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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-05
CURIOUS FRENCH STATISTICS.

In city with so eminently paternalistie
a government as Paris possesses, statistics
of all sorts are easily obtained, and if not
always valuable are never uninteresting.
Here are some Of the figures for 1873, from
the official reports just published by the
prefecture of the Seine. OF 55,9O5 births,
$50, the greatest number of any single day,
were upon April FOOLS day; the
poorest ACCOMPLISHMENT furnished the largest
number of youngsters, and the FaubOTg
Saint German the smallest. There were
1880 marriages. Two were between
nephews and their aunts, twenty-six be
tween UHcles and their ne:ces, one hundred
and twenty-three between brothers-in-law
and sisters-in-law, and one hundred and
eighty between first Cousins. OF Al, 1872
deaths, eight thousand were from cOnsum-
tiOn, six hundred from suicide. There were
consumed by the aggregate cuisine, !, 49,
1872 chickens, 1855, PA tame rabbits, $780,
zoo larks The beef, mutton, ard veal con-
sumed were valued at 1I7,000,000 francs.
Of liquors, there were absorbed 4OT, S6S, $50
litres (rather less than an imperial quartz
of wine in the piece, 1,704, 1856 bottles and
half bottles of finer wine, 9,0l6,O30 litres
of brandy and spirits, 3,536,5S4 litres of
cider. and 22,5OO,00O litres of beer.
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very predetermined. If the Southern MEM
bers had been unit for bill, or content
to follow the wise leadership and Judgment
of such Representatives as Stephens and
Lamar in shaping the bill, it is very posi-
Bile that the measure could have been
passed at the last session OF Congress. 1t
is perfectly obvious.that no bill can pass
Congress which does not harmonic and
fully recognize the equitable claims of the
two interests pressing for settlement,
namely, the planters and the factors and
merchants. A certain class of Southern
members, protesting to represent the plant
ers, but really their worst enemies so far
as these claims are concerned, have so far
played grab game, intending TO leave the
merchants and factors altogether out in the
cold, and have obstinately refused any rea-
sonable compromise of the two interests
The planters have these gentlemen to thank
for their failure to get their money, and
there is reason 10 fear that the same spirit
will so far obtain this session as TO make it
useless to push the measure. Unless some
agreement can be had early in the session,
it will be too late to do anything. The
difficulty does not grow out of the lack of
money to psy-the plan being to pay the
claims in bonds-but out of the bad policy
of certain members from the South.
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BEDFORD,s TURKEYS AND EGGS
Shelbyvine Gazette, Dec. 4.

Fer several weeks past, an ordinary
observer at our depot might have noticed
the great loads of turkeys and eggs that
were DeiDg daily shipped from this point.
We called on some of our most prominent
shipping merchants yesterday, and took
down figures for the last week alone, and
here they are:
Stamps & Coble have shipped 5000
pounds of dressed turkeys, 500 dozen eggs,
800 pounds of butter, and have on hand for
shipment next Monday 1000 turkeys,
making 10000 pounds.
Elliott & Co. have shipped $500 lbs.
dressed turkeys, and q goOdly amount Of
eggs and butter, and have q large lot on
had for shipment now.
Norman & Shapard have sent of POO
lbs. dressed turkeys, 200 live turkeys, 1000
dozen eggs and 400 lbs. butter.
Fuqua & Carney have also made large
shipments, and have considerable stock
on hand now to send of. They deal ex-
extensively in birds also, having had a
heavy run in that line last winter.
Most of the shipments have been made
to Macon and Augusta, while Montgomery
has received a share. These heavy ship
menfs have been going on for some time
and will probably continue. If it keeps up
much longer Bedford county hens will be
come famoVS.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-05
THE WAY PERRY MET THE BEAR.

