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New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-04-04

Two years ago Congress, moved thereto
by the clamor of British free trade agents,
put two dollars in the pockets of the English
iron master on every ton Of pig-iron they
could sell in the United States, and took the
same amount out of the pockets of American
iron masters and American workingmen.
This amounted in the aggregate to sc, GOO, 900
voted to our foreign rival at the expense of
our own industry. And now Congress is
asked to repeat the folly by removing the
duty from salt and coal, and giving the Ca
nadians and English the benefit of it, besides
voting into their pockets ten per cent. upon
nearly all manufactures. This change don't
lessen the price but will increase it. Exps-
rience proves that, and the facts should be
kept constantly in mind by members of Con-
greSs.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-04-04

aar HENRY STONE, Esq, of the Census
Office, has our thanks for "Statistics of
Wealth and Taxation Of the United States.'
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19
JURY TRIALS.

The Circuit and Criminal Judges of the
State meet in esnyention in this city this
morning, to consult as TO the propriety of
some changes in outlaws relating to trials by
jury. We find in the New York Triblueof
the 18th an editorial which, as it concurs in
some views hitherto expressed by us on
this subject, we republish;
For generation after generation, a party
at common law was held to be incapable of
giving any valuable or trustworthy evidence
in bis own case, and yet the great Itch
borne cause seems TO have turned
almost mainly upon the demeanor
and testimony of the claimant
in the witness-bOx. The stupidity
Of the old rule consisted in the assumption,
first, that all men are liars, when it may be
for their interest to lie; and, secondly, that
the best way to get at the facts is not to in
quire of those who, er neceSSitGte, must
know them best. In most civilized lands,
these judicial dOgmas have gone the way of
trial by ordeal and other SUperstitiOus no
tions, The work of law-refOrm, however,
is yet in its infancy. Thus far we have
found out no method of rendering JUS ice
cheap, certain, and speedy. The funda-
mental idea Of jury trials is an excellent
one. Yet still we are as silly as silly can be
in the selection Of jurors. What can be less
rational than our theoryShat juror must not
know that which is perfectly well known to
nine-tenths Of the population? That he must
not, for some time past, have read the
newspapers? That he must not have
formed an opinion or expressed it, when to
form and express One.has been tie fashion?
That, having made up his mind according
10 an unofficial and limited statement Of
facts, it is impossible for him to change IL
upon fresh, authoritative and pieIaTy state
ment made under oath? That be cannot
rive an impartial verdict, because he
appens TO be the third or fourth cousin Of
enc of the parties
Then, too, what greater folly can there be
than to refuse to receive testimony from
witness who has peculiar theological Opin-
ions, and does not believe that he viii be
specially punished in the other world for
perjury committed in this, as if men might
not shrink from falsehOOd out of feeling
of self-respect, or out Of innate veracilv of
nature, without considering the personal
expediency of truth-telling? We do not
pretend 10 say that all these whims of prac-
tice may not at some period of cur Civiliza-
ton have had their value; ana so it may
have been useful once for all the lawyers
and Judges to wear wigs and gowns so it
may have been better once to conduct all
the proceedings in law-FTench SO it may
lot have been amiss to subject man sus-
pected of homicide to the ordeal OF touch.
My should not the world improve in law
practice, as it improves in every other
science? Fortunately The spell is broken.
We no longer believe in the infallibility of
Judges or jurors. We no longer think that
all witnesses are itching TO commit perjury
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19
A ssLOYAL'' VIRGINIAN's REQUEST
To- HIS DAUGHTER.

