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HON. JACOB $. GoLLADAY.

A private letter from ElktOn, KY, gives
us the following intelligence of the ac-
ceptabiliiy of Mr.. Golladay's explanation
of his resignation by those of his con-
slituents whom he had an opportunity of
addressing before the late convention:
have heard Mr.. G.'s defense, and the
best evidence of its acceptability to his
friends at home, who were watching with
critical eyes his explanation is that
his home people in Logan and his neigh
boring county of Todd, voted solid for
him on every ballot till the sixth.
Mr.. G. s prominence as repudia;ionist
marked him for a victim of the United
States Congress.
Butler, of Tennessee, Whittemore, of
South Carolina, and Dewcese, of North
Carolina, had become involved in the
tolls, and the insolent spirit of Radicalism
required as compensation the sacrifice of
q Democrat, and who so marked as Cola
day and Mungen, of Ohio, both openly
for reputation. Mr.. G. agreed to abide
a convention, but he had not time to go
over his district and make his defense.
If we may judge BY the effect of his
speeches in Logan, Todd and Simpson,
he would have been renominated, his
friends claim, without trouble.
Gen. Lewis is a man of some repu-
tation as an officer in the Southern army.
His election we think assured. The
Fifteenth Amendment, however, will
greatly lessen the majorities heretofore
had by the Democracy. Yourstruly,
/ 8 r.
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GENERAL AMNESTY.
Grant 1nterviewed--What He had
Intended Doing and why He Will


Grant Interview He had
Intended Doing and why He Will
Not DO IL.
NEW YORK, April 15.-The Washington
correspondent of the Herald states that in
the course of a brief conversation with the
President he asked whether he intended,
as reported several times lately, to issue an
amnesty proclamation or send special
message to Congress recommending the
removal of disabilities caused by the Four
teenth Amendment He smiled good
humoredly and answered:
No, sir, l don't issue any amnesty
proclamation at all. My predecessor, Mr..
johnson, exhausted that thoroughly Tsmil-
ingl, but il is quite true that l did some
time ago contemplate sending TO Congress
a special message recommending the re-
moval Of all disabilities, and thought that
fitting occasion for amessage of the kind
would be on the re-admission of Texas
and other States to the Union, believing it
would have the effect to promote good
feeling throughout the South, but since
then there have been so many complaints
about outrages committed in the South,
and the frequent requests to officers for
military interposition in some States, like
Tennessee and North Carolina, that / have
reconsidered my resolution, and come to
the conclusion that SO long as the state of
society in those districts is such as to call
military aid to preserve order, it would be
useless to recommend to Congress the
removal of disabilities for the pres
emit; therefore l cannot send that message
to Congress"
The correspondent asked The President
if it was true that he had a message of the
kind prepared ready to send to Congress?
He replied, ''Yes sir" and went on to state
that the document had been ready, but its
presentation was abandoned for reasons al
ready stated. The message was brief but
statesmanlike document, urging Congress
to remove, by proper enactment, all disa-
bilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amend
ment, under one simple condition, to-wit:
Appearance of all applicants in open
court, and enunciation of such desire.
1t will be seen that the disorderly class
South, who have. recently given rise to
much cause of complaint, have great deal
to answer for 1t is probable, however,
that the day is not far distant when the
President will be able, with IMMUNITY, to
crafty this noble impulse.
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THE FATE OF TWO HATS.

sd. Pr writes from Washington to
the Cincinnati Commercial as follows:
At dinner party the other night, Sen
ator Nye put his new silk tile carelessly
upon the sofa. A few minutes after the
veteran philosopher Greeley sat down
and crushed the hat fearfully.
''Damn it, p" roared Nye, 81 could have
told you it wouldn't fit before you tried it
on"
Speaking of hats, l am reminded of an
anecdote Illustrative of the ancient Jerry
Blacks habits and absence of mind.
Coming into his room one night with the
papers of an important case, he sat down,
put his hat upon the floor, and began
studying the case, while reading the pa
pers. Getting excited, he got up, stuffed
some tobacco in his mouth, and began
walking over the floor, reading at inter
walls and expcctorating all the time. After
nearly an hours exercise of this sort he
threw down the brief and Clapped his hat
upon his legal head. AS he did so several
yellow streams started down his venerable
cOuntenance. On Investigation he was
disguised to find that he lad mistaken his
hat for q SpittOon.
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CONDENSED KILOGRAMS.

