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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-20

A
Der, dwolt, in his opeuing address, on
the effect of the financial crisis upon
the commercial interests Of the coun-
try, making reference particularly to
the unfortunate contest with railways
inaugerated by the farming interests
Of the West. Before the panic came
onr foreign trade was, apparently, more
| in our favor than for many years pre-
vious cur grain, cotton aud other OK
ports were in good demand in other
countries, and our crops were unusu-
ally large. lie found it difficult to
realize that so vast an interest as our
railway system has become, could have
increased since the commencement Of
tho war from $1,000 to 10000 miles,
with an expenditure Of more than
$1,000, 900, coo, without bringing about
a crisis in our financial system and
while all are now ready TO admit that
the demands Of the people in all sec
lions for the extension Of railway fdcil-
tiles led TO too rapid construction, yet
it should be always kept in mind that
while those interested in their construc-
ton may have been great losers, yet
the country, as whole, has been
largely benefited, and this vast cxpend-
iture has actually added TO the real
value of the whole country many times
tho cost OF the roads.
Then Mr. Dodge proceeds to lament
The conflict that has arisen between the
railroads and the farmers. "Thc very
agitation of these questions in the state
md national legislatures" he says,
'has alarmed capitalists at home and |
lbroad, and as they see that vast inter
st passing from the control of the !
tockholders aud directors into the
lands of political commissioners, who
re to attempt TO regulate prices OF |
transportation ia the interest of the |
roducers, they very naturally dispose
{ their investments" and railway se- |
urities, which, bat short time ago |
'cre sought after with confidence, are
ow considered very uncertain, and
ave been, for months past, crowded
n the market, until they have de-
lined so fearfully that the very stock
st is constantly increasing the dis
'ust If this war goes on Mr.. Dodge
of the opinion the railroads must and
i'll become political powers, in all sec
ons, and those who now Cypress them
i'll, in their turn, become sufferers.
e appeals to business men to look
I'd consider carefully what will be the
I'd of this interference by the states
it'll the great channels through which
is now, to great extent,
rried on.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-20
STATES ABOLISHED.

The policy Of consolidation has been
most perseveringly carried on by the
republican party. 1t has finally sue.
ceoded in substantially abolishing the
state government The president can
now determine contested elections in
the states, and. make and unmake GOV
ernors, Legislatures and state courts
have also been abolished and the fed.
eral power is supreme.
The action of the Chicago and Al.
ton railroad company in removing the
sun brought against it by the rail
road and warehouse commissioners to
the United States courts, gives an EN-.
phas's to our assertion the people can.
not disregard. Oppressed by the ex.
tortions Of railroad companies, the poo.
pie Of Illinois by their representative
In the general assembly passed a law
prohibiting such companies from charg.
ing more than reasonable freight and
passenger rates. In doing this .the
legislature did nothing that even
changed the common law which la,
from time immemorial made it uplaw
iul for common carrier to charge il
excess OF reasonable rate but tho
Legislature said to the railroad compa
mics: "When you are charged with ex,
tortion you must prove your rates rea
sonahic because what arc reasonable
rates As Q matter of opinion, based on
complicated facts, of which you alone
have knowledge Knowing the law
would be effectual-would prevent ex-
tortion and unjust discrimination, upon
which the Alton road Hourishes, the
company by a writ Of certeorari took
the case out from under the state law
and transferred it to the United States
courtsi &i4.biFt
~ ana II has come to this The fact
rs alarming. A state wishes to control
the monopolies within its borders. to
regulate corporations organized under
charters granted by it, and the monop.
olies and corporations say to the state
We viii not be controlled ; VIC DEFY
the power that created us. We spit
upon the laws Of the state; and we cal,
z upon the federal government TO pro,eo
US in our defiance" IL this defianc
shall mot be resented by the people O
tho state Of Illinois, they may as wei
dispense with the general assembly an
allow the general government to legis
Z late for them IN all matters now pre-
mmcd 70 be within the control Of tn
state.
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DON'T TRUST ANY MAN
MILAN II. SMITH, Mn

REslDEECE--No. u, ThIrteepu, s,..
between Washington avenue and Wnin,,,
street ofice-l2O commercial avenue mn
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A JArANEsE rRAnEpY.

