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No. 40.-AN ACT to amend section thirty
nine Of chapter eighteen of the compiled
statutes, entitled " the support and renov-
al of paupers, and the relief OF the insane
pDor'
IL IS hereby enacted SC.
/. Section thirty-nine of chapter eigh-
teen of the compiled statutes is hereby So
amended to read as follows
Each town shall share in the appropriation
made in sections thirty-seven and thirty
eight of said chapter in proportion to the
number of its insane poor in the asylum, the
expense Of transporting them Mt the rate of
eight cents per mile on the nearest practical
BILE route from their respective places of resi-
dence to the asylum, and the length of time
they shall have been there, at the rate of
one dollar and seventy-fve cents per week
during the year next preceding the first day
of August annually.
s g This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved, November IA, 1855.
No. Al AN ACT in amendment Of chapter
eighteen of the compiled statutes. relating
TO the insane poor
IL as hereby enacted, DC.
) |. Each town shall share in the appro-
priaton made in sections thirty-seven and
thirty-eight of said chapter, in proportion TO
the number OF ITS insane poor IN the asylum.
the expense of Transporting them, at the rate
of eight cents per mile, on the nearest prac-
tcabe route from their respective residences
to the asylum, and the length of time they
shall have been there, at the rate of one dol.
lar and seyenty-fve cents per week, during
the year next preceding the month OF Au-
gust annually.
! ?. Section thirty-nine Of the eighteenth
chapter of the compiled statutes is hereby
repealed.
Approved, November II, 1855.
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FREE PRESS
Book and Job Printing Office

give every facility for tho prompt AID tasteful
execution Of every description sf
JOB PRINTING,
suck as
ltoOks, Posters, Bill Heads,
lamphiets, Programme, Letter Heada,
sermons, Shop Bills, Cards,
Catalogue, Cireulsrs Ball Tickets,
Railroad and Corporation Blank work, Law Blanks.
and in short
every kind Of Printing our Community may reed
II nsohsnical execution IS superiutended Jy a
capable and experienced foreman. Tie PrvprietOrs
give their personal attention & the reading proof
and general execution Of the work and consequ
feel confident that they give satisfaction in all
case whore superior acruIacV is au object.
EMBOSSED CARDS, Of different lies and Dels.
tiful designs in Gilt and C,!Cr, suitable or small
Sigls, PlacaTds, c1uutu --...u.r A.,aolocs, &c
always on hand
Specimens exhibited and orders vocuiyei t.f
CopauP'tc CHd EagSeging and Pri-f'rg in superior
style,
FREE PRESS PRINTING OFFICE.
dtSti No College Street, Burlington,
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No. 27.-AN ACT relating to tho lands of
railroad corporations.

railroad corporations,
Hi' hereby enacted &c.
/. No person shall hereafter acquire a
title to any lands belonging to any railroad
corporation in this State by reason of any
adverse possession thereof Of more than fl
teen years Prouided, that this act shall
not refer to any land Of any railroad corpora
tons except where such lands lie within the
limits of the roadway Of such corporation as
recorded in the town clerks Office of the
towns wherein such lands lie.
Approved, November IA, 1855.
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No. l6.--AN ACT in amendment of section
sixty-eight, of chapter twenty-nine, of the
compiled statutes, entitled 4" justices Of
the peace"
IL IS hereby enacted, DC.
! J.. Section sixty-eight Of chapter twen-
ty-nine of the compiled statutes is hereby
50 amended as to read as follows
All executions, issued upon any judgment
hereafter rendered by any justice Of the peace,
shall be made returnable within sixty days
from the date thereof
Approved, November l3, 1855.
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No. ls.-AN ACT in amendment OF an act
entitled "an act providing for the estab b.
lshment Of town and county lines" hp-
proved November 23 1852.
ms hereby enacted, &c.
! /. Whenever any county line, or any
part thereof, shall be established according
to the provisions OF said act, the supreme
court shall award costs and expenses as to
them shall seem just and equitable, to be
portions as they shal think proper,
2 This act shall take effect from It's
passage
Approved, November 10, 1855.
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No. l5.-AN ACT to protect towns against
certain suits for injury or damage sustain
ed upon highways.
1t as hereby enacted, dc.
!. No action shall hereafter bc had or
maintained i'll any court in this State against
any town, for injuries received or damages
sustained through The insufhciency Of any
highway, unless notice shall have first been
given 10 one or more Of the selectmen Of the
town in which the highway is situated, by
the person injured or claiming damage, with
in thirty days Of the time OF the accident
Of such injury or damage, and that he or she
injured or damaged will claim satisfaction Of
such town.
3 Nothing in this act shall be construed
to upply to any case, where the person in
jured shall, in consequence thereof, be berelt
Of his ur her reason.
g. This act shall not affect any suit al
ready commenced, or cause of action which
has already accrued.
Approved, November IA, 1855.
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FREE PRESS
BOOK & JOB PRINTING CFFlCs
No. College ST., Burlington W.

