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FHE HoNoRE BUILDING FOR A cITY
HALL.

L.
The following petition bas been in circulation In
this city for day two aud during that brc{ period
has received the following names, which represent
10000 ,0D0 Of real estate. 1t will probably be pre-
sentcd to the Common Council Monday evening:
To tie Uo,,. The Common Council ~ the CITY af Chi
eago, and 70 The County Commissioners Of Cool
County:
" The undersigned, business and tar payc1s Of
the City Of Chicago and Cook County, believing that
the roous IN which the Circuit and Superior Courts
and the city Offices located unified for such
use and that within very short time decent regard,
not only for the convenience but for the hea3th md
7ves Of the Judges the Bar, and officers Of tue City
Government, together with ali those who arc COM
PEELED to t1annact business there will mpcratively do
maud t]at other place be selected In whch to
hold tho courts and transact the city and county brsi
ness, would recommend that some proper place he
procured for that purpose until the Court-House
can be completed.
Understanding that petition has been eigned BY
f1a Judges and By large number Of the legal pro-
tesson In tho CITY, recommending that the Honore
building, Oh the corner of Adams 1ud Dearborn
1trcets, DO obtained for that purpose, heartily sec
Dnd thar conmendation, aud would respectfully
urge that It be procured for such uses if It can be
Up1e 1rt,u reaEnn1hIn tRrrns
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TO RENT.

TO RENT, FROM MAY J.
front dwellings, WITH in:naces. hot .ad - ~ ~
Vt, ", oatn, good Sewerage. &c. This de:ifse,7
3e7chant.t Sstig7:l Ea1SSzz.
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cnscng and rerng assets into money, the estate
viii Pay from 20 cents to 30 cents depending upon the
tina, can be realized from reaI estate. Whatever can
be obtained from Drggs account Of money
ed to his and belonging to tho bank Will increase
the Bnpount Of assets- As to time Of dividend IT
impossible to tell there strictly cash assets
except cash on hand, and dividend can be declared
natii ;le Lombard note is sold, large amount Of
the real estate, nud the probabilities Of pIshing
either not as good ~ could be Wished.
, 1874-04-12
LOCAL 4 MISCELLANY.


nrr FRAN KILN BANK.
In arswer to numerous o4u1'eS' 1nu tnat 'uo e1e'
s4a-s oT]ha Fr.nt,in p,n, may know tho exact cond
ton OF its Affairs, the Assign. Ae prepare
full statement, aad furniRhs4 WILL e"pS 1or pu
Icaton, ~ fouoWa:
Notes aud bills fcheduled. ......- 49, 1't,oo1a
OF above thete rediscopnted
Aold} before failure About.--.-- '*s'os
Collected by Assignee. r'soo soo
Collecta5le, about. -.-.-.--..-.-.-.- e 'o
s. A, DriggB, without Recu1lty..-.--.. te'oVS
.. Lorabard, secured by t1ust-dced,.
and subject to previous mortgages
Of 100000 md part OF second in:
eunbrAnca Of $4,000, three years
to z71n On Calumet avenue houge,
rsyueut Of which Ia doubtful. 2S,000 100000
Balance fictitious and worthless A7,357.94
It will he seen that before assignment, all notes thst
were considered good had been sold to other banks
and that Of the s13 900 and bills sche 1ued there
wax left for the benefit Of creditors less than in
good notes. md what be made out Of the Briggs
sud Lombard notes.
Bank fixtures ind stationery lnFensot7eo * t11t-
1861. Actual value nhout f2,aoo.
Amounts due open accounts, good, about 5 ,aoo.
has carefully examined and linda that for us1oey
'bor1o,ced from time TO time by Briggs and LOMBARD
from the bank, they turned out quantity oi pfofEy
cons,su3 wholly Of what Is known on the street IA
sttralne stock al Or less tnculnhered-to some
Of it ts defective, and none OF 1t ealan!e Tor money
nctive md currency plenty, 1t may ba possible to re-
az1 from the szle Of resi- estate between IS oo0 and
s25, ,0ea.
perer pau in and most of that paid in iuune-
dia:ely borrowed back BY stockholders, with their
stoei M he
of responsible parties, and who can bx held On their
liability 10 crodtors.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05
ELARORATING.

