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OFFICIAL DEAD-HRADS.

1t appears that Grant has got ahead of
those railroads which have determined to
abolish the dead-head business. It Is sta
ted that the Post-ofice Department is al
lowed fifty -four special agents; these men
among other privileges are allowed 10 travel
free on every conveyance which carries the
United States mail, ~ they are presumed
to be on the business of the Department.
On the roll of Special Agents the curious
reader will find the names of O.E. Babcock
r. NJ. Douglass, James p. Ely, w. P.
Faherty, A. B. Mullett, and Horace Por-
ter. This Bsbcock is White House hub q.
itllS, goer and conner for Grant; Dougl ass is
one Of Grants private secretaries; Ely was
one also; Faherty is an dttache of The State
Department; Mullett is Su. cruising Archi-
tect of the Treasury; and Porter is also a
White House hGbitue. Grant has eli of
them placed GU the Post-office dead-head
list in order that they may be able to travel
over every railroad In the country, free of
charge; such bein. by law, as we have said,
one of the privileges of post-office special
agent. In rlain Eng ish, G amt in fraud of
the law and for the purpose Of enabling a
few of his favOrites to defraud the railroad
companies, gives commissions to them With
the understanding that, instead Of perform
ing the duties attached to those commits
sions they shall be paid out ofth6 peoples
treasury for playing the part Of lackey to
the President OF the United States. The
roads may abolish the dead-hesd system.
but Grant viii fix it so bis lackeys can trav-
ell over their lines as dead-heads.
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PREyENrIyEs OF CHOLERA,

The following communication comes 10
US from a medical gentleman in New Or
leans, aud We commend his suggestions to
the attention of our readers. Microscopic
life, both in animalsi and plants of low
type, preys on wheat, quadrupeds and man;
aud 1t is not improbable that where either
abounds, a disease like cholera may result.
Boiling water will kill any living organism
which it may contain:
New ORLEANS, La, June 22.-Tn view
Of the destructive rsvages of the cholera in
Nashville and other cities, wou like to
call the attention of YOUR medical gentle
men and citizens generally to the theory of
Raspa ], that animalcul@ are the primary
origin of cholera. In 1S49-50, during the
prevalence of this disease in the West In
dies, it was found on examining microscop.
icslly the water of infected localities,
that il was impregnated with animalcul@
foreign to the place, which dis ppeared
simultaneously with the disease. These
animalcule would die when placed in con-
tact with camphor, which seemed to be to
them deadly poison. Camphor is now,
a has been for many years, employed in
cholera, administered internally; but its
efficiency would be UNNECESSARILY increased
if people in threatened or infected districts
were to take few drops of spirits of cam
phor daily, TO destroy the animalcula as
fast as they enter the system, and thus avert
the disease itself, l would like to impress
upon all the value of water which has been
boiled and strained as alone fit 10 drink
during the period Of this disease. This
drinking water should be kept well covered,
and for fsmi y use should be made fresh
every day at lest. Also abstain from all
other liqpids not purified by fire. The
evSctuations of people attacked by cholera
should be buried under ground and covered
with dirt. To throw them into privies
and sinks is bu to feed and propagate the
disease. If this last precau.ion could be
generally and universally and promptly OBJ
served, it alone would arrest the disease in
your city in forty-eight hours. Fly giving
these observations a place in your paper,
that the people may verify the fact that
snimalcuSe are the cause of cholera, snd
that they lnfest the stmosphe and settle
in water, and are thus intro 3uced into the
human system, you will be comforting on
your fellow citizens q substantial boon.
MEDICo.
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INA NEW Role.