He was watching the movements of
a striped, frisky- tail chipmunk, that
washed its little face in the laughing
waters of a mountain brook, and think
ing how happy was that little fellow
away off there in the everlasting
silence. Perry is not large man, but
is handsome; he looked at his face,
reflected In the waters, and wished he
was as young as he used to be-" He
moaned the fact that gray hairs had
silvered his head, andthoughtfully ran
over the days of happy youth. With a
prayer for his descendants, and their
descendants, he turned from the water
brook to find himself in the presence
of bear! Few words were spoken;
both meant business. The bear reared
up laughing, and Perry reared down,
praying. The situation was peculiar
Perry says id peculiar. AT
it they went, the bear above,
Perry below; each felt the
other "foeman worthy of his steel. ="
In the midst of the conflict the bear
became affectionate, and embraced
Perry. Perry said twas "fond en-
brace" and reminded him of the days
of his courtship. But too much fami-
iarity bred contempt, and Perry in
timated with a big knife that his
preference was that that bear should
not hug him Just then.
The bear weighed $50 pounds, and
Perry got eleven gallons of oil from
three quarters of him.
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THE ShelbyUille Gazette, which turns
the crank vigorously for one of the Sen
atorial aspirants, refers to this paper
as an Organ" but omits to state in
whose or what behalf. And the Mem
pkis Avalanche, which grinds only for
Mr.. johnson, twits the UNION
AND AMERICAN occasionally, In its
playful way, with being the ''Organ"
of the Funding Ring" though the
financial views We now advocate have
been consistently adhered to from the
time, eight years ago, when the credit
of the State was first impaired by
reckless Legislation. The UNION AND
AMERICAN sets its tune to please no
man or clique. 1t distinctly recognizes
the fact that the day of Organs" has
gone forever.
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PACIFIC MAIL.
sundry Revelations about q Rotten
Concern that Is Seeking Government

bunuEy AscNClol1OnS oOOuN . AAOttCn
Concern that Is Seeking Government
Pap.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-The dissension of
the Pacific Mail Directors eliminated in
yesterdays meeting, when high words
passed between President Sage and several
directors. The resignation of the former is
said to have been brought about by the dis
covery of his selling calls on the cOmpany's
stock. The evidence to the Board was a
letter from Jay Gould to ]. c. Osborne, in
which Gould said be owned an interest in
Sage's short speculations, and had been in
duced to sell out what stock he held upon
the latter's representation Of its almost
worthlessneSs.
Mr.. Sage is reported as saying he had for
a long time been dissatisfied with the man
ner with which the affairs of the company
were administered, but was powerleSs to
remedy the evils. He says be discovered
recently that the bank account at San Fran
cisco had been oyerdrawn $4,000, which
had been studiously concealed from him.
He had also ascertained that the assets of
the company had been grossly estimated,
and the liabilities correspondingly depre-
ciated, but at present the company was
badly managed and losing money. The
opening quotation to-day shows decline
of only one-half of one per cent, nOtwith-
standing the publicity of the C mpany's
troubles.
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NEW ORLEANS.
Grand Parade of the knights OF
the Temple.
Sc. Louis COmmandery No. Bears on

Sc. Louis COmmandery No. 4 Bears on
the Palm.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 4.-The parade OF
the knights Templar to day was a grand
affair. The buildings along the line OF
march were decorated with national flags
and banners, and the streets crowded with
spectators. The prize offered by the Louis
lana Jockey Club, for the best drilled and
best appearing commandery, was awarded
to st. Louis Commandery No. 1.
In obedience to Mayor Leeds proelama-
tion, the City Hall was closed to-day in
honor of the visiting Sir Knights. The
courts were closed, and business generally
throughout the city was suspended while
the procession was moving. The Pickwick
Club, st. Charles, Masonic Hall and many
other buildings are brilliantly illuminated
tonight. Grand balls are going on at
Exposition, Gruenwald and Odd Fellows
Halls, given by the local Communicates
in honor of their visitors.
Edward West, aged Is, son of DR.. West,
accidentally shot himself to-day, fatally.
steamer Sunk with q Full Cargo.
The steamboat Sabine, from Shreve-
port for New Orleans, with cargo Of cot
ton and lot of sugar, struck a snag at
Creole Bend aud sunk in twenty feet water.
The boat will probably prove total loss.
The cotton will be saved in a damaged con-
dition. The boat was valued at $4,000,
and insured in New Orleans companies.
Installation of Omcers.
The officers of the Grand Encampment
of the United States, elected yesterday,
were installed to-day.
The question of uniform was left OPP
tional with the States. Communicates
now using red in States where black is
generally in e,may change to black if they
desire TO do so.
The place of the next meeting is not yet
determined, but Denver is prominently
mentioned.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
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Is TYPHOID FEVER INFECTIOUS:
New York SIM

