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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-16
England paid the United States

England paid the United States
$1S4, 100000, for raw cotton, con-
verted it into goods and made a
profit of $l8S,O00,00O. Why
may not our own people make
this profit rather than sell the raw
material to a foreign country, to
be worked up by foreign la6orers /?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-16

Some of the inhabitants OF II.
liuois are hauling water forty
miles out Of the Mississippi.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-16
A Brave Man.

The Springfield illinois, )Joar-
nal publishes the following:
ga man, whose name we did
not learn, while engaged in the
North coal-shaft mining coal,
fell and broke his leg. He was
brought out by a fellow-miner.
It appears that the two men
were engaged in putting in a
blast, and the fuse had been
when in running from
the place, the man referred to
fell within twelve feet of the fuse
and broke his leg. He called
to his companion, who was some
sixty feet distant, and said his
leg was broken. The man i'm
mediately retraccd his steps,
seized the fuse and threw it a
side, thus preventing the explo-
sion, which would, probably,
under the circumstances, have
destroyed the lives of both men.
He then took up his unfortu-
nate companion and conveyed
him to the shaft, and both men
were soou drawn to the surface.
1t was a noble and daring act.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-16

A young lady recently be-
trothed says that &C. O. D."
means call on dad.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-16

I :. Said a conceited young lady
Yon men- are coyet-us-eet. 2.
; S2sss5s fs1r
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-08
ORGANIZATION OUR PRESENT
SAFETY

