Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-22

/ tied with c0OinesS anu uleCIOuoH.
officers and men under them discnsrgeo
their duty under circumstances calculs1ea
| to excite and aggravste the most expert
| enced troops and are therefore entitled 10
| thu commendation of their superior ON
| GERS. The orders issued from time TO
time were obeyed by all the commands
on duty with an alacrity rarely witnessed
The report concludes by commencing
| the police for their gallant conouct' IL
says their alacrity, courage and oasn III
| attacking the mob, as well as pauence
and GOODNESS in bearing with Its abuse
| and assaults, is cheerfully testified to by
| all the officers of the National Guard,
who witnessed their movements, ana tHey
| are declared entitled not only to the re-
spect of their superiors, but TO the COLL
| dence of the public at large.
Gen. Varian, in his report, which &C.
companies this, states that he gave the
troops specific orders to fire if fired
upon.
AHeavY Blast.
The house of Humphrey Price, In
Jersey City, was partially destroyed last
evening by immense fragments OF sticks
from an overchsrged blsst. Some OF
them made apertures large enough to ad-
nit the passage of horse and cart.
Several members of the family were
within but escaped serious injury.
Improving the River Front.
The work of rebuilding the docks and
piers and carrying out the magnih cent
plans of Gen. Mcclellan for improving
the river front of the metropolis las at
last begun. The chief feature OF this
plan is the construction of river wall of
solid masonry, and give river street zoo
fest wide along North river and 200 feet
wide along East river between the battery
and Thirty first street and 40 feet wide
north of that street.
:DetiDquent Rate-PaYeFss
Comptroller Connolly will sell on the |
10Th of September, l, S63 houses and lots |
in this city for unpaid assessments for
street openings.
A North Carolina Radical Ragged. |
John T. Pickerell was arrested in this |
city yesterday by Detective Tully, charged
with conspiring to defraud the Whining
ton, Charlotte ard Rutherford Railroad |
Company, and was lasteVening given into |
custody to Detective ID. G. Walls, who |
will take him to North Carolina for
trial.
s.The Helping Hand"
a new philanthropic institution, bear
ing the name of The Helping Hand,
Brooklyn, has been organized under the
laws of the State of New York, and yes
terday its certificate of Incorporation was
filed. Among the specific objects are:
l. To instruct women in various use
full pursuits of female labor; to give or
procure for them employment so far as
possible, and when necessary, care for
their children when they go out to their
days labor.
2. To offer temporary relief IN cases
of urgent neod, and aid or lend where aid
may more properly be given. L
8. To establish an industrial school
for teaching those who cannot go to other
schools; also evening schools.
Immigrants.
During the year ending June 80, 1871,
l07, ia passengers arrived at the port Of
New York from foreign countries, of
which number 10l, 015 were actual i'm
migrants.
Triangular.
Jim Mace invites Joe Coburn to meet
him a, the office of the sporting paper in
this city next Monday, so they may come
to some understanding for future meet
ing in the ring. Should CObHrn not be
disposed to make arrangements, Mace
says he will turn his attention to O'BRd-
win.
suicide Of n Crazy Felton,
AUBURN, N. Y. July 2l.-Robert
Buffum, who murdered d. Severans at
Newburg, N. Y, last winter, committed
suicide on Thursday in his cell at the
State Asylum for Insane Criminals, in
this city.
Stean.Ing on the Canal
The steam propeller Cathedral, designed
for canal navigation, went on her trial
trip to dsy. She is about to start up Erie
canal to contest for the prize of 100000 |
offered by the State for the invention of
q canal boat propelled by steam and car
rying a cargo which can go through
canal without ipjuring the banks by Its
wash.
A Girl, T<idnRPPeds
A poor Italian named Pietro Gadella,
of Troy, New York, arrived in this city
q few days sgo, searching for his only
child, beautiful girl ten years of age,
who had been stolen or entiCed away by
a villain named Giocomo Msstane, an or
gan grinder. She disappeared on the
both of April, in company with Mastane
from Troy, and since then no trace can
be found of her. The child is three feet
nine inches high, slim, Of dark complex
ion, with brown hair and dark eyes. She
can speSk very little English. 1t is feaI-
ed the poor child has met with foul play,
or been left with one of the keepers OF
infamous houses in the city.
The Wall street Gamblers.
The Tribune's financial article says.
The continued threats of rupture be-
tween the Northwest aud st. Paul people
leave little doubt in the general minds
that the former harmonious relations will
be restored only when their ultimate OBJ
iect shall have been attained. The pub
lie will do well, however, TO leave the
quarrel to be fought between the inter-
terested parties. Northwestern shares
went off at / and 2 per cent. on consid-
cradle sales, but st. Paul was weak on
light business. There was the usual Cos
SIP atlOu5 LAhC DuOlSB tAO pAl'S OSNNAA6
a lower range This stock is lOOSed up
on by many as a test lever of the market,
and it is thought the course of future
speculation rests in great measure on
the result of the meeting next Wednes-
day.
1t will be remembered that, according /
TO their last report, it was only by the |
strictest arithmetical solutions that the /
company declared an eight per cent. an
nual dividend, the precise figures reflect
ing shout nine per cent as The net earn
ing on the capital stock, thirty five mil.
lion dollars, should result. The object of |
th next meeting will be to increase the |
sin are capital to fifty millions by an addi- |
ton of $15, 200, 600 new issue. The |
question of future immediate dividends |
would be at least problemat,cal, which
nav NOT rOvarT the n 1