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WASHINGTON.
The New Currency Bill Signed.
Comptroller Knox Ready to Ora
ganize New Banks.
Applications in Order from the
West and South.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-The President
has signed the currency bill, and il be
comes law.
The PRESIDENT has approved the act
amending the charter Of the Freedmen S
Savings and Trust Co, and the act to re-
lieye
Thomas Claiborne,
Of Tennessee, of political disabilities.
NieHT Rspcsf.=fhe President and
Cabinet were at the Capitol again tonight,
and the President signed large number of
bills including two or three general apprO-
priation bills, and those for the payment Of
over 100000 in satisfaction Of awards
from the
seuthefh Claims
Commission; for the repeal of the SanbOrn
contracts, and the anti-moiety bill.
Canadian Reciprocity Goes Over.
The Senate was in executive session
nearly four hours this evening On the
Canadian reciprocity bill There was no
vote OF any indication TO show whether or
not the requisite two-thirds TO ratify il
could be obtained. The treaty will 90
over 10 the next session.
Millions of Currency for Sueh as Have
Millions OF Bonds.
The Comptroller of the currency is pre-
pared toreceive applications for the organi-
cation of National Banks in all Western
and Southern States. The State of Indiana
will be entitled to $50, 200; Ohio to about
S6,000,000, Mi nnesOta TO 100000, and
Nebraska to 100000. The ether Western
and Southern States viii be entitled to
much larger amounts.
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AwoNDERFUL REGION.

The lOwlands of the Mississippi constl-
tute terra iRcOgRltG. No one man has
traversed more than the narrow district
about his own home. Great trees, 200 and
even 800 feet high, and endless canebrases
and broad, deep Idgl1les, render loeomo-
ton in the lowlands most difficult,
and, TO the unacclimated, dangerous.
In the very midst of the continent there
lies this broad, rich-incalculably rich
alluyial plain, fifty by 1000 miles in area,
from Cairo to the sea- Everywhere within
this matches agricultural region-match-
less in productiveneSs as once in its density
of population-there are wonderful re-
mains of mound-builders' toll and peculiar
civilization. There are great Mounds every
where and paved lakes (aquadas) ,nilometers,
canals, remains of great brick structures and
of bridges, and yet no American scholar
| or Journalist or scientific association has
ever sought to explore the mysteries or tell
| the story &c the mOund-buildeTs OF tht
lowlands. Recently l.. J. Dupre, OF Mem
phis. who has devoted leisure hours through
twenty years past TO the investigations o
the character indicated, has made publica
tons attracting to the archaeological re
mains Of the Valley Of the Mississippi
] large share Of popular attention.
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KENTUCKY.
Great ConfiagratIon in RIchmon,

Great COnfiagrafiOn In Richmond
LOUISVILLE, June pa COITieT~JOT-
nal special reports heavy incendiary tire
in Richmand Sunday night starting in a
livery stable and burning down carriage
TK1ree horses were burned. No fire depart
ment, and a high wind. Loss ninety thou
sand dollars.
Mrs. Annie Greenleaf, wife Of the Adams
Express agent, was lying i'll at her resi-
dence near the fire, and her removal
brought about relapse from which her
death is expected. Two or three children
were burned, though not dangerously.
A few moments before the FIRE made its
appearance in the loft of the stable some
unknown person thrust his head into the
door of the Fist National Bank and said
to the cashier who was working at his
desk. "Your bank will be burned before
morning" and disappeared. The bank
narrowly ESCAPED destruction.
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MURDEROUS BLOWS.
Col. Mart. L. StOckard, Of VT Pleas
ant. Knocked Down in His Own
Yard and Robbed - His Life De-
sRaired of.

