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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-08
THE CHOLERA.
specuIaIiOns as TO It's Mode of Pro.
gress Through the Country.

From the Washington Republican.
WASHINGTON, June p -Onlast evening
l met William Crulchfeld, OF Chattanooga,
at he Ebcitt Honse, and in my anxious in
quiries in reference 10 the raVages of chol-
era in Tennessee my home, from Whc
have been absent several weeks) Mr.. G.
gave me the results Of his obserVations
as to the cause and progress OF that dis
eese which, although little strange,
yet are so reasonable sLd sensible
that give them to the public. He starts
ont Wit the theory that the primary cause
of cholera is peculiar iasm hat has a
strong affinity for water, not s. much,
however, 10 mingls with The water as TO
settle close 10 ito surface, and that its vol
ume is rapidly augmented by the vapois
rising from impure waite and that this
cholera air usually follows streams OF
w.ter upwarC, never downward, and that
when departure from the stream occurs,
it is wh"n and where low swag of the
hills or mountains fencing the channel is
reached; and when, too, thai tie forward
course of the foul air is in harmony with
The prevailing atmosphere currents. AIr.
c.. refers 10 the breaking ont of cholera
among rsilroad operatives constructing the
tunnel of the Nashville end Chattanooga
Railroad, (section west of the mountain,
near Co9an Station in 1854. The noun
tain formed barrier to the flow # the
niasma east until The Grassy Cove depres-
SIGN was reached. Then It passed through,
as he insists, and Loudon and Knoxville,
coming in eXscs line, were attacked.
Now, Mr.. C.'5 theory is, that from Nash
vile the flow is up the Cumberland river,
and that the most natural outlets through
the mount ms are those low depressjons
which connect in line with the "Swan
Pond" country, just south of Greeneyille,
East Tennessee, at hich place about one
hundred cases of cholera have occurred dur
ing the past seven days, resulting in num-
Der of deatus and the disper ion Of large
part of the inhabitants.
According to the theory stated the Wau-
tauga river will, probably, form the outlet,
and Richmond, Petersburg aud Norfolk,
Va, will fall in the line and thence up the
Potomac.
Mr.. C's ideas are entitled, at least, to the
consideration of the scientific aDd medical
He says, although Chatta-
nOoga has more nourIshmeDt to feed a
cholera air than almost any Other city, yet
he has no fears of tie advent o. the plague
there until it (if it should) first appears in
Huntsville or Sllma, Ala.
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The Prevailing at SheIbyviIIe.

10 I1e Union anu American:
SHELBYvILLE, July l, 1S73-You will
oblige US here to notice in y'ur paper that
the disease which has lately visited our
community has abata1. L. began Frid AZ,
June 20, and now, going on TO the third
week, it has left us--we hope forever. After
al, there have been but few deaths among
the white p0pulaticr--rot more than q
dOzeB, and several of these from other
causes. The first case was man who had
cCme from Nashville. Several of The VIC
TINS were children. Cramps were absent
and vomiting lot always present. Query:
Was t cholera, then?'
The colored people suffered most. 1t was
ibis part of our population that naturally,
from their poverty and csrelessnes, had
most mortality, and made it alarming at
one time.
think we are getting over our fright.
Those If us who used cisteln water and
ere careful, escaped. Our merchants are
returning, and the effects of clear sky and
q salubrious atmosphere are beginning TO
appear. A long season Of ho5 weather is
yet before Us, so that we must be careful.
Less than fifty is the number of deaths
recorded-12 whites, the rest negroes-and
this of every age and from ell causes, from
June 20 t. July 7, IS days inclusive.
Very few cases since Thursday last, and no
death known for the last two days. We
have much reason Tor t1aukfulness, and |
think, physically and morally, benefits will
arise from it. MEDICo CLERUS. ...
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Rev Thos. A. Hoyi, Pastor f the First
Presbyterian Chu' Oh, who has been sick
for several days, and was too unwell to
oficiate Oh Sunday, l. rapidly conYalescing.
Rev. DIR John Z. Wheat, who since 1867
has been the rector of st. Lazarus parish in
Memphis, preached his farewell sermon to
that congregation Sunday. This venerable
pref ate has been identified with the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church almost since its es-
tsblshment in Tennessee. Failing health
and the accumulation Of years have warned
him that he must retire from active labo-s,
and be has felt it bis duty TO heed this warn.
ing.
I. Johnson, who claims that he has not
been fishing, but little alarmed about the
prevailing, " has returned TO the city, and
is looking well and heary.
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THE OLDEN TIME.
In terestfng Autograph Letter fri
DayY Crockett.