The entire business portion of Medina,
O., was burned down yesterday morning.
Many persons were burned, some severely,
but none killed. Some escaped by second
story windows, and others in natures
broadcloth." No estimate of loss.
1t is understood at st. Paul that Gen.
Hancock, commanding the Department of
Dakota, will be soon transferred to either
st. Louis or San Francisco, having been
offered his choice of those locations since
the death of Gen. Thomas 1t is believed
that he will prefer st. Louis.
The Pontiac Mills at Warwick, r. l., in
sured for $500, 900 were totally destroyed
by fire yesterday.
A dispatch from Albany tells us that
letter will appear this morning from Ex-
Gov. Seymour endorsing free canal fund
ing bilI'-whatever that may be.
Mrs. Emma Willard, formerly Principal
of the Young Ladies' Seminary at Troy, N.
Y, and an authoress, died yesterday, aged
eighty four years.
fire broke out yesterday morning in
Medina, Ohio, which destroyed nearly all
the business houses of the town.
The Committee on Military Affairs will
finish Logans army bill at the next meet
ing. They. have decided to make numer-
Gus changes, but will leave the pay table
as fixed by the House bill.
A fire occurred in the infrInary i'll
Marion, Ohio, Thursday evening. The loss
is estimated at $50, 900; partially insured
It is stated that G. L. Vsllandigham
will be the next Democratic candidate for
Congress in the Dayton, Ohio, district.
The agent of Newcomb's minstrels, Car
penter, has been arrested for obtaining
money at the st. Charles House, at Toledo,
Ohio, on a spurious telegram.
1t is not likely that John Bright will he
able to resume his seat in Parliament dur
ing the present season, owing to i'll health
The London Times correspondent from
Frankfort on-the-M Maine says the eagerness
for American railway securities is well nigh
exhausted.
The magistrates of Waterford county,
(Irelapd, have asked the Government for
additional troops, for the protection of
life and property during the hearing of
the election petition.
The glycerin explosion at the marble
quarries, in wing OF the Sing Sing pris-
on, Wednesday, resulted in the horrible
mutilation of q convict named Francis
Conklin, who died soon after. Another
convict, Christopher Gilden, was fatally,
and two others severely injured.
The wheat crop in various parts of In
diana is very promising under the present
weather.
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I,nIIer Skn1inr Rink.

Our people probably have not an ade-
quato idea of the rapidity with which the
roller skating fever is spreading over the
country. In the Northern cities Kinks
were established seve raj years ago, and, as
the enterprise proved to be a complete
success, they are now becoming fashiona-
BILE in Southern cities and towns, among
which we may mention Montgomery, At
lanta, Chattanooga and Murfreesboro.
But, as some of our readers don't know
anything about this roller-skating business,
perhaps we had better enter into details a
little. Well, just conceive Of a large
room with the floor perfectly smooth as it
can be; and then conceive of a
party of gaily- dressed ladies and gentlemen
moving gracefully hither and thithor upon
roller skates, smiling and laughing and IA
cling, and you understand the whole thing
at once. The skates are fastened to the
foot Just like those we skate on ice with,
but under the bottom there are four little
rollers, which enable an expert to perform
some astonishing evolutions. OF course
the twinkling feet of the girls are seen peep
ing out occasionally, like sly little mice !;
but no one objects to that, as the women
are charming from the sole of the foot to
the crown of the head. Distinguished di-
vines have recommended roller skating as
healthful and invigorating, and as the es-
Enlistment of a rink in this city Is cOntem-
plated, we wish it abundant success.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, April 15-Mr. Cragin sta
ted that the Naval Committee resolved that
Congress ought not to entertain the appli-
cation of retired officers for restoration to
the active list unless recommended by the
Executive Department.
To Cheaper Postage.
Mr.. !Sumner introduced bill to simplify
and reduce the rates of postage and.abolish
the franking privilege; to limit the cost of
carrying the mails and regulate the pay
ment of postage. He gave notice of his
intention to move, as a substitute for the
pending BILL the abolishing of the ranking
privilege bill, make reduction of post
age to one cent for half ounce letters, and
as a substitute for the frankling privilege,
a system of stamped envelopes. Ordered
to be printed and placed on the calander.
Census Oaths.
Mr.. Warner introduced a joint resolu-
tion directing that census marshals not be
required to take any oaths other than are
prescribed in the census act of 1850, and
one to support the Constitutions of the
State and United States. Referred.
a bill amendatory of the census law was
passed as amended by the substitute of the
Senate committee. 1t provides that GEN.
sus marshals shall include statistics repre-
senting the surviving soldiers and sailors
of the war of 1912, and their surviving
widows, concerning their pensions, etc. 1t
limits the time within which returns are to
be made as to population and mortality,
increases the compensation of marshals,
and gives to all marshals eight cents for
each page of two copies of the original
census returns required by the nth sec.
ton of the act of 1850.
The Georgia bill.
The Georgia bill was taken up and dis
cussed by Mr. Pomeroy in favor of his
by Mr.. Hamilton, of Texas,
in favor of the enforcement of the views of
the Senator from Indiana Mr.. Morton) and
in favor of Mr.. brakes amendment for
military intervention to suppress Kuklux;
by Mr.. Foreman, explanatory of affairs in
Georgia. and by Mr.. Pool in favor of mill
tary Intervention by the government in the
Southern States, when requested by the
State authorities.
1t was then agreed that the final vote on
the bill should be taken at 6 o'clock on
Tuesday.
Mr. Drake obtained the floor and the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-16
GLEANENGS.

