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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-12
THE WORK OF YESTERDAY'S CON-
EENTION.

As predicted by the UNION AND
AMERICAN, the Radical County Con-
vcntion, held yesterday, adjourned
without placing a ticket in nominal
ton.
The result of the convention would
indicate that Prosser and Donaldson
have lost their grip on the colored SOW
ereigns of this county, and that the
latter have gone over to the enemy. as
it is openly charged that the failure to
make nominations yesterday was due
to skillful manipulation 10y the friends
of the independents, against which can
d;dates Dillon's harangue in the con-
vention was specially directed.
1t is generally supposed that the
committee elected yesterday viii issue
an address at an early day. recommend
ing a ticket for the faithful to rally
upon. and in this address the name Of
Judge McClain will appear in cOnnec-
ton with the Office Of Chancellor. He
sthestrongest mani the party, of those
who have been suggested as candidates
for the county Offices, and, with the bet
ter class Of Republicans, Brien is very
unpopular One prominent member of
the party was heard 10 remark, yester-
day, that. if McClain is not nominated,
L.. will use all his influence in favor of
Cooper.
The developments Of the next few
days viii be looked for with interest.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-12
SHELBYYILLE GAYETY.
A Brilliant Gathering In BedfOrd's
Capital.


To the Union and American.
The night of the 9th Of July will be long
remembered by many lovers Of social en-
ioyment. 1t was at Stones Gallery, in ;.
A. Cunningham's new building. The
fancy lights above the Mansard front, to-
gether with the brilliant lights streaming
from doors and windows, presented an ap-
pearance Of splendOr, seldom if ever sur
passed in Shelbyville. The stars were
bright above, few feecy clouds hung here
and there, and COggia's comet wore an I'M
usually long trail for the occasion. Mr.. G..
w. Jones, our excellent photographer, had
been for a week stirring around, talking
much, laughing much, and looking as if he
saw something good ahead, whereof no one
else knew so well as he; and, now the
time had come and he was happy. You
could see his heart in his face. The
guests were received in Mr.. Jones parlOr
on the second floor by Mrs. ", Mrs.
W, and Mrs. -, three of the worth
lest danes that mans eyes ever
looked upon. The hall on the
third floor adjoining the gallery
was used for the dance, which had been
fitted up for the occasion by Mr.. Cunning
ham. The operating rooms and balconies
were for such as loved the promenade ana
tete-d-tete. and of such there were not
few; and those who were fOndest of the
dance found time between sets to steal 81
lently away to the balconies and look at
the comet.
All were loud in their praises of and
compliments to Mr.. Jones and the commit
tee of gentlemen, MessrS. s., W,
and j.. for the care and taste withwhich
everything was arranged for the pleasant
reception and entertainment of the guests.
The party was given by the young gen
tlemen of Sheibyville, assisted by the
hearty cooperation of their lady friends,
for the benefit, and as an evidence Of hearty
appreciation, of certain fair visitors from
Nashville. Columbia, MurfreesbOrO and
McMinnville.
We must not forget to mention that the
parlors of the ice-cream saloon Of Gross
Bros. were open, and nearly the whole
party resorted to them, and were re-
eeived and entertained with dainty re-
freShments.
1t was the merriest party we have had in
Shelbyville for mauy a year. There was
not the slightest unpleasantnesS to mar the
endowment of the occasion. The presence
of so many married women gave to the
party the spirit Of social gathering in
private house. fELIN.
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sTHE LETTER OF HON. GEO. w.
JONES.

