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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-11
NASHVILLE AND DECATUR
ESAHR4RO
heiYideuGi~ On stock TO be
Promptly Paid by IElc kessees.

1'fOInpIIS EsRIH by inc AeSsees'
The following report was submitted
to the stockholders of the Nashville and
Decatur Road, who met in Nashville
recently:
OFFICE OF THE n. AND b. r Il. Co !
NASHVILLE, Sept. 80, 1874. J
To the stockholders of the \. and d. r. K.
Company
The President and Directors would re-
spectfully present this as the eighth an
nual report:
You are referred to the accompanying
report OF the Secretary and Treasurer,
which shows the financial condition of
the company and embraces every known
liability.
We are assured in the belief that the
two million four hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars 81, $50, 000) assumed to be
paid b. the tessees, will cover the entire
Indebtedness Of the company.
Under the lease the dividend com
mcnces running on the LIST of October,
1874, and is due and payable on the lst
Of April next.
reports have been put in circulation to
the effect the legSeGs would DOT pay the
dividends at maturity. We have taken
pains to investigate these reports with a
view to ascertaininG il there.was any toun-
datlon for them, and we are assured by
Mr.. Thos, Martin, President of Louisville
and Nashville Railroad Company, that
they expect in the future, as they have i'll
the PAST to meet nl0mptlT every Obiiga-
ton OF their company. We feel justified,
therefore, in stating that ii is our belief
that the dividends will be paid at maturi-
ty.
l.
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HE Democratic Party,
From the Nation.l

