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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
POLITICAL sPECULsTEONs.


The Cincinnati Times, Republican,
is specializing as to the probable con-
duct Of the Democratic party in the
campaign Of 1876. 1t thinks that Fer
nando Wood and S. S. Cox, Of New
York, viii withdraw from the contest
for the Speakership Of the House, in
order to promote Gov. Tilden's pros
poets for the presidential nomination.
Then who is the coming man for the
Speakership? Not Randall, of Penn
sylvania, nor Kerr, Of Indiana, because
Pennsylvania has no presidential can
didate worthy Of consideration, and
Indiana is counted safe for the party
under any circumstances. Hon. Nil
ton SayIor, Of Ohio, viii be the next
Speaker in the opinion Of the Times
That journal reasons thus:
I'VE come then to Ohio, which, as
we shall quickly see, Is the State that
the New York Democracy most fear
1t is. absolutely necessary for their pro
jects that she shall be carried by The
Democracy IN October. Her Stat,
election leads the battles of this fall
and those Of New York and Pennsyl
vania, which follow in the month after
viii depend very closely upon the result
here. She presents also the two Pres
identiaI candidates that ii e Iilden mel
most fear-Gov. Allen and Senator
Thurman-men whose claims upon th,
party for the highest place Of trust i
will be difficult to shake off. The prece
dents of years, moreover, declare tina
Ohio must have something Of import
ance-she must have the first place o.
second; and it is the second, the Speak
ership, that viii be offered her. 1t /;
not at all difficult to determine upoI
whom the choice viii fall. The Hon
Milton Sayler is the gentleman that
they Will select, and he is, personally
as strong a candidate as could be cho.
sen"
These are but the speculations Of a
Republican journal. That journals o.
that political faith, fearing a Demo,
cratic victory, viii be filed with such
speculations for months there can b.
no doubt. They hope thereby to excite
aspirations and create rivalries which
might result IN Democratic discord
Such efforts Will not succeed. The
Democracyhave at heart the prosperity
Of the people, the good Of the country
Their motto is: Go slow and think q
plenty.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
THE LATEST FORM OF POSTAL
FRAUD.

A fresh form Of petty fraud has been
discovered in the postal service. 1t
appears that the -poslmasters of small
Offices throughout the country are
allowed thirty per cent commission on
all stamps sold, while the regular
agencies at the larger Offices receive
only two per cent. This curious ar
rangement is a standing temptation to
collision and fraud; and any man Of
ordinary business capacity, if obliged
to resort to such a plan, would keep a
keen watch over It's operation. But
the blind men at Washington have
only now discovered that many Of the
stamp agents purchase all their stamps
through the lesser postmasters, whose
salaries are thereby largely increased,
after dividing their commission with
the agents. The actual loss to the
| Government is estimated at twenty
three per cent Of all the stamps soldby
agents. This is a pretty large fraction
of the entire revenues of the postal
! service, and almost s%ufices IN itself to
explain the chronic annual deficiency
of millions. Need we wonder that the
Postofce Department is not self-sup-
porting.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
VERY NDEpENpENT PAPER.

a curious journalistic product has
resulted from the consolidation Of the
st. Paul Press andtheSt. Paul Pioneer,
which viii hereafter be printed as one
newspaper under the name Of the
PjOHeer-Press The Pioneer was for
twenty years the Democratic State
organ; the Press was the leading Re
publican paper, and the organ Of ex-
Senator Ramsey until his extinguish-
meut. The consolidated Pi0aCsr-Press
is 10 have no politics. The stock
holders have simply determined to de-
termiue IN the future what party or
policy they VIII advocate or oppose.
Meanwhile they viii advocate nothing
and oppose nothing. This VIII leave
the ~uondescript concern free to 60
where It viii be most profitable.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

SPEAKING Of the approaching cen
tenary of the M~ecEenburg Declaration
of Independence, to be celebrated at
Charlotte, n. c., the Philadelphia Times
remarks:
1t is a notable fact that Charlotte
was the cradle Of liberty and the grave
Of rebellion. 1t was there that the
first pronounced aspirations for free
dom found utterance a century ago,
and it was there that the last Cabinet
meeting and council Of war of the re-
beIion was held. There liberty was
first proclaimed, there Jefferson Davis
was last addressed as President Of the
Southern Co~nfederacy, and there Gen.
Joseph Z. Johnston decided to smreh-
der the last formidable army of the
insurgents. Near there some Of the
memorable battles Of the Revolution
were fought, and altogether no one
section. Of our whole country is more
replete with historical incidents relat-
ing to the birth, advancement and
maintenance Of our free institutions.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
a RAID on THE RAILROADS.
Uncle sam Collecting Back Taxes for
IS6z-Is7I-EWO Million Dollars In
rnIrnn-
Sc Louis Republican

