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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-20
ALL oyER.THE CITY.


s1nvoluntary street force" is the latest
delicate manner of reference TO workhouse
hands.
Two conyicts from Lincoln county, and
seven from Fsyette, arrived at the penlten-
tiary yesterday. %
During the past few days there appears
to have been decided increase OF travel
on all the railroads leading into the city.
The colored tenement house at the cor
ner of Cherry and Cedar streets begins TO
look decidedly rough, and even somewhat
dangerous as place Of human habitatlon.
Newiarms, made Of black locust, have
been placed in the hy-wheel at the water
works, a number of new valves supplied
and the pumps thoroughly cleaned and
renovated.
The advocates of retrenchment and re-
form observe with regret that certain MEM
bers Of their association still persist in going
to dinner on the street cars. 1t is insisted
that they do not practice the self-denial
which rigid economy imposes.
A personal difficulty was about 10 occur
between two gentlemen yesterday evening
because each claimed the same umbrella
The matter was referred to mutual friends
who settled the question by deciding that
it was case of mistaken identity, and that
the property really belonged to another
party.
The earnings Of the st. Louis aud South
eastern Railroad for the month Of October,
1874, were S940s7, while for 1873 they
were SS7,401. The total earnings Of the
company from Jan. to Nov. were ST.
O17.456, while for a similar time in 1873
they were s.. O64.T41.
aThere's some more of that vox populi
that's been beating us so badly all over the
country" exclaimed disconsolate Repub-
lican TO fellow-sufferer while they were
sorrowfully vending their way, yesterday
evening, past the Exposition building,
where the Democratic jubilee was in full
blast.
Beware of counterfeit s. notes on the
Traders National Bank of Chicago, Ills.
It is said that the country is flooded with
them and SO well are they gotten up that
they have been passed upon experts. -Four
were received in apackage of money from
West Tennessee by one Of our wholesale
grocery houses day or two ago.
A drunken man in attendance upon the
cannonading on Capitol hill yesterday af-
ternoon, suffered a season of persecution al
the hands of a crowd of boys, who amused
themselves by throwing mud at him till he
was almost coated over with that article
They carried out Ben Buffers idea of q
forty iackass mud-pOwern exactly.
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New Advertisements

Insure in the State Insurance Company.
Auction sale of furniture, stoves, etc.
this morning, at Y North Cherry street.
Setliff is selling his books at cost.
An old and established business stand,
in Edgefield, for rent.
Dwelling and warehouse, on Front ST.,
for rent for 1915.
]. d. Poodpasture, Of Overton county,
announces himself candidate for Con-
gresham in the Fourth District.
A. q. Ewing & Co. are prepared to re-
ceive orders for cultures" from those wish
ing to trade.
Goiladay's drawing comes off in this city
on Monday next. Tickets for sale by w.
q. Price.
The time for the drawing Of the last gift
concert of the Public Library of Ken
lucky is rapidly approaching, and only
a short time remains in which TO procure
tickets. See advertisement.
Called meeting Of Aurora Lodge, No
JOS. |. o. o. F., this morning, at O'Clock
at hall on Union street.
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JUDGE LORING'S GIRL.
An Ante.BeIIum AmaIgamatIOn Sen
satiOn.
Memphis Ledger.

Mempfls Ledger.
In connection with the Hattie Rudduck
and James Bowerman episode in Ohio and
Nashville, a friend recalls a similar case
which transpired in Massachusetts, before
the war. During the anti-slavery agitation
in Boston, when Vim. Lloyd Garrison and
Parker Pilsbury were giving lectures
throughout New England, and especially
in Massachusetts, Ellis Gray Loring, at that
time Probate Judge in Boston, was lead
ing man in the '.Anti-Slavery Society" Of
course his family was inOcldated with
the doctrines, and the natural conse-
duence followed. His daughter "a most
beautiful and accomplished young lady,)
became enamored of, and elOped with, a
very handsome muiatto man who had been
received in the family on terms Of perfect
equality the same as in the Ohio case.
All the engines of the law were brought to
bear the track of the fugitives, and bring
the d-n IHgger to Justice. But the result
was different from-what Judge Loring ex-
pected Instead of receiving the sympathy
of his friends, that was all for his mis-
guided daughter, and every one said it
served him right. The daughter was re-
covered and brought back, but the mulatto
never was prosecuted, although the Judge
threatened to burn him alive if he caught
him.
The gentleman who relates the above in
teresting incident is a citizen of Memphis,
but at the time above referred 10 was re-
siding in Boston, Mass.
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DISTINGUISHED CALLERS.

