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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

themselves. Every branch Of the Federal
government Is now in harmony with the
principles of hatred which impel Con-
gress in its action. The President with
out any known or tangible political prin-
ciple that he can, or dare ayow, is the
williAg instrument of this legislative ty-
ranny, and moves az Its bidding. The
judiciary, once deemed the sheet anchor
of safety, is now controlled by this same
malign influence, and is prepared to yield
exact and faithful obedience to the dicta-
ton of Congress, whether constitutional
or not. Even the Supreme Court, foIm-
erly so venerable and above party dicta-
ton, is now SO constituted as to yield
obedience to Congressional omnipotence-
Congress confidently. expects this high
tribunal to approve and sustain whatever
it does, or even wishes. All opposition Is
to be crushed out. The plans are laid,
and agencies to execute them are actively
EMPLOYED in their deadly work of trans
forming our government, once SO Dene-
ieent and useful, into one having few
objects in view, except to sweep away the
barriers of State sovereignty, and absorb
and exercise all power throughout the
country. unrestrained by anything excep
the will of Congress. That body Is now
actually preparing to take the election OF
members of Congress out of the hands
of the State, and to employ Fed
eral troops in every district to do thei
bidding during elections. 1t is also pro
posing to take upon itself the manage
ment and education of all the children il
the States in order to train them into ad
miration of their political opinions an
actions. The government as oontriYe
and adopted in 1888, will soon entirel..
disappear, and another founded upo
hatred and tyranny will take its place
and control discontinued and unhapp
people.
Unless the career of the Republica
party is cut short and the Constitution
restored as the true standard of actor
this is where we shall land. The rel
object of the Radical leaders, which thei
acts conclusively prove, and their profe'
sions scarcely negative, is this. We ca
upon all in the North (for in the Sout
we are utterly helpless) who do not al
prove of these objects to speak cut Liz
men and denounce the treason and Il
traitors, as enemies of the Constitution an
union, and destroyers ofthe States and Il
rights of the people under them.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

We are hearing of more corruption in
Radical officials. The New York Sun
accuses John Bancroft Davis, Assistant
Secretary of State of the United States,
of ''venality," professional treachery, "
etc., in connection with the affairs of the
Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Com
pany. In plain English, Mr.. Davis is
accused of accepting bride of 5000, 900
to help put through certain contracts for
the benefit of the corporation in question,
and to the detrimert of the Erie Company
of which he was Director. Whereupon
Congress is called upon to look after Mr..
Davis, and "to say how long he shall be
permitted to remain the Assistant Sc
cretary of State of the United States"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

Mrs. LII. g. CALHOUN is a member of
the editorial staff of the New York Tri-
6nae, and that paper, alludIng TO her let
tiers to Mrs. Mcfarland, read in the trial
of Mcfarland for the murder of Albert d.
Richardson, says 'there is not line in
them which the writer should wish TO
blot One line in these prurient epistles,
which have been properly designated by
the Boston Post as "diabolically devised
hand-grenades for exploding all domestic
peace and social morality" reads thus !:
'Tt is proclamation for you to stay with
that man, and you shall not" This dis
reputable language was addressed TO a
married woman, and chat man" was her
lawful husband; and yet the Tribune
thinks 'fhe writer should not wish to
blot" a line of that shameless sentence,
which, in connection with the rest of her
disgraceful epistolary performances, have
made the writer Infamous. There is per
haps a stiffness in things" in the Tribune
endorsing such sentiments, but it must not
expect that any respectable person out
side of the transcendental, free-loye circle,
in which these letters had their origin, can
be found to approve their criminal utter
ances
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

