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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-16

VHE CUBAN WAn.-Stilll goes on the
slaughter in the "Evcr Faithful Isle,
and ut no period hns the struggle been
$50 fierce or waged over such o vast ex
tent of territory. Valmasedn, notwith-
standing his boasting proclamation,
makes no real headway Now and then
his troops manage to kill nm odd rebel of
some importance, but it does not seem
to affect the Cuban cause. Other leaders,
more formidable and active, spring up
80 take the place Of those who fall. The
Cuban forces, too, though constantly cut
10 pieces in the Spanish bulletins, grow
stronger and more audacious after each
defeat. Instead of sweeping tho rebels
ccsoss the trochn in fifteen days, ms VAL
maseda rashly promised, he is still pelt-
ing them with paper proclamations from
behind his intrenchments. But, strange
ly enough, the rebels no longer melt
away before the terror of Yalmaseda's S
'nnmc On the contrary, they raid up to
his guns and invite him to combnt-nn
invitation he answers by proclamation
calling on them to come in and surrcn-
der. He is the great Spanish Snowman.
and like clown Mt fair, he constantly
informs the Cuban rebels that "now is
the time to walk in and see the great
'show-the triumph of peace" But the
rebels simply carry out their policy of
fighting and flying, knowing we'll that
they hnve only to hold out long enough
and that Spain will be forced to let go
her grip of Cubn from sheer inability to
hold on.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-16

ALWAYS IN DEMAND.--Few industries
have felt the lnte dull times so little rs
the Fairbanks Scale Works ut st. Johns
bury, Vt. During the past six months
they have manufactured nearly $4,000
scales, showing nm increase in produc-
lion of 20 per cont. over corresponding
time last year, and the foreign demand
.dor their scales has never been 80 large
as at the present time. We understand
that Messrs. Fairbanks &c Co. have re-
Gently gotten up cotton beam, with
frame, hooks, &C., complete, made in tho
best manner, which they are Offering At
n low figure. Merchants would do we'll
to inform themselves regarding them be-
fore purchasing.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-16

A Chicago inventor comes forward with
rival to The Keely motor. and has pro-
crossed SO, far as to be willing to state
that by the combination of air and wator
he has produced pressure Of 10000
pounds to the square inch.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-16

LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Statement Central National Bank.
Information Wanted.
Fairbanks Scales.
Seibels & Ezcll-Lots for Sale
Spnrtanburg and Ashevillc r. r. Co.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-16

1t is astonishing to find how many
people have been possessed of Keely's
secret since that gentleman hns an
nouned his intention to run train from
Philadelphia to New York with few
drops'of water. No less than dozen
parties have written to different papers
within the last week or two, stating that
they have had machines in embryo at
least which are to be worked by the same
mysterious process.
Mrs. Dunn, wife Of o laborer in Lowell,
Mass, was kicked to death recently by
her husband, during drunken fit. He
wanted money from her but was refused.
Dunn is under arrest
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-16

SUPREME Court, JULY 15.-The Court
met at 10 A. NJ. Prcscnt-Chief Justice
Moses md Associate Justice Wright.
F. w. McMaster, administrator, ap-
pellant, rs. Mrs. Agnes Talley, adminis-
tratrix, respondent. On motion of Messrs
Melton & Clark, for respondent, time
extended to August 1 to submit argu-
ments.
Er partc D. Augustus Stroker. Pcti-
tion for admission to practice. On mo-
tion of Mr.. Elliott, for petitioner, the
petition was granted, and MIR. Stroker
sworn and enrolled as an attorney, soli-
citor and counsellor of tho Supreme
Court of South Carolina.
Ec parte Thos. G. Dunn, Comptroller
General of South Carolina, appellant, in
re Hand rs. South Carolina Railroad
Company ct al. Motion to docket appeal
for hearing at present term. MIR. Stone
was heard for appellant. Motion granted.
Appeal dockcted for hearing on Friday,
23d inst, II A. NJ.
The Court called tho attention of the
members of the bar to the 24th Rule of
Court, which is rs follows:
No motion will be heard by the Court
or by either Of the Justices at chambers,
on written application. If the counsel
of record cannot attend, the motion
must be submitted by counsel represent
AtiP. NJ, the Court adjourned m until It'll
Friday, '23d, II A. NJ
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14
Neu OrIeana marketa.