Col Mart. l.. StOckard, Of VT Pleas
ant. Knocked Down in His Own
Yard and Robbed - His Life De-
SPARED Of
Special to the Union and American:
COLUMBIA, June 22.-Were it not that
almost all other communities furnish their
catalogues of crime, we would hesitate to
publish the details Of tie following tragedy
as having occurred in the peaceab!e village
of NJ. Pleasant and in the good county of
Maury. On Saturday night, between and
. o'clock, Col. Mart l.. StOckard, a promi-
nent and wealthy citizen of our county,
AMI who has many friends iDNashville and
and in other portions Of the Stale, was
assaulted on his own premises in Mt.
Pleasan, by two unknown persons. The
Object of the assault was evidently for the
purpose of committing a robbery. IT,
was beaten over the head with a
heavy piece of timber. The first blow
WIS struck from the rear, taking
effect on tie left side of his head, cutting
his err through the whole length and frac-
turing his skull. Another blow broke is
law i'm a frightfui manner. His person was
then robbed of $500, and Re was found in
a senseless condition about two hours afleI
the assault.
We have as vet heard no intimatiOn as
TO who the assassins were, but it is earn
estly horeI that they may be caught and
properly punished.
Col. Stockard is considered tp be in
precIriOus condition, and should we lose
him, his place in our community would he
hard TO fill. He is a brother Of DIR. Stock
ard, resident physician at Bon Aqua
Sprinys, and an uncle Of Mrs. A. Z. Beecl
of your city. MAURY.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
Moses Below the Reach Of Newspapers.
- " 90 lima . A cnr-r,ssrnndeni

Moses Below the Reach Of Newspapers.
NEW YORK, June 81 correspondent
in South Carolina writes that he has had a
two hours conversation with Gov. Moses.
Speaking Of the next election, Moses said
he was sure Ofreceiving the regular Repub-
lican nomination. Newspaper attacks
could not iniure him, as his constituents
were unable to read. He believed Cham
berlin would be run as boiling candi-
date, and if be developed great deal
of strength and the Democrats had
sense enough to nominate a candidate 1t
was possible both wings Of the Republican
party could be defeated.
Personally, Moses is most AGREEABLE in
his manners. He is quick and impulsive
in speech, no doubt saying many things
that he is sorry for afterwards. He is not
vet forty years Of age, yet his face is care
worn and wrinkled and his long hair almost
white
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hin. and he used superhuman exertions to

bin. and he used superhuman eXertioIs 10
defeat the bill in the House.
He cIeyerly divided the House forces IN
To three distinct parts. hr. He.Stef CE-
nar. whose motto seems to be LET justice
he done though the heavens should fail,
was of great aid in this move. IL was Lie
who led the Democratic hard-mOney vote
In the House. Blaine himself led the lew
bard-money Republicans; while the thlru
marty. composed of infatiOnists, were so de-
moraiized that they wandered without a
leader and without a purpose. MANY Oi
them voted for Blaine and Clymer because
the bill did not 90 far enough. Thus TINS
stranGe result was achieved: instead OF iOr-
~ or tifty majority fully expected Tor the
bill. il was. bv the clever combination oil
honest Democrats, wayer,ng Republicans
and extreme inilatiOniSts, defeated by some
forty votes. Thus then the Presidential
D,rtv is saved some cohesion, and Blame,
of Maine. hopes 10 profit by 4. There Is
of- cCrIrSe not the slightest currency measure
coming nm this session. In the meantime
the fact is fully conceded that the chances
for Democratic House in the Forty-fourth
"a, qress are of the brightest kind and the
Rep1blican leaders, il there are any left
similar to that experienced by France when
sbe fouDd that in order to regenerate the
country il was necessary obe well whipped,
Iosa AiSace and Lorraine, and pay five mil
lizards. A similar inglOriOus defeat seems
now 10 stare the Republicans in the face.
Glad as the responsible party is to get away
from further legislation, the prospect Of be
inc asked what this long session has brought
forth il nv no means pleasant. The only
thing the country is sure OF is, that II has
naid 10 members and Senator'S S2,OOO,OOO
for their sham legislation. Industry and
finance are nrostrate as they never were be-
fore vet not a thing has been done TO relieve
them. Scandals and corTuptiOns have
heen exposed that would have been
disgracafnl TO Mexico, and an in1uir-
inc country NAV not feel entirely satisfied
tb9t tbese have been unearthzd by Senator
Thurman. Messrs. Beck, Wood, and lew
honest Renublicans. But il may be asked
WHY the SanbOrn contract, the mOlety sean-
al the Washington ring. and the Treasury
imbecilitv at all possible under party ina
has been thirteen years in power, and which
| claimed and still no doubt claims the peo-
49, coincidence on the scores of honesty and
| integrity? The only piece Of legislation
| hat Il st ALI likely 10 find favor and do some
GOOD will be the sO-called mOiety bill, and
10 this measure the Republican party viii
not dare 10 lay claim. 1t will have been
enforced. if it becomes law, by the strong
est expression of public opinion IL was
fought through the Senate tooth and nail
by The Democratic leader, Bayard, aided,
bv Thurman, Stockton, and all the Demo-
cratic Senators and few brave Republic
| cans. such as Acorn, Morrill,, Of Vermont;
Wadleigh, Sehurz, Washburn, and five or
six more of that class.
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GEN. MCCooK was confirmed Gov
ernor of Colorado last Saturday by a
majority OF one. The Democrats held
the balance of power in the Senate be.
tween the divided Republicans. The
Washington correspondent of the Lou
isUiIle Courier-Jour1sal states that Me-
Cooks friends tried to convince the
Democrats that his confirmation would
cause it to come In as a Democratic
State. His opponents, under the lead
of delegate Chaffee, urged with equal
vehemence that McCook's defeat would
secure that desirable result.
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CircumstantiaI Evidence and Mis-
taken Identity.

