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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-28
EDUCATIONAL.



STATE SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, June -, 1ST4.-The
four Teachers Institutes for Middle
Tennessee, under the authority of the
State Superintendent, will be held as fol-
lows:
/ At Shelbyville, July 20.
At Columbia, July q.
At Lebanon, August 3.
At Clarksville, August -.
Each institute will continue in session
one week. During the day time instruc-
tion will be given in school government,
and in all the branches required 10 be
taught in the public schools of the State, as
well as in the best methods of teaching
those branches. The evenings will be de-
voted to public lectures from persons Of eX-
perience and .eminence as educators and
friends of education. -
These institutes will all be under the,
professional charge OF Prof. w. X. Garrett
County Superintendent for Giles county,
assisted by Prof. II. III. Smith, of Shelby
vile, and others. They will be open 10
teachers from all parts of the State, and
teachers Of private schools are respectfully
invited TO attend and participate in the ex-
ercises.
\ complete programme for each insti-
tute will be prepared and published in duo
time.
The County Superintendents Of Bedford
Maury, Wilson and Montgomery, respect
lively, will be expected TO STIperintend what
ever local preparations may be necessary fol
the holding ofthe institutes and the cpter
tainmsnt of teachers.
JNo. NJ. FLEMING, State Superintendent
Middle Tennessee papers will ooufeT ;
favor by copying this notice.
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WASHINGTON.
Hale Accepts the Postmaster
Generalship.
The District Without even a Pro-
visiOnal Government.
The safe BurgIarY.

The Safe burglary.
NEW YoIK, june 27.-A Washington
dispatch states that the Chief Of the Secret
Service Division, II. c. Whitley, has re-
signed and that the impression prevailed
that Whitley acted under instructions from
some one authorized TO direct him. This
Secretary Boutwell, will endeavor to ascer-
tain without regard to whom it may impli-
cate.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The President
is expected to return to Washington Tues
day or Wednesday next at the latest and
may reach Long Branch by the 4th of July.
The District without Commissioners.
Cattell and Dennison have not informed
the President whether they will accept or
decline the appointment of commissioners
for the District of Columbia, and Blow de-
sires, before he gives an answer, TO be fur
nished copy of the act providing for a
temporary government, and to be Informed
whether the duties of the commissioners
will require ) or months residence in
Washington. His acceptance thus depends
on business arrangements.
Hale Accepts.
Mr.. Hale, By telegraph from Altoona to-
day, accepts the Postmaster Generalship,
and will be in Washington TO qualify by
the first Of July.
Internal revenue receipts for month
SS,3y7, $40, for fiscal year, Sl0l ,5hS,96O.
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HEPREsIDENT,s APPOINTMENTS

New York Evening PoSt-Republiean.
1t is mortifyiI. that President Grant
should have let his personal prejudices
run 50 far as to sacrifice the interests
Of the pubic service and the dignity of
the Government, as there can be no de-
nying that he has done. His personal
friends and the favorites of his person
al friends have controlled the larger
part Of the Executive business. The
country has had sad experience in
this kind of appointments, and it is
not unnatural that from it has resulted
reaction rather favorable to partisan
ship. An experienced and well-known
partisan is felt to be preferable to a
nonentity, and IN most cases less dis
posed to corruption; and this is the
feeling which moved Congress to
strangle the so-called Civil Service
Reform" There is little use IN laying
down rules which are practically set
aside by the power that ought to be
foremost in their enforcement.
We are among the number of those
who have desired to accord to the Pres
ident honest motives IN the conduct of
his Administration; but the effort-,re
auires a good deal of faith and pa
tience. We have commended his mes
sages in favor Of Civil Service Reform
only to soon stumbleovers such appoint
ments as those of Casey, Murphy,
Leet and Simmons, IN direct violation
Of his own pledges; just as we have
praised his professions in behalf of
economy, soon to find that he has
signed the most Objectionable appro-
priation bills.
The President appears determined
that the country shall not think well of
him without violating its better judg-
ment. His latest and worst perform
ance in this line was the appointment
yesterday of Alexander r. Shepherd
to be one of the Commissioners to or
ganize a new Government for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Mr.. Shepherd was
totally unfit for the position,
having been expelled by Con-
gress from the Office of
Governor of the District for NAL
administration. The most unanimous
Judgment of Congress and of the coun-
try were against him. Yet right in
the face of this verdict the President
made social trip to Cape May with
Shepherd, and on returning to the White
House appointed him to an Office so
nearly like the one from which he was
expelled, that there is an appearance
of malice in the act. This appointment
was one of the worst events in this
eventful administration, and the SEN
ate did right IN rebukiDg the President
so emphatically. 1t rejected the nOmi-
nation almost unanimously, just as the
New York Senate would have rejected
the nomination of Tweed, if, after the
exposure of the frauds of the New
York Ring, the Legislature of this
State had intrusted the Govern
ment of this city to Board of three
Commissioners to be appointed by the
Governor. and Gov. Hoffman had ap.
pointed Tweed to be it's chairman.
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JAPAN.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.-The Pacific
mail steamer Alaska, brings Yokohama
dates to June 5. KIDD member of the
japanese ministry, head Of the Department
of Education, had been murdered by his
countrymen.
The japanese Government issues no
tice TO the effect that after the lst of
August next the expectation of rice and
wheat beyond the seas will be prohibited.
The report of the tour of the late Japa-
nese embassy around the world is finished
and placed in the hands Of the Censors. 1t
will be published in japanese.
The Sdgasdke Express says, it is the
evident intention of the Japanese Govern
ment TO annex so much Of the FOImasan
Territory as is not under the control Of
China.
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CUBA.

