notwithstanding the persistent eff
forts of the friends of the hero of the
Freedmen's Bureau monstrosity TO sup
press, hush up, and palliate, it has leaked
out that the Howard University and
Freedmen's Bureau have been run very
much for private interests. 1t is in evil
dence that a contract for sand at $465
Dcr thousand bushels, was set aside so as
10 give it to favorite at $40, and that
a lot of material which had been
accumulated at a cost Of four thousand
dollars was subsequently sold for the
merely nominal sum of seventy-five dol
lars. Ii is furthermore shown that mon
ey which was received for the sale of
tract of abandoned land, was not ac-
counted for TO the government If the
many NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. now being eX-
poscd before the Committee are allowed
10 be brought to the public gaze, it viii
be satisfactorily shown that the many
statements heretofore published of the
epnrmiiics in connection with the Freed
mems Bureau have not been at all exag-
geratcd. ..
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

The people of Vermont on the 10:h
inst. elected delegates to a Constitutional
Convention, which is to decide finally
upon six amendments which have been
already passed upon by the Council of
Censors. The amendments provide
First, that none but municipal corpora
tions shall he created by special law;
second, that State elections shall occur
bi-annually instead of annually; third,
that the Legislature shall have power to
fill any vacancy in either house; fourth,
that the Judges of the Supreme Court
shall be appointed by the Governor;
fifth, that women shall vote
sixth, that the Council of Censors
shall be abolished, and that the power to
amend the Constitution shall repoSe in
the Legislature, whose action must be
ratified by the people. Some of the first
men in the State were elected to the Con-
vention. We are told that the Conyen-'
ton will be very strongly, if not unani-
mously, opposed to the introduction of
the "woman suffrage plank" and it is
very doubtful if any of the six amend
ments proposed by the Council of Gen.
sors will be adopted by the Convention,
with the possible exception of one abol-
ishing the Council of Censcrs.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

The New York World says: 'SThere
is yet seventeenth amendment coming.
Under the fifth paragraph of the first sec
ton of the second article of the Federal
Constitution, ''no person except a natural
born citizen" is eligible to the Presidency.
Senators Casserly and Schurz, for in
stance, can never, as the law now stands,
aspire to that high Office; whereas the
negro preacher from Ohio, who sits for
Mississippi, is entirely eligible. This be-
ing plain distinction of race, color, and
previous condition, an amendment is in
order to remove the inequality. All native
born negroes have a right which is denied
all naturalized whites, and it is little
surprising Mr.. Sumner should not ere this
have delivered an address on the accused
spirit of caste as here shown.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

Some of our Radical contemporaries, we
are giving vent 20 their com
plants against Congress, and are anathe-
matizing the members of that body for
not having done something as yet for
their country, The New York Times
says:
Glow much was promised this year,
and how little has been done Has there
been even one good discussion upon the
general subject Of taxaion2 Several ex-
cellent speeches have been delivered, but
nothing worth calling 'Sdebaten has oc-
Cured. Time is considered of no value
at the capitol. Month after month passes
away, and the streamof talk goes on with
out interruption, while the results of it
are scarcely observable. "
All this is true enough, but we do hot
know that the Radicals OF any one else
had any COED reason for supposing that
affairs would be conducted any differ
emily. The record of the present Con-
gress is very much such one as was
made by several of its predecessors, Par
tisanship has entered into everything
during the present session, much as il die
during previous ones, and the public
business has been made subservient to the
personal and party purposes of the ma
jority of the members The present
Congress has done some work, such as il
is. 1t has unseated several Democratic
members solely because they were Demo
Gratis, and Ii has seated several Radical
ones-and Senators-solely because they
were Radicals, and, as in the case Of
Ames, contrary to all the dictates of rea
son and justice; and it has been success
full in stirring up bitterness, if not strife
and, by denying TO the Southern State,
their just rights, In keeping open the
wound which, as is generally admitted
should be quickly permitted to heal. Al
for consulting or studying the interests o.
our people, that does not seem to havt
entered into the ideas of the Radica
members of the present Congress at all
but, then, as such legislation has Ions
been considered by them Improbable a
well as questionable we do not know
that their supporters of the press had any
right to expect anything different.
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SPRING FAIR, 1870.

