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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-15
MELANGE.

The Controller r-General-Cupid.
The crow that has no voiee-Ths
scare crow.
"A Wisconsin editor offers bottle Of
stomach bitters for every new subscriber to
his paper.
"A cynical critic says that Dsgusrre's
invention has always been 3 foe to graphic
art.
"A Minnesota husband was obliged to
pay fine Of $50 which be had caused to
be imposed on his wife for assaulting him.
-"The bride wasn't remarkably hand
sOme," speaking Of q Kentucky wedding,
"but the father threw ia seven mules, and
the husband was satisfied"
Young New York will think twice be-
fore marrying, now that Judge DAILY has
decided that man must support bis moth
er-in-law.
There is no tins when q woman so
thoroughly commands the respect Of a man
as when she Is about TO throw q stone at a
hen.
Life Insurance. solieitor-Aprly arnica,
and sit down as seldom as possible. You
are probably correct in regard to the thick
ness Of the boots and the number Of stairs
in the fight.
An Iowa father lstely fogged bis twen-
ty-one-year-old daughter SO that she car
ried the stripes week, and the neighbors
told him he mustn't do so any more.
A Louisville girl spoke Of the wea-
theirs being so spring-hke day or two ago
that she "felt like going over into Pete Dill
Ions lot and taking good wallow.'
"A young lady, while walking with q
gentleman, stumbled, and when her COM
panion, 70 prevent her falling, grasped her
hand somewhat tightly, she simpered, 40,
Sir. il it comes to that, you must ask my
pa"
-Mamma-hAnd il poor mamma had
not recovered, and had gone away from her
little Georgy forever, what would be have
dode?" Little Georgy-'I don't know ma,
but guess me an Jimmy Goggins would
have gone skating"
The editor Of Newark paper heard
the other day that a new pass had been
found in the Andes. He Immediately
wrote to man in South America that the
pass was his, and he would be much oblig-
ed If the man wouli forward il a. once.
"A Pennsylvania youth, on receiving
severe cowhiding from a young woman
whom he had Tilted, rather Congratulated
himself than otherwise, remarking that II
she treated him 20 when they were not
married, it was impossible to tell what be
would have suffered at her hands after
marriage.
In modelling the printers statue OF
Greeley, it is suggested that be be pre-
sented as q eompositor working at the case,
and then we shall not have another statue
ofa great man appearing as if he never did
anything, and was incapable Of doing any
thing, except standing still and gazing into 70
infinite space.
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Condensed kilograms.

Nothing more from Modoc Jack. The
US. troops stand idle, while no messen
gers can ba found to risk their lives among
the Indians with any more peace mis-
sives.
Jno. A. Wright was hanged at Yuba
City, CAL, yesterday, for murder.
The funeral of Chief Fire Engineer Gla-
zier who was killed on duty Wednesday
night in Indianapolis, took place yesterday.
A mounful object in the procession was the
horse long used by the dead Chief, heavily
draped in mourning, led by member of
the fire department.
A block of stores were burned at Park
ersburg, w. Va, Thursday; loss $4,000.
A fire near Xenis, o., Thursday night
destroyed q porkhouse containing 1000
bulk sides and 200 tierces Of lard.
Three small children were drowned yes
terday while playing on the ica at Bangor,
Maine.
Owing to his health, John Bright will
again retire from public life, if the British
Parliam 3nt is dissolved.
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SPIRITUALISM.
DE-. Watson Challenged to a Test of
His Power.

DE-. Watson Challenged to a Test of
HIS Power.
The following is explanatory:
To Rev. Samuel Watson: As you have
publicly challenged me to produce, by
scientific means, certain physical phenome-
ma of spiritualism, l will make you the fol-
lowing
PROPOSITION:
will select q gentleman from Memphis,
you will do likewise. Each of these two
gentlemen will name fifty persons of good
standing in the city, and these one hundred
persons are to be the judges between US.
/, You will select your ''medium," who,
In the presence of these judges, will lift
table, chair, or other article without con-
tact with any motive power, as you affirm.
2. In the presence of these judges your
medium will produce the likeness of de-
parted persons, and make them visible to
the audience, by means of the spirits.
When this is done, promise
L. To cause a table, chair, or other ar
ticle TO move aoithOUt the agency of the
spirits.
2. 10 produce the same nkenesses, spec
tral forms, and other apparitions 1cttlout
tie agency OF the spirits.
The Judges named shall determine whe-
ther or not have complied with this pro-
position.
If succeed in producing the physical
phenomena indicated, and then explain
and illustrate the mental phenomena, l
trust that you will see the error into which
you have fallen. If should fail, the pub
lie can draw their own conclusions. Yours
IN kindness and love,
W. P. HARRISON.
ATLANTA, GA, March, 3, 1873.
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AnOfher Land Grah.

