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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-29

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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27

Millinery and Dress Making.
MRS. J. C. BARRY, 10 Union, near Cherry.
4RS. TINES, "a n. Summer street.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27
ALLEGED LETTER FROM JEFF.
DAVIS.

From the Louisville COurier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The Sunday
Capital prints the following, purport-
ing to be a correct copy of a letter by
ex-President Davis, referring to the
abusive articles concerning him pub
ished by ex-Gov. Henry S. Foote in
the Washington Chronicle:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. %, 1873
My Dear Sir:-Yours of the Doth inst.
has been this day received. l have not
seen any of the articles which you in
form me H. S. Foote has written in
abuse of me, nor have l any desire to
read whatever he may write. In the
year 1851 l published him as constitu-
tionally a liar, and his subsequent
career only served to confirm me in
that judgment. Since that date, there
fore, have taken no heed of the utter
ances of said FOote. His fiattery when
he was seeking political preferment in
the Confederacy and his abuse when,
faithless to his trust, Representative
in the Congress Of the Confederate
States, he was preparing for his subse-
quent desertion to their enemy, were
alike disregarded by me. You are at
liberty to use this as you think proper.
l remain respectfully and truly yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27

and two millions more day to go into
the pockets of protected manufacturers,
is simply riding a free horse to death.
A remedy must be found in one way or
in another. The people are organizing
by oranges to the extent of one hun
dred thousand members in each of
two States, and by millions
in the aggregate. They mean re-
trenchment and reform, and will not
be satisfied with a worse government
than they bad IN the seventy years be-
fore the last war. 1t is a Islander on the
intelligence Of forty million people to
say that they cannot govern themselves
as well and as cheaply, per voter, as
fouro or five million people did. The
American mind has not lost its CON-
mon sense, as time viii prove. Homes
ty and economy have value even in our
national and State affairs, and public
servants are now watched closer than
ever. All shams are to be tried by fire.
and only pure gold VIII stand the
test.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27
TEEE RarLRoAD TICKET WAR

We predicted some weeks ago that
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad would
''fan OUT the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad in the "set to- which had
grown out of the rivalries of these two
great lines We have the first indica-
ton Of this in the Baltimore Sun of
Jan. -, as follows:
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany Yesterday morning advanced tho
rate from Baltimore to PIttsburg and
Wheeling to So, the fare for the past
three weeks being 81. Rates to other
points on the roads owned and controll-
cd by the Pennsylvania road, and
which are IN competition with the Bal
timore and Ohio road have been made
to correspond IS near as possible to
those of the latter road. From Ph;la-
delphia to P-ttsburg, however, the fare
by way of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road is $3.50, whereasthe Pennsylvania
road has advanced the rate to so, the
same as charged before the troubles be-
tween the two roads respecting the re-
fusal of the latter company to draw the
through New York cars of its rival
from Philadelphia to New York culmi-
mated"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27

An exchange says the two things
grangers have to fear are monopolies
and politicians. A politician in its
highest meaning, is one who is posted
IN the current. history of the govern
ment. conversant with It's powers and
duties, and patriotic and honest enough
to resist abuses of its powers and cor
rect every neglect of its duties. Every
granger ought. therefore, to strive to
be such politician, that he may I'M
derstand his rights and how to main
tain them, to know his wants and how
to supply them. The politicians they
have to fear are the professional Office
seekers, INSCRIPTIONS as to the means
so they succeed, and who would usethe
oranges as mere stepping-stones by
which they may ascend to high places.
Many such viii seek admittance into
the order, and eternal vigilance alone
can keep them out.-CldrksuiLe Chron-
icLe.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27
PROMETHEES ROTSn

