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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
GRANTS CHIEF JUSTICE.
a General Feeling Of Disgust Over
Williams NOminaIiOn-The RePub-
Iican Lawyers in the Senate Urging
tie Withdrawal of williams.
From the New York Sun.


WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-One OF the most
caustic remarks on the Presidents message
was made to me to-day by Republican
member in good standing with his party.
IL was to this effect:
In the opening paragraph Of his message
tbe President regrets the failure Of Jay
Cooke and Henry Clews, and neglects to
nav a decent tribute to the late Chief JUS
tice Chase.
THAT was a singular OMISSION" L re-
marked: show do YOU account for it?"
>.probably because he did not wish to
suggest any comparison between the late
ornament of the bench and the gentleman
he has selected as his successor replied
my friend.
Apropos of this il can be safely said that
of all President Grants appointments, not
one has created such profound disgust as
tbe elevation of Williams to thc Chief Jus
ticashin. Ihave not heard lawyer, whetll-
or Democrat or Republican, who does not
feel bumiliated. 1t is said also that there
is GREAT probability Of the Senate refusing
10 confirm his nomination. This, however,
| doifbt: but determined opposition will
undoubtedly be made by leading RepuDll-
can Senators who cannot entirely sinh
tboir professional pride and subsequently
vote 10 elevate to this high and responsible
nosition a man whom they know to be TO
tally unfit, both as a lawyer and as a man
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. THE opposition
70 the confirmation of Attorney General
Williams on the part Of Republican Sena
TORS has not subsidized. Some OF them are
H,ory hitter in their condemnation of it; ano
it is S reported that a number of them calleo
mon the President Yesterday, and request
ed him to relieve them of their embarass
ment nv withdrawing the obnoxious ia1P
Doiniment. II is stated that Senators Ed
munds, Carpenter, Wright and FreIlnShuy
sen are among these.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
THE RAILROAD INTERESTS.
Number of Companies Now i'm Default
Prospects of Payment. =.
From the Cincinnati Times.


New YORK, Dec. 6.-Seventy-two rail-
ways in the United States are now in de-
fault on their bonded debt, some sixty hay
ing defaulted this year. Among these are
the following roads, either Western or hay
ing Western connections:
Atchison and Nebraska, Burlington; Ce-
dar Rapids and Minnesota; Chesapeake and
Ohio; Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque; Chi
cago, Dubuque and Minnesota; Chicago,
Danville and VincenneS; Detroit and Mil
waukee; Louisville, New Albany and st.
Louis; Missouri, Kansas and Texas; New
Orleans, Mobile and Texas; Chicago and
Lake Huron; ST. Joseph and Denver; st.
Paul and Pacific, and the Toledo, Peoria
and Warsaw.
Some large corporations, like the Chesa-
peake and Ohio, and Kansas Pacific, are
issuing income bonds, in the place Of their
coupons, payable from ten to five years,
while a few expect to pay their coupons
directly after certain necessary delays.
The Presidents of the Kansas Pacific and
other companies are now abroad to lay be-
fore foreign capitalists holding their bonds
the condition of the defaulting roads and
prospects of paying the interest passed.
Only very few foreclosures areanticipated,
as most of the roads are considered solvent,
having been compelled to default on ac-
count of the extraordinary money strin-
gency.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
PINE LAND SWINDLE.
Documentary Evidence of the Wiscoh'
sin Pine Land Fraud. duplicating
Secretary DelanO and Others.

