The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03
CURRENT EVENTS.

Col. Tom O'Conner gave splendid
anquet to the "O'Conner Zouaves," Of
Knoxville, last week.
All the Southern Governors expect
TO 90 to the Centennial next year, That
right.
Gov. Smith, of Georgia, thinks negro
preachers are mainly to blame for the re-
cent attempted instruction in that State
Doubtless.
The Bank of California has failed.
At first its liabilities were said to be four
teen millions, and its assets about
seven millions; but now the liabilities are
put at twelve millions, and the assets at
eighteen millions. The President of the
Bank, W. c. Ralston, was found dead IN
his bath, and the prevailing belief is that
he committed suicide. Frantic efforts
are being made to put the bank in shape
to resume, The stupeGdous failure is
attributed to speculations, Chinese Cheap
Labor and Specie Resumption.
"A correspondent suggests that our
leading men hold a public meeting next
Monday, in honor of ex-President John
son. The suggestion is good one. Mr..
Johnson had some bitter enemies in our
tOwn-men of principle who believed
he had done many bad things; but all can
unite in honOring his memory for the he
role stand he made for constitutional
government in the South when he was
President. There is no period of our
civil history when constitutional liberty
and republican government were in such
peril and had so few defenders as when
Andrew Johnson stood up like break
water against the Marats and Robes
pIeTres of Congress. We can all honor
that period of his history-it were base
IngratItude or want of patriotism to do
otherwise. Ex-senator Fowler has been
ss--~--sd to deliver eulOgy on Andrew
johnson at Nashville, on the I'd of Octo-
Der 1875, and if our people do nothing
more next Monday, they can appoint
delegates to 90 to Nashville. on that oc-
casiOn.
The Nashville Union and american
and the Banner, were consolidated on
the LIST of September, and the new paper
is named The american, very modest
but comprehensive title The movement
Is an admirable One-one we advised sew
eral months ago, and one which will ben.
eft the public as well as the prOprietors.
The two papers were spending hundreds
Of dollars every week for the very same
news, and the patronage being divided
It's rivals of other cities. The cOnsOlida'
ton enables them to concentrate more
money and talents on one paper, anC
make it command patronage against any
competitors. The word has passed al
along the line for newspapers to consQli,
date, and but recently they have beer
carrying out the order in St Louis, At
lauta, and other cities. These two pa
pers were old and influential; both had out
lived dozen contemporaries of simiia
politics, and one has swallowed as many
as three or four daily papers since the
war 1t is meet that these old and inhuGn
tial newspapers, opponents of the Whil
and Democratic parties for many years
should now, that the two parties have be
come one also be merged anC
blended. If the american is conducted
on liberal business principles, and mad,
It lrst-class Southern newspaper, it vii
be sustained: and whoever attempts tC
cripple its influence and patronage by
starting One-hOrse concern in Nashville
should be looked upon as public enemy
An enemy to progress and the best in
forests Of the people. There is no one
thing that helps a people so much as a
magnificent newspaper and whoever aids
directly in pulling it down, is an enemy t.
himself, Long live the american