Messrs. Kerr, Beck and Knott at
Mrs. James X. Folks and Judge
Lea's.
Yesterday morning number of the dis
tinguished visitors to the city, in company
with several of our prominent citizens,
called on Mrs. ex-P-esident Polk, at her
residence. The party consisted of Hon. j.
b. Beck and Hon. j. Proctor Knott, Of
Kentucky, Hon. NJ. c. Kerr, of Indiana,
Messrs. Grundy and Knott, of Kentucky,
Gov. Jno. e. Brown, Judge Porter, the
Governor elect, Senator Cooper, Mr.. Black
burn, of GAINESVILLE, Maj. j. ID. Wade,
Judge JnO. NJ. Lea, Gen. w. II. Jackson,
Gen. Jas NJ. Quarles, Mayor Howell, Mr..
F. S. DemOyille and Capt. w. G. Ewin.
The reception extended by Mrs. Polk
was most cordial, and the visit proved ex-
ceedingly delightful. Mrs. G. w. Fall and
Mrs. Gov. Brown assisted in entertaining
the guests.
An hour having been spent thus pleasant
ly, the party took leave, and accepting an
invitation from Judge Lea to nartake OF
his hospitality, repaired to his magnificent
residence, just across the street, where they
were entertained in most agreeable man
ner. Mary were the saliies Of wit and
renartee that flashed over the sparkling cup
Leaving Judge LEAFS the party visited
the capitol before separating.
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ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA VIA
AMERICA.

The English ship owners have found the
voyage between England and Australia can
be made so much more rapidly by way Of
the Pacific Railroad and the steamers con-
Meeting San Francisco with Australia than
it has hitherto been made by the English
Australian steamers, that they have under
taken to meet the competition of the Amer
lean route by building steamers of I'M
usual speed. The St. Osyth, which
has recently left London. is expect
ed to reach Australia in forty-fiye days.
In order to do this she carries suffi-
cient coal to avoid the necessity Of stop
ping to coal at Cape Town. 1t is quite
possible that the St. Osyth may make the
voyage in forty-five days; bu', in order to
do this, she carries 1900 tons of coal, and
so has very little space left for freight.
Vessels can hardly afford to be kept in the
Australian trade which derend wholly
upon their passengers as a source of in
come. The shortest and quickest route
will command the freight traffic, and no
profjtable effort can be made to overcome
this inexorable law Of commerce.
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THE COURTS.

CHANCERY COURT.-Rice VS.. Vannoy;
sale confirmed.
State OF Tennes e., use, etc, vs.. CAM =
bell, administrator; order revived.
Raines VS.. Duncan; reference to Clerk
and Master.
Jennie NJ Davis, ex parte; confirmation
of report.
Brown VS.. Brien; decree appealing case
to Supreme Court.
Thomm VS.. Adams; order of reference.
FEDERAL COURT.-United States VS..
W. J. Neeley ct al; demurrer overruled.
John B. Melvin. administrator, vs.. W.
S. Campbell, administrator; judgment st
aside.
United States VS.. Dock Burch, passing
counterfeit money; verdict not guilty.
United States vs.. Thos. Waters; conti-
nued on affidavit of defendant.
United States VS.. Hodge & Smith; con-
tinued.
OIL Maxwell, Jr., vs.. NJ. c. and L. R..
r. Co; continued.
John II. Clarke vs.. Mayor and City
Council Of Nashville; Judgment for plain
tiff for S2O,242 40.
Stout, Mills & Temple vs.. J. c. Oehmig
ct al; taken up.
PROBATE CoURT.-G. w. ScallOrI: was
appointed guardian Of n. 5. Brown,
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Rowerman,s Fortunes

The following special dispatch published
in the Cincinnati Gazette of yesterday
gives some further account of Bowerman,
the negro boy arrested here last week for
abducting white girl from her home in
Ohio:
WILMINGTON, o., Nov. 1S.-The pre-
liminary examination of BoweTman before
Jnstice Walker was resumed again this
morning, and closed this afternoon. The
greater part of the day was occupied in the
argument Of motion made by the defense
to dismiss the case, for the reason that the
State had utterly failed to make out the
crime charged. After long and elaborate
discussion of both the law and facts in the
case by bo'h sides, especially the de-
Tense, and the attorneys for the defense not
seeing it proper to offer any evidence, the
court oSeTuled the motion and required
the defendant to enter into recognizance
of $500 to secure his attendance to the
Court of Common Pleas, which meets the
30th inst.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 100 A. II.
Probabilities. -FOr Tennessee and the
Ohio valley, areas Of rain or snow with
continued low temperature, northwest to
southwest winds, and rising barometer.
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what the Fayetteville People Think
of MedearIs.