n dreadful qusdtuplo nurd r n: Kobe,
tDe scene Of tbs crime be-
ing not more than couple
Of hundr,d yards from tho Saibasho.
Is RECORDED by tue Japan Hcrad Tho
victims are SIR. Yailiada, his wife. and
two children, one aged Two years, and tho
other IA infant, twenty-one DAYS old.
who were all Dutchered ia their SLEEPING
apartments q room about nine fee! .quRro.
Mr. famsds was we'll known and gener.
ally liked IN KOBE. lie received severe
cul under the left ear, seyoring tho iugular
vein, several siasLes on his cheat and
stomach, aud bis back was literally hacked
to pieces, his spine Deing cut through In
eight or nine places. From tho an
peaFance OF his wounds IL would seem be
struggled with his assaian!, and was set
upon BY another from behind. His wife.
with al infant Il days old in her arms.
had her right arm severed, and her Isf,
breast cut badly, a frightful cash from her
forehead 10 Der chin, cutting out one eye.
and cutting her head in half, ard = slas b
that laid open her left shoulder and
fractured her spine. Her bal =, apparent.
ly, was smothered by her falling upon
IL, ss tho only wound j. has IL ANAL
cut on one of its toes. The other child.
a little boy, had his head entirely severed
from his body, and his right hand Gu.
through the middle, cutting OF the thumb
ALSO the left hand had the two first fa a.
gers cut Of What the motives OF the
murderers were will probably never come
to light, unless the miscreants arc caught
and confess, as the clothes Of tho murdered
persons seem 20 have been overhaulet
only. The assault must have been sudden
and the strife Of short duration, a. the in
mates OF the houses adjoining on either
81 e appear not TO have heard anything
Of al unusual nature. Many Europeans
employed on the railway alec live within
q stones throw, ard heard nothing Of tho
q air nrNI rnnm- ~ Lrr -nlnrrir- = .tlr
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c. W. DUNNING, NJ. d.

RESlDENCl---cOrno Ninth and Walnut
streets. Ollico--eorner sixth street aud
Ohio leyeo. once hours--iroia Il r., ~, Ia
~ m, and OPP. IN
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-20
THE railroad war in Wisconsin,


The railroad war in Wisconsin has
become decidedly interesting. The
railroad companies have refused to
regard the railroad law of that state de-
clarIDg il to be unconstitutional the
governor has proclaimed that they must
obey it; and now the attorney general
has prayed the supreme court of the
state for leave to bring an action in the
nature OF quo warranto in the name Of
the state against the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul Railroad company, for
the purpose of vacating the charter and
annulling the existance of said corpor
alton. The monopolist organs are in
dignant over this proceeding, and are
beginning to shut the warning cry Of
eli opponents Of "mounded Wealth.
communism. saf
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-20
JOHN BRIGHT ON CIVIL SER
VICE REFORM.

Dormsn b. Eaton, the chairman Of the
civil service commission. has received tho
following Letter from John Bright:
"LosDos, April 20, 1874.
"DEAg SIR; ] am sorry have been
SO long IN replying 10 your letter, and
now l do not feel that / can say much
that will be Of use to you. Tho working
of our civil service has mot with general
approval, and, after the experience Of
some years, it would now be impossiblo
to 90 back 10 the old system.
The present plan Is one which IA
felt to be more just TO all classes, and
It is calculated To- supply moro capable
men for tho various departments Of the
public service. You are, dou btless, aware
that appointments with us are to a large
eKtont of permanent character. No
changes in persons employed in Govern
ment Offices in tho customs, excise.
post-oiiic., aud telegraph Department.
take place on change of government,
and thus wo avoid "A vsst source of disturb
ance and corruption which would be open
ed il the contrary plan were adopted In
these days, when 80 much is done by the
Government, and when so many
persons arc employed by them, /. seems
absolutely necessary to take precautions
agains. the selection Of inco npeteut mon,
and against the corruption which, under
the purcst administrations, is always a
menacing evil. Your proposed reform il
a great undertaking, / hope tho good
sense of your people will enable you to
complete It. All tho friends Of your
country in o.hor nations will congratu-
late you on your success. / have
directed to be forwarded TO you, some of
our parliamentary publications, that ysu
may know tho latest facts connected with
what Is doing hero Ia tho matter Of our
civil service.
81 am, with great respect yours very
sincerely,
JOnS BRIGHT.
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Mr.. HENRY WArTrpsoN edith,

the Louisville Courier Journal, is
sure President Grant desires and will
seek third term. In consequence of
this belief Mr.. Wattorson, himself
calm, wishes the country TO become
alarmed, and therefore Is Professionally
exhibiting to his readers the bugaboo
of C@sarism. Everything is possible
to Grant and Henry may be true
prophet. 4tr $50 4s@b
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-20