The famous seS.serpent has turned up in
a new role. According 10 the Scranton
(Pa.) Democrat, Mr.. Phillips Of that city
went fishing in W!ndfAll Lake. he had
been fishing about half an hour, when,
bearing an UNUSUAL noise, he looked found
and observed an object some forty or fifty
rods in the dista Tce, with head erect, some
six or eight feet out of the water, and
mouth open, coming directly towards his
boat. 1t had two great horns projecting
from its forehead, and eyes locking like
two balls of fire. It's head was as large as
half bushel, and its body as large as q
good-sized tree, and covered with great
scales the size Of an elephants ear. Mr.
Phillips rowed for the shore, but wss upset,
and had to swim for it. Nearer and nearer,
closer and closer, caue the scaly monster,
so near that that be could feel its hot
breath upon his cheek By this time Mr..
Phillips had but few feet TO make
in order to reach the shore. With every
nerve and muscle strained to its utmost he
made one desperate effort and reached the
land, when the great monster made furi-
Gus lunge toward him and seized one Of his
limbs. Mr.. Phillips then supposed that all
was over with him on this ear b, aud was
about to succumb, but decided to make
one more endesvor TO escape, When, as good
luck would have it, in bis almost superhu-
man efforts to extricste himself, his boob
gave way, and be was saved. The monster,
evidently enraged at its defeat, lashed the
water with its huge tail, aud at the same
time threw the boot high in the air, catch
ing it as it came down. Mr.. Phillips, being
terribly frightened, hurried rapidly away,
and procuring assistance, returned to cap
ture, if possible, the terrible creature, but
upon arriving at the lake it had disappeared.
The boat had been broken into thousand
PIECES, and its fragments were floating upon
the water. Barnum ought to get those frag-
ments.
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IoCAE. oRrsIN OF CHoLERA

The Knoxville Clronicle, publishes
communication from DR.. Frank A. Ram
say, in reference to the prevention of chol-
era, in which that gentleman says:
@At Me nphis, at Nashville and at Greene
vile tue newspapers report prevalence al
points of those localities where cause OF
disease is afr ned by the unprofessional to
have generated. Now, It may be true that
an individual will die, after sickeDiDg under
the operations of such q cause, and so far
as he is concerned, the American or the
Asiatic label will contribute no relief. But,
suppose the authorities of either one, or
all, of those towns had seized upon the
winter months and destroyed the conditions
il which the cause of disease had birth,
how many individuals would have died
with cholera? believe none"
This is subject of life and death, and
we aim to .reat it with the caution and
thoughtfdlness which it deserves. All the
ssconditions" tt at favor the growth of chol-
era germs in June, which are destroyed in
s'ths winter months" unquestionsbly lessen
the pestilence. But DR.. r. appears to over
look the IMPORTANT fact that after the win
ter months are past focal matter Is Voide ]
every deg, while the temperature of the at
mosphere is higher, fermentation speedier,
the development of the germs Of disease a
sure sequence, and death from disease a
probable consequence. Medical men must
learn to reason close and logically. Make
the conditions right for mildew to
grow ON one organized SUBJ
stance, and that substance will
certainly mildew; a similar substance in
the same room whose conditions are UNI
favorable will wholly escape mildew. Damp
-four and grain will mold and mildew where
dry -four nd grain do not. There has been
| more deaths from cholera in the last fifteen
days in this city IN all probability, judging
from published accounts, than in both
Memphis and New Orleans. We think we
can give satisfactory reason why this con-
dition of things exists, but vi do not now
propose to en-er into the discussion. We
may u LOWCNCl VIA lilo liz AioAA OOA
stitution here is not quite SO well hardened
to malarial influences as it is in and near
the swsmps Of the Mississippi, in
little warmer climate. A febrile
force will Kill one man that
scarcely harms another. A dose of
opium or arsenic viii do the same. Our
people have yet to learn what l. is that
poisons any of their fellow citizens, and
how they take it. The great difficulty lies
in their jumping to wrong conclusions, just
as frig- tened horse jumps off bridge, OF
refuses to leave burning stable that will
soon consume him. We hope before many
days the public mind will be calm enough
to see and fully understand why cholera,
chiIls and fever and yellow feyes grow luxu-
riantly in some places, but not in others.
With them, it is more knowledge or more
deaths from cholera.
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T,raroEerErs,
Total. 10. Geo GIFTS. all cssh.