Speaking of the arrest of w. P. Ne
dearis, mail agent on the Winche ter and
Alabama Railroad, charged with robbing
the mails, and his confession Of the crime,
the Fayetteville Observer says:
"When the news reached Fayetteville Of
the crime and arrest, our whole community
were incredulOus, and had Medearis at
firmed his innocence, no one here would
have believed him guilty. He Was consid-
cred an unexceptionable young man was
universally esteemed for his morality,
0uiet business habits and undOubted integ-
rity-was of as good family as our county
possesses-was, indeed, a model young
man. Wfea it was known that be ac-
knowledged his guilt, expressions OF aston
isbment ard sorrow fell from all lips
Medearis' case came up in the Federal
Court Wednesday, and, being continued,
lie was released on bond Of 5000.
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a Jealous Wife.

Very Jealous ofherhusband is Ann Chubb,
colored. and the fights she has had with
numberless colored females on his account
have already made her name and face IA
miliar to the habitues of the police court.
Yesterday morning, about D o'clock, the
green-eyed monster took possession Of Ann,
and she went to the house Of Hannah
Hutcheson, one of her neighbors, pOunced
upon her rival, and gave her a very sound
drubbing. Ann was arrested by officer Ar
mold and marched off to the police station,
where she gave security for her appearance
before the Recorder this morning.
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A Big Mortgage case Decided.

The Supreme Court, now in session at
Knoxville, decided on Tuesday an import
ant case, entitled Pigue, Manner & Hall, of
this city, VS.. the Vulcan Works, of Chatta-
nooga. 1t seems that in 1873, certain part
ners or stockholders of the Vulcan Works,
executed a mortgage upon all their prop
erty to secure themselves for about S75, 600.
The plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and
other creditors of the Vulcan Works, fled
bin in the Chattanooga Chancery Court
to set aside the mortgage and distribute
the property among the creditors. The
court held that the benefciaries under the
mortgage took no interest under it, and
that il was null and void.
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DIAMOND COAL.

VuE CITIZENS OF NASHVILLE WILL
be supplied with this superior Coal az ths
Lowest market price during the winter. Having
been thoroughly tested, it has given general
satisfaction. 1t is hard coal, viii not crumbie
or slack, is easily ignited, burns eheerfnily but
not too rapidly, leaves no einder and but few
ashes. 1t is both clearly and economical
Orders left with A. Stretch, at the corner OF
Union and Cherry streets, will receive prompt
attention. Yard at the corner Of Summer and
Crawford streets.
sep2 3m 4thp - N WAhD, Agent
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STATE OF THE WEATHER.
Local BepOrs for tire City, Thursday,
Nov. 10. 1874.

temnerature AZ deg, mean temperature 46E
deg. -. -. bo,rs n IA
inches.
T:I1oTapGic Report from Signal Ssryses CoTps 2:
81 4, Of O6sersas0E, al 800 y. Il -0S ~s
TY,rfeT71 T-nfO1 Lfns.
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BIG LUCK.
A Citizen of Chattanooga Inherits
81 ,OOe, 900 in Gold and other Prop

A Citizen of Chattanooga Inherits
81 ,OOe, 900 in Gold and Other,PrOP-
erty.
Chattanooga. Commercial, Nov. 70.
Our fellow-citizen, William Van Ullrich,
is in intellectually in luck. We called
on him yesterday and gathered the follow
ing facts concerning his GOOD fortune:
Mr.. Van Ullrich's fathers brother, who
has lived many years in the East Indies,
accumulated a large fortune, consisting of
$3,OO0,O0O in gold, three large steamships,
and a large amount Of real estate. He died
May 20, 1873, leaving a will, which was
opened Dec. 8, 1873. The whole property
Of the testaior was left to the brother and
his two children, in equal parts; hence,
Mr.. Van Ullrich will get one million in
money and one third of the other property.
He will leave in few days for Germa-
ny, where his father and sister live, for the
purpose Of receiving his fortune. He will
leave his family in Chattanooga, and re-
turn as soon as possible, when he expects
to locate permanently and invest his
money.
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NEW YORK.



