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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-11
THE DOMINION.
The Troubles On the Border.

The Gordon kidnapping case.
CHICAGO, July 10.-The following dis
patch was received st St. Paul, dated Fort
Gary, July 4: The excitement still contin-
ues over the recent arrest of detectives Hay
and RogaD, who attempted to kidnap the
notorious Lord Gordon, of Erie railway
fame. Messrs FLETCHER and Merriam, of Min
neapolis, with Mr.. Bently, merchant, were
also arrested the following day as accom-
plices. They were rudely ia.
Thrust into a Filthy Prison
and iloned. Mayor Bracket and Hon. Z.
M. Wilson, of Minneapolis, arrived yester-
day morning BY special stage,
Travelling Night and Day.
Mr.. Bracket at once sought admission to
the prisoners which was granted by Judge
Betounay, but be was Immediately ordered
oct by the sheriff under instructions from
the attorney genersl Clark. Yesterday
4 Preliminary Examination
commenced, the court room being densely
crowded. The whole day was occupied in
taking Lord Gordon's testimony, which
was known TO be atissue of
FaIsehOOds and ExaggeraiiOns.
Mr.. Wilson was not allowed 10 act for the
defence, bus was permitted to occupy a
seat and confer With TIE council for the
defence, ... - en ,1 A AL
Great Indignation
IS felt against the authorities for the high
hrnded manner in which they are con-
Quoting the case. U. S. Consul Taylor is
working EHerSetieaIIy
on behalf of the pr oneTs. The examina-
ton proceeds very slowly and will probably
last several days yet.
Mayor Bracket, while in court yesteT-
day, was arrested, but released shortly al
ter. However, his movements are closely
watched. He feels determined to see the
affair through. Lord Gordon is freely
using his money, his friends having re-
tanned nearly all the lawyers. Every OBJ
stacle seems to be thrown in the way to
prevent re.utting testimony being given.
Only one or two witnesses wereexamined
to-day, nothing new being elected by their
testimony.
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RAJ. ALLMAN's mIsFORTUEE.

IL is with great sorrow We chronicle the
recent misfortune Of our esteemed friend,
Mai. Altman, OF COrnevGVilie. No man in
Tennessee has lsbUTed more zealOEsly to
introduce and propagate the thoroughbred;
no man has been SO untiTing in his endeaV-
ors to foster and encourage q spirit Of emu
lation among stock breeders, and to cult
vate 3 refined and ell vatet taste in farming
generally. Yet it seems that some deVilin-
carnatc, some fieHd unknown, has en-
i avored 10 thWart his good purposes,
30 besgar him and his children, and 10
stop the breed OF ms fine stock.
On Saturday evening, Dist ult,, Major All
man fed his stock in person and found
them all right; On SGndsy he went to
church, according to bis well-knO6n
habit, but returned in the afternoon to find
that an enemy had visited his premises.
Imported Canwell, by the great StCCkwel,
wasfOund to be almost blmC-bis eyes closed
and running; Watson, by Lexington, had
also been tempered with il a similar mar
ner, seven head Of tige cattle, his Shetland
stud, and many Of bis fine sows were found
dead. 1t is feared that CsGwcl and Wat
son will lose their eyes. Thus the 1end,
for what reason Maj. Altman is entirely L.
norant, resorted to mean and COWardly
attack upon poor dumb brutes to injme
their owner. Words are too poor to paint
the deep and damning blacknesS Of the
heart that would perpetrse such crime.
-PoIdSki Citizen, July 10.
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MAsRINGTON,S TOME.