The liquor question-"What's yOurs?'
Sugar-cured hams ought to be sweet
meats.
Females assert the mails in the San
Francisco pOstOffice.
Schenck is the strongest man on draw
poker in Washington.
Laura de Force Gordon is the Miss An
thony of the Pacific coast.
A Cincinnati hotel-keeper dresses his
walters in full naval uniform.
A gang of negro burglars in Richmond
are kown as Boss Rabbits.
Gamblers and prize-fightcrs live almost
exclusively on steaks.
The members of the editorial staff of
the ReUOLutiOn are called Bohemian
Girls.
The Kedhivc has invited Louise Null
bach TO come and write a historical novel
about the pyramids.
The Texas girls are so generally homely
that a lady is compelled to find an excuse
for it in the prevalence of snuff-dipping.
The Chinese laborers on the Texas
Central Railroad drink no water during
the day, but keep one hand busy handing
around teas.
A New York paper rules that ''as be.
tween newspaper reporter and deaC
man, it is our duty to believe the re-
porter"
Richmond police justice has doubly
INDICATED the title of sOn-in-law by fin
ing his wife's father five dollars for being
drunk and disorderly.
Though the buXom belle, Miss Barka
low, has been admitted to the ST. Loui
bar, it will not be strictly the thing TO Cal
| her a bar-maid.
A Wisconsin farmer sues for divorce
on the ground that his wife can't choI
the amount of wood that she boastet
about previous to her marriage
The Peoria ReUie,U accuses an anti
female suffrage meeting in that city, o
stealing a prayer-meeting to reinforc
their attenuated ranks.
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ALABAMA.

Correspondence between GOV. Smith
and Senator Warner = Amnesty
and the HaItcr-A Bloody Pro-
Eramme.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The following
Geographic correspondence took place to-
day:
Montgomery, ALa., Iprd Ito Hon.
Willard Warner: You have doubtless
learned of recent acts of lawlessness in
Green and other counties in this State.
have matured and am putting in operation
a vigorous policy, which will not only stop
violence but bring offenders to punishment.
w. II. SMITH, Gov. of Ala.
Washington, april Ito Gov. w. II.
Smith, Montgomery, Ala: am rejoiced at
your telegram. The President, Congress
and the country will sustain you in the bold
action to enforce law and give safety to all
classes of our citizens. Let the rebels be
forgiven and murderers hung. Amnesty
and the halter will give us peace and safety.
WILLARD WARNER.
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ST. LOUIS.
Another 100000 DcTnuItcr.

