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AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
McCIain Pitches Into "That Mean,
Contemplate Ring"
KercheYal's Man Friday Declares Civil
Rights 10 be /" the 4" Issue.

At : o'clock last might 4 considerable
crowd assembled III front Of the Opera
House. pursuant to an announcement made
by Judge McClain, Republican candidate
for Chancellor. that lac would speak at that
place. Upon taking the stand, lac said he
been a Republican ever since there had
had been suCh i party in renneS5ee.that he
hId always voted the Republican ticket.
aud now hp appeared before them Is the
representative at this party. asking
for tlsc position of Chancellor 0i
Davidson county. Until quite recently
Ie had not made this 4 very active canvass,
bat he intended 60 continue this activity
until the election was over. lie had pub
lished list Of appointments and he eN-
necicd io answer them all. From the very
hour lllli hr became a candidate 4 secret
intrigue had been organized against him
merely 10 further the interests Of private in
dividuals The mean. contemplate ring
that hal taken such an active part against
him and caused diSseuliuu ia the party
ranks for the sake Of individual gain had
nov completely played out. ani croakers
were seldom heard. The hope for the sue
cess Of the Republican party had never
been stronger than NOW.
Al the conclusion of Judge McClain',
speech. Thomas Simms, cOlored, took tho
stand and said that tie civil rights bill wa:
fEe issue of the day. He was fer anybody
to beat the Democratic nominees. Do thi:
and they would break up the damuablI
uariv That was seeking to eXiermmate The
! cOlOTed race.
After SimmS had ended his haranCue
calls were made for Kercheval, who tool
| the stand and advocated the claims O
Brien. The next speakers were CoOi
Baslry and Prince Ewing. both c0lored
candidates for Sheriff and Criminal C0ur
| Clerk. and Mai. Dick McCann, who got oi
That neat little speech Of his about Tn
hlIckani+au dog being a thoroughbred
| etc,
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ALL OVER THE CITY.

Two hundred and twenty dollars was the
aggregate tax levied at the police court yes
terday.
Andrew Foster, colored, charged with the
larceny Of cow, was discharged ny justice
Everett Yesterday.
Charles ]. Koch, the confidence man,
was fined 500 by Judge Duling yesterday,
on The charge OF vagrancy.
1t is limited that harmony and peace
have been restored to the Bulletin office by
Col. Prosser having purchased Capt. VIM
ter,s interest in that paper.
A prominent broker of the city says that
money is very tight Just now, and that first
class notes can be bought at from three to
five per cent on the street.
Up TO Yesterday, 40o cases have been
tried in the police court this month, and
the number Of arrests will not fall beloY
500, as a great many cases are taken TO the
magistrates courts.
Albert Powers. now confined in Jail on the
charge of killing Maurice Egan, received
a telegram Yesterday to the effect that his
mother and brother will arrive in the city
| to-day fiOm New York.
There will be a grand rally Of Democratic
and Conservative voters a; the Eighth ward
engine house next Tuesday night, Col.
| John #. House, Gen. James 81. Quarles,
Can't. T. NJ. Dodd and DIR. G. X. Winston
| are expected to address the meeting.
If YOU have few old hymn books fol
which YOU have no use, please send them
TO this office. Religious services are now
| held regularly at the jail, i'm which the pris-
Oners Join as far as they can, but there IS
| moi a hymn book about the establishment
hence the singing is not much Of a success
OF course you're going to attend the
| funny entertainment to be given al the
| EXPOSITION building tonight. Among
ether attractions Capt. Gihsou'S fine band
| will play tie following selections: War
path footslep, Victoria Waltz, West Wind
| Gallon. Haunted Stream, Rutledge Polka
Red Stocking QuicIsiep, Cast that Shade"
! from that Brow, (sonsl.
In case any one is bitten by dog whose
| condition is suspicious, the most effective
| and beneficial mode of treatment is 10 eau
terize the wound at once with a stick %
silver nitrate, commonly called ''lunal
| cauStic.~ Th- stick Of cauStic should bS
slrlpened 10 a pencil point, introduced
| quite 10 the bottom Of the wound, and hell
| in contact with every part Of the wounded
| surface until il is thoroughly cauieriZet
| and insenSihle. This destroys the virus by
/ which the disease would he COmmun Gated
I.aban Calhoun, a colOred barber, escort.
| ell a maiden home from church Sunday
night, and in so doing incurred the i'll will
Of party of eight young boot pclishers
who followed the two along the street
| making cheerful remarks. Afterward:
they followed Calhoun from Liberty Hal
to the Bate House, he keeping them a
bay by threatening to shoot them with
bic door key, which the young IaScals mis-
took for 4 new kind Of pistol. The young
sters were fined from ten TO twenty dollars
each by Judge Duling yesterday.
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WHERE'S COLLINS!
Additional Particulars Concerning
His Mysterious Escape.