1t is not often that we find a man who is
standing on the brink of the grave pursuing
his children with vindictiveness that would
be discreditable at any other time. a case
of this kind has, however, been recently
brought to light in Richmond, Va. II is
that of Horace L. Kent, whose will was ad-
mitted to record in the Chancery Court in
that city few days ago. In it occurs the
following passage, which to say the least, is
a curiosity in will literature:
"To my daughter -, who has done so
much to ALLEVIATE my affections, but who |
still deeply and tenderly love, give as an
evidence of the beauties Of her doctrines of
secession and rebellion doctrines and aims
which have reduced me from aflluence to
beggary, and as she yet thinks perhaps that
"The Lost Cause" will be regained, she
may think my bequest as valuable more so
possibly than the same amount given in
Yankee securities. give her the following,
viz: Twenty-Five Confederate bonds Of K.
p. & Co., $50, 900; eighteen servants eman-
cipated by secession, $4,000; insurance and
bank stocks, $4,000; all my claims against
the so-called Confederate Government for
the wanton, cruel and wicked destruction
of my property on the Sd Of April, 1865,
$4,000. / could continue my list to the
extent of more than half million of dollars,
but the above will suffice. She will see
what the effect of secession has been, but
for which could have left all my children
handsome competency"
Mr.. Kent was "a Northern IN an, with
Southern principles" to a certain extent at
least. He had lived in Richmond many
years, Fand as the head of well known
mercantile house, appears TO have made
large fortune. He does not seem, says the
Baltimore Sun, to have had any scruples
against holding slaves. Indeed, his love for
the Union seems TO have been Of an emf
nently material and practical character.
One Of the effects of secession which he
considers so deplorable as to embody in his
last will and testament is the ''emancipa-
ton of eighteen servants, who but for ''re-
belliOn," he might have owned to the day of
his death, aud then bequeathed them 10 his
posterity. He also appears to have had
$4,000 Confederate notes at the demise of
the Confederacy, and, considering the heavy
business said TO have been done by his
house during the war, he must have man
aged matters prudently not TO have had
anger amount On hand.
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Ia ChEtaCe1.N at .FiNSEaCiEEe.


GTATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
- and Master, Chancery Court, Nashville,
March the 18th, 1872. Martha V. Sluder, by, etc,
Complainant, VS.. George A. Allen, Admir- Of W.
Greenfield, ct ais, Defendants.
It appearing from affidavit fled in this cause
that the defendants, George A. Allen individual
ly and as Admir- Of Wesley Greenfield, decd,
Lilly H Greenfield, Robert X. W. Greenfield,
Wesley Greenfield, Thomas W. Morton, Addie
L. Morton, Sue Rebecca Allen, A. B. Sluder,
and G.. W. Morton, Guardian, etc, are all nom
residents of the State of Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered that said defendants en-
ter their appearance herein on or before the third
Monday Of the next term OF said Court, to be
held on the first Monday in April next, (1S2), and
plead, answer or demuT to compliments bill, or
the same will be taken for confessed as to them
and set for hearing ex parte, and that a copy Of
this order be published for four consecutive
weeks in the Nashville Union and American.
A cOpy-Attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JR.,
Clerk and Master.
J.E. Bailey, Solicitor for Complainant.
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apARrr PLATRoRErs ANp TRn

IL = ! .I
Under this caption the Tribune has an
editorial in reply to the World, from which
we extract the following:
If the World earnestly seeks a basis of
substantial accord between parties on ques-
ions Of political economy, It win allow us
to suggest the utterance of the last Demo
tcratic National Convention, held in Tam
fmany Hall, July 4-6, 1868, as possibly af-
,OrdiDg such basis. We think we could
tand on that, fairly interpreted.
The utterance of the last Democratic
National Convention, to which the Tribune
refers, is as follows:
A tariff for revenue upon foreign imports,
and such equal taxation under the internal
revenue laws as viii afford incidental pro-
lection to domestic manufactures, and as
will, without mpairing the revenue, impose
the least burden upon and best promote
and encourage the great industrial interests
of the country. rre
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For Tailor.

WE are authorized to announce WESLEY
w DRAKE as a candidate for Jailor of Da-
wilson County at the next August election, sub
ject TO a convention if one is held. mh12 ten
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19
THE FRANKING PRIyyZEeE.

