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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-19
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.


SATURDAY, Nov. 1S.-The Senate met
at TO A. NJ, Speaker Vaughn in the chair.
NEW BILLS.
The following bills were introduced and
passed a first reading:
By Mr.. Gibson: To enforce the collection
of past due taxes.
By Mr.. Young: To authorize the Commits
sioner of Internal Improvements to COM
promise and settle the State debt against
the Carthage and Huntsville Turnpike Com
pany.
By Mr.. Staley: To levy poll lax of 81
for school purposes, and abolish all other
kinds of State poll taxes.
RESOLUTIONS TAKEN UP.
Senate resolution regulating the daily sit
tings of the Senate was rejected.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To repeal the act to make the rules Of
evidence in State and Federal Courts
uniform. Rejected.
To provide for perpetual school fund for
the use of free common schools in this
State, and to create an educational board
for the State. Passed.
To change the line between the counties
of Monroe and Loudon. Passed.
To establish the county of Moore.
Passed.
To fix the compensation and regulate the
services of jurors. Rejected. 90
CLAIMS AGAINST MEMPHIS.
Mr.. DuBose asked to have the portion of
the ComptroIler's report relating to claims
of the State against the city of Memphis,
referred to the Committee on Claims, with
instructions to investigate them with view
to having them settled at once.
On motion, the report was so referred.
THE LEASE OF THE PENITENTIARY.
A special message from the Governor, re-
speeding the lease of the Penitentiary, was
brought in by the Governors Secretary.
The message was taken UP, and after
some discussion, was referred to the Com
mittee on the Penitentiary, with instructions.
to report on Tuesday next if practicable.
Mr.. Tolley moved that one hundred cop
les of the message be printed for the use Of
the Senate. Carried.
Mr.. Gibson offered resolution that the
Governor of the State be authorized and
required to appoint three men of unques-
toned honesty and capacity to make re-
port without any unnecessary delay, and
prepare an inventory of all properties be-
longing to the State Penitentiary, and the
respective values thereof; the outstanding
debts, credits and contracts of the Peniten-
tiary, and said men shall have full power to
send for persons and papers, administer
oaths, and all other things necessary to in
form the General Assembly Of the status of
the Penitentiary.
The resolution was taken up under sus-
pension of the rules, and after some discus
sion, withdrawn.
Mr.. Tolley moved that the Governor be
requested to transmit the report of the In
spectors of the Penitentiary to the Senate
without delay. Carried.
Adjourned till 10 A. NJ. on Monday.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-19

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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-19

Why was PharaOh's daughter ike the
brokers of Wall street in a money paniee
Because she gathered little prophet (pEoht)
from the PUSHES on, the banks
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-19
eo1D is dun in New YORK d. III.
PEN1TENTIARY.

We publish III full THIS morning the con-
tract for the lease of the penitentiary with
the accompanying message of the Governor,
and the communication Of the inspectors.
II. will be seen that the Governor ''heartily
approves the contract He does not be-
lieve that ''the State can work the conyict
labor with profit The Inspectors deem
lit best to make the lease because of the
many yicissitudes, changes and fuc-
tuations in the marts where they
sell their manufactures and find employ
ment for their unskilled labor. They think
it best to accept of certainty Of thirty
thousand dollars, and in this We cordially
agree with them. We are of those who
believe that no railroad, turnpike, Peniten=
tiary, or other institution can be continu-
ousIy run by the State under political man
agement without great expense to the
State. The Iessees may clear the thirty
thousand dollars and still make
profit for themselves, but it is
not in human nature for the State TO clear
expenses in the changes and and vicissitudes
of political management. The Penitentia-
"a ~, it is true, was made to punish crime,
and not to raise revenue, but this lease viii
not be Objectionable to an empty treasury
because it contributes thirty thousand dol
lars annually. We therefore cordially con
cur with the Governor in his hearty ap-
proval of the contract. The accu-
racy with which the instrument
of lease is drawn and the ezactness with
which the interests of the State are pro
tected, show clearly the legal acmen and
precision of the Attorney General of the
State, Col Heiskell, by whom the instru-
ment was drawn, at the request of the
Governor. A noticeable feature is that the
State is not responsible for any loss by fire
nor is required to rebuild or repair in event
Of destruction by fire or other casualty,
which was unfortunately omitted in the
Ward & Briggs lease.
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The run on The bowling Green savings
Bank caused suspension at , o'clock this
afternoon. The officers of the bank say
that at the end of thirty days it will be able
to meet all demands. 1t is reported there
will be a run on other banks Monday. The
National Savings Bank also suspended to-
dav, making three in all. There is consid-
cradle excitement about the Guardian Saw
ings Bank to-day. The depOsitors were as
sembled in large numbers around the bank,
though no demonstration was made. The
friends of Tweed tried to pacify the crowd
by saying it would resume Monday. Prom
inent Tammanyists have official connection
with all three of the suspended banks, Tweed
being President of the Guardian Bank, and
Police Commissioner Henry Smith of the
Rowling Green Bank
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By an official transcript from the
Treasury Department books it appears
that our imports of merchandise for the
last fiscal year exceeded the exports by
more than ninety-one millions of dollars
and that in addition to this change Of
commodities, sixty-two and a half mil
lions of specie. were sent abroad, over
and above the imports Of the bullion,
which must necessarily be added to the
adverse balance of trade; so that all the
cotton, breadstuffs, tobacco, petroleum,
pork, bacon, cheese, firearms, and other
productions Of the soil and manufacto-
ries, which were exported last year, did
not reach within ninety-one millions Of
the foreign fabrics that we're imported.
In two years a balance has been created
against the United States, including spe-
Gle, Of two hundred and thirty millions.
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National Democratic Co mmfttee.


