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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-17
BRANCH OFFICE,


ct 23 Public Square, under the management Of
L. O Nicholson, Esq.
We are prepared to furnish to Bankers,
Manufacturers and Jobbers, detailed informa-
ton of all parties with whom they have bust
ness transactions, thus materially facilitating
their operations and placing the relation of
debtor and creditor on decidedly improved
basis
With facilities constantly charging, COM
bined with daily criticism on the part of our
eyer-increaSing list of subscribers, the CON-
p'eteness of a thoroughly organized system,
oW in active operation Tor thirty years, and
the reliability Of our reports, We feel conf
dent Of being able TO supply want long felt IN
the mercantile circles Of this city.
We hope by a strict attention to business and
a careful consideration Of the wants of our
subscribers, to merit the patronage of those re-
curing our services.
To the merchants of the city we extend a
cordial invitation to call ct our Office where
Mr.. Nicholson will ever be found ready to
give full particulars relative to our business.
marl5-tf r. G. DUN b CO.
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KY. STATELOTTERY.
GRAND BALL.

DoN'T FORGET THE SELECT GRAND BALL
~ given by the Irish citizens, at ooncordia
Han, St. Patricks night, March II. The proceeds
of the Ball will be divided amongst the Ladies OF
the several tables for the Orphans Fair. A grand
supper will also be given on this occasion at the
Commercial Hotel mrlo-3t
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FOR SALE OR RENT.
THE RESERVOIR MILLS.

T OFFER FOR SALE Or RENT THE ABOVE
Il Mills, together with its celebrated brands OF
-four, Mountain Dew" and "Orean of the City"
These Mills are in first class running order, with
all the latest improvements.
For terms &C, apply to
HUGH DOUGLAS,
mrhI2tf Nos. 10 & IL Z. Market st.
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WANTED,
OATS.

1nn BUSHELS BLACK MICHIGAN SEED
IUU OATS.
Extra heavy. For sale by
ORR BROTHERS,
mrI5-St 40 Market Street.
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Dismukes s. WOOlwine,

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FUR AND
w Wool hats, caps and straw goods, No 81,
west side Pub ic Square, Nashville, Tenn ,
have in store the largest and best selected
stock in the market,
which is Offered TO Merchants Only.
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CITxANTRLL1G GRN q e.
THE COAL TRADE.

The Scranton strike abd the CompOuy-The
General strike-Tho DuIIness Of the Trade
The Fonnnge Of the Trade for the Week
Quotations, Etc.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Com
pany are trying to make a rising market in New
York by stating that they have no anthracite
coal on hand in New York, and that the supply
in Elizabethport is very small. They say that
there will be no more auction sales OF coal quIl
the Scranton strike is over. Ihls may all De
very true, but it should also be taken INTO ac-
count that the strike can and probably Will be
ended inst as soon as the company wishes 1t to
be- 1t is probably not to the company interest
to continue business with the present state OF
the market. As soon as, in the opinion OF the
company's officers. the prices are sufficiently
high compromise will be offered to the men,
who will in all probability readily accept it, and
work will then be resumed.
The general strike ordered by the General
Council of the w. B. A., to take place this
month, is not likely to be as general as was eX-
pected.
At ShamoSin the collieres are working indie
pendently of the w. b. A. andj are not likely to
susnend In the Schuylkill region one or two
colGeres are also working independently, and
in the opinion of the Miners Journal should
the strike continue beyond the 1st of February,
- large number of miners would go to work
without regard to the w. B. A. The men OF
Schuylkill, who generally do not approve OF the
proposed strike, are not in as good condition
TO stand it as are the men of the upper counties.
The long stand-still of last summer used up most
of their spare funds, while the men of Luzerne
have been working all the year at good wages
A short suspension is of no great Importance to
the latter just now, and they would rather have
it than not, without regard to the question of
wages.
The trade in Schuylkill has not been as good
rs 1t was supposed it would be previous to the
ordered general suspension. The shipments
from this port are over, and the demand is only
from the city and line. Besides this the supply
is sufficient at most points for two months at
least, unless the weather should be unusually
cold.
popular and it is probable that it will there be
general.
The following is the summary of the trade for
the past week as far as received, rs reported
for the Pottsville Miners Journal of to-day
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"Since the above was in type, we have re-
ceived the report of the Delaware and Hudson
Company. The shipments were by
Rail- North and East, in 1869 ..........1O9 oil TONS
For week ending December 81, 1870 .... 1924
Increase for week In 1870. 0............. 1898
''They also sent South towards Baltimore for
the week, zoos tons, against 1912 tons for the
corresponding week last year. 1t appears from
this that they are purchasing coal, or else their
collieries are not all.suspended
1T will be seen that the trade by the Reading
and Lehigh Valley roads, whose fiscal years
commenced December /, 1870, show an increase
of 1921 tons for the month of December this
year over December 1869.
'As we stated before, the increase of Anthra-
cite for the year will be about 1000, 600 tons,
and of all kinds moved towards the seaboard
about 800 900 tons-the bituminous trade
having decreased about 100000 tons during the
year"
The effect of the proposed strike on the trade
in this city has been to steady II somewhat. No
shipments have been made during the week
from Port Richmond. The price in New York
will not allow the loading of vessels here for
that port on account of the high freights asked.
The completion of furnaces likely to feel the sus-
pension has caused an advance of the larger
sizes.
The following are the prices of coal at Port
Carbon for the line trade:-
Lump. ........... $500 Egg.......%........ $500
Steamboat ...... 800 Stove. ......,,,......, 1925
Broken ....,..... 2'75@3 Chestnut. 2'25
There are no quotations this week for freights
or prices at Port Richmond.
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$l0,954'6l

