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Middletown transcript., 1870-03-05
PUBLIC SALE.

TNTlE subscriber will sell at public sale, at his
l. residence in Appoquinimink Hundred about
ID miles from Townsend, ON the farm belonging
to Il. A. Cochran, known as the cold Nandyke
Farm" on TUESDAY, March the 9Th, 1870, at
10 o'clock, A. NJ. the following Personal Proper
ty:
fs2 head Of good Work llor-~E.sgg;;sszsSrt-.l
E9AaSSs>1 scs, sound and well broken, @'G a5
SX..N. among which are 4 Brood ---E@--N
Mares and one Of them with fonl 2 Colts, and
3 years old in the spring; l3 head Of Cattle, a.
mong thcm Mich Cows, and lieirers that will
soon come in profit and l Bull, years old, of
superior stock l3 head of Shoats Ches ter coun-
ty White Farm Wagons and Harness, ] Ok
Cart l Combined Reaper and Mower, Pening-
ton Improved | stcct tooth rake, York car
riage and harness, hand cornshellcr, Van
wickle grain fan, ploughs and plough gears, har-
rows, cultivaor hoes post tspades, dirt grain
shovels, OK chain, grind stone, ground roller.
5000 bundles of corn blades, lard and bacon by
the pound. l cook stove nearly new, with fix
lures complete; > wood stoves, lot of Gedstcads,
chairs, tables, churn, milk pans, and many other
articles too tedious to mention. 5sS- No post
ponenent on account of weather.
TERNS.-Sums of $50, and under, CASH on
all sums over that amount cIect of 0 months
will be given, purchaser giving negotiable note,
with approved security, stamps and interest ad-
ded. FRANCIS MURRAY.
Feb 29-,ts*
Middletown transcript., 1870-03-05
COOK STOVES.
PARLOR STOVES.

PARLOR STOVES.
BRILLIANT, DEW DROP,
GAS BURNING BASE, UNION AIR TIGHT
PARLOR LIGHT, OUR PARLOR.
Also, SEXTON'S PARL0R HEATERS.
Stoves of all kinds suitable for Stores, Offices,
Bar-rooms, and School Houses.
Also, the Morning Glory and the Oriental, both
unsurpassed in beauty and efficiency. They can
be seen in operation at the store of the proprietor
All sizes of Bar-room Stoves and Template
Stoves repaired at short notice.
Old Stoves taken in exchange.
gas> TIN WARE at wholesale and retail. -ts&
As | have practical workmen employed l think
I can give satisfaction to all who favor me with
their work Particular attention paid to Roof
ing and Spouting.
AT HIS BRANCH STORE, GALENA, MD,
He has large stock of Stoves and Tin Ware on
hand, and is prepared to fill all orders for
STOVES, TIN WARE, ROOFING, sPoUTING, &c &C
at the shortest notice and on the best terms.
9g- ORDERS SOLICITED.
S.W. ROBERTS.
Middletown, February IL, ls7o-ly
Middletown transcript., 1870-03-05

will be due upon each Lot subscribed for.
AS soon ms the numbers are all taken, the Lots
will be drawn for and the number drawn by
the purchaser will be considered his lot.
In addition to the first cash payment the pur-
chaser will execute FOUR NOTES at One, Two,
Three, and Four Years, for Thirty-Sevcn and n
half Dollars each, with interest from date, and
upon the payment of the last note a clear Deed
will be given for the lot. All deeds and stamps
TO be at the expense of the purchasers.
Books are now opened and rapidly being filled
at the office of
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15
THE RAILROAD INVESTIGATIN
COMMITTEE

