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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12
THE PRIZE RING.
Twenty-Five Minutes of Mutual
MutilatiOn.

Eleven Rounds and n FizzIe-Tht
STAKES 60 be Given 20 One Man and
the Fight 10 the Other.
PITTsBURG, Aug. 11.-Owing to the
close watch kept by the authorities of Ohio
the boat could not safely land until 2 O'Clock
this evening, when they landed at Mil
Creek, forming the dividing line between
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Charley
Carroll, Of Baltimore was chosen referee.
Edwards gained first knock-down and first
blood in second round. The last round is
thus given:
Round IL. Edwards came up slowly.
Collyer was very weak and up to time.
EdW ards seconds were accused by Newell
OF using ointment on Edwards hands, and
asked what was on them. He said nothing
hut water. Aaron then said let the fight
go on. Newell said he could see Edwards
had Srossit, "a preparation which among
sporting men is dreaded as likely to blind
an onpOnent). The referee said nothing,
but told the men 70 fight on. Collyer's
seconds refused to allow him to proceed.
just then terrible uproar occurred which
had evidently been brewing in the last
moment or two. Strange men broke
into the ring. Collyer's seconds
appealed to the referee. Edwards seconds
insisted that time had been called, and
that the stakes be given over to Edwards, or
that the fight proceed. The referee then
firmly announced that he had called time
for them TO fight. COllyer's seconds then
refused to fight any further, and left the
question to the decision of the referee. An
impression prevails among sporting men
that the stakes will be given to Edwards
and the fight to Collyer. The fight lasted
- minutes.
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SAlIANA.

NEW NORK, Aug. ia correspondent
who has been taking look at and about
Samana Bay, writes Of the Samana Bay
Company as follows: This company com
meneed operations by building a hotel on
the top of mountain, which in this elm
ate would call inaccessible. 1t is hall
finished and that part is already rotten by
rain and sun. A little farther down the
mountain billiard room, or rather barn,
is half finished-also gone to decay. Stil
further down comes the Governors
house, and Professor Haiue's small
wooden shanty, containing three very
small rooms with a kitchen attached, and
10 get up 70 this hOdse in the hot climate Is
a task none would seek for pleasure. l
visited them, and at every step lizards of
all colOTs would bounce ont Of the grass as
well as in the houses. The company sold
all its old furniture, in the shape Of desks
and chairs, early in June, and the only
thing they now possess is a small steam
launch going 10 decay, as no coal is there
TO Iun her, and no traie. The Samana
Bay Company is absolutely defunct and
forgotten there. II has left nothing behind
it upon which 10 build a monument, OF a
scrapOf ground it could call its own.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12

THE Richmond correspondent of the
Neav York Herald writes under date of
the Sth inst:
| am credibly informed that a meet
ing of Northern and Southern Demo
cratic politicians will be held the COM
ing week at the White Sulphur Springs
under the leadership and In the interest
of Governor Hendricks, of Indiana,
who is now, with a number of Others,
already there. The questions to be
discussed will have reference to the
next Presidential campaign, Hendricks
being an aspirant for the Democratic
nomination 1t viii be recollected that
he recently planted himself on the re-
pudiation platform of Pendleton in lS72,
and it is believed this meeting is called
to bring the Southern States into accord
with the repGdiationists of the West.
The effort will scarcely succeed, as the
Southern politicians are too shrewd to
form alliances that cannot materially
benefit themselves.
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TeIegranI,Ic necision-

CINCINNATI, o. Aug. 11.-An import
ant decision has been rendered at Newark
to-day, by Judge Woods, of the United
States Circuit Court, Judge for the fifth
circuit, between the Pensacola Telegaphic
Company, of Florida, plaintiff against the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Plaintiff claimed exclusive privilege OF
erecting telegraph in that country in virtue
of Florida legislation. The Western Union
claimed the right to erect lines along all
pts5 routes by virtue of law Of Congress.
The Judge refused the injunction prayed
bY plaintiff.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12
THE FREEDMEN'S BANK.
Indignation Meeting of BaIti-
more Darkies.