TIOlu Inc OulSd5o lAhOc.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 5.-The Dis
patch this evening de1otes five of It's
columns to an eepose of what it terms
chapter of rascality in connection with
the contract made with w. A. Rust, OF
Eau Claire, Wis; for the sale of the
pine timber on $4,000 acres of land OF
the Lac Court D. Prielle land of Chip
pewa Indians Of that State. The ee-
pose is startling one, giving the his
tory of the transaction in detail, as
furnished by the correspondence be-
tween the parties, while the sale was IN
progress. One of the charges made is
that, in consideration of the sale to
Rust, $4,000 was to find its way
through Secretary Delano's son, John,
into the Grant election fund. In it's
editorial comments on its e5pose, the
Dispatch says: ''As the investigating
commission now in this city is waiting
for more formal charges, we respectful
ly file with them the charges and doc
umentary evidence in this issue of the
Dispatch, and request the reeonsidera-
ton of the subject. We especially in
vite the consideration of Congress,
which has the power to send for per-
sons and papers, to the record present
ed. We invite the attentionof the pub
lie to the enormous swindles being per-
petrated by Secretary Delano and his
subordinates. We invite those to read
who have really believed that Rev. E.
P. Smith is what his Christian title
signifies; and this record is scarce the
beginning of what is to follow"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
WORKING WOMEN OUT OF EMPLOY.
From the st. Louis Globe

NEW YORK, Dec. Sat present
thousands of working women here are
out of employment, and the institu-
tions to which they can look are few.
The local and general governments viii
perhaps give work to large number of
men the coming winter, but it can find
none for women, and they must there
fore by necessity be dependent upon
outside aid. 1t is a singular feature of
the labor crisis that large number of
women employed in making umbrellas
and parasols have taken this time to
inaugurate the strike because a reduc-
ton of wages has been made by their
employers. 1t would seem that at such
time work at any price would be pre-
ferable to idleness. But there is a
Parasol and Umbrella Makers Union.
embracing about l, 100 women, and they
have funds in their treasury to the
amount of $500. Doubtless this seems
large sum to girls whose average
earnings do not exceed 81 week; but
it viii go only short way toward keep
ing the wolf from the door. One
hundred and fifty members are now on
strike; and, if other dealers follow
the example already set, to reduce their
scale of prices, their employees will be
compelled by tie Union to strike, and
in less than a month their funds would
be exhausted.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
The BreadstuTs Trade.
From the New York Bulletin.


The market for breadstufs for the week
ending Dec. has been characterized by ex-
treme dizziness, and for the most parta NOM
inal market until the close, or near the
close, when holders gave way, and the mar
ket declined quite rapidly, considering the
season of the year, without stimulating de-
mand to any extent except in corn, which
is the only article on the whole list in
which even fair business was done on the
closing day of the week to fill freights, and
the activity is likely to prove only mOmen-
tary while the general market is in such
weak, lifeleSS condition. This turn in the
market from the strong position and active
market of last week and the week before is
generally a surprise to the trade, who
looked for a still stronger market after nav
igation had definitely closed. But the re-
suit shows that its effects had been largely
discounted by the shippers and receivers
both beforehand, and that the former had
made more liberal purchases in anticipa-
ton, while the receivers had crowded the
market up under this shipping demand
faster than foreign markets could be made
to respond. Hence a lull, if not momenta-
~ stagnation, was almost inevitable, SO
long as so many of our receivers are COM
PEELED to sell their receipts on arrival, or
nearly so, because they have not the ability
to carry any stock.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
NASHVILLE UNION AND AMERIoAN TUESDAY DECEMBER o. 1873
in New York and Liverpool