Additional Particulars OOnceEnAhS
His Mysterious Escape.
Thus far. no information with regard 10
the whereabouts Of Charles Collins, who
escaped from jail Tuesday night, has been
obtained. About three quarters of an hour
after ihe Is ape, Co lins entered Griiiin'S
hardware StUye, corner Of Summer and
Church. considerably under the influence
Of LIQUOR He held black Carpet-sack W.
der his arm, ami told Mr.. Griffin, it'll
whom he was acquainted, that be had been
released from Jail on bond. He held some
moIey in his hand and was anxious to
purchase a pistol, but owing 10 his being
drunk. and the fact Of his having the rel IL
tation OF a dangerous character, Griffin
would not sell him the weapon, whereupon
be left the store and turned down Summer
street.
The laie occupants Of the cell from which
Collins escaped were T moved thereirom
Yesterday and confined in cell NJ. !, on the
inst floor. and put upon bread aud water
diet. No doubt they now regret that they,
too. did not take Collins "leap for liberty.
one of the colOred occupants OF the cell
directly beneath that recently occupied by
Collins told our reporter yesterday that he
saw the latter shoot by the cell window,
dangling in the air; that me thought 1t was
a ..spook." and Immediately lay down on
the iioor with Bible under his head, shut
his ewes and waited for ''calF' to be made
on him.
IL is said that Collins told fellOw-pris-
opcr that he would break out of jail, aud
that this would be his third escape from
prison.
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THE BIG INJUNS.
Adjournment of The Great COuneiI of
Tennessee


The Secoud'SGn'S Session Of the Great
Council Fire of Tennessee. was kindled in
duc form a.. the 9Th Run, Rising OF the
sun, Great Sachem jos. L. LaiSeau pre-
siding. The roll was called and the Great
Chiefs and representatives elect Were noted
as present.
The business Of the Order having been
disposed Of, Past Great Sachem w. +.
leacham raised up tine following Great
Chiefs to their respective stumps:
IL. Master, Chattanooga. Great Sachem.
W. y. Singleton. Great Senior Sycamore.
w. G. Ewin, Great Junior Sycamore.
". II. Hyeronemus, Great Chief OF
Records.
G. W. Stainback, Grea, Keeper Of
Wampum.
Jos. 7. LOiseau, Great Prophet.
The Great Council then declared a recess
until the % run. 3Oth breath, setting of the
sun. The time Of recess having expired,
the Great Council was called TO order by
Great Sachem II. Master.
Conductor Hard I. Guess, formerly a
popular conductor on the Southern Division
Of the st Louis and Southeastern Railroad,
Is now running through freight train on
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad.
The following appointments were an,
nounced for the ensuing term Of twelve
moons: Vol Davis, Great Sannap; Z. u
CaTell, Great Guard Of Forest; J. p. Hut
Gibson, Great Guard of the Wigwam.
The Great Council then went into secret
session, and the secret business having
been completed, the Great Chiefs and Rep
reseutatives received their mileage and pc
diem, af;er which the Great Council fir,
was quenced, to be Te-kindled again il
/ Nashville on the 4lh Tuesday OF Bucl
Moon. G.. s. D., 3S4.
The Christian 1GrOcGie, of this week
says: "Dr. McFeTin and the Rev. J. Il
/ Hummer, and their patty, have returne'
/ from their Northern tour, and expires
themselves rs greatly delighted with wha
they saw and heard. They were treateI
like princes, or, as DR.. Sargent would say
like angels, At Round Lake Camp-mce,ing
in New York City, and elsewhere"
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THE WHITE MANS TICKET.
Appointments OF the Democratic anC
Conservative Speakers.