NEW ORLEANS, May 13.-GOld 115E
sight prem; sterling 5543. Flour scarce
and in demand; fine S4.T5; superfne $3.50;
Y 1918; Xxx S.. 75a6.OO; xxx So 25ae. 70;
choice $50. Corn firm; mixed and yell
low 9Oc; white 9Oa92c. Oats dull at ia
75c. Bran duIl and lower at Si.12a1 10.
Hay firm; prime $50; strictly prime $3.50.
Mess pork dull at 81. 25a22. so. Dry sa
meats-nO shoulders on hand; they are
called for at &c; sides 124al2bc. Bacon
stronger; shoulders 9ac; clear sides 133a
1890. Hams dull. Lard dull; tierCe 155a
155c; key 16a16!. Sugar-gOOd demand;
common Sc; fair to fully fair SAGE; prime 9
a93c AIOlasses dull; common 4Oa5Oc; fair
59a55c; prime to choice 5ja70c.t Whisky
nominal at 81. 19al.2O. Coffee firm at 1Sa
Ice. COrnmeal frmerat S4.0Oa4.lO.
Cincinnati HarEels.
CINCINNATI, May 13.-FlOur is firm;
family s.. Tabs. Wheat is firm at SIPS
al. SO. Corn steady at 7SaS0c. Oats firm at
7OaT3c. Rye steady at 81 22ai.2j. Barley
dull and unchanged; fall S..59alGO. Mess
pork dull and unchanged at - l.j0aS22 90.
lard dull and nominal; steam l5al5bc
kettle 15Ic. Bulk meats dull and dropping;
shoulders SEC; clear rib 1lSal19c; clear
sides 12a125c. Bacon quiet and unchanged;
shoulders 95c; clear rib 12sc; clear sides
135a1SIc. Whisky firm at SL16.
Louisville Markets.
LOUISVILLE, May 13.-FlOur quiet and
unchanged; extra S45Oa5.OO; extra family
S. 50a6OO; A No. 1 S6.2ja6.5O; fancy 1913
AIS. Wheat quiet and unchanged at Sl.25
for red; Sl.32a1.35 for amber and white.
Corn firm at TSaSOc. Oats firm at Tic. Rye
quiet and unchanged at S1.22al.25. Barley
dull and unchanged. Provisions quiet.
Mess pork 81. 25a22.5O. Bulk meats
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14
POLITICS IN THE
NEXT PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS.
CIarksviIe Tobacco Leaf.


There can be no doubt that indie
pendent politics have their place in the
social order and their work to perform.
When one party has accomplished its
mission, and become merely a party
seeking to administer the Government
for the sake of power and Office, large
number of its former adherents, dis
gusted with their own party, tired of
the inevitable corruption ard misman-
agement of a party which has had
long period Of success, and not ready
to espouse the principles, or to embrace
the policy, or join the organization of
the opposite party, will always form,
IN every free country, a middle or in
dependent body, contributing indi-
rectly to the success of the opposition,
and finally, part merging with the OPP
position, part holding aloof to join the
new party, which time and the vicissi-
tudes of government and the progress
of society will inevitably bring into be-
ing.
The independent is a dissatisfied
element, that has abandoned its con-
victions and acquired no new ones. 1t
has no principles, from the very nature
Of its position. Nevertheless it is an
important element, and an honest ele-
ment.
Murat Halstead, of the Cincinnati
Commercial, is agitating the nomina-
ton of a ticket by the Independents, at
the head of which shall be Charles
Francis Adams. There is no possible
chance for the success Of such ticket
as an independent or third party-not
the slightest. If the Republican party
can reform its shattered ranks in the
face of an enemy, divest itself of its
bad elements, place the party manage
ment In the hands of pure and upright
men, utterly ignoring Grant and the
offce-holders, and at the same time re-
tanning their support, twill do whatnO
party ever did do, or ever can do; but
it might, In that event, by nominal
ing two pure and upright men, carry
the next election. If the Democratic
victories shall purify our opponents
and give US good government, it is all
We need care to ask.
All this, however, is impracticable.
Grant and his wing will be IN the field.
If Grant is not at the head of the tick
ct, Conkling or Morton will be, and the
viii be left between the
two contending lines, aiding the De-
mocracy indirectly, while they viii
nothing In particular.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14
HTSGARIAN GRASS.

