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HISPANO-CUBAN.
The War of AsSassinatiOn i'm New
VRrIx

The War of Assassination in New
York.
New YORK, Jan. 6.-The Spanish and
Cuban war in this city wakes hot The
Spanish Consul and Senior de Comic, ed
itor of the Spanish paper in this city,
have received notification that they are to
be assassinated. Senior Roberts, Span
ish Minister at Washington, is also to be
put out of the way by two well-dressed
emissaries, who are to decoy him into a
dark corner. According TO Ell Cronistn
the Cuban Junta have arranged all this
bloody work in secret session.
PriVateers.
Meanwhile there are reports of the sue
cessful departure of another expedition
for Cuba, with plenty of arms and pow
der
still Going
The remaining gunboats belonging to
Spain were expected TO get off last night,
a war steamer following for the purpose
of taking care of Cuban cruisers.
The Spanish gunbGa,s vent to sea to-
day, but subsequently returned to quaran-
tine.
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CHARLESTON.


CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. G.-The steam
yacht Anna, Capt. Sommers, from New
York for Nassau, put in this port Tuesday
under stress Of weather and to abtain
coal.
While lying in the stream she was WISH
ted by the Customhouse authorities, and
on complaint OF the Spanish Consul, that
she intended violating the neutrality laws,
she was seized by the United
States Marshal and detained. Her
passengers and crew were mostly Cubans,
Col ". c. Ryan, the Cuban filibuster,
and a son Of Gen. Cespedes being among
the former. On Wednesday the Anna was
taken to the government dctk and put in
charge of two United Seatcs army officers
and twenty-five privGtes, who discharged
the ships company, the passengers and
most OF The crew taking rooms at hotel
to await the disposition of the vessel.
There was no armament on board, and
the Anna had regular clearance papers
from the Customhouse at New York. Her
passengers had engaged passage to Nassau,
and allcge that they were entirely unpre-
pared 10 make any aggressive movements.
The case viii be heard in the United
States Court on Friday morning.
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The entertainment given by the Sunday
school scholars Of the First Baptist Church
last night, as we anticipated, was a pleas
lag affair The Attendance. despite the
very inclement weather, was large, and
much interest was manifested in the exer-
Cises by the appreciatiye audience The
tioEs, statuary, music and singing and was
well executed By the participants. Mrs
DIoliie Craig kindly lent her valuable as
slstance, and the audience were highly de-
lighted with her excellent singing and per-
torInauce on the piano The entertainment
VIII be repeated Tonight, and seyerYL in
teresting additions viii be made to the pro
gramme. The price Of admission has been
reduced TO twenty-five cents, and we are
almost sure that the church viii be filed
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Pear festivals are becoming fashionable
in Boston and vicinity.
ROchefort's manner Of unbuttoning his
gloves IN the French Chamber is said to
be defiant
a chemical file, - for removing corns,
has been invented by a Milford (Connec-
ticuD doctor.
There is to be a dance at Madison, Wis
cOnsin, the participants in which must all
be bald headed.
An appropriate tomb to the memory Of
Samuel Lover, the poet, has been placed
in Eeusal Green.
The Louisiana State Prison pays the
largest profit of any ike institution in the
United States.
PT.m is said to have made a fortune of
s., 900, 600 out of his management of the
Spanish revolution.
The autograph of Andrew johnson sells
for dollar more in Paris than that OF
Grant, COifaX or Sumner.
A New York chemist has discovered
that fine candies and cream crackers are
composed largely OF white clay.
The State debt Of New Jersey is over
three millions, but they are going to pay
it in sweet potatoes next year.
A minister in Sweden declared that he
did not believe in dousing infants in cold
water, and he was heavily fined.
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A MUSICAL BOX FOR 50 90
MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOB
HOLIDAY PRES Z NTS!

over 5000 SOLD, GIVING THE GREATEST
I J satisfaction. The French Great Sensation.
Chesppess, durability and novelty; in highly pol
ished cases, metallic tongues, Of the best cOustruc-
" adapted for the drawing groom guaranteed Of
the best workmanship and performance. No. l, 8
tunes 3 90. No. , Il tunes, s. %. No. 3, "a
tunes s. OO. Sent free on receipt Of price, the
three sizes to one address for s. 90! Thousands
sold monthly.
Orders to the amount Of s. 90 sent by Express,
G. o. D. 81 % MUST accompany the order 70 iEgaco
it. The balance, s. %, to be paid when the goods
are received Send three cent stamp for illustrated
catalogue AID iisG Of tunes. Address
BARLEY & CO.,
nov17-w1m No. So Liberty ST., New York City.
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NEW AND NOVEL, MUSICAL IN
EENEE0N.