DEsNOINES, la, June 22.-The arrest
of w. ID. StanclifT here on Saturday night,
for the murder of John Johnson in this city
a week ago, has proved case Of mistaken
identity and gross outrage upon Stanclitf.
The whole charge against him was that
some one had taken to washerwomar
last Monday bloody coat aid shirt. From
the woman's description of the man, tho
police arrested Stancliif without a warrant
and the woman identified him. Sunday
morning a Mr.. Eldridge, reading the &C,
count of Stanclifi7s arrest, informed the pc
lice that the bloody clothes were his, and
brought a dentist TO prove that the blood
was from a drawn tooth.
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A Father shoots His Son in Mistake
for "a Ground Hog

CINCINNATI, Jnne pa Manchester,
Ohio, dispatch to the Enquirer, says that
Saturday night VIM. TumblesOn, Of Ben
tonyille, started out to hunt ground hogs
and made an appointment of place for
his son, a lad thirteen years old, to meet
him. The sou came earlier than the father
expected, and laid down under a tree tC
wait his arrival The father came up and
mistoOl him for a ground hog, and dis
charged load Of shot in his head, from
which the boy died in an hour.
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ALL who think to increase the vol
ume of currency in the South by sink
ing $4,000 in government bonds, gand
getting in exchange $4,000 in nation
al bank notes, have now an opportunity
to do so. The President has signed
the redistribution bill, and Comptrol-
Ter Knox is, open to proposals for or
ganiZing new national banks.
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rerriac storm In Indiana.

FoRr WAYNE, June 22.-The southern
part of this (Allen) county was visited Oy
a terrible storm of wind and rain yesterday
evening, which tore up trees, demolished
fences, barns, etc, besides totally destroy
ing large number Of fields Of wheat. Inc
rain was accompanied by the most terrific
thunder and lightning which IS described
as the most violent ever known IN TINS
section. The l,ss cannot be estimated a.
/ this writing.
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ROME.

ROsIE, June 21.-As the multitude were
returning from the grand TIE Deum at st.
Peters the Pope was seen at one of the
window of the Vatican. Hundreds of
people waved handkerchiefS, and some
ex-pOntifical policemen shouted, "Long
live the Pope, our King" Several arrests
were made. The troops cleared and took
possession of the street.
The Pope, in reply to deputation yes
terday, said he was confident that God
would restore the crown, if not to him be-
-'ee he was too old and might not live to
~ ,i,a 5o,. then 20 his successor.
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PARKERSBURG.
Fatal FEacas Among Railroad Men
Two Killed and Several Wounded.

CINCINNATI. June 22.-The EHg,iireI'S
Parkersburg special reports a row fifteen
miles from that place between two sets OF
hands constructing the Short Line rail- oad.
A. dance, Saturday, one Of Contractor
McDowell's men was badly beaten by one
of Contractor Wards men. Sunday morn
Ing McDOwell's whole force moved on
Wards men with pistols, clubs, boulders,
knives and razOTs. Two cOlored men OF
Wards were killed and several wounded.
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GERMANY.

BERLIN, June 22.-The Conference of
Roman Catholic Bishops opened at Fulda
to-day and will end on the 10th. The Co
lOgne Gazette mentions a rumOr that they
will endeayOr to make a compromise with
the Prussian Government.
The PrIssian Government has appointed
official administrators Of the DioeeSes of
POsen and GrezeFf.
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Gen. Badger Responsible.
The RuIIetin Uuterri6e,,.
NEW YORK.