THE FIRST SPRING
1 Fair and Stock Sale of
the Tennessee Agricultural
and Mechanic Association
will take place ON the Fair
Grounds at Nashville on the
18th, 18th, 10Th, 10th and
2lst days of May, 1870.
Liberal premiums are offered
on all the leading classes of
Live Stock, Agricultural I'm
plements and Machinery, and
also on Fruits, Flowers and
Vegetables. Competition in
yited from all the States.
Sale of Stock at public auc-
ton on each day Of the Fair.
Persons holding stock of any
grade, class or kind, which
they wish to dispose OF, and
persons wishing to purchase
stock of any kind, will do
well to attend these Great
Stock Sales. Large quantities
of stock of all kinds will, in
all probability, change hands.
The Grounds have been great
ly improved, and the Direc-
tory will spare no pains to
make the Exhibition attrac-
tive and useful. No charge
will be made for exhibiting
any article or animal, nor for
bringing them into the
Grounds. The premiums for
trotting stock have been mod
flied from easiest" to "best. "
But speed is one of the tests,
and the lovers of fast driv-
ing will doubtless be highly
entertained. The lovers OF
the chase have rare sport in
store for them. A red and a
gray fox and two deer will be
turned loose in the Grounds
during the Fair, pursued by
a pack of thirty hounds and
five huntsmen. Let every
body come! Trains will leave
the Chattanooga depot every
half hour during the week.
Fare to Grounds, 10 cents.
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette, writes May II: "The
San Domingo treaty question, so far as
the Senate is concerned, remains Just as it
stood when the document expired four or
five weeks ago by limitation. There is
outside talk to the effect that an extension
to the end of this month has been agreed
upon, but no information of this kind has
been laid before the Senate. A strong eff
fort has been made in some quarters to
create the impression that many Senators
have changed front, and that the treaty
can probably be carried. The Senate now
numbers seventy-two members, of whom
forty-eight must vote afiirmatively to Sc
cure the ratification. The last careful
canvass made yesterday shows thirty
three for il, thirty against it, and nine
doubtful. If all these last named vote for
it there would still be six less than two
thirds in the affirmative"
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previous weel

GRANT has been very gruff with ''inter-
viewers since his late visit to his accom-
plished brother-in-law, Mr.. Corbin, and
other shining Northern lights. The New
York World hints that things did not
work altogether smoothly in respect to
certain arrangements for contracts" pre-
dicted upon a prospective Indian war
The Doylestown Democrat thinks bis
Excellency should, nevertheless, be co.,
tented, for although che is the LATEST
man that ever occupied the Presidential
chair, he has already contrived to make
more clear money out of the position than
any ten Presidents we have ever had"
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MANAGERS
EOR SALE VERY CHEAP,

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TO Enjoy Lids BIessrsig We Must
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II Is stubborn fact that every human being n
more or less predisposed 10 disease, and in the
spring the exciting causes Of disease are numerous
and sctive, and sickness Is exceedingly prevalent
Now, to cJunteract the baneful Influences which
sometimes tell with fearful effect upon our system
at this period Of the year, certain snd agreeable
remedy Is furnished by Messrs. Dr.. 8. B. Hartman
h Co, of Lancaster and Pittsburgh, Pa. II is that
noted and eftlcacious invigoFant and tonic, MISH-
LER'5 HERE BITTERS- a life-giving preparation
and in universal II is the best blood purifier
now before the pablo; It invigorates, renovates
and cleanses the life current within u.s. corrects
all the Irregularities Of the system; imparts fresh
vigor and strength to the constitution, and pro-
duces perfect health and fine spirits where now ia
general debility and nervousness Every body
will be found reliable protection against disease
and promoter Of happiness.
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RADICAL ECONOMY.

During the debate in the House Of Re-
representatives. last week on Mr.. Jenckes'
civil service BILL the following official
statement was presented by Mr.. Law
renee of the amount of money taken
from the pockets of the people and given
20 q partisan favorite under the guise of
compensation for legal counsel and ser
vices, to furnish and perform which an
Attorney General, clothed with the dig
nifty of Cabinet officer, and corps of
assistants, are employed and paid:
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must submit

The receipts of cotton at all the ports
for the week ending Friday evening, a
mount to SS, 2So bales, against 81, 1886
the previous week, 3d. 64 for the week
ending May 6, 40, 575 for the week ending
April 20, and A, $50 for the week ending
April %, } making the aggregate receipts
to date, 1910, $50 bales. The exports for
the week ending Friday evening reach a
total Of 81, 254 bales against $685. the
Drav.o,,e 1raalr
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

