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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08
DRAINAGE FOR HEALTH,


DR.. Joseph Wilson, Medical Director
of the United States Navy, contributes
the leading article in the Sanatarjan
published by A. S. Barnes & Co., New
York for this month on Drainage
for HEALTH The subject is important
not only as it relates to the general i'm
provement Of health but to the dimi-
mutton Of rust, mildew and smut on
wheat, the blight and rot in grapes and
other fruit, and the premature decay
of potatoes and other vegetables. Per-
feet drainage changes climate; and by
materially changing the conditions af-
fecting all vitality makes a new world
better adapted to the life, vigor and
longevity of those organic beings, from
fman down to the lowest mold that
| grows IN his loaf of stale bread. Mold
does not grow on dry crackers, nor on
dry leather shoes. No moss grows in
a dry atmosphere, while it often -four
ishes on damp granite rocks. A wet,
undrained soil rusts cotton and wheat,
and ruins these crops. DR.. Wilson
does not tell his readers what malaria
or miasm is, and leaves the cause
Of fevers as much in the dark
as DR.. Rush did seventy years ago.
Our learned and scientific NJ. DIS
should make some progress in three
score and ten years in studying cause
and effect in the matter of common
ague and fever. Thorough drainage
often prevents this malady where it
once prevailed badly. But in what way
does the absence of humidity destroy
the conditions necessary to develop the
germs of this malady? An essay on
Drainage for Health should answer
this question, but the essay under on
sideration does not. Transplant a little
tree covered with Spanish moss from a
cypress swamp to a distant piece of
dry ground in a dry atmosphere, and
while the tree may live the parasite
moss will die. Chills and fever die in
the same way in a healthy atmos-
phere if the patient survives for years.
By not utilizing the wasted fecal sub
stances In cities, the S~dRitdriaR is losing
its sanity. Sanitarians should look a
triie beyond the sending OF the debris
of her manhood in cities into
rivers and the ocean by drainage, to
prevent sickness. This blind medical
science is making a desert Of some two
hundred million acres of steadily de-
pleted soil on which American cities
depend for their daily bread and neces-
sary clothing. Can not the learned
men of cities see that this constant
drain on arated fields must end in their
desolation? Medical science is about
seventy years behind chemical and
agricultural science.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08

THE Boston Globe, an answering
Republican journal, is sorely troubled
with the results of Grant rule. 1t
takes for its text 1.-THE Ell Dorado of
Scoundrelism," and says:
"Our country is a nominal Republic;
but In its revenue laws, its 'SanbOrn
contracts its system of spies, inform
ers, and moieties, it is, to the business
man, one of the most distressing of
despotisms. We wonder that
any shrewd pickpOckets and house
breakers should pursue their calling
under the watchful eyes of the police.
Their gains + VIGOROUSLY uncertain,
and. on the whole, do not amount to
the wages of an honest and skillful
mechanic. Besides, their occupation
is illegal, and subjects them, at any
moment, so edge of penny cord and
vile reproach.' What fools these
sneaks and rufians are! A humorist
might suppose that all they have to do
is to 90 to the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry, and, by a little management, get
permits to plumber. -. On Houns-
low Heath and the Dedham turnpike
the profits are precarious; on Central
or India wharf they I sure. Our re-
venue laws would be tolerated in no
despotic Government in Europe. They
are simply, as Prof. Rogers says, in
PRODUCTIONS to The El Dorado Of
ScounCre ism"
These be the fruits Of Republican
rule under Grant. How long viii the
people submit to such outrages?
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HOW 1T WORKS.