RooHs, PAMrHLErs, HASDBILLs, PROGRAMMES,
CIRCULARS, BLAyKs, BILLHEADs, CARDS. &c,
Fxecu ted in both Plain and Ornamental style, with
usatncss. accuracy and prOmptitude.
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I@7''HV'
Approved, November 10, 1855.
No, l9.--AN ACT relating to the opening
of highways.

~ ~ ~ - u I1'N 3 70 VIC 2 OE4III
Of highways.
His hereby enacted; DC
: l. When any highway laid out by the
seieotmen Of any town shall not be made and
opened to be used, within three years from
the time the same is 80 laid out or if the
seiectmen of such town shall discontinue
such highway before the same is made and
opened as aforesaid, such neglect to make
and open, on such discontinuance, shall be
taken, held aud considered to be q neglect or
refusal to lay out such highway, and from
ld after tho expiration OF two years u. aiJr-
esaid, OF after the discontinuance as aforesaid,
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Approved, November -, 1855.

No. 33.-AN ACT prescribing the Standard
measurement of wood and bark
II IS hcreby enoctod &c.
|. 4 pile of wood or bark, four feet
wide. four feet high and eight feet long, we'll
packed, shall constitute cord
,. The length of all cord wood exposed
to sale shall be so estimated as to include
only one half of the kert.
5 3. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved, November 10, 1855.
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No. 42,-AN ACT providing for the erection
OF a monument over the grave of Ethan
Allen.
Whereas, the courage, perseverance, the
sagacity, and the virtue of Ethan Allen, zeal
ousy and constantly exercised in uphOlding
the rights and liberties of the people of the
New Hampshire Grants, and his successful
efforts in establishing the sovereignty of tho
State OF Vermont, against the active oppo-
sition Of New Hampshire and New York, the
wavering neutrality of the federal govern
ment, and the artful overtures Of the agents
of the British crown, have Justly rendered his
name foremost in the early history Of this
State and entitle 1t to the grateful and rev.
erent remembrance of the citizens thereof
and Whereas, the monument, erected TO his
memory by his family, has become dilapida-
ted, and the inscription thereon etfAced
Therefore, IL is hereby enacted, &c.
\ !. The governor is hereby directed 10
appoint, as soon as may be, n committee con-
sisting Of two suitable persons, whose duty
it shall be to cause TO be erected monument
at the burial place of Ethan Allen, in tho
town Of Burlington, upon such q plan and
with such inscriptions as shall be approved
by the governor, and cause the same to be
properly and securely protected against in
jury, at an expense TO the State not exceeding
two thousand dollars.
2. The committee SO appointed shall
keep accurate accounts of all the expenses
arising under this act and such account,
when approved by the governor, shall be
paid out of the treasury of the State ; Pro-
rided, such expenses shall not in the whole
exceed the sum of two thousand dollars.
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large of the premises and out OF the enclosure
and possession Of its owner or keeper. be-
tween the first day Of August and the first
day of December in any wear. without being
marked as provided in the second section Of
the act to which this an amendment. tho
owner or keeper Of such ram shall forfeit and
pay to the person who shall take up and secure
the same, five dollars, as q penalty for suf-
fering him to 60 at large as aforesaid.
9. This act shall take effect from its
passage, and section three Of chapter ninety
six Of the compiled statutes is hereby re-
pealcd. Approved November ~, 1855.
No 3s-AN ACT to amend chapter eighty OF
the compiled statutes relating to the du-
ties Of selectmen in case of the discovery
OF the bodies Of deceased persons.
II IS hereby enacted DC
|. When the s,lectme1 Of any town in
this state shall he informed that the dead
body Of any person, supposed to have died by
casualty or violence, is found lying within
such town. such .clectmen may, when in their
opinion the public good requires it, but not
otherwise, apply to any justice Of the peace
Of the simc county. who shall proceed to en-
quire the cause and manner of the death Of
such person.
5 g. Such Justice OF the peace shall hnvo
power to summon witnesses TO appear before
him to give evidence touching such death
and may take the testimony Of anv person
who can give evidence concerning such death.
3. 1t shall he the duty Of such justice to
reduce the substance Of the testimony Of
each witness to writing. and return the same
to the county court at their next stated term
in the county in which it is taken, together
with an account OF the fees and expenses.
which, after having been duly audited by
said court shall be paid on the order OF the
court out Of the state treasury.
y 4. In case Of felonious killing the off.
Ger who takes the testimony shall have power
to bind by way Of recognizance any witnes.
in the case FOR their appearance at said court.
5. All act and parts Of acts, ineon-
sistent with this act, are hereby repealed.
Approved, November Q, 1855.
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PRTNTIMG c..

