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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-05
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
Marrow Escape Of Two Ladies' from
n NurderOus Negro.

Savannah News Aug. ?.
We learn through the express messenger,
Mr.. Tucker, the particulars Of an attempted
murder of two ladies at the house Of Col.
Wilkinson Call, about one mile from
Jacksonville, Fla, on the shell road. On
Friday Col. Call, who has been married
only a few weeks, left home on business
trip up the river, leaving behind him his
wife and two female relatives, an aged
LADY, a Young girl, and Mrs. Livingston, the
latter a neighbor, who was present for the
purpose of keeping them company during
bis absence. About 9 O'Clock that night a
negro living In the neighbOrhOOd, who
is thought by some to be some
what demented, walked into the
room where the ladies were sitting and de-
manded something to eat. He was told to
90 to the kitchen. He went there, and the
house boy told him he would have to wait.
Upon this the negro threatened to kill the
boy, and the latter ran into the yard. The
negro then got an axe and proceeded to
the room where be had left the ladies, who,
seeing him coming, shut the door and fed
into the yard through the back way. The
would-be murderer succeeded in breaking
open the door, but not finding his intended
victims, he went after the boy again and
proceeded to chase him around the yard.
The boy finally remembered a loaded gun
in the house and succeeded in getting into
the house and arming himself, his pursuer
being pear at hand all the time.
He still endeavOred to elude the negro,
but in attempting to get ont into the road,
he was unable to open the gate, and as the
negro raised his axe to strike, the boy bred,
blowing of the whole lower part Of his as
sailant's face. The lstter, however, was so
determined that, despite the frighdul
wound he had received, followed the boy
nearly to Jacksonville, only stopping from
loss of blood. The ladies in the mean
while had got across the yard fence into the
field, where they remained for several
hours, almost paralyzed with fear, not
knowing how soon the crazy negro would
fiud them. They heard the report of the
gun, but did not know whether the negro
had shot il, and it was not until next morn
ing that they learned the facts. The
wounded negro was reported to be dying
on Saturday.
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A NORTHERN GIRLS OPINION OF
SOUTHERN GIRLS.
Miss Constance FenimOre WOlstOn In the OF
land Herald.

Miss Constance FenimOre WOlStOn in the CleYe-
land Herald.
You can tell a Southern girl at once.
She is rOunder than her Northern sisters,
indeed, she is never thin or lank; she
walks with a languid step, and all her
movements are slow and indOleut; she Is
never alert. She has fine soft eyes with a
serene expression, very different from the
quick, keen eyes Of the NORTH; she has not
the beautiful white and red COM
plexiOn Of New York and New England,
rather is she sallow, with few rose tints;
you might call her cIeam-cOlor. She never
looks anxious, no matter what happens;
she does not think she can help matters by
her advice or interference, but sits back
calmly and leaves everything to "brOther,"
or ''pa," prOnOuncing the latter word in a
way DEFY a Northern girl 70 initiate.
The word might be used as a shibbO-
leth; it is not exactly "pay," but
half way between that and the
sound Of ga" in scat" Our Southern girl
dresses picturesqUely rather than trinity,
and has brighter eOlOrs and more floating
ends and curls about her than a
Northern belle allows. She has pretty,
plump hands, but she is not particular
about the gloves that cover them-I mean
particular compared with Fifth Avenue
rules. In short she is a more vOlumin0us
sort Of girl in every way, and cares less
about ''the fashion" She has one decided
advantage over the Northern girls however,
and that is her voice; it is sweeter and
lower, little tTinaute, perhaps, but essen
italy gentle and WOmanly.
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OHIO
Damages by the Overflow.