NEW York, Nov. 19.-The creditors Of
Neil McCulIum, leather merchant, who
failed for $4,000, have accepted thirty
cents on the dollar. AlcCullum's books
show losses of over one hundred thousand
dollars the past year, owing to the failure
of shoe dealers in various parts OF the
country.
ExtTes from, Faderiand.
Six redemptionists, exiled from Germa-
nv under the recent laws, have arrived
here.
Out OF the Cradle into the Fire.
During the temporary absence OF their
mother, yesterday, two infant children OF
Mr.. James, of Greenport, l.. J., fell from
the cradle into an open fire and were
burned to death.
Must Have the Particulars.
On appeal, Judge McCue holds that
Reecber is entitled to a bill of particulars,
and that by granting it, Tilton's interests
would not be impaired.
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yARRIED.

,>zDEpsoN w, NSTON.-On the evening
ANDEhSON-Met- rsidence Of the brides
brother, Mi. P. j. Hon. ms, BY the Rev, 4 &c; q,
Jones, Mr. THOMPSON AEDA t6, is e. m ~ m
I.CLTE WESTON, daughter Of INC ia'e III o. ~
Winston. h. but few
friends out of the family, but al Va ~, -
charming bride, with her orange blOss IL Is sn,
misty white dTapeTy, know that the lovely e,e-s
feet" We do most sincerely congratulate OF :
friend upon the possession OF such treasure,
although our hearts are breaking at the grew
Gus loss society has sustained
The happy couple have left the city on q short
visit TO friends and relatives, but viii soon re-
turn 10 plake their future home among US May
God bless them.
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Personal.

w. L. Fleming and j. B. Woodside, of
Columbia, and B. f. Carter, E. Edmond
son and w. S. Abernathy, of Pulaski, reg
istered at the Cotton Exchange yesterday.
H. III. Doak, editor Of the CidrkSUille
Tobacco Leaf, and n. B. Buck, editor Of
the MurfreeSbOrO Monitor, attended yes
terllay's big jubilee.
Among the arrivals at the Battle House
are DR.. w. A. Moody, Gillem Station; DR..
Aler ander Hartman, j. G. Binford, j. b.
Robinson, W. B. Lillard, II. H. Kerr, j. f.
Jenkins, and B. T. Henry, MuTfreesboro,
Tenn; W. B. Nicks, A. o. Edwards and
W. E. Carter, Lincoln county; Judge S. NJ.
Fife, Carthage, Tenn; Jno. Leiper, St.
Louis, No.; Archie Thomas, Springfield,
Tenn; Thos. +. Holmes, r. r. Wheeler,
5. Bracken, Thos. W. Dyer, Gus. CTosett
and Jack Neal, Somerville, Tenn; r. Ru-
zell, Robertson county; Franklin Priest,
Huntingdon, Tenn; James I. Shannon,
T. q. Shannon and G. w. Morton, Frank
lin, Tenn, and J. A. Wilkinson, New
York
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Adams and His Friends.

Last night after the curtain had been
lowered and Mr.. Adams had Invested HIM
self of his stage garb, be was met by a
number of his friends and admirers in this
city, when the party repaired to coy lit
tie room at HemphIll's popular restaurant.
There few pleasant hours were whlled
away in slipping choice champagne
and whiting line Havanna's. The en-
tire company were in excellent spirits
and their histTionic guest enter
tanned his friends in that pleasant way
Da,TIliar TO himself
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Tho civ m for s2o.a4a. as More.

Another compromise judgment was en-
tered in the Federal Court yesterday against
the Mayor and City Council of Nashville,
the plaintiff being Jno. II. Clarke. The
suit was brought on past due coupons Of
city bonds, aud the judgment calls for
S26.242. 40. The plaintiff was represented
bv McPhail Smith, and the city Oy Hon
Eds II. Ewing, Judge ". T. Cooper and
Jno. Lellyett, Esq.
By the terms of the compromise, the
Judgment is to be satisfied by interest
bearing bonds, payable five years hence.
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RECENT AssYRIAN DISCOVERIES.


