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OF THE CUMBER-
LAND.


The Survey 40 be Made at Once.
It will DO remembered that not long
since we presented the facts connected
with the navigation of the Cumberland
river, and alluded TO the speech of Mr..
Prosser made in Congress urging the i'm
portance OF Improving the same. In that
article was shown all and the meager APP
preparations that had ever been made by
the National Congress for this purpose.
Auuslon was also made to many of the OBJ
structions that for great portion of the
year retarded, or prevented the passage al
together of boats, both above and below
Nashville. Detailed mention was also made
of the prolific and almost unbounded re-
sources of the Upper Oumyerland, consist
ing of timber, farm and agricultural pro-
ducts. mineral wealth, coal, salt, oils, ETC.
The annual shipments from this place by
the river to points below were also given,
and various and obvious reasons urged that
this great outlet, to which SO vast and so
rich a country was tributary, should re-
ceive such improvements as would
make its navigation easy and less
perilous to the steamers engaged. We
are glad to be able to state that preliminary
steps looking to this measure have already
been taken. Col. Albert, chief engineer,
we believe, TO Gen. Weitzel, supervisor of
river and harbor improvements from Gin
cinnati to the mouth of the Mississippi, has
arrived in the city, with instructions to
proceed at once to make complete survey
Of the river, and report the distractions to
navigation, the time in which they can be
removed and the means necessary to ac-
complish the object, This is to be COM
pleted in SO far as is practicable, and the
report made upon the same, by the assem-
blage of the next session of Congress, in
order that an approximate idea of the ap-
preparations necessary may be had. Under
these instructions, Col. Albert proposes to
commence at once survey of the stream
from this point to its mouth he will then
survey the Upper Cumberland to its navi-
gable head waters. He will procure boat,
as he informs us, at this point, if he can,
and if not, he has the offer of one at Louis
vile, which lie will procure. At all events,
the survey of the river is to be made at
once, and Col. A, as well as others posted
in the matter, are certain that the next ses-
sion of Congress will make the necessary
appropriation for its Improvement.
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THE UNION AND AMERICAN FOR
THE CAMPAIGN.

We will furnish the UNION AND AMERICAN
10 CLUBS, from now until after the Novem-
Der elections, including the returns of the
same, at the following reduced rates:
DAILY.
To clubs of 10 or more, each, $500
To clubs of 20 or more, each, 1.80
sEn-wEEKLY.
To clubs of 10 or more, each, LOO
To clubs of 20 or more, each, 80
WEEKLY.
To clubs of 10 or more, each, so
To clubs of 20 or more, each, As
To clubs of so or more, each, 40
By q small effort our friends In the
several divisions of the State, and the
friends of free government, could swell our
list by many thousands under these terms.
The rates are as low as we're ever offered, and
no voter should be without the UNION AND
AMERICAN during the important period of
our political campaign which is to follow
the Judicial elections. Subscribers will
have complete returns of both elections,
and all information necessary to enable him
to vote Understandings upon the issues
that may be presented,
Every friend and reader of the paper is
constituted special agent to get up clubs
for this campaign.
The money should be transmitted by
express, postoffce order, or registered
letter. j, o, GRIFFITH & Co.
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The following lines were suggested on Witness
ing beautiful sunset as seen from the Convent Of
st. Cecilia. The position Of this place is one of
rare beauty, far as the eye can sec, panorama
OF great magn1hcence presents itself. Chains of
nils, clothed with every variety Of foliage fields
OF golden grain waving in the evening breeze skies
cloudiess as those of classic Italy, and sunsets
loVe'y as those of the palmy Isles of Persia.
The sultry day is ended,
And the bright sun sinks to rest:
Whilst the voice of myriad songsters
Seem to calm the souls unrest
Fair nature here doth lavish,
her choicest, rarest gifts,
To adorn this classic Temple, 4..
This shrine of hope and bliss.
t The distant hills around me
In golden beauty CLEAN, ...|
Inc sun s last rays rejecting
Lovely shades of gold and green.
The Western sky is bathed
In flood of richest gold
~And the king of day is receding,
Meath the mountains rough aud bold.
The evening shades are closing,
Around this lovely scene,
And one by one the starry host,
Ia refulgent beauty beam. ..r ..
What thoughts now come upon me-
As gaze upon this scene, ... e..
Fit subject for an angelo" r.
Or for 'Claude Lorraine"
Feelings of joy and gladness, --,.,r
ee Blended with the sublime,
And heart oerfiowing with gratitude,
To the power above Divine. H.t El'l
In the many dark to-morrows,
Which relentless Time must bring,
My heart will turn with gladness, SAB
To the happy days I've seen
In thy hallowed halls and fiowery meads,
By thy fresh and sparkling fount, ...
Where the flowers of hope bloomed pure and
bright, 7t
And my heart knew nought but truth.
This clOudless sky above me,
This balmy Southern breeze, %
Bring thoughts Of other chimes to me, ..
Of a land beyond the seas
Of land Of joy and beauty,
But alas a land oppressed;
Where the air itself breathes sadness
And the murmuring waves unrest
It's ever thus that memory,
With its unbroBen spell,
Recalls some vision of the past,
Some scene We love so well.
A.- MARY.
NASHVILLE, August 6, 1870, .- .N,r
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Editorial AmenitY.

