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cause 10 complain hut not until then. For a day
there had been perhaps some reason 10 fear That
the house might have been In trouble, ana this
vas owing mainly 10 tne tact that they had done
their very best - keep up the spfaguer, Of Rhode
island but when merchants and manufacturers
mad learned Of the Ioable that the house Was in
danger OF being in, they had come forward On
rassse and had tcndeied hep, n mad heard. ~
inc extent OF several millions: hut the main part
OF TINS mad been declined with sincere thanks
The New York herald., 1873-11-03
THE WASHINGTON Banks.

WASHINGTON. Nov ? is5a
From the best data that can be obtained the
First National Bank of Washington will pay its
creditors from its present assets about atty per
cent In all The payment OF larger dividend win
depend on the business capacity of Jay Cooke 4 Co
Bank mas informed dcp0sitors that they viii re-
ceive ultimately seventy-nve cents on the dollar
INC time may Dc long distant, as owing 20 the
et present on some 0f The collaterals.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

feature, but the emblem of q mandrake.
And yet this basilisk would king it." Ma
poleon the First was wont to say: "Giye
me man with plenty of nose-long nose,
long head" His best Generals were, as
rule, remarkably well provided in this par
ticular. His own was exquisitely chiseled,
sculpturesque in mould, form and express
sion, though, strangely enough, not one of
his brothers had nose worth looking at.
But the most prominent nose In Europe
was Arthur, Duke Of Wellington's. And
the Iron Dukes sptains-Anglessy, Pike
ton, Combermere, and Hardinge-were all
noteworthy in this respect also. Sir Charles
Napier, the conqueror of Scinde, was SINH
larry favored. His nose was tslike the beak
OF an eagle; it was curved and keen as the
blade OF scythe." In celebrated de-
bate in the House of Commons, Sheridan
compared Pitts nose to the steeple ofStras-
burg; Pitt retorted by lizening that ofSher-
idan to "a fiery meteor" Sherry's feature,
son the coloring of which thousands of
pounds of his creditors money had been
spent, still CLEANS like a fiery comet from
the caricatures OF GiIlray." The late
Lord Kelly had such another nose, and he
had very red face altogether. "Pray,
my lord" said Foote to him, "coma aud
look over my garden wall, my cucumbers
are very backward" Lord Brougham's nose,
1.-the, flexible, mobile, now wagging with
infinite humor, now heaving with terrific
wrath, has been the theme of 10000 pens.
By the way, Senior Orense, the veteran lead
er of the Republican party in Spain, is said
TO be about duplicate of the late Lord
Brougham, the similarity of face, even to
the unmistakable nose, being wonderful.
Mrs. SiddoLs' was another remarkable nose,
and it gave great trouble to Sir Joshua
Reynolds. The prince of portrait painters
was completely baffied by it. For a whole
week he had been at the feature, and could
not get the hang of 1t by hook or crook.
Che witchery of the tragedy queens great,
merry, yet serious eye; the ripeness, tine
tured with tenderness, and touched with a
soupcOn of scorn, of the small mouth; the
gloom of the eyebrows, the dimple in the
chin, the inimitable curve of the graceful
neck, the curly head, surmounted by the
cavalier hat, the lazy gracefulness of atti.
tude-all were there, true to the original;
but then the nosel Booth, the well known
actor, had broken nose. A lady once re-
marked to lin: 81 like your acting Mr..
Booth, but, to be frank with you, l can't
get over your nose" mo wonder, mad
am" replied he; ''the bridge is gone"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