Thursday, July 30, IL A. NJ, at Harris Grove,
Roscdale, Fifth district; speeches by Gen. w. G.
Vaughn and Andrew Caldwell, Esq.
Thursday, July 80, 8 P. NJ, at Williams drug
store, corner Cedar and Knowles streets;
speeches by Gen. W b. Bate and Hon. I'd. II,
East.
FIilay, July 81, II A. NJ, Bunel'sstore, for the
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth districts;
speeches by Judge 10. c. Guild and Gen. Geo
j. Stubblefeld.
Friday, July 81, s P. NJ, Williams & Davis
store, North Edgefeld; speeches by Hon. Neil
S-.BrOWH and Baxter Smith, Esq.
Monday, Aug. 5, II 4. IL, at Hermitage sta
ton, Tennessee and Pacific Railroad, for Fourth
ami Fifteenth districts; speeches by Gen. j. NJ
QuarloS, Michael Vaughn and A. II. Lusk, Esqs
Tuesday, Aug. 4, II a. NJ, at Bellevue, in the
Fourteenth district; speeches by Judge Abe
Dom rs and Gen W. H. Jackson.
Tuesday night, Aug. /, S p. N, at the engine
house on College Hin; speeches 10y Gen. !. n
Quarles and Capt. Thomas L. DOid.
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Spring wagons for sale at l52 Church
street.
Set of parlor furniture for sale.
Fresh winter lurnip seed for sale al =
south Market street.
Pocketbook, containing money, notes,
,lc.. found Yesterday on Rolling Mill Hill.
4 partner with 500 capital, good vine
dresser and twelve cooks, wanted at -
Church street.
\ large leather pocl;cibook, containing
80 in money and several notes, was lost
Yesterday bv W. &. Geers, Who offers a
liberal reward for its recovery.
Propnsals wanted for erecting 4 Masonic
Temple at Columbia, Tenn. See advertise
ment on second page.
PocketbOok stolen, for the recovery OF
which liberal reward is offered.
see nonresident notices Of Nathaniel
nqNtor, Jr., Clerk and Master Of thancery
Court.
r.tnkland * Co, Public Square. are
selling mosquito bars cheaper than ever.
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TO TEACHERS AND CONDUCTORS
OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

In addition 10 The very full accounts we
publish during the commencement Sea-
son" Of the exercises of various Colleges
and Schools, we have determined further to
add our mite 20 the interests Of general
education by inserting College and School
Announcements, in the advertising columns
Of the UNION AND AMERICAN, at any time
between the 18th of June and tie 18th Of
September, at % per cent less than our
.-sual rates. je1S If
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THE COMET AND THE LADIES.


If the comet has come near enough to
the earth 10 spy ont what is going on upon
it. let us hope that it has not fallen in love
with the way our nineteenth century ladies
have Of wearing wigs! Comets have hair
enough Of their Own-they have their
name thence, and Buffers "hairy comet
was an chronological hit; but sup
pose they should take the whim Of
clipping the hair from dead comets,
and making "rats = and switches .
to increase the horror of their natural good
lOoks9 Ifthe late heavy rains have been
caused by the comet in its unadOrned cOndi-
tiOn, with merely its back hair gracefully
let down, what would il DO had It the
motive and the queue TO passion that Dor
rowed hairs would give it? Might we not
be obliged to eXclaim with Anthony, as in-
terpreted by the whining sehOOl-bOy-"Oh
waterfall was there my cOuntrylnen!
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THE JAILORSHIP.
Another Independent Candidate With.
draws From the Canvass.
He Beiiefes the Race to be Betweeh
Heyerin and Robertson.

