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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-18

y,UR RENT, a NEAT COTTAGE@ g.
L on he Grove road. newly repaired and III
p.inicd inside aud out ! in excellent cordtlon
TN rooms. One acre of ground attached. Rent
W. r. ROBINS,
,gl-st Ills Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-18

TOR RENT, TWO FIRST-FLOOR@ a.
Z RO' Ms. with dress.ng-room adjoining. Ell
on. basement room and one Kitchen room ln Ire
hutIatry y o. 72l Main street. betw. Ell Tth and sh,
suitable for small family, for professional
ofFrc or for light mercantile business.
.nrIytn W. B. ROBINS,
i,tts.;. Pnal Estate qt. No. Ills Main st.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-18

J'OR RENT.-THE BASEMENT, Ms
+ raRI,uR F!.OOR. aud TWO FRONT M.i
NoOM> of the the third story, with one HITCH
F. KpOH. Tor rcl. in lhe brick dwelling on e.h
$. /, between Main and Cary, next door 10 the
macy Of KEY. J. A. Chambliss. Apply to
f W. 3. ROBINS,
rl--St Ills Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-18

5 -erm Of wears uppu very accommodating
tcrms aFAEM IF NIHE HUNDRED ACRES
nine miles below Richmond. and one mile from
F.lr Oaks, on the Richmond and YORK k1Ver rail-
road ABBY ri No Si7 north 7Sh street.
iv 6-eot6t PETERFI eLty TRENT, N. d.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-18

I'UR SALE, at Yorktown, Va, the E
L p4stern terminus of the Chesapeake and Ill
tfsjo r.lIrnat = fue STEA NJ FLOUR and GIRL II
Mill, and nhA 1F; all In good order.
ldlrrss CfIES. GALLAGHER SON,
tl5 81 = cal state Brokers.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-18
EXCURSIONS AND rIC.NECS.
rcAND PICNIC EXCURSION
Il
~ BOARD OF THE ELEGANT AND COM
MgrIOrS STEAMER,
JOHN SYLVESTER"

,-,,,cr t,e auxptces OF t.rhe Centenary Meth
". d,y SCHOOL, Grand rtcSi Excuraion
O." q" ,rrsurcd Gown James hivcr 10 Norfolk. on
v-EnNESOAY, Ioly 10Th, At a. M, visiting
:, -t,mou.h and u,d Point. ard viewing the hta-
- points 0. tnteie,t on the beautiful James by
&,,iifhj. x-e>.l
- n:clrck, arriving at Richmond the same eve-
'.iiH.Sa,s fc. the round trip, 81. Children under
we've ,esrs OF age, half price. For sale at the
cfr,shmcnts consisting of Coffee, Sandwiches,
,r..t, ,yyam Cakes. Fruits, &C.. win be Furnished
;, I've school al city prizes. GGests may furnish
i.rtr own provisions, or take regular meals At tho
,nItshI? is ll-Tu. THIS &Tu
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- ~ - HEALTH 0r 1o1 W. E-i5- ~ -,
:; "A communication was received and read
from the Board OF Health In reference 70
the condition Of the streets OF. the elty,
which they state are now In o Detter cehai-
tions than ever heretofore. They recon-
mend o more free use, OF hydrant wafer,
and the erection of free hydrants, thereby
lessenine the use OF well Water, Whach snsy
deem Unhealthy on account of the animal
and vegetable matter which lis contained In
such water. Referred to the Committee on
Health. .,,,y.s,,f-y s,F, So. 5 -
{, JUSTICE WHITE AND TIE CITY GULyRRTs. /.
h "a resolution was presented by Mir.
Wynne, tnstrncting Police Justice White
to withhold his decisions In the cases Of Vie-
Iationsof the city ordinance requiring par:
tiesto enter the city cuiYerts, until q re-
port from the special committee above re.
ferred To- be had. . Agreed to.
& rHg oHRsIPEAKE AND qH1o ooNNEcTfoH.s
81 A communication from the City Attor-
=, nau. Iwas ,,resenfeds by Mr., Sloan, in re-.
sponse TO q resolution adopted at the last
meeting us to the difficulties In the way OF
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-18

EOk RENT, Il number of ROOMS In Ga
II the building southwest corn.r of 18th and E;l
Franklin streets. Apply Ut the office or the En-
qqiIe- 1909 Main stree. jy l5-ot
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06
A Territorial Jubilee.

