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COURT ORDER.

whereas, This Court has ever she gn a disuo-
sltlon 70 relieve the citizens Of the county as FAR
as IL is IN their power, from the burdensoIue
taxation; and whereas, they have heretofore e
commended 10 the citizens, (and still believe II
Is Tie only policy % be adopted to relieve them
Oi % Impressive taSation) and that they should
give TO the County Court authorize ~ ell ~.
Davidson county stock in railroads Whenever
the Court can obtain reasonable price there
LOT I tl!S members OF the Court pledgiRg them
the sale OF the stock shall be used tor anv other
purpose than 10 take up the bonds given by the
county 20 railroads. Therefore.
BE Il ordered bv the Court That the ,Tud1e of
tins Court be, and is hereby directed 70 notiry
the Sherin % open and hold an election at the
august election, TO ascertain the wishes OF the
citizens of the county on this subject and tbose
tayOring the sale Of the stock 10 have on their
tickets sale and those opposed ssNO Ssle:'s
and that the Sheriff be required TO make a re-
turn Of the votes east 70 the Clerk OF the Conf
JAMES BRANTLY.
jyo tde Coroner of Davidson Countye
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GO WEST, YOUNG MAN, AND BUY A
EARN.

4
just prior to adjournment Congress
passed a law for the sale of the lands of the
Kansas tribe of Indians in Kansas, which
will enable persons of limited means 10 es-
tablish themselves in that State. The law
gives TO every bona fide settler, heretofore
reported as such, on any Of the trust lands
OF these Indians, the privilege of making
payment Of the appraised value OF their
lands at the local land Office III Topeka in
six annual installments, the first payable
Jan. /, 1875, and the remaining Install
ments to be paid annually with six per cent
interest. Provision is made in the second
section of the act that the remainder Of the
trust lands and the undiSpoSed portion OF
the diminished reserve shall be subject to
entry at Topeka in tracts not exceeding 100
acres, by actual settlers; one-fourth of the
appraised value thereof to be paid at the
time of entry, and the remainder in three
annual installments with six per cent in
tereSt. All the lands not taken within
twelve months are to be sold at their APP
praised value. Rules and regulations for
the disposition of these lands, amounting
to s2l5,774 acres, will soon be issued by
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office.
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STOLEN.

GTOLEN-A yellow pup, three months old.
- stands about II inches high, has a white spot
on the breast, vita black streak running the
length OF the tail; long, hoppy ears; cross o.
bull and blood hound. A liberal reward will be
paid to any one who viii retnrn the same TO No.
81 S. High street, or to the Hook and Ladder
HouSe-
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gh, = E.--..--.......-....,
:, Berlin, etc, r thal......
', Frankfort, 2 GULL.
LAND WARRANTS.
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WHEAT! WHEAT! WHEAT.

j HE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE WILL
be paid Tor Wheat, at the Reservoir Mills, or
at No. 81 Broad street.
jels d&wtf JOHN j. MCCAIN.
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Castleman.
Clerk-MOses Wright, W Hurt.
Reeeiver-JOhn Hurt
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The Union and American Job
Rooms

A RE FURNISHED WITH THE VARIOUS
- STYLES Of type necessary 70 do all kinds OF
Book, Pamphlet. Periodical, Newspaper, or
other heavy work in superior manner, at
prices below that OF Northern and Eastern
cities; and in any and everything We propose 10
do We challenge competition.
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PRACTICAL ENGINEER.
JOHN E. BAUMAN,
Mechanical and Hydraulic
ENGINEER
lad Solicitor Of Patents,
No. S3 Union ST, CUp stairs.l

NASHVILLE, TENN,
OAN BE CONSULTED IN RELATION TO
~ all kinds OF Mil and Factory Machinery
both steam and water, and win furnish Plans,
Drawings, Specifications and Estimates for
same, and superintend their Construction and
erection when desired.
SPeeial attention given 10 Locating and
Designing WaterwOrka Machinery for
Cities and villages, and will contract TO furnish
the Pumping Machinery. Mains, Pipes and all
appliances complete, and deliver the Works In
actual Ope- ration and guarantee the ecOnOmi-
cal performance Of same for such time as NAV
be agreed npOn. a-a-
Patent AgeneV.-Ofers his services 20 IN
ventOrs I'm prosecuting their claims for Patents.
and will prepare Petitions. Specifications, Draw
ingS, Models. etc. in accordance with the rules
OF the Patent ONCE at Washington
Respectfully refers 70 all the principal mes-
chants, mechanics and business men Of the citT
jy2 eOd3m tues, thurs,sa
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REEnR