If Congress, assembling last Deem
Der on the heels of a distressful panic,
had FASTENED to relieve the people by
the temporary expedient of initiation,
their explanation, if not excuse, might
have been the popular impression
which mistook the September lookup
of greenbacks for a real dearth of cur
rency. To do SO, after four months Of
continuous debate, after the country
has completely revived from the panic,
and at a time when money is a drug
on all u markets-is perhaps Just
what we ought to have looked for from
such Congresses as Radicalism pro-
duces. With the immediate prospect
Of sixty-four millions of fresh curren-
cy, what may we reasonably
expect? 1t becomes the in
terest of every merchant to
buy as soon as possible, before gold
goes up, and prices with it. 1t is his
interest to lay in as heavy stocks as
possible, straining his credit for the
purpose. Such a movement is always
liable to be overdone, each one looking
out for himself, and gold and prices 60
up all the sooner for the rush. Thus
the South is again tempted into specu-
lation, the goods come on in heavy
quantities, and the high prices are put
on them and kept there, because they
can not possibly be replaced for less.
Meanwhile, the people have not yet re-
ceived one additional dollar of currency
with which to buy, while the little they
have is deprecated on their hands, so
that they must pay twelve cents for
calicoes that they have been buying for
ten, and twelve dollars for -four lately
worth ten dollars. The imitation has
been more than discounted" in ad-
vance, and the actual emission
of the promised sixty-four mil
lions drags its slow length along,
taking years perhaps for its
accomplishment, as the South finds
itself actually poorer than before and
less able to establish the extra national
banks.
But the Senate bill has yet to go to
the House. and a Washington special
states that there is 10 possibility of its
getting before that body sooner than
next Monday, when discussion may be
protracted for a few weeks longer.
This viii give time for further refec-
ton, if Congressman had not time
enough already or were given to habits
Of reflection. But the temper of the
House in favor of imitation
is already known. The air is
thick with rumors of a Presidential
veto. How would that tally with
Grant, message of last December, in
which he sand: "The decision of Con-
gress on this subject will have the
hearty support of the Executive?"
Meanwhile until this currency question
is settled one way or the other, all buy
ing of merchandise is sheer specula-
ton, all selling on time is desperation,
Ill legitimate profits r a matter of
Wild ~guesswork, and all commerce is
gambling. Every honest industry of
,orty millions of people stands still
until imitation be decided. After that
he deluge.
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No. T2l
Sail.

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF YEND. Elk.
I'D TO me directed, and delivered from the Hon
Orable Law Court of Davidson county, Ten
neSsee, at its January Term, 1874, / will expose
70 public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, Al
the Courthouse door in the city of Nashville, on
Saturday, the I'd day of May, 1874, within law
full hours, all the right, title, claim and inter
est that W. A. Davis has in and 70 the follow
ing real estate, tO-wit: Being two t2) seventies
plan of lots of South Nashville, Lot No. front
ing 70 feet, and lots Nos G and Q front Al feet
each, all fronting on the MUrfreesbOro pike, and
being levied on as the property Of W. A. Davis
to satisfy Judgment against him and in favor
of John VI. Lea, for S391.s1, besides interess
and costs.
Dated this I'd day Of April, 1874
E D. WENTWORTH, Sheriff.
By II. H WILKINSON, Deputy.
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08

HERE are two leading Republican
journals, the one Of Wisconsin and the
other Of Michigan, that do not believe
in the policy their party in Congress
is foisting upon the country:
The more we look at this question,
the more thoroughly are we convinced
that an irredeemable currency swindles
everybody, merchant, manufacturer,
laborer, and capitalist. No N gains
anything thereby but professional
spectators in values, and gamblers in
stocks.-lfjJlU0Ukee Wisconsin.
The evils Of imitation viii fall most
heavily and most directly upon this
very class-persons of limited income,
dependent upon wages or salaries for
their livIng-wOrkingmen, mechanics,
clerks. laborers, etc, etc. The legal
and inevitable result of the initiation Of
the currency is that gold viii go up,
or. in other words, that the currency
will be deprecated. The purchasing
power Of every dollar viii be reduced
Slightly but p~erceptibly, while wages
and salaries viii not, IN the present
dull times, be increased at Aide
tro;t Tribune.
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mo 1851
NPriT,S EGFp.

I'D TO me directed, and delivered from the
Honorable Law Court Of Davidson county,
Tenn, st its January term, 1874, I will expOsa
70 public sale, 20 the highest bidder, for cash,
at the Courthouse door, in the city Of Nashville,
on Saturday, the I'd day of May, 1874, within
lawful hours, all the right, title, claim and In
terest that j.. W. Patton has in end 70 the for
lowing real estate, tO-wit- One lot, % feet,
fronting on south side OF Summer street and
running back 30 feet TO an alley, known as part
of lot No. 50 of Browns plan Of lots, situated in
First Civil District Of Davidson county. For
further reference see book 81, page 40, in Re
gister's office, Davidson county, Tenn, and be-
ing levied on As the property Of j. W. Patton to
satisfy a judgment against him and in favor OF
W. 5. Morton, for s15050, besides interest and
costs.
Dated this ID day Of April, 1874.
f. ID. WENTWORTH, Sheriff
By H. II. WILKINSON, Deputy.
ap3 eOd3t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08