The Decatur Magnet, and the Fri
bune' have been consolidated under
the nsme OF the Magnet Tribune A
now building is being erected and sioan
presses are TO be introduced.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-20

Dormsn 3. Eaton, the chairman Of the
civil service commission. has received the
following Letter from John Bright:
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-20

GovKRSoR DIX, Of New York, has
signcd the compulsory education bill
lately passed by the Legislature of that
state.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-20
TIE SONG OF THE sorTu.

Thus tho Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer
sings ver5o of the song Of the south 4:
IA sorry sight it is to SEQ spike team,
consisting Of Il skeleton steer and a skinny
blind mule, with rope haruoss and a
squint-eyed driver, hauling barrel Of
new whisky over poor roads on her
maphrodito wagon, into farming dis
triet where the people are in debt, and
women and children arc forced to prac.
tice soant attire by Gay and hungry
sleeping at night.
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THE RAILWAYS AND THE
PEOPLE. ~

At tho annual dinner Of the New
York chamber Of commerce, Hon. vii.
liam II. Dodge, president of the cham
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21
A SAD STORY.
shame, Suicide and Murder.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Aug. 2O.-GeO. Z.
Harding editor and proprietor of the In
TiandDOlis Herald, shot III. Moritz prom
ineDt merchant of this city this afternoon,
under the following circumstances: These
gentlemen have been warm friends and
very intimate in their social relations.
Noritz. who is about forty years old and
married. took advantage Of this intimacy
and succeeded in seducing the
daughter of Mr.. Harding, a young
lady of about eighteen. This occurred IN
March last, and improper relations have
been maintained by the parties since that
time. The young lady was brought to
confession of these facts by her father last
evening. and. overwhelmed with remorse
and shame. sought 10 take her own life by
taking opium. and, it is thOnglit, repeating
lie dose This morning. About one O'Clock
this evening. Sr. Harding went IN search
OF a physician, aud while passing
down The street. met Moritz, imme-
diatpiy firing at him, shooting five times.
arl,sLlen y ,sSed on down the street. Mr..
| MoritZ was taken 10 his residence where
medical examination proved that but Two
ofthe shots bad hit him, one shatteTtng the
| left elbow and the other passing directly
/ through the lung and lodging in the chest.
/ 1t was thOught the latter would prove fatal
as he spit blood quite freely for some time,
| but a this hour, ten O'Clock, he is resting
/ quietly. and its thought will recover. Miss
! Harding died about } o'clock this evening.
! Mr.. Harding was admitted to bail on $4,000
/ bonds this evening 10 await the result OF
I Morilz' wounds. The public feeling is
very strong in sympathy with Mr.. Harding.
The wife Of Mr.. Harding and step-motheI
/ Of the daughter has confessed since the
| shooting that MOritZ had also made inn
proper proposals to her within short time.
/ Noritz denies the charges made by Miss
Harding on her death bed, and says as soor
as he is able he will prove his innocence
This statement is not vary generally be
/ Iiaved. as it is not the first case of the kind
IN which h. has played the same role, and
a writ is now pending in which he j:
charged with the same crime.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21
POLITICAL.
Alabama.

Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Aug. 20.-The Republi-
can convention met here to-day and after
temporary organisation adjourned till to-
morrow. The general impression is that
the present State Offices who are all white,
will all be renOmInated and the Civil Rights
bill will be ignored.
Congressional Nominations
GALVESTON, Aug. 20.-Hon. Jno- Ham
cock was nominated for Congress from this
district at the Brennan convention to-day.
WHEELING, Aug. a20.-At the conven-
tion at Piedmont to-day Chas. +. Faulk-
ner, of Martinsburg, was elected Demo
cratic candidate for Congress for the second
district of this State.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-A Tribune special
says the Democratic Congressional Con-
vention in the Nineteenth Illinois District
nominated Hon. S. s. Marshall, the present
member, without opposition.
SIOUX CRY, Iowa, Aug. 20.-The
Anti Monopoly and Democratic Congress
siOnal Convention at Elk Point to-day,
failed to effect a fusion. The Anti Mono
polists nominated DR.. Burleigh. The
Democrats had failed to make any nomi-
nation at last reports.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21
yToIatIas not AI,oIIshetI.