CINCINNATI, Aug. A special CORE
spOndent of the Commercial who is exam
lining the effects of the food in Southern
OdiO, reports tonight having travelled from
Portsmouth up the SciOtO Valley as far as
PiketOn, finding a continued scene OF des-
olation along the entire route. The Scioto
river is still rising and is over the entire
valley, the depth Of water ranging from
five to thirty feet by actual count. He re-
ports three thousand acres of corn gone,
causing an entire loss to the owners. The
crop promised an average yield of 90 bushels
TO the acre. This loss occurs in a territory of
only sixteen miles long and lying in SciOto
county. These figures will probably be in
creased by the entire destruction of the
wheat crop and most Of the hay. North
west from the SciOtO line the devastation
continues, probably all the way to Colum-
bus. Residents of the valley for fifty
years say that n similar destruction of
crops by overflow has ever occurred. The
river has been higher but not at this season
Of the year. Loss in this valley alone is
estimated at over half a million of dollars.
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DIR. Groussin, of Bellevue, has contTfved
a machine which he calls a beTceGlt balance
or pesebebe, by means Of which the anxious
Young mother may assure herself from day
to day, or even from hour to hour, that the
baby is going on satisfactorily as regards
increase Of weight. 1t consists of an Ordi-
nary cradle, to Suit the taste, fitted with a
balance underneath, winch viii tell the eX-
act weight of the cradle and its contents,
without any need for disturbing the child.
Il is said that after two complete days Of
life a child weighs about four ounces less
than at birth. When a week old, II will be
of the same weight as at birth. From
seven days to five months the average in
crease should be three-quarters Of an ounce
daily. At five months the weight should
be double that at birth. At sixteen months
the weight should BE- double that at fve
months. NOf course, infants vary from time
10 time. and each individual has a rule Of
its OVID; the great point is that growth
ought to be constant.
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THOSE PULL-BACK DRESSES.

A Saratoga correspondent Of the NelO
York Herald says anent the ''pull-back
dresses:' This year the woman is conf
plete. She wears less clothes than ever and
has more covering, less braid, but there is
more glory in her hair; no more height, but
she is exalted; more colors, but what is
like her own? We think we understand
tit is currency contraction, the strin-
gent times reinyigorating the species.
Yet a very tall woman by nature
wears this sort Of dress at her peril. l
suppose you know it is called the Nepin-
chen skirt. Yesterday a tall female came
into the Grand Union dining-room with
this dress upon her. The twelve hundred
people then looked up and beheld in the
middle aisle an advancing MaypolG, a
gorgeous sunfOwer, a visaged beanpole.
de Lord oh light" said Alexander, the in
sinuator, who waits at the next table, sis
dat one woman or de family tree?" But
the ladies, scarcely smiling, observed to
each other, "Mary, what is my height?'
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ILLINOIS.
Destructive Tornado


CHICAGO, Aug. A Tribune special
from Macomb, H., says most disastrous
tornado, accompanied by heavy rain, visited
the surrounding vicinity at $50 this even
ing, passing ON northwest TO southeast.
1t destroyed and urrooted trees in its course,
carried away sidewalks, barns, etc, IN
rooted the large Methodist Church and car
ried away the steeple and west half of that
structure. Fisher Bros foundry had the
west end blown of and the roof carried so
yards. A two-story brick block just COM
pleted, owned by David Scott, was nearly
destroyed. Loss $4,000 to $4,000.
Seizure OF whisky.
A seizure of whisky was made here to-
day by an officer of the Government n the
secret service division. 1t was stored in the
warehouse of the Canal and Dock Co.
The amount is 400 barrels.
shOePpe.
DR.. Paul Shoeppe, who is serving out a
term in the State Penitentiary az Joliet,
has written a letter TO Gov. Beverage,
stating the grounds on which be thinks a
pardon should be granted, and asking that
such pardon be made out.
Death of an Ex.UnIted states Senator.
Hon. jesse o. Norton, formerly United
States Senator and prominent public man
in this State, died al his residence in this
city last night. His legal colleagues met
tonight and passed resolutions Of respect.
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MINNESOTA.
National Educational Association

National Educational Association.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 1.-The several de-
partments Of the National Educational As
ISOLATION met this afternoon, Prof. J. L.
Pickard's paper upon "What Shall We Do
with Our BOys?7 occupying the attention
of the elementary department. Lieut..
Schenck, of Iowa, read before the depart
ment of higher education an essay entitled
''Military Science and Tactics in Our Uni
versities and Colleges" the points OF
which, in the discussion which fol-
lowed, were sustained by Dr. Read,
Prof. Rollins, Lieut.. Coleman, Prof. ClapD
and Prof.. Sawyer and others, and were ably
opposed by. Prot. Campbell, OF the Mime
sofa State University. In the normal sec
ton the best methods of teaching in prac-
tice lessons was discussed by Messrs. Allen
of Ill, Albee of Wis, Phelps OF Mimi,
and LathrOp of Cincinnati, but the discus
sion was cut short by a proposed expedition
in force to the falls Of Minnehaha at p
N. Members of the convention took a
special train and visited the fails of Mime
haha, returning TO the city about O'Clock,
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HEALTH By THE SADDLE.

