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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18
THE TEXAN BORDER
A BlOOd-Curdlilg Indian Atrocitx
- v1.. tss A
1F whites Burned at the Stake.
Mextcans and Negro Desersers an,o,,,-
the Fiends. ''

| NJ
WASHINGTON, May il.-A renort ba.
De'n received at the War Departnent
giVlng details of the massacre by indians
MeXlcans and negroes combined of fbe
persons IN charge Of the train of supplies
Sn-Toute to Fort Stockton at Howard,s
wen, near old Fort Lancaster. THE facts
as reported to Gen. Auger by Col. Merritt
" Inc yin Cavalry, under date of the 29tb
lows: ~ '''' gwen d ioi-
On the 10th inst. arrived with the cal
saIy OF my command at Howards' Well. a
~" nours too late to prevent one of fine
LlOst horrible massacres that has ever been
pelPeIrated onthis frontier. A Mexican
ram ioaded with United States commissa-
ana ordnance stores, ,on its way from San
AnGolio 70 Fort-StOcktOn was attacked bv
lnuIans ~ and plmdered and burned. All
ene people with the train, seven souls in all.
we're Klleu or.Wounded, except one woman.
! NY command buried eleven bodies and |
Drought three wounded men and one wo-
men into this post. wv W.
oeiofe arriving at the burning train the
iirst Injunction we had of theshorrihle dis
5De was alive 70 tell the horror of the af-
fair. Words fail to convey an idea of the
atrocities committed by the de-
mons who overpowered the train men.
Several Of them were taken alive, tied to
wagons and burned.
An old woman was carried some distance
from the place Of attack and then shot and
scalped. Her grand child had its ears cut
off, was Scalped and had its brains dashed
out, while her daughter the mother of the
child, who witnessed it all, as also the death
Of her husband at the train, was carried off
by the fends.
More than one poor wretch crawled from
The burning wagons after the ropes which
bound them had burned of, only to burn
10 blacke ed, umecogniz9ble masses, with
their charred hands and faces raised in pO-
sitions of entreaty. The train had nine
men with it, and the remainder of the par
y were women and children. 1t is feared
hat one woman was taken away by the
)and, though it is possible that she, as well
Is the other bodies Unaccounted for, was
burned to ashes with the wagons.
1t is reported that the band consisted of | I
rom 125 to $50 men and was composed of
indians, Mexicans and deselters from the
Irmy.
Gen. Anger in his report expresses the
pinion that the Indians came from Mexico,
nd this belief is sustained by the fact that [
jIexicans and deserters from the colored
agiments were with them, such deserters
Universally escaping into Mexico.
Col. Merritt got on the trail of the fends
nd found them some eight miles distant ]
n bluff and gave them fight. His troops
ei ng raw recruits, inexperienced in Indian ]
a fare, soon exhausted their ammuni- |
OF l, and further pursuit was impracticable. ]
woman who escaped, reports that six In
Ia ns were killed in the fight.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18

No mortal has right to wag his tongue
much less his pen, without saying some
thing. lie knows not what mischief he
does, past mputation-scattering words
without meaning, to aflljct the whole world
yet before they cease. For thistle-down
flies abroad on all winds and airs of wind
idle thistles, idle dandelions, and other
idle products of nature, or the human mind
propagate themselves in that way, like to
cover the face of the earth-did not a mans
indignant providence, with reap-hook, with
rake, with autumnal steel and tinder, inter-
vene. 1t is frightful to think how every
idle volume flies abroad like an idle globular
downbeard, embryo of new millions; every
word of it potential seed of infinite new
downbeards and volumes; for the mind of
man is voracious, is feracious; germina-
tive, above all things, of the downbeard
species.-CdrLyle.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18

Thousands fan prey to disease, not because
the maladies that affect them are necessarily
fatal, but because they lack the requisite amount
Of active vitality to make valiant resistance to
the enemy. 1t is wise precaution to keep the
body always in a state of defence-always pre-
Pared to ''fend of" the germs of epidemic and
other disorders and to battle the evil influence of
damp miasma and sudden thermOmetrieal
changes. There is no difficulty in doing this. 1t
is fact as well authenticated as that two and
two make four, that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
is specially adapted to this purpose, and for the
simple reason that its invigOrating and regulat-
ing properties are superior to those Of any other
medicine in the world During the twenty years
that it has been in general use, ample opportuni-
ties have been afforded to compare its medicinal
properties with those of other preparations claim
ing to be OF similar class, and the result has
been its adoption by the American people as the
standard tonic of the age, its introduction into
every civilized portion of the western hemis-
phere, and an annual sale which dWarfs into in
significance the demand for all its would-be COM
petitors.
The record upon which its popularity rests is a
curiosity in deal literature for it includes an
almost unlimited variety of human ailments and
disabilities. In fact, no other remedy possesses
such variety of hygienic virtues, and it is to
these characteristics that it owes its prestige as
household medicine. my14 deodlw&w1t 3dp
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JOKE ON Gen. COOPER.