A correspondent of the Washington
Chronicle Whites from Mount Vernon:
Otis said that Mrs. Washington, after
the death Of her husband, closed up her
room and occupied the one Immediately
above, that she might more plainly see the
tomb where her beloved was sleeping, and
where she Joined him two years Later. 1t
is not generally known tha5 this old tomb
was broken into about forty years ago, and
a skull stolen from it, which was subse-
uuently exhited by the scoundrel in New
York as the skull of Washington. He was
soon arrested, of course, and the skull re-
turned to the tomb. 1t was not, however,
the skull which had contained the brain that
had directed our armies in the dark hours
of the Revolution, and which in peace had
made permanent the blessings secured. On
examing his coin the frame was found in
tact. 1t was removed, with hrs. Wash
ington's, soon after, under a resolution OF
Congress, to the one it now occupies.
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NEW YORK.
More of the Passenger Ticket swsndIt

| More OF the Passenger Ticket SwindIe.
New YORK, July 10.-On the arrival OF
| the Washington train of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Jersey City, yesterday, two of
| ficiaIs were arrested, supposed to be in a
combination of conductors and gate keep
ers to rob the company, by failing to cancel
and re-Selling passenger tickets.
A Sad Case.
Frederick Roxo, coffee merchant in
Rio Janeiro, made application in the Su-
preme Court yesterday for writ of habeas
corpus to secure bis daughter, whom Roxo's
wife carried off with her to this city, when
she clipped from Rio with the brother of
Roxo.
A Hardened Young Criminal.
When Walworth donned the prison uni
form at Sing Sing, yesterday, he remarked:
81 have gained seven pounds in clothes
since came here. feel now like engag-
ing in base ball match" Heremarked of
the handouts which linked him to GilleD,
the wife-murderer, "They ara the ssarchiest
cuffs ever wore."
Two More Uncertainties.
The Emerald Association of Brooklyn,
had picnic yesterday. On returning and
while the barge was making fast to the
dock, John Mclaughlin, one of the excur-
sionists, and married, was accidentally kill
ed by being struck with boulder THROWN
from the dock. Soon afterwards, while a
number of young men who had been on
the excursion, were returning home, one of
them hurled stone at an ice cream Vender
which missed him and struck q lad named
Kelly, causing death soon afterwards. No
arrests.
Death of a Noted TrOtter.
The tTotter Charles E. Low, formerly
Pabchen Chief,died in 9th street last night.
His owner had just accepted an offer of
ST., 700 for the animal.
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RICHMOND.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Duel.

RICHMOND, July 10.-In The case of Dr..
Cullen, one OF the surgeons in the Morde-
cai-McCarthy duel, vino refused to testify
before the Grand Jury on tie ground that
he might criminate hiu self, the Judge de-
cided to-day he must answer the questions
propounded by the Grand Jury or De held
for contempt of court. Counsel asked for
suspension of sentence IN order to appeal,
which was granted, and the commitment of
witness was postponed till that time. The
Grand Jury found verdict Of guilty of
murder againss Mccarthy insthe duel Bit.ll
Mordecai
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THE New Orlea. PicdyAae says: at is,
we believe, a remarkable fact that there
seems more youths in The Southern states
receiving military educations than IN the
Northern States. There are very few PHI
waite military institutions in the Northern
states. West Poin', therefore, embraces
larger number Of the youth who receive
military educations at the North. We see
in an account of the proceedings which
took place a. West Point (graced by the
President and Secretary Of War there were
but Al graduates. We are satisfied there
are several times as many graduates this
wear from the different military institutions
ia the Southern States. The military lnstl'
ton at Lexington, Virginia, af0ne, Vle'
with West Point in the number OF It's grad
yates"
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ST. LOUIS.

An Unsuccessful Attempt at Suicide.
ST. LOUIS, July 10.-J. W. Coan, trSv-
cling agent Tor BAmberger q Co., Phiadel-
phia, attempted suicide to-day by shooting
himself with revolver. The ball struck
near the forehead, fattened and plOwed
around to the righ5 ear, making an ugly
wound. Coan had wife and children at
Elein, Ill. Financial trouble and whisky
are said to have been the cause of the act.
HOrrid Murder.
A man named E. Daniels, Of Brooklyn,
n. Y, was found to-day in a neld short
distance from East st. Louis, with bis
throat cut from ear 10 ear and windpipe Sc
vered. He was not dead when found, but
no hopes of his recovery.
COllisiOn-SeVeraE Persons Injured.
The kiTkwOod sccommo istion, on the
Atlantic Pacific Railroad, colided about
O'Clock tonight with the Eastern-bouGd
Express, near Lsclede Station, few miles
from the city. The engine was copsidera-
bly, damaged and the baggage car thrown
from the track. The engineer of the &C
commodation train was seriously and sew
eral others slightly injured.
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PITTSBURG.
serious Accident in a Paper !