AS a general thing the newspapers Of
Tennessee are taking ground against
the primary elections, and in favor
of the convention system, based upon
primary meetings. These primary meet,
ings should be held under strict regu.
lations, so as TO prevent packing" OF
delegations. One preventive and guard
that should be taken against packing
is that each primary meeting should
express a preference as to who the
meeting desires to be put IN nominal
ton by the conventions. They should
also express as to their second choice
for candidates foreach o~ffice.-Memphis
Register.
As a matter Of fact, many of these
precinct meetings are likely to content
themselves by selecting honest and
trustworthy delegates, untrameled by
instructions for any particular candi-
date. Yet the Registers suggestion is
valuable, especially in districts where
there is ground for suspicion that
packing" may be attempted. And in
all cases where the primary meeting
expresses its first choice, we think it
would be advisable to indicate its
second choice also.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05
STYLE.

The Nashville UNION AM AMEKI-
CAN. denies that it, according to the
Avalanche, regards all as enemies OF
the Democracy who censure the authors
of the funding iniquity." 1t has mel
Their said nor intimated any such
thing" Certainly not, inplain words.
But sometimes it is necessary to read
between the lines to discover a writers
real meaning-Nemphis AUdIanche.
Reading between the lines to dis
cover a writer's meaning, may suit our
contemporaries style of independent"
journalism, but it is not the approved
method, and its practice is not likely to
be encouraged by honest people. 1t is
at the least, in the ~euphonistic slang OF
the day. an "irregularity." The AUd-
l1ncke says further:
"The UNION AND AMERICAN seeks,
indirectly, to make Democracy and
funding convertible term, the better
to shield its friends the funders from
responsibility"
Inresponse we commend to the AU-
alanche the following from n of its
West Tennessee c~onfreres, the Jackson
Wing and Tribune:
1.-THE Democratic party is the party
of financial integrity and honor, and
we cannot enter into any combination
that would rob it of this claim. Our
readers will remember that the Wing
and Tribune opposed the funding bill
from first to last, so long as it was an
open, question. But it is a law, and
how is it to be evaded? Is there any
alternative but Reputation? AS the
matter now stands, what remedy is to
be found outside of r~epudiation:"
The Avalanche has been harping on
this funding matter for indefinite
months, and it has never proposed any
alternative short of reputation.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05

IN 4 recent letter Mr.. Montgomery
Blair showed how the prosperity of the
neople of this country had been sap
ned and ruined by taxation. He said;
Within the last eight years the peo-
ple have paid IN money more than So
5OON0a.0O0 in taxes on an increased
wealth in that time OF Sll,20V,CVS.uUO
which was not money but property,
such as improved lands, buildings,
stocks. etc. Of f~uctuating value. Near
" one-third part. therefore, of our ac-
foundations has been appropriated as
taxes.
Upon this statement the Albany DR.
ans remarks: Probably 10 civilized
country of the world in time Of peace
has ever been taxed as urs has been,
since 1865. Il is doubtful If the farm
inc Of revenue and other imposts and
taxes which brought about thefrst rev.
CLINTON in France exceeded in ratio
what has been submitted to here IN u
day. patiently, but with the constantly
deferred hope of better times, But
Governments cannot forever sap the
breath Of a people in taxes and have
them prosperous. Qua prosperity and
emaonifoent resources have eliminated
,,n5er the hand Of the federal tax gath
erer, we fear"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05

FOB some time past u GAINESVILLE
contemporaries have spoken rather de-
spondingly of the prospect for harmony
in Montgomery county. We publish
elsewhere an able call for a mass meet
ing on the first Monday in May. This
gives a full month for discussion and
the comparison of views. Surely an
honest and earnest people can agree
upon some plan satisfactory to the
great majority. The ClarksriUe CEron-
icIe says:
IF the mass-meeting, called for, can
concoct a plan whereby aspirants can
be made 70 wait until the Offices seek
them, and impress upon the people that
they have the power and ought to have
the Will and the wisdom to select COM
petent men for Office and to signify
their choice, In any manner that may
be agreeable to themselves, 1.-THE
meeting, viii receive the plaudits of an
approving and grateful people. Hoping
for some such, or approximate, results,
we cordially endorse the call, and earn
estly solicit the attendance of the best
men in the country. The November
elections will be the turning point in
the political destiny of Tennessee"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05
THE POISON OF 80, AND ITS RE
SULTS IN ISz4.

