davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-26


EdttoT Evening S'or'-Whilst am "catch.
ing breath" here, 1 write you few desultory
notes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-26
STEAMER SUE EXCURSIONS.
t. PLEASURE sEEkEhs.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT
STEAMER PILOT BOY. Capt. W. Il. Byles.

After his date and during the summer months the
tue lT.a Steamer =" PfLOT B0T will r.
leave " s=Li ErUu, from 9th street - Sp@@zsS
wharf every TUESDAY and SATJ Il 71z<z-r<7.ss2s
DA mNrHing- al ! O'Clock, tIT principal landings
on the POtJH3a including the f1yOrite Summer Re
sort 81 Cotton & ard 5iskistpu Island Returning,
val arrive IN " ashiugtsu early on wednesday and
Sunday evening On Saturday, IN adiiu0UtO the
shove isntIuEs the Pilot Boy will take passengers
Ter LeouaT1tCwu, arriving there early sane eve
ming, leaving On SUNDAY morning for Washington.
Th- scenery ON the Potomac being unsurpassed,
sud the Pilot Boy the only steamer sffOriiaE yisx
~ entire route b. daylight, makes these st
pleasant and heRlbtui trips for families aud social
parttes. Esre, single trip, 81 round trip tickets,
good until Used, SIS Appl, 20
n. y FIrZHTGH, Agent.
lels 3n SiNtu-str rect n harf.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13


THE civil wal of Pennsylvania, like
all other wars, in causing an enormous
waste of wealth. The New York DaiIv
Bulletin, a trustworthy authority, cal
culates that $500, 900, 900 of capital and
100000 persons are now idle in this
one State, simply On account of the
strikes. The loss in wages is 100000
and on capital lat 6 per cent? $4,000 a
day. Thus the laborers lose eight dol
lars per day, while capital loses only
three dollars. The aggregate loss per
week is'S1,65O,0OO, without taking into
account any profits of production to
capitalists and the country. Such a
condition of affairs, prolonged for
months, is abnormal, and we doubt that
mere Obstinacy on either side or both
viii suffice to explain it. Money would
not thus lie idle, if profits were sure.
Protection has overdone many manu-
features dependent on Pennsylvania
coal and iron, while panic and depres-
sion have decreased the demand. These
facts possess an important bearing on
the situation, and those who throw all
the blame on tie miners are equally at
fault with those who condemn the cap
~italists exclusively.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13
A THREATENED REVOLUTION IN
GOWES.

wv
Among the n5w branches of trade
developed within the past few years,
is that of ladies' readymade suits, and
at the present rate of progress, the
time may not be distant when the fair
sex VIII depend on "store clothes"
quite as much as their sterner breth-
ren. This is not exactly what the
world anticipated from the invention
Of the sewing machine, and yet that
ingenious triumph of mechanism is
contributing largely to the change. In
the city Of New York alone, the trade
in readymaded dresses for ladies amount
ed to $1,000 700 last year, and Nash
vile has witnessed some efforts to In
troduce the business here. We are
told the average price Of ladies' suits.
made to order, atthe metropolis, ranges
from SIS to $3.50, while imported suits
run as high as $500, which is cheap
for one from the Partisan Worth.
But the fashion is rapidly work
ing down from the salons Of
wealth to the middle classes who con-
stitute the bulk Of consumers, and
prices are scaled to suit. As a conse-
quence, almost every branch of the dry
goods trade is being influenced to some
extent. Ladies dress pieces are no
longer made the specially they once
were. Trimmings are more substan-
tial and at the same time more dainty.
To produce a costume which, in regard
to color, shape, texture and trimmings,
shall be characteristic Of the wearer,
involves the attributes Of the artist.
The old spectacle Of a host Of dress
makers and milliners in the house,
making up spring and summer outfits,
is fast disappearing. The dress
makers apprentices Of the past
and Of the novels are now to be
found in the ladies' ready-made cloth.
ing rooms, attending to sewing ma
chimes and making up the details of
dress on designs prepared by compe-
tent artistes, who superintend the work
as it progresses. In this way superior
and more satisfactory results are OBJ
tanned than were formerly possible.
Commenting on this growing change
IN New York, the United States Econo-
mist recalls the ridcule of "slop shop"
masculine attire a score of years ago,
and predicting that the prejudice
against store clothes for ladies will dis
appear in ike manner, says:
In a few years a lady Will no more
think of making her own dress, or
think of having it made in her W
house, than her husband or brother
now thinks Of having a tailor at work
on a new suit. OF course, it viii be a
work Of time and difficulty to educate
the trade Itself mp to this point. What
is required is competent workmen,
filters, s-eamstresses, etc. But the pub.
lie is better prepared for the change
than the trade seems to be. To use a
somewhat hackneyed expression, "there
is millions in it." Those who are first
in the field viii reap the largest re.
wards.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