To the Union and American:
When became a candidate for Jailor OF
Davidson county, some months ago, it was
my intention to eight it out on that line, =
until the 9th of August, regardless of the
action Of either political party but the
contest having, in my opinion, narrowed
down to the negro Robertson and Hugh
Heverin, the regular nominee of the Dem
ocratic and Conservative Convention; and
being unwilling TO contribute in the least
towards the election of Robertson, hereby
withdraw from the race, thanking my
friends Tor the encouragement given me
and requesting them to vote solid fol
Heverin. Respectfully, j. HURT.
NASHVILLE, July 80, 1874.
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PLIGIITED, A. ID. 1874.
DTwO souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as On=.'
NELLIE, IoqlIiur.

Bless my heartl You're come at last;
Awful glad TO see you, dear.
Thought you'd died or something, Belle
Such an age since you've been here!
NV engagement Gracious. Yes.
Rumor's hit the mark this time.
And the victim? Charley Gray,
Know him, don't you2 Well, he's pr1Has.
Such mustachiosi Splendid style!
Then he's not 50 hOrrid fast
Waltzes like a seraph, too,
Has some f0rtune-best and last
Love him. Nonsense. Don't be 'sOit.
Pretty much a. love now goes;
He's devoted. and ntime
TT get used 70 him, l s'pose.
First love? Humbug. Don't talk stun!
Bella Brown, don't be fool
Next yCu1l rave OF flames and darts,
Like a chit at bOaTding-schOol-
Don't be unified talked just -
Some two wear, back. Fact my dear.
But two seasons Kill romance,
Leave ones giews Of life quite clear.
WHY, ii Viii LatrObe had asked
When he left, two years ago,
Td have thrown up al and gone
Out 10 Kansas, do you know?
Fancy NE n settlers wife!
Blest escape dear, was il not?
Yes, it's hardly in my line
To enact Love in Cot
Well, you see, I'd had my swing,
Been engaged TO eight or ten,
Got y stop some time, OF course,
SO IL don't much matter when
Auutie hates Old maids, ard thinks
Every girl should marry young
ON that theme nv whole life long,
! have heard the changes rung!
So. ma belle, what could / do?
Charley wants stylish wife
Wen suit well enough, no fear,
When We settle down for life
But for lOve-stu;f>i Sec my ring.
Lovely. isn't it, Solitaire.
Nearly made Maude Hinton turn
Green with envy and despair.
Hers aint half so nice, YOU see
Did write YOU, Belle, about
How she tried for Charley, till
] sailed in and cut her OUT
Now she's taken Jack Mcbride,
Ibelieve it's all from pique-
Threw him over once, You know
Hates me 50 she'll scarcely speak.
% yes! Grace Church, Brown, and that;
Pa won't mind expense, NJ last
I'll be OF his hands for cool,
Cost fortune two years past.
NV trCuSseau shall Out-dO Maudc's,
I've carte bI1Hcis from IA, You know
Mean to have my dress from Worth
Won't she just be rdriHg though?
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Zrhrns rrrn HaurY.