The New York Tribune has a conundrum
for Postmaster General Creswell. That
paper says:
"The public would be glad to know what
possible excuse the Postmaster General can
lave for supplying the country with copies
OF the New York Times covered by official
envelopes, aud under his own official frank.
Or, if the Postmaster General is bent on
making The postal service free advertising
medium for the aforesaid publication, why
should these papers be sent first to Wash
iugtOn and then again be transported at
public cost? Copies of the New York
Times Of Jan. a, bearing the Postmaster
Generals frank, and containing a defense
Of the Presidents appointments to Office,
have been circulated through the Missis-
sippi Valley and, probably, other parts of the
country. Mr.. Creswell has repeatedly lee
tured Congress on the duty and propriety
of abolishing the franking privilege, but
none of his arguments have been so forcible
as this instance of abuse of the frank, fur
nished under his own hand"
This is an ugly exposure of the practice
Of pretcnder.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19
LEGAL NOTICE OF SALE.
NOTICE.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATED
NASHVILLE, Feb. ., 1872.
FINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ACT
u of the General Assembly Of the State OF
Tennessee, passed March y, 1860, which was di-
rected to be carried into execution by joint resO
lutien No. So, approved Dec. I, 1871, will re-
ceive at my office IN the Capitol, till the LIST of
April next, sealed bids for the sale of the States
interest in any and all Turnpike and Plank Roads
in the State, and win receive in payment for the
same current money, State bonds, past due cou-
pOns, State warrants, and old issue Of the Bank
Of Tennessee.
Persons wishing to purchase will please state
in their proposals in what currency they wish to
pay, and the amount in each, if more than one.
One-tOurth must be paid down, and the balance
in one and two years, with interest from date and
a lien retained. The Commissioners expressly
reserve the right to accept or decline any pro-
pOsal. L. H. BUTLER,
Secretary of State and ex-oiicio Internal I'M
provement Commissioner.
mil d&Wtill aprl
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19

JUDGE PRICE, Of the Louisville City
Court, was indicted some time ago in the
United States Court for refusing to receive
negro testimony. Judge Ballard decid ed
on the 18th inst. that a Judge could not be
held responsible by Indictment under legis-
lative acts for error in opinion. Judge
Price had rendered decision pursuant to
the laws of the Stats of Kentucky, under
which he derived his judicial authority, and
his decision was doubtless made in good
faith, and Judge Ballard did not think Con-
gress has the power to enact law to pun
ish him for so doing.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19
No. {, 101.l
Ia ChNElceTM ut .HinSEauiEEe.


EIl CHGICeI'y at .StHSRUiEEe.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
y and Master Chancery Court, Nashville, March
the I'd, 1872.
Whereas, The Edgefeld and Kentucky Rail
road Company, corporation chartered by the
General Assembly of the State OfsTennessee, and
whose chief Office is in the county Of Davidson,
Tennessee. has this day fled its petition in the
Chancery Court at Nashville, praying for amend
ments TO its said charter, as follows: ''FOr power
to merge or consolidate its property, franchises,
etc, with any other railway company with which
il may be either directly or indirectly connected
or connected by means of intervening lines,
should such consolidation be hereafter desired by
said Company on such terms and conditions as
companies; or TO sell or lease its road and prop
erty and franchises to any such company, OF to
become the lessee of any such company, road or
railroad whether the same be within the limits
of this State, created by, or existing under the
laws of any other State or States, and for power
and authority to change the name of the corpora
ton from Edgeiield and Kentucky Railroad Com
pany to The Nashville, Chicago and st. Louis
Railroad Company" And that the said charter
be amended so that each share of stock shall be
entitled to ONE vovE at all elections.
1t is therefore ordered that all persons who de-
sire to resist the granting of said amendments,
prayer Of said petition, 10 enter their appear
ance herein, on or before the third Monday of
the next term of said Chancery Court, to be held
on the first Monday in April next (162), and
then and there show cause, if any they have or
can, why the prayer of said petition should not
be granted and said charter amended; and that
copy of this order be published for thirty days in
the Nashville Union and American.
A cOpy-Attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JR.,
Clerk and Master.
Bailey & Lurton, Solicitors for Petitioners.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19

THE New York Tribune does not think
that the result of the New Hampshire cleo
ton was such a great Republican victory
after all, that it should be crowed over. 1t
thinks that a State which has gone Repub-
lican for seventeen years, with one excep-
tIon, ought to go Republican on the eigh-
teenth year, unless the party is very rotten.
The smallness Of the majority is what ap-
pears to surprise the Tribune.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19
CHEAP COAL!