We nav see numerous black stones in
the British Museum, which record the sale
and purchase of particular lands, and the
most terrible curses are invoked upon the
heads of those who should injUTe and
destroy these evidences Of the ownership oil
property. One of them, lately found oy
Mr.. Smith, tells us that the ground men
toned in il was bestowed by the King
upon sort of poet-laureate, on
account of some panegyrics, he had
written upon the Kingdom. Still more
plentiful than these are private contract
tablets, often in an outer coating OF clay,
on which an abstract Of the contents OF the
inner tablet is stamped. Many OF them are
pierced with holes, through which strings
were passed attached to leaves oil papyr.
The latter have long since perished; the
papyrus was used by the Aecadlans rs a
writing material at remote dale, al
though the more durable clay tablets were
preferred. The mercantile class seems 10
have consisted chiefly Of Semites, rather
than Of Accadians; and If we want TO hnd
thefuIlest development Of business and con-
merce we must come down to the eighth ana
seventh centuries b. c., when Nineyeh was
a busting centre of trade. Tyre had been
DESTROYED by the ASSyrlalu hlli.ss anu LIarAC
had transferred itself further TO the East.
Carcbemish, which was favOrably situated
near the Euphrates, was the meeting-plaee
of the merchants of all nations, and the
S.manch of Carchemish" became the STAN
dard of weight. Houses and other proper
~ including slaves, were bought and sold;
and the carefulness with which the deeds
| of sale or lease were drawn up, the details
into which they went, and the number OF
attending witnesses, were quite worthy
of modern lawyer. Money, too, was
| lent at interest, usually at the rate OF four
ner cent. but sometimes, more especially
when goods like iron were borrowed, at
three per cent. Security for the loan was
| oFtsn taken in houses or other property.
The witnesses and contracting parties gem
eraIly affixed their seals; but where they
were too poor to possess any, a hallmark
was considered sufficient. All this apprecl-
ation and interchanging Of property led, as
we NIGH suppose, TO testamentary devolu-
ton and no less a document than the
private will of Sennacherib IS now IN the
| British Museum.
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An O,eD,ux for Our Business Men.

Hon. B. A. Enloe, editor Of the JdckSoR
Courier Herald. one of the most widely
circulated and best papers in West Tennes-
see, is in the city, representing Its interest
before our commercial community. II may
be that our merchants do not cultivate
West Tennessee as closely as they might
do with profit. 1t is mOney-making and
growing section of the State, and might adj
vantageOusly patronize Nashville more eX-
tensively than it does. The COurier-Herdtd
is a good medium of business communlca-
ton between them.
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Cottcn Thieves ON the Rampage In
Rutherford.

One night this week bale of cotton was
stolen from r. w. Wade's gin, in Ruther-
ford county, mile and half from Florence
station.
A night ortwo previous, the cotton house
OF W. H. Sykes, who lives near the same
point, was burglariously entered and a con
siderable quantity of the staple in the seed
stolen. No clue has yet been obtained as
TO who these midnight marauders are.
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NnshrIIIe IiInminafed.

There was quite a general illumination
Of residences, last evening, on Spruce and
Vine streets, between Church and Broad.
Attractive displays were made along Broad,
Market, Union and Cherry streets, and on
the Square the courthouse, markethouse
and number of business places were
lighted up. The dome Of the Capitol was
also brilliantly Illuminated.
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A Willy THIEF.
He Made n Porter Think He Wasn't
stealing when He was.

Early yesterday morning a bold and
ready-witted thief ''did" the Battle House
partially, and made his escape without
trouble. 1t would never have been known
that be was an improper person, though 1t
was known he was there, if he had not
taken small sum Of money from one of
the bOarders, and removed SIT CT studs
from a shirt bosom. A porter having pol
ished the boots Of the boarder referred to,
entered the room TO return them when he
saw man standing near the bed, and by
the chair on which the sleeping boarders
clothes were, but was diverted from sus-
pecting or paying particular attention to
him by the words, promptly but gracefully
and softly uttered, ''Never mind don't
wake him up Porter thought, of course,
that only friend could be so considerate
as this, and withdrew without entertaining
the slightest suspicion. lit is supposed that
the unsupported intruder followed suit in
this respect Immediately, as he could not
be found afterwards when wanted.
The money missing amounted to only a
few dollars.
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THE Mohammedans Of Constantinople
in a pamphlet called "Asia's Cry of An
guish," complain that their religion IS like
Iv 10 be oVerrun by English, Dutch and
Russian '.barba. ians." The claim IS put
forth that NohammedanisIn represents all
of science and culture that Asia possesses,
and Asiatics are besought TO combine and
resist the invaders,
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THE TURF.
Frisco,s 6.OOO Trot.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. l9.-In the
pools for the $1,000 trotting race, Saturday,
Occident sells at 100, Fullerton at %, and
Sam Purdy at 60 to 40.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 19.-In the pools
for the trotting race Saturday, Occident is
selling al $3.50, Fullerton at $500, and sam
DI1rdN at SIN