A day or two since VIM. Beard sent
word to Gen. Cooper, United States Reve-
nue. Collector for this District, that during
his absence some one had left barrel of
whisky at his place Of business and as it
was unstamped he didn't wish to get into
any trouble he hoped the. General would
send down and remove it. This was
enough for the Collector, and accompanied
by deputy Gen. Cooper, proceeded to
Boards store and asked to be shown "that
barrel Of whisky" Mr.. Beard, with a
twinkle in his eye, pointed to fellow snor-
ing in a corner dead drunk, and told him
that was the whisky he meant, as he judged
from his adaptability to inebriety that he
would hold about barrel. Gen. Cooper
resembles John Randolph in point of piety,
and persons passing thought he had gone
to see a lady who had disappointed him
from bis allusion to 'Helen Blazes." That
liquor wasn't gauged.-KnO1uile ChrOn-
icLe.
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THE CUBAN BLOCKADE.



NEW YORK, May 17.-Kingston, Jam.
dates OF the 10th inst. state that tbe steam
er Edgar Stewart, with a cargo of war ma.
terlal for Cuba, but with clearance paper,
from New London for Kew West. arrived
there on the 18th of April. Prior to her
arrival at Kingston she made point at
cuba IN the night and sent boat-Ioad of
men ashore, who failed to return. She
again put to sea, and returned to the same
point the next night, but the men
uid not come back to her. A
numDer OF Cubans on board the Stewart
Then rose against her commander and took
possession, but being chased by Spanish
war vessel they restored him again to com
nland and he ran her into Kingston report
ing her in distress. The captain preferred
charges of mutiny against the crew whoin
Turn preferred charges of filibustering
against the captain. The result of this Iiti-
gatlon was that the vessel was put in CHARGE
VI the naval authorities at
Fort Royal. After the examination
ene Vessei was delivered to the United States
G1onsni, she having kept under the guns of
niltisn steamer Plover. Meantime Span-
lSh war steamer arrived to watch the move
ments OF the Stewart and the United |
states steamer Wyoming also arrived |
4he Captain of the Wyoming nut an off
'er and crew on board the Stewart and she
VIII De sent to Key West, the Wyoming
6FAIN.
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TI,e Ranfisf Seminar.

The Chattanooga Times of yesterday
says:
Col Nash II. Burt, who was sent to Raj
eigh, n. c., together with Foley Vaughn,
Esq, to represent the interests Of this city
before the General Baptist Convention re-
turned to the city yesterday. He says
Chattanooga stands a very good chance OF
being selected as the site of the University.
A committee of seven gentlemen, none OF
whom reside in either Georgia, Kentucky OF
Tennessee, has been appointed to decide
between the conflicting claims Of Louisville,
Atlanta, Nashville, and Chattanooga, with
full power vested in them for the location.
They will visit each one of these four cities
at some time during the coming summer,
and we have no fears of the result of their
personal inspection Of ChattanOoga's advan-
tapeS.
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Every persons feelings have front-door
and a side-door by which they may be en-
tered. The front-door is on the street.
Some kept it always open; some keep it
latched, some locked, some bolted, with a
chain that will let you peep in, and not get
in; and some nail it up so that nothing can
pass its threshold. This front-door leads
into passage which opens into an ante
room, and this into the interior apartments.
The side-door opens at once into the sacred
chambers. There is almost always, atleast,
one key to the side-dOor. This is carried
for years hidden in mothers bosom. Fa-
theirs, brothers, sisters, and friends, often,
but by no means so universally, have dupli-
Gates of it. The wedding ring conveys a
right to one; alas, if none is given with it /!
-AutOcrdt Of the Breakfast Table.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18