quotations in New York and Liverpool
during the day:
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 8, 1:OO.-Cotton dulet
andunchanged. Middling uplands Ss6S5d;
middling Orleans Sa6S5d. Sales to-day
1900 bales, Of which 1900 bales are for
export and speculation.
L1vERPOoL, Dec. 8, 3:O0.-Cotton I'M
changed. 1Iiddling uplands Ss6S5d; mid
ding Orleans SaN8Sd. Sales to-day 1900
bales, of which 1000 bales are for export
and speculation. Sales of American 6,6OO
bales.
New York, Dec. s, Cotton
Ordinary 1870; good ordinary 14Sc; strict
good ordinary ID 1916; low middling 154c;
middling f5sc; Alabama 165c; Orleans 16i.
Market weak.
NEW York, Dec. s, 1O:3o.-Cotton-
Futures easier. December delivery Is 1-16
615ac; January Is 11-32615ic; February
Is 11-16615sc.
New York, Dec. s, 1O:55.-Cotton-
Futures steady. December delivery Is Liz
6155c; January 15sc; February 15sc;
March 165c; April 16 7-16c; May 1910
16 15-16c, Sales 5000 bales.
New York, Dec. 8, 12:10.-Cotton-
Ordinary 1896; good ordinary 14sc; strict
good ordinary IA 15-16c; low middling 151lc;
middling 1850; Alabama 16sc; Orleans 16s.
Market quiet. Sales for consumption ia
bales; last evening for exports 100 bales.
NEW YORK, Dec. s, 2:15.-Cotton-
Ordinary 1870; good ordinary 1890; strict
good ordinary IA 15-16c; low middling 15tc;
middling 153c; Alabama 16ac; Orleans 1853.
Market quiet. Sales on spot 500 bales.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2:15.-Cotton-
Futures easy January delivery 15t615 B.
Ice; February 15-11-16c; March is 1-16c.
Sales 1920 bales.
New YORK, Dec. s, 3:05.-Cotton-
Ordinary 1899; good ordinary 144c; strict
good ordinary IA 13-16c; low middling 15aac;
iniddling 1890; Alabama 16c; Orleans 1910.
Market quiet. Sales for exports 200 bales;
for consumption 7S5 bales; for speculation
6 bales; in transit 100 bales.
NEW YORK, Dec. s, 3:30.-Cotton-
Futures quiet and unchanged. December
delivery Is 1-32615 3-32c; January 15t6
Is slice; February 10 11-166152c; March
166165c; April 16S616 7-16c; May 16 IL
16016ac. Sales $4,000 bales.
New YORK, Dec. S.-Net receipts 64,-
40 bales; exports to Great Britain 6,S72
bales; to the continent 23,760 bales; stock
510,114 bales.
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700; extra, 81. 75mS.25; family, SS.5069.O0;
extra family, S9.0069.J0; fancy family
s9.75610.25.. GRAIN-Wheat-ehoice
white, S1.s561.S7; amber, S1.67561.75;
red, S1.57561 .65. Corn-white, 95cd$1;
mixed and yellow, 93G95e. Oats-mixed,
roc. Rye, $3.50. Barley, S1.40.
Corn MEAI--City bolteds s161.O5; coln-
try, 95c6S1. .borars,s-eI
SAVANNAH, Ca, Dee. 5.--BAe0N--
Fair stock, demand large and prices firm.
We quote: Clear rio sides, S0Sac; Shout
ders S6SJc, scarce; dry sailed sides and
bellies, 7a6Se; hams, sugar-cured in CANVAS,
13615c. e. BUTTER AND LARD-Butter
20625c; Western, 2S635c; Goshen, STA
40e; Gilt Edge, 43d45c. Lard 99010c in
tierees; 11611ae in tubs...... EGGs-
Market well supplied. We quote at %
030c 90 dozen, wholesale; retail, 33d}5e
:. ..FLOUR-Supply good; demand mod
crate at quotations. We quote: Northern
and Western sIiperfne, S7.006S.25; extra
$S.5069.50; family, S9.5On10,50; extra
family, S11.50; fancy, S12.50. -. GRAIN
--COrn-Stoek good. Demand moderate.
We quote: White 95c; mixed or yellow 20
692ae. Rye S1.J0 per bushel.. =. HAY =
Stock ample, market quiet. We quote
Northern at s1.35n1.45 wholesale, and
S1.5O01 go at retail; Eastern $1.4561.50at
wholesale, and $3.50 at retail; Western,
S1.75G1.S5 at retail. 49,. HIDES, Wool,
ETC.-The demand for these articles during
the past week has been moderate. We
quote: Dry flint, 13c; dry sailed, 9G1lc.
Deerskins, 25c. Wax, 25c. Wool, 236
25c bury wool, 10G20c. Tallow, SC. Otter
skins, 50c6S2. 80, according to quality.
POULTRY AND GAME-There is an ac-
tive inquiry for these articles with a fair
supply. Chickens are selling at S0c6S1. 10
full grown; half grown, 60665c per pair;
geese sell at S1.40G1.60 per pair by the
dozen pairs; turkeys s1.5062.0O per pair.
The above are wholesale figures; retail
prices are 5 to 10 per cent higher. -.
OArs-Stock good, demand moderate. We
quote at 75690c. 49,. ONIoNs-NOrthern,
S5.0066.00 per barrel. 49,. POTATOES
Northern, good stock and selling at 5000
$50 per barrel. -. APPLEs-Ma Market over
stocked, and sell at S3.OO63.50 per barrel
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS.
Validity of Commissions Issued by
the Military Governor of Tennessee