The National Democratic Executive
Committee held a meeting recently in
Washington, at which the following
statement was authorized /:
"This committee have had their atten-
ton called to an anonymous pamphlet,
entitled Concession, or how the Lost
Cause may be repaired, and the indie
pendence Of the South secured" now
being circulated over the States, as ema-
mating from a Democratic source. The
committee feel authorized to denounce
the same as a fraud, and the sentiments
therein expressed as antagonistic to the
principles and purposes of the Demo-
cratic party. Further, this committee
are of the unanimous opinion that the
same originated from a Radical source,
with the intention to deceive the people
and prejudice them against the only
party which can reform the Administra-
ton of the Government, and bring about
a return to honesty and Constitutional
law. SAMUEL j. RANDALL,
Chairman"
OF the committee Messrs. Randall,
Slocum, Swami, Eldridge and Jeffries
were personally present, and Messrs.
Niblack, Young, Merrick, and Smith
were represented.
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Another Picture.

Gen. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, said OF
General Grant, in, Ais recent speech, at
Columbus:
ale is both ignorant and careless OF
the duties and obligations of his high
Office; has probably never read the Con-
stitution, for it is not published in the
Army Regulations Of the Stud Book; is
bold, unscrupulous, ambitious, selfish,
and as cold as a bayonet. If he don't
use that law next year with that purpose
and effect, it will be because the North
ern people show q returning sense of the
value OF constitutional liberty, or be-
cause the Ku-Klux and carpet-baggers
combined ca~n'tconcoct sufficiently plaus-
ible pretexts, or because Horace Greeley
beats him for the nomination. Let us
hope, for the honor of the country, that
all these contingencies will happen"
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Ayers Ague Cure,

For Fever and Ague, Intermittent Fever;
Chill Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb
Ague, Periodical or Bilious Fever, &C.,
and indeed oil the affections which arise
from malarious, marsh, or miasmatio
poisons.
As its name implies, it does Care, and does not
fail. Containing neither Arsenic, Quinine, Bis.
muth, Zinc, nor any other mineral or poisonous
substance whatever, 1t in nOwise Injuries any pa
tient. The number and Importance of its cures
In the ague districts, are literally beyond account,
and we believe without q parallel in the history
of Ague medicine. Our pride is gratifed by the
acknowledgements we receive Of the radical cures
effected in obstinate cases, and where other rem.
edies had wholly failed.
Unacclimated persons, either resident in, or
travelling through miasmatic localities, will be
protected by taking the AGUE CURE daily.
For LiUer Complaints, arising from torpid
ity Of the Liver, it is an excellent remedy, stimu-
lating the Liver into healthy activity.
For Bilious Disorders and Liver Complaints, it
Is an excellent remedy, producing many truly
remarkable cures, where other medicines had
failed.
Prepared by DIR. j. c. AVER & Co., Practical
and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass, and
sold all round the world.
PRICE, $500 PER BOTTLE.
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Chancery Sale.