New YORK, June PA Havana letter
of recent date says the Cubans report
that convoy of four hundred men, to-
gether with forty carts of provisions, had
been captured by the Cubans in the juris-
diction of Santiago de Cuba, and the total
number, 400 Spaniards, had been shot IN
retaliation for the shooting of CubanS.
The Didrio states the Spanish forces in
the I'D operating against the Cubans
numbers 10000 men. OF this number
10000 are supposed to be guarding the cul-
tivated districts, 10000 ON the sick list and
elsewhere, and 10000 engaged in active
pursuit Of the enemy. These 10000 it
SAYS are not sufficient to pursue 5000 or
5000 men well acquainted with the courl-
tTy.
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OLD GILES.

A Lively Tornado, But NO Serious
Damage Done-rhe Crops Revived
by 67ooa RsIn-Well-known Citi-
izen Called Away-GeneraI Gossip
Of the County.
To the Union and American:
PULASKI, June 27, 1S74.-We have Just
had good rain, which was, however, un-
fortunately attended with much wind.
Shade trees were blown down, some of the
tin onfhe Giles College roof was torn of,
and portion of the old ''churn" on the
Presbyterian Church was shattered. l do
not know the amount Of damage in the
surrounding country, though Il do not
think it will prove serious. The
rains, too, will do much more
good than the wind did damage. The
crops of the county are not good, having
suffered so long for want Of rain, but il Is
hoped that they will revive now.
PROMINENT CITIZEN GONE.
Mr.. ThOs. S. Riddle, one Of the oldest
and most respected citizens of this place,
died last Tuesday al the ripe age Of "a
years. He served in the Seminole wal
with honor, and held the responsible office
of County Treasurer for a number of terms.
Another one of our citizens has gone,
Maj. MatheT Adams, died yesterday even
fng. Maj. Adams was an officer in the
Mexican war, was once member of the
Legislature, served as Attorney General fOr
this circuit and was an officer in the army
Of Tennessee before its tTusfer to the Con
federate government. A warm and kind
hearted nan, charity and generosity were
marked traits in his character. He was a
brother of Gen. JnO. Adams, who was
killed on the enemys works at the battle
of Franklin. He leaves a wife and large
family of children to mourn his loss.
KILLED BY A RUNAWAY MULE.
A mule ran away with a negro named
Henry Tarply, out by the race track, yes
terday evening, and killed him. Squire
Alexander held an inquest over the body,
and the jury rendered verdict in accord
snce with the above statement.
THE COURT HOUSE.
We have a handsome iron fence around
our Cour. House, after the pattern Of your
Court House fence, and bailt BY Mr.. Stew
art of your city.
AN IAPoRTANT ENTERPRISE.
You have no doubt seen an account of
the organization Of the new Manufacturing
Company here few days since, with some
of the best citizens Of MidG!e and West
Tennessee as directors. Their object is to
buy large tracts of land in Wayne and
Lawrence counties, on which there are
good mill-sites and banks of iron ore.
POLITICS.
YOu Davidson county Democrats are
moving in the right way to get
nd Of the political bush-whackers
calling themselves Independents. No
doubt several gentlemen are independent
candidates. least such is the fact in
Giles; still they are, in my humble judg-
ment, doing incalculable harm in dividing
the white vote. The time has come for the
lite men of Tennessee to vote as a unit.
The aeOr,.Ss will not divide when their
IpadeTs i've N eru, he striped-back tickets.
With the strong probs5n.,,v OF lne passage
CT the Civil Rights biil a: the 4-eA' S''ssioii
of Congress, it seems that ne shOuIn !lnite
against everything that will serve 70 divide
the vote of the opposition to Radicalist1.
an yours to count on. RUTLAND.
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DAVID SONS SDUTY-BRISG OUT THE
RESERVES