From the Knoxville Press and Herald.
The proceedings of the Democratic Ex-
ecutive State Committee, reported in our
columns yesterday, deserve special atten-
ton. The meeting of the Committee was
most oppOrtune, and the result of their de-
will command the approval Of ali
who sincerely desire the overthrow of the
present national administration, and the
preservation Of the honor and well-being of
the State of Tennessee. The resolutions
of the Committee, endorsed as they are by
prominent men of all previous shades of
political opinion, will be hailed as an assu-
rance that none of the high vantage ground
already attained by the Constitutional par
ty of our State is to be given up, but will
be firmly held through the means of a COM
pact and thorough organization throughout
the State. 1t matters not what is to be the
policy of the party in the coming Presiden-
tial struggle; the only effective mode of
making our power advantageOusly
felt is through an organization ena-
bling us to move as one man in
whatsoever course of action may be under
taken. If contingencies shall arise which
render it most polite to make no distinc-
tive Democratic nominations for the Presi
be in such condition that we may avail our
selves of such opportunity as a compact
organization, and as a unit, cooperate with
any other organization whose aid may be
desirable to effect the common purpose.
Should the outlook, six months hence, JUS
tify Democratic nomination, exclusively
as such, then equally important is it that
we present an unbroken front in making
the onset. In any probable or possible
emergency, let us be completely organized,
so that with all the elements of opposition
to Radical misrule well in hand, we may
act promptly and harmoniously, and move
forward successfully in whatever direction
our duty to our country may demand.
Organize friends of republican liberty,
ORGANIZED The word has not come too soon,
for in harmonious and thorough Organiza-
ton lies our present safety.
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awards to him the merit Of successfully car
rying out the wishes of the Directors. Mad
isOn county was slow in moving, but when
it did move, sit moved all together"
THANKS TO THE PRESS, THE LADIES-IN-
DEED TO EVERYBODY.
The press Of jackson also did much to
forward the movement. With such excel
lent conductors, the Wing and Tribune and
the PIdindedler have become power in the
land, and when pulling in the same direct
ion, they can carry out almost any enter
prise. Your correspondent desires to re-
turn his thanks especially TO Robert Gates,
the local editor of the Wing and Tribune,
and to DR.. Cox, the editor of the Plain
dealer, for great assistance and for their
contributions to his pleasure on the occa-
sion. To Mrs. Tomlin, Mrs. Jackson and
Mrs. Brown, whose s<Alaxwen Table" spread
its fame so much that even strangers felt an
irresistible desire to partake Of the choice
viands,-to these ladies as well as to their
husbands, your reporter desires especially
to return his thanks for unusual courtesies.
The remembrance of their kindness will
remain vivid as long as the pulsations of his
heart continue. To Major Hurt, also, and
to his accO mplished wife and daughters,
whose sur.ny faces would disPel
the gloom of Egyptian darkness, we would
tender our grateful thanks. Of the Major
it may be said that, though he carries win
ter on his head, he has summer in his face.
Judge Brown, DR.. jackson, DIR. WlkersOn
and his accomplished daughter, Mrs. Nell
son, with her twin roses; Mr.. and Mrs.
McCOwatt t and their beautiful daughters,
have cur warmest wishes for their future
happi ness and prosperity. But we must
stop. Were we to notice all those from
whom we received attentions, our catalogue
of n ames would be as longas the list of ships
in 1omer's Had. We can only say that
the. hospitality, the grand and imperial fas
Gil EatiOns and accomplishments Of the ladies
Of; Madison county harmonic well with
the stately dignity, superior intelligence, ar
dent energy and incompatible bravery of
the men. May each annual return Of their
Fa II find them in the enjoyment of increas-
ed prosperity and happiness. You will not
10 ceiye from your reporter any
MORE Tomorrow.
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to entirely suspend the payment of warrants
altogether until all borrowed moneys are
paid back. The members of the Legislature
viii no doubt get their pay, and five dollars
TO pay postage. Again, after a portion of
the people holding claims upon the State
Treasury have been forced to sell the claims
at heavy discount, by the failure Of the
Legislature to provide for their payment at
the State Treasury, and by unjust discrim-
nations made against them, the minority
of the Committee on Ways and Means are
IN doubt as to the justice Of paying outstand-
ing warrants at all at present, inasmueh as
they are generally held by spectators. Ter
ribly afraid of speculatorsl Who drove the
people into the hands Of the spectators,
and placed them entirely at their MERCY?
| answer these dear lovers of the people.
Now if it is the intention of the Legislature
only TO provide means to pay themselves,
and few high salaried officials, insist on
making no provision at all, till all fare alike,
and all go to destruction together. But if
it is the intention of the Legislature to pro-
vide for the payment of any claims against
the Government, provide for the payment
of eUery just claim against it. If a man
who is receiving a salary of $500 or 5000
a year ought to be paid, the man who Ia
bored at from S2j to $50 a month and
boarded himself, is also as much entitled.
But we will be told we emit pay all. Then
the State of Tennessee is bankrupt, and we
ought to take the benefit of the bankrupt
law, and pay nothing. But we can pay
eceTythiHg. LOp off every unnecessary Of
flee, and every other unnecessary expense.
Levy tax sufficient to pay the ordinary
expenses of the Government, and the in
terest on the public debt, and fund the
floating debt, provide for a proper assess
ment of the taxables, and have the taxes
faithfully collected and paid over,
and you will not see warrants on
the State Treasury quoted in the city
of Nashville at 75 cents in the dollar.
Provide for the payment Of every just
claim on presentation at the Treasury, and
you have snatched the creditors Ofthe State
government out of the hands of those bug
bears the SPECTATORS, and saved them from
the heart-burnings occasiOned by unjust
determinations. But, refuse to pay, and
you drive the holders of claims against the
Treasury into the hands of brokers and
speculators, and give them a bonus for
which they might well afford to pay such
members as assist them in placing the
people at their mercy. How many of those
dear lovers of the people will suffer their
claims to be discounted by the brokers, or
are willing to wait some tloO or three gears
for their pay? The Legislature has only
been in session little over one month, and
have but little doubt that many of them
have made draws on their per diem before
now, but these other people ought to wait
tlcO or three years, or sell for 70 cents in the
dollar. Let all fare alike, pay all or none.
II-sTIcE
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Gains EYerxMhere.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Ephraim sau Joined to HIS ,ao,

Ephraim Still Joined to His Idols.
+ Boston, Nov. Boston gives Washburn
about 1000 plurality. Last year Clafin
lacked nearly 800 of a plurality in the citv.
Sixty-three towns, including Boston, foot
up-Washburn, 24,988; Adams, Il, ,S33 !:
Chamberlain, 1854; Pittman, 1915. Wash
burns majority is 5,136. Adams,the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor, was defeated
in Quincy for Representative.
Boston, Nov. 7-1OP. M.-Returns from
III cities and towns give Washburn in
round numbers 81, 900 votes; Adams 81 900
and Chamberlain and Pittman about 5000
each. Washburn's plurality will exceed
Claf1in's of last year, which was little less
than 5000. The Legislature will be largely
Republican. Charles Hale, late Consul
General in Egypt, is elected Senator over
VIM. Park, Democrat. The anti-annexion-
lists have carried Charleston. Boston with
the exception of the fifth ward gives Wash
burn s, ,146; Adams 7,112; Chamberlin 249;
PIttman 1877. Last year including the
fifth ward the vote stood, Claflin i0,051;
Adams 9,735; Phillips 1,949; scattering II.
The whole returns from several principal
towns indicate the general result in the State
to be a vote unusually small. Little popu-
lar interest is manifested in this city tonight
In regard to the returns.
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THE PACIFIC SLOPE.