Interesting Autograph Letter from
| Davy Crockett.
| We received yesterday from Capt. VIM.
I. Yeatman, Kingston Springs, with a re-
| quest o present it to the State Library, an
autograph letter from David Crockett, writ
ten in 1884, from Washington to Capt. Y,
who was then youth at school at Fishkl,
n. Y. The following is the letter Uerbatin,
ct Lterdiim.
| WASHINGTON CITY, 10Th June, 1885,
Dear Sir: Your favor Of the lth inst. came
safe 10 hand by this mornings mail, and l
viii hasten TO snsWeT ii. | am well-and
l hope tnase lines may find you in the
! alike. / am beginning to thiuk toe time
! iong that We are TO rensin in session as /
have not The least hope Of doing any act to
relieve the country. On the day before
! yesterday the house rejected Mr.. Clay's
! resolutions by laying them on the table,
aud ! consider lie last hope gone of stain
! ing the laws and Constitution.
| 1 now look forward to our adjournment
with as much interest as ever did q Door
cOnvic. in the penitentiary 10 see his lag:
| day come. We have done but one act, and
! that is that the will of Andrew The first
| King is to be the laws of the land, he has
tools and slaves enough in Congress 10 sus-
tain him in anything tba. he may wish to
effect.
thank God am not one of them. I
do consider him . greater tyrant than
Cromwell, Caesar or Bonapart. l hops his
day Of glory is near at an end. If il ware
not for the Senate God only knows what
won't become Of the country. | still have
hopes that all is not lost while We have.
such a guard as the Senate the people VIII
sustain the Senate ard If go they v i'll save
the laws aud Constitution. l must close
with great respect your friend and obt ser
want, DAVID CROCKETT.
VIM. I. 1estman.
The letter is written on a regular siza
letter sheet, was folded and sealed with
a wafer, afe: the style of that day, bore
The post-mark "C.ty of Washington;
June II, ''sud the following superscription:
FIe', d. Crockett, VIM. T. Yeatman,
Fshkill Landing, n. York" TIE hand
writing IS easy and shows an unembarassed
use ctthe pen.
We take great pleasure in complying
with Capt. US request to present the letter
TO the State Library.
We have also received from Capt. Yeat-
man 10 bepleced among the cQriositie5 of
the State Library, a very large Indian spear |
head weighing several pounds, made ofgeu-
IIins uumistakRble flint. 1t was found on |
the Kingston Springs grounds by Charles
Ernest YeslmaD, who died some two years |
ago in Arizona. He was the son of Capt.
WHIT. Ye&tmsU.Itis one of the large stand
most perfect relics of its kind found i'll
this section of country.
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COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Election of Superintendent of Public
SchOoIs-COunty WOrkhOuse-CGm-
berIand and 0hie and greensboro
and RusseIIVilIe Railroads.

MONDAY, July County Court met in
regular session, Judge Ferris presiding,
The following named JUST ,es were pres
est q the Calli' G Of the roll;
John II Blske.te. Joseph w B eIey, Jer-
r. Bowen, William Butler, Z d C&ssetly,
w j Chandler, L II Childress, NJ l Couch,
William Curtis, Harvey Campbell, John S
e Davidson, James Everett, VIM q Ewing,
j Ii Galureath, ID S Graves, d F G.eaves,
James Haynie, John Hows, Barney Hynes,
Il NJ Howell, Martin Kerrigan, ? W Maxey,
q W McCarley, Ozwill Newly, ID \ Ney-
Ian, James L Patterson, Isaac Paul, ID A
Phelan, ID Lspsley, JOHN w Rueker, 7 T
Saunders, Geo " Spain, w A Sizemore, j
N Simpkins, J NJ Shivers, + Sullivan,
John Taylor, " Wade, Ben E Wallace,
Pat Walsh, J g Wands, Jis Williams,
James Wyatt.
COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
IL accordance with the provisions Of q
recsnt Act of the Legislature, fixing upon
the County Court the duty of electing a
County superintendent Of Public Schools,
L. w. Weakley, A. j. Roper, and W. j.
Shelton were placed in nomination for tina.
position. A ballot was taken with the fol-
iox ing result:
Weakley, "a; She!tOp, Z; Roper, D.
Mr.. Weakley was declared elected, his
alsry being fixed at $1,000 per annum,
payable quarterly.
COUNTY wORKHoUSE.
Justice MsXey offered resolution pro-
vidiCg that standing committee of three
be elected by the County Court, TO be
styled the "County WoTkhouse Commit
tee" to set in conjunctio with the County
Jud e, and take charge Of the jail yard and
put il in cJndi ion for breaking rock, or 10
make arrangements with the city authori-
ties to work the prisoners at the jail, and to
provide for the boarding of said prisoners.
Adopted, ard Justices K@rrigan, Chandler
and Wyatt wee elected said committee.
Justice Paul offered resolution providing
for the carrying out of the workhouse law
7 Gently passed, and to connect the work
house with the Jail or Jail grounds, and
authorizing the jail committee to cooperate
with the committee JUS elected. Adopted
C. AND o. AND o AND r. RAILROADS.
Justice Msxey offered resolution in
s'ructing the Comfy Judge TO Withdrew
the order for an election in August relative
TO the county taking stock in the g. & D
and .. & r, Railroads, and providing for
meeting of the Court on the 4th Monday of
this month to consider the proposition of
the question to vote of the
peope. Adopted.
Adjourned till tomorrow morning at
10 O'Clock.
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P0LIUE PICKINGS.
A Couple of COmbative ChiIdren-DO-
nestle Unrest-A Father who does