Mr.. Henry Atkins, professor and
teacher of music inthis city, has invented
an instrument by which one can accomp-
any his performance on the flute or violin,
or any other solo instrument, with the
piano The invention consists Of little
triangular box of pedals, whichis attached
to the keyboard of any piano, and is
played with the feet while the performer
sits on a stool and plays fate or violin.
I, is as simple as the pedals of an organ,
and yet comprehensive enough TO embrace
all the effects of the piano used in ac-
compartments. The inventor hit upon
the idea while playing the flute one even
ing, and lamenting that he could not use
the piano, standing inyitingly open IN the
room beside him He suddenly thought
of the pedals of an organ, and amplify-
ing the idea, worked out his piano prob
lem by a series of experiments covering
several months, in which were many
sleepless nights and brain-boiIing days,
resulting in complete little machine,
which he calls "Transposition Harmony
Attachment. X Cincinnati COHBleTcjdH,
IAN. 2
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FRANKFORT.
,The WINNING Post.

LOUISVILLE, Jan. "a bill was intro
duced in the Kentucky House and read as
a special order for No. 100, providing for
the substitution of hard labor in all cases
where whipping is now the penplty.
Structures,
Resolutions were offered and referred
protesting against Congressional measures
now pending regulating the jurisdiction of
the Supreme Court and the power Of the
Executive
E0T "a New Constitution.
Bills looking 10 a revision of the Con
sliJution Of Kentucky was also intro
duced.
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SOUTHERN NEWS.

The Episcopalians are making efforts to
build church and parsonage at San
Augustine, Texas.
Gen. ID. Ii. Hills new paper to be pub
lished at Charlotte, n. c., is to be called
The Southern Conservative.
Capt. J. W. Youngblood, formerly of
Memphis, but now of Senatobia, Miss,
designs establishing paper at that point
in few weeks.
There have been 173 deaths from small
poX in st. Louis during the last three
| months - fOrty-three in November,
twenty-five in October and eighty-five in
| December.
The grocery business of st. Joseph,
Mo, for the past year amounted to 81,
! TO5, 095, and the sales of drygoOds for
the same time to 81, $50, AGO
The trade of Jefferson, Texas, is chief
" cotton and hides. The JiDlpIecUte
thinks it would require a steamboat every
day TO do the business.
William Murphy has been sentenced by
military commission at Jefferson, Texas,
to SIX months Imprisonment for buying
clothes from a soldier.
Peter McKernan, a boy of Wheeling,
was shot and killed on Saturday by an
other boy, named William ST. Charles,
who had an old musket which he was
making ''ring"
The main buildings of the SummerviIe
(Aliss.) Institute, together with about
81, 200 worth of supplies, with large as
sortment Of valuable books, were de-
stroyed by fire on Friday last.
The famous gray horse, rode by Gen.
Pillow at the battle of Belmont, and cap
tured in fight by the federals under
Grant, is now at q Memphis stable and
advertised for sale.
Calvert Texas beef packerie5 are pay
ing three cents currency, net, for beeves
weighing 800 to $50 pounds, and three and
tlree-tourth cents for those weighing up
wards OF $50 pounds.
The Brenham (Texas) Banner. an
nounces that the first grandson of the |
old hero of San JacintO was born at In
dependence, on the 18th nit. He is the |
son OF Mr. Weston L. and Mrs. Maggie |
Houston Williams.
Mr.. W. r. Moore, of Bosque county, |
Texas, intends to try the experiment Of |
about eighty first class beeves,
which he has been feeding on corn for the
last two months, to New Orleans, via Cen
traI Railroad of Galveston.
john Benton, a youngman of Meridian,
Miss, who has recently exhibited symp-
toms of insanity, was shot and killed by
Dir. Dubose, a friend of the family, on
Sunday morning, under the impression
that Benton was entering his premises for
the purpose of robbery.
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THE CONVENTION.
y5ho Shall be 1t, Pres:denu


