Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-12
THE ADMINISTRATION PERSECU.
TON OF DOUGLASS.

THE ADMINISTRATIONS PERsECU.
TON OF DOUGLASS.
Kick man when he is down, seems
to be the Administration policy toward
Commissioners Douglass of the In
ternal Revenue Department. We are
promised the early revelation of enOr-
nous whisky frauds. and the discharged
official is to be made the seapegoat re-
sponsible for all the rascalities unearth-
ed. We are told that Secretary Bris-
tow secretly made a well planned in
vestigation into the workings of the
revenue department. and soon found
enough to convince him that, if Doug
lass was not a very corrupt man, ver-
liable tool Of the ring itself, he was at
least oriminally remiss." Hence his
dismissal, aud now that he is dismissed,
we first hear Of his son drawing s., 500
a year on the government pay-rolls
while practicing law in Philadelphia.
We are also told that when collector Of
internal revenue at Erie, Pa, a defal-
cation Of SOS, 900 occurred in his Office,
and that he is to day behind SIS, 900 in
his accounts. That the party Of moral
ideas should delight to publish these
things is curious, when we remember
that Commissioner Douglass possessed
more influence with the last Congress
and was more trusted by the party man.
ayers than his financial superior, Sec
rotary Bristow. The fact that Doug
lass is a relative Of Speaker Blaine, and
that the latter is looming up as a Pres
idential rival, may possibly explain the
tactics Of the Administration
ESGLIsH CAPITAL IN THE CUM
BERLAND COAL AND IRON Re
GION.
The special correspondent in Central
England Of the American Manufactu-
rer, writing from Northampton,
makes several interesting statements
in the course Of a long letter, the lpith
of which we shall try to express in
fewer words.
l. Iron and steel goods are so low
and dull of sale, that manufacturers
have to be tight and hard on their
workmen, causing strikes, lockouts and
much other unpleasantness.
, This has led to a scheme Of en-
igration to the iron and coal regions of
the Cumberland, in Tennessee and
Kentucky, under the auspices of the
great Amalgamated Association of
Miners.
3. Nothing can be morenatural than
thai tens of thousands Of labOring men
with families to support, should want
to place their daily toll where the re-
turn in food and raiment will be larg-
est, and where land is so cheap and &C.
ceptablethat even a poor man may own
a bit of Gods earth to call his home.
4. At a recent conference of the
Amalgamated Association, Mr.. II. Alt
man, of King William street, London,
brought before It the claims of the
Cumberland Coal Manufacturing
Company, Limited, - which he said had
been registered, and regularly organ
lied to purchase four surveys
of land, and containing 10000
acres and upwards. The stock
capital Of the company was e250,000,
the working capital fl25,OO0, and
shares "a each. 1t Is thought the sur
veys VIII measure 10000 acres, and
perhaps more. Messrs. MACEDONIA,
! Thompson and Pickard have consented
to act as three Of the committee to visit
Tennessee and Kentucky ard verify
statements as to the situation Of the
property, its value for mining purposes,
title, etc. The.report Of Prof. Stafford
accompanies the prospectus. The main
coal deposits are described as varying
in thickness from thirty to sixty inches
Of solid coal, averaging IN the Cumber-
land property at least fifty inches. The
banks are said to be well open.
). Concluding their statement Of the
advantages Of the property, the direc-
tors say that whilst the overshadowing
feature Of this immense estate is its
wealth Of coal, still that it is also the
repository Of vast supplies Of iron ore
scarcely admits Of doubt. Its virgin
forest trees have great value, as the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, now be-
ing pushed to completion with great
vigor, VIII bring all this timber into
market. Wood-ccal has a weIl-known
high value; tanbark for the local
manufacturer Of leather; slaves for
cooper-work; wood adapted to all the
wants Of the wheelwrigbt, cabinet
maker, the manufacturer Of farm tools
and machines are named. In q word
British enterprise, intellect and gold
are 10 lay broad and deep the founda-
tons Of a new colony IN the New World,
Of which work the same race has done
so much within the last two hundred
years and done it we'll When I'VE COM
pare the feebleness Of those who spoke
the English tongue two centuries back
with the aggressious 1t has since made
in America, Asia, Australia and else
where, and with It's still greater achieve
ments at home by theincreaseof wealth
and population, we have data to form
a sound judgment as to what such a
people are likely to do, with our re.
sources and their own wants.
GRANGER COTTON MILLS IN THE
SOUTH.
The atlanta Constitution says that
several Changers in South Carolina are
combining TO build a cotton mill on the |