Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-27

ready 70 s1cedr they were all f1olc within
stones throw Of where he sat.
This sudden outburst of suspicion was
answered only by wild look round among
the ."clerks" present, who were cOntem-
plating, each, a sleepless night in long,
slim, lonesome store, where the bloody bur
glars would be sure TO preWl. One thought
the human demons deliberately premedita-
ted killing Mike Murphy, the clerk "a aetIdeT
look round among the clerks) and burning
the house after blowing open the safe and
securing the money. Another took less
alarming and more probable view, that the
burglars thought no one slept in the store,
because there had been recently change Of
| clerks, and having gotten into the
room where the safe was and
the clerk slept, be was aroused, and be-
| ing dscov red, they killed him to save
themselves; and having Killed the poor fell
low and blown open the safe, they set Ere
| to the house, hoping that every trace of the
! horrible crime would be covered up in the
smouldering ruins, end the whole appear to
have happened by accident, and the perpe-
| traitors thereof elude the searching eye Of
the avenger. This last is certainly the
most natural view Of the case.
The Board OF City Council viii meet to-
| night. It is said they viii vote reward Of
! five hundred dollars; this added to the FIVE
| hundred offered by Gov. Brown will make
one thousand dollars reward for the appre-
hension and delivery Of The parties proven
to be guilty. We will notify you in due
time of any developments proper to be
made public.
g. j. Norman, whose loss by the fire was
very severe, is young man, but he bears
it like an old soldier, "used to fires alarm"
And in the face of heavy losses and bust
ness Frustrated, he is still as ready and
willing as any body to Cive literally to
every enterprise; so his actions have proven
in the past few days.
RELIGIOUS.
Rev. James A. Orman preached at the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, last
Sunday at 105 A. N. and Z p. NJ, with fine
effect. In the morning he preached giUing
sermon, and presented forcibly the claims OF
the ministerial Educational Aid Society"
l never heard a speaker more completely
corner in every body, young and old, rich
and poor, saint and sinner, than he did in
that sermon. His call for help was literally
answered, considering the circumstances Of
the Church at this place.
According to previous proclamation, a
number of citizens from different portions
of the county assembled at the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church last Saturday, and
organized
BEDFORD COUNTY SUNDAY-SCH0oL ASS0-
CITATION.
Officers were elected, a constitution
adopted, and the first annual meeting ap-
pointed for the Sd Saturday in July. The
President &c. Shapard, ESQ may call
ia i'm,
portant move in the right direction, and
deserves the hearty cooperation of every
lover of religion and education in
the county. Sunday-schools are free-will |
offering; they cost nothing. We have no |
organized system of common schools, and |
there are poor white children who will not |
be educated except through the Sunday |
school. One recitation a week is meagre |
education, but certainly much better than |
none. Beyond and above this considera-
ton there is a moral culture, an insight into |
things eternal, that is impaired TO multi |
tudes of children nowhere else.
The prime object of this "Associstion ="
is to strengthen, aid, and assist all Sunday |
schools in the county that are weak and |
struggling for existence, and to furnish the /
agents and the means to establish them |
where they are not.
Our "TempIe of Justice" is rearing its
righteous head toward the heavens. The
Circuit Court clerk moved into his office |
yesterday which has been conveniently fit
ted up.
The county courtroom is nearly COM
pleted in elegant style. 1t will be ready to
accommodate the Circuit Court, which con-
venes next Monday. If Judge Williamson
has the time to spare its session will be
long one. There are about three hundred
civil and one hundred criminal cases on the
trial docket. ITEMIZER.