The Republicans had procession to.
night after which there was compli.
mentary serenade by the Republican
General Committee to the officers of the
territorial government at the residence of
0rdwsy, sergeant alarms. Gov. Cook,
Ordway, and others made speeches.
President Grant had accepted an invita-
ton to be present, but just as he was on
the eve of leaving the executive mansion
the High Commission detained him by
the VISIT
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06
MORETHAN A Personal FRIEND


The World reports that while Presi-
dent Grant was in st. Louis last week, a
considerable number of Republicans
waited upon him to ask the removal of
Charles w. Ford, Collector of Internal
Revenue for the first district in Missouri.
The writer in the World adds that Ford
is San old friend of Grant, and was ap.
pointed on purely personal grounds,
never having been active in politics. "
This is very true, but is not the whole
truth.
The fact is, that after the surrender of
Vicksburg Gen. Grant gave Ford permis-
sion to establish what was called trade
store in that place. The store enjoyed
peculiar advantages for making money.
No ordinary merchant was allowed to
sell goods to persons beyond the
lines, all such persons being compelled
to purchase from the trade store exclu-
sively. Ford also enjoyed special privi-
liges in the way of getting out cotton.
Planters in the neighborhood of Vicks-
burg gave him handsome shares in the
proceeds of their cotton, in return for be-
ng allowed TO use the facilities which he
possessed for getting it out and taking it
to market. For instance, one lot of 500
bales was got to Liverpool by way of
New Orleans in November, 1868, and
sold for upward of 100000. Twenty
per cent. of such q sum would amount to
$40, 900; it was emphatically ga good
thing" and it is but a sample oil other
good things of the same sort.
Endowed with such prerogatives, this
establishment of Ford's was very profita-
Bile; and, as we have lately ascertained to
our great surprise and regret, Mrs. Grant
aOGs q partner a0ith Ford, and shared
IN these profits. This fact shows that
the President is something more than an
ordinary personal friend of Ford. As
there was partnership with the family in
1868, IT is not impossible that there may
be partnership with the family in 1871.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06
SpIendid Race Horse stock.

It is well known that Judge Guilds
splendid Wagner mare died not long since
shortly after giving birth to a Mnepins
sorrel fley, said to be the best in Tennes-
see. Fortunately Mathew Guild had a fine
sucklerinto whose charge the Muggins colt
was committed, and u is now doing so well
that Judge Guild ass refused 81 900
offer for the promising suckIing. It's smother
was the dam of Hiawatha, Capitola.
Knight of st. Louis, Sweet Home, Dzke
of Orleans, Nanny, and Night Hawk. the
latter now in training at she Nashville
course by the veteran horseist John All
cock. This horse has already accoup-
hshed wonders, and is Justly believed to
be the best four-yeal old in the State, as
may be proven next week. Judge Guild
still has the full sister Of Patricisn. out of
GloEiana, the dam of Jack Malone. Pat
Malloy and Patrician. Lucille is the mother
Of fine Vandal fdy. Judge Guild has
also the fell sister Of Hiawafha. CapikoIa
now stands to Jack Malone. The above
stock is about the finest in Tennessee, and
good stock has been the great secret of
Judge Guilds wonderful success while
participant in turf sporta
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06
mEDUsA BINGHAM!