Chicago Tribune.
At twenty years Of age, now more than
sixty years ago, Francis p. Blair, Sr. was
pronounced by his physicians an incUrable
consumpti7e. All remedies had been T.. ed,
and failed, and bis doctors told him that the
only thing which could keep him from his
grave was the saddle. Study, OYerWOrk, or
inherited cOnsumptive tendencies, had
given him cough, which was causing him
to rapidly waste away. He
accepted the advice of his
doctors, and took to the saddle. He start
ed off on a long horseback Journey, which
has not ended vet. When he began riding
he had to be lifted to his horse, as he has
had to be for the last ten years, but he
kept on riding then, as he tries to keep on
riding now at eighty-six. From that day
a horse has been his constant companion,
aud during that long course Of years
many horse has served his old master
faithfully, and gone to the 'bOrse-
heaven" All these years, until his recent
increased feebleness, those who passed by
Silver Springs could every morning see two
horses saddled near the old mans door.
One was for the young woman, now come
to be more than three score and ten, whose
runaway accident so many yeats ago resulted
in the purchase Of Silver Spring farm. The
other is for. Mr.. Blair himself. An i'm
mense stone, assembled by easy steps, cOu-
stiJutes the mounting block, from which
faithful body-servants assist the aged feet
TO the scarcely less aged stirTUps. The old
gentleman and LADY seem to start off with
as much pleasure, though scarcely
with the same vigOr as they did
half a century ago. They always
ride for two hours; not, to be sure, at the
speed of the steeple-chase, bIt at a
comfortable, health-glving, old folks gait.
MOralists and physicists can find a good
deal for reflection, and draw a very whole
some lesson for prudent living, from the
course of life of the Blair family at Silver
Springs, and, perhaps, one is that there is
more health in the horseback rides than in
all drugs.
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COTTON was firm IN New York yes.
ferday at l4a0142c. for middling.

As an evidence Of returning reason
In Alabama, our dispatches state that
one Datus E. Coon, a candidate for
the Constitutional Convention, who re-
Gently issued an address favoring Con-
gresham Whites Force Bill, received
but seven votes in his own city, out Of
2,400 poned, I,800 of which were Re
pubicans. The doom of Carpetbag-
ism is sealed In Alabama.
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The Direct Cable.
NEW ORLEANS.
4 Custom.house suindIe.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug, Especial Treas
ury Agent kinsella, is taking testir Ony in
regard to alleged frauds in the payment Of
employees working on the custom-hOuse.
1t is charged that many mechanics and
artizans who accepted work on account Of
duh times as labOTers, worked as mechanics,
signing blank pay lolls and receiving a dol
lar and three quarters per day, while the
government was charged 81 to S. per day
for their services. 1t is also stated that
much Of the work done by these skilled
mechanics was afterwards covered by con-
tracts, and the government made to pay
again for the same work.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-05
BUFFALO.
The sunday-schOOI Convention

The Sunday-schOOl Convention.
BUFFALO, Aug. notwithstanding
the cloudy and damp weather, the attend
ance at the National Sunday-schOOl Con-
vention at FaiTpOint was large. Rev. Ed
ward EgglestOn, d. D., delivered an inter-
esting lecture on the paradise of Child
hood" and was followed by Rev. Walcott
Calkins, of Buffalo.
In the evening, vesper service was con-
Quoted by Mr.. Sherwin. Dr.. Vincent di-
rected the exercises of the day.
The principal speakers Thursday will be
G. A. Peltz, of Newark, Y. j., Rev. J. n.
Freeman, D. D, and Rev. Warren Ran
do'ph, of Philadelphia. DR.. Vincent viii
conduct the normal class exercises. A
praise service will be conducted by Rev.
Mr.. CalSins, and DR.. W. ". Wythe viii
illustrate the wonders Of Canaan by means
of a stereopticOn.
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GERMANY.

