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New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

Whether women haye right 20 seats in staqr,
and street To the exclusion Of men, seems 10 h.
smootcd question. There can De no doubt how
ever that they are entitled TO seats on the ferry
boats, In the part especially see aside for them And
yet those seats are much occupied by men Wa
are afraid that the quality ot gentlcsoSs does not
characterize them-as the seats in other public con
veyances. The stcrner sex appear to be altogether
unmiDdfnl that there at least they have no right,
women are bound to respect and 10 be- cbliyions of
the fact that there is another side Of the boat re
served for their accommodation That side. we con-
fess is not very attractive owing to the determine
tion Of the masculine mind to render il "A olnoxon,
as possible by cigar and plpe-smoking and by pro
fuse and uninterrupted expcctoratiOn 10 every
point Of the compass. Tho consequence u
this supreme but uncean energy is an at
mosphere no healthy person breathe with.
ont danger Of asphyXia. Men of ordinary derency
declare they can't stay in such place; and becaus,
their sex fit to pOllnte IT, they go over 20
the women's department and crowd them ont Of their
seats with an etlrontery peculiarly masculine. We
have not heard much feminine complaint of this
gross piece Of Injustice and kck Of galllntry; but
certainly there is superabundant ground for com
plant. as any one who has occasion to cross the
rivers will readily testify. On almost every ferry
more than half, and sometimes nearly all. the seats
on the ladies' side are filled by who sit there
with brazen impudence, while the women the seats
belong are forced to stand and blush for The bad
manners Of the intruders. If there be no other
edy, such fellows should be foFcibly elected.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

THE UNION Colony OF COLORADO has issu'd its
First Annual Report" which includes History
of the Town of Greeley" with clear account Of tho
formation of the colony location of its site md
clear account of the Soil Climate, Irrigation, &c.
&c, of the colony. We trust that many thousands
will buy and read this most interesting pamphlet.
not with reference to joining this particular colony
but to furnish them hints toward the organization
and successful establishment of as good or better
elsewhere. There should be ten thousand such col
onies founded within the next year; and yet bad
management or a bad location may cause disastrous
failures. Whoever meditates migration needs all tho
light he can get and this pamphlet cannot fail To
help him. 1t is sold by G. W. .Southwck, 2%7 Third
Avenue, and by the American News Company. lD
Nassau-st. Price 25 cents.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

The House has voted to abolish the Office Of
Admiral of the Navy. Let the Senate do so
without delay, and thus rid the country of o
useless expense and relieve itself of the pain
ful duty upon which it appears resOlveO Of
rejecting the nomination Of Admiral Porter.
In numbers and rank the officers of the Navy
are ont of all proportion TO the enlisted sail
ors, and ought to be reduced for economy's
sake, if none other.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

There is no confirmation, or denial, or 'he
reported abandonment of the struggle by the
French Minister of War. The Army OF the
Loire appears TO be making stout resistance
10 the advance of Prince Frederick Charles on
Tours; and NJ. Gambetta denies the reports OF
It's decentralization. Our advices to-day, in con-
sequence of the condition of the Cables, are
mcager, and no Trustworthy opinion can be
advanced on the military situation.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

There was, of course, but one reply to be
made to the preposterOus request of Mayor
Hall that the census Of this city. which ex-
posed the frauds Of Tammany, should be re-
taken under the supervision of the New-York
Police. This reply has been made in such
fitting terms an1 conclusive arguments by
Secretary Delano Of the Interior Department,
that it can hardly fail TO silence the carping
of the Tammany critics.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

in 1867 10 restrict Andrew Johnson to the ex-
ercise of his legal authority, has been repealed
by the House, and ought to be, without hesita-
tiOn, by the Senate. The confidence of the
country in President Grant can at this time
be better expressed in no other way.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

to Mr. Andrcwssd disquiiiions upon 'Uniycrsology.
Numerous charts nine feet long with various otbe,
tiny hckshaws assisted in tho exposition. Among
these scientific gentlemen were Chancellor Howard
Crosby, Prof. Nairn, Prof Hitchcock Mr. Harrison
editor OF Tho Liberal Christias Geo Perry, editor Of
The Home journal; the Rev. DIR. Osgood etc Hi,
auditors concnucd in the statement that Mr.. An
drewss views were decidedly fancifuI but that they
might have some influence upon future scientific in
yostigatiOns.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

The bill abOlishing the Thanking Privilege
has been postponed in the Senate. This is only
a resumption of the tactics by which it was
defeated last session. The Senate will not
fba "
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13
NEW- YORK And ITS SUBURBS.