COMMODORE RICHARD MRADE, of the
United States navy, who died of paraly-
sis in the Brooklyn City Hospital Satur-
day, April 16, was a brother of Gen. Geo.
G. Meade. Both were born in Spain,
while their father was United States
Minister to that country. Twenty of the
forty-four years since his appointment to
the navy he spent in active service. The
last vessel he commanded was the San
Jacinto, which was wrecked and lost in
the West Indies. After that misfortune,
for which he was court martialed, he was
entrusted with comparatively unimpOr-
tant duties on shore. Although his ser
vice in the navy covered long period of
years, his traits of character were such
that he was never long enough in active
service to distinguish himself. He was
noted for his eccentricity and eXcitable
temper, and these were a great drawback.
A short time ago he was confined for a
time in an insane asylum, owing TO his
conduct in connection with the marriage
of his daughter to Charles X. Lands, the
founder of Vincland, n. J. For some
time previous to his,death bis mind was
considered somewhat impaired, owing to
nervous excitemcnts and imagined, per
hans, real wrongs.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

COMMISSIONER PARKER, of the Indian
Bureau. who is himself an Indian, has
been snubbing ''Dr." Sheridan. 1t is re-
ported that he ''has dispatched a large
package, containing, papers of vaccine
virus, to the West for distribution among
the Indian superintendencies, with in
s,ructions that they be used at once, and
that sowing to the frightful mortality that
follows the introduction of smallpox into
= tribe. the Commissioner has given in
s,ructions to superintendent to have all
tbe Indians in their charge vaccinated. "
Why 90 to the trouble and eX-
ncnse of procuring and transmitting, and
inoculating the Indians with this virus,
when by the simple method inauguratod
nv "Piegan Phil" the Indians can be
"cured" of the small-poX-and with it all
fine other sills which flesh is heir to, "
in an incredibly short space of timer By
Sheridan's method, too, a repetition OF
the loathsome disease is forever guarded
against and the sufferer is relieved of all
annrehensions as 10 its effect upon his
personal appearance. Besides that the
Radical leaders are interfering with CDR. "
Sheridan's practice in thus attempting to
,revent the spread Of the disease, and as
they especially endorsed his method of
sscuren at the time he put it in practice,
we contend that this conduct OF the big
Iniunn who runs the Indian Bureau is
quite unfair.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23
THE LEGAL TENDER QUESTION
AND THE SUPREME COURT. q

4
AND THE SUPREME COURT.
The New York Tribune said on the
18th instant:
"We do not choose to do more now
than call the attention of the country 10
the very singular statement concerning
two Judges of the Supreme Court OF the
United States contained in our Washing
ton dispatches this morning. Mr.. Justice
Strong, it appears, is aheavy stoekholder
in one of the railroads largely interested
in the legal tender case to be reheard
before the Supreme Court on next we'd
nesday; but he proposes, before that day,
to transfer his stock, in order to attempt
to qualify himself for the duties OF an
impartial Judge. Mr.. Justice Bradley
has already effected such transfer OF his
interest in the Camden and Amboy Rail
road"
The cases pending before the court in
which these Judges had expressed a de-
termination to sit, have been Withdrawn,
for what reason the public is not told.
Perhaps the disgrace of q President ap-
pointing Judges especially with view to
decide case in a certain way, which was
being severely commented upon by the
press of the country, and of Judges them
selves being pecuniarly interested in such
a decision as they were appointed to rem
der, had much to do with the disposition
that has been made of the cases before
the Supreme Court. The Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
cidI writes, April 20:
s'To the establishment of everybody the
hearing of the legal tender cases before
the Supreme Court was finally brought to
an end to-day, by the withdrawal OF the
suits by the plaintiff. The cases of Lath-
am against the United States, and Deming
against the United States, were appeals
from the Court of Claims. The appeals
were taken by Deming and Latham from
judgments of the Court of Claims, which
held that these parties were bound to &C
cept legal tender notes or greenbacks on
payment of contracts made with the Gov
eminent before the legal tender laws were
passed.
'eEver since the Attorney General called
up those cases there has been the most
desperate efforts made from all parts OF
the country to influence the court to apply
the legal-tender decision in the case OF
Hepburn against Griswold, to those cases.
Having failed in this, and the cases being
called this morning for hearing, the coun-
sci for appellants dismissed their appeal,
which they had the legal right TO do, ac-
cording TO the settled practice of the
court.
''There are grave suspicious in the
minds of many that the appellants have
been satisfied in their claims in some man.
ner, in order to prevent a rehearing of the
legal tender point, and possible reversal
of the courts decision. The manner il
which the cases have been gotten rid Of
leaves the conviction in the minds of many
) prominent legal gentlemen that the deci
E sion in the Hepburn and Griswold cast
: will not stand as the final decision of the
court. "
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