Inspiring Effect of the Finance Fix
lily.
New YORK, June 22.-TO-day has been
one of the most important in Wall street
for weeks past. The signing of the cmren-
CIV bill by the President changed the whole
temper Of speculation from bear to bull,
and with the passage of the tariff bill by
the Senate, gave buoyancy to dealings on
tie Stock Exchange and in the gold room
such as has not been witnessed for a long
time DaSt.
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liz we take death and eternity into our
reckoning, our avarice, whether ambitious
or more sOrdidly IapaciouS, receives at last
much the same reward; for however great
may be our habitatiOns, death levels them,
and eternity retains us among their ruins.
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CHA.

HAVANA, June 21,--An immense wafer
spout formed in the harbo- to-day, and
passed through the shipping, causing con-
siderable damage. The Russian bark
Jenny was capsized, and several boats sunk.
No lives were lost. The men-Of-war fired
blank Cartridges, which had the effect Of
dissolying the column of water.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
NV ti9O1-I
IN, f,hnucer.. a. .N.nsAriEIe.

CtTATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
- and Master Chancery Court, Nashville,
June the 9Th, 1874 Blood, Gregory & Co.. Com
plainants, - W. Childress and others, De-
PENDANTS.
II appearing from affidavit died In this eatlse
that the Defendant, L. II. More, Is q nOlt-resi-
dent OF the State OF Tennessee, - that the
ordinary process OF Law canpOt be served upon
him: 1t Is therefore ordered thag said Defend
ant enter his appearance herein before or With
in the first three days OF the next term Of said
Court 10 be held on the first Monday in Oeto-
her next $50, and plead, answer OF deinur 70
COraDlainant's bill. or the same VIII be taken
for confessed a. % him, and set Tor hearing ex
psrts and thai copy Of this order be pnbllshed
fof four consecutive weeks IN the Nashsile
Union and American
l a Copy-Attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER JR.,
Clerk and Master
Campbell & Fare, Solicitors for Complain ints.
je7 0aw4w
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GEN. P II. B. YOUNG, member of
Congress from the seventh Georgia
District, has declined to accept a prom
inent military position rendered him
bJ European power.
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TENNESSEE BONDS were active in
New York yesterday, closing last even
ing at 20 FOR both issues.
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COTTON was held higher in New
York yesterday at Use for middling
upland.
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FOREIGN.
The Brizilian Cable Laid and
Working.
Nashville in Communication with
PernambucO.
Arrests i'm Rome for Cheering
the Pope as King.
ENGLAND.

New YORK, June 22.-The English pa
pers of the 18th report the unwilling of the
statue Of Bunyan, at Bedford, the previous
day, by Lady Augusta Stanley, the Dean of
Westminster delivering the address on the
life and times of the author of Pilgrims
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THE temperance crusaders in California
have turned their attententiOn to the local
option elections. They pray and sing at
the polls, and have in many instances
turned the victory from the runsellers.
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FRANCE

PARIS, June 22.-CouDt Dumas has been
in negotiation for some days, with prOmi-
a.7Ii' -begitimists, with regard to cOnstitu-
bOrd may De Wiling TO grahI.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

GOLD was firm in New York yester-
day, ranging at l114a112. and closing
at liz.
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LONDON, June 22.-The Brazilian Cable
has been successfully laid, and. London is
now in telegraphic communication with
Brazil.
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HOUSE.

WAsINGToN, June 22.-Mr. Garfield re-
ported back TO the Senate amendments to
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NEW ORLEANS.
The Types OF the Bulletin Seized by
the Police while on the way to the