DARING THIEvEs.-At o'clock this morning
two thieves smashed with a brick the side
pane of the bulk window of the tailoring estab-
iishment of Mr.. Williams, No. 500 N. Tenth
street. The proprietor hearing the crash sprang
a rattle, and the thieves ran away-one of them
with pair of pantaloons. The other was cap
tured after a sharp chase by Officer Clay. He
gave the name of James Gallagher, aged sixteen
years, and was sent to prison by Alderman
Massey
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Adjourned.

BRooMs.--A couple of boys, named Thomas
terdav at Columbia avenue and Alder street, for
the theft of a number OF brooms from grocery
store in that vicinity. Alderman Allison bound
them over in 5000 bail.
NEW PUBIIoATIoNs.-From Turner Il Co.
we have received Appletons Journal and Every
Saturday.
The Central News Company sends us the latest
numbers OF the S James Magazine, Punch,
and Fun.
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ASSAULT ON AN OFFICER.-James McGarri-
gan, alias "Scotch Jimmy" was arrested by
officer Megary at Thirteenth and Callowhill
streets yesterday for disorderly conduct. While
being taken TO the station house he attempted
10 escape by fierce attack on the officer, which,
however was returned with interest. McGarrl-
held him In $500 bail -
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-01-07

COURSE OF LEoTUREs.-A course OF lectures
on the Bible and Modern Inadelity will be de-
hyered In %s Toneeri Hall, beginning next Tuesday
evening. The lecturers are Rev. James McCosh
Rev. j. p. Thompson, Rev. William Adams
Rev. i. o. Haven.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-01-07

On MOTION of Richard Ludlow, Esq, Edwin
Walton was this day admitted to practise as an
attorney in 1.-THE District Court and Court of
Common Pleas for the city and county OF Phila-
dephia.
Samuel Gormley, ESQ, to-day was admitted
to practice as an attorney in the Supreme Court
of PsnnSylYapis.
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LARCENY OF SHoEs.-George Loughead and
Lewis Linda, two lads, aged respectively 13 and
streets Yesterday, on the charge of having been
concerned in the theft of number of shoes
from a shoe store in the neighboThood. The
information of the guilt of the parties was
obtained from another boy who Is now Ia GUS
tody on the same charge. Alderman Jones
bound the accused over for a further hearing.
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THE WESLEYAN SoCIETY.-The Wesleyan So
ciety of Germantown has been organized nearly
forty years, and has a membership of ia. Its
annual banquet was given about one week since.
On Friday evening the annual meeting was held,
and the following statement was made of the
financial condition of the sOcety:-
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OUR SCHOOL HOUSES.
The New Ones In Process of Erection In Phlla-
delDhta.