In the course of an editorial criticism
on the attitude of Congress on the
financial question, the Ne10 York Tri-
bune said a few days ago:
"The vote of the House of Represen-
tatives yesterday, on the motion of Mr.
Dawes to r%estOrethe legal tender circu-
lation to its legal amount of S356,0OO,-
900, demonstrates Chat Congress is de-
termined to legislate in favor Of the
prejudices of the ignorant and the dis
honest. 1t is folly to expect the Senate
to make any effectualr resistance against
the vote of 20 to III by which imitation
is decreed. Brute force and british
ignorance are to legislate for this coun-
try until Dame Experience with her
scourges teaches eventhe most besOtted
that national dishonor cannot co-exist
with national prosperity. This will
certainly be the work of years and per-
haps of generations"
The Albany Argus makes a singing
comment on this admission of the Tri-
bune. 1t says: Gas n reads the above
paragraph from a journal which stood
in the fore front Of abolition, and
preached daily for years, and induced
pulpit and stump orators to repeat con-
stantly, that with emancipation the ma
ton would rise to a higher life
that through it would come a moral
grandeur in u government affairs
which would astonish the world;-that
we should then have the best govern
ment the world ever saw In short a
millennium in our political lfe,-the
contrast between the prophecies and
fulfllment, as now stated by one of
the sources of the prophecies, IS as
founding. But while astounding, it is
alas too true. that our present condi-
ton is worse than the first. The sore
which irritated the body polite was
but small comparatively; and the peace
and plenty of years of low taxes, hon.
est government ard impersonal rule,
which characterized Democratic ad.
min~istrations, were cast aside to cure
this sore (which might have been re-
moved in time without heroic remedies
had the rashness of RepublicanIsm
been CONTROLLED, and now comes the
lament from the leading Republican
journal of the country, that brute
force and british ignorance rule in
Congress to-day To iberate four mil
lions, we have put forty mil
lions under the grinding wheels
Of unlimited taxation. dug
graves for two hundred thousand of
the people, spent three billions of
money; and put where it can WELD the
balance of power in shaping the COM
mercial, mercantile and manufacturing
interests of the country, brute force
and british ignorance Suchis a Re-
publican exposition of the matter,
drawn forth by the present apparently
hopeless condition of affairs at Wash
ington. In copying it, no Democratic
pencil needs to color 1.-THE picture
speaks for itself. What a change for
the people in less than a dozen years,
and at what a cost, God grant that it
may not be the work of years, and
perhaps of generations to recover
old-time happiness, prosperity and
official honesty"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF VEND EX.
Id to me directed, and delivered nom tha
Honorable Law Court Of DavidSOa county.
Tenn, at its January term, 1S14DI viii expose
to public sale, TO the highest bidder. for cash.
at the Courthouse door, In The city Of Nashville,
lawful hours, all the right, title, claim and in
torest that j. w. Patton has in and 70 the fol-
lowing real estate, tO-wit: One lot. 3S feet-
frOating on south side of Summer street ana
running back 200 feet TO an alley, known A. part
Of lot No. 50 of Browns plan OF lota. ztuated in
First Civil District of Davidson county. For
further reference see book 81, page a., in Re-
ing levied on as the property Of j. w. Patton To
satisfy q Judgment against him and in favor or
w. j. Morton, for $1,000, besides laterest ami
costs.
Dated this ID day of April, 1874.
Z ID. WHIfWORTH, Sheriff
By II. II, WILKINSON, Deputy.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05
MONTGOMERY MOVING.
Cali for a Grand Mass-necaiux.