II there IS anything we do sincerely ad-
mire it is enlightened, dignifed journal
ism "a candid expression of opinion,
formed by proper deliberation and ade-
quate research; a generous exchange of
thought, with naught of personality to mar
the beauty of frank discussion. We are
led to these reflections by our nunguGna
non parat1s contemporary of the Banner,
who calls his confrere of the A0GLG7clte a
que gO1tlez 00aLs. This offensive epithet, this
abuse, this unmitigated billingsgate, will
provoke similar response, we fear, from
our Memphis co-enightener, and the whole
press of the State will be included by de-
luded foreign papers in the same un-
journalistic category, and regarded as no
better than Greeley ct ais of New York
city
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RIVER AND WEATHER.

No arrivals or departures.
The river was slowly declining at this
point last evening, with 44 feet on Harpeth
Shoals 100
Weather warm and hay during the day,
with heavy fall of rain between and .
o'clock last night.
The Varmint was in port yesterday, and
had nearly the entire wharf to herself
The Burksville and Alpha are both ad-
vertised for Cairo tomorrow. The former
departs at 10 A. NJ. and the latter at P. N.
They are excellent crafts, and we hope to
see them go out with crowded cabins and
plenty of freight. .....
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Luscious Grapes.

We acknowledge the receipt from that
Prince of gentlemen j. 1. Younglove, of
Bowling Green, KY, box Of the most
soperb and luscious grapes we have seen.
They were very large and sweet, and
clustered in magnificent punches. Larger,
sweeter, or more delicious grapes we ven
ture to say, do not grow on the vine clad
slopes of Italy, or in the isle Malaga.
They were of the Hartford prolific variety
and grown at Mr.. Us extensive vine yards
at Bowling Green. Our friends will have
an opportunity of testing their merits, as
Messrs. OConnen & Co., on Church street
intend keeping a supply on hand.
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A Select school.

On Monday the 18th day of September
ensuing, Professor James S. Fall A. NJ. will
open a select school for young ladies, in
the Lecture Room of the Christian Church.
The school will be limited to thirty pupils
to whom the professor will devote his e1-
elusive and entire attention. The Ian
guages, pure mathematics, the English,
latin and Greek classics, and all the
branches in first class schools will be
taught. Mr.. f. is a ripe scholar and it
may be safely said from his experience and
general information he has no superior as
an instructor in this country.
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We find that opening our columns to all
aspirants for Office, and their friends, who
wish to bring their claims before the pub
lie, will be so burdensome tax and con-
sumo so much of our space, that we are
compelled to charge for all such matter.
The price for all cards and communications
in relation to actual or prospective candi-
dacies will be thirty cents per line in our
respective papers from this date.
j. o. GRIFFITH & Co.,
Union and American.
ROBERTS d PURvIs,
Republican Banner.
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EsNOne of Your Fight"

In a little scrimage occurring yesterday
evening in the city, one of our newly elect
ed Justices of the Peace, ran up crying
ont, 81 command tic peace at the top of
of his stepped up and told him-'tH as
none of your fight" He beat hasty re-
treat, leaving the battle still raging be-
tween those 'peaCe-6reakerS."
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Stock On hand.