The sum of s47, 545 Sc virtually thrown
away upon a single party lawyer during
the first seven years Of Radical rule in the
National Government, to say nothing of
what may have been paid in a similar
manner to a score of others who have
been on the list of special counsel for easy
jobs This is Radical economy
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

MIS-. ELIzABETH CADY STANTON, the
great woman's Fighter, complains that
women have no Individuality. u No
person is likely to mistake Mrs. Stanton
for any other individual. That's certain.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

TROUBLES of political character are
assuming form of violence in Ireland,
but there, as in France, the military are
masters of the situation, and the people
must snh1nit
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

The Constitutional Convention of Hi
nois has decided not to submit the ques-
ton of female suffrage to a vote of the
people. Here is chance for the crow
ing hens to do some agitating.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

For sale by druggists generally.
Wholesale by EWIN, PENDLETON & CO., and
LITTERER & CABLER.
Principal depot and mandatory, 292 South
Cherry street, Nashville, Tenn
n. @. COTTON,
feb20eodf Sole Proprietor.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

The statement of the New York city
banks for he week ending last evening
is regarded as favorable TO continued ease
IN the money market. ~ @
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15
The Season has Opened
FOR
Mineral Water, champagne
Gid r, Porter and Ale

WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH OUR
w customers and the trade In general with an
article of the above beverages that defes competi-
ton, and in any quantity they may need For
over twenty-t 70 years We have been engaged in
this business and were the first bOttlers to intro
duce Ale into Tennessee, which from a meagre
business at the commencement has augmented
into our present extensive trade. The Ale and
Porter we are brewed In Pittsburgh by the
most celebrated brewer of these beverages in the
United States, and we guarantee their strength to
be double that of any other bottled in this country
and free from adulteratiOn.
We assure our friends that we viii continue to
furnish them in the future in the past with the
best article Of these beverages that can be made.
The demand for Ale and Porter for
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ssCoTToS was dull and heavy in New
York yesterday, but there was no decline
in prices, middling closing at 2Slc.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

TENNESSEE BONDs were quoted in New
York yesterday at 59a for the old and So.
for the new.
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COAL OIL! COAL OIL!

WE HAVE RECEIVED TIE AGENCY OF
w celebrated brand Of West Virginia Standard
Oils, which will guarantee equal to any ever
brought 20 this market. We invite the attention
of the Wholesale trade t. this OIL and make It
TO the interest Of merchants generally to purchase
Of us. Wholesale dealers invited to cali and
examine for themselves.
NJ. A. PARRISH 4 CO.,
Fronting ON College and Market streets, South Of
Broad. apr2Sn
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

SIOCAS ana BONDS:
One share of stock in the Nashville Female Aead-
envy, exempt from taxes until 1884
The following stocks, being each s25 per share:
80 shares Broad Street Bridge Company 116 shares
Nashville and CHATTANOOGA Railroad Company;
shares Of Nashville and Decatur Railroad Compa-
ny; shares of Nolensyille Turnpike Company;
shares Nashville and Kentucky Turnpike Compa-
ny; Is shares Franklin and Columbia Turnpike
Company 20 shares Columbia, Pulaski and ElktOn
Turnpike Company; shares Agricultural and Me-
chznical Association. Also, shares OF Nashville
Horticultural Society, $50 per share; so shares
Gun Factory, $50 per share; 80 shares Second Ma
tiOnal Bank of Nashville, 500 each; 90 shares
Nashville Commercial Insurance Company, $50
each; 30 shares Tennessee Marine and Fire In
suranee Company, $50 each in new company, and
200 in old company.
The following bonds Of 8, 900 each:
MONTGOMERY County Bonds, due July 1888, Is
sued 1853
il Sumner County Bonds, due 18th of april, 1877,
y Henry County Bonds, due April 1, 1s72. issued
1857.
City of Nashville Bonds, due October, 1882, is
sued 1852
6 City of Nashville Bonds, due July, 1884, issued
1866.
State of Tennessee Bond, due first Of January,
1892, issued 1866
10 City of GAINESVILLE Bonds Of $500 each, due
July 1, 1885.
8 City of GAINESVILLE Bonds of 500 each, due
October 1, 1887.
montgomery County Bonds OF $3.50 each. due
October 1, 1881.
City Of Nashville Coupons Of $50 each
Also, sundry City of Nashville Corpo ration
Checks and Railroad Tax Receipts.
The July and October Coupons for 1870 are on
all of the bonds.
All persons desiring good investments are most
earnestly invited to sttend this great sale The
terms being CASH, great bargains will necessarily
be given. PHEBE HILL, Executrix.
BROWNS a. CHEATHAM,
Real Estate Agents
apr2-G0ds No. GAN. Cherry ST., Nashville.
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Valuable Property!