Much attention has been attracted
in England very recently by letter Of
Prof Tyndall's, in which he maintains
that there is no such thing as the
spontaneous generation of typhoid
fever, and that in every case of typhoid
a pre-existing one can be inferred with
certainty. As natural result of this
view, which is known among medical
men as DR.. Budd's theory, it follows
that typhoid fever is eminently con-
tagious and infectious disease like
smallpox and scarlet fever.
1t is hardly necessary to dwell upon
the vital Importance of this question
in all civilized communities, In view of
the great mortality which is annually
caused by this most insidious and ter
rible disease. If Prof. Tyndall-who
although no physician, is one of the
foremost scientific men In the world
be right, the destruction of the pre-
existing germ of the disease should be
the main object in the treatment of
typhoid fever, and the isolation of the
patients would in every case become of
paramount importance.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-05

THE fact that the card OF Comptrol-
Ter Burch, announcing his candidacy
for reelection, is published promi-
nently In the UNION AND AMERICAN,
seems to strike the sagacious ed
itor of the SheIbyUille Gazette
as one of very peculiar significance.
Yet the official referred to pays for the
space thus occupied exactly the same
rates that would be charged any other
candidate Our contemporary will
certainly admit that, as an advertising
medium, the UNION AND AMERICAN
has no equal in Tennessee, and for that
reason let it rather chide Comptroller
Burch's competitors for not having fol-
lowed suit and put their announce
ments where they would do the most
good.
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POLITICAL MINSTRELSY.
a Roaring Joke ON The Pennsylvania
Ring.

Ring.
Allegheny Mail.
Some days since Gov. Hartranff, Bot
Mackey, Russell Errett, Senator Rutan
Secretary Quay, and some half a dozeE
other prominent politicians, met in the
City of Brotherly Love. The question OF
how the evening should be spent came up
for discussion, and it was suggested that
the party should visit Birch's Ministries.
The proposition was readily agreed to, and
boy was dispatched to buy tickets. As a
matter Of course, seats were reserved for
the party in the front row. The news of
the intended visit Of this distinguished
party was at orce communicated TO the
management, and il was determined to
have some fun at the expense Of the lead
ing politicians of the State.
Promptly at O'Clock the party arrived
and were taken to their seats by a gentle
manly usher. The first part Of the per-
formance consisting of songs and jokes,
was thoroughly enjoyed by the gentlemen,
and the curtain having descended, was in
few minutes rung up for a second part.
As it rolled up and the stage came in view
an aged darkey was seen seated at a desk.
with huge rattan in his hand and a col
lection of books before him. Across the
scene was the incription: ''SchOOl for
Boys" In moment in came a number
Of badly clothed, dilapidated cOlOred boys,
who took their seats on benches opposite
the old mans desk. Having raped for
order, the schoolmaster began to call the
roll. He did it in this wise: "John F.
Hartranft, stand up. Bob Mackey, get up
dar. Come ere, Quay. ETett, come 10
de front" and so on until he had called
the names of all the gentlemen who were
occupying seats in the front row. The au-
dience, which was a crowded one, soon
found out where the joke came in, and as
they picked out one and another of the
gentlemen whose names were being called,
the applause became exceedingly uprOar-
iOus.
When the names of all the distinguished
visitors had been in this way announced,
there was still one person left sitting onthe
bench.
Said the schoolmaster: SIS John W.
Forney hers27
Chorus of scholars: ''Yes, sah."
"Where is hep"
The pupils turned and pointed to the
colored individual still seated on the
bench.
"You, John W. Forney, stan up"
sNo, | won't"
''Stan' up directly and join your class"
"No, 1 won't"
"If you don't get up and get into the
ring, you'll never get a cent as long as you
live
The hit was taken in an instant By the
audience, and cheers burst forth all over
the house. So general was the applause
that the act had to be repeated before the
people would be satisfied. 1t is said the
only persons in the house who did not en-
joy it, were the occupants of that front row.
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SURGEON ELY MCCLELLAN, y. S. A,
brother Of Gen. Geo. b. McC lellan, ar
rived in Nashville yesterday and leaves
this morning for New Orleans, and will
return In the course Of some ten days,
when he expects TO consult with our
physicians regarding the visitation of
cholera last year. Having been de-
tailed some time ago to gather all the
information possible concerning the
origin, progress and manifestations of
the epidemic in this country, he has
been gathering facts and statistics at
all points. His report viii be submit
ted to Congress during the coming
short session, and viii be looked to
with much interest.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-05