- LUIS AAEEulAN4Aa
Col. H. Y. Yaryan, Especial agent Of
the revenue department at Washing
ton, is in the city for the purpose Of
examining the account books of rail
road companies IN regard to unpaid
taxes under the internal revenue sys-
TEN.
Thetaxes underinvestigation are such
as are due on net earnings, dividends,
gross receipts and interest on bonds for
the years 1864 to 1S7l, inclusive. Col
Yaryan has examined already about
twenty roads, and among them ali has
found but one that has paid its taxes
square up.
The exception was the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore road. The
fault is not attributed to fraud, but 10
doubtful and complicated questions as
to the liabilities Of the respective roads,
which are generally decided by the
railroad officials IN their favor.
The special agent will examine the
books while here, Of the Chicago and
Alton, Ohio and Mississippi, and Han
ibll and St. Joe roads. The Iron
Mountain, Atlantic and Pacific, with
its leased roads, have suits pending IN
relation to the matter. The Little
Miami and the Cincinnati and Mari
eta have been put in suit On account Of
insolvency.
All the other roads examined have
since paid up or Il In a process Of
paying their liabilities under this tax.
The Government has already received
over 5000 900 from the twenty roads
examined, and it is estimated that up
wards Of $4,000 900 viii be received by
the Government from these sources be-
fore the examination Is closed.
Col. Yaryan is next ordered to pro-
coed to Chicago "a make an examina-
ton Of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad. That road claims
that they are nothing behind, but the
local revenue officers set up a large
claim against that line.
There are yet over one hundred roads
IN the Union to be examined. In many
cases the books Of the railroad c0mpa-
MES are found not properly kept, and
the examination by the local assessors
have not always been as they should
be. It requires an expert to clear up
the matter.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
SENATOR GORDON,s FATHER.

In Russell county, Alabama, not
many miles from the city Of Columbus,
resides Rev. z. II. Gordon, father OF
Gen. John 3. Gordon, the illustrious
Senator Of Georgia. He is engaged in
agricultural pursuits, besides devoting
much Of his time to preaching the Cos
pei. He has been connected with the
Baptist church, as a minister, for a Pc
Rod Of fifty years, and, during the
time, has baptized over n thousand
converts. He is now in his eightietn
year, and retains the vigor Of his man
hood suficientlytO attend to the duties
required Of him as a minister, besides
experimenting his farm. A devout
Christian, a gentlemen Of good sense,
courteous IN his manners, and liberal
to a fault, he is a man to be admired
by everybody. And it may be said of
our gallant Senator, that he is a "chip
Of the old block. atlanta NelUs.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

UNDER the law Of the last session of
Congress, providing for a commission
to test the quality Of American iron
and steel, work viii be begun in about
a week. The first step is to build the
machines for testing purposes. They
will cost about 800 each, and each
Supervising Inspector viii have ten Of
them in his district. To build these
machines viii take about two months.
The object Of these tests is not with
any view Of discriminating in favor Of
any American manufacturers of iron
and steel, but solely with the view of
forming accurate knowledge as to the
exact endurance and strength Of these
two great articles Of American manu-
facture, and to what extent they can
be applied in resisting enormous pres
sure. The Government officers and
the trade interests concerned in the
manufacture Of iron and steel are con
fdent that great results will be obtain
ed from these tests.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
O AM

