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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-24
WASHINGTON.
Grant Gets His Dander Up.
The Nomination of Williams VIII
Not be Withdrawn.
Emphatic.

Emphatic.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-The President
stated emphatically to-day that the nomi-
nation of Attorney General Williams &c
Chief Justice would not be Withdrawn and
that he had never contemplated such q
thing.
h. IL. stephens vs.. Social Leyelism.
The colored delegation composed Of Geo
f. Dawning, Frederick Douglass and 9TH
ers had an interview to-day by appointment
with Representative A. II. Stevens, OF
Georgia. Stephens freely admitted that
colored rieE as citizens were entitled to
full protection in their civil rights without
any indivldious prescription, but that it
was the duty of the respective States and
not that of the Federal Government yet, in
order to secure them.
A bridegroom Talking of Ee0it0iIiy.
Gen. Belknap, Secretary OF War, is dis
posed to cut The estimates of the war
department down to the lowest possible
limit. Those for military service proper
received his personal attention, and were
calculated as closely as possible, but he
proposes to readiust them and reduce them
rs far as the actual requirements of the
service will permit. The estimates of ap-
prorriation for Notifications, armament of
forts, and for rivers and harbors, amounting
in the aggregate to about twenty million
dollars, can be very materially reduced.
Congress can decide as to the locations
where appropriations are needed.
Want to tumble Things.
1t appears almost all the departments are
burdened with additional clerical work by
the operation of the act requiring separate
accounts to be rendered under each appro-
priatioh and for each fiscal year, as well as
by frequent calls from Congress for reports.
The Holidays.
All tho departments viii be closed at
noon during the holiday week.
The outstanding legal tenders are $780,
234962.
The President and his company return
ed this morning from st. Louis.
The DureII Investigation.
Representatives Wilson and Eldridge, Of
the Judiciary Committee, will leave here
Saturday for New Orleans. 1t is their in
tention, while avoiding State politics and
complications, to investigate all the acts of
the Federal Court which, it is charged,
taint Judge Durell's official conduct.
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A STARTLING STORY.
A Maniac Sea Captain with One Hum
dred and Fifty Tes,s of Gunpewder.

OfeO anu E1ity Tons Oh 6unf0HocA'
The LiterpooI Mercttry 0f Not. %
gives an account of terrible affair oc-
curing at sea, from which we eondense e
the following: The River Eden, aves-
sci of about FIVE hundred tons. halllng
fiiiohn Liverpool, left London Oct. 10,
for Valparaiso, having on board q gen.
eral cargo made up in a considerable
degree Of combustibles, and intending
one hundred and fifty tons of gunpow-
der About three weeks after leaving
port, the captain, whose name was
Bowden; manifested signs of insanity,
The symptoms increasing rapidly, and
declaring his intention Of blowing up
the vessel. One night, after having
been persuaded to retire from the deck,
where he had been acting in very
excited manner, he appears to have
satutdted ef5iyy Thing ii his cabin
with parafine oil and fired it.
The mate, on entering the cabin,
was struck ON the head by shot from
the Captains revolver, but was not
seriously injured. The men OF course,
found it impossible to distinguish the
flames, and the danger of All explosion
of powder was imminent. The boat
was therefore got out, and the Captain
being disabled by blow upon the arm
with handspike, was with some con-
siderable difficulty put on board, the
crew abandoned the doomed vessel and
rowed away as rapidly as possible,
having had no time to secure either
extra clothing or provisions: At day
break the vessel blew up. Several
hours afterward the boat was FORUM
ately picked up by the Juanita, Capt.
Harlock, of North Shields, and the
poor fellows, about seventeen in num-
Der, rescued from dreadful fate. II
was found necessary to put Capt.
Bowden in irons. His legs were lashed
to the deck and an awning put over
him for protection, but one day he con-
trived to evade the watch set over him,
and. working his ankles free, jumped
overheard. The crew were transferred
from the Juanita to the steamer Aurora
which carried them to Bahia, whence
they were sent to England.
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Condensed 'FeIerrams,