,-.- -.--uu
y AM '''
40 .'-s i...-.''- o. u, mon anu ..''''iy@"
feTm't me, through your columns, to
suggest the nam. OF "iI"an y. Carter,
te't5a'e ei"c' from lne counties OF Johh-
son ana carter, Tor PRESIDENT oil the ap-
preaching Constitutional Convention.
Ana ailo" me 10 Iftlacc ny saying that
MS r.r"H'h L" tAa' distinguished position
N"l.d complete sl'Aia1 coincidence III
our history, u connection with our for
mer constitutional Convention. William
BiOunt was President and Landon Garter
Secretary of the lE-' Convention in Ten
n-sse", which met, / believe, at knox
Vile, in 1896.
William Blouut Garter, uamesake Of
the first President and son ofthc Secre-
tary, was chosen President of the next
convention, which assembled in Nashville
in 1884, asud which gave us our present
constitution. The election III the gentle
man suggested in this srticle who is the
namasahe OF the Presidents of both former
conventions, and the nephew of the last
named, would complete the chain and give
interest TO the condolences. | merely
mention this, however, as a possible his
torical fact, that, Consummated, would
form a rather remarkable link in our his
Tory; but rest Mr., Carriers claims to the
Presidency Of the Convention on bis own
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Cigar SiunGps.
NEW YORK.



NV OH Jan. o. -Ahother irauou-
lent divorce case came before Judge Cor
dozo Yesterday. John UoWah icit Tins
city ia May last ana Went 10 fiilShIfg
W hen he returned nome he found he LOST
his wIir danng ms absence. Mrs. GoWaH
had alY-eI Tor divorce because he had
been lued before =. II. H,uaIts, Jr., a.
referee, ard three witness had sworn
10 G"W2u violation OF the marriage
vows with one Lizzie smith, living at
number l. Allen street
Mr. Towan, Introduced q proof before
Judge ''Id"zo, that 30 such person As
Lizzie smith, at No. ia Allen street,
ever existed, and that hc was not guilty OF
alleged iniideliiy, and that he had never
been served with notice of action as rr
Hulred 10y law.
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HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIyEs.

| ing one less than a quorum, the Senate
adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
THURSDAY, Jan. 6.-The House was
called to order at 10 o'clock;y Mr.. Speaker
Perkins in the chair and quorum pres
ent. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Wharton.
THE PENITENTIART.
On motion of Mr. Cheatham all bills
on the subject of the Penitentiary were
made the special order for next Monday
at IL O'Clock.
NEW BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
BY Mr.. Honberger-A bill providing
for the payment of the salary of the late
Judge Wisdom The bill was accOmpa-
MED by petition. Passed.
BY Mr.. Thomas-A bill providing for
the punishment of public officers guilty of
drunkenness 1t makes such Otfense
misdemeanor. Passed.
BY Mr.. Dillin-A bill providing the
punishment of guardians WHO fail to pay
over to their wards moneys due them.
Passed.
By Mr.. Dillin-A resolution request
ing the Comptroller to furnish any intor-
nation not contained in his report, in rela-
ton to the interest accounts Of the vari-
Gus railroads Of the State. Adopted I'M
der q suspension of the rules.
BY Mr.. Townscnd-A bill to TO incOr-
porate J. D. Stewards Collegiate Institute
Of Memphis. Passed.
By. Mr.. Townsend-A bill to inCOrpOr-
ate the American Passenger Insurance
Company. Passed.
BY Mr.. Bright-A bill TO incorporate
the Wells Hill and Pleasant Plains Turn
pike Company Of Lincoln county. Passed.
THE BANK OF TENNESSEE.
Senate bill instructing the Attorney
General of the State to dismiss certain
suits in connection with the Bank Of Ten
nessee was called up.
House bill to prevent the payment of
debts not already paid the Bank Of Tonnes
see was offered Us an amendment by Mr..
Cheatnam.
On motion, the bill and amendment
were referred to the judiciary Committee.
TAX COLLECTORS.
House bill providing for the compensa-
ton of Tax Collectors was called mp on
Senate amendment. Said amendment
provides that Collectors shall not receive
over s., 600 annually
Considerable discussion ensured on the
merits of the amendment, after which
Mr.. Fleming moved to non-concur in
the amendment. Lost-ayes Il, noes %.
The amendment was then concurred in.
GOVERNORS STAFF.
House bill to abolish the Governors
staff was called up on Senate amendment,
which gives the lille of AliHlant General
TO the Governors Private Secretary. The
after some discussion, was
con Cured in.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS CALLED Up.
House bill authorizing Lincoln countyto
levy tax in the interest o. turnpike COM
panies was called up, and passed second
reading.
House bill to charter the Louisville and
Chattanooga Railroad was called mp, and,
As amended, passed third reading by ayes
-. noes 3.
House bill prescribing the du.ies of rev
anuc collectors in the cgBecii0u and set
Element of taxes paid in Bank of Ten
l-sSee notes, was caIledup on secondrcad- |
ing.
Mr.. Speaker Perkins offered an amend
mcntto strike out the tenth section, v hich
requires County Courts 30 receive in taxes |
Bank Of Tennessee notes. Adopted.
The bin as amended then passed second |
reading.
House hill to Incorporate the Blue Grass
Railroad CDmDlDy was called No
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IRELAND.
Election Riot.