THERE Is a small class of American
politicians who assume a virtue supe-
rior to that practieed by either of the
great parties. The members Of that
class do not stay with either Democrat
or Republican. They stop at the hide
pendent halfway house. They halt
between two opinions and move for
ward or backward, at the command of
either. Speaking of this class of petty
politicians, the Nep York Herald says:
"This hating between two opinions is
always a mistake in politics. 1t de-
troyed Schurz in Missouri, Trumbull in
Illinois, and Cowanin P Pennsylvania, and
unless Gov. Fenton should soon ex-
press profound views it Will leave HMM
a condition Of political pulmonary con-
sumption. There are only two parties
IN this country now-the Democrats
and the Republicans"
Yet 1t is the following of this policy,
here rebuked, which has lost the Herald
1t political influence.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

THE same old trouble has broken out
afresh at Vicksburg, bus as no cleo
tons are pending now, there is hope
that Grant may let the courts regulate
the matter without bayonet ~interven-
ton. Wash Davenport, the negro
Chancery Clerk, he who last July told
a mob of his race in a public speech
that each of them had a right to a white
wife, has been lodged injail, the bonds
men who were sureties forh him on four
,charges of perjury and n of alter
ing public records having recall
ed their security. Davenport might
make up his mind for a
permanent residence in the peni-
tertiary if his political friend, Gov.
Ames, were not vested with the pardon
ing power.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

The iDistrict Legislature" under
the territorial government recently
abolished seems TO have been in all re-
spects the veriest parody ever imposed
on an intelligent community. Chas.
Godfrey, a Washington restaurateur,
has brought suit for over s., 1000 against
Peter Campbell, the Speaker of that
defunct body, which was legislated out
of existence by q Radical Congress, so
intolerable were Its ..rascahties. 1t
seems that the Legislators" were in
the habit of getting all they wanted at
Godfrey's restaurant, and charging it
to the contingent fund; but during the
last session they overchecked::the fund
by the amount now sued for. Among
the documents produced in evidence by
Godfrey, are the following:
HOUSE OF DELEGATES, June p.
I873.-8r. Godfrey, of the Chesapeake,
etc: You will please send immediate
ly,.nf the Committee on DisiufectaatS, a
lunch for seven, to consist Of fried
chicken, four porter-hQuse steaks,
boiled and fried potatoes, milk toast,
and d bottle Of brandy, two BOTTLES Stag
whisky, four bottles Krug wine, with
necessary filings. Also che box CT
CARS. P. CAMPBELL, Speaker.
Wr. Godfrey: Please send me six
bottles of champagne, and charge to
the contingent fund Of the House.
P. CAMPBELL, Speaker.
Mr.. Godfrey: Please send over, at
once, four fried chicken, etc, six bot
ties Of wine, one box Of cigars, two bot
ties of Stag. P. CAMPBELL, Speaker.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

would leave the Government in a very
bad way until his return. In the place
of his European trip, he proposes
to 60 to California and swing around
the circle until next fall. Whether he
viii include Tennessee in his peregrina-
tons, or has abandoned his proposed
visit, does not appear.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

s1T Is now stated that, instead Of go
.ing into the banking business at Chica-
90, Col. Fred. Grant has formed a part
nersbip in the real estate business with
ex-Gov Shepherd, Of the District of
Columbia, and viii begin in a short
time the erection Of a block Of forty
houses on New Jersey Avenue. There
is some speculation IS to how this
young gentlemen, who was a cadet at
West point a few years ago, couIdh have
amassed suh :ient money to throw up
his positioni in the army, and branch out
into these enterprises. The suppose
ton is that either the President him
self is-the real investor, or that some
body has been quietly holding afortune
for Fred, while be was being educated
at the public expense at the military
academy.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