The world knows that in 1869 the
Union AND AMERICAN strenuously
supported Mr.. Johnson, as it had done
many times before. 1t is also known
that we urged his claims up to the
Convention of 1872, bowling to its will
The letter of Hon. G. w. Jones is, we
think, untimely and unfortunate IN re-
viving these bittermemories just as the
people have resolved on harmonyforthe
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS politicians.
We see no earthly good to be attain
ed by debating the propriety of the
Greeley campaign. No one defends
it on principle, and to question its
expediency is to question the disere-
ton of the 81 ,3al Tenhesseecns who
voted for him. AS the entire vote for
Cheatham and johnson footed up only
93,0SS, we think both classes were
pretty fully representedin the Greeley
vote. Let us drop these past follies
and take hold of the present.
We think Mr.. johnson to-day has as
fair a chance for the Senatorship as
any other man that could be named.
All his rivals are Democratic brethren,
and the struggle should be one of emu
lation rather than Of bitterness. Mr.
Johnsen's recognized abilities are such
- not to suffer from this
course. We shall endeavor to
treat them all with the courtesy
and impartiality due TO Democratic
brethren workings for the common good.
What the ex-President has most 10 fear
is the warmth of over-zealous friends.
This people are aroused and wemistake
their temper if they allow all their
home interests to hinge on the one
Office of Federal Senator. Others may
profit from a warning Of this danger;
as well as the friends Of Mr.. johnson.
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knew something must be wrong with
the track. You might as well have
tried to stop a whirlwind as the Witch
IN that distance. Herspeed was fright
full.
There wasn't much time to think,
and, as we could not stop, the faster we
went the better; so / gave her what
more steam there was. She seemed to
have some go IN reserve, for we shot
past the red flag like flash.
Il saw men standing horror-struck.
BILL 1 said, quick Get ON the
coke, and see what's ahead
"He looked, and went deadly pale, tot
tered, and fell back in a faint.
by this time l could seeplain enough
what was wrong.
There was a gap IN the track where
a bridge had gone down.
you can't fancy my feelings just
then. Goingt to death-death, swift and
terrible-at about two milesa minute
getting nearer! l thOughtO Of my wife
and chlld-nearl An instant more
the gap.
God have mercy l shrieked.
"Well, would you believe 1t: ttat
engine Just cleared that gap.
ct was fifteenfe feet across, and about
sixty feet deep.
"She jumped that gap Ike a stag.
and what more, she struck the rails all
right on the other side. and kept right
along, Just as if she had notnOticed the
gap
Il stirred Bill up, and, with both Of
us at the brake. We managed at last to
stop the Witch.
"She was on tear that day, but l
never dreamed she'd jump the gap
that's a fact "-TaylOr's Fast Life on
MORtbeer Hjghirdy.
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ITNIPING TIE GAP.

Tom POTTS. a we'll known locomotive
engineer in England and the States, Is
the self.accredited hereof the following
wonderful story Of successful daring.
will narrate it as nearly as can IN
his own words. ] have heard him tell
it often.
"WeI. gentlemen, I'll say You II
think it's A lie, but can't help that;
Won have asked me to tell it; and all l
can say is if you'd been IN my place
you'd have seen 1t.
Il had been driving the Witch for
about seven months, and sweet thing
she was. / never was half as fond OF
an enOine as l was of her. She was
the kind Of machine a man only gets
once in a lifetime.
oSbe made her steam quick, was easy
on fuel. started off lively, and went
like a deer. Her cylinders were sixteen
inch. her stroke twenty-five; and her
drivers seven feet six, and she was as
kind to handle as baby.
ssTo see her run off with a heavy
load. light and gay, was enough 10
shame the Juno Venus and Helen,
and other eighteen-inch machines.
"Sbe never wanted fixing up. Venus
was always going in and out OF the
sbop to be titivated, and if there's any
thing I don't like, it's an engine that
all the time wants to be titlvated- She
was always ready and willing for work !.
Whv. bless you! she was only washed
out for the sake Of cleanllness-she
didn't need it a bit
ssSbe was the tidiest thing L ever
seen-seemed as though dirt wouldn' It
stick to her.
ssWeIl, what I'm goineto tell came
off wears ago, before l left theold coun-
trv and It was one of thebest railroads
single track then, though it's got three
now. and four IN some spots.
"Wen. the Witch and were put
on the malone of the fastest trains;
and they went like sixty IN them days
seTbe engineer was fined a shilling for
ovs,-v minute he lost. He burst not
90 slow for fog, unless he wanted to
lose his davis pay. He had to keep
going right along, andsee things before
he got in sight of 'em. -,
1--WE were running north one darhsh
wintry day, and were making our best
streaks. I shouldreckOn we were going
about fifty miles an hour.
Il was saying to myself, she 5 gong
her prettiest, when we suddenly shot
ahead. as if we had been fired out OF
cannon
Il knew what that meant; we had
broke loose, we hadn't car behind us.
The coupling had broken between ten
der and first coach
How we flew, TO be sure. l whlstled
the guard to brake up the tram. How
we bounded along.
81 could make out no objects along
side-we seemed to get faster and fas-
ter; we must have got as fast as one
hundred miles an hour.
1T was a straight piece of track tor
some miles. l did not shut off steam
directly we broke. for didn't want the
train 10 run into US, which might hap
pen if they did not hear me whistle foI
/ brakes.
1T WAS lucky kept her going for
inst Us | had about enough OF such
| flying. a man started out about sll
hundred yards before us holding REQ
flag. There was nothing inthe way, SC
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-12