The political contests in the several
States of the Union, for the present
and next year, should all be so conduct
ed that the friends of the restoration
of the government to the limits of the
constitution shall be chosen for Office.
in order that the friends of the people
may, in the Congress of the United
States, thwart the imperial schemes of
those worse than traitors now gnawing
the vitals of our republican system
like the Caucasian vulture at the
liver of chained Prometheus. In
order to do this promptly and sue
cessfully, We must now set about the
work before us with alacrity, energy
and enthusiasm Let us elevate again
the time honored bannerof Democracy,
the banner oil the people. Let the lips
of elOquence again breathe the in
spring speech other days, and with
vnv heart and one mind, the treemen OF
the country will array themselves
under its folds, resolved to do battle
for Liberty and Right. The crushing
of the dynasty at Washington now
piling a Pelion of debt upon the Ossa
of oppression that is grinding the in
dustry of the country in the dust, is
the one great work before us; and to
accomplish that work, all personal am
bitiOn, all selfish desires, if need be.
should be sacrificed upon the sacred
affairs of Freedom and Country. We
cannot succeed against the powerful
foe and suffer our own forces to be di-
vided. We must stand shoulder-to-
shoulder. With a single purpose what
power can resist united people? Let
US at once raise aloft the flag of the
people-the banner of Democracy.
8'FOrever float that standard sheet
Where breathes the foe but falls before us,
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
And Freedoms banner floating DER us?''
Jackson Tenn. DISPATCH.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27
STATE RANKS.

The KnozviHe Chronicle demurs to
our remarks last week about State
Banks, and gives two reasons therefor.
The first is, "the unequal value of such
currency in different parts of the coun-
try" We noted this objection our
selves, but showed that a depreciation
OF one or two per cent. would serve to
keep such currency at home, instead
of swelling Wall street speculation and
draining the country districts. We
think this point worthy of considera-
ton, and hope it viii be duly weighed
while the subject of finances is on de-
bate. The President message and the
lengthy debate in the Senate have de-
veloped an almost unanimous agree
ment on one point: I. e., that how
ever much greenbacks we issue
and however well we distribute
them, they VIII inevitably grav-
itate to New York, and the West
and South viii be clamoring for
more greenbacks each Successive sea-
son. This is a great evil. 1t results
from our present centralized system.
No remedy for it has been preached,
except the issue Of convertible bonds.
We doubt that a Government offer of
three and half per cent interest would
out-bid the offers of Wall street. But
if it did, the convertible system would
place the volume of currency at any
moment at the mercy of any twenty or
fifty millions pool which the big opera
tors of New York might choose to form.
1t would make them the dictators of
ease or .stringency. as it suited their
purposes. 1t would make the volume
of currency an unknown quantity, on
which legitimate business could base no
calculation.
Another objection of the Knoxville
Chronicle to State Banks is couched in
the assertion that-"If we had such
currency during the recent panic, the
loss would have been great and the in
conveniencemost inconceivable. &" This
is mere assumption. The late panic
had an origin-Cooke's crash of rail-
road securities-but the panic itself
was nothing but the locking up and
boarding of the currency. If our con-
temporary thinks State currency would
have been clutched more closely than
greenbacks were, we VIII agree that the
late panic would have been more seri-
Gus. Otherwise, otherwise. But if
Alabama possessed an old fashioned
currency, at par with gold or with
greenbacks at home, although at a dis
count in New York, that discount
would have kept that currency in and
near Alabama. When the late
panic came, she would have had
that currency to move her crops
far enough for another currency to
take it up, instead OF being obliged
to wait for the coward capitalists of
New York to disgorge their boarded
greenbacks. Thus there would have
been no currency panic in Alabama,
entailing suffering and privation even
to the extent of starvation in many in
stances, and resulting in the present
exodus of bone and sinew from that
State. The blacks, of whom the Rad
icals claim to be the peculiar pro-
tectors, are as much interested in this
matter as the whites. In suggesting
some Of the advantages of the State
system, we can but repeat our former
words, 1t had its defects, but if ex-
perience has taught US anything, these
defects need not be revived.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27