Ancromed2 meteors, which, on several
occasions, have been observed, though new
er before In such numbers might stand 10
the same relation 10 the comet BieJa.
When, therefore, the shower Of Noyem-
per ~ occurred Astronomers at once con-
GUIDED almost unanimously that either the
comet mad actually fallen upon the e.rth, or
1t least had brushed US with his tail, The
celebrated German astronomer, Klinker-
tues, Oh Oottlngen, went further. Reason
ing tnat II tne comet had passed ", coming
rom the direction OF Andromeda. it must
no" DC receding In the opposite part Of the
heavens, ne the next day telegraphed to
Mr. Pogson, Director Of the observatory at
Madras, IN Southern India: "Biela touch
ed earth on the 27h; look near Theta Cen
Gaurl." AUD, sure enough, on tbe 2nd Of
Decemhsr, (haViDg been before hindered by
pad Wea,her,) Mr.. POgson found the
comet IN the indicated place. He describes
II as circular, pretty bright; with no trace
OF tail; but he can find nothing Of the
companion comet; very possibly ID was the
companion which came into collision with
the earth and give rise TO the star shower
though perhaps, il is more probable that
the earth only passed through an attendant
flock Of meteOrs, without touching the
main body Of either comet.
We thus have = most beautiful cOnfrma-
ton of the theory which recognizes comets
and meteors as very near OF KIN, though
as yet the facts are hardly sufficient to de-
eide between the different views Of astron-
omers as to the nature of the relation.
Some hold that comets are only aggregs-
tons Of meteors; others that the meteOrs
are merely attendants upon the comets,
small pieces Of the same nebuous matter
Of which comets are composed, torn of by
disturbing forces from the larger mass aS
it falls toward the sun through interstellar
space; and others yet, Gas KiikwoOd sng-
gested in 1851, long before Schiaparelli's
researches,) that the meteors are pieces Of
the comet detached by the same solar forces
which produce les tal-in fact are the
mere debris Of comstary trains. For the
complete solution OF this problem long
course Of observation is likely 70 be requir-
ed, but great point has been gained; and
how far conclusions may safely be ear
ried can hardly be known until the present
orbit OF the comet, and the earth's effect
upon it, can be worked out-a labor OF
some months at least.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

LIKE the youth of some other places, the
Pittsburg (Mass.) boys, to the number OF
so or so rush out of evening meetings as
soon as the benediction is pronounced, and
stand ready to offer their com pany to their
opposites of the other sex as they come
about giving his arm to the girl of his
choice, few nights ago, when her father,
who hasn't bit of romance in his soul
but mighty sight of vigor in his muscles
stepped up and taking in the situation at a
glance, grasped the youth by bic coat collar,
lifted him about yard clear of the
ground, and neatly shook him out of his
trousers. The young man has been shy Of
that miss ever sinca. He says SIT isn't safe
to be hangin' round a girl whose father acts
like derrick" -.:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

THERE is something singular and quite
romantic to those sober folks, the botanists,
in the fact that the track of the Prussian
armies in France their camping grounds,
the siege lines, and often their bivouacs,
are marked with flowers. And these are
not the flowers of France, but of the Faith
erland. Around Paris eveR, the same phe-
nomenon is seen. Hundred of flowers, IN
known hitherto to French soil, but loved
of the German heart, have sprung up and
flourish in congenial soil. So that the
Prussian army, formerly traced by bloody
fields, wrecked ambulances and all the hor-
TOR and the confusion of frightfuk war, can
now be followed by the skilhul botanists by
the strange flowers blooming in the lanes
and fields and the borders of the vineyards.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Extra Session of the Senate.
The Alabama Senatorship Settled
B .bs5sssrs3 Temporarily


BY Swearing i'm the Radical Appli-
/ - WASHINGTON, March Ton motion Of
Mr.. Morton, the, Rev. Newman was re-
elected Chaplain Of the Senate.
The pending question was upon the mo-
ton to postpone the question of admitting
Mr.. Spencer to seat. Ie2H
Mr.. Howe said yesterday be favored post
poneinent, but having examined the case
he was now prepared tovote.
Mr.. Conklin g offered . resolution for
adjournment sine die Tuesday next.
Mr.. Morton objected and it went
Mr.. Cooper offered resolution request
ing the President to furnish the Senate with
the correspondence between the Attorney
General of the United States and certain par
ties in Alabama, in relation fusion of the
two bodies claiming to be the Legislature
of the State. 5lssvss
Mr.. Conklin objected to immediate action
and the resolution went over.
Mr.. Bsyard's resolution to postpone
further consideration of the admission of
| Spencer, was lost as follows: Ayes, "A,
nays, 81, Cooper voting aye and Brownlow
nay.
Mr.. Bayard moved that the credentials
of Spencer and Sykes be referred to Sc
| lect Committee.
Mr.. Hamln presented the credentials of
Mr.. Roscoe Coukling as Senator from New
York, and they were read and laid on tie
table. WHT 0rH tUH-.
DR.. Newman 10 be RecOnsidered.
Mr.. Cameron entered motion to recon-
| slider the appointment of Rev. Dr.. New
man as Chaplain of the Senate.
Mr.. Bayard's motion was lost. Yeas 20,
nays SO.
The question being then upon admins
tering the oath to Mr.. Spencer, Mr.. Thur
man moved to lay it upon the table until
theiregular committees Of the Senate should
be appointed, so that motion might be
made to refer the credentials to the Com
mittee on Privileges aud Elections.
The Senate without division voted to
admit Spencer, and he was sworn in.
Mr.. West presented the credentials OF
L M. G. Miller, claiming to be the
Senator Elect from Louisiana,
Elected be the McEnery Legislature. The
credentials were read. Mr.. West then
moved that they lie upon the table and be
printed, which was agreed to.
Mr.. Conkling moved to 60 into executive
session.
Mr.. Morton asked him to yield for him to
take up the
-ru Caldwell Case.
Mr.. Conkling declined to yield for that
purpose, and the Senate went into execu-
tive session and soon after adjourned to
Monday.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
COMETS AND METEORS.
A BIT Of AstrOn omi cal Romance.