The Democrats have achieved great
victory. This must be admitted, but 1t
must also be admitted that it is limo way
due to themselves. The Republican par
IL has been overthrow because it was
bad and corrupt, and not because there
stood ready TO take its place another Or
4aHization possessing superior claims to
public confidence. This has to be re-
meInbercd by everybody who wishes to
Judge the political situation Alright, and
by none more carefully than by the Dem
ocrats themselves. We are glad TO see
that most OF their leading men do seem
to bear this IN mind and do seem fully
conscious that the party has still to make
q reputation in order to get the govern
me 1t Of the country entirely into its
haads. Their speeches at ihR rejoicing
at the Manhattan Club the other night
were, for the most part, sober and
thou .htGGl, and recognized the share
VIII. ch patriotic Republicans had liz giving
them a recent triumph and must have in
gjNI1" them n rev lease of power. They
will have in december, 1919, Il majority
in the House Of Representatives. This,
as one Of the speakers at the Manhattan
Club remarked, will give thCm the con-
troll at appropriations, and give un-
limited power Of investigation; but it will
not give them the complete power Of leg
islatiou. ! he public will, therefore, have
to Judge them rather by what they at
tempt than by what they achieve-that is,
by their speeches, and resolutions and re-
ports, rather than by the acts they
pass, for the acts must have the concur
renee of the President and Senate. If
thc speeches are wild and violent, full of
Il L. Al
South, and dishonest threats with regard
to the currency and the public creditor;
if the resolutions are visionary or alarm
iug, AMI the Investigations are tactious
or malignant or frivolous, or thc,voting on
the appropriations shows tendency to
disorder or extravaganza, the Republican
party will be once more vigorous and
united IN 1916, and all hope Of Il Demo
cratic restoration is at an end.
II, ON the contrary, the majority in the
House shows itself well disciplined and
scI!-rcStrained if it brings its ablest men
to The front and allows them to speak for
it. If its talk and action are sober and
and conservative and sound
touching tho finances and the South and
the proper limits of Federal authority, it
is har! to see what is to prevent the party
from seating lis candidate in the White |
House at the next election for it must
not be forgotten that the Republican |
party has for the present lost its chance
Of recovery. There is no time left Coz |
repentance. reform within the party |
lines is no longer possible, because il
can not be carried out in one session by |
a dis-edited majority in moribund |
Congress Nearly all the Republican |
chiefs will stand before the country this |
winter in the position Of convicted cul-
pitts. whose efforts to amend will only ex-
cite contempt and amusement. If the |
party is to be reinstated in popular CON
lidence any time within five or ten years,
it must be through the fundamentally of
Democratic follies aud shortcomings.
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The Sparta IHdcT seems to be afflicted
with desire for honest men in high
positions aud attacks two Of our promi-
ncnt fellOw-citiZens, Judge Nicholson and
Hon. John Erierson. The charge against
Mr.. ErersOn, that the engineered the
Hobbs bargain and sale, We know nothing
about, but we understand that, in private
conversation, he denies it, but he has
not Yet made any public denial through
the r.aSs. The IutinRtiou that he is
bad company is base SANDER. The
charge against Judge Nicholson, rs it
stands, We are prepared t. deny. II it is
true that he received any double pay
without performing double duty we have
no defense To make ios him will de
tcud no man in the wrong. We know
this much-that Judge Nicholson 5 iu-
tima;e friends all say ne Is 4 pure and
incorIuptibic man. and the lawyers ali
testify that he performed more work on
the supreme Bench than almost any
ether two Judges lie works day and
might. auI the compensation, -, 600
year IS very inadequate pay for such
services as hercuders the State and the
people. SuIl, if the above charge Is true,
the facts DO not justify IT. The Sparta
M8cT sass.
In tie first place, that apparently IN
>crutLi lie Hobbs mystery sh0uiG be brought
into open light Of day, all of its dark
corners explored and if there be cOrrup-
ton let il bc exposed. 1t cda he done
aud ID gsuSt be done The people demand
10 and will be satisfied with nothing else.
No mere wh.towashiug viii suffice. We
have il from a gentleman who has oppor-
unites for being well Informed, that the
money ring bought the Office OF COmptrOl-
Ter, with the design of having Dempsey
Weaver appointed in Hobbs stead, bat
that Gov. Brown disappointed their eN-
pectation by appointing John {, Burch.
The whole affair, it is said, was engineer.
ed by John irierson, Banker, of Column
bia. As to the completely of Col. Burch
In this alleged bargain and sale, there
seems to be good evidence. 1t is posi-
be that like poor Tray, he has suffered
from Leln. in bad company. 1t would,
however. be a great mistake to re-elect
him, at leas. while the impression prevails
q such "A large extent that there Is some
thing rotten IN Denmark,
There is another important matter, OF
which the people aud the press appear to
be entirely ignorant. We refer to Chief.
Justice Nicholson double pay. In 1873.
the Legislature IN order to facilitate the
business Of the supreme Court, provided
for the appointment OF 8 Court of Arbitra-
lion. which should be presided over by
the Chiet-JuStice. The salary of a Judge
of the Supreme Bench is s. 800 per year,
That OF a member Of the Court Of ArbitCa-
ton. we believe, was the same. Judge
Nicholson, in utter disregard Of decency
and honesty, took 10th salaries. OF the /
exact amount more than his lawful salary /.
we are not informed, but 1t was perhaps /.
S.. 600, Ii is said that his personal friends, F..
after vain attempt 10 induce him 10 /
give back TIE money thuS iraudulently /
intended raising the amount by I
in order 20 save him from /
exposure Whether or not this has been /
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Confederate Cotton Contracts
important Decision OF Su-
FDFeme Court

chicago Tribune's Washington special,
Dec. 8.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has just rendered a decision in
which for the first time the question Of
the power of the so called Confederate
Government to make valid contract has
been adjudicated. The plaintiff had
knowingly purchased cotton of an agent
Of the Confederate States. This cotton
was subsequently seized by the United
States and the proceeds covered into the
Treasury. Plaintiff brought suit in the
Court of Claims to recover. This court
rejected the claim. The Supreme Court
attirms this decision of the Court of
Claims on two grounds: First-Because
the purchase of the cotton and the pay
ment of the consideration neceSs arily
tended to give aid to the rebellion, and
that all such contracts are void as con-
trary to public policy. This was con-
CURED in by the whole court Second
Because the so-called Government of
the Confederate States had no existence
except as a conspiracy to overthrow law
tul authority. It's foundation was treason
against the existing Federal authority.
It's single purpose, so long as it lasted,
was to make that treason successful. 1t
was not necessary to the organization of
civil government and the support of social
order, but was destructive Of the best in,
terests of society, its existence being an
enormous evil. When it was overthrow
it persisted totally, leaving no laws, no
statutes, no DEGREES or authority which
can give support to any contract or act
done in its service, or in aid of its pur-
pose, or which contributed to protract its
existence. Hence the plaintiff could not
derive any title to this cotton under the
so-called Confederate Government, such
contract being totally void In support
of this second position of the court, the
Chief Justice and six Associates Justices
concur TwO-Mr. Justice Clifford and
Mr.. Justice Davis-dissent on the ground
that its announcement was not necessary
to the decision of this case.
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CHIEF JUSTICE NICHOLSON.
why He Drew Double Salary
His Course Defended.

