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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-03
O'DOnOvan.Bossa i'm New charac.
snsslai to the clneinnati Commercial.

Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
NFw YORK, July Ex-senator Henry
Wilson was in the city TO-DAY. and after a
private consultation with O'D onovan- Ros-
sa left for Indiana. Rosa is now en- ardent
Fenian eyiles were lionized by Tammany
and accepted from the Tweed party cash
present Of fifteen thousand dollars. Rossa's
game is to run for Congress in Morrissey's
old district, now represented in Congress
by VIM. r. Roberts. To achieve this, Ros-
sa has secured the cooperation of the Gus
tOm-house ring, and is daily visitor at the
Grant headquarters, Fifth Avenue Hotel.
His claim to control large Irish vote is
entirely groundless, not half dozen of his
ccmpatriots following him over to the Radi-
cal side.
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TENNESSEE BONDS closed in New York
last evening at 7S4 for the old issue and
73 for the new.
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ELEOTION RETUHNs.

COTTON is more active in New York
at an advance to 2lSc for middling.
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CHELBYvILEI LOCATEDTN ONE OF
4 ~ the best SECTIONS of Middle Tennessee. An
accommodation tram gees to Nashville daily
The object of this notice is TO give Information
that the circulation Of the SheibyTille
CoAINIERC IAL
Increased during last year from 500 to zoo
. ADVERTISING RATES So mo-, g, eq.l
moor 2sas. 1 mo-, %; more space or longer time
given in proportion. Address
feb2 eod6m lstp S.sA.GUNNINGEAM
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NIGHT REPORTS.
ATeIegram from set,r,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Judge Settle te-
legraphed to Postmaster General Cresswell
three other Republican candidates for Con-
gress and probably fifth in North Caro-
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Boutwell, Absent from His Post and
Government Employees Go Unpaid.
Interesting Information Concerning
a DeTauIting Collector.

A communication in the Tribune gives an
interesting bit of information about the
gross favoritism shown by Grant to Reeve
nue. Collector John MclIarg, who is father
in-lsw of Gen. Horace Porter. A deputy
Of McHarg's AIMED John Phillips defaulted
in the sum Of $4,000, and fed to Europe;
McHarg was lefC liable TO the government
for the amount stolen, and the law held lin
responsible for the acts of his sUbordinates.
No suit, however, for the recovery of the
money has ever been brought against Nc
Harg or his bondsmen, and nothing has
been done to hold them accountable i'll any
way, although the government authorities
have not extended the same immunity to
other Collectors, placed under similar cir
cumstauces. Another reason for this IA
voritism is that honest Tom Hurphy was
one of McHarg'S bondsmen. Lewis j..
Kirke, who was Collector previous to Nc
Harg, had to pay the Revenue Department
$4,000 which had been stolen by his dep
Uty. -- E
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GOLD continues strong in New York, at
I15.n115s.
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Cheering Dispatches.

New YORK, Aug. 2.-The following dis
patches from North Carolina were received
tonight at the Liberal Republican and
Democratic headquarters
Weldon, N. c., Aug. Our victory is
complete. The majority will be over ten
thousand M. w. RANSOM.
Raleigh, N. c., Aug. 2.-Rockingham!
county's gain of 800 secures the election OF
Leach in the fifth district, and the defeat
of Settle. WIS. MASON,
Chm'n Liberal Repub. Com.
Raleigh, NJ c., Aug. 2.-Returns from
johnson county show Conservative m a.
jority of POS, but Smith, Radical, carried
the county by n. Rogers * very doubtful,
We are sure Of five r:eiil rs of Congress
and large majosity ia, p..tll branches OF the
Legislature.
t.G Later.
WILMINGTON, n. C., Aug. 2.-M erriInan
is elected Governor by from 5000 to 10000
majority. The Conservatives have certain
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WEAKLEf COUNTY.

d. G. KENNEDY, Sec'y.
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~ elected six of the eight congressman,
leaving the raleigh district in doubt. 1t Is
thought Rogers, Conservative, beats Smith
In that district by about 100 votes.
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Summer.

GA11ATrN, TENNESSEE, Aug. O.
Official vote in Sumner county as far as
heard from, 4th district TO hear from: For
Supreme Judge, Mcfarland 1905, Cooke
451. For Sheriff. W. 81. Joyner 1896, W,
FL. Phillips 5l2. Revenue Collector, Thos.
S. Ellis 1884, L. W. Lawrence 1. Trus-
tee, ]. B. Malone 1872, j. W, Stewart l,011,
Nv. Wright $50.
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Bedford.