DUBLIN, Jan. 6.-The Irish journals
report that during the Parliamentary
election in LOngford, which was bitterly
contested and attended with great excite
ment, the supporters of Martin the
Fenian candidate and the friends of
Nugent, came into collision at Outlet Hell,
rear of Longford. Alter sharp fight
between the parties the troops appeared
on the field and fired upon the Fenians,
who quickly dispersed. A few men were
wounded and one killed.
At the last accounts there had been no
further disturbance, but proper precau-
tions have been taken to prevent the
renewal of the conflict. TIE Fenian
element is, greatly exasperated over the
defeat of It's candidate.
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A horse attached to a light buggy took
fright at some passing object on Vine street
yesterday, and ran away, upsettiug the
buggy and emptying the driver, a negro
boy named James Newton, into the mud
He was not dangerously hurt, but he WAS
covered with mud from feet to head The
buggy escaped with but slight damage.
The horse ran several hundred yards be-
fore he was stopped.
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UEILIEEE HILlfs1 I0DJ. J
Susan Flynn and others vs.. Mahala SpiYey and
others.
ON MOTION OF COMPLAINANTS BY THEIR
OSolicitOrs, and it appearing from an allegation
IN compliments bill which is sworn TO, that the
defendants, David R. Smith. Martha J. Flatt and
her husband Andrew Flat, are nOn-resideuis Of
the State of Tennessee, 50 that the ordinary pro-
cess of the law cannot be served upon them, it Is
therefore ordered by me that publication be made
for four consecutive weeks in the UNION AND
AMERICAN, q newspaper published in the city OF
Nashville, Tennessee, requiring said nonresident
defendants to appear before the Chancellor Of the
ChanceUy Court of Jackson County. on the first
Monday in February next, then and there 20
plead answer or deInur to cOmplainants' bill,
the same Will be taken for confessed and set for
hearing * parte, a. to them.
ROBERT A COX, G. & NJ.
DENTON WAsHBUES, Solicitors for complain
nuta dacI6-dIt-Haf.
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Pale Face BAH.

The committee of arrangements are pre-
pairing to make the ball which takes place
on the night of the 18th inst. the grandest
affair Of the season. The members of the
House of Representatives have kindly
granted them the use of their hall, which
will be filed to its utmost capacity on that
night
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Tn, receipts for licenses Of a various
character received by the Receiver during
the last few days have been encouraging
We learn that there have been near 81. 900
received from TINS source since the first Of
the month. The renewal of license by
merchants and others Is daily going on and
satisfactorily to all concerned We trust
that tie business Of 1870 Will, in every de-
Par'ment, prove profitable and remunera-
tive
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DOCTOR HUNTER

TREATS s. CCESSFULLY ALL PRIVATE
and Nervous diseases; Affections Of the
Gouorrhca, elect Structure. Orchitrs and ali
urinary diseases, and the effects Of MERCURY are
completely eradicated: SpermatoTrhea or Semi
nal Weakness. resulting from self abuse or
othe eases ard which produces some Of the
f0llowing Effects as hlOtches. bodily weakness.
indige- ion, consriPa ion aversion to society.
unman,iuess. dread of fu ure events. loss Of
memory, Incidence, nocturnal emissions, and
fually prostitution Of the vital power, ian be
ully restored t. health. Persons afl1 cted with
his or any other delicate intricate. or long
tar ding constitutional complaint. should give
the Doctor a trial lie never fails
Charges mOiera'e-cures guaranteed. Medi-
cal Pauph ct TO two stamps.
Office y D. IsS Third street, Louisville, Ky.
pu{l WY
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Our Financial and Commercial
Department.