Don Piatt has recently been very Sc
we're on Hon. John A. Bingham, Radical
NJ. c. from Ohio. D. P. says the Hon.
Mr.. B. is such drunkard that he is to-
tally unfit to represent his Radical con-
stituency in Congress. Don dares Bing-
hams friends to the proof. A Radical
journal takes up the cudgel for the N. G.
and thus squelches his assailant:
'fOf Bingham we can truly say, in al
his dealings with his enemies
"His manly face with resolution shone,
And froZe the mutineers' rebellious blood. "
What face. Don had better not lei
that ''msnly face" shine upon him. Me-
dusa of the "Gorgons dire" was moi
more terrible than is Bingham. What q
saving it would have been of blood and
treasure if Bingham had alone been sent
South during the late unpleasantness to
freeze with a look the 'Tebelliou'
blood"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The new courthouse at WsrtbuTg in
Morgan county is completed.
A mad dog was recently killed near
Pulaski.
After the first of July next, Kingston
is to have money order office.
The fruit crop in Franklin county
promises to be unusually large.
The Lincoln County Medical Society
wss lately organized at Fayetteville, and
DR.. s. NJ McElroy was elected President.
Many farmers in Wilson county say
that there will not be half q crop of wheat
made this year in that county.
The House of Commons sustain the
Ministerial demand for tax on matches,
but the opposition to the measure is so
violent that a substitute will be offered
by the Government.
The Bapiists of Athens have recently
had protracted meeting, and the Post
says that it is the first meeting of the
kind they have had for several years.
RMr. Eben hill, Jr., has dissolved his
connection with the Fayetteville NeaOS,
and Mr.. William P. Tolley is now the
editor and proprietor of that paper.
James Buchanan recently cut bis throat
at Chattanooga, but the surgeon who at
tended him thinks he will recover. He
has a wife and five children at atDaYenport,
Iowa.
The Gallatin Examiner of May says:
''The tin shop of Mr.. Dayton on Main
street, was struck by lightning on Wed
nesday, tearing off the entire weather
boarding, and making its debut on Main
street, where it shattered studs and sills."
The Winchester Home Journal of May
4 says: ''On Wednesday evening of last
week an alteration occurred between
Zera Poe and Daniel Weaver, on the farm
of the latter, in relation to dog belong
ing to Mr.. Weaver, which, Mr.. Poe al
legged, was a sheep-killing dog. During
the dispute Poe knocked Weaver down
with a gun, and as soon as the latter
could get up, he went to his house and
armed himself with his rife. TbereupOn
he returned, and when within six or eight
feet of Poe, the latter shot at him, but
missed him. Weaver Immediately raised
his rifle and sent bullet through the
lungs of his enemy, from the effects of
WulSA AO u4CN III q NCly 6uOlb ItiuC.
Weaver was committed to prison, in de-
fault of 81, 900 bail, and the case will be
tried al the next term of the Circuit Court.
Both men were old citizens of Franklin
county,"
For the past three or four weeks fishing
has been all the rage in the vicinity of
Kingston. In this connection the East
TenneSSeeanb of the 4th inst, says:
"Talking about fish, the queerest and
most extraordinary specimen of the finny
tribe we ever saw, was large fish, re-
sembling the cat fish, except that it pos
sessed snout or proboscis, from twelve
to fifteen inches long, and about three
inches broad, looking, as is protruded
from the immense head, somewhat like
the cow-catcheTs on locomotives. The
gills were also peculiar, because in an
unusual position. This queer and ex-
traordinary fish was captured one day last
week by Maj. Upton, In the Tennessee
River, who was so struck with its unu-
sual appearance that he sent it to town
on exhibition. Bill Moore nor anybody
else ever saw anything of the kind, and
it was pronounced firss-class wonder. -
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06
THEDECATUR ROAD LEASE
Repeal of the Ordinance Providing
for the Payment OF 1915, 200 by the
City of Louisville.
From the Louisville Ledger, Maya

From the Louisville Ledger, Maya
Last night the Council rescinded the
ordinance submitting to the people an ap-
preparation of 1875, 900 to aid the Louis
vile and Nashville road in extending its
Southern connections. This action was
taken in accordance with the following
message from the Mayor:
Conference.-The ordinance of your
honorable body, approved April 25, 1871,
providing for the payment of $375,000
to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, upon their obtaining control of
certain roads in Tennessee and Alabama,
giving this city a continuous trunk line to
Montgomery, Ala, having been adopted
in the belief that the aforesid company
would, in q stockholders meeting, at
once ratify the contracts giving the con.
troll of said roads; but such action rOt
having been taken, being thought proper
at the present time that the matter should
be left TO the discretion of the President
and Directors of the road fer such future
action as they may deem most adVantag-
eous for all interests, and being referre
to them accordingly, by resolution of
thS ctOOhAOlAOAc, thC
for the payment aforesaid is rendered un-
necessary at the present time, and should
be repealed. l, therefore, transmit re-
pealiDg ordinance, requesting that it be
passed by your honorable body, and
when, in the proper time, the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad Company shall be
ready to consummate the Southern exten-
sion, if it shall then be necessary for the
city TO renew its tender of aid, another
ordinance can be adopted.
The object we sought was a good one,
and the city should not refuse at any time
to CO operate, if required, in the further
ance of so great an enterprise, s,fraught
with the promise of 60 much benefit to
hsrself on such favorable conditions.
1t is our duty to guard the interests eff
tax payers and citizens on every occasion
such as this, and am satisfied that no
ordinance would be passed that would
prove inimical to them. l believe that
the one to aid the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad in extending souihwardly
was directly for the advancement of our
commercial prosperity; therefore, when
the time comes for the execution of the
project, if it shall then be necessary for
the city to assist in the matter, an ordin-
snce to that effect will receive my entire
approval. Respectfully,
JOHN G. BAXTER, Mayor.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06
SOUTHERN ITEMS.

