Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-01-04

Ohio for the purpose of carrying on general iol
warding and commission business in that city,
Their card appears in this mornings O'''on an
American and to it we invite the attention OF gu
CITY and country readers. The members of tn
firm are all men Of fine business capacity, enter
prising, energetic and reliable-and beng Tennes
scans, will undoubtedly receive, as they deserve to
large share of Tennessee business. Our youn
friend. Mat. T. HAGEN, Esq, one of the firm, is
native of this city, where he has many friends VIII
feel lively solcitude in his success. They vii
undoubtedly remember his firm when they hav
business to transact with the Queen City.
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
TuoMPsoS & Co. have associated with them Mr.
FRANK. NJ Johnson young gentleman well anC
favoraby known among our business readers
We invite particular attention to the advertisement
of the firm in another column of this mornings pa
per. They have on hand fine assortment floods
and are selling them cheap. Their stock of new
Silks, especially, is deserving the attention of ON
lady readers, and they specially invited to cal
and examine them.
UNION BANK OF TENNESSEE.
ions KIRssnN, Esq, was yesterday unanimously
elected President of the Union Bank of Tennessee
in the place of JONI NJ. Bass Esq, resigned. Mr.
K'shigh character among our commercial men, is q
sufficient guaranty that the Bank will be judciously
managed under his administration.
G-We are pleased to learn that H. L. CLAIBORNE
ESQ, has been elected Secretary and Treasurer o.
the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad Mr.. c
has been principal Book Keeper in the Bank o.
Tennessee for some time past and he will fill his
present position with credit to himself and to the
company.
FURxIrURE- We notice that ]. H. CURREY has
removed his furniture store to Mr.. CooPER's new
buildings on Cherry street. We had occasion to
pass through shs establishment on yesterday and
found that his stock embraced everything in the
furniture line House keepers woulddo well to give
him call
New FRM--BouIxG & WHELEss.- Messrs. r.
P. BoLIISG and JAMES WIRELESS have formed a CO.
partnership in the dry goods business, and hang out
their sign in our advertising columns Their store
is No IL, Union street. south side, where they have
fine stock Of goods, which they are selling atvery
low prices. Bargains he had of them and no
mistake.
egg" The fine passenger steamer Bedford, we are
glad 10 learn, will run as a regular packet between
Nashville and Cincinnati she is an A No. steam
err and will doubtless havea good run Of business.
Our old friend A. L. DAVIS is her agent.
THE CONGRESSIONAL LoBBY-The Washington
SGr learns that that the assignees of three patent
rights, which, together yield perhaps million per
annum in tariffs have cambined to induce Congress
to extend Them this winter, for seven years longer
They are said to have raised a fund of 100000 TO
be disbursed at Washington to carry through their
object Their champagne is already flowing in
Washington like water, and their canvass-backS
are also -a-roasting" right merrily.
ANOTHER CoNsoLIDATIox-Th Pittsburg packet
line and the Cincinnati, Louisville, and st. Louis
mail line have been consolidated. Passengers will
be receipted through from Baltimore, Philadelphia
or Pittsburgh to either OF the points below. The
fare will be from Philadelphia to Cincinnati sll,
Louisville So, and to St Louis SIC; from Ba!ti-
more to Cincinnati $40 to Louisville 81, and St
Louis SIG.
Coon Hrr.-The Brookville, Gal american, al
Iuding to n sentence passed upon a liquor seller in
Yankeeand by hard hearted Judge, that he should
drink. as a punishment, three glasses Of his own
bad whisky. saws that in Indiana such penalty
would be clearly unconstitutional and ought to be
everywhere Our constitution says that "crue
and unusual punishments should not be inflicted.
To compel any man to drink " three glasses Of a
compound of raw whisky, logwood, and Cocuu:
Indgus is too cruel to be tolerated in any civilized
country. 1t is murder in the first degree.
SUNDAY ALwAYs-By different nations every
day in the week is SET apart for public worship
Sunday by the Christians Monday by the Greeks
Tuesday by the Persans; Wednesday by the As
syrians; Thursday by the Egyptians Friday by
the Turks; Saturday by the Jews. Add to tins
diurnal revolution, and it's apparent that every mo
Ineut is Sunday somewhere.
DFIRUu TRFMFvs Twenty or thirty years ago
say our best physicians, such disease as n"ar''t
l,orfa or deirum tremens was known. The dis
ease is caused principally by the poisonous drug
with which all wines and liquors of the present day
are so abundantly dosed
THE IRtsH ExILFs-Of the Irish exiles, three
Messrs. MFAGHER, O'DoNoHUE and MTCHFLL-
have made their escape, and are now on American
soil; three remain in Van Dieman's Land, viz
WILLIAM SuIru O BRrEN, JoHN MARTIN and KEvr
Iz,p ODoHERTY. OF OBRIEN, Mr. MTcHELL san
that he would not try to escape, but If he wishe
to do So there was not English force enough O.
the Island to-prevent il.
THE SIX PENNY SAVINGS BANK.-Ihis insutu
ton. lately established in New York, is said to b
doing a fine business. On the Cd inst, there weT
50 depostors of 6 cents to $500 each; and on I'll
5th INST loo depostors of 6 cents to 81 400 eaci
The majority of depositors are under fourtee
wears of age. and some as young as tive, who's
I,o-ants or friends act as their trustees.
Tar RrvER-Is rising rapidly, and there Is
rresent three and half feet on the shoals Neatf
~ warm for the season and clear.
~ The Monticello leaves to-day at lO cioe
4 g T,,-l-svi lilo and WaitsbOro.