THE Nashville UNION AND AMERI-
CAN with its accustomed impudence,
assumes that the Democratic party lash
is the peoples LASH" and declares its
motto to be "cry aloud and spare not. 3"
The GOODNESS of this assumption can
be better appreciated when we statethat
Freeman, the Republican candidate for
Governor, carried Davidson county by
a majority Of $50 votes, receiving 5,73S
votes. What has become of these
vOters.-Chattanooga Commercial.
Our cotemporary is choice in its fig
ures. Everybody knows that Gov.
Brown offended many johnson men by
his speeches in support of the conven-
ton, and therefore ran behind. 1t is
true that Freeman received 5,73S votes.
1t Is equally true that the vote for
Chatham and johnson was 6,442-a
majority of 704 over Freeman. 1t is
also true that, on account of our dis
sensions that year, there were 1924
stay-at-homes, or over % per cent of
the entire voting population. These re-
serves are now in arms, and will take a
hand IN the fight.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-12
THE FUTURE OF COTTON RAISING.

We have on several occasions called
the attention Of cotton growers ard
factors to the extensive system of irri-
cation undertaken in British India, to
water and fertilize the soil for raising
cotton with cheap labor on alarge scale.
To-day prices are much lower in New
York and Liverpool than one year ago;
on account Of large and uninterrupted
shipments Of cotton from Bombay to
Great Britain and the Continent.
Without this steady influx of India
cotton, our staple would probably he
from twenty-five 20 Atty per cent
higher than it now is; and we
must expect a still further de-
cline as irrigation and narrow-guage
railways spread over the best cotton
districts of Asia, under the direction
Of science, enterprise and abundant
capital. Scientific agriculture has no
active, earnest friends il Congress, nor
in the Federal Administration. The
prevailing sentiment has been to tax
both cotton and tobacco before they
leave the plantation, or soon after, in
stead Of digging canals to enrich cot
ton, corn and tobacco fields. where it
is practicable. Cheap railways give
East India cotton growers the best
known facilities for placing cotton on
on board ships bound for Liverpool at
the minimum cost, while our cotton
landings and transportation are
expensive, and heavy tax
on the producer. Foreign CON-
petition Will compel greater econ
omy and closer study of every branch
of planting. Strange that so many
farmers and business men are unwilling
to direct legislation and public policy
in way to improve the soil of the
country, and the condition of all classes
who compose the republic.
There Is not a nation In Europe
where commercial fertilizers to pro-
duce commercial crops are so high as
they are IN Tennessee; yet we are a
self-governing, agricultural people,
With WORKOUT plantations in the cot
ton States, and irrigated lands in
India selling cotton IN Liverpool at five
cents a pound, what viii be the meas
ure of Southern prosperity?
Our readers will remember that we
recently noticed the visit of Emperor
Alexander, while in England, to wit
ness the operation Of a steam engine
driven by the combustion of wheat
straw. We now learn from the London
Agricultural Gazette that this straw
and seed-burning farm engine will be
multiplied indefinitely, and used to
pump water out Of the Nile to water
cotton, sugar-cane and other valuable
crops. Flags, reeds and bullrushes,
such as madeS cradle for Moses in his
babyhood, will lift water to transform
a desert, on either side of the Nile, into
fruitful gardens. Science is rapidly
utilizing the waste places of both Afri-
ca and Asia.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-12
WEHAWKEN.
An Oil Depot Blazing for "a
Hours.
Five Hundred Feet of a Coal
Wharf Burned.
Narrow Escape of SfiiPpIpg-LOss
$4,000