TALK abont the frightful accelera-
ton Of geometrical progression. Every
~schoolboy hasworked out the monstrous
cost Of the set of horse shoes at one
cent for the first nail, two cents for the
second, four for the third, etc. But
mathematicians must invent some en-
tirely new ratio to represent the pro-
erosion of Radicalism. The bill for
State printing of South Carolina in
1868 was So, 600. This year it is S4OO.-
gu. The mind is staggered at the
thought Of what this printing bill
might have been, if the average planta-
ton votsr of South Carolina could but
read.
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WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE.
AND NOT DROP To DRINK

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE,
AND NOT A DROP TO DRINK.
Even as far South as Nashville our
financial report of yesterday, made up
by a gentleman with every possible op-
portunityfor knowledge. thus gives the
situation in this city:
money is very abundant with the
banks, and the regular customers of
the various institutions have no diff
fculty IN obtaining all the discounts
they wish at the rate of ten per cent
per annum Though the banks are
easy they do not 60 outside for bust
ness, and unless a person is known as
a regular depositor, he need not expect
loans. Money is also unusually abund-
ant In the streets and all our brokers
have large lots to loan on collaterals.
1t Is, however, almost impossible to
borrow OF real estate, and no other Sc
curity is thought of except marketable
bonds and stocks"
Evidently we have the money here.
1t is Every abundant" with the banks,
unusually abundant" on the street,
and all the brokers are offering ''large
lots" The money is here, in
plethora, a burden to its for
tunate or unfortunate owners. We
have also a large surplus Of real estate
which might be utilized as collateral.
In fact, our people have very little else
to offer as security for the money which
they need In a thousand ways, and
which is lying idle at their doors. In
order to make real estate available,
however, our law system must be i'm
proved with a view to making such col
lateral rapidly and certainly ~conyerti-
bic. With the present delays and
complications of lawsuits, the man
who loaned money IN real estate
to a dishonest neighbor, might
whistle for his lost ducats for indefinite
years. Here is a subject for thought
and discussion.
Another fact suggests itself. This
Every abundant" money In Nashville,
while waiting for home investment at
the ten per cent maximum, cannot be
expected to lie idle. No. 1t is exactly
this surplus seeking investment, which,
In default of better inducements, goes
into United States bonds, much of it
never to be re-converted, until we are
told that Nashville actually holds
twelve MILL ms of wealth In this shape.
The demand, thus created, for these
bonds, has run up their price several
points beyond their intrinsic value.
Six per cents of 1881, for instance,
were quoted yesterday at 1913. Bought
at this price, withthe present goldpre-
MUM, they do not pay 81 per cent peran-
mum. So the cheapest series, the new i've
per cents, which are quoted at ll54, do
not actually pay 5 per cent. on the In
when gold is 1l34: If money
be really worth TO per cent, these
bonds are evidently high-prieed COM
modities. Of course they have the ad-
vantage in their favor of not being
taxable, which amounts in Nashville to
about 2 per cent. and IN the country to
less than l per cent. Still the inves-
tor is out of , to 4. per cent. on the
Use of his money, compared with the
conventional rate of 10 per cent, less
he taxes. This is an item for our cap
to consider and discuss.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08

SoME sensitive person writes to the
London AtheHeum asking foran edition
of Charles Dickens in good English.
and says: Permit me to suggest that
an edition of Dickens works should be
brought-out in classical English. The
words used in the authors works are
extremely ~disagreeable to read. 1 think
that the language of the lower orders
ought never to appear in print" What
would Dickens works be thus revised
and eliminated?
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Important Notice.