A MARYLAND farmer, who sOws half
bushel of seed to the acre, makes these
malicious remarks on the cultivation Of
this crop:
The growth of the crop depends much
upon the season. We are liable to
spells Of dry weather at the time 1t Is
growing. If the rain falls IN tOlerable
abundance, we find the crop ready to
cut in about sixty days from the time
of sowing. and the yield from one ton
20 two or more tons per acre, according
10 the strength Of the land. 1t may be
cut and cured Just as We treat a
crop Of clover and timothy. We
MIGHT fear when loading It.,
from its excessive weight, that 1t
is = { yet dry enough for the NOV. But
this ponderosity belongs to 1t, and per-
haps goes to explain its uncommon nu-
rrittious qualities. Either as well cured
hav. or as pasture. if we choose to let
our cattle help themselves from the
field. it is highly relished by stock, and
whether for fattenIng or dairy pur-
poses. It has hardly a superior among
the grasses now in use. IL seed be
wanted 1t should stand until the seed
Is matured. But even then the plants
are not dry or dead, ike ripened wheat
or timothy. The crop shows a sea OF
well crowded heads, with a prOfUsIOn Of
leaves, still green, rising above them.
So that after the seed Fifteen or twenty
bushels per acre has been threshed the
straw remains a hay of considerable
value.
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The Voice of the Great West.

That insomnia, or inability to sleep, has be-
come very prevalent Of late years, is sufficiently
evidenced by the fact that numberless remedies
have been introduced within the last decade
specially intended for its cure. and that new
sedatives are continually cropping up But no
medical agent has so widely and CLEARLY estab-
lished its claims As a genuine sOpOriic as Hos
letters Stomach BitteTs. That il removes this
misunderstanding inability far more effectuallv
than the brOmides, chlOrsls and valerianates in
use, is not u be wondered at when we consider
that such drugs act only on the brain, which Is
tfy the alimentary disturbances which origi-
nate it. 1t Is admitted by physicians that dys-
persia and nOn-assimilatiOn OF the food prOduce
sleeplessness. The Bitters overcome these OBJ
stacles TO repOse well as those urinary troubles
which are also said 10 interfere with H. A vine
glasSful OF two of this wholesome sedative invig-
GRANT at bedtime, rarely fails to induce tranquil
repOse. myl4 deOdlWEWlt
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ter. The secret of saving feed and
preserving stock is shelter. During
the past year Mr.. Grant expended
Sc, 200 in constructing shelter, and he
has such faith IN its advantages that
he viii expend double the amount du-
ring the coming season. He has $780,
600 invested IN stock, and is the owner
of the thoroughbred English stallion
"Flodden," valued at $4,000, the
father of which won the race In 1860 at
Derby-iH which half a million dollars
changed hands. Mr.. Grant has just
returned from the East and has on the
way to his farm thirty odd broodmares
purchased in Ohio, Virginia and Ken
lucky.
Mr.. Grant is dispOsing Of his land to
actual settlers-and sells only to such
as can afford to purchase a mile square
or upwards. Among a large number
of resident colonists and stOck-raisers
who have purchased land of him and
are now raising stock in Victoria col
ouy are many young men Of promi-
nence both IN this country and Eng
land. The Hon. Walter Maxwell,
younger son of Lord HerTies Of Ever
ingham PARK, Yorkshire, England,
owns two sections, and is comfortably
settled down to the healthful life of the
ranchero. Then there are three bach
elor sons of a Derbyshire clergyman,
and the nephew Of the Earl of Win
chelsea, who is now on his way over
from England to take up his home
there. Two nephews of Mayor Guthrie
of New York city, and two young
Shields of Boston, are also of the num-
Der,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14
FINANCIAL.

We have no change to report in financial
matters, and business in all departments
continues very dull. There is some de-
mand on the street for money, but the de-
mand from the banks is light. There is
no change in rates.
Exchange on New York is scarce and in
demand. The banks buy at par and sell at
g per thousand premium.
Gold is firm and shade higher, closing
in New York at 115i. Dealers here pay
Ia and ask 115s. Silver is taken at LOG
for halves and quarters.
Tennessee bonds are unchanged, being
quoted in New York at Y and at 502
so, with sales reported at 81.
COmptrOller's warrants are very dull and
as there are a good many on the market
the tendency is decidedly downward. Bro
Bers pay SSd90 and sell IA 9l692.
Our local stock market is very dull, and
we but seldom hear Of any transactions.
For quotations we refer to those given by
the Nashville Savings Company, corner
Union and College streets.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14
UNION AND AMERICAN.
FARM AND GARDEN.
ENGLISH MOUTHS WATERING FOR
TENNESSEE LANDS.