SAN Francisco, Nov. ii. B. E. Ca
vililir, President of the Stock Exchange,
having suspended through a loss of over
sixty thousand dollars by the failure of
Slime & Co., bankers, rendered his resigna-
ton which was not accepted. Slime & Co.'S
liabilities are two hundred and forty-seven
thousand dollars; nominal assets a hundred
and eighty-siX thousand dollars.
Wrecked WhaIers.
Sixty officers of the wrecked whalers
started East overland this morning, the
Central Pacific having reduced the fare to a
nominal rate for them.
More Wine than Casks.
The vintage of California is so abundant
that there is difficulty in obtaining casks to
hold it. Los Angeles county alone, where
there was partial failure, will produce two
million five hundred thousand gallons.
COiyer's Christian Indians.
The horse, saddle, blankets and pistol of
the mail carrier, murdered near Tucson,
have been identified, in possession of the
Apaches on the Camp Grant reservation,
Arizona, and recovered. The mail rider
was killed by these friendly Apaches while
Vincent Colyer was on the reservation
treating with them.
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THE Louisville Leger says: "The bill in
troduced in the Tennessee House Of Repre-
sentatiyes making jury trials in, civil cases
optional wiei the litigants will doubtless
meet with the approval Of the bar in that
State, as a similar one would in this. Much
of the needless expense entailed upon the
people by the present system would be cur
tailed, and still the ends Of justice would be
asswen subserved.r The bill provides that
all civil cases shall be tried before the Judge,
unless the parties, or one of them, demand
a jury in writing fled with the clerk of the
court three days before the third day Of
the term TO which the action is brought.''
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-08
CHICAGO.
Suspicious Course of the Insurance
Companies.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-Of some fifty insur-
ance companies that have suspended, sew
eral are offering to compromise with their
policy-holders on terms that are not gem
eraAy regarded as at all satisfactory to the
latter. The Merchants, of Hartford, offers
thirty cents on the dollar. The Connecti-
cut, of Hartford, offers thirty cents down
and five cents additional in ninety days.
The North American, of Hartford, offers
twenty-five cents. The Manhattan, of
New York, offers thirty-five to forty cents.
The Astor, of New York, compromised
with policy-hOlder at thirty cents, and
gave him a sight draft on New York on
which payment was refused. The Security,
OF New York, seems to do nothing but
make ambiguous statements as to the future;
they apparently, though not positively, esti-
mate that fifty cents on the dollar will be
satisfactory to themselves. Its polcy-hold-
ers being cOgnizant of its previous standing
as published, feel dissatisfied with the offer
of fifty cents, and will not generally, it is
understood, accept.
Sensible BenevOlenee.
A Womens Industrial Aid Society has
been inaugurated in this city, which has for
its object to give relief by light and agree
able employment to women and children
who have become reduced through the
agency of the great fire, and who prefer to
earn their livelihood rather than depend on
the benevolence of others. The ladies' and
gentlemen engaged in this new organization
are among the most respectable in our city.
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fa7ss TEXAS.
The Legislature Denounce the Governor


