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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-01
CINCINNATI,
The Question of Sunday Repeal

Enthusiastic Meeting and SENSIBLE
Resolutions of the Anti vpeal
ers.
CINCINNATI, July 3l.-The mass meet
ing called to give expression to the senti
ments of the friends of the Sunday law
now sought to be repealed here, was helC
tonight in Pixies Opera House; ther,
was an immense audience, fully tire;
thousand ladies and gentlemen present
composed largely of our best citizens
Fully two thousand more sought sdmis
sion and could not get in. Hon. George
F. Davis, of the Board of Aldermen
presided, with g long list of Vice Presi
dents. Addresses were made by the
President VIM. Ramsey, Esq, Rufus
King and prominent clergymen. All were
enthusiastically applsuded.
Resolutions were adopted declaring that
the Sunday laws, State and municipal,
were wise, judiciOus and wholesome en-.
aetments, in complete harmony with the
State and Federal Constitutions, the ge-
MUS of our government, and the moral
convictions of the founders of our insti-
tutiOns, and announcing opposition to any
change of policy that would repeal them;
that the demand for their repeal was
based upon irTeligious grounds, end COM
ing as it did, not from the toiling multi
tudes, nor from those engaged in legiti-
mate aud honorable trade, but from plea.
sure seekers and dealers in intoxicating
beverages, whose business tended to law
lessness, poverty and crime, it could not
be regarded as the voice of the people,
but of class in the interest of dissipa-
ton, who should not influence the law
maker; that the presentations of the Sun
day substantially as now regulated by
law was indispensable to the moral and
physical welfare of the laboring classes,
and the best and only available means of
prott citing them from the avarice of cap
itslists and of securing to them regu-
lar stated day of rest, which the laws of
nature imperatively demanded, and that
as citizens, they protested against the
proposition TO repeal the Sunday laws,
and would honorably labor TO maintain
unaltered the time honored policy of the
government in regard to the liberation
anu pfOlectioD OF IeHglOn.
fine Irish EXiIes.
Saul Bagly, now in Kentucky, has sd-
dressed O'Donnoya Rosa, New York
city, expressing regret that they have re-
solved to raise Irish militia regiments in
New York, city, asking him 10 say to
Gen. Thomas F. Burkessnd other Fenian
exiles, that be should regret seeing their
names connected with any movement TO
disturb the peace of the Common Council
German Teachers.
A national convention of German
teachers numbering nearly 200 assembled
to-day and adopted a constitution. An
election was held tonight resulting in the
choice of P. Eagleman, of Milwaukee,
Wis, as President; c. 81. Berger, Cincin>
natl, Vice-President; F. Thurm, Brook
Ign, W. Miller, Louisv.lle, ard w Dsiisch,
St. Louis, Secretaries. The convention
will remain in session till Thursday.
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FRANCE.
Elections under Martial Law.

GAecIAOhS astuer MARTIAL Law.
PARIS, July 31.-The fact that but few
ballots were cast at the municipal cleo
ton and that the great mass of voters
abstained from the exercise of the fran.
chise, is generally attributed TO the con-
tinuance of the state of seige in Paris.
which exercises baneful influence in ali
classes of society.
The result of the first and supplement.
sry elections for members of the munich.
pal council of Paris has been declared.
The council is composed of thirty-eight
Conservatives, seven moderate Republi>
cans, twenty seven Republicans and ten
Ultras.
The immense porcelain factories at
Severne, which has been entirely suspend
ed since the commencement of the siege
OF Paris by the Germans, are to be at once
re-established.
The Resignation of Favre.
PARIS, July 3l.-The acceptance of the
resignation of Fayre, as Minister of For
eign Affaira, is confirmed.
Theirs is consulting with Gen. Cissey
with view to increasing the army.
An Army of Criminals.
The number OF Communists awaiting
trial is $4,000. In order to render pos
si6le the disposition of 50 great number
of cases bill has been intro
duced in the Assembly increasing the
number of judges and removing all re-
strictions from those judges who have at
any time committed themselves against
or been obliged to act against the Yer
sailles government.
The German Occupation.
President Theirs replying to a delega
tion from the occupied provinces inii-
mated that in six weeks the occupation
by the German troops would be limited
to Champaign and Lorraine.
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ARKANSAS.
Little Rock Inupdated-A Gas Elk.
piOsIOn.