The success of August lies full with
in our grasp. Our line of duty is plain
and simple. Concentrate on the ticket
nominated by yesterdays convention.
Vote the ticket, the whole ticket, and
nothing but the ticket. There is not a
name on it that is not to be preferred
to the Civil Rights combination. No
new convention or mass meeting or
primary election would be at all likely
to result in a ticket as satisfactory.
The die is cast. After putting our
hand to the plow, there should be no
looking back.
This Capital county of the State
owes an example to her sister counties.
After witnessing the negro convention
held in this city a few months ago, it
would be strange indeed if we allowed
these howlers for social levelism to
choose our local officers. Chronic dis
organizers must be frowned down. The
general veal is superior to any mans
claims for office. The people have
spoken through their chosen repre-
sentatives. 1t remains for the people
to enforce their verdict.
Malcontents will seek to raise a
cloud of doubt and exaggerate the
difficulties before us, but the one only
possible Path tc success shines as clear
and unmistakable as the polar star.
And we have much to cheer us in the
work. We have over two thousand re-
serves that did not participate in the
fight of 1872. Bring out the reserves
This is the main work of the coming
six weeks. This is the canvass
work of our candidates, but
every good citizen should join
in it and rouse his apathetic
neighbor. Bring out the reserves, and
we shall prove once and for ever that
the people Of Davidson can and viii
rule this country. Bring out the re-
serves, and give the Radicals and those
that consort with them a rebuke that
will show the utter impotence uf all
such ignoble bargain and intrigue.
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CHINA

At the Instance OF Consul General
Seward and other foreign consulS, the
Chinese Government has issued an edict to
all growers, manufacturers and exporters
of silk, commanding all precautiOn to pre-
vent adeterioratiOn of the silk crOp,and for
bidding all counterfeiting and adulteFing
of silks in bales or manufactured for eX-
port. This resulted from the represen-
tations of several Chambers of Commerce
that the silk from China last year was of
inferior quality, and in many instances
adulterated.
The Alaska brought 10000 Chinese.
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CIRCJrLAR FROM THE STATE ST.
PERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.
The Tennessee Public schools n"
Stafu Quo.

Tns tennessee Public schools 1"
Statu Quo.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE-
NASHVILLE, June 27, 1SI4.--ln a cree
lar letter, bearing date May y, 1872, ana
issuing from this office, the PROVISIONS oil
the constitution and school law Of Ten
nessee were cited as being in oOn9ics with
those Ofthe Civil Rights bill, then sppSr-
emily about to become law, and the fol-
lowing advice was thereupon given;
sin view Of the fact that in many OF the
counties. schools, now closed are expected
70 be re-opened for the summer season. In
the month of June, and inasmuch as lt Is
desirable TO avoid, far Is possible, the
embarrassments that would necessarily lOl-
low he enactment of the Civil Rights Dill
Ideem il the part OF prudence tosuggest thai,
for the nre>eut. and until further advised,
mo new contracts with teachers, for either
white or coIored schools, be entered lntO
Inv school directors. BY observing this sug-
qestiop, much complication and unnecesSa-
~ expense may be avoided"
That circular, which as merely advisory
i'm its nature, was designed TO accomplish,
first, the purpose set out IN IT'S text, ana,
secondly. TO indicate, I'm an official way, the
utter impracticability Of maintaining a
State system of public schools in Tennes-
see. in accordance with the provisions OF
the Rivil CrightSbill. 1t was thought sucha
presentation of the case might assist the
attention, and help To stay the action ol
sucb advocates of the bill as prOiesSed
to be the friends Of popular education;
and there is reason for believing that, N
this regard, it was not altogether without
effect. AT any rate, 10 serious ham has
resulted from the PRONUNCIATION Of the doc
ument. Congress has adjourned and the
Civil Rights bill has not become law.
The suggestion contained in the paragraph
above quoted, therefore, is Withdrawn, and
School Directors will 60 forward IN the
enpIoyment of teachers and the mainte-
nance Of the public schools, both white
and colored, as before.
JXO. NJ. FLEMING,
State Superintendent.
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NEW YORK.
Phelps, badge q Go.

