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THE TARIFF ON DRESS.
How AIPacas are Taxed Twice as
Much as Silks.

An American merchant writes to the
NetU York EUeRiRg Post from Man
chester, England, detailing some facts
which are of interest to women and to
anybody who pays bills run up by
women. 1t is generally known that a
buyer of foreign silk is fined 60 per
cent. Of the value of his purchase by a
paternal government for his dislOyalty
to the present rulers of America,-the
manufacturing classes. The only way
to escape the fine is to buy American
silk, in which case the purchaser pays
about so per cent. more than the
worth Of the goods, because the man.
ufacturers of America have the
legal right to practice extortion.
Black alpaca and all tire wOrsted fab
RIGS called "women's dress goods" pay
a duty either of ''6 cents a square yard
and IS per cent ad UaIOrem," or of IS
cents a square yard and 40 per cent ad
UaLOrem." By thus combining specific
and dd UalOrem duties, the real ex-
tent of the tax is concealed. When it
is reckOned, it is shown to amount to
IS and 80 per cent IN gold, or from 81
to 80 per cent in currency, at the pres
ent ruling rates. Thus the price of
these fabrics of universal use among
the poor is very nearly, if not
quite, doubled by the tax which
American manufacturers have laid
upon the American people. A
poor woman, therefore, pays two
prices for every dress she buys. A
working woman who earns a dollar a
day has to work ten days to get the
dress which she could obtain by five or
six days work if the makers of Ameri-
can dress goods were not Omnipotent
at Washington. The dress of the wife
Of a daY-laOOrer, too, represents nearly
twice as many hours and days Of ex-
hausting toll for her husband as it
should. And the legalized extortion
which thus adds to the expenses of the
laborer, the artisan, the mechanic, the
shOpkeeper, and the farmer, extends
not only to dTess-goods, but to under
clothing, shoes, stockings, ribbons,
bonnets, and all sorts of feminine
gear. This is felt in every grade Of
lie,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22

LAST month "a Nsg York Herald
Commissioner" got very drunk and
disorderly, with a view to landing in
Blackwell's Island, and he succeeded
so well that he was "scnt mp for thirty
days. Being on salary, he didn't mind
it much, bat kept his eyes open and
made notes, which he now publishes to
the extent Of a full page. He gives a
very sorrowfuI picture Of the practical
experience to which small offenders
are subjected, degrading TO humanity
and an outrage on our boosted civiliza-
ton. The brutalityol the prison keep
ers he describes as "cudgel rule, "
while there is no regard for sanitary
regulations, and immortality is practl-
cally encouraged by the reckless man
agement Of the institution. As Black
wells Island is the chief place Of dis
cipline for correcting the moral obhqui-
ties Of the great city, the Herald's en-
terprise may attract attention to the
need for reform.
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TO Printers and Publishers
PRESSES FOR SALE

We hare couple Of fine secondhand
Presses for sale, l5hich zee haze used
from four to tiUe years, which are good
ones and IN good running order.
Il Taylor Press, small cylinder, size
nine column paper. measure ofthe Union
and american. Capacity 1000 impress
siOBs per hour. In complete order and
bat little lCora. Is HOl0 fitted for steam,
bat can be run by hand Nth slight
change.
4 Drum Cylinder Potter Press, bed
size suited for a aiHe-cOlumH paper. Id
mirably adapted to newspaper, poster
and general JOB l0ork Is being run HO1g
almost daily IN this office.
In one or both Of these Presses zee tvilI
sell absolute bargains.
For further information # desired as
to the Presses, and for terms, address
UNION And AhERICAN,
Nashville, Tenn.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22
LEGAL SALES.
no. SSH
&IPFiH,S NnIP.

DY VIRTUE OF a WRIT OF VEND. En-
ID to me directed, and delivered from the Hon
Orable Chancery Court Of Davidson county
Tenn, at its April Term, 1875. will expose 70
public sale TO the highest bidder. for cash, at
the Courthouse door, i'm the city of Nashville on
Saturday, the jth day OF June, 1875, within
lawful hours, the following tract or parcel of
land as the property Of Hugh McGayOck, known
and described a. follows: IL being lot No % in
OvertOn's Plan Of BUcna Vista Lots, and said 70
contain thirteen and One-half acres CI3}S) which
is OF record in the Registers Office Of Davidson
county, Tenn, in book - and page 622, and be
ing levied on as the property Of Hugh McGav-
ock TO satisfy a judgment against him and
Others and in favor OF O.. ID. Elliott CT ais, for
&. S3O4l. besides interest and costs.
Dated this 10th day of May, 1875.
T. ID. WENTWORTH. Sheriff.
ByF. b. WOODALL Deputy.
myl1 ,22,29
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22