AUSTIN, Nov. 6.-The following has been
adopted A to 3S: s-E-tr
Be it resolved by the House of Repre-
sentatives, the Senate eoncurJing, that the
action of His Excellency, j. Davis, in de-
claring martial law in the counties of Free
stone and Limestone be and the same is
hereby disapproved as being unnecessary to
the ends of public justice, and uncalled for
as the courts were in unobstrueted exercise
of their proper jurisdiction, and Illegal as
the Legislature was then is session.
Resolved further, That the Governor be
and he is hereby requested and instructed
to restore civil authority in the said counties
and to withdraw all armed forces tlrefrom,
and disband the same, ard that he inform
this Legislature of the expenses of the same
that action may be had in reference to the
same,
Threatened Judicial Impeachment
Death of the Lieutenant Governor.
AUSTIN, Nov. lit is now strongly be-
lieved that Jude Oliver will be impeached.
1t is said that he was the cause of all the
trouble at Groesbeck.
Don. Campbell, Lieutenant Governor,
died this morning. A contest commences
between Gen. Parsons, Webb and Flanagan
for the Lieutenant Goyernorship.
Santana Safe.
GALVESTON, Nov. THE Indian chiefs,
Santana and Big Tree, whose sentence was
commuted to imprisonment for life, arrived
safely at Huntsville penitentiary.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-08
AUSTRIA.
The Cabinet Crisis.

VIENNA, Nov. 1.-The Emperor has ac-
cepted the resignation Of Count Won Buest.
He has also confirmed the appointment of
Andrassy, who is rapidly completing the
persOnel of his administration.
LATER.-It is now reported that Herr
Won LOngay, Minister of Finances, and not
Count Androssy, will succeed Count Won
Buest as Premier. The latter will probably
be sent to London as Ambassador.
To the Memory Of MaximiIian.
The unveiling Of the statue of the En-
peror Maximilian took place to-day with
solemn and imposing ceremonies. The
Emperor Francis Joseph, the Arch Dukes
and the members of the Ministry, took
part. The large crowds of people who at
tended manifested their respect for the Ill
fate Of the monarch by impressive silence
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-08
ILLINOIS.
The Bummers and Fire.PrOofs of Chi.
caSO.

The Bummers and Fire.PrOOfs OF Chi.
cRgO.
CHICAGO, Nov. THE election in this
city passed off quietly, though there was
great interest in the result. Business was
largely suspended. 1t is evident that the
citizens tire-prOof ticket, with Hon. Joseph
Medill for Mayor, has been elected by
large majority over the sore-headed politi-
Clans ticket. Returns from thirteen pre-
eincts give Medill two thousand six hun
dred and seventy-eight to six hundred and
mnety-five for Holden, the bummers' candi-
date for Mayor. The vote will be about
the same on the rest of the ticket. The
town of Riverside voted seventy for the fire
proof ticket and nothing for the bummers.
The Latest.
CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-Returns from 80 out of
81 precincts in the city give Medill 8, PSI, and
Halden IL ,S56.'Medill'S majority it is thought
will reach $1,000. Probably the fire-prOof
candidates for Aldermen are elected in 19
of the 70 wards.
For Congress.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8, 1890 A. M.-Bever-
idge, Republican candidate for Congressman
at large, is elected by probably twenty-five
TO thirty thousand majority.
Henry Snapp, Republican candidate for
Congress in the 9th district, to fill the va
cancy Occasioned by the resignation of Ben
ton c. Cook, is elected by 1000 majority.
Cairo.
CAIRO, Nov. Cairo gives a Demo
cratic majority on the whole ticket. Hayes
81 majority; Bowman, Democrat Senator,
A majority; Martin, Democrat County
Treasurer, AZ majority; Hely, Democrat
Surveyor, 60maiority.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-08
LEAVENWORTH.
Took Him at His Word.

LEAvENwOETH, Ks, Nov. 7.-p, vounp
man named Striker, bus ager,t on tbe
Kansas Pacific railroad betweF here and
Lawrence, committed suir ,de last night.
His father was kindly rem .onstrating AGAINST
his dissipation. He r.yould rather follow
his son to his grave man see him drunk
ard. The young man replied: ''Here goes,
father" and Instantly put a pistol to his
head and die cbaroed #
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-08
MARYLAND.

' BALTIMORE, Nov. Z. Baltimore city,
emitting the 11th ward, gives Whyte,
Democrat, for Governor, 21,763. Tome,
Republican, 1899. Whyte's majority was
ia last year in the same wards. The
Democratic Congressional vote is 1892;
Republican 14,400. The Democratic ma
jority last year in the missing ward, the 11th,
was 2J6.
The Congressional vote of 1870 in Fred
erick county is reported close and uncertain.
Annapolis gives White, Democrat for Gov
ernor, 4Sl; Tome, Republican, 500.
Tones majority IS. The Republican ma
jority Oh Congress ticket in 1870 was "A.
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Threatened Judicial Impeachment
Death of the Lieutenant Governor.
MISSISSIPPI.
Prospective War of Races.