The lay delegation question in the
Methodist Episcopal Church North is
now considered settled. The Wyoming
Conference has just voted for it by 1a4 to
6. and the Central New York Conference
by LAG to So. sThere were some apprehen-
sions that these Conferences might 60
against the measure. The majority for
the admission of lay delegates to the Gen.
eral Conference is now 121, with five OF
six Conferences vet to vote.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

McGranle mai or1ty over au...... g,zl0
Mechanics majority over Morey. 1922
Seymour's majority was 46,962, and
the majorities for Democratic Congress
men combined was As, or, showing that
the Radical candidates polled little more
than the full strength of their party.
Any one looking over the above table, and
seeing the Democratic majorities in each
district ranging from 5000 upward, would
very naturally assume that the Democratic
candidates had been declared elected, and
had taken their seats in Congress in the
manner provided by law. But such is
not the case. 1t is nearly two years since
the election was had, and not one of those
who received majorities of the vote cast
in the five districts has been permitted to
take his seat. On the contrary, the Radi-
cal candidate in the second district, (Shel-
don, who was defeated by ever 10000
majority, has been admitted, and the sub
committee on elections reported the other
day in favor of admitting Sypher, the
Radical candidate in the first district, who
was beaten by more than $4,000 votes,
and it was only by a severe struggle that the
Democratic members of the House of
Representatives prevented the seating of
this minority candidate. They failed
however to secure the seat for the Demo-
crat who was elected by a vote of
five to one over the Radical, but
succeeded in getting the matter re-
ferred bacl; TO the people of the district.
All the other districts are kept out. No
one who has any idea of the designs and
intentions of Congress expects those who
have been legally elected by the votes of
the people of the Southern States, will
ever be given their seats where there are
Radicals reckless enough to put in claim
to the same seats. 1t would be injurious
TO the Republican party, and anything of
that description will never be permitted
by Congress. 1t makes no difference
what the people desire nor who they
elect to represent them. Congress
knows a great deal better than the
people who should represent them, and
in little time these Radical carpetbag
and scalawag delegates viii go in and
take their seats with as much dignity as if
they had been elected by the people
Elections by the people count nothing in
an oligarchy like ours. They are permit
ted as a sort of pastime, and to induce the
people to think their form of republican
government has not entirely vanished, but
when the people elect too many repre-
seniatives in opposition to the dominant
party, they are weeded out and cut down
to suit the convenience of our royal mas
tiers. Do the people of the North call this
| q free and republican government
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

THE New York Tribune has mastered
the Georgia case, and it has succeeded in
stating it in few words, as follows:
seWhen you go to the bottom of the
case, you find the argument for further
reconstruction amounting to just this:
IF you allow the people of Georgia 10
elect new rulers, they won't elect US. '"
That is precisely what is the matter in
Tennessee. 1t is not that we have out
RACES in this State, or that the property
and lives of '1oyal men" are not as safe
here as in Illinois or Pennsylvania, but
that we will not elect the men who have
monopolized the offices in Tennessee foI
five years.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