Total, 10000 Gifts, all cash.. $500, 900
The money to pay all these gifts in full is now
upon deposit in the Farmers and Drovers' Bank
of Louisville, and set aside for that purpose,
seen by the following certiticate,of the Cashier
OFFICE OF Farmers AND DRovERs' BANK,
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 7, 1873. s
This is to certify that there is in the Farmers
and DrOvers' Bank 10 the credit of the Third
Grand Gift Concert, for the benefit of the Public
Library of Kentucky, five hundred thousand
dollars, which has been set apart by the mansg-
ers 20 pay the gifts in full, and will be held by
the bank and paid out for this purpose, and this
purpose only. r. s. VEEOH, Cashier.
The party, therefore, who holds the ticket
drawing tire capital gut will get 100000 in
greenbacks and so of the $50 GOO gift the S25 OOO
the $40 900, the SIC, 900, the 5000, and all the
other gifts, 10000 in number, amounting to
$500 900.
The remnant of unsold tickets will be furnish
ed TO those who first apply (order accompanied
by the money always having preference over
agents. at the following prices Whole tickets,
so; halves, s.; and quarters, $3.50; II whole
tickets for SI0O, Sc for $500 l13 for 81 600, and
575 for So 900. No discount on less than 500
worth of tickets at time.
The concert and distribution of gifts will be
gin at 6 O'Clock on Tuesday morning, July 8, in
Public Library hall, and the following viii be
the order of proceedings: LIST. Music by orches-
trail band. I'd. Placing of tags Zone for each
ticket sold) in large wheel. Sd. Placing OF gifts
in small wheel. 4th. Music by orchestral band.
5th. Explanatory remarks by President. 9th.
Drawing of first half of gifts. It'll. Music by or
chestral band sth. Drawing of last half Of
gifts. 9th. Placing of large wheel with tags in
hands of committee appointed by audience
10th. Grand orchestral concert.
The muGic on this grand occasion will be the
best that can be procured, and the gentlemen
who count and place the tags and gifts in the
wheels and superintend the drawing and keep
the record of the drawn numbers will be chosen
from the best known and most Trustworthy citi-
zens of the State. All will be so conducted as to
be perfect guaranty against complaint from
any just source.
The payment of gifts will begin on Saturday,
July u, at 8 o'clock A. N. Tickets drawing gifts
must be presented at room No. 4, Public Library
building, where cash checks upon the Farmers
and DrOvers' Bank of Louisville, or sight drafts
upon the Fourth National Bank of New York, at
the option of the holder, will be given for the
tickets. All gifts not called for in months from
the drawing will be turned over to the Public
Library fund.
For full particulars send for circulars.
GOV. THOS. Z. BRAMLECTE,
A9't Public Library KY,
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
ap17 d2taw ,thurs&sun&Weow tillJuly1
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-27

THERE is danger ahead. The gradual
upheavsl of portions of the coast of Austria
liza is commented on by he newspapers and
prominent men of that country. 1t is de-
clared that there is an oscillation Of the
land towards the polar regions, and that the
coast of Australia is slowly rising at no less
than sixteen feet in q century, while during
the dawn of the pleistocence epochs wide
tract of land sunk, whereby New ZEALAND
became separated from the mainland of
Australia.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-27

AN impression prevails that very large
portion Of last years crop Of wheat and
corn is held over in many paris of the
West. Some say fully one-third is thus re-
tanned in hand, but probably this is be-
yond the fact. Still there is no doubt that
1t will take very poor cop indeed 10
make much difference in the price. The
present prospect is that the crops viii not
equal those Of last year, but the offer
ence is not so grea, as to much affect
things.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-27

THE South Bend Qn6.) Union lsays:
'The people demand that in future elections
they may have an oppor unity of voting
for measures, and not have their manhood
continually insulted with the possibility Of
bribe, in the shape of Federal patron
age" Very true, but goodly number Of
The people who have votes, have an eye on
the perquisites. st- f
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-27

1T was stated in paragraph in this pa
per, on the authority Of a Washington cor
respondent, thai Hon. John A. Peters, re-
Gently elected to the Supreme Court Of
Maine, bad not returned his back psy as a
Congressman. This is. mistake. 1t was
Mr. John Lynch of that State who has not
returned his back ray.
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A Plea FOE PoLYaAMY.

Among ''the remarkable sayings" Of Lady
AshburtoD, a late number of the Scotsman
gives the following 81 am strongly in
favor of polygany y. 1 should like to &c
out, and the other wife to stay at home and
sake care of things, and hear all have to
tell her when come back"
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GREENBRIER
White Sulphur Springs,
WEST VIRGINIA,

FAMOUS FOR THEIR ALTERNATIVE
j. waters and fashionable patronage, are now
open.
They are 1900 feet above Underwater, affording
entire relief from prosTating summer heat.
Capacity for accommodating 1900 persons.
Charges 50. 80 per day, S21 per week, and SIS
per month.
We are also proprietors of the Sweet Chaly-
beat5 Springs, 10 miles from the White, known
for their unsurpassed nervine tonic waters and
bathing advantages
White Sulphur Water kept here for the use of
visitors without charge. Terms So per day, SO
per month.
Route from the Southwest and West By rail
to Cincinnati, thence by frst-class packets up
the Ohio to Huntington, and thence by rail TO
the Springs.
Pamphlets for both places can be had at this
office, and at the Drug Store Of Demoyille &
Co., opposite Maxwell House.
my27 eodlm G. l.. PEYTON & CO.
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TEE Washington correspondent Of th