Little Rock Inupdated-A Gas Elk.
PiOsiOn.
LITTLE Rock, July 31.-A very heavy
rain fell Sunday evening, overlooking the
banks of the town branch, doing conSd-
cradle damage to property, the stores Of
VIM. Field, Herne & Morrison, J. w.
Beidelman & Co., Laden IS Co., Wolf
and Bro, in RobensOn's row, were entered
by water and go DDS damaged to theamount
of 81, 900. The water was foot deep
in the boarding house of Mrs. Ware, fur
niture and csrpeting were sill injured snd
several articles of value swept away.
The gas pipe across the branch was
broken last night. An employee Of the
gas company with lighted candle was en-
deavOring to connect the pipe again,
when the light came in contact with
escaping gas, causing an explosion
and the severe burning of the man.
Not Enough offices to 90 round.
Judge Mason, of Chicot, accompanied
by large number of friends, is here en-
desvoring to have the troubles of that
county growing out Of the disputed
judgesbip arranged. 1t is understood the
matter will be satisfactorily mixed lust
So up by either Mason or Ragland with
drawing his claims to office. RagIand is
here also.
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SADDLED AND BRIDLED.
An Expert Thief TTOm the City Puts
np Business i'm the Country and
Lands i'm Jail.

An Expert Thief TIOh the City Puts
np Business i'm the Country and
Lands i'm Jail.
A few nights since the sleeping apart
ment Of MIR. James Hamilton, an elderly
gentlemen, residing near GaIlstin, WIS en-
tered by burglar who succeeded in extrac-
ting $3.50 from q drawer and making bis
escape. Suspicion was at once directed to-
wards VIM. Sadler, suspected thief Of
this city, as the guilty party, aud arrange
meuts made to watch his movements. He
hss lately been knocking around" up in
Sumner. AID occasionally stopped at the
house of Mr.. Hamilton. He went into
GaIIstin about o'clock Sunday afternoon,
and soon sfter took the train for Nashville.
Yesterday he made unusually liberal in
yessnenis in dry goods, purchssiDgs CON-
nlete outfit for himself, aud some fancy
dress patterns for somebody else. Sadler
was arrested by Watson and Ryan at Q
o'clock last night at house of diareputa-
bic character in the lower part Of the
city. He appeared at the SSationhouse
in his new suit, and new valise contain
ing the dress patterns was also brought up.
He mel all knowl, dge of the burglary
and said he YVES out coon-hunting with
other parties on the night Of the occur
renee. But certain circumstances, some
of which are not yet publicly mentioned,
made the case look otherwise, and
Justice Of the Peace committed William
Sadler to jail II innocent, the party sc-
cused will to-day be furnished an oppor
tunity to make that fact apparent. Some
knowledge was gained as to the where
abouls Of that portion Of the stolen money
not extended for new clothes and 1t Is
probable that it has been, or VIII very
soon, be recovered
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MEMPHIS.
A Prominen, Counterreitel


MEMPHIS, July SIR. B. MCGEE, a
prominent citizen of Trenton, Tennessee,
prior to the war, President of q branch
of the State Bank at that place, was ar
rested here last evening, charged with
passing counterfeit money. On search
ing his baggage, some twelve hundred
dollars in counterfeit U. S. Treasury
notes were found. Owing to the high
social position enjoyed by MCGEE, his
arrest has caused considerable sensation.
Capt David IL. Todd, formerly of Lex
ngton, KY, and brother of Mrs. Lincoln,
died at Huntsville, Ala, last night, of
consumption.
Later-A Lively Old Coon.
K. b. MCGEE, arrested yesterday for
passing counterfeit United States Treasury
notes, was taken before United States
Commissioner ChsnningI Smith to-day, and
in default of $4,000 bail was committed
to jail. About o'clock this evening he
managed to scale the wall and escaped.
As he was sixty-six years of age, it is q
mystery how he accomplished the feat.
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NEW YORK.
Further Details of the Explo-
sion.
Fifty-seven Known TO be Killed
81 Deaths from the Explosion
Caused by Overpressure.