IN 1872 Belle Hooker, sister of the
Great American Defendant, visited
Brooklyn for the express purpose Of
compelling him to step down and out,
if she had to dcnounce him from the
steps Of his own pulpit. Among the
influences that deferred her from this
rash purpose was a letter from BRO
Their Tom, asserting that she had no
proof Of any offence onT Henry's part,
and that she could have none, even If
the matter were brought into court,
the reason assigned for this latter view
being that Perjury for good reasons
is, with advanced thinkers, no sin.
As the matter has since reached the
courts, developing a frightful amount
of perjury on one side or the other,
those who are anxious to know the
truth might form an opinion If Rev
Thomas K. Beccher, of Eimira, would
now explain who are the advanced
thinkers"
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No 1.neI
SbcriT,s Safe.

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF FL Pa.
ID TO me directed, and delivered from the Hon
Orable Law Court Of Davidson county, Tenn,
at its Nav term, 1875, 1 will expose to
public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at
the Courthouse door, in the city OF Nashville,
on Saturday, the 18th day Of May, 1875, with
in lawful hours, the following described real
estate to-wit: All the right, title, and interest
of y. HObsOn i'm and % a tract OF 4GH acres Of
land on the Whites Creek pike, about * miles
from Nashville, Tenn, and adjoining the lands
in tie Dist district OF Davidson county, I cnn.;
also lots Nos 333, 33f, and 10 feet Of lot S36 in
Ewing's addition to Nashville, fronting east side
of Ewing avenue 50 feet each and 80 feet deep,
more or less, and being levied on as the prop
ertv of n. Robson TO satisfy a Judgment
against him aud in favor Of Alex. A. Hall for
s6s2 70, besides interest and costs.
Dated this 9th day OF May, 1915.
r. ID. WENTWORTH, Sheriff
BY F. N. WOODALL, Deputy.
my7,l5,29
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VERY SMALL sCARE.CROM

When the late Louis Napoleon was
meditating any fresh grasp Of power,
he generally managed to get up an as
sassination scare Of which he was HIM
self to be the victim. Prince Bis
marck Is not above suspicion of re-
sorting occasionally to the same in
genious exciting device. Now Grant is
at it. Leastways, a Washington jour
nal which does the government print
ing has set going a mysterious para
graph, which acribes Grants reticence
on the third term question to a terri
bic anonymous letter which he has re-
ceived threatening ASSASSINATION. No
clue is given by which to
Judge whether this anonymous writer
is a desperate carpet-bagger urging
him to stick" or an adherent Of
Blaine or Morton demanding that he
shall step down and out. We are
simply told that, on reading the threat
ening letter, the President got his back
up, and determined then and there not
to comply with its demand that he
should speak out about the third tenn.
His silence Is thus based on a determi-
nation to spite an anonymous letter
writer, and prove that he is mot
afraid" Meanwhile, his silence may
prove as fatal as the stab Of Brutus IN
the assassassination Of the Republican
party.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22