Some of our agricultural readers who
pay taxes on more acres than yield
fair income, may be interested to learn
that truthful statement of Tennes-
sees resources to a large meeting of
the well organized industrial classes in
England, at Swansea, has had this ef-'
feet: "An this made the mouths of
miners assembled at Swansea water
very copIously. Their views we're ex-
pressed by a witty fellow Of no mean
note among them, Mr.. George Pickard,
when he said it was a great pity they
could not fetch the territory over to
this country" The intellect of George
Is sharp, but when the human hive of
itde England has already over twenty
million bees, and millions. breeding all
the time, though but one queen, must
not there be a large and contin-
nous swarming from this begun?
AS the mountain would not 60 to
Mohammet, and heswent to the noun
tain, so, as the rich farming, coal
and iron lands Of the South cannot
cross the Atlantic to meet the labOring
millions In Western and Central Eu!
rope, who ask for employment and bet
ter wages, they must come to the
Southern States to cultivate the soil
till they can lay by enough to purchase
and hold good share of it.
The simple fact that our superior eli
mate enables US to raise cotton, rice,
corD, tobacco, grass, horses, cattle,
sheep, hogs and all dairy products,
about twice as easily as they are pro-
duced in Europe, tells where the most
people viii be in one hundred years
from this time. Europe has three hun
bred million souls to multiply from,
and our lands are desirable for, prac-
teal purposes.
flour landholiers were wise they
would soon make their estates worth
an average of fifty dollars an acre;
but we are sorry to say, wisdom which
makes two blades Of grass grow where
one grew before, doubling the value of
land, has a very limited residence in
the Sunny South. Oar farming lands
are cheap yet difficult Of sale, not be-
cause our sunshine, rain and dew are
defectivs; not because our atmosphere
lacks rich plant food, and the soil is
barren; but because our thinking ma
chimes are nearly ruined by traditions
andl supsrstitions and operate badly.
If by any means our thoughts could
be brought into harmony with things
as God has made them, times would be
easy, money plenty, and there would
be five men trying to buy farms where
there was one man trying to sell.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14

pest as already swarming and inereas.
ING from Missouri to the Rocky Noun
tains. If these reports are true, the
devastation of last summer viii likely
be repeated, and new territory raw
aged and robbed of its human sus-
tenance. Farther north, in Nebraska
and Minnesota, it is thought that the
mission of the grassbopper is finished,
and that the farmers will have an OPP
portuni5y 70 recover their lost ground.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14
N, Chn,,cer,r ct Nashville.


GTATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
- and Master Chancery Court, Nashville,
Nav the eth, lS75.-ThOs. j. hopkins ct ALL,
COmplainants, vs.. The St Louis Mutual Lite Iu-
suranCe Co, eJ ais, Defendants.
It appearing from affidavit fled in this cause
that the defendants, The St Louis Mutual
Life Insurance Co. and The St. Louis Life IN
surauce Co. are uOn-residents Of the State Of
Tennessee; and il further appearing that the
names Of the pClicy-hOlders in said St Louis
Mutual Life Insurance Co., resident in Tennes-
see, are unknown, 50 that the ordinary process
OF law cannot be served upon any OF the said
defendants. Ii is therefore ordered that said
nonresident defendants and said pOlicy-hOldsrs
resident in Tennessee, enter their appearance
herein before OF within the first three DAYS OF the
next term Of said Court, TO be held on the first
Monday in October next, (lS75,) and plead,
answer, or demur TO COmplainaut's bill, or the
same viii be taken for confessed as TO them, and
set for hearing eX 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.
j. 81. DickersOn, Solicitor for COmplainants.
rnvE OaW4r
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14