SHELBYvMLE, Aug. 2.-The vote of
Bedford as far as heard from is as follows;
Sheriff. Fonvile, It'll, jackson, / 200; Tax
Collector, Davidson, 1899, Ray 1,175, Dun
ava, 2S2; Trustee, Goodrun, I'LL, Greer,
LILO; Supreme Judge, Cooke, 625, Nc
Farland. d62
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A Protest From DIR. HOuard.

Letters from Cadiz, Spain, give the latest
intelligence from Emile Houard. He was
awaiting remittance from relatives, ex-
pecting to sail direct from Cadiz, July %, in
the Steamer Alexandra, for New York.
DR.. Houard tells how he was compelled to
accept his release based on "a pardon.
Thereupon be sent to the Spanish Govern
ment vigorous protest, concluding as fol-
lows:
"ConsciOus of my Innocence of each and
every one of the charges by virtue of which
1 was sentenced by the Cuban council of
war to ten years preside and the contisca-
ton of my property, | protest against all
idea that, in thus being elected from prison,
l admit my guilt or abandon any claims
may have on the Spanish Government for
damages and redress. In witness whereof
l extend this protest, ct the Consulate of
the United States, in the city of Cadiz, this
10th day of July, 1872, before the Consul
of my nation"
Houard denounces the jail at Cadiz as
filthy beyond description, and the jailor as
veritable devil 10 human shape. The
Doctor declared he had for nearly two
years suffered; cruel, unju5tifable and ille-
gal imprisonment, his businessin the mean
time being ruined and his health injured,
having never been granted any hearing in
the civil courts. He claims, as an Ameri-
can citizen, that Spain has violated her
treaty with the United States, aud on ar
irving in America he will seek redress by
all possible means. The pardon forced
upon him he regards as an insult added to
injury.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-07-20

The nice bit of description concerns
ing Edinburgh may serve as Il hint to
American tourists who propose to
- do : Scotland this summer: . From
C0llaudCr to Edinboro is one Continu-
GUS scene of cultivated landscape, which
realizes to the eye the idea OF Emer-
son, that a British landscape Is SO fine
that 1t looks rs If finished with the
pencil rather than with the pillow In
this beautiful tract Of country the
farms assume the aspect of estates rs
compared with the small rent-holes in
Ireland, IN all parts of which the dry
stone wall aud hedge-row literally cut
mp the whole face of the country
INTO little patches and fragments. As
the tram shoots along over the smooth,
soiidly- built road, glimpses of magnit
cent mansions surrounded by Nelvety
lawns and highly ornamented grounds
are caught, and the mind Is made SEN
slhle Of in purity of atmosphere and Il
depth Of beauty of verdure such as one
must see To appreciate. 1t is an esect
as phenomenal rs the twilight which is
"a such clcarness and duration that the
regular summer evening stroll in Edin-
boro ends at the postoffice, where the
letters are taken out and read on the
street at half past nine o'clock.
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Christianity in England.

The Christian Evidence Society Is
giving lectures in London under very
high patronage, with view to meet
the various forms of unbelief prevailing
among the higher classes, but they do
not apparently succeed. Although
archbishops and bishops take the char,
and learned professors deliver lectures
'of the most abstruse character" ac-
cording to the reports, but very few
persons attend. Among those present
at the second lecture, however, was
Mr.. Chas. Bradlaugh, or IconocIast, -
the well-known atheistical lecturer. who
asked permission to reply. The Bishop
of Gloucester, who was chairman. pro
posed to put the question to the meet
ing, but Mr.. Bradlaugh was disposed to
leave the matter III the Bishops hands,
and apparently accepted a negative an
swer, for he said no more With unbe-
lief among the upper classes, admitted
infidelity among the working men, and
innumerable splits and jangles between
the sects to which the middle class be-
long, Christianity seems in a bad way
in England, and Mr. Bradlaugh, if he
wishes it, may take some of this to his
own credit"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-07-20
Increase of German Emigratien.