Now that the Census returns of New-J jersey
are published, we are enabled to approximate
very closely to the number of people who
make up the real population of this Metropo-
Lis of the Western World and its immediate
surroundings. We find the population of this
District distributed as follows:
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

Tho pertinacious Pantarch has been soaring of
late. lie succeeded lsst week in capturing num-
Der of scientific gentlemen. who disrogarding Mr..
Ralph Waldo Emerson's injunction to beware when
thinker is lot loose upon the planet. gave audience
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

The project of annexing San Domingo does
not appear to find more favor in Congress now
than at previous sessions, in spite Of the strong
arguments adduced in advocacy of it by the
President in his late Message.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13
NEW-YORK CIRCCs.

The investigation into the circumstances AZ,
tending the collision between the steamers Isaac Bel "a
Champion of Barnegat. and the death OF the assist @
engineer. John James, will be commenced 'ooA' " w
Oner Flynn.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

Having aired our own opinions of the Busi-
sess OF Criticism, we to-day give space TO a
much longer essay from the pen of a painter
who, IT is bnt charity to hope, paints better
THAI - writes. We only wish to say in reply
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13

The middle name of Gen. r Z. Lee having
been published Edward and Edmund. Mrs Leo os VIZ
ten note stating tho proper nAme u kassS@
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13
TERHS OF TIE TRIBUNE.

Advertisements for this weeks Issue Of TIE
tsuU,E be handed in ToDOg Price - per line
New-York tribune., 1870-12-13
Crsinees Noilres.

CoLps AND CoUGHs.-Suddcn changes OF
n, are source. Of Pulmonary and Bronchial affections Experience
having poY thai simple remedies act speedily when taken In the early
,. ofd,e take at Browns BRONCHIAL TRocnEs let the
B Cough Or Irritation Of Throst ne slight as by this pre-
e.a,iob more serious attack may be variel of
Owing to the good reputation popularity o, the Toche many
o A. cheap limitations arc offered which good for nothing.
H. ~ 10 p tho true BHowS's BEoSonAL TEocHI Sold every
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-12
REVIVAL OF FRUIT TREES.

To improve blackberry and raspberry
bushes mix equal parts of sawdust and
stable manure, and place around the roots
every year before winter sets in. The
fall is the best time to perform the work.
1t tends not only to keep the roots warm
during the winter, but the sawdust, by
partially decomposing, furnishes a guam
tity of potash, which is a very requisite
food for the growing plant. Grape vines
may be treated in the same manner.
To rejuvenate old apple trees and make
them bear good fruit, correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette suggests trimming
them well, and cutting off all the dead
limbs early in the spring. Then cover
the ground all around for the distance of
ten feet from the trunk with partly rOtted
straw, leaving it to the depth of ten
inches or so. Do this every spring, or so
long as you want good fruit. The philosO-
ply of the thing is this: 1t keeps the
soil in cool, moist condition, and it
keeps the insects in check by smothering
them IN the ground. The roots of the
trees are annually fed also by the fertil-
ling substance which descends into the
ground from the rOtted straw.
At a recent meeting of the American
Philosophical Society, at Philadelphia,
the usual dry facts of abstract science
gave place to a discussion on horticultural
topics, in the course of which DR.. Geo.
3. Wood communicated his experiments
and views on the revival of the peach and
other fruit trees by the application of
potash to their roots. The Gardeners
Monthly contains report of the discus
sion, from which we make the following
extract:
DR.. G. B. Wood described discovery
which he believes that he has made, and
which, if verified by further experiments,
will be of great value to the agricultural
interests of the country. Potash, COM
bined with one or more of the vegetable
acids, is an essential ingredient in vegeta-
bles, particularly in fruit, which, it is
probable, cannot be produced without it.
Sometimes fruit trees cease to bear pre-
maturely; and, in relation to peach
trees, it is well known that,
in this vicinity, after producing a
lew crops, they not only cease bear
ing, but perish themselves in a short time;
whereas their natural life is 5Oor 90 years
or more. The fact seems to be that potash
is wanting in the soil in sufficient album
dance to allow the tree to bear fruit con-
tinuously. DR.. Wood believes that by
supplying potash to the tree, so that it
will reach the radicals, and be absorbed,
the deficiency may be supplied; the fruit
bearing power is restored, and the tree
itself, if prematurely perishing, revived
He was led to this conclusion in the fol
| lowing way: Having a considerable
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-12
TO KEEP FLIES OFF HORSES