81 Deaths from the Explosion
Caused by Overpressure.
NRw York, July 31.-The total mum
ber of deaths from the boat explosion
yesterday, is, thus far, 81.
Seventeen of the killed and twenty
four of the wounded were residents OF
| Brooklyn.
Thomas p. Powers, Inspector of Boil
ers in Brooklyn, and examining engineer,
| inspected the Boiler of the Westfield to-
day, and states that the explosion occurred
from an over pressure of steam, as there
is no appearance of low water. On the
contrary, there is every sign that there
was plenty of water in the boiler.
Diving.
f Il. LAVE, sub marine diver, who re-
covered the body of DR.. Simmons and
that CT the stranger engineer at the New
Hamburg disaster, is looking for the
bodies of the lost by the explosion.
The sad story OF n Young Family.
Bernard Smith, aged 80, of rs Hamils
ton Avenue, Brooklyn, his wife aged %,
and two children, one little girl and
the other an infant, were on the Vest
field at the time of the explosion. The
husband is missing, the wife and little
girl are dead and the baby badly scalded.
At the Hospital.
Up to late hour to night no additional
deaths are reported of patients in Belle
vue Hospital. Only Andrew Nesbit, of
90 Van Dorm street, who had his skull
fractured by piece of boiler, is in i'm
mediate danger of death.
AT the MOrgue.
At 9 O'Clock the morgue closed and
policemen were stationed at all approach
es 10 keep back the crowds who all day
and up to late hour stroYe to gain ad-
mission. There are twenty bodies in the
morgue awaiting interment-two unre
cogniZed.
Two experts, said to be acting under
orders of the Secretary of the Treasury,
examined fragments of the boiler at po-
lice headquarters.
COunrerEeits.
Counterfeit twenties on the U. S. Ma
tionsl Bank of Washington were put in
circulation this evening.
Mace and Coburn,
Mace and Coburn met in Wilkes Spirit
of the Times office to day, ard made
deposit each on the fight, and then crossed
to Jersey City and paid down the remain
der of the stakes.
suits Against the City.
Andrew ]. Garvey, and a number of |
other claimants began suits in the Supreme
Court today TO recover from the city the |
which they allege to be due for |
work on public buildings. Gsrvey sues
for 1859, 900, and Edmund Jones for
$4,000. The latter gentleman claims
two millions from the city, and has OBJ
tanned from the Supreme Court manda-
mus compelling the Comptroller to pay
him three hundred thousand dollars of
his amount.
smallpox disappearing.
The Brooklyn Health Board to-day
four out of seven sanitary in
,pectOrs in sequence of the recent
'apid abatement of the smallpox in that
;ity.
Beaten TO Death.
Catherine Rider, South Brooklyn, was
beaten to-death by her husband this
morning.
Destruction of the Dat Crop.
PoUGHKEKPsIE, N. Y, July Sire
,orts from the interior of Dutchess county
how that the oat crop has been seriously
damaged by frequent rains. 1t is almost
ertain that two-thirds of the crop has
,een lost.
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Villainous Revenge of a Re-
jected Suitor.
A Young Lady Almost stamped 60
Death.

A Young Lady Almost Stamped 60
Death.
( INDIANAPoIIs, IND, July 31.-A terri
bic tragedy took place yesterday at LON
don, Shelby county. Henry Ellington,
for some time az unsuccessful sutton of
Miss Lizzie Smith, on Sunday made final
proposal for Der hand, and being rejected
yesterday while her parents were at
church, attacked her, throwing her to the
ground, and stamped upon her. He then
took brick and beat her head and face
in shocking manner, severing one ear
and breaking her jaw. He then fled to
the woods, leaving her for dead. An
alarm was raised, and he was pursued ard
caught by the neighbors. He is now in
Jail. Miss Smith was alive this morning,
but her recovery is impossible. Ellington
expresses himself as only sorry that he
did not make sure work of his victim.
1t is feared he will be lynched.
Seventy city gamblers were this
morning fiued to the amount of $21O in
the City Court.
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PERSIA.
the Stories OF Famine and Pluvue
Denied.

the Stories of Famine and Plague
Denied.
LONDON, July 31.-The Persian Minis
ter denies explicitly the reports which
have been received recently IN relation to
the ravages committed by famine, plague.
and cholera in Persia He says: There
is undoubtedly ? lamentable scarcity of
food among the p9orer classes, and that
they are fed at the expense of the Gov
eminent in cemeteries, because there is
in them alone sufficient room to accom-
date the great crowds Of the people who
appeal to the authorities for subsistence
Older is preserved by the police, and from
this fact have arisen the story that force
has been employed for precautioa from
disinterment of the dead for use "a food.
The Minister expresses the opinion that
all the horrible statements emapaiirg from
his country are the work { f commercial
Sgents.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-01