SENATOR SHERMAN, in his recent
speech on the currency, said: IF Con-
gress yielded one single inch to the de-
sire for more paper money, the Rubieon
would be passed, and God alone could
tell where 1T would stop" His speech
was forcible and cogent presentation
OF the need of returning to specie pay
ments and the danger of further infla-
ton. His summary of the acts, which
must be considered fragrant violations
of the national faith, should be laid to
heart.-ChattanOoga Commercial IRE
publicanl.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27


The 81. Louis Republican pithily
says: The history Of Republican
fnanciering in the Southern States is
generally embraced in two chapters
first. extravaganza; second, repudia-
ton" a bill is now pending before
the Kellogg Legislature Of Louisiana
to fund the debt Of that State on the
basis Of sixty cents in the dollar, and
this bill has passed the Senate, with a
strong probability that it viii
pass the House Of Represent
tatives. Foreign holders Of Louisiana
State bonds have protested against the
repudiation of 20 cents on the dollar
which is involved in Gov. Kellogg's
new funding scheme. To these remon-
frances, he makes the bland reply that
they do not understand the situation.
After they have perused the document
he sends them, he feels sure that they
Will see how much better 90 cents on
the dollar will be than nothing at all
The usurping Governor has rather
curt way of bringing the creditors OF
the State to terms.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27
rur cr1RgESCY.

On the 18th of this month the de-
posts in the New York Associated
Banks amounted to about 1921, O00, 900.
At the same period last year they
amounted to about 500, 100000, and at
the same time in 1872, they were S2l5,-
100000 The deposits are greater, too,
this year than at any time during 1873
except FOR a short period in the sum
mer. At the beginning of the panic
Sept. 20) they amounted to Sl9S, 000,-
GOO. In the last two months
they have increased S63,000,000 or
about forty per cent. This indicates
that money is plentiful in New York
city, if nowhere else; SO that capitalists
can do nothing there with 1t, better
than to place it in the bank for safe
keeping. Money ought to flow from
the place where it is excessive to the
place where it is deficient. Why does
this law not operate in this instance?
1t is alleged that currency is deficient
in Pennsylvania and that on this ac-
count miners and manufacturers wages
are curtailed. And so elsewhere. The
idle capital of New York ought to go
to the rescue Of the destitute industries.
No expectation of early resumption or
of imitation ought to hold it In New
York. Such a state of mind would
rather tend to promote its loan. There
are only two explanations possible for
heexcessof depositsin New York: either
time is lacking for the distribution of
the currency according to natural laws;
or there is no great deficiency of cur
rency anywhere. The latter is the more
probable explanation. The mooted
scarcity of currency is hardly more
than a mere apparition. The currency
has been already furtively inflated to
the extent of nearly thirty millions.
This has been done to supply defcien-
cy; but, we apprehend that hoard
ing has been mistaken for de-
ficiency all the while. If in
fiation could cure boarding without
any dangerous consequences it would
be UNSUITABLE But it cannot cure, nor
is it without such consequences. When
the restraint and unnaturalness of dis
tribution induced by the panic pass
away, it may be discovered then that
initiation was uncalled for, unnecessary
and hurtful. There should have been
no mistake about the evil; it was sense
less boarding, and as such should have
been doctored A similar mis-
take is made by some in
regard to the distribution of curren-
cy. They look about them and say,
In this State there Is too much money,
and in that, too little They propose
then that Congress shall legislate the
excess of that State into this, thus set
ting aside the natural laws Of supply
and demend, which, only, can regulate
the distribution in a benefcent way,
and which cannot make any mistakes.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27
LOOK TO FEDERAL POLITICS.