Occasionally events occur in the seientif-
ic world which deserve TO be called roman
tie, and the astronomers, says the New
York Times, have very recently furnished
US with an instance. In 1926, Biels, an OF
fcer in the Austrian army, discovered a
little comet, which bears his name, and
which revolves around the sun In conpar-
atively short period of less than seven years.
In 1892 it was found that its orbit cuts
that of the earth at q point which she pass
es in the latter part ofNovember, and much
alarm was excited among the unlearned
and semi-scienti6c for fear Of collision;
needlessly, however, IS the comet crossed
the intersection (node, as it is technically
calIed) in October, while the earth was
still some millions of miles away. In 1899
the comet was not seen, being unfsvoPably
situated. In 1916 strange thing happen
ed; the comet split while under observation,
aud when il vanished In the distance, had
become Double comet.
In 1872 the two parts were both ohserv-
ed moving separately aud independently,
but very faint. In 1859 and 1866the com-
ct should have reappeaFed; but, though
most ANTIQUITY searched for, it could not
be f0S.nd ON either occasion. It was due
again last autumn, and was again most
earnestly hunted for, though with little
hope Of finding it, until, on the night No
vember q, occurred most remarkable
shower OF shooting Stars, which for several
hours rained by thousands from point in
the sky near the foot Of the constellation
Androneda. Over twenty thousand OF
the neteors, were counted at some Of the
European stations within three hours.
Now, in 1861, Schisparelli, an Italian as
tronomer, had proved that some close re-
lationship exists between comets and me-
| teors, by showing that a little comet known
as Temples, moves In precisely the same
orbit as thai pursued by the meteors of No
vember II, the so-ealled LeOnides, in
their course around the sun-the comet
preceding the main flock of the meteors
by some two years. The following year,
Oppolzer of Vienna, showed that the
meteors of August--the perseids-are sim
ilarly preceded by the comet of 1862. Nor
had 1t escaped the notice of astronomers,
among others our own Kirkwood, that the
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
Condensed TeIexrams.

The Senate in Executive session has ex.
tended the Mexiean Claims Commission
two years longer. ~
A lady passenger from Europe was ar
rested in New York harbor yesterday with
81 800 Of smuggled laces. -.
Two skaters were killed in Toledo yes
terday, the breaking of rotten plank pre-
cipitating them sixty feet.
Oakley hall has resumed practice at the
New York bar,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

A MULE in Memphis is supposed to have
a propensity for practical jokes. Being at
tached to street car he became perfectly
immovable. All the men in the car got out
and were pushing it with all their might,
when Mr.. Mule dashed Oh at full speed, leav-
ing them all sprawling in the mud. They viii
net be so ready nezt time to help distress
ed driver
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
COTTON maintains in New York its
chronic quotation of 2O.c for middlipg.

HoN. JOHN NJ. B. WRIGHT, M. c., from
the fourth district, arrived in the city yes
terday. He stands as the sole representa-
tive of Tennessee, who, voted against the
bill to increase the pay of the members of
the last Congress. BE receives the well
ONE, not only of his congressional dis
trict, but Of the whole State. SWELL
ONE, THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SER
vANrn
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

- The transportation of crude petroleum,
and particularly of the lighter portion of it,
such as benzine, gasoline, ETC., is attended
by heavy loss from evaporation, in Ordi-
nary packages, and substitute for barrels
has long been looked for by the trade. 1t
is now proposed to make barrels of glass
sufficiently thick 10 stand transportation.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
NOVEL SUIT.