The National Republican, Of Wash
ington City, Grants organ, is severe
ly satirical on the M~ecklenburg Cen
tennial celebration. 1t says:
The M~ecklenBurg celebration prom
Uses to be q close-communion, hide
bound, and ~cOnceitedly select affair.
Its promoters and conductors have
been chosen with a sole regard for
their political and Confederate ante
cedents. It viii therefore be managed
entirely IN the interest of the State
rights extreme Southern wing of the
Democratic party. Avalued and relia-
bic correspondent writes that Joe
Johnston viii be chief marshal, with
about forty ex-C Confederate generals as
assistant marshals, and old John Kerr,
one Of the chief Ku-Klux mur6eIers
Of State Senator Stephens, as the ora
tor Of the occasion" He adds: "All
Of the Confederate military cOmpa-
MES Of North Carolina and adjoining
States viii be on hand. Their object
Is, in short, to make treason respect
able" Our correspondent has not
exaggerated the facts. He has, If
anything, moderated them. Exon
fedeIate Major Gen. D. II. Hill is one
OF. the committee of arrangements Of
this Ku-KluK or White League
Reunion, and is also the editor Of the
Southern Home, at Charlotte, II. G.
Then copying an alleged editorial Of
Gen. Hill, attacking Grant for his
Southern policy, the Republican pro-
ceeds:
We commend this violence Of rhe-
torical political teaching" to those per-
sons who may believe that the soldiers
Of the Southern army are all magnan-
imOUsly Just in their treatment Of and
associations with their former enemies
Of the Union armies. But 1t is not
mere rhetoric. It is the ~utterance Of
an acknowledged leader, who does not
hesitate to instil into the minds Of his
followers or readers the seeds Of dis
content, and 10 poison them with false.
hoods the most untlushing. There
can be only one result from tho IN
checked progress o. such teachings.
Gradually, as the immediate recOlIec-
tiOns Of the war wear away and grow
dim, and as those who were boys when
the wal was being waged grow to be
men, these bitter, unjust and cOvertly
reasonable lessons, taught BY such a
man, cannot fail to arouse a
determination to renew the h0r-
rOTs Of civil strife. We d. not
waste spaca in ausvaTinr the charges
or Analysing them. They answer
themselves; but we print hem to show
the people Of the North that while they
are pursuing a cOmmendable and pa
triOtic policy in the management Of
our centennial celebrations, the NAL
contents Of the South make use Of them
to provoke the very animOsities which
shouldon such occasions receive a COM
mon bUria2. 1t requires no special
political acamen to foTesee danger IN
this condition Of affairs. While the
North is virtually asleep, confidently
dreaming that war-a renewal Of civil
war-is impossible, such men as D. H.
Hill, experienced soldiers, are Prepay-
ing for that contingency. 1t Is strange
that, IN view Of the experience Of 1860
81, the Northern people should allow
themselves to be hoodwinked with the
belief that this clustering is meaning
less.
All Of which, We suppose, is intended
to fire the Northern heart and prepare
the way for a third term.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
THE PHILADELPHIA COAL FAM


Philadelphia Special to New York Times.
No small amount Of speculation is
INDUCED IN here IN view Of the present
aspect Of the coal troubles and the
rapidly diminishing stocks Of coal on
hand in this city. The Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company
now has on hand but 1850 tons Of coal
Of all descriptions at Port Richmond,
all of which is awaiting shipment, hav-
ing been sold IN the retail yards Of this
company. There is not more than
enough stock for family use to last for
two weeks IT furthest, and most of the
private derlers who have reserved their
supplies for regular customers are now
compelled TO refuse orders. 1t is ap.
parent, therefore, that the famine so
long talked Of has at last been reached,
and If no settlement Of the existing
troubles Is arrived at soon much incon-
veniFnce must ensUe. If the situation
remains unchanged much longer, many
Of the industries in this vicinity Will be
seriously crippled.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

THE Albany argus says: The
winter Of 1915 viii be long remem-
bered for It's effect on the. Hudson, for
so severe a one has not been known
for thirty or more years. Last win
ter the last boat went down the river
on December y, and from that time
to the present no regular trips have
been made, a period Of 100 days, or a
month over the average time for the
past fifty years. There has not been
a cold season when the river was clos
ed longer than it was during the past
winter since the winter Of 1928, when
It was frozen up for I36 days. The
winter Of 1856 was another Of great
cold, when the Hudson was closed for
rs days.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
no. 4,ll5.l
GH~fTsS SnFp.

DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF VEND. tx.
ID to mCdirccted, and delivered from the Hon
Orable Circuit Court Of Davidson county, Tenn,
at its January Term. 1915, viii expose 20 pub
lie sale TO the highest bidder, for cash, at
the Courthouse door, in the city Of Nashville, on
Saturday, the 18th day Of May, 1875, within
lawful hours, the entire interest, it being an IN
has in the following tract Of land, situated
in Fourth Civil District OF Davidson county,
Tenn, and bounded on the north by the lands of
j.. b. GleaveS, on the east by the lands Of Joseph
Binkley, ON the south by the lands Of VIM.
Stewart, on the west by the lands OF Glover
Steel and stones river, and being condemned
as the property OF ". 5. EarhaTt 70 satisfy a
Judgment against 4. EarheaTt and W. $. Ear
heart, andin favor Of 7. W. Jones, Admir-, for
one hundred and thirty nine dollars and twenty
cents, besides interest and costs.
Dated this 10th day OF April, 1875.
+. D.. WENTWORTH, Sheriff.
By +. NJ. WOODALL Deputy.
ap17&mvl,S
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
SUERTFF,S SALE

DY VIRTUE OF 4 WRIT OF VEND. EX.
ID 10 me directed and delivered from the Hon
Orable Circuit Court Of DavidsOn county, Tenn
az its January Term, 1875, / will eyp0se to
public sale, TO the highest bidder, for cash, at
the Courthouse door, i'm the city OF Nashville.
On'SatuTdav, the 18th day OF MAY, 1875. within
lawful hours, four 90 acres Of land situated
about ten miles from Nashville, Tenn, on the
Eoleusvile turnpike; said turnpike bounds the
land on north and the lands OF r. ". Pstterson's
heirs ou the west, and it being the same lands
on which K. $. Chambers resided on i'm .Tune.
lsG1, situated in the Eighth Civil District OF Da,
wilson county, Tenn, and being condemned as
the property Of r. s. Chambers TO satisfy a
Judgment against r. S. Chambers. T. A. Cham
berS, HeUsOn Sanders and Jas. II. StgttSfage-
and in favor Of ". p. Sttt, Administrator, Tor
SI70lI, besides interest and costs.
Dated this ltth day Of April, 1875.
i. ID. WHITWORTH, Sheriff
ap1I&myl,S
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

THE whereabouts Of the "Narragan-
Eett," since Grant sentenced him to
exile, las been a subject Of mystifca-
ton, but the NcU York Herald of the
18th, allays further. anxiety by stating
that Mr.. Horace Maynard, United
States Minister to Turkey, was at the
Windsor Hotel yesterday u his way
to Boston. He VIII return TO this city
on Tuesday next, and on Wednesday
Will sail in the steamship Russia for
Liverpool, proceeding thence to his
post at Constantinople."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
SHeriR's Sale.

DT VIRTUE OF y WRIT OF VEND.
DEx. 70 me directed, and delivered from
the Honorable Circuit Court OF Davidson
County, Tenn, at its January term, ISIS, 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 Nav,
1873, within lawful hours, the following tract Of
land, tO-wit: Situated on Dry Creek in the
Twentieth Civil District OF Davidson county,
Tenn, bounded on the south by G.. r Cunning
ham, east by John Utley, west by John Booth,
north by r. 5. Hits heirs, and being CEN
demned rs the property Of Geo. B.. Booth TO
satisfy a judgment against him and in favor OF
Dillin, Winstead & Nave Tor seventy-six dollars
and three cents, besides interest and costs.
Dated this 10th day of April, 1875.
p, d. WHITWORTH, Sheriff.
ByF NJ. WOODALL, Deputy.
ar1T&myIS
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

THERE is a mail route IN Montana,
over which the sum total of seventeen
letters passed last year. The route
costs the Government 100000 per
annum, or nearly $4,000 per letter.
If Jewell is in earnest about postal
reform, he has begun at the little end.
It is feared that all the pending prose
cutions against clerks for accepting the
brides of contractor Hines viii fan
from the difficulty Of proving that the
clerks are Officers Of the United
States" within the meaning Of the
statute.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

GODFREY, the Washington restau-
rateur, who furnished the lunches and
Stag whisky for the defunct Legisla-
ture of the District, has recovered judg-
ment for all his claims except $50,
Fhich appeared as items furnished on
Sunday. Whether the jury excluded
these on the ground that men ought
not carouse on Sunday, or that the
Legislature was never IN session Onthat
day, has not transpired.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