THE GRASSHOPPERS IN THE WEST.
Our Western exchanges are daily
filed with accounts Of the grasshopper
rayages, and after allowing for ezag-
geration and scarce, enough remains to
show that there is cause for serious
alarm in large portions Of Missouri,
Kansas, Iowa and Minnesota, while
the States on this side of the Missis-
sippi dread invasion when the young
pests fedge their wings. Thus far
their movements are slow and their fu-
ture direction uncertain, as they can
only hop few feet, and ordinary
streamlets stop or divert their pro-
gress, but everywhere their presence is
marked by the most absolute black
ness of desolation. A dispatch from
Lexington, No, says the ground they
travel over resembles the path of
a prairie fire in baTenness.
The crops being backward in
Kansas, farmers are hopeful
that the grasshoppers viii pass on be-
fore grain develops sufficiently to be
materially injured. In many portions
of Missouri all hopes for the present
crops are abandoned, and farmers are
procuring new seed to replant when
ever the pest moves on, if 1t be in
June. The backwardness Of the sea-
son which has retarded ali wild vege-
tatiOn makes the destruction Of cul-
tivated fields more complete. In some
instances the damage reported Is
frightfui; Pleasant Hill, No, reports
one half to three-fourths Of the crops
cut off in every direction for radius
of 40 miles around. As far north as
Mankato, Mimi, they are Matching in
countless numbers, and a region that
produced 100000 bushels of wheat
last year does not expect to raise a
grain this season. The same story comes
from Winnipeg, across the British
border. Everywhere the farmers are
fighting the invaders with fire, torches
and other means. Some endeavor to
mop them off with blankets drawn by
ropes. Vineyardists useTcoal oil with
some success. The scientists insist
that the Pestilent insects are rich fer
tilizers, being highly heterogeneous and
worth $50 to $50 a ton, but the farmers
would prefer paying cash for fertilizers
that were less active on their legs. We
hope the prediction of Prof. Riley,
Sta.e Entomologist of Missouri, viii
prove more practical-that by 1877 We
shall have seen the last Of the grass
hoppers for this. generation.
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an undivided One-third interest in the real e.
tate described as follows:
The undivided third Of a lot, situated on Front
street, in the city Of Nashville, Tenn, fronting
thereon 81 feet and running back IS feet; and,
also, lot situated on same street, fronting
thereon A feet and running back in an eastern
direction 70 the Cumberland river, and bounded
~ follows: Beginning at the corner Of q lot
heretofore sold TO John Beatty by e.. NJ. ID. Can
trell and wife, ON Front street, and running
thence at right angles to said street to Cumber-
land river low water marx, thence down the
river - feet, more OF less, to a stake; the q.
parallel with the first line 70 Water - Fs-0Tf
street; thence along SAID street fl o" NOR -
less TO the beginning, being - - 80 ic1,,s,i
70 Doyle < Co by e. " yyiIIiugham nv deed
OF EttOIu IN nc r.egIsteI's Office Of Davidson
county, IN oO-..a No. ., page a.
1 \ ~, y acres and 43z poles, bounded as fol-
NV. Beginning at a white oak, which has been
line on one side, and Is marked on two sides a. a
corner on the too Of the bank Of said river about
90 poles below the mouth of Lick branch; thence
south 12E deg. west . poles and IS links TO a
stonei thence north 72H deg. east to Cumberland
river low water mark; thence up said river with
It's meanders a. low water mark 20 a point north
I2E deg. east from the beginning corner, and
thence 20 the beginning, to include the bluff Of
the river, being the same conveyed 20 William
j.. Doyle and others by James C. and Harriet ID.
Hall by deed Of record in the office Of the Regis
ter Of Davidson county, in book No. p, pages q
and ..
4 lot fronting Iol feet on Cumberland street,
in the city Of Nashville running at riglt angles
with said street TO Cumberland river at low
water mark thence at right angles down said
river 100 feet; thence at right angles to Cumber-
land street, being the lot conveyed to defendant
BY Margaret Coleman by deed Of record i'm the
Oftice Of the Register Of Davidson county.
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash. Subject to the
F. c. DUNNINGTON,
Clerk and Commissioner Supreme Court
NASHVILLE, May !, 1875. my2,s,l5,22
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-NAH hhsa's'sI
In Chancery at Nashville.

CTATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
- and Master ChanceTy Court, Nashville,
MAY the 2lst, 1S75.-,I. & L. WhOrley, Com
pla nants, vs.. Davis 6 Gallagher ct ais, De-
PENDANTS.
II appearing from affidavit hlel in this cause
that tho defendants, VIM Davis an A A.
Gallagher, have removed themselves from the
State Of Tennessee; and it further appearing
that an attachment has issued in this case, aid
has been returned levied upon the following
property, viz: 4 tract OF parcel Of land in Da-
wilson county, Tenn, being lot No. 2G6 in
BOyd's Home Tract, the plan Of which is regis
tered i'm Book No. p, page 80, X. O. ID. G.; also
upon the equitable right, title and interest
which defendant, VIM. Davis, has in the above
described lot. Il is therefore ordered that said
defendants enter their appearance herein be
fore or within the first three days Of the next
term Of said Court, 10 be held on the first
Monday i'm october next, ClSI5,l and plead,
answer or dsmUr 70 compliments bill, OF the
same will be taken Tor confessed as TO them
and set for hearing eX paTte, and that a copy Of
this order be published for four consecutive
weeks i'm the Nashville Union and American.
4 COpy-Attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JE-,
Clerk and Master.
John RUhm, Solicitor for Complsinants.
my22 Oaw4t
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TRUST SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EX-
ID ecuted by Ira q. Burnett 20 JnO. g. FERRIS
on the ID Of June, 1873, and recorded in the
Register Office Of Davidson county, in Book 40,
at page $40, the said Ferris having declined to
act, and ], j. b. Guild, having qualified accord
ing 20 law as Trustee under said conveyance.
viii, in accordance with said deed, OfferfOr sale
at the Courthouse door, in the cityOf Nashville
for cash,
On Saturday, the 22d day Of May, 1875,
All the right, title and interest Of said Ira G.
Burnett in and TO the following described tract
OF land.
A certain piece or parcel Of land lying on the
waters Cf Hamilton creek, bounded as follows:
On the north by Estes; on the east BY a fifty acre
tract which Ira G.. Burnett purchased Of James
Baker, and was subsequently sold by his eNecu-
tors for purchase money; on the south by W. F.
Higgins heirs; on the west by Nauleer & Tynes,
containing fifty acres. Said land Is situated in
Davidson county, Tenn, and IL sold TO satisfy
the debts named in said deed.
GEO. b. GUILD, Trustee.
April 10, 1870. ap2l6my1, 15,22
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DEALERS IN MUSIC.
PIANOS! ORGANISE
McCIureS' TemDIe of Music,