A CABLE dispatch announces the death
yesterday, in his fifty first year, of the
Rev. Henry Lougueyille Mansel, DID,,
Dean of St Pauls, London. He will be
remembered as champion of the Ham.
ilton school of philosophy, whose puthu-
rlous works we believe he edited. His
own little treatise on 'The Limits of Re-
ligious Thought" had quite run among
American thinkers.
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THE WEATHER..
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF TIE CHEZ SIGNAL, OFFInFR

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFIoFB.
WASHINGTON, D. O., July 81, 1871.
Synopsis for tie past taoenty four hours
The barometer has fallen slightly since
Saturday evening st the Pacific and
Rocky Mountain stations. The pressure
on the upper lakes, gulf coast and in
New England has also diminished. The
temperature has increased slightly in the
middle States; Light and fresh local winds
have generally prevailed, and south cas-
terly winds is now reported from Tennes-
see to MINNESOTA Rain has fallen very
generally to-day on the Gulf Coast and at
few stations in New England, and local
rains is also reported this evening from
the Middle and Atlantic States, and threat
ening weather from Michigan to Lake SD
perior aud westward.
Probabilities NO material change is
probable for Tuesday on the Gulf Coast.
Cloudy weather with local storms will
probably prevail north and west of the
Ohio River. Conditions reman favorable
for easterly winds and extended rain to-
night from Virginia to Massachusetts.
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Ale steals "a Coat aud Breaks the
Arm Of his Pursuer.

Ale steals "a Coat and Breaks the
Arm Of his Pursuer.
An athletic young negro named Ben.
Hinton yesterday morning entered the
clothing store of j. Circle, on Broad
street, and expressed disposition to trade
for somsthiDg to wear the merchant
very kindly endeavored to obi ga his Gus
toner, but found it difficult to furnish any
article the fit aud price of which exactly
suited him. FINALLY, the negro turned
to leave the store without having made
any investment, but IS he did so, Mr. Cur
Gle discovered that Benjamin was
not unwilling to steal Ehat lie was
not willing 10 buy, and that h had
concealed new coat under the skirt of bis
old one. He therefore called II the thief
to belt, but The latter fh1Gght it was no
good time to be hating at that place, and
darted off at lively tate Of speed Mr..
Circle and his brother-in-law, Mr.. Joseph
Abraham, Immediately went IN pursuit.
as they ran, Mr.. Circle endeavorsd to stop
the progress of the retreeting thief with an
ounce Of lead, but his pistol being without
caps, did not prop rly perform its func-
tons. Unfortunately for Mr.. Abraham,
he overlook and tangled in with
the thief. The latter, in trying
to free himself from the clutches
of his pursuer, threw him to the ground
with so much violence as to break the
arm of bis captor, but even then did not
succeed in getting away. Besides having
his arm broken, Mr.. Abraham received
some other slight injuries DARN G the tustle
with the burly negro. HIS condition
was such as to require tne immedi,te
attention Of a physician. The police got
Ben. Hinton and locked him up 20 await
trial al o'clock this morning.
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CAIRO.
Snagged ant, Sunk.

CAIRO, July 31.-Tbe steamer St. Jo-
seph, bound from St. Louis to Memphis,
struck snsg at Able tow-head, eight
miles above Cairo, last night, and was
run on the bar, where she sank in six
feet water inside ard eight outside. Very
little freight damaged except in the hold.
She lies straight and can be easily raised.
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the ELECTION Tnursday.

In the election to be held on Thursday
next for Magistrate in the city district,
united action and full vote will be neces-
sary TO prevent the promotion of Radical
candidate. Citizens who desire to SEQ the
Eght kind of men in Office should not on
this occasion fail TO do the one thing need
ful. The past is full of c4sily lessons.
Now is the time to heed their wsraino.
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SAN FRANCISCO.