They Want 90 Know, You Know
Whar's Dat Money?
BALTlAIORE, Aug. ia largely attend
ed meeting Of colored men and women,
depositors in the Freedmen's Savings Bank
9fthis city was held last night, when much
indignation was expressed and the bank
denounced as a swindle of the people. A
series Of resolutions were adopted, indig-
nantly censuTing the management of the
bank, calling for a statement of its affairs
and recommending that the depOsitors in
the branches Of the bank i'm the several
States take some action in regard TO set
tling its affairs. A committee was appoint
ed to visit Washington and ascertain from
the commissioners appointed to wind up
the Freedmen's Bank what time they will
report.
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THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
Speaking AT COSkviIIe by the Can.
didates for Congress-.

Speaking at COSkviIIe by the Can.
didates for Congress.
To the Union and American.
CARTILAGE, Aug. :, lS7f--On the Sd
instant Col. Jno. W.IIead, cfGallatin, made
one Of his best speeches Al CuOkville to a
large and intelligent audience. The Col
Onel, in the course of his remarks, alluded
10 and discussed most Of the leading ques-
tiOns now before the people Of this State
with marked ability. lf the people should
conclude to make him their representative
in the next Congress, we say, in all candoI,
that they could not lave an abler clam
piOn to defend them against the asgressiOns
of the dominant party.
Mr.. J. ID. GOOdpastUre also made fine
effort, announcing that he was a candidate
for Congress and would submit his claims
to the convention to be held at Carthage.
He is a man Of marked ability and has
many friends in the vicinity Of COOkville.
DEMOCRAT.
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FOREIGN.
Marshal Bazaine Escapes from
His Prison Isle.
The Great Powers Agree to Re-
cognize the Spanish
Republic.
The Health of Plus and AntO-
nelli.
$1OO,OOO,OOO OF Church Prop.
erty COnfiscated. g
The Story of Samana.
FRANCE.

PARIS, Aug. ll-There is great excite
ment in this city in consequence Of intelli
gence that Marshal Bazaine escaped from
the island Of St. Marguerite some time dur
ing Sunday night. The details Ofthe manner
in which he succeeded i'm getting away art
unknown except that he used rope ladder
and got on board vessel bound for Italy
The night was dark but stormy. The
journals declare that the government will
act promptly and energetically in punish
ing all who cOnnived at his escape.
Bazaine Safe I'm BeIgium's Capital.
PARIS, Aug. Ill is reported that Mar
shal Bazsine landed at San Reto and tray-
eled via Turin 10 Basle. AT the latter
place he took the train to Brussels, where
he arrived at o'clock Tuesday morning.
IL is believed that the rope found on the
cliff at 81. Marguerite was suspended there
to mislead the authorities as to the manner
Of the Marshal's escape, which was effected
in some other way through the connivSnct
of the guards.
1t is rumOred the Count De ChambOrd
will spend the month Of September In
France.
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Mr.. Beecner tried to keep that quiet to
spare the feelings of his family and friends,
and mark you there are others. But this
case is different from hers. She, it was very
well known, was weak minded, and the
Woodruff people got hold of her and prt yed
upon her weakened intellect. But if Mr..
Beecher opened his mouth and told his
story there are
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Condensed kilograms.

The youngster detained by the police at
Bennington, VT, turns out not to be
Charley Ross.
DIR. Taylor, a horse thief confined in
iail at Sedalia, Mo-, and his wife took
poison Yesterday. 1t was failure in both
cases.
The change in the location of the bridge
for tbe Cincinnati Southern road over the
Ohio. made by United States engineers,
will involve an additional expense of
100000 in approaches.
Cuban patriots are looking to the South
American Republics for the aid they have
sought in vain from the uuited State.
Al ST. Johns, Ill, a boiler exploded yes
terdav. killing three men, seriously wound
ing three and slightly iniuring eight. The
WORKS were completely wrecked.
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ROME

NEW YORK, Aug. ia letter from
Rome says one must put in quarantine fol
a few days some of the reports about
the dying condition Of two leading person
ages Of the Vatican. Seme of the opposite
party are so impatient to have the Pope
and Cardinal Antonelli out Of the way
that they are frequently putting aflOat ex-
aggerated reports, 10 which we here do not
give much attention.
The Official Journal Of Rome publishes
from time 10 time a report OF progress made
in the sale OF cOnfiScated ecclesiastical
property. The whole amount disposed of
from 1867, when the law was passed, up to
June Of the present year, is represented by
the sum Of 49,, 100000 francs. The Gov
ernmeut has come into possession Of some
what more than $, ,0OO,OO0 from this source.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12