the Military Governor of Tennessee
Affirmed.
From the Knoxville Press and Herald, Dec. I.
The case of w. g. Kahn VS.. e. T.
Hall, determined in the Supreme Court
yesterday, presents some questions of
interest.
Kahn had been sued in ejectment in
1859, in the Circuit Court of Knox
county, Judge Brown presiding. The
court was closed by war before a trial
was had. Military Governor johnson
appointed e. T. Hall judge in 1864, be-
fore the term of Judge Brown ex-
pired. Pending the war, he held
term of court and tried the
suit in Defendants absence, and gave
Judgment against him. Cain, ignoring
the trial and insisting that Halls COM
mission was void, appeared in court in
1871 and moved the court to try the
cause. This was refused, and he ap-
piled to the Supreme Court for man.
damus to compel the Circuit Judge to
try it, but the writ was refused.
In an elaborate opinion by Judge
Sneed, the court affirmed the right of
a conquering power to establish courts
for the trial of controversies among the
citizens of the conquered territory, and
sustained the validity of the appoint
ment by Gov. johnson.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
THE SALARY REPEAL BILL.
Character of the Bill to be Reported
"A sharp Contest Over the Presi-
dents Grab.
From the st. Louis Republican.

IIOln INC 81. LOuls htlupilCdli.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The special
committee appointed by the back-pay eau
Gus to draft salary repeal bill, agreed to-
night to report the bill introduced the other
day by Niblack, of Indiana, with some
notifications. The bill provides for the
repeal of so much of the salary act as re-
lates to the pay of members, Senators, the
Vice President, Speaker, and other officers
CT the House and Senate, thus reducing
the salaries to the original figure. The
salaries of the President, Supreme Judges
and officers Of the Cabinet remain as in
creased last session.
There was a sharp fight over the question
of the Presidents salary, the two Demo
Gratis and one Republican on the committee
in favor of reducing it and the other five
Republicans voting against it. KassOn Of
Iowa is the Republican who had the nerve
to vote for the reduction of the Presidents
salary. The caucus itself was in favor of
reducing all the salaries, but when the
committee came to act, and the response
bility was narrowed down to the shoulders
of a few, that few proved unequal to the
Presidential pressure and succumbed.
They hid behind the clause i'll the consti-
tuition which provides that the Presidents
salary shall not be changed during his term
of office.
From the Louisville COurier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1T is understood
tonight that the House committee on the
salary question have agreed on a bill repeal
ing the salary law so far as it affects men,
bers of Congress, but without any retrOact-
i've features. This will leave in force the
old law providing $1,000 per amnum and
ten cents per mile for mileage as the COM
pensation. The question of the Presidents
salary was discussed, but nothing ON the
subject is incorporated III the bill. 1t is ar
ranged that by consent Of the committee
Mr. Hale, of Maine, will offer resolution
providing for an amendment to the COnsti-
tuition, providing that any increase of pay
hereafter shall not be retroactive in its OPP
Grafton. The assent of the Senate to the
bilf is very doubtful. Mr.. Beck will offer
his bill as an amendment, if Mr.. Blaine
will give him the opportunity to do SO.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
The Cook.rooT, of the Rodv.