THE London Spectator, with the dazed
air Of man who has Just stepped out
of the sunlight into a very dark and IN
known room, says:
1T is stated that one result Of the
last session Of Congress has been to
raise Dir. J. G. Blaine, a P~ennsyIva-
man, who, however, resides in Maine,
to the first position as the next Repub-
hcan candidate for the Presidency.
Mr.. Blaine has been Speaker Of the
House Of Representatives for the ses-
sion, and his impartiality, frmness and
vigOr Of mind have greatly struck the
leaders Of the party, who see that the
tradItIonarydislikeoft the third term Will
be too strong for Gen. Grant. The
Democrats have not decided on
their candidate; but it Is not
impossible that Mr.. Andrew
Johnson, the President, and now
Senator from Tennessee, may ultimate
" be adopted. He is a war Democrat
in opinion, is a Western man, made
many friends at the White House. and
has The same kind of attraction for the
masses as Gen. Jackson had. If he
can maintain his present attitude for
eighteen months, which is doubtful, he
may prove the favorite of the. party"
The above forcibly reminds rs Of the
attorney who gained his cause, but the
court in rendering its decision over
ruled his argument and affirmed his
case. So, the conclusion Of the Lon
don Spectator may be correct, but we
doubt the correctness of its facts.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

THE historic landaudlet of Attorney
General Williams, which defeated his
nomination for the Chief Justiceship a
year ago, is liable to be eclipsed by
Secretary Robeson's sideboard. :The
Washington correspondent of the Net0
York Tribune charges thati'a great
many articles of furniture have been
manufactured by skillful mechanics of
the Navy Yard for Robson and his
friends, and among them an elegant
and costly sideboard, of which we shall
hear more anon.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

THE Nelg York Sun explains Bar
nuns chronic absenteeism thus: ''The
reelection Of VIM. H. Barnum In Con-
necticut to Congress proves the wis
dom Of being particular in the choice
OF ones associates. He carefully alb.
stained from attending the late Con-
gress."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

THE newly published Revised Stat
utes Of the United States is little bet
ter than a nine-pound bundle Of e.
.rors. Among other absurditiesi it gives.
the President a right to appoints two
and a half cadets to West Point each
year. Among the omissions thus lar
discovered are the law that forbids
drawing government checks TO bearer,
the law regulating the Ordinance Blu.
reau, the law allowing whisky to IA
tigue parties, and that making beans a
part Of the army ration, besides others
Of lesser note. Some laws have been
materiallyNChanged, whether Willingly
or Unwittiugly, and notably the statute
touching the retirement Of army off.
GERS. a third blunder is the codlfca.
ton Of a great number of obsolete en-
actments; for instance, a militiaman
must appear upon larade fortified
with a match lock, a port fire, a certain
number Of Gints and a pair Of bullet
moulds, a requirement suitable for the
eighteenth century, but hardly pro
gressive enough for the Centennial.
To cap the climax, examination reveals
that the marginal and paginal referen-
ces to the various sections Of the orr
ginal statutes are as often wrong as
right. Taken altogether, the work
has been done so sloyenly that the
volume is more calculated TO mislead
than to help any one in search of in
formation. As the enacting clause
giving the book statutory force pro-
yides that any old laws not embraced
in it are nevertheless still laws, the in
ference may be safely drawn that every
thing is law not contained IN this pom
derOus volume.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

JUSTICE DAVID DAVIS, Of the Fed
eral Supreme Court, who is himself not
above suspicion Of a hankering for the
Presidency, expresses the opinion that
Gen. Grant not only wishes a third
term, but that be viii get the nomma-
ton of his party next year.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