The accounts OF the late terrible collision
at sea are very conflicting. r. NJ. Malthus
writes 4 second letter. throwing the whole
blame oa the officer Of the watch aboard
the Vile du Havre, on the ground that it
is law Of the sea for steam vessels to get
out OF the way of sailing vessels. The Off
Ger thus blamed is among the lost. Mr..
Nautilus calls the French crew mob of
brutes and towards, Possibly his views are
colOred by national preiudices.
I. e. Chisholm, a prominent grain spec
ulatoT Of Chicago, is missing, to the great
alarm of his friends.
The Legislature of West Virginia has adj
jOurned without removing the capitol OF the
State.
Hartford reports the burning Of MANILA
paper mill, at an expense of $4,000.
The bankruptcy case of the BOwles Ban
kers, who failed in Paris last year TO the
great inconvenience Of American travellers,
has been adjourned sine die.
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GU BA.
More Massacres at Santiago.
Twenty-four Citizens Waylaid and
Killed.
Bitter Complaints Of Americans
Against Our Government.
Tne United States Flag Trampled
Under Foot.

The United States Flag Trampled
Under Foot.
NEW YORK, Dec. pa dispatch to thS
Tribune from Key West contains the fol
lowing.
The Virginius prisoners surrendered Al
Santiago say that when the officers from
the Tornado boarded the Virginius, one Of
them in hauling down the flag of the United
States, tore it into ribbons and trampled Oh
it, asserting, with an oath, "This is what |
have wanted"
The situation in Santiago de Cuba is re-
ported as very serious Only q week ago
twenty-five citizens were arrested, and after
a mock trial, without any evidence being
adduced against them, they were told to 90
home. On the way they were cruelty way
laid and killed, only one escaping. He
was riddled with bullets. Americans are
continually in fear for their lives; and Bit
terly complain that nothing has been done
10 redress their wrongs. 1t is not safe for
an American officer to 90 ashore alone at
Santiago. All along the river line the
Spaniards are erecting new batteries.
A Partial Denial.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-There is no truth in
1liC ISPOlb l1l1lIol wal OIlllS III IIlt
West Indies'h have been ordered to Cuban
waters.
Merely Premature.
The Times this morning, alluding to the
report that Spain has made demand upon
the United States for the restoration of the
Virginius and the survivors surrendered at
Santiago de Cuba, says such action on the
part of Spain would be premature De-
spite the opinion of the Attorney General
Of the United States, that the Virginius
had no right to carry the American flag,
Spain must wait until the United States
Court has settled the case of the vessel,
before proceeding further in the matter
Government Proceedings Against the
Vessel.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-The investiga-
tion as to the character of the Virginius
will be conducted in New York. The
Government is powerless to proceed against
Patterson, to whom the register for the
vessel was issued, on account of the statute
of limitations.
A Canartl.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-A Herald special
says an official denial is given to the story
of the Ne,c York Times that the English
Government demanded punishment of Gen.
BurTiel.
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INVESTIGATING DURELL.
Some striking Developments Antiei-
pated-The Part Pinchbaek s'Iass in
the Matter.