MADISON, WIS, March 14-The Mil
waukee and St. Paul Railroad llnd grant
bill passed the Senate this evening BY a
vote of % 10 10, which ends the land grant
fight.
A Scene in the Missouri Legislature.
ST. Louis, March 14.-Quite scene oc-
Cured in the lower house of the Legisla-
ture yesterday on one of the members
stating that an offer had been made to bribe
him to vote for the insurance bill before the
House. He accused Frank Hickox, lob
byist, with offering him one hundred dol
lars. The friends of the bill assert that
they Go not know Hickox, and say the
char e was a ruse to defeat the bill. Great
excitement prevailed for time and the
further discussion ofthe bill was postponed.
Hickox worked in the interest of Col.
Bogy during the Senatorial contest.
The House to-day appointed commit
tee 10 investigate the charges. Mr.. Bur-
ger testified that during the tendency of
the bill Hickox sent for him. He went
outside the chamber and Hickox told him
it would be hundred dollars in his pocket
if he voted for the bill; that he (Hickox)
could be held responsible for the amount,
as the insurance men had bushels of mon
ey. Subsequently, Hickox told Burger
that the insurance men had backed out IN
consequence of an amendment that had
been made to the bill. Hickox did not
show any money and did not say the in
surance men had furnished any. He told
Hickox he could not be bought by $l00 or
$1,000.
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TENNESSEE MARBLE.
Capitalists to Engage i'm QuarTyiDg
the Stone.

Capitalists to Engage i'm QuarTying
the Stone.
The Knoxville Gtronicle, March Is,
says:
ave took occasion yesterday to visit the
Government quarry at MeckleDburg and
found it the scene of even greater activity
than we had supposed. Since the weather
has settled so as TO justify active operations,
Gen. Holman, the superintendent, has put
on additional force, aud will push forward
the work day and night until enough stone
is got cut TO complete the building. He
thinks this will be done in three months.
he is now getting out stone for the cOrnice
of the building, some of which are very
large. They will weigh thirteen tons when
cut and dressed ready for laying.
When the government building is com
pleted, a private company will take charge
Of the quarry and propose to get out mar
bic for shipment to some of the large cities.
The company is composed Of George W.
Ross, ofthis city, and Gen. j. FL. Holman,
and j. and w. Patrick. of st. Louis. The
last two are very wealthy, controlling mill
ions of capital. Gen. Hoinan's practical
knowledge of the business will insure its
success. Mr.. Ross financial capacity is
well known. The company is 4 strong
one, having abundance OF capital to run the
business to its utmost capacity. st. Louis
has been looking for building stone for some
time. The owners of the St. GeneVieve
sandstone quarry thought they had it, but
that stone has been condemned by the
Government as not possessing sufficient
strength for building purposes. This
Knoxville marble has been attracting much
attention there Of late, IS well as OF East
ern men. judges Of building stone pro-
nounce it the finest building material in the
United States, If not in the world. Its
weight is about Is pounds per cubic foot,
more than any Eastern granite. Mr.. Mul-
lett, the Supervising Architect at Washing
ton, pronOuuces it the most durable stone
in the United States"
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NEVADA.
The Lieutenant Governor Capitulates
Yielding to Military Necessity.

VIRGINIA, New, March 14.-Pursuant
to the order of Gov. Bradley yesterday,
Gen. VanBokkaler with 60 militia and one
field piece reported at Carson this morning.
He was ordered to dispossess Lieut.. Gov.
Demeer and install the newly appointed
Warden of the State prison, and to use
force if necessary.
A copy of the Governors order, sent by
the military commander to the State
Prison with demand for immediate sur.
render, had the effect to cause the capitula-
tion of the Lieutenant Governor, the latter
saying be yielded to the military necessity
of superior force. The new Warden was
placed in possession and the military re-
turned home.
There is strong probability of Gov.
Bradley calling an extra session of the
Legislature for the purpose of impeaching
the Lieutenant Governor. The latter bases
bis action upon point of construction of
the law detaching the two offices of Lieu
tenant Governor and Warden of ths State
prison, claiming that it don't take effect un-
til April /.
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ANOTHER EAST TENNESSEE
TRAGEDY.
A Citizen Shot MOrtaIIy and then Be
set by a FerOcIOus Dog.