HAyINa TAKEN AN INTEREST IN THE
H spacious Coal Mines of Kentucky, known as
the st. Bernard Mines, On the Evansville and
Henderson Railroad, and having cont of the
disposition of said Coal all south of Springfield,
Robertson county, Tenn, we are determined TO
furnish Nashville, Edgefeld, and the surround
ing country and towns so cheap as to put fires in
the reach Of the poor as well as the rich.
We can furnish superior article and abund-
ant supply.
OFFfCE-Corner Union and Cherry streets,
IVES If MADISON STRATSTON & co.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19
MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC STATE
COMMITTEE

1t will be seen by reference to an an
nouncement of the Chairman and Secre-
tary of the Democratic State Executive
Committee, published to-day, that there
will be meeting OF the committee in this
city on Thursday, the 2Sth instant. At
that meeting the time for holding the Dem
ocratic State Convention viii doubtless be
designated.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19
THB ENGLISH MEDICINE
HAS
SAVED HANY FRON An EARLY GRAVE
What Is Money Compared to
Health?
Bead the following Testimonials
From the Rev. DR.. HUNTER and others
-Our oldest and most respect
able Citizens:


DIR. G.. ". HENDERsHOTT, Agent-Dear Sir:
was suffering this Spring with torpid liver.
used part of a bottle of your "THORTON'S
ENGLISH LIVER AND BLOOD PURI-
FER" It cured me at once. Several others,
TO whom have spoken of it, have found great
benefit from its use. am glad to commend what
believe to be so good medicine.
JOHN W. HUNTER.
Nashville, Sept. IS, 1871.
G. W. HEEDERsHOTT-Dear Sir: was sub
ject to chils and fever for more than three years
and nothing but the English Liver Remedy would
cure me. I think it the best medicine in the
world. recommend it to all. Yours truly,
VIM. WILES.
Residence, Buena Vista Springs, Davidson
Co, Tenn.
MR.. HENDERsHOTT-YOU called my attention
to an English kidney remedy which think high
ly of, and you viii please send bottle by bearer,
and Oblige yours, ETC., S. ARNOLD, NJ. d.
Sold by EWIN, PENDLETON & Co, BER-
RY, DEMOVILLE q CO., LITTERER &
CABLER, G. ". HENDERSH0TT, and all
respectable druggists in England and United
States dee12 #
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19

WE are authorized to announce CAPT.
w ROBT. S. PATTERSON as candidate
for Jai!Or at the August election. mhl7 I'd
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19

THE Washington Chronicle considers the
result in New Hampshire ia personal VIC
tory for President Grant" In the Presiden
tial election Of 1868, Grant carried New
Hampshire by 1857 majority. Now when
there is a personal appeal made to the
Republicans Of that State in his behalf, ne
carries it by only about 1900 majority
How many more such victories could he
stand?
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E1l FlE,IEllcea.lE ut Nashville.

OTATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
y and Master Chancery Court, Nashville,
March the 9th, ISIS. G. Moore, trustee,
etc, Complainant, VS.. JnO. b. Talcott and an
other, Defendants.
1t appearing from affidavit fled in this cause
that the defendant, John B. Talcott, is a nom
resident of the State of Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered that said defendant en-
ter his appearance herein or or before the third
Monday Of the next term of said Court, to be
held on the first Monday in April next, (1572),
and plead, answer, or demur to cOmplainant's
BILL OF the same will be taken for confessed as to
him, and set for hearing eX parte; and that CODY
of this order be published for four consecutive
weeks in the Nashville Union and American.
A copy-Attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JR,
Clerk and Master.
Guild & Dodd, Solicitors for Complainant.
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For County Trustee.

WE are authorized to announce E. A.
w MATHES, of GOOdlettsville, in the 10th
District, a candidate for County Trustee, at
he ensuing election in August. mh13-te%.
WE are authorized to announce e. H. CHILL
w DRESS as a candidate for County Trustee
at the August election. mhI7 I'd
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19
large Sale of Spring DRY Goods.

VEATMAN, SHIELDS s. co. WILL SELL
TUESDAY MORNING, 10Th March, COM
mencing at 10 O'Clock, a choice line of fresh
Spring, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods in great
variety, together with our usual assortment of
small articles, making an interesting sale. Also,
late arrivals OF White Goods, Hats, Clothing and
small invoices of Shoes, Cutlery, etc. We res
pectfully invite the attendance Of country and
eitv merchants. mill 2t
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InSOIYeDt Notice.