Every department of business has an tnmaF
interest in the markets Of the country, anC
hnaucal fluctuations and condition. The ma
fails to keep himself properly advised a.
rise and fan Of the markets, as controlled b
laws Of demand and supply, and the relative
dition Of the currency, is exposed to constant
and must necessarily fall behind his more fl
gent and enterprisirg neighbors. In ordsr
make our paper valuable 2 well as interesting -
shall make this a SPECIAL feature. Our y.
Market Reports, domestic and foreign by .a.
graph, and our City Reports, gotten up at Laz7
expense shall challenge the commentator Of on
best business men; while our current Finf19.7
Reports from all the leading money centers Of tt
country shall be fuller than have ever been pul
hshed by any other journal IN Tennessee.
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More OF Ii.
ITAIS.


FLORENCE, Jan ct is officially an
nounced hat the refusal OF Victor En-
manuel To the candidatura Of the Duke Of
Genoa for the Spanish throne was made
unwiilingly, but lac could not avoid it,
owing to the extreme Discrimination of the
Duchess Of Genoa to it, on her sons &C
count
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We see by a New Orleans paper-bnt le
it speak for itself: NJ Butler aurait pu
ajointer, pendant gull Y etait, les bateaux
Yapour les banques, les assurances, les pom
piers. les theatres, les ecoles ct les col
ieges. That's what we have always said
about that old reprobate, and we are glad
to see our neighbor Of the Crescent City
goes for him. But the editor might have
added L" les spoons. ~. J. Democydt
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The events which will transpire during the We
1870 viii be OF absorbing interest 10 every citsc-
Of Tennessee. The Constitutional Conventior
soon to assemble, viii be the most important in
this STATE since 1854, and its proceedings viii e
fully and accurately reported and printed in the
Daily Union and American. together with
full reports Of the proceedings Of the Legislature
and Congress. As we cannot print all these r.
ports in the Weekly addition, shall give a very
fun synopsis Of the important events transpiri1g
in those bodies so as 10 keep the readers of that
edition thoroughly posted It is Of the highest In
portance that every citizen Of Tennessee should
keep himself thoroughly informed upon the poiit
ical events Of the coming year, so that when be
called upon TO vote upon the amended coustltu
ton he can do so understandingly
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Hydinger & Brown, the well known
butchers in the Stacey House block had
engaged a fatted two year old heifer for
Christmas which by some means did not
come to hand until yesterday. 1t was
slaughtered yesterday, and will be on ex-
Libition at theL store to-day.
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Yesterday was another gloomy, drizzly,
murky, rainy, muddy and dismal day
throughout. It passed of without aoci-
dent, however.
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MADRID. Jan. THE political. crisis
shows no signs Of ending. Rumors axe
current that an application viii bo made
to the COrtes to induce it to sanction the
establishment Of Dictatorship for four
months and suspend its session
Thc BeSinnIng.
The Imperial states that two pistol shots
were fired at Serrano Yesterday. without
woundlng him.
NOTe OF IL
The Cortes have adjourned, and just
previous TO the adjournment there was
great excitement among the members on
the holly disputed question relating To the
ministry and dynasty.
There is a ruiuor that the Montpeusar
party viii make fresh effort to accomplish
their aims. Limpartial says the leaders Of
the Uniouists have refused to enter into
the new cabinet which Marshall Serrago
Is eDdeayOTing to form.
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TIE UNION AND AMERICAN VIII take the Con-tf-
tuition and laws for its guide, adhering 20 tbs
teachings Of the founders Of our government. L
VIII guard with Vi glance and irmness the rights
OF all the people, urging upon all moderation Tor
bearance and steady adherence to law AID order
thereby enabling the people to develop the rcsour-
ces and advance all the material and other interests
our State and common country.
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To the Friends of the Old Union an
American, and others,

We ask the friends of the Old UNION AND Aarsn1
can, and all supporters Of Constitutional Hbe-.r
without regard to past party Affiliations 10 AID 10
in extending our circulation and business in tes
warfare waging against Eadicalisrn, its cor
ruptions and usurpatious. Speak TO your nei
bor and get him 20 take the paper, at least for
canvass. Address
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a darkey in Alexandria stole fine race
horse, hut, having no use for the animal,
killed him and sold his hide for ten shiI-
lilTs,