If the deficiency in the receipts of
the last fiscal year to meet expenses
shall be no more than seventeen million
dollars, the whole cost of running the
Federal machine one year will be three
hundred and fifty million dollars. AL
lowing this machine does not labor on
the Sabbath, the fact is revealed that it
is now Radical continuance to take
over a million dollars a day from the
pockets of the people to be divided
partly among thieves, robbers and their
dupes and supporters. How shall this
shocking abuse of power be corrected?
Not, certainly, by supporting the per-
petrators of so great a wrong. Their
departure from the rules of sound
economy, their contempt for the
principles of truth, justice and
decency, and their presumption on the
forbearance of every intelligent and
upright elector in their own .phrty
should be held up to public notice and
condemnation. Reform must come
through constant exposure of political
and personal rascality. Many partisans
of the ruling dynasty will wink at
gross misconduct provided it can be
concealed from the people at large, and
not shock their moral sense. All dis
honesty Graves concealment, and the
utmost secrecy as "State craft" Re
publican politicians are prone to love
darkness rather than light to benefit.
not the masses in all the States, but
a chosen few who lead the millions.
and pocket the spoils of deluded voters.
The people are no longer sovereigns,
who rule themselves with great sim
plicity and frugality in all things, and
at a low cost ii imposts and taxes on
what they daily consume. Practically,
they are working hard to feed and
clothe in luxury and extravaganza a
class Of harpies and sharpers, of whom
President Grant, Williams and Holt
are leaders and fit representatives. The
power of money and Of national credit
Is SO great and all-pervading, that the
voters of every district should watch
their Congressman and see what he
does. or fails to do, to benefit his con-
or to injure them. Direct per-
sonal responsibility is indispensable in
these days of gigantic corruption.
Retrenchment in our army and navy
expenses, in the civil service, and in the
favoritism shown to National banks.
should be demanded by all honest men.
The wrong done to all who consume
such common things as salt, iron, cali
co, tobacco and whisky, so heavily
taxed by Congress, should cease. The
extortiOn OF a million dollars a day to
go into very leaky National Treasury,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27

In the small county of Trousdale
there are already three candidates in
the field for the Office of County Court
Clerk, according to the HartsUUe Sen
tiacI. We believe the Radicals are not
strong enough IN that county to take
advantage of such split and elect
their own man. But they are strong
enough in n majority Of our counties to
do 50, if the people are thus split up.
And even in true, Democratic Trous-
dale, the Radical vote may be large
enough to elect whichever they please
of three Opposition candidates. Is it
desirable that the people should fritter
away their rights as a majority and
give the Radicals the balance of pow
er?
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27

Mattress Manufacturer.
I'D. ii. MILLER, : North College street.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27
No. 6539.
Ia CHGIlcerU at .r,GSEtriFIP,

STATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
y and Master Chancery Court, Nashville, Jan
uary the 10Th, 1S7i-Mary c. BlackmOre and an
other, Compliments, VS.. 4. ID. Payne and
others, Defendants.
Ii appearing from the return of the Sheriff on
the subpoena To answer issued in this cause that
the defendant, W. L. White, is not 10 be found
50 that the ordinary process of law cannot be
served upon him: Ii Is therefore ordered that
said defendant enter his appearance herein be-
fore OF within the first three days of the next
term of said court to be held on the first Mon
day in April next, (fS74,) and plead, answer OF
demur To compliments bill, or the same will be
taken for confessed as to him, and set for hear
ing eXparte, and that a copy of this order be
published for four consecutive weeks in the
Nashville Union and american. A copy-Attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER. JE,
Clerk and Master.
Brown & Martin, Solicitors for Complainants-
janZ7-law It Tues.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27
I'm RHf,krssDfesy.

/ 10th day of January, 1874, a warrant in
Bankruptcy was issued against the estat,.
OF Clara W. Kiddell, of Nashville, county OF Da-
wilson, State OF Tennessee, who has been adj
Judged a bankrupt on her own petition; that
the payment of any debts and delivery of any
property belOngingtO such bankrupt, TO her or
Tor her use, and tile transfer of any property bv
her is forbidden by law; that a meeting of the
creditors of the said bankrupt to prove their
debts and to choose one or more assigneeS of htr
estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to
be holden at No. 6iH Cherry street, Nashville
Tenn, before John Ruhm, Register, on the 81
day OF February, A. ID. 1874, at O'Clock p. NJ
VIM. SPENCE,
L. S. Marshal, Mid. District Of Tennessee
ian26 p BY ED. s. WHEAT, Deputy
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27
FIFTH WHEEE.