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST MADE TO
ID me ~ Trustee of Andrew ]. Duncan, on the
22d Of May, 1869, and under the order Of the
Chancery Court at Nashville in the case of W. 2.
COopt and others vs. A. J. Duncan and others,
will, on the 30TH DAY OF MAY instant, and on the
premises, sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, the tract Of land on the Franklin turnpike
about three miles from Nashville, known as Kirk
wood, consisting of about eighty acres the land to
be sold in parcels according to plan to be seen on
the day of sale
And on the next day, at the Courthouse door in
Nashville will, in like manner, sell lot ON Cher
~ street in Nashville in the rear Of the CONNER
cia Hotel, fronting ifty-fOur feet on said street
also house and lot on Summer street, on the east
side, between Church and Broad streets, adjoining
the late residence of Gov. FOote; also frame
house on the corner of Church street and the De-
pot grounds Of the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad Company.
These sales will be made upon the following
terms: One-third of the purchase money TO be
paid in cash, and the residue secured by .tisfac-
tory notes, in equal instruments, at one aud two
years from the day Of sale, with interest from
date, and lien retained. The sale will be free from
the equity Of redemption.
W. Il. COOPER, Trustee, etc.
MAY 9, 1S70-myII-tds.
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MoNEr is easy in New York at 4@5 per
cent. on call, with exceptions yesterday at
8 per cent.
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New Lumber and Wood Yard
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE ESTABLISHED A
NEW LUMBER AND WOOD YARD
At No. goo North FrOntSt,
Qbelow the Gasworks)
NASHVILLE, TENN,

and have large assortment Of all descriptions and
sizes Of Dry and Green Lumber on hand, in oak
hickory, walnut, poplar, gum, beach, etc, for the
use Of carpenters, wagonmakers, furniture and
other factories, and we are prepared TO any
bill on short notice.
We also have large quantity Of Cord and Stove
Wood on hand to sell to purchasers in quantities
desired, in The yard or on the wharf.
sp3O eod:n IBl I. N. CLEES & BROS.
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~ REAT SALE OF CHOICE LOTS
AT the Fair Grounds,

N@N AAOARoOAAB hA0A 1Ss
This sale will commence on Church street and on
the avenue to the Fair Ground, weet of Cockrin
Springs. This is an extraordinary opportunity for
securing select sites for buildings, where hand
some village, pleasant rural homes, highly orns-
mented grounds, fine drives to and through the
Fair Grounds, and the attractions and entertain
ments spread around by enterprising deniZens who
may find here profit and pleasure, is destined to
give interest to the most inviting place of resort
and recreation in all the enVirons of Nashville.
TERMS-One-fourth cash; balance in 6, II and
16 months, with interest.
Free buses from our Office TO the sale at 10
O'Clock. JOHNSON & SMITH, Agents.
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NASHVILLE Feb. 7, 1s7O.-I had been suffer
ing severely for about s week, with painters
cholic, when got bottle of " COtton's Southern
Star Stomach Bitters," which entirely relieved me-
l unhesitatingly pronounce the bitters the best
medicine for the stomach and bowels that have
ever taken WIN. 7. AUTEN, Painter.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-15

NASHVILLE, Feb. Is, 1s7O.-We have used Got
toms Southern Star Stomach Bitters," and recon-
mend them to all afflicted with dyspepsia, heart
burn or indigestion, as q sure and speedy cure;
and as a gentle purgative nothing we have
used is better. J. H. FERGUSON.
A. D. CREIGHTON,
Props South Nashville Planning Mills.
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FOR RENT-BEERsHEBA SPRINGS

TVNHIS PLACE, so GENERALLY KNOWN BE-
Il fore the war, is now offered for rent or lease
for term of three years. There is a large hotel,
together with quite number of cottages and
renting the property would have the exclusive
right to the trade Of the place as well as the adj
vautages Of the hotel There is no more desirable
place for resort in the South The hotel and springs
are on the Cumberland mountain, Is miles from
McMinnyiDe. 1t is not deemed necessary to par
ticularise, as this place is well known throughout
the whole country. It is sufficient to say this
property is for rent, and can be had on the very
best terms. Address
JOHN ALEX. CAMPBELL,
No. IAN. Summer ST., Nashville, Tenn.
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