The Types Of the Bulletin Seized by
the Police while on the way TO the
Press.
New ORLEANS, June 2I.-Last night at
half-past twelve O'Clock, when the last forms
Of the Bulletin newspaper were being con-
veyed 10 the press room. they were seized
by the metropolitan police, by order OF
Police Judge Macarthur, and 10 he'd up in
the Central station, where they still remain.
The Bulletin appeared this morning with
| six printed and two blank pages.
In closing a column of editorial under
the caption Of "AnOther midnight order.
An outrage on American liberty! The
press to be bullied and suppressed" the
| Bulletin says: "Whether Durell, kellogg,
Badger or their underlings be implicated.
we can not as yet say; but that this bold,
audaciOus and villainOus robbery on the
highway, of a newspapers material on its
way to the press, was effected simply be-
cause Of the Buletin,s daring and out
spoken exposure Of fraud and corruption,
is certain
Gen. Badger Responsible.
Judge Macarthur states positively that he
did not issue an order for the seizure of
the bulletins forms. 1t now appears that
the police acted under the orders of Badger.
The power behind Badger has not trans
pired.
The Bulletin UBterriied.
NEW ORLEANS, June 22.-NOtwithStand-
ing the attempt Of the officials to smother
the Bulletin, it appeared this evening as
usual, and is caustic on the Kellogg-Du-
rell usuIpationists, styling them "The I'M
scrUpulous individuals now in power by
the grace Of Federal bayonets." To Re
publican newspapers the Bulletin returns
thanks for their courteSies, which enable it
to continue publication until its new type
can he laid
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TIE gossip about the libel suits
which We copy from our Memphis and
Knoxville exchanges may not be very
interesting reading to some, but it
serves to fill chapter of contemporary
history. 1t seems to be still believed
by the Memphis Ledger that the UNION
AND AMERICAN, and not Comptroller
Burch, has sued the Banner, while the
Knoxville papers hint that the Ban
ner'S suit against US is based on some
supposed reference to an alleged pub
lie printing swindle" For the life Of
rlS, we cannot imagine what they mean.
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THE CONVENTION A SETTLED FACT

Whatever doubt may have been en-
tertained as to the wishes of the people,
the extraordinary action taken yester-
day by the candidates has settled one
point beyond question-that a conven-
ton for the nomination of Democratic
and Conservative ticket must and shall
be held. 1t is useless for the candi-
dates to appeal from that decision;
let them show their wisdom
by acquiescence therein. Tomorrow
afternoon, in the country districts, and
at night, in the various wards, dele
gates to the convention which assem-
bles on Saturday noxt viii he chosen.
That the primary meetings Will be fully
attended and that the convention will
be as thoroughly representative body
as has been called together in David
son county for many years, seems alb
solutely certain. As the convention
decides so will the people act. 1t
Gs for them, not the men
who seek the Offices within
their gifts to determine what shall be
done. The ranks must be closed mp at
once. A postponement like that sug-
gested in the resolutions adopted yes
terday would be all but fatal. With
discreet action and wise nominations,
the threats of disappointed aspirants
to run against and beat the ticket will
avail nothing. The game is in the
hands of the sovereign voters them
selves; will they win or lose it all:
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The Session Extended FOur Hours

The resolution - the House extending
the session of the present Congress until 1
o'clock p. NJ. Tuesday, the 23d inst, was
agreed to.
Mr.. Chandler, from the conference COM
mittee on river and harbor appropriation
bill, made report.
Mr.. Davis inquired if the report made
any changes in surveys ordered by the
TRANSPORTATION Committee.
Mr.. Chandler replied in the negative.
He said the only change made was in or
ganization of the board to make a survey
of the
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-11
Current Notes.

Congressman Hawley Of the Sixth Illinois
District has been defeated in the Republican
nominating Convention, which chose Gen.
Thomas ]. Henderson as his successor. Gen.
Henderson is highly spoken of as man of
ability and integrity.
The well posted say that a large number of
representatives now being nominated are
ant-Hamlin men.
If DR.. French of Kennebec does not turn
out to be Drummond man, he will
be guilty of forgetting the political maxim
Remember your friends"
Those Democratic journals which have
been scssoring Harper's Weekly of late will
find striking picture in the last issue by
Mast, representing the Democratic ship as a
pratcal craft with reputation guns and a
flag which on the side seen only by the crew,
bears the inscription: "This is white mans
government"'
The Aroostook Pioneer is repeating Fer.
nando Woods lie about $4,000 Office holders.
We thought he stood by the ''iellers'' in
Aroostook. Can't they toss him nickel?
If the curious desire to find an illustration
of the difference between ''mine and thine, y
we refer them to the Democratic papers
which three years ago this time were so val
iantly defending Boss Tweed as GOOD man.
Terribly long resolutions those of Fenton's
little crowd of broken down politicians at AL
bany the other day. Indeed they are so long
and numerous that each separate man in the
party can have the whole Of an immense res
olution all to himself