A Couple of COmbative ChiIdren-DO-
nestle Unrest-A Father who does
not Specially Admire His Sons
Wife.
Alexander Levi, a venerable gen tltmaD,
| seven and hslf years old, was arrested Oh
the charge of having thrown rocks 4, Anna
Harshbaum, lady who has reached the
mature age of six next spring
The court is parent, and has very correct
! ideas with regard to the training of child
ren, and after hearing the testimony in the
| case, and seeing that it vas trifiing affair,
gave the father of the We cradle Alexander
Levi, some excellent advice relative 10 max
ing an app icstion of birch TO the person of
the combatiVe defendant, aud with this,
dismissed the case.
Mary Scruggs was charged with keeping
3 disreputable house. The proof failed TO
sustain the charge, and the e-Ting Mary
was II leased from custody.
Domestic intelecity reigneth in thu hcme
Of Walter Hamilton. His mother testified
that be walked INTO the house Sunday, ask
ed for something to eat, and then
attempted to lay down on the bed, but to
this, the wife of his bosom objected and
tried to pull him away. Mr.. HGmilton's
Ma stated further that her son struck his
wife twice, but added that the blows
wouldn't have hurt a child. Mr.. Hamil-
ton himself enGeavored to strengthen
this view Of the case, by remark
ing that when be struck
said blows, he was only RI ying, but with
tho sage observation of "thsts tooth in"
(the court knows man who is in the der
list iine), fine Of fire dollars was imposed
upon Dir. Hamilton by the court.
Simon Bowman acted disorderly, thereby
violating certain ordinances, aid he, too,
deposited the sum of five dollars in the
hands of the court.
John Boyce was brought up on the charge
o. having made an assault upon Mrs. Mis-
sissippi Mason, the wife of his ep son. Ii
seems that Mr.. Boyce resides with his step
SOD, and that there is lot that coUgeDiality,
tIat similarity OF tastes, that unity Of feel
ing and sentiment existing between
DIR. BOyce and Mr.. Boyce's s.ep.son's
wife which IN ght be desired. On the con-
trSry, Mrs. Mason has frequently ven ex-
preston to ths conviction that Ter .teS-
fsther-in-law could De easily spared from
the family, and that his permanent absence
would not cause her to seriously iDjure her
eyesight with excessive weepi G. Mr.. Boyce,
on bis part, has not been backward n Sta
ting to his intimate frients that ne does OF
specially love the woman whom his step
son has chosen to go with him through lite,
and that he is not "as happy as big sun
flower" whea N her company. Hence it
is not matter Of surprise that BOyce and
Mrs. Mason should have had
little pgT3oDsl encounter last
Sunday, the proof going to show that
Boyce was so. newhat free and offensive in
certain remarks addressed TO Mrs. Mason,
and that size irisd 20 put lin out doors,
be sught her by tho throat aud
pushed her back against liable. NJ. Boyce
explained That liza did this to keep her from
'sInSckin' him iE the fsce''-beiug irtlu-
encei entirely by thoughts Of SELF preser-
7ation. He was fned five dollars.
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NORrUARy.