Mr.. Isaac Laramie makes the following
timely suggestion through the Cincinnati
Gazette:
Take one-fourth of a pint of Carolina
tar and three-fOurths of pint of lard,
or any soft grease; mix in a cup. Then
each morning with thin stick or strong
shaving spread a little of this mixture on
the ears, face, legs and the prominent
places most troubled with the flies, and
there will be little or no more annoyance
from flies that day. The grease being
added keeps the tar from taking the hair
off.
l have used it for number of years on
my hOrses-in the plow, in the wagon,
and on the road; part of the time on the
prairles, where the green-headed flies are
troublesome. A pint of this mixture is
enough to serve two horses a month. A
little put under the throat will prevent the
nit, or ''bot" fly, singing horse. Their
sting is nearly or quite as bad as bee
sting. l learned this by being stung by
one myself while watching to catch it
the horse moved his head quickly and
brought my jaw in contact with the fly
Just as it made its pass at the horse.
Some say fish oil is good remedy for
flies. This tar and grease, if used on
cows, would cause them to give more
milk in warm weather.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-12
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Congress.

We are authorized to announce Gen. W. @. Whit
thorne, OF Maury county, as a candidate for Con
gress in the Sixth Congressional District of Ten
nessee. Election in November next. jy30 te
We are authorized to announce Joseph Motley,
h WI son county, as candidate for Congress
from The Fifth District of Tennessee, composed Of
me counties Of Davidson, williamson, Wilson,
sumner Robertson snd Chatham. Election in
November b29-te
We authorized to announce Hon. r.
James, Of E1mlton county, as a candidate for
Congress in the Third Congressional District, a
the ensuing November election. jy2j-ts
W. HF- srtsorized to announce Hon. W. ON
t."+. - p ainson county, as a candidate for
v '' So tf-'H ne Fifth Congressional Division
coup 'su'i ui tie counties of Davidson williamson
wilson sumner, Roberts VI AID Cheatham. Elec-
u1n IN November. jy19 te
We are authorized TO announce j. L. DrotngOOle
OF Mnrsfreesboro, candidate tor Congress IN the
Fourth Congressional District at the November
election. iyI7 tide
TO the Editors of the Union and American:
MURFREEsBoRC, Tenn, July Z, lS70.-You are
hereby authorized to announce me a candidate for
jyS tide W. f. M. BETTY
We are authorized to announce Hon. 10. G. Car
rigan, of Lincoln, candidate for Congress from
the Fourth Congressional District at the ensuing
November election. jun29-tde.
We are authorized TO announce JOS H. Black
burn, of DeKa county, as a candidate for Con-
gress in the Third Congressional District, at the
November election, jun25-tde'
1RIUNE Tenn, June IL, 1870.-Please announce |
me AS a candidate for Congress in the 9Th Con- |
5ressional District, subject to nomination by |
convention of the people, and oblige yours, etc.
Tom BENTON SMITH.
We are authorized to announce Hon. A. A. |
STEELE as a candidate for Congress in the Fourth /
District, composed of the counties of Giles, Lin
'oln, Marshall, Franklin, Coffee, Bedford, Can
ION and rutherford junl5-tde
We are authorized to announce Hon. Bale Pey-
on, of Sumner, as a candidate for Congress from
he Fifth Congressional District. Election in No
Iember. iunII tide |
The friends of Col N. N. Cox announce him as
candidate to represent the Fifth District in the
text Congress of the United States, subject to the
ecision Of a convention, should the people see
roper to call one jun3 tide
We authorized to announce Hon. Samuel s. |
louise, of Williamson, as a candidate for Congress
rom the Fifth Congressional District of Tennes- |
ee, composed of the counties of Davidson, Will
amson, Wilson, Sumner, Robertson and Cheat
an. mails tide
% the Editors Of the Union and American:
MANCHESTER, Tenn, May 9, 1870-In response |
} numerous private letters and personal solictta-
ons, you will please announce me a candidate
1r Congress in the Fourth Congressional District |
Tennessee at the ensuing election.
mall tide Yours truly, MATT. MARTIN.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-12
THEiAPPLETREE RORER