John I.alla. special Deputy SheIll OF
Magrrv county. brought 10 The STATE prison
Yesterday conyiCtS sentenced a. toll
lows: Charles Haggard. larceny, tour years:
WIN. jackson. Ca'orcd. forgery, eight years;
S.epheu Watkins. calared. larceny, SIX
years. John Porter. alias sam FricINon,
cnloreI. attempt lo murder, eleven years
and nine months: Robert Wilkes. c"lored.
larceny. three years aud six months.
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THE FATAL ROCK.
. Negro Jailed ON Charge of Murder

A Negro Jailed on Charge OF Murder'
About IL o'clock last night, Ben Bates,
the colored shoemaker who was knocked in
the head with a rock on the 2lst inst. bY
Lee Robertson, cOlOred, breathed his
last, dying from the effects of the
wound. After the death of Bates, war
rant was sworn ont before Justice Camp
bell. charging Robertson with murder, and
he was Immediately arrested at his resi-
dence on Line street. He was being COM
pitted to Jail this morning at ? o'clock.
The case was tried before Justice BaS-
kettle few DAYS ago, and Robertson was
discharged on the ground Of self-defense.
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An Iux1,nIion W3slcl. Was Accepted.

Yesterday morning aa.'tt 10 o'clock &c
yarl Alexander, coluTcd, %, cA OF ms
WAGON and was looking At the big buffalo
bea hanging out in front Of lsinekS ll"-
lei. Ed Wallace, coloTed, came mp and de-
manded in q very rough tone 10 know what
le was doing there, to which Alexander ie-
pIiei that /, was none of his business.
Wallace told Alexander if he would lay
down lis whip he would settle the whole
.,f,fr fbau and there. Alexander acted
mon his suggestion, ami they engaged IN
:, rrrular fist and skull fight, in which W al
lace was Knocked down three or four tunes;
The brlligcrnu'S were Afterwards arrested
and escorted to the police station.
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ST. LOUIS, July 29.-Capt. Jas. b. lads,
Chief Engineer of the Illinois and -. Lou
is Bridge. left for Europe 'O-night to
thoroughly examine the jetties 1t The mouth
of the Danube, Rhine and o,her rivers
having deltas: also the different canals on
the continent, so that he may have addi-
tional and accurate information respecting
their practical workings, to lay before Con
gress next winter in favor OF DIS plan Tor
iettying the mouth Of the Mississippi.
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neafh on pistinguIshed Man

Atelegrlm 10 J. Il. Lindsey conveys the
information that Albert Stein. the cclebrai-
ed civil engineer Of Mobile, Ala, died al
his residence in that city last Sunday. Mr..
Stein built the Nashville waicr-woTks, and
also those Of Mobile and other cities. lie
was th, son-ig-law of the late DIR. tiirlrd
Troost, formerly Of Nashville. lie had ae-
ouired wealth aud fame, and diced ia the
r,.shiiafh year of his aye.
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OGfhe Track.

Cant. Charley Donaldson says he don't
wantto be our next County Court Clerk,
now that the Republican party in this
county has fallen into such evil WAYS, and
consequently withdraWS from the race.
He would have made 4 strong run had he
been regularly nominated for the position
to which he aSpiTed, and which he would
certainly have filled with credit.
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.yas Sne "A Fraud ::

YESTERDAY morning, a young gLri aOouL
eiCbtean wears of age, went 10 house Oh
lad resute on North College stieet' SAYING
that She had been driven from home by the
cTIIel treatment Of her uncle. The teeper
oftbe house Informed Ter What KIND OF d
Mace She YVES In. told her life 81 shame
Pc no;ta her II She remained III il. and sent
S,, an otIicpr. who took her ia charge ana
, lSi her 10 Judge FERRIS to have i'eI
,,ro,ided with home. The girl remained
If the courthouse an hour or two tnen
Quietly slipped away and has ho' siii0'
been seen in that locality.
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hammered nntIronI Accident.