NEW YORK, June 27.-Phelps, Dodge d
Co. publish an answer 10 the recent speech
in Congress of Gen. Butler, reiterating
MANY of their former statements and as
sertinc: I'VE believe Gen. Butter knows,
but will fully conceal the fact that the same
error and misunderstanding of an intricate
law, which compelled us under severe pen
alties, to invoice our goods both at cash
price and at market price, led us in the case
of a great numu r of impOrtatiOns to in
voice their value above cost, and so result
ed in gain TO the revenue and less TO our
selves, immensely greater than ,he Gov
ernment claims to have lost.
Wemyss.
Thos. G.. Wemyss, the well known actor
and stage manager, committed suicide this
morning at his residence in Brooklyn.
Migratory.
Among the departures 10 day for Europe
were MuTat Halstead, editor of the Cjaci1-
natl Commercial, Bishop Keerfoot, of
Pjttsburg, Sir Edward Thornton and
Pauline Lucca. Goodwin Smith has ar
rived from Europe.
Bank Suspension.
The banking house Of LaSsing, kief x
Co, doing business on Chatham street, suS-
pended business this morning. An old
partner claimed everything on a judgment
for money advanced. His present partners
have taken &c flight, and no assets are left
for the creditors. Many Of them gathered
around the building to-day, clamering for
their deposits.
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1HE TICKET.

ii we were to remark that the action
cf The County Democratic and Conserv-
ative Convention yesterday, came fully
up to popular snticipations, We would
convey but an inadequate idea of the
general satisfaction expressed at the
result. As the convention was, in its
material, one of the most thoroughly
representative bodies that ever assem-
hled in this city for such purpose, so
as the ticket which it has placed in the
field one Of the strongest and most ac-
ceptable that could have been submit
ted to the suffrage of the people.
OF Chancellor W. T. Cooper's fitness
for the position which he has filed for
the past two years by appointment of
- the Governor, We but express the al
most unanimous opinion Of the bar and
the sentiment Of very large majority
of the voters of this county in saying
that as lawyer and jurist he has no
superior in Tennessee, and perhaps not
IN the United States. His competitor,
supported by the full strength of the
Radical element, including the negroes
and the Kercheval ring, falls so far
short of what is required for high Ju-
dicial position that the two candidates
are not to be named in the same breath.
In times of great political excitement,
freaks of popular feeling have oc-
casionally played sad havoc with the
best-laid schemes, but the people Of
Davidson will never run mad enough
to elect NJ. NJ Brien as their Chancel-
lor over William F. Cooper.
The nominees for Sheriff, Criminal
Court Clerk and Register now hold the
Offices for which they are candidates.
Having performed their duties efficient
ly and with due regard for the pub
lie interest, they seek, and will receive,
at the polls still more emphatic and
substantial endorsement than that Civ
en- by the peoples representatives yes
terday.
We may be excused for warmly con-
graduating our qaandam associate, Mr. Z,
James 7. Bell, on his nomination for
County Court Clerk. The convention
could not by any possibility have hit
upon a better man. And, IN this con-
nection, we call attention to the manly
card from his late competitor and pres
ent incumbent of the Office, Capt.
William G. Ewing, which appears else.
where in this mornings UNION AND
AMERICAN.
Concerning the other candidates on
the ticket, we would speak, did space
permit, in terms of high commendation.
They will beat any disorganizing COM
hination that can be brought to bear
against them and are in every respect
fitted to fill the positions for which
they have been nominated.
We do not feel like closing our re-
marks on the work of the convention
without givingits chairman, DIR. Sharpe,
his due. To the remarkable firmness
and thorough knowledge of parliament
ary rules which he exhibited, must be
attributed, in a great degree, the
harmony which characterized that bosy,
and the satisfactory result which was
finally reached.
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COTTON is weak and irregular in
New York at lie for middlins.