Red clover 500; sapling $500; timothy
$500; red top S1.6OdL75; blue grass $1.5O;
orchard grass s.. 00d3.25; Hungarian 81 .25;
Missouri millet SIPS; German millet $2.25
G2.50.
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CATTLE. HOGS AND SHEEP

CATTLE-Scalawags, 1614o; common
butchers, 2d25c; good butchers, 3d34c;
fine shippers, Sc; grazing cattle, 262tc.
SHEEP-S1.25d3.0O per head.
HoGs-Weighing 200 lbs, SIC; lighter,
4td5c.
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Ninth Ward.

Judges. II. Buddeke, Adam Karsh, >
KlOtZ
Clerks-Ed Doyle, Jasper Kuhn.
ReceiveT-Tillm man Fox
Election % De held al the Eirnrnan,s Han
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EDUCATIONAL.
JACKSON MILITARY INSTITUTE,

70 7" N VII- tIIO -lHuUoVI3 w II
n SELECT BOARDING SCHOOL FOE BOYS.
TINE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION EN-
Il braces the following departments: Classical,
Modern Languages, Elementary, Mathematical,
Drawing and ElOcutiOn. MILITARY DRILL.
Gymnasium. etc Rev. +. j. JACKSON.
Tvs I'm cod Princiua1
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A GERMAN at Terre Haute, Ind, sold
last year 1900 pounds Of grapes raised on
land which, the same season, would Not
hsye produced 90 bushels OF corn.
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FOR RENT.

DOR RENT.-The dwelling house with store
I beneath. on the corner OF college and Line
Streets, for the remainder of the YEAR ana next
The house Is in first-rate order and well adapt
ed for A business. Apply to
aug2Zw Banner cOpy.l NJ BURNS
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Mary Sharp College.

ESTABLISHED IN 1851.
THIS OLD, SUCCESSFUL AND CELE-
il brated Female School, situated in the pro-
verbally
Healthy Town Of Winchester,
on bench Of the Cumberland Mountains, Ten
nessee, begins its 9th annual session the first
Monday OF September, 1874. Il is still under its
first and only President, z. c. Graves, LID.
For cheapHess and thOrOughneSs of education IL
is believed TO be uneXcelled.
- Send for catalogue, containing all essen
tial particulars.
G.. S. WALMSLEY, Treasurer.
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BANKING.
Third National Bank,
NASHVILLE, TENN.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
". W. BERRY, CHAS. E. HILLMAN,
JOHN KIRKMAN, EDGAR JONES,
DEMPSEY WEAVER.
TNRANSACTS A GENERAL EXCHANGE
Business and Deals in United States Bonds
and Gold. EDGAR JONES, Cashier.
W. W. BERRY, President.
JN0. KIRKMAN, Vice-President.
sept 1y
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N. B. BRITT,

Il ItSJCICI ssiiu OiSJSEn DillueTS
is PREPARED TO EXECUTE ALL WORK
i in his line in tirst-Class style. Orders left
at Hughes coal Office, at foot of Suspension
Bridge, or at his residence On Main street, Edge
field, viii receive prompt attention.
myI5tiil janI.T5
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sFINE ~ BIRMINGHAM,