WHOLESALE prices In New York,
according to interesting tables pub.
lshed by the NeaU York Express, are
actually lower for wheat, corn, and cot
ton prints, han they were in 1859, and
the currency prices of corn, cotton,
provisions, sugar and coffee, are but
little higher than the gold prices of
those articles before the war. Bat no
correspOndingreiuction has yet reached
the consumer, nor can it be expected
as long as currency of fuctuating
value exists.
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salt Lake.

SALT LAKE, Dec. 4.-Gold placer dig
gings are reported discovered near this city.
The grand jury were discharged to-day,
after bringing three indictments for perjury,
two for assault with intent to murder, and
two for murder.
Daniel Wood, a merchant of Ogden,
brings suit against the Probate Judge,
Sheriff and others, alleging that on July
%, 1874, he was arrested without any pro-
cess of law and confined in a filthy county
Jail for twenty-six days; was subjected to
cruel and inhuman treatment; that he was
finally set at liberty, no charge having been
made against him, without trial.
The Central Pacific passenger train was
twelve hours late to-day. The passengers
lay over at Ogden.
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Mcmahon as q Trimmer.


PARIS, Dec. 4.-The newspaper organs
Of the Republican party think that the
message Of President Mcmahon, to the As
sembly, is directed against the Legitimists,
while toe journals published in the inter
ests Of the Conservatives believe it is
pointed towards the Radicals. The pub
lie generally is fayorably impressed by the
message.
what IL Said OF MaeMahOn's Message
The general impression is that the mes
sage CT President MaeMahon has made no
change in the political situation. The
Legitamists are firm in their refusal to vote
for the constitutional bills. A meeting of
the Left Centre to-day rejected a PROPOSE
ton that the discussion of the bills be
moved in the Assembly, and resolved to
await the initiation OF the Right Centre OF
the government.
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The Civil Rights Bills.
The Tax on Raw Cotton.

Whether the unconstitutional and in
iquitOus tax on raw cotton exacted from the
South for some years after the war is to be
refunded, even in part, al this session, is
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THE EAST TENNESSEE WHEAT
FIELDS.


Wheat, ell along the line from Athens to
Knoxville, looks better than we have ever
seen it at this season. On most of the
farms the breadth sOwn is larger than
usual and has been put in well. Indeed,
there is a marked improvement in the APP
pearance of many of the farms, more evil
dences of system, thrift and substantial
comfort than ever before. The truth is,
the average farmer of East Tennessee is a
good deal further removed from poverty and
hard times than he generally believes
he is. If he would only adopt the plan
of selling his surplus on the first market,
and pursue it from year to year, he would
never be hard pressed for money to pay his
taxes or for other purposes. The loss to the
farmers of East Tennessee this year by
holding their wheat from harvest till
Christmas, even in the event of an appreci-
able rise in price after the latter date, will
not aggregate less than one hundred and
fifty thousand d Iars. The breadth sown
thisfall is at least One-fourth larger than ia
20, and we are confident that the plant at
this time looks fully 20 per cent. more
promising.
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Condensed TeIegrams.

The Sandwich King admired the work
ings of the telegraph in the San Francisco
Office yesterday.
After various and divers trials, David A.
cago, has found jury to declare him not
guilty. Perseverance.
A bartender named Lester was killed at
Mars Hill, Lafayette county, Arkansas, a
day or two ago, by drunken fellow named
Ned White.
Greetings were exchanged yesterday by
telegraph between the President and the
King of the Sandwich Islands. The latter
is still in San Francisco.
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The Cheap transportation Conyen-