Ii begins to look es though the great
Republican party is not equal to The
Sask cf furnishing the District of Co.
hmbia with any sort of a government
good or bad. They found there a gov
ernment which had worked well fol-
three-qusrters of a century. Theyupset
1T for a territorial experiment, which
has saddled on few miles square a
debt as large as that Of Tennessee
They now propose to try something
else, they knoN not what, and in the
meantime have a provisional Govern
inent after the style of French and
Spanish Radicals. Even the provis-
ional hangs fire, not one of the com.
missioners having yet accepted.
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whisky and RIOo,f.

CINCINNATI, o., June 27.-JOhn w.
Coleman, an orange pcddler, who has been
in The wOrkhOuse, stabbed Peter Graefie,
an industrious hard-working blacksmith, at
twelve Graefie died. \ bloody shOemaker's
knife was found in the privy. Coleman
was drunk, and is arrested. No particII-
lars of any quarrel can be had. Both
parties lived in the same tenement house,
and the stabbing was done inside the yard.
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Republicans Brought TO the Block

CONCORD, \. IL, June 2I.-The session
of the Legislature yesterday WAS an unuSu-
ally excited one, and lasted until I:I5 this
morning. The yeas and nays were called
forty times. The business done was main
" removing Republicans from Office and
substituting Democrats. The removals III
cluded two Probate Judges and few Sher-
ifs Of counties.
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FOREIGN. -
400 Spanish Prisoners Shot
Down by Cuban Insurgents.
The Ducal Thief of Russia Ban
- 'iHf ished for Life. .ti1i 4
Expected FAN To-day of EsteIIa
SPAIN.

Madrid, June 27.-The War Office is
informed Of defeat al Atchelaa, after two
days fighting of 10000, Carlists, under
Prince Alphonse, by 5000 Republicans.
A dispatch from Gen. Concha's camp
states that he has executed flank move
ment on the Carlists at Estella, resulting
in the capture of several important posi-
tions, and that it is probable the town will
fall tomorrow.
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S
INDIANA.
Exciting Democratic County COnven-
rfou

Exciting Democratic County COnVen-
tiOn.
FT. WAYNE, Ind, June 1.-THE Dem
ocratic County Con entiOn held here to-
day was the most exciting ever held in this
county. After severe struggle between
the friends of the numerous candidates, y.
G. Bell was nominated for the State
Senate; III. G. Heller and Patrick YOrn,
Representatives; James Boiden, Criminal
Court Judge and VIM. T. Abbot, Auditor.
As the Democrats have a majority in the
country, the above gentlemen will undoubt-
edly be elected. \ meeting of delegates
for the Ninth District of Indiana will be
held in this city Wednesday, July 1.
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RUsSIA.

LONDON, June 2T.-The Pol Mall Ga
zette has information that the Gar has sem
fenced his nephew, the Grand Duke Mich
olaS. who stole his mothers diamonds, to
banishment foT life to the Caucasus and
derived him Of the cross Of st. George
bestowed for his achievements in the Khiya
campai9ii. --5 -- --.- .
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VIM. B. Curtis, of Chicago, won the dia-
mond championship medal Of the New
! ork Athletic Club to-day, nOtWithstand-
ing he was heavily Handicapped. The dis
tance run was one hundred yards, and the
time ten and a quarter seconds.
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ALAS! FOR GAINESVILLE.

DR.. Palmer of New Orleans Declines
fhe ChauceIlOrship Of the South
western University.
NEW ORLEANS, June 27.--After several
sessions Of the Presbytery, and a prolonged
debate in which many members took part,
resolutions were adopted to the effect that
it was deemed actually necessary for the in
terests Of the Church here that Rev. DR.. Is.
W. Palmer be requested to remain here, he
having rendered his resignation to ACCEPT
the Chancellorship of the Southwestern
University at Clarksville, Tenn, when
the resolutions were rendered to DIR. Pal
mer, he reconsideTed the first resolution
and stated that, after mature reflection, he
would remain in charge IN this city.
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DEATH on THE RAIL.
InI,s Most Appalling Form.

WHEELING, W. Va, June 27.-Mart
Simmons, conductor On the Baltimore and
Ohio cot his foot fastened in rail to-day
at Renwood and before he could extricate
himself, an approaching train ran over
him, completely cutting him to pieces.