Some striking Developments Antiei-
pated-The Part Pinchbaek ssIass in
the Matter.
FROM tie ST. Louis Republican.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ca new COM
plication has trapspired in the Pinch'
back matter. The committee to inves-
7 tigate Durell leaves here Monday night
for New Orleans to take testimony dur
| ing the vacation, and as Judge Jere M.
Wilson, who overhauled Delahay's rep
utation, is at the head of the commit
tee, there is but slender ground on
which to base an expectation of white
wash. It is certain that the Durell
matter will be sifted 20 the bottom, and
its outcome cdn hardly fail to be the
impeachment of the corrupt judge.
The result will have IL serious bearing
upon the legality # the Kellogg gov
ernment, and thereby upon the ques-
ton Of Pinehback's admission to the
Senate.
Besides this, there is new Scandal
ahoat, which is thoroughly substan
tiated, to the effect that Pinchback not
only bfibed Blanchard to make affidavit
to his own crininality, but that he
bought the votes in the Kellogg Legis-
lature which elected him, and, to cap
the climax, that he obtained the
money wherewith to buy them by fraud
ulent devices and under false pretenses.
1t seems that among the candidates for
Senator before the Kellogg Legislature,
was one Norton, carpet bagger, who
was a man Of wealth. Norton, finding
it necessary to buy votes, but disliking
to 60 into the market himself, entrusted
sum of money to Pihctback, 20 be
used in buying up the negro legislators
to vote for him Norton.) Pinchback
took the money and bought the ne
groes according to contract, except in
that he, being ambitious and sharp
fellow withal, bought them for himself
instead of for Norton. When the Leg
islature came to a ballot, Norton was
Mortified to find Pinchback elected and
himself left out in the cold, and when
he applied for the restitution Of his
money, he was politely invited to go to
the devil. These are few trifies which
threaten.to embarrass Pinchback inthe
attainment Of his Senatorial ambitions.
Added to these also is the presence in
this city Of Judge Bell, of New Or
leans, who on a former occasion was
called upon to perform the melancholy
duty of sentencing Pinchback to the
penitehtiA1y for two years.
And yet Morton insists that Pinch
back has prima facie case. Morton's
point in sustaining him, however, isnot
that he wants to get him into the SEN
ate particularly, but that he desires to
make his admission a test of the le-
gality OF the Kellogg government.
Morton holds that until after Pinch
back has becomea member thereof the
Senate cannot take any cOgnizanee of
the charges that may stand against him.
But as soon as he admitted on his ere
dentials, which will settle the status of
the Kellogg government, from which he
is accredited, then Morton thinks he
can be Investigated on the charges
which affect his fitness for seat in the
Senate.
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UNCLE Billy WOODLANDS is an old and
and sly resident Of Plainwell, Michigan.
His reputation is established there as
practical joker, and his crOwning joke
extremely practical in its nature-is told by
the village in this way: "The family and
a few friends assembled at the residence OF
Mrs. Gilkey Chat was) last evening, to wit
ness, as they supposed, the marriage of that
lady with Mr.. Woodlands, but were some
what surprised just at the moment the
VOW was to be taken, to see the minister
omit the usual cereremOny and introduce
the twain as Mr.. aud Mrs. woodlands.
They had been married mor, than year,
but the joke had grown too good tokeep.
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Blank {. y indicates no report; cipher (0( sta
tonarv: minus q tendency to fall; Plus ~ ten
dency to rise. A. 7. fokD, .- OoseI ,e1.
The river is receding at this point, with
9 feet OH Harpeth Shoals
The John S. Bransford departed for the
upper Cumberland with good trip.
The Shippers Own was hourly looked
for last night.
The Bolivar IL. Cooke, Capt. W. E.
Byers, departs for Paducah to-day at IL
A. VI.
The Eddyyile left Louisville yesterday
for this port.
The Nashville steamboat men have COM
menced paying c. II. Arthur, agent, for the
use of Capt John McMillan's steam cap
tan patent. Capt. James Lowell, FOR the
John S. Bransford, B. IL. Cooke and a. L.
Green. was the first to settle.
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The SIinnerr &,erei.

Sheriff Brennan, through counsel, pleaded
not ready to show cause why he should not
be punished for failure to produce Genet in
court yesterday, and the case was adjourned
till Monday. The Sheriff hopes to recap
ture the fugitive.
Evidence for the prosecution closed in the
case of cX-Mayor Hall, and the court ad-
iOurncd till tomorrow.
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CHICAGO,
The nestitute Norkingmen.

CHICAGO, Dec. pa fire in Clinton,
Mo, last night, burned half the western
side of the public square. Loss, $4,000.
Committees of the Common Council and
Workingmen Of this city held "A conference
this afternoon, when it was shown that the
city had little work to give. 1t was agreed
TO call on the Chicago Relief and Aid So
cjety for 100000 for present needs, when
the conference adjourned to meet with rep
resentatiyes of the Relief and Aid Society
at / o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Nothing was done at Bloomington yes
terday concerning the receiverShip Of Gil
man and Clinton Railway.
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nenin from Asnf,rNin.

CINCINNATI, Dec. Ply esterday even
ing Edward SchwaIzvoegel, child and wife,
recently from Baltimore, Maryland, We're
found in their room at a hotel, corner of
Pearl and Central Avenue, the two former
dead and the latter dying from inhaling the
gas which they had neglected to turn of
baforn rntiriuer
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Tie CITY of r,rotl,erIr love.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec 23.-The striking
longshoremen have organized IN assOcia-
tion. One resolution declares that white
and colored men may become members.
About two hundred strikers marched along
the docks to-day, endeWoring to induce the
men working to join them. Some men
working yesterday at reduced rates have
not resumed to-day, being intimidated by
the violence Offered their companions last
mimht
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NEW YORK LAWYERS.
The Professional Incomes of Leading
Members Of the Bar.