HAVING ON HAND I26 Pianos, embrac-
Ling the renowned makers, Steinway & Sons,
knabe & Co, Durham & Sons, Haines Bros
new-besides second hanf, from the above and
nearly every known maker, together with a
Church and PariOr Organs from Burdett,
j. Estey s. Co, Prince & Co., and others, viii
offer for the next ninety DAYS instruments az 25
per cent less than usual prices, IN order 10 re-
duce this mammoth stock. ShOrt-time paper
viii be taken in part, charging interest on same.
Those who wish TO purchase to advantage can
now have an opportunity. Circulars sent on ap-
plicatiOn, and full satisfaction guaranteed in
case Of sale Having a large stock Of sheet
Music and Small Musical Instruments, can Of
fer great inducements. Gail and see.
j. A. MCCLURE
febl6 deOdtf
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Ia ChallCeFy az Nashville,
CTATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
- and Master Chancery Court, Nashville
Nav the 9TH, ISIj-ThOs. j. Hopkins ct al
COmplainants, VS.. The st. Louis Mutual Life In
suranCe Co., Ell ais, Defendants.
IL appearing from affidavit filed in this cause
that the defendants, The st. Louis Mutual
Life Insurance Co. aud The St. Louis Life H.
surance Co. are uOn-residents Of the State of
Tennessee; aud IL further appearing that the
names Of the Vulicy-hOlders in said ST. Louis
Mutual Life Insurance Co., resident in Tenucs-
see, are unknown, 80 that the ordinary process
Of law cannot be served urOn any OF the said
defendants. 10 is therefore ordered that said
nonresident defendants and said pOliCy-hOlders
resident in Tennessee, enter their appearance
herein before OF within the first three DAYS OF the
next term Of said Court, so be held on the first
Monday in October next, GS15,) and plead,
answer, OF demur % compliments bill, ar the
same will be taken for confessed as 70 them. and
set for hearing eT parte and that copy Of this
order be published for four consecutive weeks
in the Nashville Union and American.
A COpy-Attest
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JR..
Clerk and Master.
in. DickersOn, Solicitor for COmplainantS.
myS Oawit
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Some people may think this is going to
be a full wheat and corn year, but the
Athens Post entertains a different opinion.
II says: "We are no crOaker, but the indi-
cations at tins time all point to short crops
Of wheat, oats and corn, and our friends in
town and country are commended to 90
slow for a season and practice a whole
some economy in all things"
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MEDICAL.
MANHOOD RESTORED,

a victim Of youthful imprudence, causing
premature decay, nervous debility, ETC., having
tried in vain every known remedy, has found
simple self-Cure which he will send FREE TO his
fellOW-sutferers. Address !. n. REEVES, 70
Nassau street, New York. P. o. Box 5,l53.
auA anna -vgTssr
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Union AND AMERICAN.
->>------->---~N
SATURDAY, MAY p, 1875.

WE gather from Washington spe-
cial to the Chicago Tribune, that the
reward offered to Alabama Sheats for
playing his new role of government
intermeddler at the State Constitu-
tional Convention now IN session, is
the position Of Consul at Rio Janeiro,
worth $4,000 a year, whereas his pres
ent salary as Sixth Auditor, which he
draws all the same while lobbying at
the convention. is only $500.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-22

A PRETTY Jolly row Will occur over
Sherman's volumes. Perhaps there is
not a chapter that will not result in
controversy. Ifthere is military man
with a few facts still sticking in his
inner consciousness he should evolve
them Observation-Disclosures CONNER
F.iUI
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RRECEINRIDGE,s EsCAPE.