The additions Of new Type, Borders, Pr effes, &c
made and making from time to time, to tho
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property during the tendency of such libel
as shall be necessary in the opinion Of
such judge, to secure such alimony as
may he decreei to such woman; and such
order, when filed and recorded in the town
clerk q Office in any town, OF served upon any
private corporation, shall be lien upon such
OF the real estate Of such respondent in such
town, and upon such of the stock of said res
rondent in such corporation, as shall be men
toned in such order
,. | any such respondent shall, after
service OF such order upon him, violate the
same, he may be proceeded against bclom
such Judge as for u contempt
Approved, November IA, 1855.
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The above named CD. Eff, ana U. IL, ex-
hibited this complaint to me, and made cath
to the truth thereof this - day of -,
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No. 13--AN ACT relating to the discharge
of one or more joint debtors, without i'm
pairing the rights of creditors in respect OF
other co-dehtors.
IL is hereby yendcttd dc.
l. Any creditor who now has. or here
after may have, debt or demand against any
copartnership, or several joint obligors or
promissors, without impairing his right to
recover the residue of his debt or demand
against the other copartners, obligors or
prOmissOrs.
.. In all such eases, suit may he
brought and maintained agaInst all or any
of such copartncrs, joint obligors or promis-
sors not 50 discharged, setting forth in the
declaration thereof that the contract was
made with the defendants and the party SO
discharged shall have no other effect than
such as is hereafter mentioned
3. Said discharge shall have the same
effect for all purposes, and as to all persons,
us II payment by the party discharged Of his
equal part of the debt, according to the mum
Der Of debtors aside from suretiee
Approved, November IA, 1855.
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6, The order for the destruction of liquor
seized and declared forfeited, under this act
OF the act to which this is an amendment,
shall be in substance in the form following,
10 wit
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No. 12.-AN ACT in relation to assignments
II is hereby enacted dc
|. All assignments hereafter made under
the provisions Of an act relating to assign
ments, approved. Nov 10, 1852, shall be for
the benefit Of all the creditors Of the assign
or, in proportion to their respective claims,
anything in such assignment TO the contrary
Notwithstanding.
.. The assignee shall, within ten days
after the making Of any such assignment,
execute to the probate court, for the district
in which the signor resides, II good and
s..G-.~..s L..a TEL. -.-.Sti-r tIio s,stis sGty-
tion of said court, conditioned for the faith
full performance of such trust
Approved, November IA, 1855.
The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-11-10
Wheat 1! Wheat |!

YITE win pay CASH for Wheat delivered In Nashville
w Sacks furnished. Call aud before you sell.
aug15-u J. 4 r. YEATMAN.
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A CARD.

TIVE undersigned, late =, Georgia having removed to the
City of Nashville, offers his services the citizens Of
Georgia. r. Tennessee North AasGma for the purchase
Of Dry Goods Groceries Corn, Wheat Rye, Bacon, Lard,
Fine HORSES Mules Cattle, and in short, every article II
trade offered in the Nashville market.
The Merchants Of Nashville men OF high character
and erunary standing and have large and wen selected
stocks that they oer iera terms which should induce
She merchants Upper Georgia. Fast Tennessee and North
Alabama give the Nashville market iar ula'. A. 70
the Grocery MARKET the roprety will suggest itsei 20 the
mind OF every merchant Ia the sections OF country named
a. the most proper for their trade.
The long connection OF the undersigned with The Railroads
Of Georps General Agent Treasurer and Supentnd-
ant pOrtaon well Agent NJ thatanuoga sew
era years the banking interest OF Savannah, viii enable
him more readily inv sgae claims against Railroad
Companies lost goods damage while In ;ransu,
for The renewal discount OF or bills 10 bA"s &c
letters ncOsing orders and money viii receive prompt
attention. and all without the money, when sAtsic-
tory evidence Of pvency and promptness ompanies the
sene the parties known 20 be such, shall receive Ike
attention, when ordering articles that come under the rule
or custom he market sell time. will also give
strict attention receiving and forwarding all goods that
are stored, thst may be directed 10 care The
charges for the purchase goods &c viii be hve per cent
commissions and twenty for each box or package FOR
receiving and ioi Wardi-g. =. X MILLS
Post Offce Bailding No. S,
Nashville, Tenn.
REFFRENCEs-R. r. CuYIER Esq. Pre>h Central Rail-
road and Bank Mai A. PoKrER Prest Bank State Of Geor
iA savanDa; Isaac Sour, Ksq, Prest Macon and West
ern Railroad Macon Hon. JOHN p ktSG, Pres't, and 6Eo
YoNGE Suit Georgia Railroad, and : T. COMBS, ESQ, Au
rusta; Mi ]. . CouPER Cen Supt Western and Atlantic
Railroad Atlanta; Gen A. J. HASsEII, Attorney at LHw,
Marietta GEoHGE s. BLACK, Esq, Rome Ca. Capt JAWS
WILLIAMS and Col J. A. WHiTEiDEs, Chsta ooga, > L.
MoSEs and Jo PARsss Esqs., Knoxville, Tenn; WILLIAM
MAILER, Esq Decatur and Judge LANE, Huntsville, Ala
mAr23-n
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rINEg THOUSAND BUsHEIS PRIME REQ WHEAT
wanted deliverable ~ Warehouse by The 18th inst
for which viii pay IS cents per bashsl0f g. bs.
augS W. n. GORDON CO.
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WE gensTai Assn.u tar sais q s cottsa aaa
w WoeeH saeFcs rlanll.rret IN Ne state q fenns
sss and hare Appropriated rEe a1d ecmraooas roons
soley oF their aat stcaFe. We hEs aa sppFcpra-
sBotsr fer tn sss and Etorafe of fL0UA aiona
And goai1 rsspeciay c<A ne aftszQa ~ bath M1nn
taeiaFsrs znd ALieu - ~ sfsanFensrt
ssts ~. "a GORDON CO.
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WRAPPINGS