LAST Wednesday the bulls and
bears of the New York Stock Exchange
had a very bad spell" varied with
bets at odds as high as fifty to five on
relative proficiency the photographic
amphitheatre. One dabbler IN the
precious metal inserted a SD" in the
word gold, evidently under the spell of
Jay Gould. The fast prize awarded
was 100 shares of Boston, Hartford
and Erie railroad stock. Among thesup-
Elementary prizes we notice a $1,000
new Tennessee bond.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

THIS is about the way they give the
s~ituationsin the Northern and Middle
States
POUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, April IS
a severe snow storm set IN here short
" after midnight list night, and Is
still raging. At 8 o'clock P. NJ. over a
foot Of snow had fallen. On the river
navigation is suspended, all the vessels
going into the docks or coming to an
Choir. The trains are a little behind
time. and the street cars run with great
difficulty.
To the inhabitants Of that region we
say, in the language, nearly, Of farmer
Greeley, "Come South, young man
come South"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
COTTON WILL BE KING.

A MONEY IS SCARCE, AND SOME or
"a our planting and shipping friends may pre-
fera summer market, we viii say to them we
are prepared to make liberal cash advances on
cotton consigned % the well known house Of
Robt. Moore & Co., New York. Those who wish
to ship will please call on Us.
j. NJ. CARSEY, son & co.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

GENERAL STANDIsH and Monroe
Parsons, Confederate officers, after the
war went to Mexico to join General
Shelby's command. They there
killed by gueriIlas. Through General
Albert Pike, upon the demand of the
Government, Mexico has paid fifty
thousand dollars in gold TO the heirs Of
these deceased soldiers Of the Confed-
eracY.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

TIE WaUsrly Journal Is informed
that a number Of gentlemen of Hum
phreys county intend to test the con-
s~titutionality Of the dog law, and have
for this purpose already subscribed up
wards of fourteen hundred dollars to
nav lawyer fees and other expenses.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

Mrs. MARIE AETOINETTE NATHA-
LIE POLLARD, reict Of E. A. Pollard,
editor Of the Richmond Examiner
during the war, has taken the lecture
stand. making her debut at Baltimore.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
Circuit Court Of Davidson County, Tenn
january KGle, 1876.

EaTy Jane Jutter vs. Henry CutteT.
IN THIS CAUSE IT APPEARING 10 the
satisfaction OF 6e Clerk, from the allegation
in the bill. that the defendant is a nonresident
OF the state of Tennessee, SO that the ordinary
process of law cannot be served upon him: II
Is therefore ordered that publication be made
for four consecutive weeks in the Union and
American. a newspaper published in the city of
Nashville, Tenn, requiring the defendant 70 ap-
bear at the Courthouse in the city of Nashville,
On the third Monday in Nav, 1SI5sthen and
there 20 plead, answer OF demUr to compliments
bill, or the same viii be taken for confessed and
set for hearing eN Earte.
NAT. F. DORTCH, Clerk,
BY PETER HARRIS, JR.,
Deputy Clerk.
Allison Alexander, Solicitor.
an1T oayrfr eara
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

OLD Winter, not 10 be outdone by
the enterprisIng newspapers, has
issued a supplement" which he who
runs may read in the present spell OF
Weather.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

GONE, gentle Spring! Ethereal
mildness, GOMEZ" was the general wish,
Yesterday, Of both sexes, wi~thOutregard
to race, color, or previous condition Of
servitude.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

DYERsBURG is shipping lumber 10
st. Louis. Land owners IN West Ten
nessee who complain Of their surplus
timber will take the hunt.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice to S~tatiOnerS.

CECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
y Nashville, Tenn, April I6, lS75.-Sealed pro-
pOs.is will be received az this Office till May 8,
1873, for furnishing the State with stationery
supplies for two years from that date.
CHAS. y. GIBBS,
apIT It SeC'y State.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17

THE French courts decide that the
landlord who fails to have his guests
duly awakened in time to catch the
train. is liable IN damages.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
GEORGE PARTRIDGE * Co.
THIS is a month of interesting am

THIS is a month Of interesting ami
v~ersaries. Lexington and Concord
fought in the last century; Fort Stump
ter fired uponin the present; LincOln's
call for $4,000 men; Richmond fell;
Lee surrendered; Anderson again In
command OF Sumpter; President Lin
coin a~ssassinated. All this occurred In
April.