G. Minor Quarles and bride, nee Miss
Marie Browning, of Clarksville, are guests
of the Maxwell House. 1t was but a few
days ago our young friend launched his bark
on the sea Of matrimony. May bright
smiles of love and unclouded happiness be
theirs. Miss Lucie Quarles, brother of the
groom, and his cousin, Miss Katie Quarles,
of Kentucky, accompany the happy couple,
who were visited and congratulated by a
large number Of friends yesterday after
noon.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18

Gov. Brown leaves this morning for
Washington, to endeayor, by authority of
an act of the last Legislature, to adjust the
claims of the State against the United
States growing out Of the appropriation of
railroad iron and. other property which be-
longed to the State.
Or. Dickinson, editor Of the Paris In
teIIiqencer, was in the city yesterday.
Biount S. Clardy, of Montgomery coun-
ty. is among the enthusiastic visitors to
the races and Exposition.
We were pleas @ to receive a visit yesterday
from E.. b. Lurton of Clarksville, and Sam
M. Gaines of Ho Jkinsville Kentucky, bOth
brilliant young members Of the legal pr
fession. Walter NJ. Moore of the Hop
kinsvine (Ky.) Advertiser is in the city.
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PRESBYTERIAN.
The General Assembly at Richmond.

The General Assembly at Richmond.
RICHMOND, Va, May 1.-THE General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in
the South was in session here to-day. Rev.
DR.. Welsh, of Arkansas, was elected Mod
orator, and Rev. L. p. Bunting, of Texas,
Clerk. About one hundred delegates are
present.
Resolutions were offered by Col. j. T.
L. Preston, Of Lexington, Va, inquiIing
into the expediency of adopting an optional
Hturgical service, caused considerable SEN
sation. 1t was made the special order for
Tuesday.
Little Rock, Arkansas, was designed as
the place for holding the next annual meet
ing
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CarIIst Contradictions.

MADRID, May 17.-News have been re-
ceived Of fight at Manaria, and the defeat
of the Carlists, numbering 5000, by force
under Gen. Letorna. The insurgents lost
q killed and large number of wounded
and prisoners.
PARIS, May 17.-It is reported from the
Spanish frontier through Carlist channels,
that the Government troops had been de-
feated near Bilboa, with the loss of many
prisoners.
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RiOtinE Begun .

LATER.--The strikers attacked num-
Der Of laborers on the works of the Metro
politan Gas company, on Sixty-second
street this morning. An extensive fight
ensued, during which the strikers were
driven off by the Germans, and the police
protected the wOrkmen from further inter
ference.
The Master Masons to-day agreed to
adopt the eight hour system of labor on the
lst Of July; wages to be 81 per day.
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GREAT BRITAIN.

A Cunarder Goes 10 Pieces on the
Irish Coast.
LONDON, May 1.-THE agent of the
Cunard Line has received information Of
the loss of the steamer Tripoli from Liver
pool to Boston. The TripOH went ashore
on the South Tusken Rock off Carnsane
Point on the Irish coast.
The crew and passengers were saved, but
the vessel will be total loss. Little of The
cargo can be saved.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18
SPECIAL NOTICES.
BATCHELOR,S HAIR DYE.

This superb HAIR DYE is the Best in the
WOrId-Perteetly Harmless, Reliable and In
Simultaneous No disappointment. No Ridicu-
lOus tints, or unpleasant OdOr. The genuine w.
A. BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE produces I'M
MEDIATELY a splendid BLACK or
NATURAL BROWN. Does not Stain the
Skin, but leaves the HAIR CLEAN, SOFT and
BEAUTIFUL. The only safe and PERFECT
Dye. Sold by all Druggists. Factory 16 BOND
ST, New York. mh9deOd1y sA3p
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NEW YORK.
The General Strike.

New YORK, May .17.-The journey
men plumbers, are the latest addition to the
eight hour strikers. The carpenters of
Williams burg have joined the movement
for eight hours labor without reduction of
pay. The sash and blind makers he'd a
meeting last night which will probably re-
suit similarly
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18

THE town of CRANKY, Niconet county,
Minnesota, has Invested 500 in strychnine,
to be used by the farmers of that town for
the purpose ofpoisoning black birds. Other
towns are talking of taking a similar
course. We shall probably soon hear COM
plants of the depredations of bugs in that
region,
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JAPAN.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

WASHINGTON, May ia dispatch
from Yokohama, Japan, 23d Of April, says
that by an Imperial decree, the Lenno of
Japan has abolished all edicts directed
against christianity which have been in force
for over three centuries.
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Installation Of Pastor.