1t is well known that, u%nnindful of the
rule which oppressed us during the four
years prior to 1869, forgetting the burden
of debt laid upon us by an irresponsible
government and the exactiOns to which
force compelled us to submit, strangely for
getting the long and painful struggle by
which we emancipated ourselves, we are
drifting at a rapid pace, solely by our own
divisions, back into the clutches of the
very party which i~naugurated and carried
out the system Of oppression, by which a
State was bound and handed over to mer-
ciless plumber, a people DISTINGUISHED and
deprived of civil rights held by a
tenure as old as Anglo-Saxon civil
~ization, a defenceless people in
| suited, stripped and bruised. 1t is hoped
that there could never be a repetition of a
| chapter so full of horrors; but there is sure
Nv enough in the very thought of yielding
| the State again to its authors, to make us
pause and deliberate. Grant that much
| has been done in the past four years which
ought not to have been done, and much left
undone which ought to have been done, it
is well to inquire whether we cannot unite
and retain power, in the State, working out
i for ourselves needed reforms. 1t is certain
that We have already placed the finances of
| the State ON a satisfactory basis, and lifted
up the fallen credit of Tennessee, while
peace, law, and order reign where all was
anarchy and crime.
If there are reforms needed in the crimi-
nal code, in the assessment and revenue
laws, and in the cost of criminal prosecu-
tions, surely the people know what they are
and with the honesty and intelligence of
the State in their ranks, they are, surely,
competent to the task of applying needed
remedies-or shall We seek reform from 10
norance, and publication from those who
were the authors of great abuses?
Unfortunate discussions, however, and
personal issues, and, perhaps to some ex-
tent, war issues, have divided a people who
agree in principle, and at most have only
differed as to persons and methods. They
have been standing apart on issues which
should not separate patriotic men, and sure
ly not make them yield their whole line Of
battle to their common enemy.
We see however everywhere, indications
of a better feeling, and a more patriotic
spirit. Let us therefore close up the breach
by moving upon both sides, and laying
down the principles on which we are will
ing to stand, accepting the cardinal princi-
pie hat measures are everything, men moth
ing.
Therefore we call upon and urge all CT
tiZens who feel an interest in the State,
who feel that the public business is their
private business, and recognize the truth,
that there can be no individual prosperity
unless We are mindful of Gu public duties,
to meet in mass meeting at the courthouse,
on the first Monday in May, to consider
measures of harmony with a view solely to
the coming political elections. Let all
come from hill and valley, plough and anvil
countinghOuSe and workshop.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05
mo. IT,
SheriH,s Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF VEND. tx.
ID to ne directed, and delivered from the Hon
Orable Law Court OF Davidson county, Ten
nessee, at Its January Term, 1874, I will expose
&c public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, az
the Courthouse door in the city Of Nashville, on
Saturday, the I'd day of May, 1874, within law
full hours, all the right, title, claim and inter-
est that W. A. Davis has in and TO the follow
ing real estate, to-wit: Being two on seventies
interest In lots Nos. 7, s and Q in j. NJ. Twins
plan Of lots Of South Nashville, Lot No. Z 'front.'
ing IS feet, and lots Nos. 8 and 9 front Al fesk
each, all fronting on the MurfreesborO pike, aHd
being levied on as the property Of W. A. Davis
to satisfy a Judgment against him and in favor
OF John NJ. Lea, for S391.s1, besides interest
and costs.
Dated this ID day Of April, lSf4.
Z. ID. WENTWORTH, Sheriff
By H H. WILkISSON, Deputy.
am eod3t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05

PY VIRTUE OF AwRIT OF YESp. Ell.
ID to me directed, and delivered from the
Honorable Law Court Of Davidson county.
Tennessee, at its January terra, 1874, / viii
expose TO public sale, to the highest bidder, for
cash, at the Courthouse door, in the city OF
Nashville, on Saturday, the 81 day OF Nav.
1874, within lawful hours, all the right, title.
claim and ~intereSs that Geo. ". Hitehings has
IN and TO the following real estate, tO-Wit: Two
lots known as III and liz in the plan known a.
"McGavock," north OF the city OF Nashyfle
said lots fronting fifty feet each on vest side OF
Wetmore avenue, running back IN direction Of
Polk street one hundred and fifty feet 70 An Al
ley; also in two lots, Nos. 15 and l56, Hn said
plan, known as 'McGavoek," fronting 80 feee
each ON Buena Vista turnpike and running
back $50 feet, the same being one hundred feed
distant from the corner Of Cheatham street.
Said plan, and the numbers of all Of said lots.
being Of record in book swenty-one, c1J page
twenty-three, (3,) IN the Registers once Of Da-
wilson county, Tenn. and being levied on a.
the property OF Geo. W. Hitchings, 70 satisfy a
Judgment against him and In favor of Alexan-
der Williams for Sl,299, besides interest and
costs.
Dated this I'd day OF April, 1874.
Z. ID. WHITWORTH, SharsSs
By H. H. WILKINSON, DeputyS
ans eOd3t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05
For Comfy Trustee.