Marrow Escape or SntPPtpg-LOss
100000.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Erening
Post SAYS the fire which broke out last
evening In the oil depot al WehaWken, y.
j., is still burning with no hope of extin-
guiehiHs the flames until the oil is burned
out. All the oil tanks are either burned or
torn down and the cooper shops and one
warehouse are burned, while it is expected
the remaining warehouses can be saved.
The railroad tracks have been wrenched
from the sleepers by the great heat, and all
property IN the neighbOrhOOd has either
been destroyed or badly damaged. There
were from sixty to seventy Thousand bar
rels of oil burned.
EVENING REPORT.-Tha fire still RACES,
but is nHv confined exclusively to the oil
tanks. The coal wharf Of the Erie Rail
road for a distance Of 500 feet has been
burnt, and II was with difficulty the vessels
in the neighbOrhOOd were saved. All the
oil tanks, seventeen in number, have been
burned. The loss is placed at $4,000,
and IS said TO re covered by insurance.
FULLER DetsIIs-The EiseF AbIaze.s
All day the oil fire which broke out at
Weehawken last evening ragged with una
lated fury. When it was seen the tanks
would all 90, the lsbOrers employed in
the yard were put to work removing the
property, and succeeded in running off
about a thousand barrels. But the heat
became so intense that it became
impossible 10 remove more. In
addition TO the destruction Of
the tanks a large wooden stOrehOuse and
contents were entirely destroyed. Another
stOrehOuse, a brick structure, escaped de-
struction, but the cooper shop was burned.
The burning oil ran out into the river and
burned away one hundred feet Of the long
pisr, entirely destroyed. the short pier. and
burned ont A section a the treSflew0rks, a
portion of whicii Herr saved by the firemen,
who cut away between 80 and % feet. At
about I o'clock this evening
The Last Tank Burst,
and the flames were then confined u the
property in the yard. The loss Is estimated
at S45O,GOO. Fifteen tanks; containing
from $4,000 to 100000 bafrcls nf oil each.
were consumed. Besides other destruction,
the rOad-bed was ruined, the sleepers
burned, and the rails twisted into every
conceivable shape. -Four cars, sixty-five
cords of wood, valued at $4,000, and barges
were also destroyed The insurance does
not exceed $4,000.
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CUBA.

NEW YORK, July lit is stated that
there have just arrived inthis city two Ven
ezuelan gentlemen who have been over two
years with the Cuban Insurgents commits
stoned by the President pro tenn. of the Re-
public of Cuba to treat with Captain-Gen-
eral Concha about compromise between
the Cu6ans and Spanisrds. The VeresG-
clans went from Camarguay 10 Cincoyalles
and thence to Havana and had several Sc
cret interviews with Captain-General Con-
cha, who at last decidedto letthem embark
for this city, where they have already seen
the general agent Of the Cubans.
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The Fourth of July Murders I'm
Summer
Gallatin IennesScean-

TuIIdIIW 7 VIIIII-,ollsIIIs
We are again under the painful necessity
of calling attention to the reckless dlSre-
card of human life, and the spirit Of law
iessness which prevail in this county. Two
murders were committed north of the ridge
last Saturday. Some Of the parties iIhpli-
Gated in one of them, have surrendered
themselves, and we don't wish to say any
thing that will initiate in the least against
a fair trial being had in their case. But we
10 saw. if half We have heard be true, the
killing of Martin and Barbour was uniustiil-
able. that it was an outrage upon law and
order. that it was an open defiance Of Heav-
ems laws, and bullying insult to the ciyiii-
cation and good name Of Sumner county
When is this going TO stop? Seven me1
have been shot ard killed in Sumner within
the last eight months.
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FOREIGN.
RmOred OVertures for Peace
from the Cuban Insurgents.
Gambetta Declares the French
Assembly a Corpse Fit for
the Grave Digger.
FRANCE

PARIS, July 11.-An article in tO-day's
Figaro, relating to a revolt against the de-
cisions Of the Assembly, Occasioned much
irritation among the deputies. DePeyere,
a 1nOnarchist, announced that the Figaro
had been suspended for two weeks. New
ertheleSs the Left moved an Interpolation,
which was postponed for month. Brissot,
OF the extreme Left, moved that the writer
of the Objectionable article be called to the
bar Of the house. Rejected after speech
by Gambetta, in which he limited that the
Assembly was a corpse fit for the grave
digger.
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He added that he could have had the
support of forty out Of the seventy-one
delegates IN the recent Democratic con-
vention, but that he refused to accept
It, believing that the Office of Judge
should be elevated out Of the dirty pool
of political partisanship, and should be
filled by the people"
Such was the language addressed by
NJ. NJ. Brien, Jr., to a UNION AND
AMERICAN reporter on Friday and
published in our issue of yesterday.
At least half a dozen good and true
citizens who were delegates tothatcon-
vention have requested us to demand
that Brien name his men. We defy
him to designate fifteen delegates who
would have supported him under any
circumstances.
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NASHVILLE. TENN, SUNDAY, JULY 70, 1874
CHATTANOOGA.
One Hundred Thousand Dollars
for the Cincinnati Southern.
I.4es Votes for 1t to Sc Against.