BERLIN, Aug. 1.-The Bishop OF Padsr-
born, who was deposed from his functi ons
by Prussian law courts, and since been in
termed in Wesel has, without permission,
quilted that town. On leaving he ad-
dressed a letter to the Governor Of the dis
trict, assigning as a reason for his departure,
impaired health and his duties to his flock.
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Destructive Hail and Rain Storm in
Omaha.

OMAHA, Aug. 4.-This morning between
3 and 4 o'clock, a most terrible storm Of
wind, rain and hail, accompanied by re-
maI kable thunder AID lightning, passed
over this city. Immense damage was done
to streets, foliage aud crops standing.
Thousands Of paneS Of glass were shattered.
Plate glass fve-eigh-s Of an inch thick
were shiveredi 10 atoms by hail of large size,
some of ich-weighed pound and half.
The storm was confined principally to
Missouri river valley, from Sioux City, La,
| TO Brownsville,
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MEMPHIS.
Alarm in Consequence of High
Water.

The Water Creeping over the LeVees.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 4--Latest reports from
the river below here state that Apperson's
plantation of nine hundred acres at Fort
Peny, opposite Friar's Point, is submerged.
A Crevasse has been made at DeSOto,
twenty-seven miles below here on The Mis-
sissippi side, but the planters were en-
deavoring to stop it. Planters are all at
work strengthening levees. The water is
pouring through Old Town crevasse. The
stencil from submerged cOrnfelds is said
to be terrific, owing to the corn souring.
The river at this point is rising steadily,
having risen an inch and half since last
report, and is now within fourteen inches
Of the danger line, which covers the cOun-
try westward to Madison, Arkansas, a dis
tance of forty miles. The feeling this eve
ming among those interested is more hope
full in consequence of the decline at st.
Louis; but reports from the Ohio cause
gloomy feelings. The river rose an inch
ard a half. Weather clear and warm.
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OFF WITH TnE NEW LOVE.

Among the cOlOred excursionists who ar
rived here from LeesbUrg this morning
were a married couple, who, while az the
steamboat wharf waiting 70 take a trip TO
washington, were approached by former
husband of the woman. The present nus
hand begged her net 10 speak TO or have
ANYTHING to do with EnOcb, but the OLD
love was too strong for her to resist its IN
flneDee. and as she jOyOusly rushed INTO the
arms nj No. /. No. 2 put his umbrella over
his sbouIde- aud deliberately walked of up
tbe street. leaving her alone with him
Tvbose smiles first made her weep.
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WASHINGTON.

The Case Of Mail Contractor Kinds.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-TO-day w. A.
Cooke and Chas. Pelham, as counsel for
Jerome j. Kinds, who was some weeks
AGO tried and acquitted on charges connect
ed with the alleged Texas mail contract
fraud, filed bin on the equity side of the
Supreme Court Of the District to restrain
the payment Of certain moneys on
account Of carrying mails TO John Altman
& Bro. He recites that he has an interest
in said contract, and was illegally debarred
from executing it. The respondents are
the Postmaster General, the sixth Auditor
and Altman & Bro. Judge Humphreys
made a preliminary restraining order, re-
turnable on the 10th Sept. next.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
WoodruG. the DefauIter.

SAN Francisco, Aug. A few days
ago the investigation by the Central Pa
citic authorities of the defalcation OF Wood
ruff, alias Moller, was completed. The
amount of the defalcaIiOn was one million
dollars. The company succeeded in re-
pairing the loss on account of the increase
In value of WOodrulf's investments, which
kept pace with his high living. He has
not been delivered to the authorities of the
law. and it is believed he went to China
on The last steamer.
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CLOSE CROPPING.

Mr.. J. W. Board, of Terrebonne, La,
planted Irish potatoes on an acre Of ground,
the last of November last year; he took of
a large yield the first of April, then put
the ground in sweet potatoes, which he is
now digging and bnrying the vines, and
will Immediately manure and put the
same grOnnd in eabbages. This will give,
without injury to the soil, three fine food
crops a year. On another piece he planted
Irish potatoes in April, and, not liking the
stand when they came up, planted six
weeks corn every two feet in the rows.
He had cool yield from both crops, and
is now manuring and putting in a good
garden on the same land.
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VIENNA, Aug. AIN spite of the Efforts
of the Prince Of Montenegro to prevent it,
several bodies of his subjects have crossed
into Herzegovina to join the insurgents.
LONDON, Aug. 3, $50 A. MA special
to the Times from Berlin says the Turks
are collecting in large force to crush the in
surrection in Herzegovina with one blow.
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ALABAMA.