ITTE are authorized to announce JAMES
w DAVIS as candidate for Trustee OF Da-
wilson county at the August election.
mh2 te
TITE are authorized TO announce W. A.
w KNIGHT as a candidate for County Trus-
tee at the ensuing August election. feb25 I'd
A 7 the urgent solicitation Of many of the
n citizens of Davidson county, / announce
myself a candidate for reelection to the office Of
County Trustee at the ensuing August election
II elected / will, in the future as in the past, dis
charge the duties of the Office 10 the best of nv
ability. ID. R. MARSHALL
Nashville, March 8, 1874. mis- tie
EDITORS UNION AMI AMERICAN
IL Please announce me in your paper as a can
d!date for county Trustee, at the election in
August next. ISAAC PAUL.
feb22 te
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05

ACCORDING to the Chicago Tribune,
there has been a heavy decline in the
wages paid for skilled labor in that
city. That journal states that first
class carpenters, who were employed a
year ago at IS per day, are now glad to
get $50. So great has been the de-
cline in the cost Of labor that the
B ard of Education has just let for
SO, 200 a contract for building a school
house after the model of one built last
wear for $500.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05

IT is estimated that two million dol
lars have been given in charity in New
York this winter. The number of poor
who were relieved with a portion of the
sum must have been very large; yet it
has been almost impossible COR those
who tried, to get a cook, nufse or
housemaid to go to the country,
and very difficult to get any one
to 90 out to service IN the city.
As long as the soup houses stood by
them they stood by the soup houses.
There are supposed to be more hum
bugs and dead beats and "bummers''
in New York now than would be sutfi-
Gent to start a good sized Western
city. The Nclc York Tribune is urging
the authorities and charitable institu-
tions, now that spring has set IN, to b
more careful in dealing out soup, so
that one but the really deserving shall
he the ~benefciarieS, and IN order that
the able-bodied may go TO work where
their services are needed. The Tribune
suspects that many a laborer has drawn
to the city and has been idling away
the winter because he could live at the
SOM and lodging house, while employ
ers would not pay him by half a dollar
a day perhaps as much as he demanded
for his labor. 1t slime to break up this
sort of sponging.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05
LEGAL SALES.
no. l,346.l
SheriT'S Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF vEND.
Id Exponas to me directed, and delivered from
the Honorable Circuit Court of Davidson
County, Tenn, at its January term, 1874.
will expose TO public sale, to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the Courthouse door in the city OF
Nashville, on Saturday, the ID day OF May,
1874, within lawful hours, all the right, title,
claim and interest that James c. Wright has in
and TO the following real estate, tO-wit: The
undivided interest in the lands formerly owned
by james NJ. Wright, in the 10th Civil District,
Davidson county, Tenn, bounded north BY C..
C.. Castleman, east by Hallum's heirs, south BY
George jenkins, west by T. L. C~astleman's land,
and being sold as the interest Of James @.
Wright in and TO the property above described,
and being levied on as the property Of j. c.
Wright, to satisfy a judgment against him and
in favor of Samuel jenkins, for s161.O6, besides
interest and costs.
Dated this ID day OF April, 1874.
E. d. WENTWORTH. Sheriff.
BY II. II. WILKINSON, Deputy.
ap2 eOd3t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF vEND. TX.
ID 10 me directed, and delivered from the Hon
Orable Law CourtOf Davidson County, Tenn,
at its January Term, 1874. i viii expose to pub
lie sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the
Courthouse door, IN the city of Nashville, on
Saturday, the ID day Of MAJ, 1874. within lawful
hours, all the right, title, claim and interest
that j. W. Patton has in and 70 the following
real estate, tO-wit: One lot OF IS feet, fronting
on south side Of Summer street, and running
back 30 feet TO an alley, known as part Of Lot
No. 50 of Browns plan Of lots, situated in tho
First Civil District OF Davidson county, and be-
ing levied on as the property OF j. W.. Patton %
satisfy a judgment against him and in favor OF
Morris 6 StrattOn, for SS36.1O, besides interest
and costs.
Dated this 2d day Of April, 1874.
Z. ID. WENTWORTH, Sheriff.
By H. II. WILKINSON. Deputy.
ana eOd3t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05

The school teachers of Worcester,
Mass, have lately decided that over
study does not injure children, but late
hours and bad hygienic habits; and
that it is rather a want of sufficient
occupation than overwork which debil-
itates the bodies Of our girls. 1t
strikes us that overwork is more de-
structive to health than the want Of
sufficient occupation, especially in the
case of young persons.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-05

THE Washington Republican makes
this telling point; The NelV York Her
aid seems to think that the Atlantic
cities have made the great West. Many
Western people have an idea that their
trade has had much to do with the vast
increase Of the wealth and commerce
of New York, and imagine that if that
trade should seek egress to the markets
Of the world through more Southern
outlets, as is now proposed, the relative
progress and arrogance of that city
would receive a slight and wholesome
check"