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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
WASHINGTON.
The Defense of the District Ring,
Confessions Of Gov. Shepherd.
How His Business Partner Sold Con.
tracts.

tracts.
WASHINGTON, April 30.@-In the Dis
trict Of Columbia Investigating Commit
tee this morning, Gov. Shepherd was on
the stand, and submitted six letters bear
ing on the DeGolyer & Mcclellan con-
tract. 1t appeared from his evidence that
VIM. q. AOeEe, apartner of Gov. Shepherd,
unknown TO him, interested himself in pro-
curing the contract, and was offered a por-
tiOn OF the proceeds OF the notes given by
Chittenden * Kirkland. The Governor,
upon learning the tact, at once dissolved
his business relations with Moore, which
he announced in the morning papers. 1t
also appeared that Mattingly, of counsel
for the District, had an interview with
Kirkland.
The Men Of Iron.
Arguments were renewed to-day before
the Committee of Ways and Means, by the
manufacturers of edge tools and other
workers in steel, in favor of specific duty
on that article instead of the ad valorem
duty now imposed. One gentleman sug
gested this was the only way of getting rid
of the annoyances of the New York Gus
tom-house, where reappraisenent of i'm
portations is required at cost of ten dol
lars, and there was no chance Of getting the
money returned. Another said the manu-
facturers interested would be satisfied witha
specific duty of p per cent. per pound
On all kinds of steel. New York manufac-
turers said the cost of production was one
half in labor. A reduction in the duty was
also asked, that American manufacturers
might be able to compete with Sheffield
manufacturers. At the close of the argu-
ments, the committee went into private
session.
Revenue Receipts.
Internal revenue receipts for the month,
SS4,37O,1S7, an increase over April, 1873,
of ssh, 10T.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
ST. LOUIS.
DIRECT Trade with Brazil.

ST. LOUIS, April 3O.-Shepherd & De-
Wolf Of New Orleans, have made propO-
sition to St. Louis merchants that if suffi-
cient freight is guaranteed by them to justify
the venture, they will put on line of
steamships between New Orleans and Rio
Janeiro touching at all important interme-
diate points. They also propose to make
advances en- shipments and arrange for an
investment of the proceeds in coffee or
other products of that country if desired.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
CONSTITUTIONAL.
The Buckeyes Will Pay Their Money
and Take Their Choice

CINCINNATI, April 3O.-The Constitu-
tional Convention, this forenoon, passed to
third reading the following alternative pro-
positions, to be voted on separately by the
people:
l. License to traffic in spirituous, vinous
or malt liquors, under such regulations or
limitations as shall be prescribed by law,
may be granted, but this section shall not
prevent the General Assembly from passing
such laws TO restrict such traffic and to COM
pensate injuries resulting therefrom.
,. No license to traffic in in Intoxicating
liquors shall hereafter be granted in this
State. but the General Assembly may by
law restrain or prohibit such traffic, or may
provide against the evils resulting there
from.
This afternoon the Convention was en-
tertained at the residence of Hon. VIM. G.
Groesbeck, at East Walnut Hills.
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MURDER MOST FOUL.
Six Persons Butchered, and Burn
ed Either Dead or Alive.
Only Two Bodies Recognizable.
APage from Dante's Inferno.

a Page from DanIeS Inferno.
PITTSBURGH, April 3O.-Early this
morning the house of John Hamnet. about
six miles from here, was DESTROYED by fire.
The entire family, consisting of Hamnet,
his wife, two children, hired man, and a
boy whom they were raising, six persons
in all, were burned to death. But two
recognizable bodies were found. A special
to the Chronicle says it is almost certain
that the entire family was murdered, and
suspicion rests upon a man employed on
the place. One of the bodies fond among
the ruins showed that the throat n d been
cut.
A Wife Incites Her ParamOur 10 XIII
Her Husband-Cut Down on Bonded
Knees.
BATHURST, y. B., April 30.-Gallien
who murdered Paulin, in Caraquet, has
made confession. He says he was in
cited by Paulin's wife, who importuned
him to kill her husband that they might
consummate their liasOn by marriage. The
night before the murder, she shaIpened
knife and gave it to him, telling him TO be
on the lookout for her husband when he
went to the woods next day. He promised
to do so, and secreted the knife on his per-
son. When he met Paulin in the woods.
next day, he said: '.Paulin, am going to
kill you." His victim, on Bonded knees,
implored him for time to confess his sins
to priest, when he would be willing to be
killed at any time, or leave the country.
While Paulin was in this attitude the
prisoner struck him on the head with a
stick, stunning him, and finished his
bloody work with an AK.
Paulin's daughter testified on the in
quest, that her mother went 10 Gallien's
bed one night and told him her husband
was asleep in the next room, and there
would be a good chance to kill him, but
that she awakened and warned her father
and prevented the carrying out Of the de-
sign.
Huntsville, Pa, April 3O.-lt appears
that the woman that was burned TO death
yesterday was the wife of another man, and
had been living with Pennington as his
wife. Threats had been made about two
weeks ago by her husband TO kill her, and
the suspicion is that he first murdered the
three persons, and then set fire to the house
to conceal his crime. A bucket was found
near the premises which had contained coal
oil. The officers are after the suspected
man.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01