shoulders SEE clear rib 11ac; clear sides
lzse. Bacon - shoulders 9kc; clear rib
12se; clear sides 1879 Sugar-cured hams
14e. Lard-tierces 153a16c; key 164a168c.
Whisky S1.16. Bagging quiet and firm a.
13a14c.
Sc. Louis MaFkeeu.
ST. LOUIS, May 13.-Flour quiet but
firm. Wheat higher; No. 2 red winter
STAG cash; S1.45a1.45 for June delivery:
No. 8 red winter Sl.35 bid; No. 2 spring
$1.02t bid. Corn firm but inactive at 74c
cash; Toe for June delivery. Oats firm at
63ta643c. Barley and Rye no saless
Whisky nominal at S1.2O. Mess pork is
offered at S2l.75; small lots Of hard sides
sold at S21.75. Dry salt meats quiet at
SIC for shoulders; clear rib 12a12Ie. Bacon
quiet; clear rib 1910 for last week in June,
jObbing and order lots; shoulders 9Iagsc;
clear rib 12aa13e; clear sides 135a13f. Lard
quiet; small lots 154c; round lots nominal
" 15c. Hogs quiet at 6sa73c; receipts IT'S
head. Cattle firm; native steers 68a64c.
Memphis Markets.
MEMPHIS, May Is. Flour is steady.
Corn firm at SIC. Oats 74c. Lard 15ia
16tc. Bacon shoulders 93a9a; clear rib
1Sta1S3c.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14
FEEDING VEAL TO RUMINANTs.

a correspondent of the Country Gen.
Hemau says, having often seen it
stated in the papers that corn meal
fed to COWS went directly to the fourth
stomach without mixing with other
food, or being Reconstructed, I fed a
COW about five pounds dry corn meal
some moths ago, in the morning, after
she had eaten her usual feed Of hay.
In about one hour after I killed the
COW and found that meal as thorough
" mixed with all the hay in the paunch
as if it had been put in a tub and
stirred up with a fork. I think that
some, or all, of that meal would have
come up to be re-chewed if the hay did.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14
ENGLISH STOCK Il AIsERs IN KAN
RAR

The 81. Louis Republican says Of Mr..
George Grant, founder Of the Victoria
Colony in Kansas, who recently visited
that city:
Owner Of $4,000 acres Of land, en-
bracing the county Of Ellis, which Is
larger than any dukedom in Europe,
he is entitled to the credit Of a public
beueEactor by the introduction Of the
best hooded stock, and showing by ex-
ample the best manner Of rearing,
feeding and improving the foreign and
domestic breeds Of horses, cattle and
sheep in this country.
He has Just wintered 1000 sheep
with loss Of less than one per cent.
He wintared So cows without feeding
them except on several cold nights
with hay, with only a loss OF four
calves and one cow. His success IN
this respect is due mainly to good shell
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14
NASHVILLE MARKETS.
UNION AND AMERICAN OFFICE,
THURSDAY, May Is, 1875.

e The receipts reported to-day were by
- wagon. The following is a summary of
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14
THE COMING CHRISTOPHER.
Chicago Tribune.

In some portions Of Kansas and Mis-
souri, the inevitable grasshopper has
appeared IN vast numbers. This year
he comes, according to report, reduced
In size, even to the diminutive proper
lions. of.the,fea, and ranging from that
to the size Of a common hOuse-tiy. His
number does not seem TO have been
diminished, but, on the contrary, he Is
as sChd to the square foot as during
their raid Of last season, and his ca
pacity for destruction is fully as great
as when his bodily bulk accorded with
the general idea Of the average hopper.
Dispatches report this troublesome
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14

CoEDAeE-Jute 1SS grass, 15n16Sc;
cotton 206z5e.
COTTON YARN@Per dOz., 1Oc, 12c, 14c
and 16e for zoos, zoos, 5OOs and zoos.
lRoN-Tennessee bar &c q b; Ken
lucky do. &c; Tennessee band SR95c; Ken
lucky do. 4Ad53c; Tennessee boiler plate 6
6elc; boiler heads &c; fire box 9fc; sheet,
common, b66c; 90. Kentucky, 667c; do.
Tennessee, Sd9c; cast steel and shear zoe;
American blister 123c; English blister 1sc.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-14

LIVERPOOL, May Is, 1890 P. M.-Cot-
ton steadier. Middling uplands I'D;
Orleans SdSBd. Sales to-day 1900 bales,
of which 1900 bales are for export and
speculation. 4