A Citizen Shot MOrtaIIy and then Be-
set by a FerOcIOus Dog.
Last January, in a personal difficulty
caused by a previous lawsuit, Jacob Davis
shot and wounded, in the shoulder, VIM.
Holden, who, a brother-in-law of Joe
Roark, party to the litigation, had fred at
the first named person. This was at VIM
berly's Cross Roads, Polk county, ard Joe
Roark's brother Alex was also engaged
with Holden in causing the difficulty. A
few days ago Alex Roark met Davis, and
the two being reconciled, the latter was in
Vited to go home with him. Not accepting
the invitation, Davis was asked by ROark to
come over to his house next morning. AS
Davis, who was en- route for Bradley county,
was going by Alex Roark's house the day fol-
lowing, Mike Roark, father Of Joe and Alex.
Roark, fred, the shot taking effect in the
back of Davis. The father with bis two sons
now commenced firing at Davis, the respec-
tive balls grazing his head, piercing bis
right side and perforsting his clothing. Be-
ing stunned by the bullet which struck his
head, Davis fell forward on his knees, and
in this condition the numbering wretcbes
set fierce dog upon the unfortunate man,
from whose side the life blood was fast eb-
bing. With the strength Of despair he
managed to prevent the dog biting him.
Keeling and staggering, he ran two hundred
yards, where falling, he was met by neigh
bors who carried the poor man to Mr. Gra-
hams house. Davis survived his wounds
two days only, and the three murderers are
seeking concealment in the woods. The
murdered man says he only saw Mike Ro-
ark fire, and the coroner's jury charge him
with the homicide.
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AN ECCENTRIC PICKPOCKET.
A POcketbOOk Containing Sz5 stolen
from q SIeeninR Car Cnnhunfnr

A POcketbOok Containing S75 Stolen
from Sleeping Car Conductor.
Yesterday morning Alex. Smith, a sleep
ing car conductor, arrived fIom Louisville,
and proceeding to the Maxwell House. en-
gagged in game of pool, taking care TO d.
vest himself of a heavy overcoat which he
placed on a sofa near The green baize-tabIe.
Irthe cost pocket was a purse containing
S75, and shortly after it was deposited bS
the conductor an idle youth Dropped in the
saloon and took a seat on the sofa by the
aforesaid winter garment. Mr.. Smith
poked the balls, and while engaged
at this sport the idle youth also
commenced the pocket game and
after a careless stare and long drawn
sigh walked lelsurely, yet suspiciously out
of the hotel. Upon examining the over
coat Mr., Smith found his pocketbook was
gone and Immediately rushing out caught
the wandering youth on the pavement in
front Of the hotel. COllaring the wretch, said
Mr.. Smith, "See here, you villaiUOus youth,
give me my pOcketbook and its money, or
l will have you arrested" T he youth not
being able to resist the seri Gus merits of
the conductor (who contract ing his eye
brows, looked perfect raw head and bloody
bones,) restored the pocketbook and money
to the owner, aud Then ran down Cherry
street aDd through an alley. The youth
escaped,
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MYSTERIOUS CRIMES.
Bank Robbery and Arson.
U. =. Revenue Office Rifled.

ST. LOUIS, March 14.-Early yesterday
morning fire was discovered in the office
of the United States Collector of internal
revenue, office at Kansas City. At the
same time the Union German savings bank
occupying the front part of the same build
ing was found to be on fire. Both fires
were speedily extinguished. In the Col
lector's office, the books and papers an d
from rs, 900 to $4,000 dollars worth Of
stamps we're so badly damaged as to be val
uless. In the bank the vault was found
open and robbed and the papers in the
vault burning. About seven thousand dol
lars were taken from the bank. The vault
lock was combination and had been un-
locked, not broken open. 1t is expected
some startling revelations will be made in
connection with these fires.
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The Doom on FOsfar.
$4,000.
The Rnsfnn Fire Bonds.