TO the Union ana Aner1ca0:l
NASHVILLE, Dec. 8, 1874 have seen
ence to Hon. A. o. P Nicholson, Chief
Justice of our Supreme Court. The wri-
ter complains of that distinguished gem
tleman because he drew his pay as Chief
Justice and at the same time drew pay as
a member of the Arbitration Court, and
INDUCES in some severe structures The
facts are that Judge Nicholson received
10y accident a severe hurt, which for
time disabled him. He was for weeks
confined to his bed or room. 1t became
necessary for the Governor to appoint
a special judge to sit in his place. In the
meantime the Legislature was induced
to provide an Arbitration Court, for the
purpose of aiding the Supreme Court at
Nashville in the disposal of the docket,
with power to sit while the regular court
was in session at jackson; and selected
for that purpose Judge Nicholson, togeth-
er with two lawyers to be appointed by
the Governor. 1t was provided that they
should receive the same pay as the
Judges of the Supreme Court. Judge
Nicholson attended and served in the Ar
bitration Court. Though physically too
disabled to attend the regular term at
jackson, he was enabled, by taking
room at the Capitol, to attend the Arbi-
tration Court, and did so ably, efficient
", and to the great benefit of suitorS aud
the profession. Now he had not been
appointed on the Arbitration Court, he
would hav been entitled to draw his pay
as Chief Justice, although another was, by
special appointment, performing his du-
ties and drawing pay Those who made
tie Constitution and laws knew that all
men were liable to sickness or to acct
dents, and they have provided for such
occurrences; but it is the first time | ever
heard that when a Judge got sick that
his pay had to stop, for this is the logic of
the article referred to. And the charge
derives no strength from the fact that
Judge Nicholson, instead Of lying in bed
as he might have done yielded to the de-
mands of the Legislature and the profess
sion, and hobbled in and out Of the Arbi-
tration Court, discharging this new bur
den for the good of others. If he had de-
clined this new duty, his receiving pay as
Chief Justice would have been all right,
and no lawyer could have gainsaid it.
Now, / ask, where is the wrong done by
him when, for this and extra service i'm
posed on him by the Legislature, he drew
the pay expressly provided by law? The
truth is the Legislature, knowing he could
not serve the term at jackson, believing
he could serve on the Arbitration Court,
and DESTROYS of eXpediting the business
on the docket at Nashville, demanded his
efforts in that capacity.
Jcdge Nicholson has drawn no more
pay than the law allowed him, has done
efficient service, and is entitled to
gratitude. No public man in the State
has been less liable to censure, and there
is none purer or more patriotic or self
sacrificing. The charge made against
him is wholly untenable AID unjust.
JUSTICE.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-11

Whatever we may think of the propriety
Of Gen. W. y. QuarIcs, or any one else
announcing himself candidate for Sen
ator, we are bound to commend the senti'
nents expressed in the following extract
taken his recent address 10 the Legisla.
ture of Tennessee
The lesson taught ny thc recent victory
lie worthy our careful attention. The
American people have proclaimed IN
tones more potent than the thunders OF
artillery, the union OF these States, and
the Constitution preserved In It's intCgri-
". The lesson OF the civil war was but
the half OF ii. Then one section was ar
rayed agains; the other aud the lesson
20 all OF us, whether we held one view or
the other. whether one doctrine or the
other was theoretically correct, was prac-
tically the pcrpetuity and integrity OF the
Union. Now The people of the whole
country, seeing that q party, composed
of citizens Of both sections, had gone,
not only outside of tho Union Of our
fathers, but outside OF the Constitution,
10 establish a Union of force, have spoken
with one voice, ana the lesson IS again
the Union and It's perpetuity, the ConstI-
tuition and Its integrity, lnvlOiable. The
Republican party was fast severiug the
iigaTents which were inter ded TO bind
together coequal States. he bond Of
the bayonct was usUrpjug the bonds Of
brotherhood. common interests and "a
common lineage. Ii the djsuuIoa of Sc
CesSiOu was subyOrsIyc of the Govern
ment, the union of force is equally So
equally disuniou. As "a remedy for the
one, power enforced the union of the
States; and now the people complete the
task of restoring The Union by applying
the remedy for the o,heT-SupplautIn
the union Of force and Lay0ncts by the
lies of law and constitutional guarantees,
brotherly love aud common interests
Again this second effort at subverslou,
made, not by the South nor by any sec
ton, but BIZ n President and a Congress,
whose high privilege and duty Is was TO
presc-rc he Union restored, the people
Of every State and every race have pro.
nounCed with aU emphatic condemuauonS
With the proclamation other will comes
n renewed brotherhood Of delivered PEG
lle--another 20 draws near, and the
"hlOodv business OF the bloody decade
lust passcd, is forgotten and forgiven.
The associations CD 1916, passing along
sbe pathway e.. hundred years, take no
motto of the intervening time rs they nun
ole with the Tcio5eiu-s OF % free united,
and happy peopln in the daw" OF new
-.ept,Iry- i-.G d ue# ,ra "i peace and
prosperity
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-11