Judge Blatchford decided to-day that
the United States District Attorney is
still entitled to per cent. and the Clerk
of the United States District Court to !
per cent. on all monies recovered in Gus
tomhouse seizure suits in this district.
The Judge holding that the law Of 1874 in
abolishing mOieties and infOrner's fees
does not cover the allowance of these per-
centages which are given in lien of the
costs and fees which the District Attorney
and clerk should otherwise be entitled in
the suits mentioned, but in which there is
no provision of law allowing.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

THE NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
To the Union and American:
OBIoN COUNTY, Aug. 10. 1S74.-All in
all, | think the nomination of Hon. w.
j. Caldwell for Congress, from this dis
trict, splendid one. Ii is such as Will
give general satisfaction all over the dis
trict and arouse great enthusiasm. MIR.
Caldwell is justly regarded as one of the
most brilliant Young statesmen OF West
Tennessee. He is a man of great dignity
of bearing, thorough cultivation, fine abil-
ity, and considerable legislative expert
ence. For several years, both before and
since the war, he was member OF the
Legislature, and was regarded as one of the
ablest and most influential members. be
has twice served as Presidential Elector for
this district, and made a gallant race for
Congress against Ike Hawkins, in 1867, but
bayOnetS were trJmps and Caldwell was
pushed aside.
am very sOI1y to say that We have not
vet been blessed with rain. Our crops are
literally burning up. There are large corn
fields that will not yield one bushel per
acre. Stock wafer. in many sections. is
exhausted. and some farmers are compelled
to drive their stock four or five miles for
out, and the prospects are gloomy indeed.
Were it not for the abundant wheat crop,
think there would be much actual suffer
ing. ORION.
PLENTY OF CORN IN THE sEQUATCHIE
VALLEY.
To the Union and American:
| hear of frequent inquiries made by
parties from Kentucky and the border
counties Of Tennessee as 10 corn 10 feed
stock this fall. take this method OF say
ing that the Upper Sequatchie Valley has
i good average crop Of corn and less stock
20 feed than usual; hence, there viii be
more corn for sale than has been known foI
many wears. Corn can be bought for JOc,
gathered and delivered at the pens, and less
If taken in the field in lots of from 500 to
1000 bushels. The farmers would be glad
TO have stock driven in TO consume the corn
J. G.. NORWOOD.
COLUMBIA, Aug. 20, lS74.-The trsi
bale Of cotton of the new crop was brought
to thu city yesterday by Shaw Fleming
colorA. Il was raised by him, and weighed
so pounds. Martin & EmbTy T.'id 2t'c pci
pound for if, and shipped it 10 Cincinnati
MAURY.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21
CHARLIE ROSS.
AGIrIish COunfernarf.

FT. WAUNE. IND, Aug. 20.-A sequel
to the Charlie Ross abduction case has Oc-
CURED in the small village of Leo, a few
miles moth of here. Ida Shannon, little
girl IL wears OF age, received permission
from her parents, last Sunday, the 10th, to
visit her relatives, about mile IN the
country. Not returning at the appointed
hour. her father started in search of her,
but could discover no trace of her where
abouts, until hearing that a man and
woman named Thompson, who had been
lettering about the village some days, had
also disappeared, the father started in pur-
suit on foot, and found them at Antwerp,
O., about fifty miles from Leo. Thompson
denied any knowledge Of the whereabouts
of the child, but, on thorough search being
instituted, the child was found in house
near by, fast asleep. Thompson and his
wife were arrested, and brought to this
place for trial. No reason can be assigned
for the abduction.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21
NASHVILLE. TENN, FRIDAY, AUGUST al. 1874.