ST. LOUIS April i5.-Christian Carroll,
who was clerk in the City Auditors Office
several years previous to 1869, was charged
with embezzlement of funds from that
Office and fed to Germany to avoid arrest
was subsequently indicted by the grand
Jury, and efforts were made to secure his
arrest, but without success. Wednesday
he returned, and to-day voluntarily up
peared before the criminal court, gave five
thousand dollars bond, and was released.
The exact amount of the embezzlement is
not known, but it is estimated at nearly
800, 900.
Subsidy
The Committee who have been examin-
ing the accounts of Susisky, the defaulting
treasurer, have completed their labor, and
will report to the Mayor tomorrow.
A Fall in Fahrcnheit-SO to SO.
After several warm days the weather
suddenly changed last night, and rain, hail
and snow are falling to-day. The mercury
marked so yesterday, and to-day fell to So.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-16
Hnivisthnt for Cold :

The merits of the Arctic soda fount, re-
Gently put up by Dortch & Haddox, were
fully tested yesterday. Haddox attempted
to make a draw for the benefit of one of his
friends, and found that the institution
wouldn't squirt bit. Goodlett, Dortch,
and the rest of the establishment, were
pressed into service to ascertain the cause
of the failure, when the discovery was made
that there was too much ice aboard, and
everything connected with the machine
was frozen. Dortch suggested that he had
Just been experimenting with the thing to
see how cold it would get.
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Appeal Taken.

A case involving the right of way as be-
tween street cars and other vehicles was
yesterday disposed of in the Recorders
Court. The driver of a street car COM
planned that Mr.. Glenn Samuels, while hav
ing charge of a wagon from which freight
was being removed, declined to make way
for the car to pass on College street until
the wagon was unloaded. The wagon was
backed up against the pavement, and the
horses obstructing the railroad track. After
a full investigation of the case, a fue of
three dollars and costs was imposed upon
Mr.. Samuels, and he intimated DISPOSE
ton to appeal from the decision. In view
of this circumstance the fine was made
fifty dollars and costs and the appeal taken.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-16
MINNESOTA.
DecauIiOn OuIdOne-A Dam not
worth n Continental.

DecauIiOn OuIdOne-A Dam not
worth n Continental.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE water from a
broken tunnel at St. Anthony, Mimi, I'M
dermined yesterday the Summit and Island
Touring mill, and Moulton's planning mill,
and they are completely destroyed. The
total loss is over fifty thousand dollars.
The prospect now is that the entire eastern
portion of Hennipen Island, on which are
many valuable mills and a costly dam and
bridge, will be swept away before the water
can be shut off from the head of the broken
tunnel. To accomplish this dam is now
being constructed which will keep the
water not only from entering the tunnel,
but from the saw mills at st. Anthony,
which are capable of saving two hundred
thousand feet of lumber per day, render
ing them useless for the best portion of
the season.
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Manufactures.

As large and extensive manufactures are
being erected in this city and at other
points throughout our great and growing
State, we copy the following remarks from
the Richmond Dispatch, as being pertinent
to the spirit and progress of the times as
wells as for the truths so well and fOrcibly
expressed. The Dispatch says:
We have repeatedly tried recently to I'M
press upon our readers that manufacturing
establishments build up a city ten times as
rapidly as merely commercial houses. A
capital of million Of dollars in the latter
will give employment perhaps to dozen
men, and produce an annual profit of
twenty per cent. But million of dollars
invested in a manufacturing establishment
will justify the employment of perhaps two
or three hundred hands, and the labor Of
each one of these hands will produce a
thousand dollars per annum, of which the
most goes first into his own pocket and
afterwards into those of his grocer, shoe
maker, tailor, ETC., and small profit into
the pocket of the employer, but all of it
enricbes the CITY.
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SPAIN.
Samples of Spanish ssLiberaiism.

samples of Spanish ssLiberaiism."
MADRID, April l5.-Senor Alosiga has
been appointed President of the Council
of State
The Barcelona insurgents are receiving
severe sentences at the hands of the coun-
Gil of war
In the Cortes Yesterday Gen. Prim init
mated that certain time would be allowed,
during which the clergy must take the oath
of allegiance. -r
LATER-The Spanish clergy persist in
refusal to swear allegiance to the Consti-
tuition. Though the time within which they
are required to take the oath is short, they
have SO far shown no disposition to yield.
There were five men executed at Bar
celona for robbers and assassinations
committed last month.
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JOHN SHEPPARD.
The champion walker i'm Town