IN his recent call at the White House,
Vice President Wilson did not exactly
deny the liberal views attributed to
him by the Chicago Times interviewer,
but pleaded that he had no recollection
Of such an interview. Grants recep-
ton of him was not altogether cordial,
and the visit does not appear to have
healed the breach. Dir. Wilson has
given up the notion Of a European
trip, as the history of the country fur
nishes no instance of either President
or Vice President leaving it during his
term Of Office. In Washington's time
there was some talk of sending Nh.
Adams to England, tonegotiate a trea-
ty; but, upon the advice of Jefferson,
he did not 90. Jefferson held that,
the Office Of Vice President being a
contingent, be could not safely leave
the country, on the ground hat the
death Of the President, in his absence,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13


The affairs Of the Freedman's Bank,
with It's twenty-one branches, 90 on
from bad to worse. The Commission
ers appointed to windup the institution
are Disguised with the job and want to
resign, but Attorney General Williams
gules that they cannot do 50. The old
managers are very free in'profferring
suspicious advice. and make the situa-
ton uncomfortable for the Commission
ers. The banks depositors, being
mostly ignorant negroes, decline sur
rendering their p~ass-books which are
absolutely necessary to straighten the
kinks In the regular books. Every day
develops some new and strange nego-
tiation Of the old management in the
lending Of funds. The Commissioners
dare not put up for s~aleproperty nomi-
nally belonging to the bank, because
there is reason to suspect that much of
it has been mortgaged over again.
Meanwhile the assets are daily dwind-
ling from various causes, and heart
rending appeals come up from deposi-
tors, most of whom cannot understand
where their money has gone.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

ONE Of the third party organs has
Just discovered that the members Of
that party are those who "dOno care
for power or Office or political posi-
ton If this be an exact definition
of them, they are, Judging from the
aspiring efforts tbey.have made, fewer
and further between than we had sup
posed.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

q sPEC1AL correspondent Of the Neg
York Times, Radical, writing from.
Hartford, Conn. about the defeat of
Sen: HawIey, the Republican Repre-
sentative nm that district in the late
Congress, says:
2 seen. Hawley has the satisfaction Of
knowing that he is the choice Of a very
large majority Of the intelligent voters
of the district, and was only defeated
by the brute force Of ignorance In the
lowest wards Of two cities"
That sounds strangely in paper that
has since the war devoted its energies
to uphold negro domination in the
South. How many Radical Congress
men from the Southern States since
the war havs had "Jhe satisfaction of
knowing that they were the choice Of
ths intelligent voters Of the district
TIE C&ioaqo Times Of last Saturday
contains = page Of special kilograms
from leading towns in the Northwest
concerning the wheat prospect. These
reports embrace 80 counties in Illinois,
80 in WISCONSIN, Is IN Iowa, II II In
diana, : in Missouri, : in Michigan, e
In Minnesota and 3 IN Kansas. Their
general tenor Il that the fall wheat was
badly winter killed in places, and IN
others the farmers discouraged at last
years low prices do not look with favor
on this crop. In many places, how
ever, where the deep SHOWS lay undis-
3 turba5, toe gp0wth is thrifty and gives
promise cf an abundant harvest. The
indications aSe good in nearly all the
spring wheat DISTRICTS, and, reviewing
the entire field, the production in the
Northwest this year, may yet come up
to the average.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13
Union AND AMERICAN.
TUESDAY, APRIL ID, 1875.
aHANG1Ne BEES" is the phrase in.

HANGING BEES" is the phrase in
vented by the Chicago Times to desig-
nate the two executions that occurred
last Friday. 1t Is very expressive Of
the human Swarm" that eagerly crowd
round the gallows on such occasions.
a RADICAL journalist still insists
that his party is "a party Of moral
ideas and moral convictions" These
"moral ideas and moral convictions" do
not prevail IN che land Of steady
habits" They probably suit better the
atmosphere Of Plymouth Church.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13
First-class Spruce Street
FOR SHE 1T AUCTION.