A LII PERSONS DOING BUSINESS IN
n Nashville, who are requiredt TO take out cor
pOration license, and whose license has expired,
are hereby notified that unless they ONE for
ward and comply with the city ordinance, they
will be arrested and fined. Further indulgence
cannot and viii not be given.
S. A. DULING, City Recorder.
ap5 lot
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08

THE telegraph reported a fatal duel
near New Orleans a few days ago. 1t
appears that the wife of a gentleman of
that city, having a suit with a milliner,
took occasion to annoy the latteris
counsel by calling him names. The
LAWYER retorted by declaring that he
should hold her husband responsible.
The husband, being present, applied to
the lawyer some opprobrious epithet,
whereupon the lawyer staid not upon
his going, but went forhim at once and
knocked him down. Not satisfied with
being Knocked down, the husband chal-
lenged the lawyer and the lawyer ac-
cepted. They went out to Bay St.
Louis. and the lawyer completed the
case by killing the husband at the first
Fs. An unruly tongue has brought
\dfe a dear bit Of experience. Bet
~paid the miiliner's bill without
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INO. s25.l
SheriTsS Sale.

ID to me directed, and delivered from the Hon
orable Law Court OF Davidson County, Tenn,
at its January Term, 1874, l will expose 10 pub
lie sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the
Courthouse door, in the city Of Nashville, on
Saturday, the I'd day Of May, 1874, within lawful
hours, all the right, title, claim and interest
that j. W. Patton has in and TO the following
real estate, tO-wit: One lot OF 50 feet, fronting
on south side of Summer street, and running
back 200 feet TO an alley, known as part Of Lot
No. SO OF Browns plan Of lots, situated in the
First Civil District Of Davidson county, and be-
ing levied on as the property Of j. W. Patton 70
satisfy a Judgment against him and in favor OF
Morris & StrattOn, for S336.1O, besides interest
and costs
Dated this I'd day of April, 1874.
e D. WENTWORTH. Sheriff.
By H. H WILKINSON. Deputy.
ana ao.1Qf
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08

& DISPATCH from st. Louis the other
day mentioned that several seizures of
casked whisky had been made IN that
city, and that developments of irregu-
l~arities IN the manufacture Of high
wines in St. Louis and at other places
in the West were expected soon. In
this connection we reproduce elsewhere
a letter from the Washington CORES
pendent Of the NeW York Journal of
Commerce, exposing systematic frauds
in distlling, which VIII possess con-
siderable interest for honest dealers.
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DY VIRTUE OF AWRIT OF YEND. EX.
I'D TO me directed, and delivered from tbs
Honorable Law Court OF Davidson county,
Tennessee, at its January term, 1874, I viii
expose to public sale, to the highest bidder, for
cash, az the Courthouse door, in the city OF
Nashville, on Saturday, the 2i day OF MAY,
1874, within lawfu hours, all the right, title,
claim and interest that Geo. W. Hitchings has
in and 10 the following real estate, to-wit: Two
lots known as Ill and 112 in the plan known a.
"McGavock," north Of the city OF Nashville,
said lots fronting fifty feet each on west side OF
WetmOre avenue, running back in direction Of
Polk street one hundred and fifty feet TO an al
ley; also in two lots, Nos. 15 and I56, in said
plan, known as "McGavOck," fronting 80 feet
each on Buena Vista turnpike and running
back $50 feet, the same being one hundred feet
distant from the corner of Chatham street.
Said plan, and the numbers of all of said lots,
being Of record in book twenty-One, (2i,) page
twenty-three, (3) In the Registers Office Of Da-
wilson county, Tenn, and being levied on as
the property of Geo. W. Hitchings, to satisfy a
judgment against him and in favor Of Alexan-
der Williams for s1,293, besides interest and
costs.
Dated this ID day OF April, 1874.
+. ID. WENTWORTH, Sheriff
By H. H. WILKINSON, Deputy.
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DEALERS IN HAIR.


A CARD.
NE WISH TO INFORM OUR CUsTo-
NIL tSH ano friends, that no mistake nav be
No 70 North Cherry street
and on the North corner of Bank AIlev
feD2 eod6m j. P. GkAVIIE CO
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AwKwARDNEss IN HIGH PLACES.