ACCORDING to the terms of the
Louisville and Portland canal bill,
which has now passed both Houses of
Congress, the Secretary of War is d.
rected to take possession of the canal
thirty days after its passage.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
POIygannOus.
MEMPHIS.

The Charleston ROad-s5,0OO Relief
Fund.
MEMPHIS, April 29.-The stockholders
of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
to-day, by a unanimous vote, decided to
take back the road,
About five thousand dollars in money
and supplies have been raised for the suf-
ferers by the overflow. So far the city
authorities have taken no action.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01

THE severe privations of pioneer life
have seldom been more graphically illus
trated than in the condition Of the town Of
Fairplay, Colorado. The inhabitants Of
that interesting place have all that heart
could desire in the way of healthful climate,
rich soil, beautiful scenery, etc, but the
town is pining for the Lack of manageable
Young women. a local paper says there is
only one in the place, while the bachelors
are counted by the scores. 1t adds, 'send
us a car load of girls, and Heavens choicest
blessing will forever rest upon the con-
signor."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
Killed with bromide of ChIoraI.

CINCINNATI, o., April SO.-An En-
Quirer special from Lancaster says: Yester-
day at Shawnee an unlicensed dentist adj
ministered to Miss Sullivan eighty grains
of bromide Of chloral, and that she died in
a few minutes. The dentist Immediately
fed and has not been arrested.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01

NEW ORLEANS, April 30.-BOth houses
Of the ..Texas Legislature have passed a
Joint resolution instIucting Senators and
Representatives in Congress TO support Col.
Tom Scott's Texas Pacific Railroad bill,
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CIVIL RIGHTS.
Louisiana Jockey Club sued by Two
COIiud Gemman.

NEW ORLEANS, April 3O.-State Sena-
tor Alexander Z. Barber and Bradford Il.
Davis, both colored, have brought suits
against the Louisiana Jockey Club, Each
claiming five thousand dollars damages be-
cause as petitioners over said club refused
to sell them quarter stretch badges during
the recent races on account of their color,
they being of African descent; that such re-
fusal and exclusion were not only in viola
ton Of the principles of natural justice,
but also Of the rights guaranteed to them
bv the Constitution and the Statutes of
the State.
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KILLED with HIS own Pistol.

Tonight two boys named Messenger
fought with boy named Abraham Solo
mon. lie drew a pistol and threatened to
shoot them. Their mother interfered and
caught the pistol. During the struggle it
was discharged, shooting oirMrs. Messengers
fingers and hitting solomon in the head
killing him instantly.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01

Mr.. GALLON has brought down the
wrath of Englishwomen on his poor head
by sOlemnly affirming that the statistics
show that the mind of woman is opposed
to science, and that her commanding in
fiuence in society is the means of discOUr-
aging young men from deyoting themselves
to science,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
SAN FRANCISCO.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sunragists.

SAN Francisco, April 30.-The whole
sale liquor dealers of this city have per-
fected their organization for the purpose of
protecting customers in the interior from
crusaders, and the local opposition will
raise a very large fund to defray the ex-
pense of fighting both in the courts.
The women suffragists are in State Con-
ventiOn. No business of importance is yet
transacted. There is but asnall representa-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01

INFLATIoN Logan says on the floor
of the Senate that some of the brethren
have lost confidence IN the President,
but that he has not. Logan is
whistling to keep his courage up.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
UNION AND AMERICAN.
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- - PULASKI.

The sheriff of Giles County Thrown
From a Horse and His Leg Broken.
Special to the Union and American.
PULASKI, Tenn, April 30, 1SI4-R.
A. Mitchell, Sheriff of Giles county, was
thrown from his horse, eight miles from
Pulaski to-day, breaking one Of his legs
above the ankle. He was brought to town
in an ambulance and DIR. Grost set the leg.
He is doing now well.
r. G. NJ.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01

Joseph Hood, who lately died at Somer-
set, Mass, weighed Az pounds. The BoS-
tom Commercial Bulletin writes his obitua-
~ thus:
Though he his living may have earned,
When Joseph died, as matters stood,
His weight forbade his friends TO say,
That they had urned lively Hood.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
COLUMBIA.
Disastrous Fire I'm the COuntry-A
EesIng Girl Of Fourteen BurRed 70
Eseafh.