The New Ones In Prcce.s Of Erection In Phlla-
While Philadelphia may congratulate herself
that she is q "City of Churches" with no less
truth may she pride herself on being also a
"City of Schools" It can with veracity be said
that in no city is q system of public education
more popular and comprehensive than in our
own For the purpose of showing how well
Philadelphia deserves the title of the "City of
Schools" we publish this statement from the
Board of Public Education of the number within
her jurisdiction:-
Boys Central High School, ................ 1
Girls Normal School. observation-disclosures. /
Grammar Schools. ....................... %
Consolidated Schools OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 33
Secondary Schools ......................10 10S
Primary Schools. s...................... lS2
To this total of $50 we must add the following
now under contract and fast nearing compile
First Section Corner of Seventh and Dicker-
son streets; II divisions; stone; cost, $39,975.
Second Section-Carpenter street, west of
Ninth; 18 divisions; stone; cost, $50, 40.
Fifth Section-Thrd street, below Pine; 81
divisions; stone; cost, S43, 800.
Fifth Section-Sixth street, below Pine;
divisions (extension): stone; cost, Sl3, $50.
Twelfth Section-Noble street. below Sixth;
Is divisions; brick; cost, $50, $50.
Twentieth Section-Corner of Twenty-third
ond Jefferson streets; IL divisions; stone; cost,
$26, 600.
Twentieth Section-Eleventh street, below
Thompson; IL divisions; stone and brick; cost,
$1S,S74.
Twenty-first Section - Washington street,
Manayunk; 8 divisions; stone; cost, $;5,250.
Twenty-first Section-Green Tree lane, RoX-
borough divisions; stone; cost, $8740.
Twenty-second Section - Highland avenue,
Chestnut Hill; 10divisions; stone; cost, $lS, $40.
Twenty-fifth Standardization road and
Helen street; is divisions; stone; cost $39, 700.
Twenty-sxth Section-Corner of Seventeenth
and Christian; 1S divisions; stone; cost $33, 800.
This is an addition of 12 new schools, at an
aggregate cost of $327, 249.
THE MORTALITY OF THE CITY.-The number
of deaths in the city for the week ending at
noon to-day was 255, being decrease of II
| from those of last week. and decrease of 46
from the corresponding period of last year.
| OF these 1874 were adults; 131 were minors; 1875
were born in the United States: 4S were foreign
| ers: 80 were people of color; and were from
the country. Of this number 80 died of con-
sumption of the lungs 13 of disease of the heart;
/ of marasmus of old age; IL of typhoid
fever; ~ of commissions; 10 of scarlet fever; %
OF Inflammation of the lungs; of congestion of
the brain; and 16 of debility.
The deaths were divided as follows among the
! different wards
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BOAT PREsENTATIoN.-The beautiful she'll
boat so much admired at the Sanitary German
Fair, having been wen by George Frederick
Kune, Esq, of Taccony, was last evening pre-
sented to the Bachelors Barge Club, as New
Years gift by William d. Gemmill, Esq, on
behalf of Mr.. Kune. 1t was gracefully received
by Colonel Latta. At the election of the Bache-
lors Barge Club the following officers were
elected:-President James NJ. LOngacre; Vice.
President, Colonel James w. Latta; Secretary,
John Huggard; Treasurer, f. G. Prosser; Cox
swain, II. P. Atkinson; Assistant Coxswain, j.
d. Mckee.
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LARCENY OF CLoTH.-Last evening" at 6l&
o'clock, man went into the store of Mr.. Got
lieb Yetter, tailor, on Third street, above Brown,
and asked to be shown some goods, which he
said he desired to purchase. During the nego-
tiations another man entered the place and the
two opened conversation with Mr.. Yetter,
during which one of them, watching his chance,
seized bundle of vest patterns and made off
with them. Mr.. Yetter seized the other and
placed him in the custody of police officer. He
was taken before Alderman Toland, to whom he
gave the name of Joseph Myers. Joseph was
held in $1,000 bail for a further hearing,
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A CHANGE OF NEWSPAPER OwNERs.-The
Morning Post of this city has been purchased
by joint stock company, and will hereafter be
published in new form under the name of
The PhiladeLphi0 Morning. Post.
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JEWISH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. It O-morrow
morning, at 10 o'clock, the annual meeting of
the Jewish Hospital Ass ociation will be held at
Concordia Hall. At it the officers to serve for
the ensning Year will be elected.
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THE FIVE POINTS MIssIoN.-Rev. w. G. Van
Meter, superintendent of the Five Points
Mission, is now in town, with number OF the
children of that enterprise. Tomorrow morn
ing the little will participate in the divine
services at the church of Rev. DIR. Henson,
Broad and Mnster streets.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-01-07