Late last night it WAS reported That a
serious accident had occurred 0n The Mis-
,i,siuni Central Railroad. Whether "r
not. il was a mere variation Of the accident
ON the Mobile road, mentioned in the iele-
rraph Yesterday. and Of which We are still
without particulars, We could not asS'er-
tain. our Memphis dispatches are silent.
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That Broken Stone business Again


NASHVILLE. July 29.-QUeIy-I would
Ike To ask. why is it that the law govern
ING the Street Department is not complied
WITH
Last Marcel an ordinance was passed by
tie City Council, which expressly provides
lhal all street pairing shall be done with
river gravel instead of broken stone. That
ordinance is still in force. Why, then, is
1t that the streets are being continually Gov
cred with broken stone?
The truth Of the matter is, that il should
no, be done, and our citizens have a right
to complain. Is many Of them are doing.
Gentlemen Of the Street Committee. stop:
II won't DO. COUNCILMAN.
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PATRIOTIC WORK.
The Ward MarshaIs Getting Ready
for the Torch. Light Procession
How the Victory OF August is 20
be Ushered In.

be Ushered In.
The Marshals. appointed by the Demo-
cratic and Conser, alive County Executive
Committee for the tUrch-light procession on
the night of the 9Th prox., met yesterday
forenoon at the office of J. c.. Wards.
\ resolution was passed to make that
place the headquarters of the Marshals.
Il WAS announced that Philip Olwill
would not De able 10 participate in the
work un account of ill-heaith and Pat.
Walsh was elected i'm his stead. Mr.. J. G..
SlwyerS was appointed an additional aid.
The marshals were assigned TO the DIFF
fereni warlS As follows: Spencer i1allin To
the first, second, third and fifth; Caspar
Kuhn To- the second, ,:inth and fourth; Pat.
Walsh 10 the seventh ward; .InO. WhOrley
to the eighth ward; Green Sawyers TO the
sixth ward; Y. b. Jones TO the tenth ward
and the tenth district.
Ii was decided that the ward committees
should report at once TO the Marshals uf
their wards, and il was arranged that the
members Of the ward committees and dis
trict committees should get all information
in reference To the procession a. the Office
Of J. &. WandS, - South College street.
Mr.. Wands. or Capt. Thatcher will be
there al all times Ia attend 10 the details Ot
the work and receive reports from che sub
committees.
II was agreed that wards and districts in
tending to take pant should report as soon
as possible tie character of demonstration
they desire 10 make, is it was considered
absolutely necessary That the Chief Marshal
should know at the earliest moment what
To expect from each ward and district.
\ molten was agreed TO 10 hold Il meet
inc of the marshals daily at ii O'Clock.
The Marshais were all present 1t the
meeting yesterday and manifested deep in
| terest IN the charge which has been com
mitted to them. A good deal of lively Cos
sip was INDUCED in aud the determination
was expressed to have every persuit, trade
and profession represented in the grand de
mOnStration. The Jealous spirit diSplaye,
| by the Marshals in their work is highly
| commendable. Let their efforts be cordial
ly seconded by the people and the torch
! liah, procession will he 4 triumph.
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HEAVY RAINS IN EAST TENNESSEE.


We are informed by a railroad official
that heavy rains have fallen throughout
East Tennessee and that one small bridge
on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor-
ola Railroad was washed away. The
same informant says that ten-foot rise in
the Tennessee Is expected, and our steam
boat captains are buOyant with the idea OF
having a new lease for navigation.
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Trunks Trunks!. Trunks WIN.
Dunstead, at 81 North College street, has
an immense stock of ladies' and gentle
mems Travelling Trunks, Valises and
Satchels, which he is selling at extraordin-
airy low prices. jy15 3mOs&eOd6mOs
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Mother and Three children Buried i'm
One GraYa.

YANKToS, ID. T., July 29.-Thirteen
miles from here, Tuesday night, the farm
house of Mr.. Shaft hOusen was burned,
whereby he lost his wife and three children.
He was absent and his wife was not aware
of the fire until the IOOf fell in, when she
dragged herself and infant out and walked
A mile and a half. Both died in ten hours.
The other two children were burned IN the
ruins. The remains of the four were buried
in one grave to-day.