We publish to-day a communication
from one of the first citizens and large
taxpayer of Middle Tennessee. Tits evil
IDENTIFY intended for the eye of the Inyesti-
eating Committee, and it comes from a
source which makes it especially worthy
of their attention. The charges OF fraud
in the issuance and disposal of our State
bonds have been so frequently and public
ly made in the legislative halls, in the
Constitutional Convention, in the press
and on the streets, that the Legisla-
ture yielded to that public demand
which required an investigation.
The investigation having been ordered
and the Committee being about TO enter
upon the discharge of its duties, it is not
improper to say that nothing less than an
extremely vigorous investigation will
prove satisfactory to the Taxpayers of
the State. Neither fear, favor, affection,
reward, nor the hope thereof, should deter
them from ascertainiug the correctness of
the charges which have brought discredit
upon Tennessee. What the State Justly
owes she ought to pay, but nothing for
the fraud, corruption or pecuniary bene-
fit of individuals. IL the Committee OBJ
tain such information as affords well
grounded belief that such frauds
have been perpetrated, the detection
whereof may save the State hundreds of
of dollars, let them not be pre-
vented from making such investigation
by fear of a little extra expense.
Wherever and by whonlsoever fraud has
been committed, it should be exposed. If
it become necessary 10 send sub-com-
mittee to Memphis, Knoxville, New York,
or elsewhere, let it lie done. What the
people require is that the work shall be
the result of this investi-
cation shall be such at least as to prevent
all future frauds in legislation.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15
SENSATIONAL.
he cincinnati Co,,,,,orci,,1 80

1nC OluCluudll OOVtVCCTCtttg says.
In Tennessee the Secretary of State
is compelled TO ask the Governor for a
safe escort to bis home, and in some OF
the southern counties of Kentucky these
devils are more dreaded than their father
- Satan himself
II the Cincinnati Commercial does moi
know that this charge is untrue, then Gin.
cinnati is indeed in greater need of di
rect railroad to Tennessee than we ha6
supposed. 1t was reported that Secretary
Fletcher had asked the Commander of the
Post for military escort. If he did i
was refused, and we will venture that thu
refusal was based on some good reason.
That Secretary Fletcher was compelled
to ask for a safe escort to his home is
simply preposterous, and is calculated,
here, only to bring the Secretary into
ridicule. When this Tumor began :
circulate, an energetic agent of one OF
the most prominent and cautious Life
Insurance Companies of the city FASTENED
TO the capitol to induce the Secretary tC
have his life insured, and proposed to put
in the policy a special clause guaranteeing
against the Ku-Klux, but the Secretary
refused to invest. A large number OF
citizens published a card proposing tC
escort him home at their own expense,
but he declined to avail himself of thcil
services. That he would like to get up Q
little cheap martyrdom upon Ku-Klux
scare, we think probable. We are in
formed that he has now gone to Wash
ingtOn and viii doubtless give the Radical
Senators and Representatives all the latest
Ku-Klux sensations.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

The cadetship investigation still ''dragi
its slow length along" but in such list
less, spiritless manner as to be barren OF
any particular results. A Washington
dispatch of the 18th inst says: ''ThC
cadetship cases have ceased TO attract
much interest. After a few more wit.
nesses are examined, the investigation will
be closed. As has been stated, the name
of but a single member viii be reported
for the action of the House, that of Ten
nessee Butler" But it is doubtful
whether anything win be done with him,
as he appears to hav emade the impression
upon his Radical brethren that if they
kick him out, Andrew johnson will be
elected in his place. This cadetship inves-
tigation was simply virtuous spasm on
the part of Radical legislators. The mat
ter had been brought to public attention,
and the evidence of corruption in this
particular was so glazing as to require
some investigation even from the Radicals,
but il was intended by the shining lights
of this party that few of the unpopular
carpet-5aggers should be the scapegoats
and burdened with the sins of the null
titude, and it was hoped that after an
example or two had been made, the affair
would quietly blow over without damage
20 the representatives of the elect. This
programme has been carried out as far as
possible by those having the matter in
charge, and even the detected evil-dOers
have been let down easily and permitted
TO resign.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

pal men should be captured, ana held as
hostages. That this might easily have
been done was shown by the manner
in which the camp was surprised and the
butchey prosecuted. Sheridan rejected
the advice of SuIly, and ordered Baker to
"steal on the Indians, and strike themi
hard /" These are the facts in the case.
The question is, whether themen guilty of
the inexpressibly horrid and wholesale
assassination shall be brought to punish
ment. Sheridan suggested and advised
it, and Grant and Sherman consented to
it. In October, Sheridan gave notice that
he wanted to Hsteal upon the Indians
when they were helpless, and strike them
hard, " and Sherman, with the knowledge
and consent of Grant, gave authority for
the movement. How does this history
harrnonize with Grants professed philan.
thropy, and his Quaker policies9
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15
w. A. SMITH, Presidpnt
CRIME IN PHILADELPHIA