Our MARINE.-There are in port to-day,
taking on and discharging cargoes, s steam
ships, 6 ships, 81 barks, II brigs, and 40
schooners-a total of 81 vessels
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10 Dr. MARCH viii preach to morrow at 10Y A.
M. and ~ p. M. Evening subjeet-"The Path
ways Of Palestine" illustrated from his recent
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Shopping In Europe.

Any traveller who has shopped
much in the cities of Europe must
have been amused at comparing the
different customs of the shOpmen.
In England, and particularly in Lon
don, the obsequiousness of the sales
people, both male and female, is
something wondrous. They show
thanks, much obliged upon you in
unlimited numbers. When YOU ask
for anything they regularly preface
getting the article by an if you please
A young lady of good reputation for
veraeity OnOe assured the Nebulous
Person that she has been told thanks,
much obliged nineteen times by ae-
tual count while buying a 'reep OF
cottOn-these articles are not called
'spOols' in the United Kingdom. The
prices marked upon some things are
really amusing. For example, an
article viii be labelled SIS II 4d'-|
one shilling, eleven pence, three far
things-instead Of two shillings; and
buyers delude themselves into beliey-
ing that they have had the article
very much cheaper than if they had
paid the round two shillings. In
Europe the shops can in no way COM
pare, except in eheapness, with our
New York shops. They are neither so
large nor do they contain such
choice of best goods while some o ( !
the handsomest seem to be sent to |
this country. Still, things bought |
there often have 8 charm which they /
would not have If bought las most Of |
them can be) in our own cities. |
Again, the European bazaars are very /
with their multitude Of !
stalls filed with inviting cheap little
nothings. We have few or none such
here, since at the dollar store you can
get nothing short Qfa dollar, and would
be more inclined to purchase in store
Of that miscellaneous character which I
should supply articles ut all prices,
from one cent to hundred dollars.
To the American in London the Soho
Bazaar is a source Of never failing de-
light because it contains a little Of
everything, and everything seems to
him or her so cheap; indeed, as
here is 8 rivalry between the shop
women, they cannot be extravaga1t
n prices.
Americans from the Alexandria
Hotel make the burlington Arcade
me Of their favorite resorts. You
will see them walkup Piccadillv,
urning into the Arcade, passing up
me side OF it and down the other,
everything in the shop
windows with genuine Yankee OBJ
ervation.-'NebUt6 in October GaI-
Iay.
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MMEARING nuT.v

An eminent Florentine, one OF the
| literary and philosophical friends of
Lorenzo de Medici, is credited with
| this saying A painter will wash
his brush and train his pencil, a smith
will look to his hammer, anvil and
| forge, a husbandman will mend his
plow-irOn and grind his AK if it be
| dull, a huntsman will have an especial
care for his hounds and his horses. a
musician will string and tune his
lutte; the Merdti clone neglect that
| instrument, the brain, which tbev
daily use, by which they range over
the world, snd which by much study
IS worn out" This istrue OF many
literary men, but by no means all,
and in these days the observation
would apply equally to business men
who toll with their brains, and give
them no rest until their mental
powers are worn out, and their ply
sical endurance also, for one invari-
ably follows the other.
HEschylus, the father of Greek tra-
gedy. fought at Marathon and Sala-
mis-. Socrates served in two cam
paigns, saving on one occasion the
life of his young favorite, Alcibiades.
Rare Ben Jonson, before he became
known as poet and player, had to en-
counter the drudgery and toll of at
first bricklayer, and then of a COM
mon soldier. Odd preparation it must
have seemed to his countrymen. for
the author of Don Quixote, to have |
fought gallantly at the battle of Le- |
pantO, in which he lost his left hand. |
and afterwards to have been a slave /
prisoner, captive of the Algerines, !
for seven years. Dante served his /
pOuntry as a soldier and statesman.
In the present century we can point
to Sir Walter Scott, fond of and shar-
ing in field sports, and fit ito be a good
trooper on the field of battle, as he
was on parade. Korner welded with
equal distinction the sword and the
pen of the lyric muse. Lord Broug-
hams great and diversified talents
found lodging in a tenement that
lasted nearly century. His mental
and cOrporeal appetites we're equally
and were INDUCED with
equal freedom. u
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FARMERS, BOYS.