The following are the cotton quotations
received at the National Savings Company,
corner Union and College streets, where
cotton, gold, bond and stock quotations
are received hourly, and are always access
sible to the public:
NEW YORK, 10:20-Cotton market IN
changed in every respect.
LIVERPOOL, 11:15.--Cotton quiet but
steady; sales 10000 bales; uplands sgd; Or
leans Cd.
NEW YORK, 12-Cotton dull and prices
nominal; ordinary 144c; good ordinary
Ice; low middling 1910, uplands 194e; good
middling 214c; Mobile 1910; Orleans 192c.
LIVERPOOL, 3-Cotton quiet; sales Il, 900
ba.es;Iuplands S8@Ssd; Orleans S4@9d.
New York, 2:55-Cotton quiet and
weak; September delivery I64c.
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ChnncPru CnurI

The term of this court was taken up yes
terday with the Corporation case, in which
the former Metropolitan Police force is the
plaintiff, and the City of Nashville defend
ant. The case was not concluded, though
it will be, it is thought, submitted on Mon
day or Tuesday. ...a.. 2
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Foreign Markets.

LONDON. Aug. 13.-Consols for money
914; on accounts 91aa. American securities
quiet; '62s, Sc; Sos, $50; '67s, IS; 1O-4O's,
SO. Stocks quiet.
FRANKFoRT, Aug. 13.-U. S. bonds
closed Friday at 914.
PARIS, Aug. 13.-The Bourse-Rentes,
65f 45c.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 13.-Cotton quiet;
middling uplands Ssd@S4d; Orleans
85d09d. Sales 1900 bales. California
white wheat, los 1Od; red western No. 2,
at 9s Id; winter, 1Os@10s 10d. Western
-four, 25s Corn 3Os Sd.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Wan street is
extremely dull. Money easy at 3@4 Q cent
on call, with exceptions at ? and sc. Sterling
nominally unchanged. Gold steady, open
ing at 117t@117s and closing at 117s@
1172. Rumors of the surrender of the gar
rison of Strasbourg, and that the Prus-
sian had carried one fertilization Of Metz
and afterwards driven back by the French,
were circulated, and affected prices. Cary
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ing rates 3@5 per cent; for borrowing per
cent to flat and 1-64 per cent. Clearances
65,000.0O0. Export 2,007, 700, and for the
week 2, 900, CPS. Governments very duh
and about 9@4c lower. State bonds dull;
old Tennessees So; new 81 Imports for
week-Dry goods /, 1915, 143; general mer-
ehandise 8. 239, 900, Sub Treasury balance
gold 67,957, 943; currency 1904, 451.
Cancelled gold certificates sent to Wash
ington 2, 346, 900.
UNAVOIDABLE BANK STATEMENT.
The bank statement is unfavorable, the
reserve having lost more than is warranted
by the reduction in liabilities.
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TIE COTTON Markets.
Macon, Ca, August IL.

Macon. Ca, August IL.
Cotton-Receipts to-day II bales; sales
IL bales; shipped II bales. The market
closed firm with fair demand this evening
at 16tc for middlings. Offerings light.
Montgomery, Ala, August IL.
Our cotton market is quiet; low mid
dlings 15a016c.
Rome, Ga, August II.
Market dull and lower; middlings 1910
1876.
Augusta Ga, August IL.
Cotton-The market opened firm with
an upward tendency at about lie for mid
ding, and during the morning very full
prices were paid; but towards evening it
became more quiet, closing at about the
same figures. Sales III bales; receipts 81
bales.
Galveston, August II.
Cotton-Dull abdominal; good ordinary
15@154c; stock 6, S31 bales.
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Concert and Address.

The Sabbath school of the Elm Street
Church will give their regular concert this
afternoon at o'clock. The exercises are
such as are beneficial to the children and
highly entertaining to the older ones.
Rev DR.. Haygood, late of Atlanta, and
the present editor of the S. S, Visitor, wi II
deliver an address to the children.
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Troops for Grenada.

Near hundred soldiers from the New
port Barracks in Kentucky passed through
the city on Friday evening under the or
ders of General Carlin, to join the 10th
United States Infantry stationed at Gren-
ada. Mississippi.
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MISSES O,RRYAN.

. No. II MCLemOre Street,
Next session of this school will begin
Monday, Sept, &c. Former patrons who
wish places reserved, must make applica-
ton during this month, through P o.
Lock Box 10. aug3-tf
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New York General rIarkets.