The Philadelphia Press, one of For
ney's "two papers, both daily" con-
tains the following paragraph in its issue
of March II:
1.-The merest glance at the annual re-
port of the county prison proves the fact
that there is considerable ground for
home missionary enterprise in Philadel-
phia. One hundred and fifty men were
confined there for assault with intent to
murder, thirty-four for murder itself, and
nearly 1,700 for common assaults and
batteries, 115 for robberies, seyentv-two
for burglaries, over 700 for breaches of
the peace, nearly 1900 for theft, and
over 1900 for drunkenness. These are
items in the black list sadly suggestive of
work to be done in the cause of moral
improvement. The schedule winds IN
with an entry of crime not to be found
in the criminal code" vicious woman
l." We infer its meaning to be that the
male sex mOnopolizes all the remainder
of the sickening roll of vice, and tall g
hope in the inference.
Here is one county in Pennsylvania
with an array of crime and criminal eo1,al
to Che whole State of Tennessee, if not
greater, and yet we hear no such howl
over the insecurity of life and property
in Pennsylvania as is made over Tennes-
see. If such catalogue Of crime as
Pennsylvania would present could be got
ten up in Tennessee, there is no telling
how effectually it could be used against
this people. There is not a State North of
Mason and Dixion's line that can present
a better record than Tennessee, and but
for the desperate efforts of the Radicals
to get control of the State again, we
should have heard no complaints as to the
security to life and property here. All
the fuss that is made in regard to this mat
ter is simply part of the Radical scheme
to regain the power they have lost.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

REFERRING 10 Grants answer TO the
delegation of negroes from this State, who
appealed to him to send troops here, that
any interference with the civil law was q
matter requiring grave consideration, the
New York Herald says in this he is right
and practical, and suggests that Butler,
Maynard and company give the matter
very grave and serious consideration be.
fore they determine TO reconstruct tho
State, and then, probably, they viii con
Clude not to do it.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

~OOAS AO4a Aeatt+NA So
A Washington telegram to the Lou'sr
vile Commercial says
The President and Secretary of War,
after conference upon the condition eff af-
fairs in Tennessee, have issued orders TO
send four companies of troops into That
State, to aid the revenue and other Uni
ted States officers in the enforcement OF
the laws Two companies go to Muir
freesbofo and two TO jackson. - 81
To the sending Of Federal troops to
Tennessee, the people of the State win
have no especial objection With the
officers and men of the regular army the
citizens of our State have had no trouble
since the war, or atleastsince Gen. Thorn
as was relieved from the command of this
department. The regulars as a rule have
no partisan malice to vent. If outrages
be committed their assistance in arresting
and bringing the offenders to justice win be
acceptable to the public, If not to the Rad
zeal officials. What the Radical tricksters
desire is not Federal soldiers fer the pro-
lection of their lives, their liberty and
their property. The Judges, the Sheriffs,
the Clerks of Court are all of their choos-
ing. That is not their trouble. They
see that unless they can have Governor,
who win exercise the power assumed by
Gov. Brownlow, of admitting such eiec-
ton returns as suit him, and rejecting
those which to him are unsatisfactory,
their day of public plumber is at an end
When Gov. Senter, by virtue of his Office
as Speaker of the Senate became Governor
of the State, upon the resignation of Gov.
Brownlow, he refused to follow il
the footsteps of his illustrious prede
cessor IN the matter Of registration anC
election. He did not assume thu
power to count the election returns tc
suit the politics of the aspirant. He re
quired the registration officers to OBEY
the law. When one. of them became {
candidate for office he was required L
resign his position as Commissioner o
Registration. When he refused to Civ
a certificate to those justly entitled to it
he was removed. What the Radical man
ayers want is not troops but Offices
They want change in the civil govern
ment They want a Military Governor
who viii see that none but Radicals &c
into office. They learned under tn
Brownlow administration that the mos
obnoxious franchise law would not keel
them in power if fairly enforced. l
required a Governor who would tax
the election returns in his own hand
and manipulate them to suit his poIitica
prejudices. Who is it in Tennessee tina
does not know that Arnel went to Con
gross by the certificate of Brownlow de
spite an overwhelming majority TO
Thomas. 1t was so in the case of Till
man and of Smith. Gen. Grant will fin,
out that sending of troops without
change in the civil machinery of the Stat
viii not satisfy his political brethren il
| Tennessee.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