When 1 wasa boy, my first savings
OF ten cent pieces, earned by Saturday
afternoon work (for school kept hall
a day on Saturday them were ex-
pended in buying heifer calf. Then
L worked on and paid my father a
certain sum each month for keepiug.
When the calf was one wear Old. I
traded it for two steer calves. and now
had to put in good and strong TO
pay for their keeping; but 1 occupied
all my spare time in learning these
calves to work in the yoke, and at
one year old they would gee and haw
as well as old oxen, and nv father
paid me for their use in leading them
Tor breaking in his two and three
Again, l had a piece of ground each
year after was fourteen, that I could
plant and work on shares: and If /
wanted help, why I had to work two
days Of my time to the hired mans
one day. l grew just what my fancy
and reading dictated, and from the
proceeds dressed as well as any bows
now. / had always some time 70
play, time to read, and now look hack
with love and pleasant thoughts to
the old farm and the farm hand who
taught me how to use every tool, and
whipped me when / neglected to
drive the team out straight at the end
OF the furrOw in plOughing. This
remembrance of my own boyhOOd
has always induced me to favor All
items OF encouragement at home on
the farm; and 1 believe if it were
more generally practised, we should
have more good farmers, and less
broken merchants, or loadng, hang
ing on, time-serving clerks, ready for
anything except honorable labor and
usefulness belonging to the highest
order Of ereation.-FdT M Aduocate.
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The Sneed Of Trains.

"What speed are we going at ?'' is
a question one often hears asked in
railway carriages, and it might very
easily be answered correctly. Most
people, however, have a general sort
Of impression that express trains al
ways travel at the rate of sixty miles
per hour, and when late and making
up time. very much faster. But let
us see what the speed OF some of our
fastest trains really is. The Limited
and Irish mails run from Euston to
Rugby, S2l miles, in two hours, or at
rather less than AZ miles per hour.
From Croydon to Brighton is done at
under 43 miles per hour, and the speed
of the West Cf England express from
Waterloo Bridge is about the same.
The continental trains from Charing
Cross & Cannon street to Dover also
do about 43 miles an hour. Two
trains, however, are rather faster.
The Manchester express goes from
Kentish Town to Leicester, a distance
of 97t miles, in two hours and eight
minutes, the speed being 46 miles an
hour; and the Scotch express from
Kings Cross at $40 reaches Beterbro',
76E miles, in one hour and thirty
seven minutes, travelling at over AZ
miles an hour. OF course in such
long runs the velocity win vary con-
siderably as the ascends or declines,
or in passing stations or functions,
where high speed would be exceed
jDgly dangerous. A few miles may
be done at 80 or 20 miles an hour, and
some at 20 or 80, but the average speed
is usually about 45.-Mechdnics' Hdga-
zine.
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HOW BRECHER KRrrES

1t may interest many readers tc
know something Of Mr.. Beeeher's
habits OF composition. He writes
with inconeeivsble rapidity, in large
sprawling hand, lines wide apart,
and words so thinly scattered about
that some Of his pages remind one OF
the famous description of q page OF
Napoleon's nanuscript-a scratch, a
blot and splutter.
Written so hastily, he writes with
some inaceuracy, and as he finds cor
rection very irksome, he hands his
manuscript over to some one familiar
with hiskand writing, to be prepared
for the press. 1t is then set up, the
rough proof corrected, and 4 fair re-
wise handed to the author. This he
reads with extreme care, and makes
so many corrections and additions,
that it is sometimes cheaper and less
labOriOus to reset the whole than to
correct" from his proofs.
A second proof is then prepared for
him, and sometimes a third and fourth
before his critical judgment is satisfied
and the stereotype is allowed to cast
the plates. 1t will be noticed that in
the preparation Of copy Mr.. Beeeher's
habits are directly opposite to those Of
Mr.. Greeley, who prepares his copy
with great care; punetuatiDg every
sentence, marking every capital letter
and paragraph, and in short eOmpiet-
ing his work before it leaves his hand