The escape Of Breckenridge after the
surrender OF Lee was quite romantic.
Accompanied by Colonel Wilson, Of his
staff, he made his way to Florida, where
the two refugees were joined by Colonel
Taylor Wood, the brother.in law Of
jefferson Davis. Securing a small skiff,
they boldly embarked, near Key West,
for Cuba, and succeeded IN reaching
the port of CaUdenas, near Havana, In
safety. From thence General Breckin-
ridge proceeded to Europe, and finally
took up his residence in Canada. The
last years Of his life were spent quietly
in Kentucky. General Breckenridge
leaves one son who bears his name, and
another, Who, curioUsly enough, was
christencd Owen County" in honor
Of the county which secured the elec.
ton Of his father to Congress IN 1858,
in the contest with Gov. Letcher.
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CHICAGO GROWLING AT JAY
GOUID'S MONOPOLY.


The Union Pacific Railroad, since it
came under the control Of Jay Gould,
has been gradually developing itself
into one Of the most oppressive mon
opolies IL the country. As long as the
road had to compete with the Pacific
Mail Steamship O. npany and other
lines rates were down to reason
able figures. Dr. gra IuGlly every
competing line b zen gob5led up by
Mr.. Gould, and result vas a raise
IN the rates from Chicago to California
to more than twice the amount
they were before. These rates
are actually higher than those
charged from New York to San
Francisco, and one would think that
Mr.. Gould would be satisfied with this
exterti0n. This Is, however, not the
case. He is bound to squeeze out of
the people Of this city, for whom he
has but little love, all he can, and he
has been thinking for some time past
how another raise co1ld be made with
out creating too much ill-feeling. a
further advance could not be made
without creating a storm Of indigna-
ton among the people of this city;
still he was bound to have higher rates,
and be mas finally succeeded in getting
them without letting the people be-
come aware of the fact. A short time
ago he sent here Mr.. Fining to meet
the managers Of the Omaha lines, and
bring about d general change of class.
iiicaG0n. OF course the managers of
the Chicago lines protested against
this, but they were Overawed and com
PEELED to submit The new classified.
lions adopted at that meeting 90 into
effect to-day, and by a comparison
with the old c.assticatiOns, it appears
that they have been So arranged as to
raise the rates still further. Goods
that we're in Glass b we're placed in
Glass A, and those in second class were
placed in first class. Bacon and hams, for
example, Of which an immense amount
are shipped from this city to Califor-
MIA, and which used to be in Cas- A,
is now in fourth class, thus raising the
rate from 1925 to $3.50. Agricultural
implements, Of which many are shipped,
were arranged So as to increase the
rate $50 per car. All other freights
have been similarly re-arrauged.
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PRESCRIPTION FREE.

DOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF SEMINAL
u Weakness, Lost Manhood and all disorders
brought on by indisCretiOu OF excess. ANY drug
gist has the Ingredients. Address DR.. 4. HILL
TON & CO, Cincinnati. Ohio. Oc2qd1y
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a tract Of land, lying and being in Davidson
county, Tenn, on the waters Of Whites creek,
containing, by survey made by b. r. Woodward
Jan. II, 1892, four hundred and siNty-twO and
Oue-half acres, being all the land the said John
Cato purchased OF A. G.. Wilcox ami wife, Mary
R., by deed dated 18th May, 1854 and registered
in the Registers office OF Davidson county, book
No. Is, pages 323 and 324, excepting such as the
said John Cato had sold previous % his making
his deed OF trust 70 Phineas Garrett, trustee, to
secure the compliments debt said deed OF
trust registered in the Registers office Of said
county, IN book 80, page 70. The said 462h
acres includes the residence whereOn the said
John Cato lived on the 18th of April, 1854, aud
is a part Of what was then called the "Mill
Tract, and is particularly described in Wood
wards survey.
TERMS OF SALE.-Credits of 6, u, Is and
p months. The purchaser viii be required TO
execute notes with good ard approved personal
security, and lien retained.
Sale free from the equity Of redemption
F. g. DUNNINGTON,
Clerk and Commissioner Supreme Court.
NASHVILLE, May ?, 1915 my2,S,lj-22