TIE Turkish Government is having
trouble with its subjects in Crete. The
Christians and MusSulmans are arrayed
against each other, and a strong garrison
is required TO keep the peace. The Christ
ians demand that full political rights be
accorded them. and complain that they are
oppressed by the Turks with impunity in
presence Of the troops. Both parties are
willing to be rid OF Turkish rule. The
Christians favor annexation to Greece,
while the MuSsulmans want 10 be under
the prptoctian Of Egypt. Cancellation is
believed to be impossible, and a serious
outbreak, it is said, may occur at any mo-
ment.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12

The results Of this weeks elections
foreshad dow, in large degree, the i'm
portant elections of the next three
months, upon the results Of which the
characterof the next Congress depends.
We believe they viii show throughout
the country considerable Democratic
gains. The next Congress viii be
much nearer evenly divided between
the partiesthan present.-Netr York
Tribune.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12

THERE is no explanation of the tan
talizing tactics persevered in so persist
emily by the Beecher committee, unless
their main object be to completely be-
fuddle the public mind. All anybody
cares to know of what MOultOn knows
might be answered in a monOsyllabic
yes or no. The telegraph is laden with
a mass of verbiage, but MoultOn does
not utter the important mOnOsyllable,
and leaves a horrible suspicion that the
Woodruff story was true IN all its
breadth and enormity. Life is short,
and art is long, but reading public
cannot suspend Judgment for ever.
The last state of this case is worse than
the first.
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SERIOUS CUTTING AFFRAY AT
CEARKSEILLE
IaFAsNIIIe aug IuI SpecIu % the Lou
. COurier-.Iournal.

ClaFksville (Aug. lnl Special to the Louisville
COUrier-IOurnal.
At Owen Sulliyan's saloon in ScufIle-
town, in the eastern suburbs Of this city,
this afternoon Sullivan and John McKnabb
had difficulty about a drink Of whisky,
in which Sullivan received dangerous
wounds in the bowels, breast and head,
from a barlow knife in the hands of Nc
Knabb. Sullivan fired several shots at
McKnabb, but without effect McKnabb
was arrested and placed in Jail by Sheriff
Beaumont. 1t is thought that Sullivan is
mortally wounded. McKnabb is a adanger-
GUS man, and at the time of the difficulty
was out ON bail for stabbing his nephew a
few months ago. The Irish citizens are
much excited over the difficulty.
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u. IT. IA.
CHICAGO.
4 LireIr IonrnnIistic sklrmish.

CHICAGO, Aug. ll.-Frank McClenther,
a reporter Of the Times was knocked down
in front of the !StGdtS Zeiflmg Office to-day,
by a. HeSsig, editor Of the latter paper, on
account OF an interview reported by
McClenther, in which HesSig was accused
of completely in frauds perpetrated by the
Board Of County Commissioners. An
other Times reporter rushed in with heavy
cane and HeSsig fell back upon his office.
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FIRE INSURANCE.
CAPITAL, $1,OOO,OOO.
TWENTY PER CENT PAID UP

W. W. BERRY, Pres't- wa. A. WEBB, sec'y
JN0. PORTERFIELD, Ylce-Preslaent.
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WASHINGTON.

CIaytOnian Power Behind the Throne.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE President
has appointed w. IL. III. Clayton United
States Attorney for the Western District of
Arkansas.
Secretary Belknap left last night for New
London TO spend a week or ten days with
his family.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12
HANDSOME is AS HANDsonE pOEs,