Va essC AfshAs
A New York correspondent of the
I'r0y Times writes:
Among those who reap handsome
harvest out of the recent panic the
legal fraternity stands eminent. An
immense increase of litigation has been
its inevitable result. Every merchant,
banker or broker, who was in trouble,
was obliged to retain lawyer, and in
many instances more than one. For
instance. the Grinnell bankruptcy case.
when it first appeared before Judge
Blatchford, brought six well-paid law
Yers into court. The fees required
by these men on such an occasion would
not be less than $4,000, and the cost
of the entire Grinnell suit will probably
equal five times that sum. This may
seem like a large estimate, but 1t is to
be remembered that the securities which
this house held were $12,G00,00O, and
the amount at stake always has bear
ing on the legal charges. Our best law
yers value their time from $40 to $50
per hour, which is reasonable charge.
By consultation with one of these
men you can in an hour obtain an
opinion which is worth fifty times the
amount of the fee. If, however, the
case be one where a half a mil
lion is at stake, then instead of a
mere fifty you will be expected to ad-
vance retaining fee of $500, or per-
haps $1,000. This prevents any one
from securing the services of the law
yer thus retained. If lawyer, even
after receiving such fee, should win
the case, he will expect from so, 900 to
$4,000 additional Our great lawyers
demand pay commensurate with their
reputation, and hence some of them
can boast practice worth 10000 per
year. O'Conor, previous to his retire
ment, made annually, it is said, nearly
four times that sum- Indeed, he was
probably paid 100000 for his services
in the Jumel case. He is now worth
more than a million, fall of which he
has made by his own genius andindus-
try.
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CALIFORNIA.

Senator Elected for thC short Tsr.s..
SAN FRANCIsCe, Dee 25.-Judge Hager,
Of this city, the Anti-Railroad candidate
for the United States Senate for the short
tenn, was elected to-day, at Sacramento, on
the second ballot.
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The Fort Smith Road.

LITTLE Rock, Dec. 23.-On the appli-
cation Of the State Treasurer, the Chancel-
lor Of Pulaski to-day placed the Fort Smith
railroad IN the hands of a receiver Col. S.
L. Beaumont, pending the contest for pos
session Of the road between the Boards of
Directors elected few DAYS ago.
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ST. LOtIS.
DesfructiHe Eire.

ST. Lor-Is. Dec. 33.-The Collier white
lead aud oil company's works, corner Clark
and Tenth street, caught fire at half past
seven tonight, and all the manufacturing
part of the extensive building was destroy
ell. Loss on machinery about S60.OOo;
stock. $4,000; building. $1,000. Insured
for Sl50,000, but names of offices moi oh
fainable tonight.
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- -
RPfnterre6.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 23.-The bodies of sev-
enty-eight Federal soldiers, who were killed
during the war at Centralia, Mo-, by Bill
AndersOn's guerillas, were taken to Jefferson
City yesterday to be inferred in the national
cemetery, under charge of Maj. Iron, of the
United States QuaIteImaSter's Department.
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SHicisIe Ofa SaKYYer.

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 23.-William Ellis,
aged 20 years, who has lived here for sever
al years, working as a woOd-sawyer, COM
m-tted suicide last night under an cid
ware house by cutting his throat with Il
pocket knife. Ellis is supposed to have
friends in New jersey.
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The GrHn%OrS.

FoET MADISON, Ia, Dec. 23.-The
Anti -Monopolists Convention at Franklin
to-day. resulted in Lhe nomination of Con-
rad Schweer, the present incumbent, who
is prominent granger, TO fill the vacancy
in the Legislature caused by the death of
Hon. L. A. Layton.
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LEWISTON, Me-, Dec. 23.-The Presi-
dent of the First National Bank of this
city, publishes card saying irregularities
have been discovered in connection with
some transactions Of the late cashier, but
the bank loses nothing.
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OMAHA, NEB., Dec. 2}.-All the leading
gamblers in This city were arrested to-day
by the Sheriff for violation of strict law
passed by the last Legislature against
gambling, and will be brought before the
District Court,
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CoH.aOunS3iuc.