By virtue of two writs of FL Ia. to me directed
and delivered from the Honorable Circuit Court OF
Davidson county, Tennessee, at its January term
1870 / will expose to public sale to the highest
bidder, for cash, at the Courthouse door, in the
city of Nashville, on SATURDAY, THE 14rH DAY
OF MAY, 1870 all the right, title and interest that
VIM. R. Ford has in and to the following described
lands and tenements, to-wit:
One piece and parcel of land lying and being IL
civil district No. 10, Davidson county, Tennessee
bounded and described as follows: beginning at
stone in the middle of Neely's Bend road, Henry
Menees' W corner; thence S9,deg, E94 poles and
links to poplar and ,sugartree, S deg, W ZOE!
poles to stake with hickory and beech pointers
thence 434 deg, W 146 poles to beech; thence
59H deg, W AZ poles and links to large beech
thence with Menees' W boundary line to a stone
in the swamp; thence with the same line to the
river to beech and gum; thence down the river
with its meanderings to the s W corner of Dr.
Overton'si AbbOtsfOrd farm; thence with said
Overton's boundary line to the middle Of the
road at his corner to the beginning containing
800 acres more or less and being levied on tht
property Of VIM. R. Ford to satisfy two executions
in my hands in favor of F. o. Hurt and against
Vim. r. Ford, ct ais, for 1888 dollars and 80 cents
and $50 dollars respectively interest and costs t.
be added.
Dated this 22d day Of April, 1870,
c. NJ. DONALDSON, Sheriff.
By R. T. GAINES, Deputy, apr23-lsw4t
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THE Montgomery Mail has the follow.
ing "frst class puff" Of an Alabama
Jeffreys, a fellow who, if we mistake not,
vegetated about Nashville during the war :
"Judge Quinn Smith, who 10y the grace
of bayonets, elevates his empty skull above
the bench of this judicial circuit, has beer
carrying things with high hand at Pratt
Vile. lie ordered an old citizen, in al
insolent manner, to take his tobacco out
of his mouth before he dared to address
him. The old gentleman was then asked
what he was looking so mad about. AT
Ter court the aforesaid lover of the weed
blanched the jaws of the aforesaid QuInr
by venting upon him opprobrious but mos
appropriate epithets.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

THERE are nearly $4,000 citizens of
Massachusetts,, otherwise competent who
are excluded from the ballot for non-pay-
ment of taxes Massachusetts is Radi-
cal State, and hence we hear no outcry
against the requirement of tax as quail
ification to vote,
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10 the stamps now required by law, a
stamp equal TO one per cent. of the in
terest upon all loans not before men
toned, however the same may be
secured, the amount thereof to be
deducted from the interest thereof,
made by any individual or corporation;
also. that every railroad ticket, telegraph
message, and express passage shall have
stamp Of five cents each; also, to establish
such taxes upon the manufacture, keep
ing and sale of spurious and fermented
liquors as they may deemlust and proper;
and also upon the manufacture and sale
of tobacco in all its forms; also, to abol-
ish the offices of Assessor and Assistant
Assessor of Internal Revenue, establishing
such other offices for the collection OF
the tax on whisky and tobacco as may De
necessary; also, repeating all other inter
nal taxation whatever.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

CLINTON, Me-, few days since, voted
to exempt from taxation for ten years
any manufacturing establishment in which
the proprietors invest $4,000. The Gin
tonians believe in manufactures.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

THE Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Republican) says that 'tNo party in the
country can carry on its shoulders such
an Old Man of the Sea as the income tax
through the next election"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23
REALTY REDUCED PRICES.
YEATMAN, SHIELDS & co.

viii sell every description of Goods at reduced
prices, for the next few days at PRIVATE SALE.
On MONDA next we will have ON exhibition
and sale mammoth stock of Millinery, Trim mings
and Fancy Goods, which will be sold regardless Of
cost. apr22-H
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

JUDGE HUMPHREYs, of Huntsville,
Ala, has been nominated by the Presi-
dent for Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
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BROAD STREET RAILROAD.

GREAT PUBLIC SALE OF 10 LOTS
"
IN WEST NASHVILLE,
On FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1870, will sell about 40
Lots in West Nashville, through Messrs. Browns 4
Cheatham, Agents Sale to commence at IL O'Clock
A. NJ, at Lots Nos. and 5, at the crossing of the
Chattanooga railroad I guarantee there shall be
no by-bidding. Reference for title, Demoss and
Malone, Attorneys
TERMS-One-fOurth cash; balance G, u. Is and
"a months credit, with interest.
The construction of the Broad Street Railroad
will greatly enhance the value of these lots.
r. c. McNAIRY.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

TENNESSEE BONDS closed in New York
yesterday at Gle for the old, and 564c for
the new.
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NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!!