1t is the direct interest of Radical
ism to prevent or impede the marshal
ing of a national party against them.
1t is their direct interest to keep the
various elements Of the Opposition di-
vided and distracted. To Witty, mis-
represent and belittle the Democracy
to drag it down in the public estima-
ton to the level of their own cesspool-
to delay the peoples action, by delud-
ing them into the attempted formation
of an entirely new party-is the ardent
but arduous task of Radical organs.
Curiously enough, they do not
thus assail the Changers, or
the Anti-Monopolists, or any
other class of reformers. Why? The
al-explaining reason is, that they
know the Democracy is their strongest
enemy, offering as it does a platform
on which all the parties aggrieved by
Radical legislation and corruption can
stand-the farmer, the mechanic, the
merchant and the working men.
Hence all their engines of vitupera-
ton are trailed on the Democracy alone.
IL they could but convince the Ameri-
can people that no party can be pure,
and that the Democracy is as corrupt as
themselves, they would have all the
chances for preserving power which po-
itical chaos always affords TO bad men.
In this effort to drag down the
Democracy with themselves, we are
sorry to notice that the Radicals have
the active aid Of. many pretended SIN
dependent" organs. These organs
could not better serve Radicalism than
to continue their sneers and misrepre-
sensations of everything Democratic.
The independent" organs of this Iati-
tude are but a fifth wheel to the Radi-
cal wagon, hauling Radical dirt to
throw at the Democracy. What the
st. Louis Times says of the Radicals
themselves is equally true of their ''in-
dependent" helpmates:
The Republicans desperately strive
to hide their guilt by diverting the at
tention of the people to picture they |
draw of Democracy and Democratic |
rule, false in every lineament and |
shade. If they can but kill the Dem
ocratic avenger of their great crime in |
Decorating and despoiling the temple
Of liberty, they may still ply their avo-
cations in security and peace. Let us
see to it, then, that the good work so
well begun is rapidly fulfilled. If the
Democracy remain true to principle,
Othello's occupation viii soon be gone.
and anhonest government berestored."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27

THE war which the women of some
OF the interior towns Of Ohio are carry
ing on against the liquor traffic is pc
culiar in the prominence which the re-
Hgious clement has in it. But.the Gin
ciRnGti Gazette claims that it does not
differ in principle from all reform move
ments. While zeal, DEVOTION, and self
sacrifice continue, while selfshness, IA
naticism and abating energy are yet in
the future, the moral sense can assert
itself triumphantly against every form
Of evil.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27

THE Legislature Of Illinois appears
to have adopted a very effective way Of
dealing with a certain class Of game
sters. The Chicago Tribune says:
"As amended by the State Senate,
the provision of the new criminal code
to punish dealers in options is severe
enough to drive the Board Of Trade
out Of business. Fines ranging from
$40 to $1,000, and Imprisonment for a
year IN the County Jail, may be visited
upon any one who sells for future de-
livery produce or stock that be does
not own. The same fate awaits any
one who sets up a corner or tries to
do it, or agitates the market with false
rumors. Twenty-Five members Of the
Senate voted for this law"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27

The Michigan State Grange; in its
session at Kalamazoo, on the 23d inst,
adopted a report declaring that rail
roads are amenable to State regulation
as much as plank and grayel-road COM
panies, and that the Legislature has as
much right to regulate their charges as
to fix turnpike tolls or the charges of
millers for grinding grain.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-27

Two ladies have been nominated in
Philadelphia as candidates for direc-
tors of the public schools. This is
the first time" says the Inquirer,
that such a nomination has been made
in this city, and it is now authorized
under the terms of the new Constitu-
ton" The Inquirer argues that mas
much as there are a large number of
girls in the public schools, this class Of
pupils should be controlled by women
Of experience.