BosToN, March 14.-The full bench of
the Supreme Judicial Court has decided the
act of the Legislature authorizing the city
of Boston 70 issue twenty million of fire
bonds unconstitutional. The concluding
sentence of the rescript is as follows: The
expenditure authorized by this statute be-
ing for private and not for public objects in
a legal sense, it exceeds the constitutional
power of the Legislature, and the city can
not legally issue the bonds for the purposes
named In the act.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-15
LEGISLATIVE.

The time of the Senate yesterday was
occupied principally with the bill fixing the
rate of privilege taxes. In the House, the
funding bill was discussed until the hour of
adjournment. Several interesting speeches
were made. Thus far the opponents of
funding do not seem to have shaken the
faith of those who believe the interest of
the people and the honor of the State de-
pendent upon the passage of the bill.
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The violent neath of a Tramp.

LOUISVILLE, March 14.-George Meis-.
Ter, a German tramp, said to be from Gin
cinnati, undertook to steal ride this A. NJ.
from E!izabethtown, on the Louisville
and Nashville freight train. He missed bis
footing and fell. The cars ran over him,
cutting off his left arm and badly crushing
his right leg, besides injuring him Internal
ly. He died about one O'Clock, four hours
after the accident, and will be buried at the
company's expense.
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FOREIGN.
Great Britain's Ministerial Travail.


A Country without q Government.
LONDON, March 1.-THE Pail Mall
Gazette says Disraeli told the Queen yes
terdsy that he was not prepared 20 form a
Cabinet. The Gazette is confident that
under the circumstances Gladstone will be
recalled to head the Government. The
Globe declares the latter assumption un-
warranted; Lords Derby and Cairns can
not reach London until tomorrow, and
meanwhile nothing can be determined, and
all talk on the subject of the future Minis
try must be pure speculation.
DisraeIi still ON the Fence.
LONDON, March IA, IL P. M.-DisraeIi
is still reluctant to assume the task of Or
ganizing new government. 1t was posi-
lively asserted at the Carlton club this
evening that one thing is settled, namely:
II the Conservatives take Office Disraeli
will inform the Queen tomorrow that it is
impossible for him 10 form ministry aud
viii suggest that the responsibility be en-
trusted to the Earl of Derby who has the
support of the old wings. In the Reform
club the belief is that the chances for the
return of the Conservatives to power are
sinking, and that Gladstone in a few days
will withdraw his resignation.
At the Cabinet Councils held on We'd
nesday and Thursday, Gladstone repeated
ly expressed his wish to retire to private
life, and his colleagues used every argument
in their power to dissuade him from his pur-
pose.
Old Darby to the Front.
i - ,c -, -
form Cabinet to be composed of himself
as Premier, Disraeli as Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Ward Hunt Hums as Secre-
tary, Sir Stafford Northcote as Secretary
for India, Claiborne Hardy as Foreign Sec
retary, Marquis of Salisbury as President of
the Council, and Cairns as Lord Chan
cellor. Lord Derby's success is doubtful.
II he fails Lord Granville, with a scratch
Cabinet, will come in and end with an ap-
peal to the country.
Death of Bp. McIIvaine.
CINCINNATI, March 14.-PriVate dis
patches received he.e to-day announce the
death Of Bishop McIlvaine, at Florence,
Italy. IL is thought the body will be
brought here for inlerment.
States? or Provinces?
MADRID, March l4.-It is reported that
q reaction has set in among the Radicals in
favor of an indivisible republic as opposed
to the federal system. Senior Figueras, in
an official telegram to Ministers Margall and
Tetuan, has expressed fear that the peo-
pie OF Barcelona are determined to stand by
their proclamation of federal republic.
Am italian Citizen.
ROME, March 14.-Anadeus has formal
y resumed his rights as an Italian citizen.
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Three Children Run Over by a Switch
Engine.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 14.-Ye Yesterday
evening, in New Albany, Indiana, while
several little children were PLAYING on Che
track OF the New Albany & Chicago Rail-
road, switch engine backing out of the
siding ran oger three of them. One named
Franklin Scott, three years old, was horribly
mangled, his head nearly severed from his
body and crushed into dozen pieces.
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BIed Himself to Death.