I WILL OFFER FOR SALE, AT PUBLIC
i Outcry, on the premises, on Wednesday, 21st,
at Il O'Clock, a Hot Of ground on South Spruce
street, fronting 80 feet and running back I72
feet to an alley, and lying between the Hume
High School Building and the residence of Dr..
Van 5. Lindsey. The old frame building on
this lot has been rendered untenable BY depre-
datiOns made upon il, and the owners (sOme Of
whom are nOn-residentS) have determined to
dispose Of the property.
1t is needless to say anything in its behalf as
desirable residence properJy-it speaks for it
self. 1t will be sold in two lots, the frontage OF
which will be made known on day of sale.
TERMS-One-fOurth cash, and residue in /
and 2 years, with interest.
THOS. CALENDER, Agent,
apis I'd 80 n. Cherry street,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

THE pistols worn By Major Pitcairn
at Lexington, and from one Of which
the first shot of the Revolution was
fired, are in the possession of the widow
ofa grandson Of Gen. Putnam, and
wil5be exhibited at the approaching
centennial exercises at Lexington.
They were given to Gen. Putnam when
he joined the army at Cambridge, and
were used by him during the war.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

THE Gibson county prisoners, in
dicted by the United States Court Cor
ailedged conspiracy, were acquitted yes
terday by the jury in obedience to the
recommendation Of Judges Emmons
and Ballard, that the evidence in the
case did not sustain the charge and
was not sufficient to oeavict. The
charge 70 the jury was very important
and full, and the court room was
jammed- with citizens interested IN the
result Of the case.-MemPHis appeal,
From the above, which is all we find
incur Memphis exchanges Of Sunday,
we gather that Judge Emmons joined
irrbe recommendation Of Judge Bal
lard, and that the latter did not act
alone as might have been inferred
from wording Of the Associated Press
dispatch published IN our last issue.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

REVIEWING the intended effect on
both5races Of the Civil Rights Bill, the
English press generally treat it as
.rather harsh on the whites. The Pail
Nall gazette says it Is really an abridg-
ment of liberty and, to give a correct
conception Of its practical operation,
imagiaes the passage of an act Of Par
Lament which should secure to the COS
termongers Of Covent Garden tire right
TO occupy stalls IN the adjoining Opera
House iStheir shirt sleeves. Proceed
ing in this argument, it says: Neither
in the career Of Prince Bismarck nor
in an b annals Of tyranny is there a
passagdto be compared to the enact
mept Of these provisions by q demo-
cratic Legislature"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13
Union Bank Of tennessee.

IN PURSUANCE OF 4 DECREE OF THE
i Chancery Court ordering a final close of the
affairs Of the Union Bank OF tennessee, / will
offer at public sale, to the highest bidder, at the
Courthouse door in Nashville, on
Tuesday, the 1St day Of June, 1876,
the following properly belonging TO said Bank,
viz: All the unsolicited debts; about 5000
eight thousand acres (unimprOved) land in
Arkansas; one tract Of land IN Dyer county,
Tenn Confederate Bonds and Treasury Notes;
Arkansas War Bonds; four hundred and forty
f4HO shares Planters bank Stock; one Burglar
Proof Safe; a large lot Of Old books, papers and
fixtures. Terms. cash.
Lists Of the debts and description and location
Of the land will be furnished on application to
me. Jos ". ALLEN
April 10, 1875. Cashier and Trustee.
ap11 td#
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

TIE Hon Alexander Il. Stephens
denies, distinctly and emphatically,
!, that be "ever upheld, supported, or
dfendeaany act Of usurpation by Gen.
Grant or anybody else, either in low
or high official position and says his
life has been devoted to the ss'mainte-
nance Of right against wrong-the
rights of individuals as weR as the
rights Of States-againsJ all abuses of
power which tend to oppression and
tyranny"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13

The lower house Of the South Caro-
lima Legislature have a de apprecia-
ton Of the power Of prayer, and CRATE
fully voted a gratuity Of $500 to their
chaplain for praying with credit to
himself and satisfaction to the House."