for tie past five years. The business is large
and profitable. and t j. on account Of no dis>at-
iSfaction with the business that we offer il for
sale. The stock Il well selected AMI complete.
Tho stsIad l. a good one, and there Is yet an ulr-
expired lease ON the building Of "a wear and "a
half which, OF course, would 20 into the pur-
chase.
vestInent in the
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heccNtE-Jeu Jones.
Fifteenth District.
Jqdges-L Q HObsOn, John COrley. John =.
Clerks-DOck Campbell. Pat Wade.
Reeeiver-W G VI Campbell.
Sixteenth District.
Jndges-W j Chandler, Sam Steele, Ira P
Glerks-MOses Wright, W Hurt.
Reeeiver-JOhn Hurt
Seventeenth District.
Jqdges-S R Anderson, W Hudnau, John
Kirkham.
=. Clerks-James II JamisOn, NJ d, A sWn
liams.
RECEIVER Miller, Esq.
Eighteenth District.
=, Judges-B K Mckinney, VIM Williams, NJ d,
Receiver-Zach Stull.
Nineteenth District.
n 7 Hdges-Georse Nelson, ST., c Woodruff,
Clerks-Jimbo Gee, c W Gleaves.
Receiver-D Graves.
Twentieth DistrIet.
Judges-Wm COnnell, j A Payne, Scott ROs
Clerks-w o shiyers. Ike Cunningham.
Receiyer-G w Peay.
Twenty-6rst District.
4, Jindges-W b Ewing, I 7 Sanders, Esq, W u
Clerks-wm Saunders. James Yarbrouah.
Receiver-ThOmas BallOw.
TWeaty-seeOad District
judges G Marshall, Esq, Al shaw Ell
Croker. - -
Clerks-Wm Smith. Frank White.
Receiyer-G W McCarley.
Twenty-third DistrfeS.
Judges ID Simpkins b E Drake. John ID
James. ~
Clerks-Wm Smpkins, Ed Drake
keceiyer-James Vesta
Twenfy-fOuFth District.
Judgcs-Gilbert ReasOner, DR. sRainhrfdoa
- Clay. -
Clerks-Wm Earthman, Joe Carney.
Receiver-Church Lanier
IWentV-fiffh District
yudges-J VI SimPk Esq George Bsooh
Willis DOzier. !" - 0-
Clerks-Heury Alternately. VIM Hvie
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Chicago Markets.
"a. Louis Markets.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. o. Flour quiet and
weak. Wheat closed dull; sample lots of
No. > red Sl.0Oa1.07; No. ? red winter
Sl.1211.1j. Corn higher at G3Bc at east
elevator; 81 &c for September delivery. Oats
higher at 46a4TIc at elevators. Rye firm
az T5a77c. Whisky firm at Doc Mess pork
firm and higher for futures; S24.0O cash;
s16.CO seller all the year. Dry salt meats
firm; no sales Bacon active and higher at
90, 12ta12ic cash. Lard unchanged. Hogs
finn at S5.T5a7.OO. Cattle lower at to &c.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A Good Paying Investment.

nwING TO THE DEATH OF MY LATE
" partner. :. !. Stine, together with my own
declining health, I desire TO sell our
Stock and Business.
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UNION AND AMERICAN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, Aug. D.
COTTON.

The NASHVILLE Savings Companyfurnishes
us the following quotations showing the
prices and movement Of cotton at New
York and Liverpool throughout the day:
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MennhIs lTarkef1,

MEMPHIS, Aug. j.-Flour, dull and
unchanged. COrn-Rarket bare. Oats fiat
at SOC. Lard higher at 14a15c. Mess pork
finn at S24.50. Bacon higher at %, liza
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SUGAR-New Orleans, (new) In hogs
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WANTED

...~..
M ANIED-The mechanics who SUBSCRIBED
w I9r lots in South Nashville to J. f. Wal
lAee, L. Busby or J. W. CappS. are Re-
guessed 10 meet AT +. X. Busby's shop. South
Chsrfy street on Friday evening. Aug. = at
Octock. A iun attendance is desired. II
WANTED-Yoang m an, with some capital.
can obtain situation and good salary. For
aug5 If
LADY and her son desires 20 prOcare pri-
"A waite board with family located in quiet
ana respectable portion Of the city. Address
Y, 80 n. Cherry street. aug5 st
"ANTED-s2,CO zoo, for seven months. upon
w good bonds security. ARLINGTON,
FARRAR & WEALEY, Agents. aUg4 4t
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New Orleans Markets.
Cincinnati Markets.