Serious Accident III a Paper EiII.
PITTsBURG, July 10.-A serious accident
occurred at the paper mill of a. CuibeFt-
son, Monongshela City, this morning. The
employees had been at woTZ but a short
time, when one of the steam driers burst,
knocking down a portion Of the building.
4 10y named Parkinson, working near the
drior, at the time of the explosion, was
hurled through q wall of the building, and
struck ag inst stone building used as
workhouSe, and was completely covered
with debris. Both Of his legs aud one arm
were broken;it is thought be will not recoy
er. Total loss caused by the accident is es'
timated at $4,000.
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LOUISVILLE.
some Of the Lucky Naes,

LOUISVILLE, July 10.-The $4,000
prize in the late Library Lottery was won
by five G0nt!emen in Lebanon, KY, names
not given. The hundred thousand prizs
was held as follows: Three-fourths by Hen
" Boass, liquor dealer on small scale in
this city, and the other one-fourth by F. j.
Bechsrt, saloon keeper, and Christopher
Spiles, blacksmith. Boass is very quiet,
retiring, upright man; the other parties are
well respected generally, showing thst the
prize has fallen to poor and deserving
men.
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THE Philadelphia Age says: "a maiden
speech was once a mere figure of speech
for the first effort of young lawyer or
new Congressman. But now it has become
q reality, and the fair sex perplex courts
and startle audiences with their 'msideI
efforts.'" The South is not blest with thai
sort Of thing yet. The North, with Its
higher civilization, is still ahead Of US.
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HOrrid Murder.
PHILADELPHIA.


PHILADELPHIA, July 1O.-The mint is
engaged in remelLiDg vast quantities of light
gold coins. Since Jan. l, some twenty
three million dollars worth have been
melted, and ten millions more will be re-
ceived this week. Orders for the new trade
dollars will be filed in the early part of
next week. Over a million of dollars of
gold were received from New York to-day
for recoinage.
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INDIANA.
An Illegal Arrest.

MARTINsvILLE, July 1O.-Quite an ex-
element prevails here over the arrest made
last week of john Bishop, charged with
killing man in Kentucky last Christmas.
Two men, seeking The reward offered,
claiming to have authority from the Gov
ernor, took him just in time to make the
O'Clock A. NJ. train for Louisville. Bishops
friends have since looked into the matter,
finding no authority for the same, and have
received a requisition from Gov. Hendricks
for bis return to this State. The parties
declare full vengeance ofthe law against the
two men making the arrest, providing they
can find them
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HARRISBURG.
Arrest of FOrSer.

HARRIsBURG, July 1U.--A man named
J. G.. Hurth, alias Harry Hudson, Of New
York, was arrested here to-day, on tel
gram from PittsbuTg, charged with forgery.
Ii is alleged he has obtsined $4,000 from
Germsuia Bank, New York, frsudulentlY.
He has been committed TO await the arrival
OF officers.
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$3.50
KANSAS.
Communication Resumed.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 10.-A special from
Lawrence, KS, dated the 18th, and incor-
porated in an associosed press d.spatch at
Chicago yesterday, stating that half mile
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad washed in
to theMissouri river, near Kickapoc Tuesday
night was greatly exaggerated. Only 800
feet of track was washed out and commu-
nication was restored in ten hours by cut
ting into the bluff and building new track.
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Two weddings are to take place shortly
in Paris between American young ladies
and Europeans. Miss Pauline Howard is
to marry Belgian, the Baron d'Alte. The
ceremony takes place at ST. Phillip de Roule;
the wedding tour, California, via New York.
Miss Mary Peck of Hartford, Conn.,, mar
ries Capt. de Massey, an Italian officer who
served during our war on the staff of Gen.
Hancock. This ceremony takes place at
the Madelsine. Miss Peck's trousseau is
the perfection of taste and beauty,
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THERE is girl at Marietta, Georgia, who
extorted confession from her lover that
he was worth Tut one hundred dollars and
some clothes, and was too poor to marry.
Now this cruel creature looked searchingly
into his face and said: "And is this the
reason you have postponed so often our
marriage?" 'Yes," he replied. "TheD,'
she said, ''it shall be SO no longer-we will
get married" And the poor young martyr
was cut off in the prime of youth and single
blessedness. Thus are the weak oppressed
and the cruel made strong.
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In recent case of assault with intent to
kill in InGians, it was shown that the ARRAY
came about from the father insisting on re-
manning in the room with his daughter and
her beau. The jury cleared the young man,
knowing that nothing could be more vexa-
tious than for fellow to sit up Sunday
night with handsome gin and her old dad
at once.
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KEROSENE.