HAVING SUGGESTED TO THE CLERK
of the County Court of Davidson county the
insolvency of the estate of David Kallea, decd,
notice is hereby given TO the creditors of said es-
tate to file their claims against the same, proper
ly authenticated, with said Clerk, by or before
the LIST day of July, 1872, or they will be forever
barred. THOMAS S. HAYS,
feb22 1aW4t Administrator.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19

A New YORK letter says: Lenten
amusements continue to employ the ingenu-
iy Of our bellies, land one boasts that she has
attended twenty-seven services and read
thirty-one novels since Ash Wednesday"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19

The last sensation in reference to the
musical jubilee at Boston is the report that
several prominent electricians have applied
for the opportunity to fire the guns as an
accompaniment to the national music at
the festival. 1t is proposed to ask the use
of the cable for very short period to fire
the guns in London during the performance
of "GOd save the Queen"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
"a RnalkrlIalEcaf.

THIS rs TO GIVE NOTICE THAT ON T HE
4 Il 18th day of February, A. ID. 1872, war; ant in
Bankruptcy was issued against the es ate of
the jackson Mining and Petroleum company,
in the county of Davidson and St9.te of Ten
nessee, who has been adjudged Bankrupt on
creditors petition: That the Payment of any
debts and delivery Of any property belonging to
such Bankrupt, to it or for its use, and the
transfer of any property by it are forbidden by
law: That meeting of the Creditors of said
Bankrupt, to prove their debts, and to choose
one or more assignees of its estate, win be held
at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden on the
10Th day of March, A. ID. 1872, at O'Clock A.
M, at the Office of the Register in Bankruptcy,
No 81 Cedar street, Nashville, Tenn, before
Alexander S. Bradley, Esq, Register.
WIN. SPENCE,
mario ct q. S. Marshal, Messenger.
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/ MON AND AMERICAN.
TUEspAY, MARCH 10. Isza.

SENATOR SUMNER Is reported as saying
that be receives a vast number of private
letters daily from the most prominent and
respectable Republicans in Massachusetts,
protesting against Grants denomination,
and expressing good wishes for the Cincin-
matt Convention.
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E1g CTsasICery at .S'HSElUiEEe.

Iss ChnslceI'y at .SiGShUiEEe.
CtTATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
y and Master Chancery Court Nashville, March
the 18th, 1872 James Cotton, Alfred Harris,
ThOs. Robinson, Chas. II. White, Jordan Brown,
Elisha GOwen, L. Thompson, Hugh Scales, Sandy
Harmon, ellis Boyd, I. G. Buyer and Jordan
Allen, all citizens of Davidson county, Tenn,
have this day filed their petition in this Court,
praying for a decree of Incorporation as a body
polite and corporate under the name and style of
''The SOutb1gesterH Real Estate Company of Nash
UiIIe, >" with all the powers rights and privileges
granted to the Tennessee Colonial and Immigra-
ton Company, under an act passed MAY "a, 1866,
and entitled Gan Act to Incorporate the Tennes-
see Colonial and immigration Company" The
capital stock paid Company TO be $4,000 to be
divided into shares of SO each, and when 80
shares shall be subscribed, with power to organ
ize as provided in section of said act, and for
all the powers in relation to private corporations
as prescribed by chapter 2, Article f. sections l.
474 to LAY of the Code of Tennessee. 1t is
therefore ordered that all persons desiring to op-
pose the granting of said decree of incorporation
or prayer of said petition, enter their appearance
herein on or before the third Monday of the next
term of said Court to be held ON the first Monday
in April next, (1S72,) and then and there show
cause, if any they have or can, why the prayer of
said petition should not be granted and decree
of Incorporation issue, and that a copy of this
order be published for thirty days in the Nash
vile Union and American
A copy--Attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JR.,
Clerk and Master
VIM A. Glenn, Solicitor for petitioners.
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JLJE ARE AUTHORIZED To ANNOUNCE
w JAMES 7. PATTERSON, of the Ninth
Civil District, as a candidate for Revenue Col
lector of Davidson County, at the ensuing Au-
Gust election. mig I'd