CINCINNATI, Aug. J.-FlOur dull and
unchanged; family S5.1Oa5.3O. Wheat quiet
and steady; red SI.03al.6j; white Sl.15a
1.2O. Corn dull and dropping at 64a65c.
Oats quiet and weak at 4jajOc. Rye SC.
Mess pork quiet and unchanged at S24OO.
Lard scarce aud firm; summer l3alSI, out
side asked; kettle 15c- Bulk meats higher
at 81, 1l4allic. Bacon firm and higher,
%, 0s, 12ia1230. Whisky firm at 96c.
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Fancy GrOeery and Liquor Business

would DO well 20 call on OF address me through
the POstOfice. The application should be made
at once. j. VI. BIRMINGHAM,
iy2S If Surviving Partner.
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Anderson.
Clerks-DOck Campbell. Pat Wade.
Reeeiver-W G VI Campbell
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NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The package trade
was less active except in a few departments.
The market for cotton goods was unchang-
ed, and prices ruled steady. Cotton grain
bags in brisk demand, and leading grades
sold ahead. Sideband prints active. Pea
body prints advanced and active. The
Daily Bulletin says over 800 cases Belknap
fiannels will be sold at auction Wednesday
next
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Fifteenth Distrse,

Jqdges-John JOslin, W W FuIgham, j ID
Dell2hunty, Esq.
CleTks-Iohn Spain, VIM Frazier.
Receiyer-Jef Jones.
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Third District

JudSes-M Couch, j b Fuqua, H s COttol
Clerks-James Cotton, COlyar Cone.
Receiver-D NJ Briggs
On the same day An election, will Ia held 4,
Justice of the Peace
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Second District

Judges-O. Newly, S S EasOn, Watt McAIur-
ray.
lit.
Receivsr-David Stephenson.
Election TO be held at MeQuirter, Edwards
GIN and all other usual voting places in the Dis
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s. C.
Saturday Morning. nov. IA, 1874.
Resources OF Darlington County.