The landed proprietors of North Ger
many have taken alarm at the rapid in
crease of emigration, and they are
shrewd enough to use bait which soon
est tempts the German peasants They
propose to offer land to the men who
will agree to stay at home. Meetings
of landholders have been recently
held, in order to consider the condition
of the laboring class, and appeals have
been made to the government for the
adoption of measures to facilitate the
acquisition of small holdings. 1T was
argued, with much force, that if the
German peasant could obtain his own
plot of ground, he would not only be-
come permanent resident, but would
also be the foe of the international
Society
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Appearances Deceptive.

Speaking OF temperance reformers.
some one tells d good story at the ex
pense OF one of the most ardent of
them-a person whose whole heart was
IN the work to such au extent that he
hadn't time to mend his fences or take
care Of his farm.
distinguished temperance lecturer
was to address the citizens in the town
where the reformer lived, and the lat
ter took 1t upon himself to meet him at
the station, and take him home with
him to entertain him The lecturer
was laxative, and full of 'Fthe cause. +"
"There now," said he, as they drove
past handsome farmhouse, " any one
can see at once that temperance man
lives there. Everything indicates it
there's thrift, and industry, and con-
tentment, and no doubt happy home
there. Isn't it SO 2"
Yes, was the reply; " Squire -
is temperance man, and has very
pleasant home and family
Il was certain of it," said the lee
turer, But here is place" he con
tInued, as they came to an old house
with dilapidated fence and neglected
appearance, that you'd pick out any
where as the house of drunkard see
the old hats in the windows and broken
fences, and the neglected appearance
everywhere; you can't make any mis-
take about such place; it sticks ont all
over that it's the home of a sot -
He was about to appeal to his enter
tanner for the truth of his surmises,
when that gentleman pulled rein, and
turning the team up to the neglected
fence remarked, with something like a
sigh, 81 live here"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-07-20

know where an CID PHILOSOPHER dwells-
A bearded svnc OF wit ard sense,
In broad, white tent with curious cells,
On the sunny side IF the garden fence.
He passes his days in virtuous ease,
Watching the world with his many ewes
And perhaps he is sorry when he sees
How his tent entangles the moths and tiles
have neirhbur 2 legal nm
We meet Oh the sidewalk every day.
H. Is shrewd to argue, and scheme aud plan
Is my legal neighbor over the way:
He talks. perhaps trIfle too much
But he knows such 2 vast deal more than |
We have n our village a dozen such,
Who do 40 labor-the L. I'd knows why.
But they eat and drinl the very best.
And the cloth that they wear is soft and fine
And thsy have more money than all the rest.
With handsome houses. aud plate and vine
And Dol der at times when tired and lame.
How strangely tue gifts Of fortune fall:
And wonCer if we are not to blame
Who haCe so little, yet pay for all.
Alas, for tie workers throughout the land
Who labor and watch, but wait too long
Who wear the vigor Of brain or hand
IN tritljEg Pleasures, and drinh, and song.
But my nrighbOr IS he who understands
All social riddle, and hc explains
That some must dor with callous hands
While others may work with tongue and brains
Though he doesn't mabeit So very clear,
Why he should fare much better thdn one
AhO does lore work il q single year
Than he IL all ms hte has done
bnt he argues out Of All demur
With logic that fogs my common senst.
Aud ] think of the old philosopher
Whose shlngle" hangs by the garden fence.
= Ft0m The Aidiae fer INN.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-07-20
Up in u Balloon.

The Boston Traveller gives the follow
ing lively account of a voyage through
upper air made by one of its reporters.
The danger of Journey through the
clouds IN company with two lunatics
was experienced by the writer last eve
nlng at an hour past seven o'clock. In
company with friend he took passage
III the balloon Castle in the Air." I'M
der the charge of Prof Allen, of Provi-
dence, II. j. The passenger list com
prlsed the Professor himself, the two
parties above alluded to and pair of
thick skulled, drunken Irishmen with
bottle of whiskey. The fact that
these men were drunk and the presence
OF their bottle of liquor, however, was
not known until after the ascension had
commenced
At first one of the men, q burly fell
low OF $50 pounds weight, refused to
obey the orders of the aeronaut, insist
ing upon sitting at one end of the bas-
ket, where his weight caused the load
to careen III very dangerous manner.
Not satisfied with this, he opened the
bottle of liquor and drained its con-
tents at a draucht, throwing the vessel
at the crowd one thousand feet below.
He nest attempted to dance a Jig, and
tried to gain possession of the cord at
tached to the safety valve, but was
finally induced to sit still for a mo-
ment. The wind was blowing strongly
at that time, and it was at the best a
difficult task to preserve the proper
equilibrium. Prof Allen therefore
decided to ascend and made the usual
signal to the engineer The lunatic.
for such it would be charitable to call
HIM, countermanded the orders of the
Professor to the crowd below, and did
all he could hot only to endanger his
own worthless life, but to imperiI the
safety OF all the passengers Ill the bas-
ket.
A thrill of horror ran through the
spectators as they began to realize the
horrors of the situation. The basket
swayed hither and thither at the mercy
OF drunken IDIOT, and it was apparent
to all that sudden death was imminent
to the unfortunate ba!loonists. Pro
lessor Allen himself fully realized the
dangers of the position in which we
were placed, and it was difficult for
HIM to preserve the necessary GOODNESS
with which to superintend the workings
of the balloon. Finally, he managed
to convey his orders to the attendants
below. and the balloon was slowly
drawn down through a calmer region
of air to the ground. The occupants
dIsembarked unframed, and were
showered with greetings by the eager
crowd, who had, many times, given up
all hopes of ever seeing them alive.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-07-20
The New York Canals.