ST. LOUIS, March 14.-Jno. Malloy, an
usher in the Church of the Messiah in this
city, and son of the librarian of Montreal,
Canada, died at one O'Clock this morning
from the effects of severing the main artery
of one of his arms, the wound being self
inflicted. Disappointed love was the cause
of the act
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-15

THE New York Independent, politico-
religious Journal which contributed its tai
ents and influence 10 the reelection of
Grant, says:
Withths single exception of actual 'in-
surrection,' the local administration of a
State is as independent of the Presidents
authority as it is of that of Great Britain"
But Grant cannot see /: in tha' light, and
so be has instructed the military to force
Kellogg upon the people at the point of the
baYonet.
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L. d. HUSTON.
Appeal 10 the QuadrenniaI Confer

Appeal 10 the QuadrenniaI Confer
ence.
BALTIMORE, March 14.-In the Annual
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South this morniny the committee
on the trial of the case of Rev. DR.. Huston,
on the charge of immortality, reported, con-
victing the accused and expelling him from
the church.
The General Conference Of the Church,
to which an appeal will probably be taken
by the counsel of Huston, does not meet till
May, 1874. DR.. Huston has not been pres
ent during the session of the Baltimore
Conference, nor before the committee. His
parchment as deacon in the Church was
handed into the Conference this morning.
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THE Senate on Friday confr med the fol-
lowing appointments Of Postmasters in this
State: John d. Lewis, Pulaski; A. G..
Sharpe, Chattanooga; VIM. Rule, Knox
vile; James p. Baird, Columbia; A. E.
Blount, Cleveland; Mrs. Julia P. Woolford,
jackson,
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APRoPos of Nspoleons body lying in
state, an English sntiquary write.: 'In the
year 1883 the body of Edward ". was ex-
posed, bare from the waist up, to show that
be had not died by foul means, in the Pal
ace at Westminster, and was visited by the
Mayor of London and many other persons.
The body of Henry VII. lay in state at
Richmond, as did that of Queen Elizabeth;
but wax efigies in armor represented
James /. and Oliver Cromwell, and we
doubt whether the body of any English
sovereign has been exposed since the death
of Charles H."
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CELERY is said to be one cf the most
potent anti-neTvine remedies known. A
writer in a leading periodical asserts that
be has ''knoWn macy msn, and women
too, who from various causes have become
so much sffected with nervousness that
when they stretched cut their hands they
shook like aspen leaves on a windy day,
who, by daily moderate use of the blanch-
ed foot stalks Of the celery leaves as
salad, became as strong and steady in limbs
as other people,"
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A FickIe Swain Shot by a Tilted Lass,

CINCINNATI, March 14.-Advices from
Centreville, Montgomery county, report
that Miss Benham, at that place, yesterday
shot and mortally wounded young man
named Kelsey. Both belonged to respecta-
bic families. 1t is stated that Kelsey was
engaged in marriage to Miss Benham and
broke off the engagement.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-15

THE indianapolis Journal desires to
know whether those Indiana Congressman
who go virtually opposed the salary grab
now refuse to accept the five thousand dol
lars? Similar questions are being asked in
q number of States.
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THE Dessau correspondent of the Spencer
Gazette reports marriage to have been ar
ranged between the King of Bavaria and
the Duke of Anhslt's eldest daughter, the
Princess Elizabeth, who is now sixteen.
Rumors regarding King Louis engagement
have so frequently proved incorrect that the
present report deserves to be received with
caution. At the same time the gathering
at the ducal court Of all the Dukes nearest
relatives, Princess Frederick Charles, the
Duchesses of SAKE Altenburg, Nassau,
Lippe, etc., indicates the imminence Of
some important family event.
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SHIP SUNK
with $500 RaIes of Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS, March 14.-The British
ship John Parker, hence Friday for Liver
pool with 3,5l3 bales of cotton, 5000 slaves
and 1000 sacks oil cake, took fire this A..
NJ, and was scuttled and sunk on the flats
a. the Southwest Pass.
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The difficulty of perfect translation is
again made manifest by Frenchman who,
in rendering passage from Cooper, made
it read, "he descended from his horse, and
tied him to Large grasshopper," when the
original reads ''a large locust" (tree.)
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The sons of Archduke Charles of Aus
tria had warm dispute in the peseacs of
the Emperor himself. Greatly excited,
one said to the other, "You are the greatest
ass in Vienna!' Highly offended at quar-
rel in his presence, the emperor interrupted
them, saying, with indignation, "Come,
come, young gentlemen; you forget that l
am present.