We find the following communication
from Hon. Samuel Swift, in the Middle
bury (Vt) Register: 'Some twenty
years ago, having for many previous
years commended rather unsuccessfVlly
against the depredations of the apple tree
bOrer, / came across a prescription for
getting rid of this enemy to our orchards,
of the following tenor: BY the first of
May prepare wash composed of soap
and water with tobacco juice, and apply
it with brush to the body of the apple
tree, from the root as high up as the bOrer
ever enters. Some few years after | found
another similar prescription, emitting only
the tobacco, and used only soap and wa
ter, which l have since used. With the
use of either of these prescriptions, have
never found borer at work on any of
my trees, unless at the first year of using
it. The prescription directs the applica-
ton to be made the first of May; but l
did not discover it until about May 90, and
then made the application. But this
gave time for the eggs to be Matched, and
the small and hardly perceptible insects
appeared in the bark and were easily re-
moved,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-12
SMUT IN WHEAT.

VIM. Cunningham, of Caldwell, Ohio,
sends q head of wheat and another of
smut TO the American Institute Farmers
Club, which grew side by side, and asked
the cause and cure. Mr.. Fuller said smut
is attributable to the seasOn-the condi-
ton of the atmosphere. Mr.. Burdick
said his father "a miller) had observed
that the more snow there was in winter
the more smut, his theory being that the
heaving of the soil broke the roots of the
plant, weakened it, and then it become
diseased. But Mr.. Burdick's father
ought to have known that the more snow
the less heaving of the soil; also that spring
wheat is often very smutty, although it can
feel no influence from frost. DR.. Trimble
says smut is fungus, and the spOres may
be prOpagated or carried over from year
to year on the seed, unless it is brined and
lined. Mr.. Curtis said the preventive of
smut is to sow good seed. 1t is well
known that soaking the seed in strong
brine over night, and drying it in lime or
plaster, prevents smut but the prevalent
idea that the spores of the fungi are des-
troyed, he believes to be erroneous. The
facts are, that if the seeds are put in
strong brine, the good seed settles TO the |
bottom, and the light, imperfect seed |
rises, and is poured off with the brine.
Thus, good seed produces strong, healthy |
plants (f the soil is right and disease
does not attack them. 1t is with plants
as with men; a weak man is more liable |
to succumb to disease than a strong one;
so is a weak plant. The brining and lin
ing seedwheat is to be commended.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette, writing from Jay county, Indiana,
gives his experience on the smut question
as follows:
Not believing the doctrine that smut
would bring smut again, l made the fol-
lowing experiment:
Last year l had a ten acre field of |
wheat badly smutted; otherwise the wheat
was very good. 1t was called here the |
''weevil proof, " and was a smooth wheat.
l sOwed the same ground last fall TO
wheat with the smut in the wheat, Just as
it came from the machine. l have Just
harvested the crop, and there is not one
smut head in it to where there were five
hundred last year. Indeed, it requires
some search TO find smut in it. l have
gathered some heads which have smut
and good wheat in the same head; also
stalks having smut heads and good heads
from the same root. In the prosecution
of this experiment still further, l intend
to go to a field in the neighborhOod and
gather more smutty wheat this fall, and
sow all together, and see what the result
will be. My own opinion is that some
kinds of wheat are subject to smut, and
some seasons worse than others in the de-
velOpment of the smutty wheat. regard
smooth wheats more liable to smut than
the bearded varieties.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-12
NnRMAY OATS.