RICHMOND, VA, Dec. 4.-The conven-
ton was addressed by Hon. j. NJ. Vernon,
Of Canada, on water transportation.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
digest of all the resolutions on the sub
ject of cheap transportation, in the form OF
memorial to Congress, together
with a petition to the New York
Legislature for a reduction of tOllsfon the
Erie canal to the lowest possible rates, and
a recommendation TO Congress to build a
ship-yard in the East and steamboat yard
in the West.
The report was adopted and committees
appointed to present the memorial to Con-
greSs and the petition to the New York
Legislature.
Hon. Josiah Quincy was elected Presi-
dent, and one Vice-President from each
State, w. M. Maxwell, Master of the State
Grange, representing Tennessee in the list.
+. G. Thurber, of New York, was elect
ed Treasurer, and r. Ii. Ferguson, of
Troy, Y. Y, Secretary.
The convention then adjourned sine die.
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The Pope Refuses to Make Peace
with Brazil
Bismarck's Spanish Policy Bit
ferly Attacked.
His Response Raises Big Rum
pus in the Reichstag.
SPAIN.
Mutiny I'm Madrid.

Madrid, Dec. 4.-There was a slight
mutiny at this city, yesterday, by bat
TALON which refused to obey an order to
proceed to the North. The demonstration
was soon suppressed, without bloodshed,
and tranquility restored in the barracks.
The detachment subsequently proceeded
for their destination.
The Carlist leader Sohana, who was cap
tured while travelling in a railway train to
Cordoya, was shot yesterday at Altaceta,
having been adjudged guilty Of assassina-
ton and robbery.
Thirty Mutfneers Arrested.
LONDON, Dec. "A telegram to the
Standard, from Madrid, says that thirty
arrests have been made in connection with
the recent mutiny.
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MAJ. W. ]. SYKES, Secretary of the
State Democratic Executive Committee,
is announced to speak at Huntingdon,
next Monday, on "The Condition and
Prospects of the Democratic Party, its
Duties and Responsibilities Under the
Present Circumstances
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The Conduit Pine Cut.

PITTsBURG, Dec. A large force of
men, under the immediate supervision of
Superintendent Creighton, Of the West
Pennsylvania Railroad, appeared at Powers
Run this morning, and cut the pipe of
the Columbia Conduit Company, where it
was laid under the track of the West Penn
sylvania Railroad, thus putting stop to
present operations on the part Of the Pipe
Company.
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LOUISIANA.
An IntermiunabIe COunf.

New ORLEANS, Dec. 4.-The returns
from De Soto parish are not yet received,
and the returning board to-day refused to
canvass the duplicate certificates offered by
the Conservative Committee, stating they
could act on nothing but what was turned
in by the Supervisor of Registration. The
board concluded to lay De Soto parish
aside until they finish the balance of the
State.
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InSOlYent Notice.

HAVING THIS DAY SUGGESTED THE
il il insolvency of the personal estate Of ThOs.
b. johnson, deed, to the Clerk CT the County
Court of Davidson county, Tenn, this is to give
notice to all persons having claims against said
estate TO file them. duly autheEticstsd a. the
law directs, with the Clerk Of said Court, on or
before the first day Of April, 1875, OF the same
will be barred both in law and in equity.
This, 9th November, 1874.
JAMES p. JOHNSON,
Ext of ThOs. b. johnson, deceased.
MOVES OaW4t suns
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and Lorraine Deputies.

LONDON, Dec. At is reported that
the deputies from Alsace and Lorraine
were so incensed at Bismarck's speech Of
the 30th ult-, that they threatened TO with
draw from the Reichstag and quit Berlin,
but their friends induced them 70 stay.
German Journalism waking Up.
LONDON, Dec. 5.-The Daily Ners'
correspondent in Berlin, telegraphs that the
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DURELL.
He Denounces. the Law He Mis-.
construed,
And Declares Himself the Victim of
q Party EFFICIENCY.

And Declares Himself the Victim Of
Party Exigeney.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Judge Durell, who
is now in this city, was interviewed by a
Tribune reporter, by whom he is represent
ed as saying he is the victim of party ex-
igency; that the head and fount of his
offending is a literal construction of the
enforcement act, bad law, known to him
as such, passed by RepuO lican Congress,
seeking to perpetuate the Republican party,
but which he found on the statute book
and executed impartially. He gave in de-
tail his objections to the law, as strong as
its worst enemy could desire, and said,
when its unpopularity and inexpediency
had been exposed, he was deserted by those
who passed it, and by them accused Of
having Overstepped his authority.
Another Case Of BrOther-iu-Law.
A dispatch to the Herald says: Walter
Fearn, who has been appointed as DurelI's
successor, is a relative, by marriage, of the
President.