New YORK, Aug. 13.-COtton quiet !;
sales of 29S bales of middling uplands at
1890 Flour quiet, firm and unchanged
Whisky 97c. Wheat dull and unchanged;
winter red and amber western S1.4O@1. 4S;
new amber Tennessee $3.50. Corn IN
changed. Coffee quiet. Sugar easier;
sales of $50 hhds. Cuba at 9s@1O4c. Mo-
lasses quiet. Rice steady, at Soc; in tierces
909lc.
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Our special correspondent writing from
Dublin, Ireland, on the Both Of July, and a
surgeon of eminence in that city, say S: "a
man was hanged here yesterday, and in
the act his head was snapped off the body
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Tennessee & Pacific Railroad
E@E2sz@sS.
Is - IL 1f ss.s=!hsEEsII
KHENZ " AZ ~
Change of Time-TwO Daily Trains.

EROM NASHVILLE TO GREEN HILL, ALL
i trains connecting with Prices Stage Line for
Lebanon, and the train leaving Nashville . A.
NJ. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, with stages
for SmithV1le and Cookville.
Trains to and from Nashville as follows:
Leave "A N. 4:30 P. ~
Arrive 10 80 A. M. 9 p. N.
Stages TO and from Lebanon:
Leave at A. NJ; 4:3O P. NJ.
Arrive 10 80 A. NJ; p. NJ.
Tickets can be obtained at Nashville and Chatta-
nooRa Depot and Transfer Office, Nashville, and at
D. Cooks Jr., Lebanon.
For rates of freight apply at Nashville and Chat
tanooga Depot and at Office Of Pitcher, Davis &
Co., South Market street, Nashville, and at ID.
j. W. PARAMORE,
auoI4-dkytf Superintendent
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The Effect of the War upon Conn
Iherca and nm the Money Market

The Effect of the War upon COM
merce and on the Money Market
The London Economist says of the eff
feet of the war upon the trade Of England:
London may be during the war the
cheapest money market in comparison
vita that of recent years. According to
the present appearances, In the Judgment
of some of the most competent persons,
money may raise In value to five per cent.
before long, and not very gradually. 1t
might be said that the rise in the value of
money so caused by Government borrow
ings will be counteracted by the diminu-
ton of trade effected by the war and the
consequent diminution of commercial de-
mands on the money market And to some
extent such may be the case. Probably
there will be an aggregate d1mlnuton OF
the whole commerce of the world caused
by this great struggle. The ordinary con-
sumption of comforts and luxurles Will be
lessened, and this will not be counter
balanced by the increase in the production
of the various articles required by war.
An immense body of persons whose labor
was lately productive have now abandoned
production and turned to destruction, and
this will lessen not only their production
but also the production of those who sell
to them, and who produce that they may
consume. But though the aggregate trade
of the world may be diminished, we are
disposed to think that the share of that
trade which fails to England will be aug
mented. Of course, even here so great and
sudden a change will in many quarters do
great harm. Persons, for example, who
have been receiving orders for railway iron
from the continent, and who were expected
to receive more, will certainly be to con-
siderable extent disappointed. All such
peaceful trades will be for the moment re-
tarded, if not destroyed. And it is no COM
fort to the manufacturer of, say, railway |
carriages, if his trade is lessened, that 9TH |
er manufacturers, suppose, of cannon, may |
have more continental orders and be better |
off than ever. The interruption of existing |
trade causes losses which the profits of new |
trade do not efface. Still we think that the |
gain to English trade will be considerable
in several ways. First, all the most effec-
tive and most dangerous competitors Of
England in the markets of the world arefor
the time obliged to diminish if not to sus-
pend their operations. The German, the
Belgian, and the French manufacturers are
injured in way we, from want OF expert
ence, can hardly realize.
Many of their workpeople and Of their
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Morality.

When our Hog Alley contemporary IN
dertakes to read q lecture to any one on
morals, it need not be surprised that the
exclamation leaps to everybody's tongue,
''The devil reproving sim
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Wood! Wood!

Cedar kindling, yellow pine and hard
wood for stoves, furnished by the Nashville
Stove Wood Co. Office at the news stand,
Commercial Hotel, Cedar street, where all
orders can be filed. Hard wood, per load,
$3.50; cedar and pine, per load. $1.75;
saw dust, $1.O0. Good wood and large
loads guaranteed correct. Edgefeld office,
Pitts stable. Gu14.tf
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-14

Many kinds of headaches can be instan-
taneously cured with Magic Arnica Lin
iment. A small quantity on pellet of
cotton inserted in hollow tooth, and the
cheek or jaw opposite the part rubbed with
it externally, will almost always cure the
toothache. Sprains, hurts of all kinds,
stings of venemous insects, are relieved at
once, and, indeed, there are few kinds Of
pain, if any, that are not arrested at once
by use of the Magic Arnica Liniment. No
family should be without bottle always in
the house.
Ewin, Pendleton & Co., Nashville, whole
sale agents, 1t
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See advertisement of DR.. Butts DiSpen
sary, headed Book for the Million-MAR
RAGE GUIDE-in another column. 1t
should be read by all. mays d&w1y
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New York DRY Goods Market.