The Representative from the Knoxville
district has written a very weak article
against the proposed Constitution. The
honorable gentleman would do well TO
turn bis attention to the Constitution of
his natiye State, and try to induce that
enlightened Radical people among whom
he was born TO remove some of the odious
features from their Constitution.
Massachusetts requires of her voters
a residence of one year in the State, in
the town or district six months the pay
ment of all.required taxes, ability to read
the Constitution in the English language,
and TO write the name of the voter. Per
sons of foreign birth are not allowed to
vote until two years after naturalization.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15
a CASE pnINr.

2 Gov. Holden, of North Carolina, has
forwarded to Washington, by special mes
senger, requisition on the President for
troops to suppress disorders in Almancee
county, which the Governor has by
formal proclamation declared to be in a
state of instruction. There is no doubt
hut that the troops win be placed at his
disposal. A Washington dispatch of the
18th inst. to the Louisville Commercial
says;
"Gen. Littlefeld represents the Ku-
Klux to have made perfect reign of
terror in several of the Democratic coun-
ties of the State, and murders are of
daily occurrence. If peace is not re-
| stored the Governor will shortly declare
several other counties in instruction.
| Littlefield is one of Holden's bench
men, and of course wishes to justify the
course of his master. There is one strange
feature about this matter. There is not
one word said about setting aside the
State government and placing the State
under military rule. Here is the Gov
ernor confessing that he cannot enforce
the laws and protect the lives and prop
erty of the citizens of the State, but we
hear of no delegations going 10 Washing
ton and appealing to Congress to destroy
the State government and place the State
under military rule, with a provisional
Governor and military satrap to manage
things. Why is this Such condition
of affairs does not exist in Tennessee, and
| yet the Radicals have addressed all sorts
of appeals to the President and Congress
to set us back into territorial condition.
In nnesseereconstruction has progressed
so far that the Radicals have lost the
offices and the control of the State, but
this is not the case in North Carolina.
That tells the tale If the Radicals in
North Carolina had lost all the offices,
they would now be knocking at the door
of Congress with the most doleful tales of
Ku-Klux outrages, of the insecurity of life
and property, how the ''Union men" were
being murdered night and day, with no
more notice taken of it than if they were
so many worthless dogs, just as our Ten
nessee Radicals are now doing.
u
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

RUMoRs from Washington say that Col.
Prosser, the Representative in Congress
from this district has instructed the heads
of the colored schools in Nashville to call
for competitive examination among the
colored scholars, and will give his nomi-
nation to West Point Academy to the best
scholar among them. 1t is further re-
ported that persons interested in seeing
the West Point Military Academy broken
up are exultant over the recent action of
Radical Representatives in this regard.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15
r e n 0 v A 4.
INTERESTING to the LADIES +!

n. B.-Photograph Ovals In great variety, Frames
regilded, Blinds repaired, Mirrors, Shades, ETC.,
hung to order. iKulQ-tf
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

WITH the proclamation Of the Presi.
dent announcing the ratification of the fif.
teenth amendment, the New York Nation
al Anti-iSGUery Standard states that
having fully accomplished its mission il
win drop Hanti-slavery" from its title,
andhereafter be known as The Standard.
Perhaps the whole thing may as well be
ssdronDedn now.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