The EIectfOn-A Constitutional COn-
VentiOn TO be Called.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, Aug. 4.-Retuns
come in slowly, but enough is known to
render it reasonably certain that a COGsti-
tutiopal Convention is called by 10000
majority.
the people favoTing Congressman White s
force Bill, received but seven votes in his
own CITY out of Z, 400 poled, 1,SOO Of which
were Republican. Many leading Republic
cans supported the call, and several Repub-
lican counties have given majoTities for a
cnnYentiOn.
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ST. LOUIS
loss Of sI5,OeO in Diamonds and
IeHeIrN.

Loss Of sI5,OeO in Diamonds and
JeWeIry.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. A jewelers. sample
trunk, belonging to Fitch & ChalleTtCn, Of
New York, in charge Of their travelling
agent, Frank Cary, went through bridge
with the engine ard baggage car on the
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, near
Hannibal, Mo-. last Saturday night, and
has not yet been found. The trunk is said
to contain $4,000 worth Of diamonds and
Jewels of different kinds.
The Conspiracy Case.
In the case of Gen. John Mcdonald, ex-
Internal Revenue Supervisor of this Dis
trict, Col. john A. Joyce, ex-ReVenue
Agent, Joseph NJ. Fnzroy and Alfred Bevis,
charged with conspiracy and destroying
documents in the Office of the Revenue
Collector of this city, which has been
argued on demurrer against the Indictment
in the United States District Court several
days past, Judge Treat to-day certified the
case to the United States Circuit Court.
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KENTUCKY.
Further from Mondays Elect

Further from Mondays Election.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. Especial dispatches
gives generally increased majorities for Nc
Creary over the vote for Leslie in 1871. His
election is conceded by majority of over
$4,000, and it is now thought probable that
it will reach 1000. But few returns have
been received from the mountain counties,
but these give McCreaTy increased MAORI
tics
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rSCLE JoE,s gAD BARaAIN.

aYou member when 1 was slave L
worked hard at odd times, and made money
,nnfT to buy myself paid old massa
81. 900 for my freedom"
eyes" said Mr.. -, 81. remember
it."
s.Wish had dat money now unused
the old darkey.
"Well, yes" replied Mr.. -, 'fi
would be quite a fortune fOrvOu
aI,ots % fortune, sar," said the old man
mournfully, Sand every time think about
it I kinder rue de bargain. Niger Wa'
wuff a thousand dollars then, but now DC
amt wuff d.. Mighty changes IN dis
world. massa-"
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&mIciha.

VIM. H. Bower, an employe Of Dun's
mercantile agency was found dead in his
room to-day withsa bottle Of laudanum half
empty lying beside him. His parents re-
side in Rochester, New York.
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NEW YORK.

Heavy Failure i'm Ghe Carpet Trade.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Foster Bros, car
pet dealers Of Brooklyn, failed to-day. LA
bIlities S26j, 600; assets $4,000.
The Direct Gable.
hSCaptain of the ship Ellen Everett,
which arrived yesterday, reports that on
July II, in latitude 20, longitude 43.l5, Of
fcers of the Farraday boarded his vessel
and informed him that they had picked up
the cable, but on account Of q heavy sea,
were compelled to drop it again. Some de-
feet exists in the CABLE, but it has not part
ed as reported.
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GIVE boy a market-basket of groceries
to carry home and he viii swing it across
his spine, bend half way TO the ground and
groan with agony, but give him that weight
Of base ball bats and he will skip along as
merry as pOtatOe bug in aten-acre lot.
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Rents have experienced a tumble at
Newport. Mrs. George Francis Trains
villa which formerly brought $4,000, has
inst been leased for $500, and Other
bousehoIders have reduced their prices cor
rasnOndiDClv.
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A MAINE girl left her clothing in an
omen boat and hid herself, ard when her
parents were crying and saying ifthey only
had her back they would obey her slightest
wish, she appeared aud said she wanted to
marry George.
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TENNESSEE BONDS we're firm in
New York yesterday, at sos for old
and 49a for tie new issue