The admirable address of the Bishops
Of the Episcopal Church in the United
States to the clergy and laity of that
denomination, the larger portion of which
we published several weeks since, has
been commended by all denominations
for its fine diction and scriptural teach
ings but the paragraph in regard to the
sacredness of the marriage tie has receiv-
ed more attention than any. II denies
the right of its members to get a legal di-
vorce and marry again, except on the
ground allowed by Characterization
1t will be remembered that Judge Turney,
of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, occu-
pied this position several years ago in an
opinion he delivered in a divorce case.
1t is the true doctrine, because it is the
Bible doctrine.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-11

We desire to call the attention OF
Oranges to Article ,, of the State Con
stitution with regard to representatives,
1t reads az follows.
ART >. Representatives to the State
Grange shall be composed OF one delegate
from each county Of the State, who shall
be a Master Of a Subordinate Grange,
aud his wife, ifa Nalron, to be chosen
by ballot by the Masters in each county
on the first Tuesday in January of each
year, at such place as they may select,
each delegate so chosen 10 be entitled to
asmany votes as there are Oranges in his
county at the time of said election.
1T will be seen that delegates to the
State Grauge sre to be chosen by the Mas
tiers in each county on the first Tuesday
IN January. Let The Oranges make
note of this and govern themselves &C
cordin~. The State Grange meets in
Knoxville the third Wednesday in Feb
uarF.'
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saz5Eszszs98EzsEEEzRs

Senator Wright has introduced bill
in the l. S. Senate, fixing the salary Of
the next President, reducing it from $50
600 to 81, 900, the honest old Democratic
price, just hold on, Mr.. Radical-the
next President will be a Democrat, and
the Democratic 44th Congress will reduce
it for him, and he will not be found lob
bying for its increase, either. It is too
late for Radical Senators to talk about
that matter nOw-they had all last ses-
sion to repeal the law, aud said nothing
about ii. So long as they thought the
Radical party would elsct the next Prcsi-
dent they said nothing about reducing it.
The Democrats will attend to that bust
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-11

Mr. ". j. Dale, of Columbia is can
didltc for State Treasurer Without dis
paragcmeut to the merits OF other caudi-
dates, we hesitate NOS to say that no man
n the State would make better one.
He is the very soul of honor, and not a
breath of sgs picion would ever attach 10
the Office while in his possession. lie
has been a leading merchant in Columbia
more than quarter OF a century, and
there is not man in it more respected
for all the high qualities that make first
class business man HE business quail
ficauons are of the very first order, and
he is at home among figures and calcui&-
ti)ns. We believe hc never was candl-
date for any Office, except when the pe0-
pie voluntarily elected him Mayor. We
desire to say To the Legislature that they
would make no mistake in ciectng Mr.,
Dale State Treasurer There may he as
good men Tor ihe Pc itiOn, but We are Ger
tain that there are none better qualified
or more deserving. al his life he has
been devoted 20 business, and his public
and private life, from his youth M, is
without spot or bicm~h
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-11