Deaths from the AmadOr Campaign
SAN FRANoI co July so The funeral
of Corporal Matthew Doyle and private
James Shield of the Marines, who died
on the voyage, and of the late Maj. ]. F.
Bransalp, of the lst regiment of National
Guards, and late in the command of the
troops sent to quell the disturbances in
the Amador county mines, took place to-
day, and was very imposing.
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At nine O'Clock this morning the Drec-
tors of the Edgefsld and Kentucky Rail-
road assemble at Linck's Hotel, pursus nj
to adjournment. l. is not probable that
all or either of the Davidson County Rail-
road Commissioners viii be present to par
ticipate in the further deliberations of the
Directory, some IS light" disagreement
having occurred between the former and
the latter
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PADUCAH.
A Bridge Across the Ohio

All the stock Subscribed
MEMPHIS, July 31.-A special from
Paducah to-day states that all the stock
in the Paducah and Illinois Bridge Com
pany over the Ohio at that place was
subscribed TO daY.
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BOOTS AND SHOES
II e ID ED RICES
AT
CHAS. e. HALLS
NEXT DOOR To UNION ST.


DO1N SHE 6OES!-IN VIEW OF THE DE-
~ cline in wheat, we have reduced our prices
81 per barrel On all grades % Our flour, and now
81 30; Regulator, $3.50: Okolono IS; Little Beau
tv S., o, and for re Gem Of the Burg, which Is
tn prids of Nashville, 81 These are Wholesale
price,, and lower thsn in any Western or South
eru city for Ike quality. NOEL 4 Platter,
jy2a cod 2w 3 8. Market st.
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For DCOrkeePer % an0
The name Of Frank O. McCord Is an
nounce1 as a candidate for DOorkeeper OF
the Senats at the approaching election.
Mr.. MeCord has for lopg time bes as
socisted in the publication and editorial
management Of the Pulaski Citizen, and
az sueh is known to many members OF the
senate. For tie position he seeks be 10
admirably fitted, and If elected, We are
satisfied will ill the bill exactly.
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Our former fellow citizen Mac Cabler,
the distinguished mill right and the right
man under all circumstances, was in the
city yesterday, giving his friends practical
proof of good living cut st Columbia and
its vicinity.
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PlTTSBURG.

Jumped from the Garret window
PITTsBURG, July 31.-The dwelling
house of Jscob Fans, of Allegheny City,
was burned TO day. The building had
just been completed at a cost of $12, 600.
No insurance. Two workmen were COM
PEELED to jump from garnet window and
were badly bruised.
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ST. LOUIS.
Ktiled Each Otber about an OK.

ST. LOUIS, July 9l.-On Thursday eve
ming last two transfers named VIM. Ep-
ply and HuddlesOn, working for Capt.
Whyback, an extensive saw mill owner
at Saunders, Wayne county, Mo., got
into difficulty about an OK that
had broken into corn field belong
ing to Eppley. Both drew revolvers and
began firing. Huddlescn received two
shots in the left leg, fracturing the bone
in two places, and Epply was shot dead.
Huddleson's wounds are thought to be
fatal.
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THE CITY.
Crldale s,ree, Esonhsrx.

Two or three negro women last night
succeeded in robbing an old man, a Ger
man, on Criddle street. At the Station
$50 of the stolen money was found in the
possession OF the thieves, aud they were
sent down for further consideration. The
victim still had $40 in bis pocket. He
ought to avoid Oriddle street forever here
after.
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They have war of races in Uragusy
betw' en- ''two parties known as the
Blancos and the Colorados. " A South
American half-breed calling himself
byanco is rather confusion of colors.
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A Horrible Death

John Klein was killed by the falling
of an embankment to-day. A large mass
of earth fell on him, forcing him down
on the point of pick ak, which he had
just driven into the ground The pick
passed entirely through his body at the
lower part of the abdomen, severing an
artery. He died in two minutes after the
pick was drawn out.
Cavalry for Mississippi.
Company H, sixth United States caval-
ry, Capt. S;ergeon in command, from
Fort Hays, Kansas, has arrived here, en-
route 70 Mississippi.
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On our third page will be found the
narrowing details of sad accident in
New York harbor, whereby some fifty
seven lives were lest, and mere than a
hundred others ecalded or injured more
or less. e .eE5
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Death OF an Old lHau.

Dennis Bass, a veteran darkey, well
known about the city, end formerly a ser.
want to John M. Bass, Esq disd last Sun
day night. Dennis was something over
seventy-fVe years of age.