Rev. E, Warren, late pastor Of tAe Firzt
Baptist Church, Macon, Ga, dsliverad he
farewell sermon in that church Snn5s1
night.
improvements are being nada on Al.
buildings of the Deaf and Dumb AsvI1r,
at Talladega, Ala.
A beautiful floral monument YVES r.ayed
TO the dead Augusta fireman on Wsdnes
day. The base was decorated with varied
evergreen devices, and inscribed 'fTn
Memory Of the Dead"
A 6fty pound beaver was killed near
Milledgeville, Ga. few days ago.
The Protestant Episcopal Convention
meets at Huntsville, Ala, on the 10th lust.
Tbs Chatham Artillery ate and drank It's
eighty-ffth anniversary ct the Marshsll
House, Savannah, Monday.
The vote on the subscription OF $3.50.
600 By the city Of Atlanta 10 the Atlanta
and Savannah Railroad several days ago,
was 663 for and only sgainst, out Of go
votes polled. There vas really no oppo-
sition manifested to the subscription.
The Mobile and Northwestern Railroad
| Company has secured the services Of Henry
Van Bleckerge as Chief Engineer, and be
| has entered upon his duties As sach.
Mai. Weedon, for many years Taluable
and prominent citizen Of Selms, died at
Meridian, Miss, last week.
The Hon. VIM. Law Is said TO be the
Oldest member of the bar in Georgia, and
probably in the entire South. He is 50
years Of age.
Wine making is profitable in Alabanss.
Mr. P. r. McCrsary made, near Selma,
from = souppernong ViEa, six years old, 40
gallons Of wine, which sold for S245.
Il is said that there Is a mounfaia Of
solid iron ore within one mile Of Gadsdsn-
The corner-stone Of monument 10 the
memory Of the Confederate officers and
soldiers Of CLARK county, who fell IN de-
Tense Of their country, was laid On the 9Th
Of May. at Atbsna
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06
PRESIDENTIAL CAN.
nUDATE


The New York Herald is out for Gen.
Sherman for President. The speech of
Gen. Sherman to the American Union
Club of New Orleans, is the cause of
this announcement on the part of the
Herald. In that speech, referring to
the growth and destiny of the country,
Gen. Sherman said:
''But in order to gain this much de-
sired end, and to maintain ourselves as q
free and independent repablic, we have
got to show more charity to each other. F"
He believed, he added, ''that if the
question, and all matters as to the set
tlement of the differences between the
North and South were left to the armies it
would be settled at once, and everything
would become quiet and orderly. l so
believed" he went on to say, 'tand before
signing the agreement with Gen. Joe
johnson l called together all the other
Generals under my command, and with
out dissenting voice they agreed with
me. Ibelieved they Qhe Confederates)
surrendered in good faith and would have
lived up to the very letter of the agree
ment; and, in my opinion, if there had
been no reconstruction acts of Congress
and the armies been left to settle all ques-
tions of difference between the different
sections of the country the people would
at once have become quiet and peace
able.n
The Herald proceeds:
On this spontaneous and patriotic
speech we nominate Gen. Sherman for
next President. It is better than all the
platforms of party conventions. 1t
shows a large heart and broad and liberal
VIEWS Peace and harmony are what the
country want, and Gen. Sherman's mind
is imbued with that fact. Kindness or
charity combined with firmness, on the
part of government, would heal all our
sectional difficulties. Gen. Sherman pos
sesses these qualities in an eminent de-
cree, and if he were President there is no
doubt that the troubles perpetuated from
the war by Radical misrule would soon
be ended.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS.