. d aH
f'he Deaths Sunday and Monday.
Wegive be ow the mortuary record for
the p stiwo days, ending att P. NJ.
sUSDAY--CHohEtA. s5 26
WHITEs.-Ed. ID. Bruce, North Market
street,. 3 5aoE.I ~ sf- f.sr, -8s -fIs
Mrs. James Rogers, Mt. ollvet Gene
terry. -tf ~ 81 Z - 17
Mrs. Lsvy, Church street.
Wife of John r. Lanier, North Edge
aelas sa sva .s,a.- ..i'--a5s, =
| Total whites, A. t1-s -.13 sr
CoLoRED Child of Della Hughes,
Rolling Mill Hin. et' 7oE..f
Child of Wesley Crsighead, corner High
and Crawford. ~ ans ~ sy.IzIIs.
| Flanders EwiD, Pearl street. 3 rf
Elizabeth Digeons, Capt. i Avenue.
Child of VIM. Alternately, Dry FORK, 8
! miles from citt. 5tglr4
Jane Thompson, Pearl street.
| Total colored, 6.
OTHER CAUSES.
Child of 10 Robinson, South College,
still born.
Mrs. Mary Bell, wife of W. R. Bell,
Edgeteld, consumption.
Mrs. Susan Pudgett, Edgefeld, old
age.
| Mark xounG, bilious fever, North
| Cherry. -.ii ~ '.--.
Wifa of Capt. James Petit, South Chez
~, complication.
| Child of Sam Miller, col, Lebanon Pike,
summer complaint;
Austin Erisham, COL, 18th District.
| George Barr, COL, Edgefeld.
| Henry Allen, col, Vine street.
| p. Petway, col, st. Vincent's Hospital.
| Colorsd child in country.
Totsl II.
I REHABILITATION.
| holesa deaths-White. ............... 4
| Colored. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6
Total cholera on Sunday. ............10
other diseases. .............'.....I III
Ofthe 10 cholera deaths above reported
for Sunday, three were outside of the cor
poration limits, leaving deaths from chol-
era in the city.
MoNDAY-CHoLERA.
WHITES Of James Rodgers, Mt.
Olivet Cemetery. Total whites !.
CotChED.-Wm. Smith, North Edge
field.
Mary Smith, EdgefeId.
Shadrach Lowery, Dog Town, four miles
from the city.
Culored man, Gallatin pike, Edge6eld.
Total colored, 4.
OTHER CAUSES.
White child on Cedar street.
Samuel Z McCutcheon, complication,
Hillsbo:c pike, country.
Colored woman on Market g rect, fux.
Julia Williams, South Market, fux.
Willie Lee, child of w. j. Arlington,
Edgefelj.
Child Of Rev. F. R till, Dickinson pike,
country.
L. Merring, St. Vincent's Ho'pital, con-
sumption. Total from all causes, I.
REHABILITATION.
Cholera deaths. whites. .......
Colored. ...........,
Total cholera d'sths Monday. ..... 5
Other diseases. Z
Ofanu Total. II
Of the above deaths from cholera, three
we're in Edge6eld, one at Mt. Olivet Gene
terry and one at Dog Town, four miles firm
the city, leaving not single death Fl om
cholera in NASHVILLE, and only four deaths
from other causes. Just st this time Nash
vile can boast of good health and a very
small mOrluaIy report.
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--LATEST mARRErs BY TELEGRAPH

CHARLESTON, July T. Cotton steady:
midchn2s 18s619e; low middlings 1910
1886; good ordinary Tic; net receipts go
bales: gross 564 bales; exports eosstwise
1888 bales; sales 800 bales; stock S,096
bales.
GALVESTON. July t. Cottor dull and
nominal; good ordinary 15615!c; net
receipt g bales; sales $50 bales; stock
1854 bales.
SAVANNAH, July Cotton dull and
quie.; middlings 1896; net receipts 55 bales;
exports cosstwiss 1,247 bales: saes 800
bales; stC OK 1854 bales.
MOBILE, July Cotton dull; low mid
dIiugs 1870; net receIp.s 1872 bales; exports
coastwise 2SS bales; sales 100 bales; stock
1875 bales.
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Grand total.

Total cholera d'Sths Monday. .......
Other diseases. ................
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Cholera at Chattanooga.
cr.,o;oI e, H. Tr..i.....s .-..

NPVVIaK % VII0 OIIIUiI anu AL1tIIVaII'
CHATTANOOGA, july 7.-Choe-s deaths
reported here to the city physicians for the
As hours Ell ding at j. NJ. to day, Il; other
causes, II. There were outside of the re-
port to the City Physician, three d aths
from cholera and three from other causes.
Among the deaths from cholera are Col.
JnO. q. Gillespie, Mr.. Clouse, of Gillespie
81 Co., and ex policeman J. ID. White. This
makes the total deaths from cholera in the
LIST 4S hours, IS; other causes, Is. Ga tbs
Sd Inst. We bad, in "A hours, 10 deaths from
cholera alone.
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Down the Country.