The Wing and Tribune of Nov.
18th contains IN article headed Review
of Gov J. {. Browne administration.
1t Is not written in the tone of al adyo-
cate, but simply makes plain statement
eff facts which cannot be cOntroverted.
These facts brought together in the
article sustain Gov. Brown against all
the attacks of enemies. The article con-
cludes.
For these acts of his administration,
GOV. Brown nov occupies a proud and
enviabe position before the whole coun-
Try. He has done all in his power to
restore the credit and preserve the honor
ofhis native State The recent elections
in which, by the action Of the Radical
party. his administration was made to
play conspicuous part, shows the man
ner in which the people of Tennessee
appreciate their Democratic Governor
who has never in sunshine or in storm,
in prosperity or in adversely been false 10
them
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-11

In concluding his speech at the Attain.
ia Democratic jubilee, Senator Jno. b.
Gordon used these golden words, which
should be needed by every man in the
South, for they constitute the ChristIani-
" of all politics: One boon | ask in
this hour Of your deliyerauce ! ask You
TO commission me, in your name, to
pledge upon the foog of the Senate your
fidelity to the Union under the constitu-
ton; your acquiesccncc in laws passed
In accordance with the constitution, good
aud bad, until lawfully repealed; your
support Of al rightful authority; your
cordial friendship for every man and
men Of all sections, who viii aid in re-
storing peace to the sections, justice to
States, liberty 20 citizens, purity to all
departments of government and the con
stilution to It's supremacy over l'resl-
dents, Congrgas, parties and the people.
cloud cheers.l ! thank YOU my country
men, for tina; response. ACu are as tenn
perate in triumph as you were great IN
adversely. You cherish malice to none
and ere hostile ouIy TO thieves, usurpers
and tyrants.'
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue of venditioni exponas to me di-
rected from the Circuit Court of Maury coun-
Y, in favor Of J: L. Russell, use of Thomas
TO the highest and best bidder, at the court
house door in the town of Columbia, on the
l4th day of December, 1874, the following de-
State ofTennessee, Maury county, civil dis
trict No, and bounded as follows, tO-wit:
On the north by the lands of Fortenbery;
east by Potts; sOGth by Stephen D., Oakley;
west by Davidson heirs, and containing about
go acres, more or less, and levied on and to
lie sold az the property of defendant VIM. H
Moore, to satisfy said order of sale and cost.
W.O. WIIHERSPUON,
New. 18th, 1874. Deputy Sheriff.
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BEN. Butler. nIttke Party.

LjhiCagO Inter-Ocean'S Washington special b,
Gen Butler has at last declared him
self privately to some of his friends. He
tells them that, in his oplnion, the Re
publican party, as such, has cast. its last
Presidential vote; that disorganization is
certain. He is looking forward to other
things, and the two great measures upon
which he intends to plant himself are
protective tariff and paper money. The
first with an eye to the East, and the last
a bait to catch the West. At first
h was sorry he was defeated but when
all the returns came in and he saw the
House was Democratic, he was glad, for
the reason that if he had been returned
he would have been constantly attacked
without any position which would have
given HIM a chance to reply.
licago Tribuue's Washington special,
Dec. 2.
Several Republican Congressman are
circulating the report that Gen. Butler is
IL active correspondence with prominent
men in various parts Of The country, and
that the purpose of this correspondence
is The ultimate formation Of a new poHti-
cal party.
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PieIy and Politics in South
Carolina

New York Times.
The role of the colored parsons in poll
tics in South Carolina appears to be, &C
cording to their own Interpretation of it,
somewhat arbitrary. Rev Mr. Jackson,
an enthusiastic preacher and politician in
Charleston, has stricken from the list of
members of his church all who voted the
Independent Republican ticket in the re-
cent election.
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j. b. ASHTON. JOHNP. MCGAW.
COLUMBIA MILLS
REBUILT.
10 tie Farmers and Merchants
of MGHry and AGjOiH-
ing Counties !

We nave just completed and have in full
operation under the most approved style,
together with all the improvements of ma
chinery the COLA SEEsEA MILLS so long
ana 1avOraDly known az the 4 sIIIOR Mills,
on Duck River, and we have no hesitency
IN saying 10 our friends and the public gen
orally that we are fully prepared TO sustain
the reputation of the old mills. Bring
along your grain; trial is all we ask
thankful for past patronage, we solicit a
continuance of the same. orders filled
promptly, and delivered with dispatch
Within the bounds of the corporation limits.
The highest market price paid for wheat
and corn. ReSpectrIIly
Dec. !, 1S74-3m. ASHTON & GICGAW.