Rev. DR.. Hoyte viii be duly inducted into
office as Pastor of I'd Presbyterian Church
Sunday morning at II A. NJ. By order of
the Presbytery, DR.. Rice and j. w. Neil
will attend to this impressive service. The
public are respectfully invited to be present.
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ON MARRIAGE.

Happy Relief for Young Men from the
effects of Errors and Abuses in early life. Man
hood restored. Nervous debility cured. I'm
pedimsuts to Marriage removed. New method
of treatment. New and remarkable remedies.
Books and circulars sent free in sealed envelopes.
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No.
South Ninth. street, Philadelphia, Pa.
aD20 3m SD
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SOUTH CAROLINA.


ATLANTA, GA, May 16.-H. w. Hen
drick, United States deputy marshal of
South Carolina was indicted to-day in the
Fulton county Superior Court for fraudent-
ly altering bench warrant. he was ar
rested and he Id in $4,000 bonds.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

1t is denied ''by authority" that Presi.
dent Grant ever said he would out his pres.
ent henchmen from Office if reelected.
Delano was dallying il Salt Lake yester-
day.
The trial Of Rev. DR.. Berkley fist Louis,
another Huston scandal, proceeds apace.
The rain of Thursday night washed away
two bridges on the Missouri Pacific.
The cabinet makers of New York re-
solved en- masse yesterday to join the GEN
eral strike on Monday. .~.#
The General Presbyterian Assembly, now
in session at Detroit talk of transferring the
Danville Theological Seminary to San
Francisco.
FOREIGN.
The Canadian Parliament has almost
ratified the mythical treaty of Washington.
Madrid officials report another defeat of
the Carlists.
THERE were 1926 births, 437 marriages
and l ,552 deaths in Richmond, Va, las
year.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18

HORACE GREEI.Y, in bis "Essay on
Farming" says thai the only way to eiiec-
tuallY destroy "widow's weeds" which
seem to thrive in some kinds of soil, is for
the husbandman to say, "Wilt thou ?''
They generally wilt.
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The Alabama TraD.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE House res
olution for final adjournment on ne Sd 40o %
June was referred to the Cnmmittee ,it .cu on =,
Finance. 'iiiAi9'ee Oh
AT the expiration of the morning bour
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18

THE manufacturing statistics of the Cen
sus Bureau are so far completed as to show
that the gross products of manufactures
last year were four thousand million dol
lars.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18

Wisconsin papers complain of a man who
was mean enough to elOpe with the only
school teacher in Green Bay, thus shutting
up the school.
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WASHINGTON.


A Gard. n
40 the Editors Of the Union and American
6, WASHINGTON, d. c., May r.
prs; As You have to-day published
senator Conkling's slanderous attack nnor
Ine Associated Press and some of its em.
Ployees, please give me space to saw that
a. al OF AIS statements relating to me. exeent
Cne statement that sit in the reporters;
gallery, are absolutely false. = ~ '0'
Respectfully, A. DEvrNr
reporter OF the United States Senate for
the Associated Press. 1850 iO1
The Alabama Trap.
The Committee on Foreign Ra,o.;o
considered the additional article In the tbe
co5,oi,,.; l1~Jy ~ washington to-day, and without
adjourned until tomorrow.
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roREIGN

THERE are more Baptists in Georgia
than any other State in the Union; North
Carolina ranks next, and New York third.
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Old White Hats
THE TURF.
The Great Race at Lexington To- Day,
The Races Yesterday.