Stakeley & Co., Va. Amanda Strickland, ct al.
PURSUANT to a decree rendered in this cause
L by the Chanoery Court at Athens, Tenn, at
May Term, 1871, will expose to sale by public
cutlery, to the highest bidder, at the Court House
door in MadisORyille, Tenn, on the
18th DAY OF OCTOBER NEXT,
all the right, title and interest that the heirs Of
James +. Strickland, deceased, have in and to
the tract of land mentioned and described in
said decree, to wit: A tract of land containing
100 acres, more or less, lying in the 18th Civil
District, Monroe county, Tenn, adjoining the
lands of j. r, Birchfeld, Oliver Ragsdale, Geo.
Strickland and others, and being the same land
upon which said James +, Strickland, deceased
resided at the time of his death.
TERMS.-Said land will he sold subject to the
widows right of aower therein, without the
right of redemption, on a credit of u months,
except the sum of s25, which will be required
in hand on day of sale. Note with good security
required, and a lien retained on the land for
the unpaid purchase money.
j. NJ. HENDERSON, c. NJ,
By S, P. Hale, b. C. &M.
Sept. 81, IS7l-4t-pfs6
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TILE ENTERPRISE.
Sweetwater, Thursday, Sep 2l, 1871
Our paDer,

The E~NrERPRIsE as all are aware, is
now classed among the leading papers
of the State, This result has been ac-
complishcd by liberal patronage OF the
people and the energy, perseverance
and close attention to its management
on the part of its publisher, This be-
ing the case we shall double our energy
and endeayor to make the paper more
worthy of the patronage of the people
than even before.
We are continually receiving words of
encouragement, not only from our
friends at home, but from thosea 1t a dis
lance who have always appreciated our
paper. We appreciate ul such, and
ask our friends to continue to en-
liven us with their approval OF III ef-
forts to make a good paper; continue to
give us the patronage We so justly de-
serve and ere long we will be enabled to
rise above all difficulties that have Or
may come in our way to thwart us in
our efforts to make an honorable living.
We are daily adding new subscribers to
our already large list, and II Ndvertis-
ing patronage is not exceled by any
country paper in East Tennessee.
Starting as We did-having but little
experience in the management of a pa
per, we feel proud that we have so far
been successful. II any man, under the
circumstances, can take charge Of an of
fee in the condition and standing ours
was in when we assumed the manage
ment of the same, nearly three years a.
go, and give the paper the reputation
the FNTEErmsE now has throughout the
country, we will then acknowledge that
our efforts have been in vain,
OF course, we have at times depressed
from u duty and done things that we
should not have done. Yet we disclaim
the right Of any IL to censure us for
SO doing, knowing that men, sometimes,
are placed in circumstances over which
they have no control, which causes them
to do things that afterwards they would
sacrifice every earthly possession had
they not committed the deed.
We shall now await patiently the re.
suit of future events, and strive to meet
the dangers that may come i'll IL way.
We know that the paper has as substan-
tial friends rs any i'll the State, and if
we do not reap the reward Of our labors
it will be ON W fault. In politics, we
have been true-always one way-stand-
ing upon the principles of the Constitu-
ton and will ever be found advocating a
Government in which the people of a
nation can find protection, and have
peace, prosperity, happiness and indie
~pendence guaranteed to them.
Having been true to our friends, and
to the Great National Democratic Par
ty, and the people, especially Of our own
noble county, we hope they will not fail
now to appreciate our efforts to make
the paper a welcome visitor to every fire.
side.
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Monroe County Agricultural Society.