FTNHE UNDERSIGNED TAKES PLEASURE IN
Il announcing to his friends and the public gen.
orally, that the building in which he was recently
burned out, having been handsomely refitted, he
has opened an
ENTIRELY NEW STOCK
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p ICHARDsON'S NEW METHOD
NON-REsIDENT NOTICE.
DICKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
James W. Gray VS.. S. r. P. Gray.

In this cause, it appearing to the satisfaction OF
the Clerk and Master, from the allegations In the
bill, that the defendant, s. R. P. Gray is a non
resident of the State of Tennessee so that the
binary process Of the law cannot be served upon
her:
1t is therefore ordered that publication be made
for four successive weeks, in the Nashville UNION
AND AMERICAN, a newspaper published In the city
of Nashville requiring the said s. R. p Gray to ap-
pear at the next term of the Circuit Court for
Dickson county, to be held at Charlotte on the 4t
Monday in June, 1870, and plead, answer or demul
to the compliments bill, or the same VIII bt
taken for confessed, to her. and set for hearing
ex parte. Il. G. COLLIER, c. and NJ.
apr23-d1t&w3t
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April Term, 1870.
WHEREAS, R. McPhail Smith, Esq. Attorney
General, for the United States for said District
hath filed his information in said Court, in
behalf Of the United States, etc. and of all persons
concerned against one copper boiler, cap and worm
attached, of which VIM. Mcmahon is the reputed
owner, alleging, amongst other things, that the
articles were seized in the hands Of VIM. Mcmahon
as being forfeited the United States under the act
of Congress entitled can act to provide internal
revenue to support the Government, pay interest
on the public debt, and for other purposes" ap-
proved June 80, 1864, and the act amendatory
thereof, approved March 8, 1865:
Now, therefore, in obedience TO the monition Of
the Court, to me directed and delivered, do
hereby give public notice to all persons claiming
said property, or knowing or having anything TO
say why the same should not be condemned as
forfeited that they be and appear before said Cir
cult Court, to be held in the Federal Courtroom
in the Capitol in the city of Nashville, on the 9Th
Of May, 1870, then and there to interpose their
claims JOS II. BLACKBURN,
apr2I-I4t q. 8. Marshal NJ. D. I.
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A II UCT ION.

A f UCTION.
On Tuesday, April 26, at IL A. NJ,
We will sell on the premises 40 Lots, or more, If
there is demand for them, in OvERTON'S AID
suit everybody.
These lots lie just beyond the corporation limits,
and convenient to Spruce Street Railroad. The
location is high ahd healthful and no lots in the
suburbs can be purchased more advantageous, or
on more liberal terms. We intend to sell Look
out for bargains
Sale to commence on west side of Franklin pike,
nearly opposite the northwest corner of the en-
closure of John Reid, Esq.
TERMS-One-fourth cash; balance in one two
and three years, with interest
Free tickets to sale on Spruce Street Railroad.
JOHNSON & SMITH,
apr23 sat. sun&tu Real Estate Agents.
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apr2O-lOd NASHVILLE, TENN.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,

$4,000 WAGON sPOKES, 80 inches long, 8
inches wide and ~ inches thick.
100000 CEDAR SLAVES, 10Y inches long, 4
inches wide and Il inches thick.
Delivered at Tennessee Prison. We will pay
cash. MCCAMPBELL & MITCHELL,
apr19-1w Cor. College and Church SITS.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23

GOLD opened in New York yesterday
AZ llS, declined to ll2i, and. closed at
MONEY was easy in New York yester-
day at 4Q6 per cent on call, and some
transactions were reported at 8 per cent.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

L
NASHVILLE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE Co.
OFFICE No. 80 NORTH COLLEGE sT.,
Nashville, April Is, 1870. J
An election will be held at the Office of this Com
pany on MONDAY, ID May next, for the purpose
of electing eleven Directors to serve the ensuing
twelve months. E. D. HICKS,
apr19-td Secretary.
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Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
At No. Union street,

one door from the old stand. The stock was pur-
chased when cotton and gold were at their lowest
rates and is now offered at prices as reasonable as
can be afforded in this market
renewal of the former liberal patronage Is re-
specially solicited. JOHN B. EVERETT
apr2O-d1w&wlt No. Union street.