NORTH CAROLINA has the champion old
man. He has reached 143 years by diet
of living on purely vegetable diet and
drinking spring water, and is likely to live
as much longer, from all appearances. He
has survived seven wives, and as the last
one died sixty years ago he begins to feel
lonesome and talks about going counting
again.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

REMENBER there must be two ballot
boxes on the day of the election. In one
of which the votes for county officers
will be placed; in the other the votes for
and against the Constitution.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

THE General in command of the De-
partment of the Cumberland has been
directed to order TO their regiments all
officers who have been on reconstruction
duty in the late fourth military district,
which is Mississippi.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

IT is reported that there viii soon be
another vacancy on the bench of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, as it is
said Judge Nelson coutemplates resigning.
VIM. NJ Evarts is spoken of as the pro-
bable successor, and so is Ward Hunt, one
of the Judges of the New York Court Of
Appeals.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

THE latest reports from Washington
represent Grant as saying that he was de-
eidedly in favor of the confirmation Of
Mr.. Bradley as the Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court, and that he did not
intend TO withdraw his nomination of
Bradley.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

The New York World thinks the con
duct of the Prince of Wales, who volun-
tarily became witness in the Mordaunl
divorce case, is in honorable contrast &c
that Of Gen. Grant, who would not test
ify before the gold-conspiracy commit
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

A DISPATCH from Nebraska, March II,
states that a man was knocked down and
robbed of his watch and money in Platte;
the robbers were arrested and put in jail,
the Jail was broken open by a mob and
the prisoners taken out and hung. Ne
braska viii have to be reconstructed.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

Ex-Gov. MCCORMICK, of Arizona, the
present delegate in Congress, believing in
the principle of equality of races before
the law, has decided TO appoint an Indian
boy of his Territory TO q caditship at
West Point, TO keep company with Buffers
negro boy, named Charles Sumner Wilson.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

REMEMBER there must be two pol
books kept on the day of the election.
In one of which will be written the names
of the voters for county officers. In the
other the names of the voters for and
against the Constitution.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15
Total. 7O3, los 661. O99

The Charleston NeaUS, referring to
these facts remarks that the natural in
crease in the white race has been absorbed
by the casualties of war and by emigra-
ton, and the increase of the negroes has
been neutralized by the excessive mortali-
ty consequent upon their sudden emanci-
patton and poyerty-stricken condition.
The war itself touched the negroes very
lightly, but since its close they have died
SO rapidly that their aggregate number is
steadily decreasing.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

THE State census of South Carolina,
now completed, shows an actual decrease
in the total population of the State of AZ, =
600 since 1860. The following is the
population at the two periods:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE STRoNe was qualified
and took bis seat upon the bench of the
Supreme Court of the United States yes
terday. = tfrIs -NgF FsFCNs.4
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

THE Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that President Lincoln'i
provisional courts in Louisiana and else.
where, were legal tribunals
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15
FOR RENT-BEERsREBA SPRINGS

THIS PLACE, so GENERALLY KNOWN BE-
i fore the war, is now offered for rent or lease
for a term of three years. There is a large hotel,
together with quite q number of cottages and a
storehouse for selling merchandise in. The tenant
renting the property would have the exclusive
right TO the trade of the place as well as the adj
vantages of the hotel There is no more desirable
place for resort in the South The hotel and springs
are on the Cumberland mountain, IS miles from
McMinnvile. 1t is not deemed necessary to par
tculsrise, as this place is well known throughout
the whole country II is sufficient to say this
property is for rent, and can be had on the very
best terms. Address
JOHN ALEX. CAMPBELL,
No. 70 ~. Summer St, Nashville, Tenn.
mar11-H
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

THE MargvilIe Repablicoa edited by
w. =. Scott, cOlored, is out warmly for
the new Constitution. ~.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

The New York money market was more
active yesterday, and the rates of Interest
were hardening.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-15

TENNESSEE BoNDs were quoted In New
York yesterday at 60 for the old and 500
for the new. 40 -nastt 4sna