=
At a meeting Of the Society in the
Court House at jacksonville, Col. II. b.
yearwood, the President of the Society,
in the Chair, and A. L. Hicks acting as
the Secretary.
Col. johnson, the Corresponding Sec
rotary, stated the objects of the meeting,
aud paid a proper tribute to the energy
and business qualifications of the Prosi-
dent, and besOught for him the prompt
response of all good citizens, that the
Monroe County Agricultural Society
should be a success, and that the officers
be sustained. Col. johnson also iutrodu-
ced the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the President appoint
suitable delegates to the Agricultural
Congress to assemble at Nashville on o.
tober third.
Resolved, That the Secretary and Treas
urer prepare suitable subscription papers,
and the citizens of the county be called
upon to subscribe as members of the or
ganization, as regular members, or life
members, as they may see fit and that a
fund be raised in connection with the
amount on hand, to prepare a fair ground,
buildings, premiums, &c.
Resolved, That Monroe county, being
a large and prosperous county, with fine
lands, and Of great value in minerals,
marbles and water-power, should not be
behind her n~elghbors in developing the
elements SO beautifully possessed within
her borders, and that our citizens should
not "weary in we'll doing, as there is no
exceGlency without great labor"
The introduction of the resolutions was
strongly urged upon cur citizens by Col.
johnson. W. j. Fowler paid a just trib.
ute to the soil and climate of our county,
and urged with much emphasis the neces-
sity of improving the stock aud imple-
ments of farming; that each citizen should
strive to do better; and with a spirit of
emulation the farmer would receive a Just
and proper reward for his labor and the
few dollars in the Society, and that as a
consequence he would think better of
himself.
ID. w. Latimer responded, and fully
and most cordially endorsed the views of
Mr.. Fowler.
D. Z. Walker was not slow in saying
that be could be couated in, and what he
knows of farming would make a book.
The President, with much of his prac.
teal views of business, stated that if he
took hold of the Society as its President,
he meant business, and he wanted to be
sustained by the people. He did not
want the Society to be a onc-horse COIL
Germ, but wished the people of Old Mon
roe county to wake up, and take a "new
departure"
The Chair appointed J., G. Vaughn,
II. A. Chambers, and NJ. +. johnson as
delegates to the Agricultural Congress.
On motion of G.. W. Lawrence, the
President was added.
The Secretary was requested to answer
the communication of the Tennessee In
dustrial and Mechanical Association at
Nashville.
Ordered, That tho proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Sweetwater
Enterprise. Adjourned.
A. I. Hicks, Secretary.
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Manhood How Lost, How Restored

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LOudon is situated on the banks OF
the noble old Tennessee, and is a live
little town Of about twelve hundred in
habitants Having as it does the adj
vantages afforded by the river and the
railroad for shipping purposes, &c, a
heavy trade is carried on by its enter
prising merchants.
Ii is blessed with q number of enter
prising men, who ere fast improving and
filling up the waste places which have
so long laid vacant in and around the
town. Its business men all seem to be
doing well, considering tile scarcity OF
money, the failure of tho crops, &c,
Among the business houses already
completed is that of Porter 4 Renfro,
into which they have recently removed
their stock of drugs and medicines. 1t
is a magniicently finished building, and
the firm may well be proud Of it. How
ard Henry has in course of completion
a large brick building near the river
What it is designed for we are not aware,
but from its appearance and location, it
will be an ornament to that portion of
the town in which it is located.
Blair & Cannon, the enterprising drug
gists, are displaying their taste and
spending their money and energy i'll the
construction of n beautiful frame build
ing, ON the Public Square, to be oc-
cupied by them as II drug store.
If Loudon had a few more such men
as those named above, she would ere
long rise to an enviable position.
There are many other buildings going
up, and the town is spreading all around.
The Institute is n splendid piece of arch
itecture, and reflects great credit upon
the citizens Of Loudon. The brick for
the new Court House have all been
burned, and a great deal, in fact nearly
all Of tue wood work finished, and we
learn hat at an early day the erection OF
the building will commence. When
completed, the citizens can boast of hay
ing one of the finest public buildings in
East Tennessee.
We remained there on Saturday last
but a few hours, and consequently can
not make a report of tho improvements
aud the future prospects of Loudon.-
We can say, however, that if its present
citizens will use the energy they pos
sess, and spend their money judiciously,
they will not only be doing n duty they
owe to themselves, but to their poster
ity, and by so doing Loudon will be
classed among the cities of East Ten
nessee. The Star still shines, but not
so brilliantly as in former days.
We could say more of Loudon if time
and space would permit, but this must
suffice for the present.
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A Grant Rally

Don Piatt sums up the qualities ofthe
Grant party in very short meter. He
says:
"Let the Republicans rally. Let there
be a grand rally. Let it be a continu-
GUS and tremendous rally. Let the cry
be John Sherman and Demi-John A.
Bingham, Grant and Murphy, a high
protection swindle and a rotten civil ser
vice, gifts, brides, general corruption,
and bayoncts at the polls,-in a word,
Grant! !"