The food that has been cooked in the kitchen
must be re-cOoked in the stomach before it can
be applied to the nOurishment of the body. AS a
means of facilitating this second cooking, i'm
cases where the process is slowly and imper-
fectly performed HOStetteT's Stomach BitteTs
is invaluable. 1t promotes the generation of
heat in the living laboratory in which the crude
materials for building up and recruiting the hui
man frame are turned into convertible aliment.
But this is not all. 1t acts beuefcially upon the
cellular membrane which secretes the gastric
juice, upon the liver, which produces that natu-
raj laxative, the bile, upon the vessels which
ents which connect the digestive organs with
the channels OF circulation. If any portion Of
this complex machinery is out Of order, the Bit
tiers will set it right, thus promoting vigorous di-
gestion, healthy secretion, and the production
of pure, rich, DEMONSTRATING blood.
deco dlw&wlt
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
SOUTHERN PRODUCE MARKETS.

AUGUSTA, Ca, Dec. G.-BACON-Clear
sides S269e; clear rib Sa69c; shoulders u
6Sc; sugar-cIred hams, canvased, 1O612ac;
dry salted bellies &c; long clear S..69c; clear
rib S6Sse; shoulders 7a6Sc. Tennessee
meats none. ...BUTTER-Goshen3 S640c;
country and Tennessee scarce at 25G130c 81
fb. 49,. Cow FEED-Wheat bran $1,000 %
ton; stock meal 9069jc.. COUNTRY Pro
DUCE-Eggs 2SM30c; chickens-hens, 300
35c; frying size 25630c. Butter-eOuntry,
I5620c; Tennessee 25030c. ...FLoUR
City Mills-Stoval's Excelsior Mill
Little Beauty, $3.50; Extra, 5000; Golden
Sheaf, 1925; Pride of Augusta, $lO.7j.
Augusta Mill-Gilt Edge, $1,000; A No. l.,
$3.50; Extra, SS.75; Tip Top, 1925; o. h.
Superfine, S7.75. Granite Mill-Pilot,
IS. Sunbeam, SS.1 70; Double Extra, 1915;
Fancy Family, 5000; Empire Mills-lm-
perial xxx, $10.50; Lily White, XXX,
1913; Brilliant Xxx, 5000; Hot Cakes Y,
$3.50; Rock Mills, superfine, $500. Coun-
try and Western flour-supertine, $1,000
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
SIFEERING INIOWA.
From the st. Louis Globe.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 6.-Adjutant
General Baker returned last night from the
northeastern counties, and reports that the
accounts of suffering among the homestead
ers has not been exaggerated, and that
many families will have to be cared for dur
ing the winter, and in the spring there will
be need of seed to plant the ground they
have broken up. A resolution was present.
ed to the City Council last evening author
izing the clerk to purchase one hundred
tons of coal for the homeSteaderS' fuel, and
the provisions now needed.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
Nashville Produce Market.

PEANUT-We report small sales to-day
at Sc per bushel.
DRIED FRUIT-We quote at &c for apples
and quarter peaches, and SC for halfpeaches.
EGGs-We quote at 25c per dozen from
wagon.
Observation-Disclosures are paying $3.50
from wagon, and selling at $3.50 from store.
PoTAToEs-We quote at S1.50 per bar
rel, loose from wagon, and us from store.
FEATHERS at 45G50c.
BEEswAx-We quote at PC, and market
dull.
RAGs-Dull at pc.
GFNsENG-We hear of sales at $1,000
LOS.
WooL-Market dull at 1Sd23c for I'M
washed, and 33637c for washed.
BROOM CoRN-Market active at SAFE.
HAY-We quote at $18625 per ton, &C
cording to quality.
PoULTRY-Spring chickens command 10
61Sc.
BUTTER-We quote at 1S623c for good
to choice.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09