NEW YORK, Aug 13.-The dry goods
market is generally steady for all staple
fabrics, and business is fair, although trade
is far from lively. In printing cloth, spec
ulation continues rampant, and as all the
available supplies are mostly bought up,
pr1ces are in favor of sellers.
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Paper Flour Bags.

We are making to order all sizes pape-
-four bags at the lowest prices. Whiteman
Bros, No. 4 Market street, Nashville,
Tenn. jy17 If
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rRE TeleQraDh.l

CAIRo, Aug. 13.-The river has fallen
one inch. There was a thunder storm in
the afternoon. The weather is cloudy and
cool, with the mercury at 20.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-14

Kingston Springs, situated on the Nash
vile and Northwestern Railroad, "a miles
west of Nashville, is now open for the re-
ception of visitors. Board reduced to forty
dollars per month. jy15 if
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New Orleans MARKET.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13.-Ootton quiet
but firm for high grades; middlings, 174c:
sales, 700 bales. Exports to Great Britain.
three bales of the first new cotton from
Louisiana. Receipts, 12S bales; stock,
SO. 3S2 bales.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-14

Many forms of suffering peculiar to wo-
men have their origin in diseased state of
the blood. Whenever i'll health or break
ings out arise from this cause, the Concen-
trated Fluid Extract of Sarsaparilla and
Iodide of Potash should be administered.
This purifes the blood, removes what is
out of the natural condition there, sends a
pure current of life along the veins, and the
whole system feels the revivifying effect as
the trees do the animating sap of spring.
Mansfield & Higbee's preparation of Sar-
saparilla and Iodide of Potash is of guaran-
teed strength and purity. 1t
Louisiana Creole Hair Restorer is one of
the most elegant articles for the toilet ever
introduced to the public 1t is clearly eff
fcacious, and delightfully."- perfumed 1t
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For sale.

Three or four neat cottages, on and near
the South Nashville Street Railroad, can be
purchased at great bargains FOR CASH. APP
ply to laugh Wv ISAAC PAUL.
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We have on sale a few copies of the
Laws of Tennessee enacted by the Legisla-
cure of 1869-7O. Retail price $3.50 per
copy. A liberal discount will be made to
the Trade. Address
UNION 4 AMERICAN,
If Nashville, Tenn.
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NashvtIIe ProvtsIon Market.

Market quiet and unchanged. We quote
packed from store as follows:
BAcoN-Clear sides 1S8c; shoulders Is c;
country hams 10000
CHOICE HAMs-Hart 4 Hensley's eele.
brated @. @. G. 25@254c.
LARD-Choice in tierces, 18c; kegs,
194c; 10 pound caddies, 1899, and
pound caddies, zoe.
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CITY NOTICES.

Gents fall style Silk Hats just received
Ly ELY q WHITEsDE.
au14-2t
Jno J. McOann's Seem of the Burg"
and ''Swan's Down" Flour is on sale at ].
Jungermann & Co.'S, "a Public Square.
au14-t
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Nashville Flour and Grain Market.

FLoUR-Market active to-day and firm as
follows; Superfne 5.OO@5.5O; extra $50
@6.OO; family $50; fancy 700. We no
ticed the arrival to-day of four car loads
from the surrounding country mills.
Com MEAL-We quote loose unbolted
at 1.2O . bushel; city Kindred at 1.25 Q
bhshel. -.
e CoRN-Shipments to-day of 500 bushels
corn. We quote at LIS, sacked and de-
hvered in depot
Wharf.-The receipts to-day amounted
to about 5000 bushels. the majority of
which was in bad condition. Prices to-day
ranged from COOL 10, according to quality.
Shipments of 1900 bushels.
OATs--We quote at 40@5Oc for the new
crop. r..--
BARLEY-wequ quote at 65@SOe, according
to quality.