To the Union aud American.
WHITE BLUFF, TENN, July I, IS73.-
Henry NJ. Hutton, very worthy and higf
" esteemed citiz9u of the vicinity of White
Bluff, ara :sighful Old minister of the gus
pei in the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, died this morning about half past
eight VclocS. The Rev. Mr.. Hutton was
exclusively known throughout Dickson.
Chatham, Davidson and Williamson coun-
ties. He vas about eighty-oue years old.
He was - sold er il the war Of 1872
serving under General jackson.
He was for several years of his life resi-
dent of Davidson county, faithful Justice
OF the Peace in and for said county for
several years, aud for some time
a member Of the Quorum court, and
it may lie said without the least fStteIy; in
all the relations OF life, Rev. Henry NJ. Hut
ton acted well his part. His death not
withstandiUg his extreme old age, has cast
a mantle Of gloom oyer White Bluff and
the surrounding country.
| was within six miles OF Erin, Houston
County, yesterday, and was very soIy to
learn tba5 The cholera had been terrible
there for the last two weeks, resulting in
eleven deaths during that. time. Mr.. John
iOcShart, prominent young merchant,
Mr. Gillem a grocery keeper; Mr.. William
Grshan, and Mrs. Bucho, were among the
number. l was informed by old citizens
residing near TIE little town, that large
amount # sIwdust having been washed 10
some sma ponis of water caused all the
deaths which occurred at Erin. / also
learned that all ut three families and a
lew business men, had left the place pro-
tempo. RoAMER.
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GRACE GREENWOOD speaks up for Miss
Susan Il. Anthony, and says: 81 have rever
accepted certain other Of Ter theories; but
believe in and accept her as woman OF
intense convictions, of high courage and
constancy; and don't like to hear her ridi &.
culed and abused. If anything can make
me think meanly of my Young brothers or
the press, it is the way they pelt aud poster
Susan B. ANTHONY .EFor shame, boys. New
or one Of you will make the man she is"
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The Nashville Life InsufanSe Conn


Although IL least one thousand of the
policy holders Of this Company live in that
section of the country visited by cholera,
not one of them has died of the disease
thus far. In fact; since its organization,
Gully, 1SG7,) its death losses have oniy been
tecenty-eight in number, amounting TO seq
entg Sir Thousand foe hundred dollars. By
It's u or aity table its losses should have
been forty eight in number, and for one
a,nadred dad forty four thousand dollars.
Comment is unnecessary.
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Mention was made in our columns Sum
cay morning Of he fact of Dick Sheridan,
colored, having been arrested the day pre-
vious on the charge of having Get FIRE to the
barber shop Of Bob DorLch, 10 Edgefield.
Yesterday quite o number of articles be-
longing to Dorth were found in this city
and in Edge6ald, by City Marshal Miller,
who has been industriously working up the
case, and yesterday evening Sheridan con-
fessed to having first robbed the shop, and
then set it afre. This is the second time
Dortch has had his shop burned within a
few months.
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The most effective health preserver is
Hamilton's Buchu and Dandelion, a com
bination which acts directly on the kidneys
and liver, and assists them in eliminating
from the system the provoking causes Of
some of the worst Ills that flesh is heir to.
You can buy this medicine from your drug
gist, and its use will inspire you with new
life, happiness and health. For sale at De-
moville & Co.'S and by Ewin, Pendleton &
Co. W. G. Hamilton & Co., Of Cincinnati,
o., are the proprietOrs. I'D.
ian7 d1aY1y Tues t&w
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hLH DEPARTMENT.

OFFICE CT CHIEF 81 NAL OFFICER,
WAsH1NGl,E, D. c., July Z. 1873
Pro5a6iljiies.-On Wednesday for east
ernsGulf States northerly winds and coca
sionsl local storms. For South Atlantic
States easterly winds, higher temperature,
partly cloudy weather With numerous local
rains Oh the immediate coast. For Middle
States northeast and southeast winds, high
er temperature, clnudy or partly cloudy
westoer. ForNew England generally clear
weather and somewhat higher temperature.
For Lake region and Ohio valley mort h.
easterly winds, falling barometer, increased
cloudiuess aad numerous local sto ms,
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DIED.

BRUCE.-Died Sunday morning the 9Th inst,
at the residence of his parents, No. g North
Market street. EDWIN DONALDSON BRUCE, son
Of James X. and Catharine j. Bruce, in the 9th
year Of his age.
RAINS-At Tullahoma, on the 9Th inst,
FELIX c., eldest son of F. L. Rains.
Memphis, GAINESVILLE and Columbia papers
please copy.
PETTIr-Died. in the faith of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ, on Sunday morning, July 6, Mrs.
Lucy JANE PETIT, wife OF Capt. James B.
Petit, aged 81 years.
Richmond papers please copy.
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