The United States Sued for Half q
mfIITon Damages by Congressional
Legislation.
..a CINCINNATI, March I'm the .. 5.
Court to cay, suit was brought against the
United States Government by the Newport
and Cincinnati Railroad Bridge Company
for S557,OOO alleged damages incurred in
Consequence of alterations required In the
construction Of the bridge, as to its height
and the width of the channel span. The
assent of the United Safes to the building
ofthis bridge was given March 8, 1869. The
Congressional legislation requiring the
change, on which the Claim is based, was
section fifth Of the bill for the appropriation
for the posi- Office department for the year
endipg'June &c. 1872 and approved March
8, 1871. The same act provides that par
ties injured thereby may seek redress in the
q. S. Courts. The case is said to be the
first Of its kind brought against the Gov
20 eminent.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

The Criminal Court of Vigo, Indiana, is
very considerable of culprits. Forgay, on
trial for stabbiog William Landrum, was
permitted to run around outside on Sl,OC0
bail. The verdict was "guiIty" aud three
years and half in States Prison, which
being promptly reported to the subject
thereof, he sit out" very naturally, and
has not since been seen.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

= There is in New York professional
"face MAKER" who sits as model FOX the
artist who manufactures gTotes9ue masks
for carnival times. The hexibiIity Of his
features is said to be so wonderful that, if
necessary, he could elude the recognition of
the smaftest detective. .-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
LOUISIANA.
McEnery Changes His Tactics.
Going to Starve out the Enemy.


An Anti Tax.Paying Campaign.
NEW ORLEANS, March THE MECH
cry government maintains their position
with the people and will organize resistance
to Kellogg in every manner except by force.
A central committee has been formed
with branches in every parish to resist and
delay the collection of taxes. They de-
clare their purpose to withhold all support
from the usurpation forced upon the people
by the military power of the general gov
eminent. The city is very quiet. The
military have returned to their quarters and
the police to their beats.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

- The Paris correspondent Of the Daily
Meas states that the widow of Marshal
Lauriston, a descendant of the family of
the famous Law, Of the South Sea Bubble,
died suddenly in an arm chair at her man
sion in the Faubourg st. Honore, while
taking cup of milk. She was 100 years,
months and Is days old.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
MISSOURI.
A Railroad Question of Several
Millions.

ST. LOUIS, March THE Attorney
General of the State to-day in reply TO a
request by the Lower House OF the Legis-
lature, submitted an elaborate opinion on
the question of the constituilonallty OF the
release of the State lien on the North Mis-
souri, railroad, under an act passed by the
Geaeral ASS am5ly, in 1868. The Attorney
General decides the release was unconsa'
tutional. Several million dollars are In
Volved In the. question.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
The MOdOCs.

SAN Francisco, March IA dispatch
from Yerka tonight says the peace COM
mlssioners sent their ultimatum by squaW
10 Capt. Jack. Should they still refuse, It
"a thought active movements will com
Lnence at once.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
MEMPHIS.

n. b. Forrest President of selma
~. Road. @
MEMPHIS, March THE directors OF
the Memphis and Selma railroad elected
Gen. n. B. Forrest, President; Samuel Tate,
Vice President, and 81. D. Bulkley, Treas
urer.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

Portsmouth, N. H, proposes novel
method of forming public library, by in
ducing every son of the city who shall visit
it on the Fourth of July next TO 'march into
town with book under his arm"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
FOREIGN.
The Bank OF England Frauds-A
Woman I'm Ia.