MILWAUKEE, July ia little chile Of
Mr.. Mosier, on Hanover street, was burned
to death last night by kerosene lamp eX-
ploding. The parents had retired, leaving
the lamp burning near the child's crib.
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A RurSIar Killed.

MILWAUKEE, July 10.-A young burglar
named Behrens, residing on Eleventh street,
was shot dead this morning while trying to
escape from an officer. He had been rob-
hing the store of his own uncle.
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A Fool and His brains Part Gem


NORFOLK, July lO.-George Sands, a
mate in the United States Navy, on duty on
board the United States receiving ship New
Hampshire, at the Navy Yard, committed
suicide to-day by shooting himself through
the head with navy revolver. The suic de
is believed TO have been caused by disap-
pointment in love. Deceased was son OF
Joshua r, Sands, Rear Admiral U. 5. n.
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InnnnhEarE EiEa.

DUBUQUE, July 10.-An incendisry fire
st Waukeena, Fayette county, on Tuesday,
destroyed the store and goods OF Smell y
Pigue. valued at $4,000.
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TENNESSEE BONDS sold in New York
yesterday at so for the old and 79R for the
new.
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COTTON was dull and irregular in New
York Yesterday at 2Ofc for middl:Dg.
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Aaipm and Smerifan.

GOLD was strong in New York yester
day, at 11586115H, closing at 1l5s.
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CAN bullet be said to resemble sheep
when it graZes?
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The notes of gas company are usu-
ally all set to the same metre,
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Texas Correspondence.
Concluded from last week.

About fourteen months ago, few
employees and officials of the NJ. X
! & 4. Road, constituted themselves a
town company, and succeeded in
purchasing about 5000 acres of land
at this point, on the Texas Central
Road. and six miles south Of Red
river, the chartered terminus Of the
NJ X. & T. road. They advertised
extensively stating that Denison was
to be the terminus or junction Of uu,
merOus converging roads, that numer-
Gus machine shopsand factories would
fOrthwi b spring up, laying the foun-
dation Of an extensive city. AS an
cid Texan remarked the other day,
in the beginning, it was big thing
90 ice, consequently lots, (the origin
al price Of the land considered, which
was from s.. to So per acre brought
fabulous prices aud the town built up
with rapldI;y unequllled. Now it
his population estimated at 5OOO,--
a National Bank, ak 6oe hotels. nu-
msrous business houses, some church
es, snd the machine shops o: the VI.
X. & z road The bulldogs in the
business part cF the town, arc Of SUI
perior character; many Of them brick
IT stoue, whilst among the pos'-O'k
brush Of the suburbs, wood dwell rags
are spriusiog ap, numerous Clan Al
piue warriors rising to the call OF
RoierIck Dhu. The great success Of
the town, can in a measure, be attrib
uted to the iihera, inducement offered
, = the town company, which 10 the
magnitude cf its individual import.
auce hasn presumed, Gts Superio
tendent constituting himself body
corporate, to lay an embargo on such
importartre,esiies as coal, as did the
authority of railroad :Owa Of which
We were reading the other day.
The original price of lots. 80 BY
$50 or 200 feet is $50, whilst those
held for private speculation are much
higher.
However, Denison, like most Of
other Railroad torus, is gross hum
hug, and those blinded emigrants who
have invested their al in a lot and
business house, with the delusive
dream that increasing business would
make them splendid merchants or
perhaps Bank Presidents, are sadly
realizing the feet. The prosperous
part Of the population, which is about
or half, consists Of SELDOM keepers
and gamblers, whist the remaining
half live 90 beautiful hope" The
lawyers think busiu ess viii surely get
better, the doctors hope Cholera may
last until they get sufficient, change
ahead to pay expenses during the
winter, whilst the newspaper men ex-
tcud their circulation aud advertise
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FISE HORSES Huntington is