COLUMBIA, Tenn, April So.--We have
just heard Of destructive fire and loss of
life, ten miles from here, between Hamp-
shire and Mt. Pleasant. Last night, Mr..
d. d. NcClanahan and family retired at
sheir usual hour, leaving a daughter four
teen years of age in an adjoining room,
reading. Il is supposed she fell asleep and
left the lamp burning, which exploded dur
ing tie night and set the house on fire.
Mr.. Mechanism and family barely es-
capped with their lives, excepting the girl,
whose charred remains were found In the
debris this morning. Mr.. McClanahan
lost everything. MAURY.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
EAO'S JETTIES.
ReOpening the Mississippi Delta.
Decision of the senate Committee.

Special to the Louisville COurier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-The Senate
Select Committee on Transportation has
agreed to report bill in favor of the jetty
project of Capt. Eads for the mouth of the
Mississippi river, with the object of bring
ing the subject before the Senate. There
is to be a final meeting of the committee
on the subject tomorrow, to be held at the
instance of Senator West, but it is hardly
to be supposed that the bill as agreed on
and printed will be seriously changed or
suppressed. and especially as an elaborate
report has been made by Mr.. West.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01

Two young people are in great trouble
A wealthy citizen Of Wisconsin left by hi
viii his large property % be equally divide
between his son and a niece in New forh
ON condition that the son, nov ninetee
years Of age, shall marry the ME 9 Storesai
before attaining his majority. Neither wi
have the other. So tie will S he cor
tested
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49,. ---o-, = 1i,rS EsIakama the ne

ONCE upon a time Kalakama. the new
King of the Sandwich Islands, was an anna
teur editor. and with proper appreciation
Of the craft, as soon as lac mounted The
throne, he appointed rival editor Govern :
or of the Island Of Mani. The chances
are that Kalakama Will make good
King.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
BLOODsrAINED ARKANSAS.

The news from this bedeYlled state
is more ominous than ever. The scene
of contest and carnage is. transferred to
the country, far beyond the reach of
the small force of United States
soldiers, and threatening all
the horrors of civil war.
With the war fever already at boiling
heat in many adjacent counties, it viii
be fortunate indeed if similar scenes
are not enacted elsewhere. Under
Radical rule and practices, our system
of State Governments is being Mexi-
cauized. There seems to be left moth
ing to prevent bold and bad men from
precipitating one State after another
into the throes of civil cOnvul-
sion. Tennesseeans cannot look on
these possibilities of the day with I'M
concern. We must elect our next State
government by such an overwhelming
majority as to leave no shadow of
ground for such a contest here by any
favorite of the reigning dynasty at
Washington.
THE DEATH-BLOw TO IMITATION.
Whatever his vacillation heretofore,
the President has now put his foot
down on initiation, if we are to credit
this mornings dispatches. He dis
tinctly gives expression to the opinion
that a reissue of the bills of broken
and iquidating banks, and the redis-
tribution of the twenty-five millions
already authorized, covers all the relief
that the country needs. 1t is to be
presumed that he speaks by authority
In representing New England as very
willing for the redistribution now as
compromise against imitation. If, as
Mr.. Beck charges, straw bids for ma
tional banks have been resorted to,
to prevent redistribution, this
is indeed compromise. and
the initiation furore of the West has
resulted in some good. With the strong
views attributed to the President, 1t
seems likely that any measure savoring
of initiation must receive his veto. The
rupture that two-thirds vote against
him in both Houses would cause, will
not be invited by the Republican lead
ers. and the main feature of the fnan-
cial question, initiation versus the pres
ent volume, seems settled, so far as this
Congress is concerned. At the same
time the people would do well to watch
the subsequent tinkering on minor fea-
lures, as the Senate Committee is moot
inc amendments altogether in favor Of
the RATIONAL Banks.
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HOUSE