If it be possible to conceive a more
awkward, unpleasant or abaslng pre-
dicament than that OF the Radical
party in its relations to financial legis-
lation, it is that of the President in
the same relation. The party on every
occasion when platform-making was
in order has firmly pledged itself to
a resumption of specie payments.
The Radical majority in Congress was
elected on the strength of that
pledge. The President is bound
to the country by the same pledge; but
he is also bound to his party by a
pledge to support Congress in general
and to follow in its wake on the cur
rency question in particular. Hemade
this specific pledge in his annual mes
sage. Now Congress las virtually
broken its plight and the President is
left in the humiliating dilemma Of ow-
ing his faith to two, with the abili-
ty to keep it with but
one. Some months ago he uttered
expressions Of committal to Congress
and favored initiation. In this connec-
ton it is amusing to note a very recent
remark of his, that such a bill as that
passed by the Senate would be very
carefully scrutinized," should it reach
him. Where Is ne, and what Will he
do? 1t seems to us that this is an
emergency for g~eneralship. We shall
watch with interest the tactics of our
military President.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08
NEW METHOD FOR reed ORGANS!
| Clarke'S Dollar Instructor!
LEGAL
mo. 1851
NPriH3R Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF VEND.
I'D Exponas to me directed, and delivered from
the Honorable Circuit Court o. Davidson
County, Tenn, at its January term, 1874, I
viii expose 70 public sale, to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the Courthouse door in the city OF
Nashville, on Saturday, the ID day Of May,
1874, within lawful hours. all the right, title,
and TO the following real estate, tO-wft: The
undivided interest in the lands formerly owned
by james NJ. Wright, in the 10th Civil District,
Davidson county, Tenn, bounded north by G.
G. Castleman, east by Hallum's heirs, south By
George jenkins, west by B.L. CaStleman's land,
and being sold as the interest o. James C.
Wright in and to the property above described,
and being levied on as the property Of J.. G.
Wright, to satisfy a judgment against him and
in favor of Samuel jenkins, for s161.e6, besides
interest and costs.
Dated this I'd day of April, 1874.
L. ID. WHITW0RTH. Sheriff.
BY H II. WILKINSON, Deputy.
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Real Estate A0ents.

Real Estate AGENTS.
COllegestreet.
THOS. CALENDER. 80 North Cherry street.
JAMES HICKMAN, No. IS Church St, Maxwell
House.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08

TOUCHING the Durell and other i'm
parchment cases, the Washington cor
respondent Of the Cincinnati CONNER
cjaL reports Ben Butler as saying that
his bill relieving officials from duty
whileon trialunder articles of impeach-
ment, is intended particularly to cover
the cases Of Durell, Busted, and Story,
Of the West Arkansas District, and IN
this connection he does not hesitate to
express himself IS Of opinion, based
upon the facts before the House Judi
ciary Committee, of which he is chair
man, that each of these gentlemen will
be found guilty Of the charges prefer
red, and impeached.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08

DEING pleased with the duties and satisfied
ID with the perquisites of the Office of Register
for Davidson county, / announce myself q can
didate for reelection on the first Thursday Of
merit alone, and respectfully solicit the support
of all who believe that L have done my whole
duty in the past. B. f. BINKLEY.
Nashville, Jan. 20, 1874. jan2O I'd
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For County Trustee.

WE are authorized to announce JAMES
w DAVIS as a candidate for Trustee OF Da-
wilson county at the August election.
mh2 te
WE are authorized to announce ". A.
w KNIGHT as a candidate for County Trus-
tee at the ensuing August election. feb25 I'd
A 7 the urgent solicitation Of many Of the
n citizens of Davidson county, 1 announce
myself a candidate for reelection to the Office of
County Trustee at the ensuing August election.
If elected l will, in the future as in the past, dis
charge the duties of the Office TO the best OF my
ability. D.. R. MARSHALL
Nashville, March 3, 1874. mh5 te
EDITORS UNION AND AMERICAN
~ Please announce me in your paper as a can
didate for county Trustee, at the election in
August next ISAAC PAUL.
feb22 te
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FINANCIAL.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Chancellor.

WE are authorized to announce NJ. NJ.
w BRIEN, JR-, as a candidate for Chancel-
Tor at the ensuing August election.
b te
WE are authorized to announce Hon. VII
w LIAM F. COOPER as a candidate for
Chancellor of Davidson county at the election
in August next. mills te
WE are authorized TO announce Hon. A. G.
wv MERRITT as a candidate for Chancellor
for this, the Davidson County District
mh2t teE
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-08

The Hon. Geo. W. McCrary, Mem
Der of Congress from the first district
Of Iowa, chairman of the Committee
on Railways and Canals, and author of
the railroad transportation bill, has
written a letter to the Keokuk Gate City
IN which he declines to be a candidate
for reelection.