TIE Washington correspondent Of the
Louisville Courier OlrrraI writes, June %:
"a member Of Cong ess who has been look
ing into the matter, stated to-day that all
the members Of the Forty-third (the pres
ent) Congress had drawn their pay for the
first quarter st the increased rate, with one
exception only, Mr.. Foster, of Michigan,
who does not take the increase. The
members whose seats are contested are not
placed on the roll and are not liable to par
ticipate in these delights; but the best Of
pzy-receivers is said to include all those
who refunded their back pay. The mem
Der in question makes the point that the
principle here is the same as in the back
pay, namely, ola member regulating his
own compensation"
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TIE Knoxville papers are zeslously COM
batting sensational rumors in regard to the
prevalence of cholera in that city. We
can sympathize with them, for we know
Whist such rumors do for city.
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WATERING PLACES.
<>>OOoON~O~rNJ0ONN>~> oO>OoNON<DONN(~N/O
Bon Aqua Springs

YJHE ABOVE WELL-KNOWN AND POP
ular resort (3H hours distant from Nashville
s miles from Burns Station on the N. 90 n. W.
K, R., in Hickman county, Tenn having been
improved with the addition of 80 new Cottages,
and all newly furnished throughout, will be
opened for the ception of guests ON the 10th of
june. The location OF these fine Mineral Springs
is 600 feet above the level of Nashville, in pure,
healthy situation perfectly free from malaria. Ali
the attractions usually at good watering places
will be found at the Bon Aqua.
Conveyances to the Springs will leave Burns
Station on the arrival of trains
Board S45 90 per month; Sl4 copper week; 81 81
per day. Children under II years of age and
servants, half price. Special rates for large
families.
For further particulars apply to
j. +. ROBERTSON,
Superintendent of Bon Aqua Springs, via Burns
Station. jeS I'm
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FRIDAY. JUNE ~, 1873.

THERE is evidently somebody about
Memphis who is hurting because Tennes-
see bonds, like tho ghost of Banquo, will
not down.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-27

THE Milwaukee, Ne,0S says: SIT is an
easier lsbor to elect an able, firm, honest,
patriotic Democrat as the nominee of the
Democratic party to the first Office in the
State or Nation than it is to elect Repub-
hcan 'come-cutI' or Reformer. A Demo
crat pure and simple will excite less hostil.
ity, and the victory Of reform will be more
completely achieved under his lead than
under any other" The truth Of this posi-
ton was demonstrated in the last Presi-
dental election. -u.-s.ae~
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TEE Evansville journal, Republican

'The Pension Agent at Nashville seems
to be spprehensiye that KS Office may die
Of cholera. BE telegraphs to Washington
that the cholera is raging frightfnly, and
asks permission to remove his Office to
Chattanooga. The badly-scared agent is
oblivious Of the fact that, were the cholera
TO take him of, dozens of men would be
found willing to face the disease for the
sake of his Office"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-27

PHILADELPHIA saloon keeper recent
ly drew a prize Of $4,000 in the Havana
Lottery, and now he has contributed $4,000
to the fund Of an inebriate asylum.
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New York Boarding.

Il obtain choice rooms and Superior Board at
the centrally located private Boarding House, 80
West SD street, between Fifth Avenue and
Broadway, and in the immediate vicinity of the
cars to all parts of the city. In Nashville refer
ence is made, by permission, to Frank Z. Will
liams, ESQ.,, of Messrs. Bate g. Williams.
Please preserve this advertisement for future
use. je 4 cod I'm
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The Leonard Scott Publishing CO.
ALSO PUBLISH
THE FARMERS GUIDE

To Scientific a Practical Agriculture.
BY HKERY STEPHENS, FRS, Edinburgh, and
the late j. p. MORTON, Professor OF Scientific
Agriculture in Yale College, New Haven
Two vols. Royal Octave. 900 pages snd . a.
merous engraVfngs- Price, 81; BY mall, Pose
paid, 50. aee
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
Great Southern
AND
SOUTH il NORTH ALABAMA
RAILROADS..