The Oranges of Darlington County
have set an excellent example, in the
publication of q handsome pamphlet
descriptive OF the County and it's re-.
sources, for distribution among the
Oranges Of the other States of the
Union. Il is extremely we'll written,
cca..ins minute and thorough irforma-
tion. and presents the advantages of
the soil, climate, productions and So
ciety of the County, in light which
cannot fail to nttaact the attention and
enlist the interest of intelligent set.
tiers. The pamphlet was prepared by
the Committee on Immigration. con-
sisting OF Messrs. Il. W. Boyd, B. F.
Williamson and John A. Wilson. We
make an extract concerning the lcca-
sion, boundaries of the County, and
origin Of the people.
Referring to the successive aud pro-
Stable businesses at different periods
OF stock raising, indigo and cotton
culture, We have the following fair do
dnotion as to the wonderful agricuI.
tural resources of the County:
I'VE see a country which, in it's
Brief history of not much over O GEN.
sury in duration. has presented to its
people three distinct industries, of
character 30 remarkably profitable rs
to make to all, except the unfortunate
or the oriminalIy inert, the road to
wealth short and easy. and to CON
oentrate upon each. in it's turn, to the
neglect OF other occupations. the en-
ergies of the people, physical and
mental. The County is bounded on
The Northeast by the Great Poe Dee
River, which separates it from the
County OF Marlboro; Northwest by
The County of Chesterfield, from
which II is divided in part by Cedar
Creek ;Southwest by Lynche's Greek,
separating il from the Counties of
Sumter and. Kershaw; aud South east
by the County of Marion. and Lynche's
Creek, separating it from the County
OF Williamsburg. It is OF q very com.
pact shape-approximatiug q square
Ill foEm-contains SIG. 900 acres, and
- ou an average, thirty miles square.
Darlington and the adjacent Counties
lying along the Great Pee Dee date
shelr settlement from 1877, when
colony Of Welsh fcom Pennsylvania
located on that river. To this colony
were added, shortly afterwards. mum
ber of English, Scotch and Irish fani-
lies, some from Virginia and many
directly from across the Atlantic.
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To Ass Gopsrnor Eec., D. H Cham.
berlain-S1R: You have been elected
to . high and honorable position, and
one which We honestly believe you can
and will ably fill. We hope that your
admin ,trat:on will be decided and
marked improvement on the present.
In yonr address before the people, you
said much depended on the character
Of the Legislature. There We agree
with you. Nevertheless this, while
much may depend on the Legislature,
much rests with particularly
with regard to appointments. Here.
eoforH the Executive has been very
remiss in it's appointments. The office
OF Trial Justice is an office of some
Importance for the deciding of matters
involving issues every day, ind thore-
fore should be held only by responsi-
ble men; but Instead Of this, We find
the most OF the appointments by the
present administration, venal. merce
nary and ignorant-a disgrace TO any
community. More than this. We find
County Commissioners, School Commits.
sioners and Probate judges holding
the Office of Trial Justice ia conjunc-
tion. This we would respectfully Gull
your attention to. Let no man hold
two Offices; and by all means. we would
request you, if you cannot find honest
mcn, to select at least the respectable,
competent men of tho Republican
party.
We would further coil your atten-
ton to the 6 eat injustice and wrong
done the community heretofore, in the
releasing from punishment individuals
who have been found guilty by law
full jury OF the country. For Gods
sake, let the laws be respected. Let
justice be done TO black and white,
though the heavens fall For the
sake of your own reputation, that OF
your ancestors and of your native
State. the land Of Lexington nnd
Webster, do that which is your duty.
Let all the ends thou aimst at. be thy
country's, thy Gods and truths.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
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A man of wealth and consequence
living near st. Paul, Mimi, lately re-
ce!"ea Cd addition TO the statueeque
ornaments Of his parlor. Eleven years
ago his fret wife died and was buried
in some ont of-the.way corner in Min
nesota. where the gentleman happened
to be at the time. Lately he resolved
to have the romans disinterred and
placed IN the family lot near st. Paul.
The workmen found inatead OF orum.
bling bones perfectly petrified hu-
man form in the grave. It was as solid
as rock, and heavy as lead, and the
man when he received it could not see
the necessity OF buryiDg it at all. He
has set up the statue of his first vile.
His second wife was away at the time.
aud at last accounts. 1t will depend
very much upon her action in the mat
ter whether there is funeral or
whether that statue stands around in
her way.
. lr-
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We ind in one OF our exchanges the
following summing up of the places 10
the gift of the next House of Repre-
sentatives: General clerkships "a; H.
hrarians Of the House 3; document
room 8; Sergeant-at-A Arms Office 4;
door.keepers %; House post Office 10;
committee clerkships 90; official re-
porters 5-total l06. Then there are
thirteen men employed in the gen eral
library OF Congress, but their appoint.
menss must be ooncurred in by the Se-
nate. But giving the House seven OF
these. it makes grand total Of 113.
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The CIVIL RIGHTS ABYSS.
Bntler. it is said, is determined to
push the Civil Rights Bill to its pass.
age at the next session of Congress.
Perhaps the influence of Gen. Butler,
which was not great enough to accom-
plish that object at the last session.
has not been 80 much increased since
that time as to render the scheme more
practicable this winter than last. The
House, in view OF the late elections,
may take sober second thought be.
fore it shovels the Republican party
completely into the civil rights abyss.
1t is q notable fact that the Republican
member OF Congress from the Rich.
mond (Va.) district, who opposed that
measure, was more warmly supported
for the nomination Of his party for the
next Congress by the colored men OF
his district than his Republican rival,
who was more ambiguous in the ex.
gsession of his views in regard to it.
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The Little Rock GuzsAc says: "Ii
Democrat should wish to take long
ride through Democratic territory. he
can now do go. He can start from
Galveston, on the coast of the Gulf Of
Mexico, and journeying through
Texas, Arkansas, Missouri. Tennessee,
kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland
and Delaware, reach the Atlantic
Ocean. without crossing the territory
OF State that has single Republican
Representative in the next lower house
OF Congress. These eight States ex.
tend through the heart of the Union,
and they send fifty-threo members to
the National House of Representa- YES.
and the whole fifty-three members Just
elected are Democrats a black
sheep in the flock. Should Repub.
iioan make the journey, he will dis.
cove. that the Democratic party is mot
yet dead"
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There is general stir among busi-
ness men over the belief that the cleo
tions promise revival OF business.
The decline in Governments with
which the Administration orators
threatened us in case the Democratic
successes seems to have been post
poned, and the majority of business
men now appear to believe that the
end OF uncertainty and the hope of a
change for the better in fnapciaI legis
'S::ca should load 10 general revival.
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The Bishop of Wurtemburg once
asked sprightly little shepherd boy:
"What are you doing here, my lad?"
"Tending swine." "How much do
you getp" "One form q week." "I
also nm shepherd, but I get much
more pay" "Then. suppose. you
have more swine under your care, in
nocently replied the boy.