FISE HORSES Huntington is be-
coming quite noted as market, or
rather as a shipping point for fine
hOrses All The livery stable keep
ers are experienced horSemen, aud
take up readily every good bit of fan =
cy or good stock that il offered Ev-
cry few months they ship LOT, east.
Any one who HIS a good horse for
sac, can almost always find custo-
n n at a fair price in Huntington.
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the town gratis, in se!f-defcpce- On,
either side of Red River there is
sterile belt Of country, perhaps 10
miles 10 width, covered unh kind
of sandstone aud ,iuhered with al
species Of se,ub OAK. 10 this region
there is found an occasional glade of
prairie, varying from 10 to 100 acres.
on one the; Q the city of De1ison was
founded and low exists, With DO 9th
er prospect of support than the ma
chine shops Of the u. k & T Road.
90 its north lies the uDinhabited To-
dian Territory, whilst the fertile
country in the south is dotted with
cities and towns bidding for its trade.
When | saw SO fourishing rowp
building on such slender expectations
| fell that
HUNTINGTON
cat the head of reliable navigation
on the Ohio backed by untold min
eral wealth and supported BY her nu-
merous roads completed and building,
with machine shops aud factories 10
motion, felt tha, her future impOr-
lance as a commercial center and
manufacturing city was doubly sure.
POLITICALLY
Texas is to-day 10 per APPS q better
condition than auy state in the Soui /.
Four years ago at the Guberna'orial
election Davis (RsdicaD was coun-
ted in y by majority Of coo. TheD
this, the 9th Congressional D.stric'
gave a small Conservative major ~.
whist at the last Congressional cleo
ton it gave majority of 10000
Democratic. Like majori,ies have
been given in other sections, from
which The Democracy predieafes an
ov, rwheIming majority at the next
election for Governor, which comes
off December the first. Gov. Davis.
the Radical nominee is "Scalavsg,'
native Of Alabama and for some years
resident of Texas. Many flaws are
found in his past administration SIS
we'll as previous political precedenis
and traits Of private character. As
usual are they well ventilated by the
opposing stumpers Of the campaign.
FARMER's ORANGES
are beiog organic in some sections
Of the State, with promise of per-
forming much good They are uni
ting and hauling their goods and pro-
duce on OK wagons along some Of the
monopolizing Railroads aud fnd it
cheaper than paying their exorbi-
tant charges. AS 10 Kansas they ave
clubbing together and having their
Agricultural Implements Chat have
heretofore been sold on commission)
shipped through by the cooperation
Of other Oranges in the Northern
and Wcsta states at s redlc ti)n Of
25 per cent less than has been paid
since the war. In short they are here
as elsewf ere bringing about an array
OF LABOR against capital which is fol-
midable aud full of hope for our com
mon country.
j. NJ. L.
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HARD TIMES N NEW YORK -
Duurg the week eudin, Noyeu Der
18th there were 1885 poor people
= no had no homes. accommodated
with lodgings at tue Station houses in
New York city. The Police Station
houses are fitted up 50 that persons
u need can 90 there a'd get lodging,
al hunks which are furnished sim
Ply with army blankets. The lojg-
ing is rough, but it IS much better
than out Of doors. An average Of
nearly HOO every night seeking
lodging 10 the frs, winter mouth.
presents fearful picture of distress,
and hard prospect for the coming
winter
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The later adviccs from the east mdi-
cate gradual easing up in tho money
market OF course we cannot expect a
return 70 good times this winter; that
will come slowly, but it is gratifying to
contemplate a check in tie crisis that
swept through the land with such mre-
leuting force in the month past. Tho
lesson, hard as it is, will bear its fruits
for good, and while We are passing
through theordeal il will be well to
school ourselves 20 is harishurS