The celebrated ''Walkist, John Shep-
pard, arrived in the city yesterday, and
proposes walking for purse of 81, 900, to
be made up, time and place to be decided
upon. lie proposes to walk four dsys,
four nights and four hours without rest or
sleep, on plank two feet high, two feet
wide, and thirty feet long. He is a man
of about five feet six inches in height, light
hair, blue eyes, and the most powerfully
developed man in his muscular powers we
have ever seen. 1t would be as easy to
attempt to make an indention upon a
stonewall, as on any part of his body, and
to grasp his arm is just like taking hold of
a crowbar. His walking feats have been
witnessed elsewhere, which are spoken of
as the most extraordinary trial Of human
endurance on record.
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Social Club.

One of the finest turn outs that Nash
vile has witnessed for some time past was
at the entertainment given by the Social
Club of colored citizens, few evenings
since. The invited guests manifested great
pleasure, while the entire company seemed
to enjoy themselves to the hearts content.
The management was everything that
could be asked for, while everyone's be-
havior was in strict accordance with the
best of order, all tending to make the oc-
casion one of unusual interest and enjoy
ment, unsurpassed by any similar gather
inc here or elsewhere.
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Rather stringent Zinc.

a cultivated German and teacher of the
language, conveying the agreeable intelh-
gence that he had been fined in his native
country the sum of 81, 500 for being absent
from military duty. His native home is
Frankfort on the Oder, and we believe that
this is the second fine of this sort that has
been imposed. He takes the matter quite
complacently, and thinks by the time be
gets his naturalization papers he viii have
learned enough to say to Bismarck, ''Shoo,
Fly, don't bodder me-"
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Patriot Reports.
LOUISVILLE.
Court Martial.

LOUISVILLE, April 15.-Ehe court mar
tial convened by President Grant for the
trial of Brig Gen. Totten, Lieut.. Col. and
Asst Inspector Gen. q. S. A., met in this
city to-day. The court is composed of
the following officers: Gen. S. G. Lowell,
Colonel 14th infantry, President; Gen. S.
W. Crawford, Colonel of infantry; Gen. G..
Pennebaker, Colonel 10th infantry; Gen,
H. w. Vessels, Lieut.. Col. U. S. A; Gen.
r. S. Granger, 10th infantry; Gen. R.
Ayres, Gen. ]. t. Harris, Maj. and G. s.;
Gen. G. A. Potter, Major and Quartermas-
ter, and Capt. G. A. Whittier, 10Th infant
ry, Judge Advocate.
One of the charges against Gen. Totten
is said to be absence without leave.
After remaining in session here two or
three days, the court will proceed to
Charleston, S. c., for the purpose of pro-
curing testimony, and then return here to
conclude proceedings.
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Missed Cnnncctinn

The passenger train on the Nashville &
Chattanooga Railroad was near half hour
behind time yesterday. In consequence
she missed the connection with the Louis
vile and Nashville o'clock traia, and the
passengers, of whom there was an unu-
sually large number, had the pleasure of
remaining over with us until to-day. We
trust that no serious Inconvenience were
OccasiOned by the detention.
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ROME.
Mazzini at HIS Old Trade.

ROME, April 15.-The authorities keep
themselves well informed of the projects of
Mazzini and his. party for another attempt
on Rome, and are obliged to increase their
vigilance and severity. Within the past
few days forty suspected persons were ar
rested in Rome and the neighboring Pom
tifcal towns; and avowals ELECTED at their
examination leave no doubt of an extern
sive conspiracy within the Papal territory,
the leaders of which are acting in concert
with the revolutionary party outside.
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The spring burglaries have commenced.
There are thieves and night providers in
our midst. Let the strictest caution be OBJ
served. Double the guards. Lock and
bolt doors on the inside, and see that every
shutter and fastening are made secure.
Some of the thieves, housebreakers and
robbers nowadays are as expert as Turpin
or Yerraka himself
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IIn1sTnrfhc Police

Owing to the increased warmth of the
weather, the members of the police force
have discarded their caps for the present,
and taken to a more seasonable covering
for the head. They now wear ventilated
hats, not made of straw, of lead color; and
decorated with handsome black band.
The hats are of the ''Shoo Fly" pattern,
look neat, and are said to be quite COM
Portable. The contract for supplying these
hats was awarded to Lande & Brother.