The Races Yesterday.
LEXINGTON, KY, May 1.-THE attend
ance at the races to-day was very large,
considering the weather. Much rain fell
during the night and morning so that the
track was very heavy, fully six inches Of
mud. Both races were ran in heavy
rain and the favorites beaten in both. The
time though slow was good considering the
condition Of the track. The track promises
to be very muddy tomorrow. 1t was
thought Longfellow would not run in con-
sequence, but Mr.. Harper stated to the Off
GERS of the Association that he should run
LOngfellow rain or shine. On account
of this declaration, and the fact that
FrogtOwn, who has made the fastest
mile and a quarter and the fastest mile and
three quarters on record runs against him,
great interest is being manifested in the
race. Strangers, who are arriving in large
numbers, will not be disappointed. The
meeting so far has been brilliant success,
due in great measure to the untiring en-
ergy and zeal of Capt. 0. p. Beard Of the
Executive Committee. The club to-day
appointed committee TO purchase for pre-
sentation to him one of the handsomest Of
timing watches as a testimonial for his ser
vices.
The entries against LongfelloW are Susan
Ann, Hollywood, Hildrick, chestnut mare
Sy War Dance, Tallaria, Metella and Frog
town.
SUMMARY.
First race, mile heats, purse 5000.
REYNOLDS C. f. Elsie, 3 years DID,. l l
Thomass MOllie Cad. ....,....,.... 2 2
McIntyres ch. c., years old. ..... 3 dis
McGrath's b. T. John Doe. e.......... dis
Wards ch. f. Sunfewer. er........,., dis
Time, 1:54aa: 1879.
Second race, selling race one and one
fourth mile dash.
Robinson Jr's. ch. f. Florence J........
Richards C. C. SpendthrifI. ............ 2
McIntyre's b. G. 4 years old. ........... 3
Thomas b. C. Piggy. gy.........,........ 0
Vney's c. f. May Wiley. ey................ o
Thomas b. G. MephiSto. ........-..s.... o.
Grinstead's b.f Moselle. e..............., 0
Wards ch. t. Minnie Lee. ...,,,,,,,... y
Time-2-23i.
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Two things, says Kant, are sublime: con
science and the stars. lJE e 4"
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After various amendments of the tariff
bill in Committee of the Whole-Mr. Beck
moved to insert paragraph authorizing
one half Of the customs, duty to be paid in
Legal Tender Notes.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, suggested
one-third.
Mr.. Beck accepted the modification.
Mr.. Sargent offered as a substitute to
to make the notes of gold banks duly or
ganized under the United States laws re-
ceivable for import duties. Rejected.
Mr.. Beck's proposition making One-third
of the duties payable in legal tender notes,
was agreed to by a vote Of "a to 63.
hlr. Sargent offered a prOviso that Ma
tional bank notes required to be redeemed
in gold may be received for import duties.
Agreed to.
Mr.. Dawes offered additional proviso that
the provisions of this section (Beck's) shall
not go into effect until the National curren-
cy shall be at par with gold. Rejected 90 to
Mr.. Garfield moved to adj section provi-
sion that it shall not continue in force except
as to gold notes after any increase shall be
authorized by law in the present volume
of inoteS.
Mr.. Whitthorne moved to add to Garfeld's
amendment the words, Except notes is
sued to retire the five per cent United
States bonds" Rejected: Garfield amend
ment was rejected 46 to 76.
Mr.. Starkweather moved the that section
should not go into effect until after year.
Rejected.
The Committee rose on motion Of Mr..
Dawes, because it was so diticult to get
quorum to vote.
Mr.. Dawes moved to revoke al
leaves of absence after Monday next,
and to grant no more during the present
session.
After considerable collOquy as to the ab
sence of members, and the difficulty in get
ting those in attendance to vote, MIR. Dawes
offered a resolution directing the clerk to
request all absent members to return to
the House.
Mr.. Dawes resolution was adopted, and
the House again went into committee on
the tariff and tax bill.
"A motion to put
Old White Hats
and coats on the free list Was rejected.
The Committee, on reaching the internal
sections of the bill, rose, after a
motion by Mr. Speer to repeal the whole
internal revenue system, on which no vote
was taken.
House adjourned.
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The eyes of other people are the eyes that
ruin us.-FrdTELin, I.
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Habeas Corpus suspensiop

act came up as unfinished business.
Mr. stockton sent up and had read tel
eSram from Senator Bayard who was alb
sent on account of illness, expressing hone
Mai;dt MAJ the bill would not be disposed of unit
sf,,..sI;sy, ,,.sI;.y,,, "nen he expected to be present
MeSSrS. Thurman ana CaSSerIy prOpOSeu
to postpone the consideration of the bill.
Messrs. Conkling and Morton urged Mr..
Scott not to consent to postponemept.
Mr.. Scott then addressed the Senate at
length in advocacy of the bill.
Mr.. Pratt followed in support of the bill,
urging its passage as necessary for the pro-
lection of the loyal colored man.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Pratt's speech
an order was made on motion Of Mr.. Sher-
man, that the pending bill shall be taken up
at II N. Monday, and that the session
Tuesday shall not end until the bill has been
disposed of