\ Boston man and two VIrginians sat
at the same table in one of the Richmond
hotels. The Boston man was shocked 10
hear the Virginians call the cOlcred waiter
"a ID black rascai' and s'nigger." {"
Surely, be thought, the spirit of slavery is
strongly upon this people. He was careful
to call the waiter ''his friend" when order
ing dishes, and 10 speak to him in the kind
est and most polite manner. NOtwith-
standing honey speeches and bland smiles,
he noticed that the waiter brought the Vir-
ginians altogether the best dinner. Upon
reflection he ascribed it to the terror
awakened in the poor walters mind
by the rough speech and overbear-
ing conduct Of these SOuthernerS. No
doubt he thought they would shoot this
miserable creature dead in his tracks if be
did not bring them Just what they wanted,
and in good style. When the Virginians
left the table the sympathetic but rather
poorly fed Boston man fastened to get the
ear of the waiter. Thirsting for evidence
Of Southern baTbarism, as well as for a
good cup of coffee, he said TO the waiter:
Here were those men who inSulted You
and swOTe at you and talked rough, yet you
brought them a much better dinner than
me, who spoke TO YOU most kindly and
politely; how is this?' "Well," replied the
African, as he cast sly glance around and
wiped the perspITatiOn from his black fore
head with the corner of a napkin, Il know
these men talk sorter rough like, but they
give me money, and you dOn't,'
The Boston man retired with slight
feeling of disgust for his colored brother.
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The wisconsin railroad Law.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 11.-In the
Supreme Court to-day the arguments in the
railroad case were concluded by assistant
AttOrney-General Sloan, in support Of the
motion for an injunction. 1t is not certain
when a decision will be rendered.
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More Church TrOuble-A Woman at
tins hotIOm of it.

OMAHA, NEB., Aug. ia very un-
happy state of feeling, existing for some
time in the Methodist Church of this
placs, eliminated Sunday last in the with
drawal OF twenty-five members Of the
church aud OyerOne-iialf the Sunday school.
The trouble originated during HIS, Van
Cots first visit.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY.
She Acquitted Herself NObIy i'm the
Late EIectien-The eOlOrea Race and
Democratic Rule.

To the Union and American:
WINCHESTER, Tenn, Aug. 1I.IST4.-
In this county II. p. Stewart is elected
Sheriff; Glenn. Asledge, County Court
Clerk; W. w. Estell, Circuit Court Clerk;
y. Il. Martin, Register; Sanders Farris,
Trustee, and Robertson j. Turner, Tax
Collector. All are Democrats, and all, per
cORSeqHenS, good men. The white men
rule in this old county that shakes hands
eternally with the beautifully grand old
Cumberland Mountains. We had a ne
gro candidate for Tax Collector, one
Giles Jeans, who could neither read
nor write; lie was hardly known in the
race. The truth is that, under Democratic
rule, the eOlOred people Of this county are
prosperous and not disposed to 90 OIL into
quixOtic hunt after Radical gods. This
is To be accounted for by the fact that the
whites are in the majority, and we no long
er have BrOwnlOw militia 10 hOOdwink the
negroes and make them lose their reason.
And yet, the Yar Of races is coming. He
who cannot see it, is not capable OF Judging
the tree by its fjuitS.
Yours truly, W. ]. SLATER.
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THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

II we urged the vital Importance OF
sending good and true men to the con-
vention which nominated a ticket for
county officers, still more anxious are
We that the people should be properly
represented in the body which meets
on Saturday next for the pur-
pose of appointing delegates to
the State Convention. Upon the
action of the latter necessarily
depends the result of the November
elections and the political status of
Tennesseefor at least thenext two years.
Davidson county's influence in State
conventions, always weighty, should go
far toward shaping the policy to be
enunciated by that of the 18th in
slant. Our very best representa-
tive material must be used,
and that is the business of the
primary meetings to be held this after
noon and tonight. We trnst to see
these meetings fully attended by the
same class of voters who won the great
popular victory Of Aug. 6-the men
whose support Of a ticket is equivalent
to its election. Let them turn out,
and all will be well.
The number Of delegates to bechOsen
by each ward and district is given Oh
our fourth page.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12
TEE Ne,, Yoy,E World speaks the sol

THE Ne,v York World speaks the SOL
emn truth when it says: ut is to be
regretted that political parties IN the
South should become representatives
wholly of whites and blacks respective
", but TO Just such conclusions as these
has the Republican party in the North
driven the South by the attempt to
force the Civil Rights bill through
ConOress.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12