I,463 Votes for II TO 81 Against.
CHATTANOOGA, July 1.-THE vote here
to-day on the proposition to donate one
hundred thousand dollars in city bonds to
the Cincinnati Southern hallway, was car
ried by ,463 votes for, to 90 against, and l
blank. The proposition voted on was to
change the terms of former donation, so
as to make the bonds Immediately ayaila-
BILE, as requested by the trustees, instead Of
issuable when the road was completed.
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HaVemeyer Called ON 10 Defend
Himself.

Gov. Dix's Secretary called at the City
Hall to-day, and served upon the Mayor a
CORY of the charges made against him by
the COMMITTEES who waited on the Governor
Wednesday.
RIhemen. Rinemen, Ri6emen, Form
The Amateur Rifle Club, who, on behalf
of the rihemen of America, accepted the
challnnse of the Irish Champion team,
publish circular which has fOr its object
that of drawing together from ali parts OF
the country the best shots, so as to select
from them the American Team, to shoot
against the irish Eight The circular gives
notice that six competitive matches Till
take place at CreedmOOr on the 18th, 18th,
22d and 29th instant, and the LIST and 10th
prOximo. The matches are open to all
natives of the United States, and any rife
Of American manufacture that comes within
the rules of the club may be used.
The Railways Cutting NiddlemeB.
Officers of the chief railway companies
in session here recently, agreed TO greatly
reduce the number of ticket agencies, in
fact to abolish all beyond the regular Off
ces established by the companies. Ii was
agreed ,h4t these latter met all the requir-
ments of the travelling public, and that the
commission paid other agents, and the adj
ditiOnal expense in printing and adyertis-
ing, were useless, that they brought no III
crease in business, and the risk run in the
circulation of so many tickets was very great.
An Amateur Row
The boat race between the Atlantis, OF
New York, and the Argonauts, of New
jersey. Tor the amateur championship Of
the United States, was TOwed on the Har-
lem river to-day. The betting was 500 TO
$50 on the Atlantis. The ArgOnauts won
by one length. lime, lI.5T;. The dis
lance was three miles straight away.
Paris Green.
MOrtimere Moynhan, the well-knOwn
Fenian and writer of late for the weekly
papers, was found dying to-day from Paris
green, ana in the same room was found
already decompOsed the body of his wife,
who died from having taken the same
poison.
Two labOrers Were sufiOcated tonight
while cleaning tank, at SIS West Thirty
third street.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-12

By some bad luck, Capt. Sam Donel-
sons name did not appear in yester-
days UNION AND AMERICAN among
those of the Democratic and Conserva-
tive candidates for county Offices who
served in the Confederate army. No
more gallant soldier fought for the
Southern cause.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-12

Gov. MOSES of South Carolina re-
leased three more imprisoned County
Commissioners a few days ago, and at
the same time pardOned a number of
other criminals, among whom was a
notorious scoundrel from Charleston
who had been sentenced to hard labor
for life for an atrOciOus outrage upon
a little girl. The Charleston NeI1s and
Courier remarks that the pardon bust
ness is getting Serious" and nobody
will disagree with it. 1t seems as if
there ought to be some way of Riding
a State of such a curse as a Governor
ike this Moses.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-12

STRANGE, was it not, that on the
very day the great warehouse scheme
was brought to light in this city, the
Memphis Cotton Exchange adopted the
following resolution;
Resolved, that all railroad companies
having terminals in this city are re-
quested to make arrangements to de-
liver cotton at warehouses instead of at
their Respective depots, compensation
80 be fixed at the lowest remunerative
figure, and to be included in freight
bills; also that all railroads and steam
boats be specially requested to protect
cotton from weather and mud by use
of skids and tarpaulins.
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\ rRIoRI reasoning might satisfy
any moderate man that there is moth
ing in the rumors of Vice President
Wilson resigning. He claims TO be a
poor man, and what could induce him
90 resign a salary Of $4,000 a year,
while Matt Carpenter is paid for doing
MS work? What, indeed, unless it be
foreign mission for the sake Of his
health-St. Petersburg, for instance,
with its 1850 per annum, which hap
pens to be vacant just now. So far as
office is concerned, the Natick cobbler
is pretty certain to stick to the last.