The canals of the State of New York
were very late in opening this season,
and much grain was diverted from
them during the early weeks of naviga-
ton, IN consequence of fears of trouble
from low water as we have before shown
But of late the volume of trade passing
through them has been very large. The
effect of this increased business is seen
in decided gain in the amount Of tolls
collected. The revenues from all the
canals for the fourth week i'll May were
Sal, OS3.9O, against $105, 219.49 in the
corresponding week last year, showing
an increase of $50, 764 80. The col
lections for the first week of June
reached $40, $50 81, compared with
ISL, 949, 81, received III the same week
of 1871, gain of S2S, SOL 10.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-07-20
THE TREE OF CORTEx.
IN A't ~ Intamous Vand,.ism.
from the san Francisco Bulletin

From tho san Francisco Bulletin.
one OF the great historic trees OF the
world has Just disappeared through an
act OF vandalism, the motive for which
II IS utterly impossible to discover. Ev-
cry student of history viii remember the
story OF the 'Neche Trieste" or e'NIght
Of Grief, when the Aztecs, iufurlated
at the discovery of the fell DESIGNS of
the Spanlards under fernando Cortez,
the representative filibnster of all time,
3ssailed his force with indiscribable
fury, cut II 10 pieces, and almost sue
ceeded ~ cutting off the few survivors
'n their escape from the City of Mexico
~ teulnG mp the causewav which led
across the shallow waters of the lake to
the mainland, IN the direction of Cha
puttcpec The Spaniards, hemmed
N on all sides, and fighting
hand to hand with the energy
ut desperation, forced their way
along the causeway, step by step, and.
Ivy throwing the bodies of the dead
tntc tire gaps III the cauaewav, succeed
gd at last III dragging their artillery
over them and reaching the solid land
Cortez, wounded, disheartened and ex-
naustcd, halted under a great cypress
tEee, near where the Garita de San Cos
mo IN the walls of the city was subse-
quoatly located, and there rallied the
remnant OF ms forces for the retreat
towards Tlaxcala, where he found the
allies, who subsequently enabled him
10 reduce the city to capitulatiou This
tree was always held III great reverence
by the MeNlcans, both by Spanish aud
indian descent, and church was
erected by 1T in COMMUNICATION
ot the event which occurred
there, The Tree of Cortez''
stood green aud fourishing, though
large sections Of It's gigantic trunk
We're decrYed, until last month, when
some vandal filled the cavity with rags
saturated with coal oil, set them on
tire IN the night, and at dawn only a
heap OF smoking Goals marked the spot
where this great historic landmark had
stood. Private letters received from
the City of Mexico say that the great
est Indignation was awakened there by
she dastardly outrage, and the Govern
mont and the Historic Society had
offered rewards for the discovery of the
perpetrator ri It,
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KILLED BY A FAtsEHooD.- 90 He is
dead, sad a friend OF ours the other
day, III answer to an inquiry after the
health of Il mutual acquaintance,
" Dead you don't say So Of what
did he die p "Of credulity' was the
reply, che believed in patent medi-
cine of which the chief ingredient was
forty rod rum, and it proved the death
of him. This was true; the unfor-
tunate man had taken for liver COM
plant, compound of fiery alcohol and
root juice, and it had killed him. Now.
did that misguided invalid require a
tonic? He did; but not a spirituous
excitant. The writer of this brief
statement is confident, from his own
experience, that if the Martyr to
Dragged Alcohol had resorted to DIR.
WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs, instead
OF to the poison nth medical name which
proved fatal TO him, he would to-day be in
the land of the living The Justly popular
vegetable specific cont aims no destructive ele-
ment. 1t Is a tonic that does not excite a
CathartIc that does not weaken, an antisep1iC
that neutralIzeS the seeds of disease IN the
blood and other fluids of the BODY and cen
eral Alternative which arrests diseased action in
the sccretIve organs. and restores the tunc-
tlonal regularity Indispensable to health and
vlGor. We are no friend of indiscriminate
praise and believe that many pa tent medicines
are merely poison. but the experience of thou.
sands has proved the VINEGAR BITTERs to be
all they cillm.--Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-07-20
The Science ot ManurpS,