MEMPHIS, Nov. IA number of re-
ports from the northern part of Missis-
sippi to-day are to the effect that serious
disturbances between the blacks and whites
are expected tomorrow, election day. In
some cases the negroes, to the number of
hundreds, have collected with the intention
Of repeating, and are, it is understood, fur
nished with several sets of registration
papers each by their white leaders.
No Few Fights.
NATCHEz, Miss, Nov. THE election
passed off quietly. The Republican vote is
estimated at twenty-five hundred. No op-
position.
VICKsBURG, Nov. THE election pass
ed off quietly with the exception of few
small fights.
No reliable news before morning.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-08
MICHIGAN.

DETROIT, Micb., Nov. S-1:3O A. NJ
For the first time in twelve years the Re
publicans have carried this city. Hugh
Moffatt is elected Mayor by about 700 ma
jority. Five Republican and five Democrat
Aldermen are elected; loosing the Common
Council, 13 Republicans to 7 Democrats.
The balance of the Republican ticket
elected, except perhaps, Justice of the
Peace.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-08
MEMPHIS.
On to Texas!

MEMPHIS, Nov. IA mass meeting Of
citizens was held in the Opera House last
evening in reference to the Memphis,
Shreveport and Jefferson Railroad. Ad-
dresses were made by Sam Tate and Addi-
son Douglass, of this city, and Judge Nc
Adoo, of Texas. Resolutions were adopt
ed, pledging Memphis to furnish her full
quote of the means to carry out the enter
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Radical Frauds-An Attempted
rF- Explanation.


NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The statements in
relation to frauds in the Treasury Depart
merlt of the State Of South Carolina have
caused much excitement in financial circles
generally, and especially among the mem
bers of the South Carolina Government at
present in this city.
Cen. John b. Dennis, the chairman of
the Investigating Committee, appointed at
the last session Of the Legislature, in an in
teryjew to-day attempted to deny the state
ments, but did it so tamely that his denial
amounted to complete affirmation OF all
that has been published. In fact, his name
is signed to a card published in the morning
,,.ners. with that Of the Governor and Trea-
snrey of The Stale, admitting that $4,000
600 ia bonds have been printed, but claim
ing that S9,O00,069 Of them have never been
sSgned. There is little doubt but that the
statement relative to the frauds are sub
stantially true.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-08
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
.easure Trove-A Romance of Crime

Treasure TrOve-A Romance of Crime.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, Nov. 7.-Yester-
day as the laborers were at work cutting a
road through hill in the hollow known as
Long Hollow, they excavated a sack con-
tanning $4,000 in gold and silver. The
money was hidden there eighteen years ago
by man named Muir, who murdered a
comrade from California in this city. Muir
was captured and hung by mob of Cali
fornians. He said he had hid the money
under a stump in this hollow, but refused
to tell where. Many have hunted for this
treasure, but all in vain. The laborers
shared the booty equally.
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MISSOURI.
Mixed Politics.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. THE election at
Hannibal to-day resulted in the defeat of
the Republican ticket by an average major
ity of one hundred and sixty. The Demo
Gratis claim it as a victory, but its Mayor and
Marshal elected are both Republicans, and
that less than three-quarters of the req
tered votes were polled.
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WISCONSIN.

MADISON, Nov. 1.-THE weather being
fine very large vote was polled in the
State. Partial returns from various sec
tiOns indicate the election of Washburne for
Governor and Republican majority in the
Legislature. In this city Doolittle's major
ity is l12, Democratic loss. Bactz, the
Republican candidate for State Treasurer,
has a majority of 20.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-08
MISSOURI.
The Finale Ora Fiend.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. IA negro went to the
house of Mrs Bass living near Windsor,
Henry county, Mo-, Saturday evening and
demanded her money. She refused to give
it to him, whereupon he choked her till
nearly insensible and attempted to outrage
her person. The negro was arrested yes
terday near Clinton, taken to Windsor and
hung by mob.
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VIRGINIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. THE Con-
servative candidates for the Legislature
carry this city by a majority of about two
hundred. No returns from the county, but
it is supposed the Conservatives elected
their candidates.