Tennessee bonds continue to advance,
closing in New York at 20. They would
bring here"7S, while brokers hold at soc.
The past due coupons are worth Sc
Comptroller's warrants are quiet but are
rather scarce. Dealers pay 90692 and hold
at 94695c.
Our local securities are quiet with but
few offering for sale, and they are all held
at firm rates. For quotations we refer to
those given by the Nashville Savings Com
pany, corner Union and College streets.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
Nashville Provision Market.

Market strong, packed from store as fol-
lows:
BULK MEATs-Shoulders 5a655c; clear
rib sides Tic; clear sides re.
BACoN-Shoulders &c; market about bare
of sides.
HAMs-Sugar-cured canvased 10c.
LARD-Hart Il Hensley's snow flake
pastry in tierces Sc; half barrels 9aac; kegs
9s610c; buckets 10ac; prime in tierce SEC.
BREAKFAST BACoN-We quote at 93c.
BEEF ToNGUEs-We quote at $500 per
dozen.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
Financial.

Business continues very brisk with the
banks though the main thing done is the
discounting sight cotton bills ON New
York, which are offered quite freely and are
taken at : off.
The banks check on New York at par,
while they buy bankers drafts at 4da dis
count.
Gold remains without material chance,
closing in New York at 1095. Dealers here
pay 108 and hold at 10, with very lii'ie
doing. Silver is taken at 102 for halves H..
quarters.
Government bonds are firm and are high
er. The following are the quotations at
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
SUudrieS,


SEEDs-Clover $3.50; timothy S3.73M
400; orchard grass S1.75; blue grass S1.75;
herds grass $1.50; millet out Of season.
CoTToN YARNs-We quote at lie, 13c,
15c and tic for 700, 600, 500 and 400.
SHUCKs-In demand at $3.50 per 100 lbs
for hacked, and St.50 for rough.
WRAPPING PAPER-We quote small at
SOC; medium 75c; double crown 81.
IRoN-We quote as follows: Tennessee
bar &c % fb; Kentucky do. SC; Tennessee
band 669c; Kentucky do. 5166Ic; Tennes-
see boiler plate sc; boiler heads 94c; fire
box 10c, sheet; common 6d7c; do. Ken
lucky 7469ttc; do. Tennessee S69ac.
BARRELs-We quote OF 45c.
GLAsswARE-We change our quotations
to suit the card rates as follows: s by 10
1878; 10 by II SIPS; 10 by IA $500; 10 by
16 1915; II by IA 1915; II by 10 SS.75; Il
by is 1925; II by 20 1925. Discount
40l.
FLAsKs-The quotations net are as fol-
lows: Half pint s2.75; pint 1915; quart
$4.75.
CANDIEs-We quote stick candy 15c;
common fancy 16c.
OoRDAGE-Jute 13c; grass zoe; cotton
30c.
PEPPER-We quote at 27c.
SPICE-We quote at 16c.
GINGER-We quote at 16c.
TALLOW-We quote at &c.
ORANGEs-We quote at 50 per barrel.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-09
Nashville Flour and Grain Market.

FLoUR-Market strong and brisk, as fol-
lows: Superfine S4.7565.00; Xxx $500;
xxx 500; choice family $S.006S.50.
Corn MEAL-We quote unbOlted per
bushel 62ac; bOlted Csc.
CoRN-No shipments to-day. We quote
at SOC loose from wagon.
WHEAT-Sales of 1000 bushels to-day
at S1.3501.45 per bushel.
OATs-Market dull. We quote at 520
55c in store.
BRAN-We quote at $500 per ton, loose
in bulk, and 5000 per ton, sacked and de
livered in depot.