Rrtsss-
s1gIr lE ( :s:::sssEs
IoMMENCING MAY 25th, 1873, TRAINS
" MI lsase IA vile, from L. g n. Z. h. De-
wv NV.sn Johege street, IS foil0wes
7.H0 a M daily, except sunday, for Decatur,
s- sse.eplllns az an stations sud meking direct
eolnecslon ;Fltn NJ & O. r. R. fOr point ives
S.(lS P. NJ, Daily, for New orIsans Mobu,
S'Vv and Montgomery via Decatur. Sleepinz
JARS atracsYd run through from GashTiIis 70
Montgomery, without change. This rain 6oss
not sop atiStaticns between Nashville and O.
lumbias except Franklin, arriving at Decatur A.
ll:59 A. Nj and connecting with N. s. O. R. r.
9.0O P. NJ, Columbia Accommodation. dsslv
O'oV except Sunday. Stops at al station
between Nashville and Columbia - -
e7:oO T m. train arrives daily except Sun
cept Sunday.
0'Vv ing Par attached, running through ron
New Orieahs Wis Mobile and Montgomery 10
Nashville ssnd Louisville without change.
t.:35 2. n daily sxcePs Sunday, for Lou
900 A. n. and 1885 P. N. trains for Louisxnl.
connect with trains with through Sleepfng
and Day Cirs attached, for 81. Louis, Chifsaao
Baltimore, philadelphia, New York, and inter.
AAooaSo PViHtS ~ sAo Last, NORM and west.
All trains named above viii arrive 1T and da-
part from i. & n. Depot, on North CoIleRe street
but viii stop at junction Of n. & O. audi q %
Railroads and at n. q O. Railroad DEPOT r. N a
on and let OF passengers.
- Passengers from Gallatin and points SCUM,
arriving at Nashville at TOO An, have until AID
n In which to attend to business before return
ing. =
Trains arrive at Nashville a. follows: From
New Orleans, Mobile and Montgomery, via De-
cetur, 40 n, from Decatur Ids NJ fr0r1, ~.
lumbia, 9;15 n; from Louisville and the Rsst.
North and and West, at TOO n and 4:45 P n.
For through Tickets, Baggage Checks. and
further Information, apply st General Ticket
Once, under Maxwell House, and at u. q N.
Depot, North College street.
OCT # ". q. KING, G. &T.A.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
l',lN>~'>S'1O
Neat, simple, Useful and Cheap!

GRAND HOTEL, BROADWAY, OPPO-
VI site Congress Park, Saratoga. This new
and magnificent Hotel, accommodating LOCO
persons, opened June I, 1873 The proprietors
have adopted the following schedule Of prices:
For June, September and October, transient
guests, $3.50 per day; weekly guests, 81 per day;
monthly guests, $3.50 per day. For July and
guests, "a 90 per day; monthly guests 81 per day.
Gimores famous Boston Jubilee Band is en-
gagged for the season Families wishing to en-
gage apartments in this modern hotel. possessing
advantages of clothes presses, water and electric
bells in every suit of apartments will apply to OF
address w. w. LELAND g. CO., Grand Hotel,
Saratoga. je15 LIT cod.
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REAL ESTATE SALES.
Observation-Disclosures ~NN~N~N,N~NO~ON>>,,
SALE OF THE
Fair Ground S


DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED DULY
ID registered in the Registers office of the
county of Davidson, Tennessee, in book As, pages
300 and 80, and executed to me on the 18th of
July, 1871, by the Tennessee Agricultural and
Mechanic Association, as indemnity and securi-
ty to W. A. Cheatham, ID. h. McGavock, A. Ct.
Adams, John H. Williams, W. II. jackson, j.
NJ. Hamilton, Hiram Vaughn, RObt. @. Foster,
r. H. Gardner, Thomas b. johnson, ThOs. Chad
well, n. X. Griffin, b. F. COckrill, John Over
ton, nd z. b. EllistOn, against loss as sureties
upon certain liabilities OF said Association spe-
officially set out in said trust deed, will proceed
to sell 10 the highest bidder, at the Fair Grounds
near Nashville, on
Saturday, July 10, 1873,
at IL O'Clock NJ, all the lands embraced in said
trust deed, and being all the real estate owned
by said Tennessee Agricultural and Mechanic
Association within the Fair Ground Enclosure,
together with all the Improvements thereon, up
on the following terms, viz: One-thrd of the
purchase money in cash. and the balance in two
equal instaments at 6 and II months by note,
with approved security, and bearing interest
from date, and lien retained upon the land and
improvements sold to secure payment thereof.
The sale to be free from the equity of re-
demptiOn. MICHAEL VAUGHN,
Eje15 I'd Trustee.