hegan upon the notes Hhich split 50 readily
and copied them even to that Peculiarify,
by printing front and back separately, and
afterward joining them. He Is In state
prison. r
In order to stimulate the clerks in the
derartment 20 the early detection OF count
erfeits on the last issue Of fifties, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury offered inward Of s.
10 the one who should discover the FIRST
the currency appeared last fan, and scarcely
time had elapsed for people 70 know that a
new note had been issued before news Of
the Initiation was received. Yesterday
there appeared at the sub-tTeasury the first
Of the new legal-tender so notes Ii is the
opinion Of those who are qualified to form
opinions on the subject, that a dangerous
imitation of that note will be in circulation
in months time.
Z OF the $40 or SIS worth Of counteneits
thrown out daily at the sub-treasury, the
bulk comes from dealers who send pack
ages direct from their money drawers for
redemption. In these they are numerous.
Bankers and brokers are seldom deceived.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21

"JUDGE" BUSTED, of Alabama,
writes lengthy card to explain away
the railroad scene on the road from
Selma to Montgomery, in which he
drew a pistol on behalf of a negro who
was being ousted from the ladies' car.
He claims the negro as my servant, a
man of color, who has been In my en-
ployment now nearly five years. Fur
ther on he gives a biography of the
darky, saying: Until within four
weeks last past he has never been
south of the Pennsylvania line" When
we remember that Busteed has been a
Federal judge in Alabama for several
years, these two statements seem con-
Trajectory.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21

Tx the northwestern corner of the Ter
ritory of Wyoming is located one OF 'Ie y
most beautiful lakes ON this continent, u
not in the world. Adjacent to II are the
sources of four majestic rivers, the ieil0w-
stone, flowing into the missouri AT a us us
tance Of 1900 miles; tbs missouri Itsen,
which finds its way to the Gull through the
Father Of Waters; the Columbia EhlSh
leads to the Pacific and the Colorado when
passing through the most remarkaDie eahy-
on In tie world, discharges lis waters INTO
The Gulf of California Grouped AROUND
This lake. and in the midst OF TINS wafer.
shed. is perhaps the grandest display OF
cataraeis, bot springs, geysers, mua EOic4-
noes. and natural architectural Oeaiities
anvwhere to be found on the lace on the
globe. tt
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21
FOREIGN.
Hyacinfll Xeafns for the Old
Church that UnfrOcked Him.
Spanish Republicans Firing on
British Seamen.
Has the Republic Been RecOg-
nized Yet?

NEw YeRg, Aps, so.-1ihe S,oiSs Times
PUBLISHES Father Hyacinthe's letter resign
Ing the care of Geneva as follows:
Attached from the very depths of my heart
to the church in which / was baptized,
whose reform l wish for; but not its over
throw-conyinced besides by experience
now sufficiently heightened that the liberal
Catholicism of Geneva is neither liberal in
politics nor Catholic in religion have the
honor to tender my resignation Of my func-
tions as Cure of this city.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21
NEW YORK.
Another "Reverend'' i'm Trouble.

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-The examination
Of Rev. John c. Cowan, chaplain Of the
late Sixtieth regiment New York artillery,
and John KehOe, charged with conspiring
10 defraud the Government by presenting
at the Treasury for redemption fragment
of a South American bond and claiming it
was part of one thousand dollar United
States $40 bond which had been destroyed,
has resulted in the holding of Cowan for
the action of the grand jury. For some
time before his arrest, Cowan was in the
employ Of the Young Mems Christian AS
Snciaf ion
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21

J.H. SLoss, independent candidate
for Congress from the Sixth Alabama
District, is represented Is confident of
reelection. He expects the solid Re
publican vote, and a division of the
Democracy. Unless our people go on
as they have begun, and choosing their
own candidates, frowing down all strag-
Cling aspirants, the same programme
may he attempted in Tennessee, giving
the Republicans the same choice of
Congressmen that they had five years
ago.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-21

THE new constitution has been de-
fea+ed in Ohio, and with it the propo-
sition for minority representation or
cumulative voting. The hight vote Is
taken as an indication that the defeat
results from the apathy of the people.
Yet there is a general impression that
the proposed new instrument demands
too many and radical changes to be al
ventured upon at once. Thus the pro-
Ionged Iabors of now Chief Justice
Waite and his colleagues, costing
Ohio, we believe, over 100000, go for
naught.