The Bank OF England Frauds-A
Woman I'm Ia.
LONDON, March THE police this
morning arrested a woman giving the
name of Ellen Burnham, known to be an
accomplice and paramount of Warren, the
principal in the heavy forgeries on the bank
Of ENGLAND. f13,570 was found on her
apartments which she said was not hers.
She was committed for examination on
Friday next. Noyes, the clerk of the forg-
ers, was up for examination, but was re-
manded for week. -
VictOria's Son. e
The Edinburgh Scotsman has report OF
marriage arranged between the Duke OF
Edinburgh and foreign Imperial Princess.
The Spanish observation-disclosures
The committee to whom was referred the
bill dssolving the Spanish Assembly and
ordering an election in Spain and Porto
Rico for constituent Cortes, are unfavora-
BILE to the bill, and should they decide to
recommend its rejection, change OF the
ministry would be inevitable. But the
committee is in conference with the minis
tiers, and the probability that the opposing
views of the committee and the cabinet will
be reconciled is increasing. Dispatches
from Madrid to-day make 40 mention OF q
ministerial crisis.
The Governor of Malaga has sent in bis
resignation, giving as a reason that his au-
thority is not respected by the populace
who are pillaging the houses Of the wealthy.
20 Per Cent Paid or
PARIS, March The government up to
this day has paid Germany three and half
billions francs on account Of the war in
demnity.
Swallowed by the Sea-Appalling Ac
cident I'm Asiatic Turkey.
NEW YORK, March THE London
Times of the 22d February gives the par
ticulars of the frightful accident at Smyrna.
A cafe built upon piles over the sea broke
down suddenly, during performance CIV
en- by company of acrobats. There were
200 persons present. A loud cracking was
heard, and within five minutes the entire
cafe had disappeared under the water. A
few of the persons near the entrance con-
trived to effect their escape, and some per-
sons saved themselves by jumping through
the windows into the sea. Boatmen rowed
up in numbers, but their efforts were in
vain.
The search after dead bodies was asad
sprecscie. The acrobats were drawn from
the water in their snowy costumes Of the
previous night. The limbs of all the bodies
were contracted with pain. Two hearses
were engaged all day in conveying the re-
mains discovered to the hospitals. The
total number of bodies found up to the pre-
sent are so, and it is supposed that there
are still so more in the water. The COM
pany of acrobats consisted of seven persons
of whom three were women, and one of
these latter only survives. The Govern
ment will institute proceedings against the
proprietor of the cafe who did not pay heed
to warning of danger which was given
him in time.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
THE TWO STATUES OF HORACE
GREELEY.

From the New. York Tribune, March 4.
Two distinct movements are in progress
for the erection of statues in honor of the
late Mr.. Greeley. The one headed by the
Hon. W. W. Niles, late Representative of
Mr.. Greeley's home in the State Legisla-
ture, contemplates the erection of bronze
statue with suitable pedestal either in Prin-
ting House square or Central Park. For
this large sum has already been raised by
an organ ization extending throughout the
country; and contributions are still daily re-
ceived by Mr.. Niles and by the Hon. An
drew 81. Green, Controller of the City OF
New York, who is acting as Treasurer of
the fund,
The other movement Is In the hands of
journeymen printers, and looks to the cree
ton of q life-sizs statue of Mr.. Greeley to
be cast 10 type-metal and placed in Green
wood. It was in the interest of this move
ment that printers were recently invited to
set 1000 ems each, and forward the pro-
eeeds to the President of typographical
Union No. 6. These gentlemen now ask US
to bespeak for their circular herewith given
the widest circulation:
Rooms OF NEW YORK Typo. UNION
No. 6, No. % DUANE STREET, n. Y
Gentlemen; In furtherance of the action
of the New York Typographical Union No.
6, to erect a lifesze statue of Horace
Greeley, cast in type-metal, the committee
having the matter in charge are actively
engaged in perfecting the arrangements for
the completion of the statue. Having re-
ceived numerous donations from gentle
men closely identified with the craft, the
committee have decided to solicit donations
from the employing printers and publish
ers, and others either directly or indirectly
connected with our profession. Donations,
either of old type-metal or in cash, will be
thankfully received and duly acknowledged,
and the names of all donors entered on the
Roll of Honor to be open for inspection at
the Society's rooms, No. % Duane street.
Hoping yO1 feel disposed to assist in our
humble effort TO erect this tribute to tho
memory of one who in life proved himself
the beDfactor of mankind, and whose pen
was engaged actively in seeking the anne
Iteration Of the human race, we trust to
hear from you ct your earliest convenience.
Respectfully, ]. MEYERHoFF,
Chairman Statue Committee.
n. B.-Donations Of type-metal should
be directed to president of u. Y, Typo
q
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08

Thirty-one lawyers, sixty farmers,
eleven doctors, thirteen merchants and four
editors constitute the Missouri House OF
Representatives.