To the Editors of the Union and American:
Last winter my attention was called,
through the UNION AND AMERICAN, to the
Ramsdell Norway oats. After carefully
examining the testimonials, respecting
their nature of growth and prolific quail
ity, l purchased a few seed and tested
their merits, upon thin and good land,
and can safely 60" hey yield from two
and half t0 a. ..., IS rs much as the
common red aid ,,Alte ca. The straw
remaining green for week after the oats
are ripe, enables the farmer during a wet
season to harvest them without loss or in
jury; and for winter feeding of cattle, it
has the appearance of being superior to
the ordinary oat or wheat straw. Us.
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writ that d. had not been Joined in the
action. The plaintiff replied that d. had
not sealed and delivered the indenture and
therefore his writ was good against B.
only. 1t was held that. in as much as d
had agreed to the lease, which was made
by the indenture, he was chargable by the
indenture for The twenty pounds.
The doctrine here laid down was fully
| approved and adopted by the Supreme
| Court Of New jersey in the case of Fnly
vs. Simpson, % Z ibnskie r, p 31l la
that case, Simpson being indebted to
Whitaker, executed mortgage of a tract
of land and continued in the possession of
the land. He afterwards by indenture of
bargain and sale between himself of the
one part aud Finly of the other part in
consideration of certain sum of money
paid to him by Finly, and in considera,
ton that Finly by the stipulations as ex-
pressed on the face of the indenture.
agreed TO pay the debt of Simpson TO
Whitaker, TO secure the payment of which
the mortgage had been executed conveyed
the same land to Finly, but Filly failed
to sign the indenture.
Simpson paid the debt TO Whitaker and
then Instituted his action against FinIv
upon the covenant expressed in theinden-
ture, FInly having accepted the deed and
the estate therein convened
The Chief Justice, delivering the onin-
ION Oh the court, said: The only inquiry
is whether an iudenture of bargain and
sale, purporting 20 be inter 310rtes by
which an estate is conveyed to the grantee.
II the granter accepts the deed and the
estate therein conveyed, though the in
denture be not sealed and delivered bv
him, is not his deed as well as the deed of |
the granter.
The affirmation of this proposition was |
held TO be the law. We think the princl-
pie here enunciated is the law of the pres
ent case, and the grantees having &C
cepted the deed and the estate therein
conveyed, the deed is not void for want
of mutually of the agreement.
1t only remains to consider whether the
expressed in the deed has been
performed. The evidence introduced by
he complainant to show that it
mas not been performed, consists
chiefly of the declarations of Philip
Smart and wife, made when neither
Jaranay or his wife were present. This
was excepted TO, and we do
lot perceive upon what principle its COM
)etency can be maintained The COM
claimants stand in relation to defendant
imilar to that which Philip Smart himself
would have stood had he been complain
mt in their stead. Excluding this testi-
lOny, the prepOnderance of evidence is
ecidedly in favor of the defendant, upon
he point of performance of the condi-
ion subsequent
Taking this view of the subject, it fol-
)ws that the decree of the Chancellor
lust be reversed, and the bills dismissed,
yithout prejudice as to the children of
aranay, who are complainants.
a true copy. MCCLAIN, Judge.
J. G. FRAZER, Clerk.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-12
IRASCIREE.

Notwithstanding the Nashville Banner
has declared itself in favor of State
Convention, it cannot help but show its
utter dislike to everything Democratic. If
it would suffer an humble "country CO.
temporary" to whisper a word, it would
speak in its ear-Let the Democratic
party alone. No good can result from its
continual throwing of dirt at old Demo-
Gratis. Besides, it shows a very bad spirit,
not called for even by love of retalia-
ton, as no one is fighting the old Wing
party. Such pet names as the Banner
applies to the Democracy, as BOurbons
of the South" "irreconcilables, etc,
shows a bitterness which at this time
would be better imagined than exhibited
-NcMinnUiUe Ne1U Era.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
Row 40 HAVE cool WAFER,

Among the various methods for keep
ing aud making water cool none is much
better or easier than that practiced in
the East. The water is put into jugs,
bottles, or wine-coolers, which are placed
IN buckets filed with salt and saltpetre,
and then turned rapidly until the water
almost reaches the freezing point. If the
weather is very hot the buckets are re-
plenished several times a day and the
turning process repeated Thus you can
have sparkling cold water with the tier
mometer at 100 degrees in the shade, and
even when no ice is to be had.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-12
TIMELY TOPICS.
BY FRITZ

BY FRITZ.
Says Bismarck to Napoleon,
'Vat's dat you says to me?
tweaks your hair-I pulls your nose
If you viii not civil bel"
Says Nap. to Won Bismarck,
''You lie, you tog, you lie
No Deuchman pulls my royal nose,
But blow him up sky-high!'
Den Nap. sticks out his pig nose
In Bismarck's face quite near;
Old Biz. he gives him vigorous pull,
Den drinks some lager bier,
But Nap. he frOth and shtamp and shWore,
And said he'd make him dance;
But Bismarck tweaks his nose again,
When Nap. cries "ViVe la France!'
Der French are marching to der Rhine,
DER measured tread we hear,
Dey come to get der noses pulled
"Faderl md and Lager Bier!'