Few persons realize the monster mo-
nopolies which, under this title, have
been sprung upon the country, Minerva
like, full grown. To four companies, the
Union Pacific, Central Pacific, Northern
Pacific, and Atlantic and Pacific, have been
granted 124, 900, 600 acres of the public
lands-more land than is contained in the
Middle States stretching from the Allan
tic Ocean to the Mississippi river, more
than the seven States of New Jersey,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
To the Northern Pacific alone, AZ, 000,-
900 acres were originally granted, to
which Congress added 5000, 900 last year.
So that to this one private corpor
ation has been given, of the best lands
belonging to the nation, a territory equal
to that of Pennsylvania and Ohio COM
bined. In other words, Congress has
given to this corporation means to build
about 1000 miles of railway, to be the
private property of few private indi-
viduals. The government might as well
have built the road with the means it
furnished, and then have bestowed it as
a grstuity on these few private individu-
ais. Indeed, that would have been a
cheaper plan for our children, because if
the government had built the road and
given it away. the benefciaries would
have been merely railroad company,
whereas by the plan adopted, they have
become the greatest land monopoly that
the world has ever witnessed.
By these enormous grants, millions of
landless people have been deprived of
chance to procure homes unless at ex
orbitant rates. Besides, the wealth and
dominion conferred on these great cor
porations will make them the overshsd-
owing, ruling power in at least dozen
States. They, and not the State Legis-
latures, will choose Senators in Congress;
they, and not the unbiased voice of the
people, viii elect Representatives. They,
and not free States, will elect our Presi-
dents.
Think of road stretching from Du-
luth to the Pacific, embracing more than
1000 miles of railway, the property of
single corporation owning every alternate
section of land or its proceeds in belt of
eighty miles wide, nearly the whole
length of the line-40 sections or 25, goo
acres to the mile-with towns and VII
lsges owned by the corporation CT its ia
vorites scattered along the road, and the
great stockholders ruling its affairs re-
siding in Boston and New York-and we
may have some ideaef what the Northern
Pacific is to be, and what chance
for political promotion any man within
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06

THE Constitution of West Virginia
contains a clause declaring ''no person
who, since the first day of June, 1861,
has given, or shall give, voluntary aid or
assistance to rebellion against the
United States, shall be citizen of this
State, OF be allowed to vote at any
election therein, unless he has vol
unteered into the military or naval
service of the United States, and has
been, or shall be, honorably dis
charged tnerefrom. A proposition to
strike these words from the Constitution
was voted upon by the people of the
State few days ago, and although the
vote was very light there seems to be
very little doubt from the general run of
the returns that the amendment has car
ried, and that hereafter the disfranchised
whites will be allowed to vote. This will
make West Virginia Overwhelmingly
Democratic.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06
THE ANTILLES.
Impending Revolution at POrt-au-
Prince-The HOrnet-An Earth
quake.

Impending Revolution at POrt-au-
Prince-The Hornet-An Earth
quake.
KINGSTON, May 4, via Havana, May 5.
News from Port-a Prince to the Sd
has been received. The people mistrust
the ministry. The Secretary of Finance
was accused of malfeasance and re-
signed. The following night his books
and papers were burnt by unknown per-
sons. The people became excited and
the President presented his resignation
but the people objected to its reception,
fearing that the resignation was the fore
runner of another war. American pro-
visions were scarce. The coffee deliv-
cries are concluded and the cotton crop is
a failure.
The Hornet remains at Port-au- Prince
closely watched by Spanish cruisers. She
was running deeply into debt and has
been obliged TO sell her Goals.
An earthquake was felt in Hayti on the
90th ult- No damages reported.
HAdvices from St. Thomas to the 1st
report the steamer Florida arrived. She
is suspected of being a filibuster and is
carefully watched by Spanish man-of-
war,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06

the limits of its influence would have, if
he dared seek to restrict its monopoly,
restrain its exsctions or otherwise oppose
its supreme will.
No section of the country is more anx-
ious than the South to clear away the
war issues, for the sake of its own peace.
But no section is more interested than
the Northwest in throwing overheard
these same war issues and clearing the
deck for the great struggles of the future
with these monster monopolies, to pre-
vent them from establishing on this Con-
tinent grand feudal system, without
nobility, honor, intelligence or chivalry-
based upon corruption, mere mushroom
of money.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-06

GEN. CAPRoN, Commissioner of Agri-
culture, reports that tea culture is fast
becoming feature of Importance in the
Southern and Western States, and that in
a few years enough tes will be grown in
those sections TO meet the home consump-
tion. Advices received at the Depart
ment are very encouraging as to the sue
cess OF this plant in the United States.
The Department has sent out to vanous
sections of the country over forty thous-
and plants, nearly all of which have
lived, and the Department is now dis
tributirg seed which came from plants
rsised in South Carolina.