hOtsE-
WASHINGTON, April 30.-After reading
the journal and some other preliminary
matters the House took up the bill to carry
into execution the provisions Of the 18th
amendment of the Constitution and to de-
fine certain rights of American citizens re-
siding in foreign countries and the duties
of diplomatic and consular officers. L. r.
Hoar, who reported the bill from heiCOm-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, addressed the
House in support, and in answer to the crit
icism made by Mr.. Hale, of New York,
yesterday.
After a short debate the House passed
from the consideration of that bill and
took up Senate amendments TO the House
bill relative to the
Louisville aud Portland Canal.
The debate which lasted over three hours
was closed by Mr.. Wheeler, who insisted
that the bill should contain a provision
that no money should be paid out under it.
unless the State of Kentucky should cede
to the United States jurisdiction over the
canal with all its property and appurte-
nanceS, and should relinquish to the United
States the right to assess it so long as the
United States shall remain owner, and
pay W OiltbCu ObeASto al teANN,
assessed and collected on the canal from
the passage of the act until such cession
He offered an amendment to that effect
He noticed and repealed with good deal
of indignation, the aspersions upon his
character and motives, INDUCED in by some
of the Western papers, on account of the
position which he had heretofore taken
and still held, in regard to this bill.
Mr.. Wheeler's amendment was rejected
yeas %, nays 143.
The bill was then passed without divis
ion. 1t now goes to the President for sig
nature.
POIygamOus.
Mr.. Hazelton, of Wisconsin, from thu
Election Committee, made report Oh the
Utah contested election, that Mr.. Cannon
the sitting member, is entitled to the seat
and that Mr.. Maxwell, the contestant is not
He gave notice that he would call it up 70
action hereafter, and gave notice that h,
would then offer a resolution reeiting tina
Mr.. Cannon, the sitting member, is openly
living and cohabiting with a woman a:
his wife under the pretended sanction o
the system of pOlygamy, the great scandal
and disgrace of the people and Government
of the United States, and providing for the
appointment of Committee to inquire in.
to the matter and recommend such action
as shall seem, meet and proper. Adjourn
ed.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01

Jno. +. Roole, a New York dramatist of
some note, has been..missing several weeks.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01

LONDON, April 30.-The Times, COM
menting on the failure of the Senate to pass
the currency bill over the Presidents veto,
remarks that it is probable the danger of
increasing paper currency has been perma-
nentle avoided, and advises the substitu-
ton of Treasury currency for the present
National Bank issues.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
Great Suffering Below.

1t is reported that there is daily rise of
one iueh in the bends below. Should high
water continue, the cotton crop will be
short. Prices have advanced already.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-09

medium by which His doctrine WAS made Known
70 men, and II VIVA by
FREQUENT ExHoRTATroN
that mankind appreciated the necessity OF know
ing aud understanding the divine truths az ex-
pounded by those whose lives were devoted to that
task. After pointing out the folly OF listening TO
the Word OF God with indifference, which arose
from want Of the proper disposition, he observed
that man must love God In order to attend to His
teachings. There were those, he said, who ina
ginsd repetition OF the sacred truths unneces-
sary-that because they had heard them few
times they did not care to hear them again. 1t was
said. indeed, that the same thing was repeated
again and again. That was no reason why 1t
should not be listened to with respect and atten.
ton. was II because the sermons were not spiced
with the
SENSATIONS OF THE DAY,
or null OF grandilOquence, that they should not be
heard devouty. There was no sensationailsm In
the Gospels The Saviour told the parable in PLAIN
terms: He recited simple stories to His disciples.
that they might comprehend the great truths
necessary for salvation; and so did the apostles
preach In simple words. St. Paul, for instance,
roration or exordfum, or ANYTHING OF that sort. All
was palnness and simplicity. Now, men could
Sey mot men Woa
them. Familiarity with the Word OF God was
and the Ss It T tas ts
the enormity Of Sin or of the great sacrifice made
oy the Son OF Cod Tor the benefit OF the human
THE VERY SIMPLEST WORDS
went straight to the heart. But there were GER
tain conui-vIns necessary for proper apprecia-
ton OF THO divine truth In the first place 1t
should be listened to with respect, because 1t was
the Word Of God. The second condition was that
or attention. Unfortunately there were many
who, instead OF paying strict attention to the
teachings Of Christ. were all the time thinking Of
their business affairs, even while the Word OF God
was being spoken. They came to worship as
matter OF form. and paid no heed to what was
sald, their minds being occupied with the cares or
pleasures Of the world. there was
STILL ANOTHER CONDITION
requisite for just appreciation oil the teachings OF
Christ, and that was that alter hearing them we
should reject upon them. We should medi-
tate upon them OF length, and thereby
reap beneft from them. Some contended that
they had not time to mediate; but, taking into
account how much time they spent IN considering
the anatrs OF this world it was evident they did
not mean to think on aught else. The reverend
gentleman concluded by reminding the cOngrega-
ton OF the necessity and importance of the cOndi-
tons mentioned and OF the everlasting blessings
which would flow from their strict observance.
The musical arrangements were, as usual, excel.
lent. At the offertory 20 Salutarls," for male
voices, without accompaniment, by Professor Gus.
tavus Schmitz. was sung with fne effect