WHEN the French authorities learn
exactly how Marshal Bazaine escaped
from his sea girt prison, they may find
tools of Bismarck at the bottom of the
affair. The wonderful escapes of polit-
ical prisoners from European bastiles
can only be explained through political
influence. Bazaine was condemned for
REASONABLE communication with the
enemy at Metz. What more natural than
that the same enemy should seek to
compass his escape in ways best known
to continental kingcraft.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12

In an editorial paragraph published
IN yesterdays UNION AND AMERICAN,
referring to the proceedings of the
Marion County Convention, the name
of the county was misprinted Warren.
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A Negro Lxnehed by Negroes

SEDALIA, Mo-, Aug. 1.-THE body of a
negro man named Collins, with five bullets
in the head, was found at Muddy creek six
miles from here Sunday. The murder was
committed by negroes. one of whom has
been arrested.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12

THE Clayton ring still rules at the
White House, if not in Arkansas.
Leastways, the President has appointed
w. H Clayton United States Attorney
for the Western District of Arkansas,
a district which Congress recently en-
deavored to abolish, as being the most
useless and the most eOrruptly expen-
sive in the Union. But the Clayton
family could not be sacrificed. Grant s
style of reform is peculiar.
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SPAIN.

LONDON, Aug. 12.-The Morning Post
the powers for the recognition Of Spain
have been completed. The consent Of
Great Britain removed the last obstacle.
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THE REIGN OF TERROR AT AUSTIN

Deep concern moved this whole CON-
munity yesterday as the meagre dis
patches came in, reporting a few hun
dred whites beleaguered in 4 courthouse
by thousands of armed negroes, while
the families on scattered plantations in
the country round might well dread the
horrors Of San Domingo. The man
who could suppose for moment that
the white people invite or desire such
an appalling state Of affairs, is not true
10 the instincts Of his race. All the
white mans interests are bound up in
peace, and we must look for the cause
of these troubles in the instincts which
still cling to Voudooism and devil
worship after generations Of Christian
teaching.
in this unfortunate crisis at Austin,
politics has had no part It is a ques-
ton of enforcing the laws and protect
ing life and liberty. a negro mob
would lynch a man for an uninteution-
al deed done in self-defence. To es-
cape their insensate fury he is compell-
ed to seek a prisoners cell. At length
he finds opportunity to regain the per-
sonal liberty he had never forfeited, and
the savage horde threaten to burn the
whole town. They proceed to carry
the threat tllto execution, rallying their
black brethren Il arms from far and
near, and driving the whites TO
refuge in the county courthouse, Can
men with hearts anG hearths and homes
do less than resist when driven to bay
the incendiary torch at the roof over
their wives and babes? White men
seek no war of races, but when 1t Is
forced upon US, we must meet 1t as be-
comes men. AnglO-SaxOn civilization
is not TO be cowed by the torch Of black
communism, but will tramp it ont, cost
what it may.
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INDIAN WAR.
The Scene Transferred 20 the staked
Plains

Plains
CHICAGO, Aug. ll.-Gen. Pope tele-
graphs Lieutenant General Sheridan that the
Indians WHO have been marauding in South
western Kansas have gone to the borders of
the LlanO EstacadO, a county filed with
game, and that they have abundance of am
munitiOn. The three columns of troops
now operating will converge on the sec
tiOn named.
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COTTON was quiet and lower in New
York yesterday at l7al7sc for mid
ding upland.
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TENNESSEE BONDS declined conold
yesterday and advanced &c on the
new, closing at 7S for both issues.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-12
MUSIC BOOKS.
Music Books for SchOOlS.

HOUR OF SINGING.
Price sI.OO. For High schools
Well proved, highly popular, practical and use
full book BY EMERSON & TILDEN.
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\ SING-SiNG letter says that 5, ,Oks Is In
the hospital half the time, and that he will
hardly survive his terra OF inipris Oument.
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Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. ll.-At tie primary
election to select a candidate for Congress
in the Fourth Kentucky district, Hon. J.
Proctor Knott received a large majority OF
the votes cast, and is therefore announced
as the Democratic candidate at the next
election.
The official vote of sisty-seyen counties
in the late election gives Jones, the Demo
cratic candidate for Clerk of the Court of
Appeals a majority Of nearly $1,000 oyer
Cochran, independent. This is a large
Democratic gain.