Woodruff & Morrison, of South Brook
lyn, whose books were seized some time
ago on the charge that they had defrauded
the government, have offered to pay 5000
as 0pnaltinS
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A Devoted Daughter-iu-Law.

BOSToN, Dec. 23.-Thc wife of Alex.
Agassiz, son-in-law Of the late Prof Agas-
Siz, died last night Of pneumonia, superin-
duced by fatigue in attendance upon her
father-in-law.
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NEW YORK.
Another Dry Goods Failure.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Diggs q Cunning
ham, dry goods merchants, 365 Broadway,
are announced suspended.
The outstanding loan certificates are S3,-
335,000 decrease since yesterday of S470,-
600.
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THE friends of a wit expressing some
surprise that, with his age and fondness
for the bottle, he should have thought it
worth while to marry. "a wife was neces-
sary," he said: ''they began to say OF me
that drank too much for single man."
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE CHEF SIGNAL OFFICER,

WASHINGTON, Dec. -, I:oO p. NJ
Pro5abilitqs.-FOr New England and
Middle Atlantic the States, cloudy weather,
with rain or snow, and fresh to brisk norti
erly TO westerly winds will prevail, with
slight rise of temperature, followed by
clearing weather in the southern portion OF
the last named distr ct during Wednesday
afternoon or evening.
For the Southern States, east OF the Mis-
sissippi river, northerly winds, with cloudy
weather and possibly light rain will pre-
vail.
For the lake region, light, variable winds
and slight change in pressure aud tempera-
ture, and generally fair with areas of light
snow.
For the northwest the barometer will
fall temporarily, with light, fresh to south
erly winds and cloudy weather and snow in
river valley. The temperature in this re-
gion and upper lake region will probably
fall during Wednesday.
For the canal regions of New ork and
Pennsylvania, freezing weather will con
tinue during the coming twenty-four hours
RIVER NEWS.
Daily Report Of Stage of Water, 10ih Changes N
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oWhats Ia become of me. if you die?'
exclaimed a devoted wife r. her sick huS-
band. Il don't know replied he; you'd
better be thinking what's to become Of
me-"
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A drunken Frenchman chai ters; drunk
en- German sings; drunken Briton fights;
a drunken Spaniard swears' drunken
American talks politics:
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The showers will cause every stalk OF
corn to carry ears like a iackass, while every
watermelon will fancy itself lager-beer
keg dressed in Paris green.
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Dangerous Illness of the Emperor of
S.pr.E,anv

LONDON, Dec, PA special from Ber-
lin to the Times says that, in consequence
of alarming rWmors in regard to the health
cf Emperor William, an anxious crowd
filed the square opposite. the royal palace
last night. The people were assured
from The balcony that the Emperor was
comparatively well although confined to
his room; but they refused to disperse.
The Standard reports that rumors were
persisteutly circulated yesterday Of the
Emperor's death, They are undoubtedly
false, but it is certain that his majesty is
very III.
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T.f.grab6Fe Report from SigHGI lSerpics Corps o.
s. a., Of Discretion, at 1921 p. A--By the
p1ci fc and Att17sftc line.
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TENNESSEE BONDS closed in New
York last evening at S04 for both
issues.
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STEAMBOATS,.

For CIarkSyiIle, Paducah, Cairo, st.
Louis, Memphis and New Orleans.
leaving Nashville every Monday and Thursday,
at II O'Clock a. VI.
TJIIE fine Passenger Steamer nSIk--A
ADA HEE5.HAN.
VIII pOsjfiyely leave on THURSDAY 18th inst,
at II A. VI.
For freight or passage apply ON board or to
G. II. ARTHUR & CO.. AGENTS.
II. H. HARRISON,
Passepreri and the travelling public can rely
ON Going through without detention Time to
Paducah, 20 hours uecZo 81
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Local Report for the City, Tuesday
Dec oS 1873
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COTTON is quoted in New York at
16c for nniddlings.
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LONDON. Dec. 23.-The Daily NelrS re-
ports that the hostile tone Of IA recent pas
tOral issued by the French Bishops has
caused the German Government TO renew
its complaints to France.