The Immediate value of all fertilizers
composed OF animal or vegetable sub
stances Is to hc estimated from the per
centage Of ammonia Tor nitrates) and
soluble phosphoric acld contained in
them. TO this, for more remote re
suits. may be added those substances
which by decay yield the compounds
Of nitrogen lust mentioned, aud the so
called Inaoluble phosphates, which
by action of natural agencies
are very slowly dissolved III the
soil. The quicbness of the
action of these substances is
due to the rapidity with which
they are distributed by water through
the soil, and thus brought within
reach OF the minute roots of plants,
because ammonia is volatile. Largely
ammonlated manures should always be
mixed with the surface soil, never be
left exposed t. the air and never mixed
with alkalies, which expel 1T from its
combinations with acids. The nitratcs,
which are peculiarly liable to leach
away in drainage water. should not hc
buried deeply in the soil, and
may commonly be most adj
N'thtttGSpUSiN uStt rs top dressings,
aud are found - yield much better re-
suits when used III connection with
common salt than when applied alone
Bone meal from raw bones may be used
early ~ the season, rs It's organic mat
ter Is capable OF yielding mnch amonia
and may he applied early i'll the sea
son, but suferphosphate or burned
bones Will lnsrcr an equally good pur-
pose later, their utility depending only
on their contained phosphorus, Which
does the most good TO vegetation at,
and little before, the development
and ripeniug of the seed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-07-20
How II Came AboDt.

The New York Mercury accounts for
the loss of Mr.. Jefferson's eyesight as
follows: Although warned of the
fatal consequence over year ago IN
New York, he persisted in using patent
magnesium flash to heighten the effect
III Rip Van Wrinkle In the scene
where he is turned out of his home
the light or flash strikes directly in his
face; also in the scene on ascending
the mountain, on the %. p side he
PUSHES through it. This magnesium
flash is one of the most powerful and
penetrating substances now IN use, and
when Professor Rogers III his lecture
gave illustrations with the flash he beg
ged his audience not to look at the in
strument but on the ceiling, to note the
effect OF the rays. as 1T was otherwise
very dangerous to the eye. Mr. JET
terson has the warm wishes and the
hope of speedy recovery, aud that
the worst has passed is the hope of
every lover of art Iii the country"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-07-20
parlperiSm in England.

The statistics of pauperism in Eng
land are frightful. On the first of Jan
nary last the number Of persons in re
ceipt of relief from the poor rates in
England and Wales was 9S1 ,0i2, or enc
~ twenty-three of the population; Of
the number % per cent. were receiving
indoor relief. and 81 per cent. out
door relief. The most significant part
Of the figures is that of the pauper pop
natlon 80, 5l2 are ahle-bodied adult
males. and 1142i7 able-bodied ad Iii
females.
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ATaSsIZ' Discoveries.

Agassiz, after showing by actual dis
covery that types of remote animal
life still exist on the deep sea bottom,
in accordance with previous predic-
ton, now substantiates his glacier the
DRY by indubitable facts drawn from
observation. The Hassler expedition
has enabled HIM, as never before to
examine carefully the rock formations
and the glacial phenomena of South
America, and he does not hesitate to
declare that ice has fashioned the sur
face of South America, as it has that OF
Europe and this country. He discov-
cred in the southern part of South
America traces of huge rivers of ice
that once moved from the frozen South
Pole towards the North. The Hassle1
expedition has thus been instrumental
in bringing to light some of the most
important scientific facts, and in adding
new luster to the fame of our greatest
scientist