FOR PAIL AND WINTER.
I'VE viz open aouday, 2lh inst. the arFes stock of
w CtoAks MANTillAS, &e., Ac., offered IN this
city An persons wanting nice article would DO we'll %
call, stock eubracts every tipg nee, ranging in
prices frum 80 90 tleo. Il. c. McNAIRY a CO.
xafag
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SELF SEALING PRESERVE CANS AND JARS,
To Arrive

SHALL be 10 receipt in fsw dassof quality a. very
superior and bic sesfSeang Preserve Cans al
mia ably adapted oF eenvsnienne and ussfnrss ths
wants q sse Wishing 70 preserve fits and vegetables.
biS D. d. DICKEY
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Patent Medicines will be published at 500 per column
tsiiy, or $75 tr-weekly-Wiih 81 for each renewal
Steamboats, running New Orleans will he charged $40
or the season. when running ST. Louis, Cincinnati
&C. S15 for the ~ not than six months.
'fhe privilege Yearly Advertisers is strictly limited 10
their immediate regular business; and the business
u Advertising Firm considered including that
q il or individual members.
Advertisements published at intervals, viz weekly or
monthly charged 81 per for the hrs ana 90 cts
of every subsequent insertion.
Calls become candidates, will be inserted as
leT advertisements be paid for invariably in advance
Announcing candidates for County and State Offices - and
or municipal Offices g. to be paid advance IN every IN
tangp.
A advertisements for strangers or transient persons to be
fad in advance.
Advertisements marked the copy for specified
ime will be inserted tin forbid and payment exacted
No advertisements he inserted gratuitOusly.
All advertisements charitable institutions, IRE compa-
lies ward town. public meetings. including rei-
,ious notices, to he charged half price. 49,
~ iages and deaths published rs news ~ ont
aa tributes OF respect and funeral invitations as other
aAvcrusements. "a
Recu,r advertisers and all others sending communica-
tions requiring designed to call attention 10 Fairs,
soirres, Concerts any public entertainments, where
charges made for admtance all notice OF private asso
Citations every notice designed call attention 20 private
enterprises calculated intended TO promote individual IN
only inserted with the understanding that the
paid n inserted IN the editorial column
(which can be only at the discretion edtors the
The undersigned publishers Of daily and tr weekly papers
in Nashville pledge ourselves sr ty TO adhere TO the above
hill OF prices and IN instance 60 deyiate tromt them
b. r. Mex ENNIE 4 co, True Wing Office.
J. l.. MARLTNG A CO., Union and American.
w. F. BANG CO, Banner Office.
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r A G. S!
$50 IN PREMIUMS!

III AFlNG largely increased my supply Of Rags by the
Premiums offered the past year ending June SON
am induced 20 oher larger amount Of Premiums for The
present year and vii pay the above premium In sums Of
tIC 4SV kSO t SOC f5O s40, $50, $50 and SO 10 any
ten Merchants or Pedars who will deliver from this date
TO the li OF July, 1896, the largest Of RAGS he
same to be bought outside Of and by dong business
outside OF Nashville vicinity.
l VIII. AT ALL TIMES PAY THE HIGHEST MARKET
FklCt IN CASH FOR RAGS on DELIVERY, and Esue
certificate the the amount received and pad m
These certificates mnst be kept and or before
july so that three dnerested merchants Of Nashville can
make the awards. The largest amount being entitled 10
slO0, the next largest TO 500, and down.
Merchants sending Rags will please write that n1sy
Know IN whose name 10 issue the certificate Combinations
will not be allowed.
Woolen, Lnsey silk and worsted Rags are rot wanted
and viii not be included IN the above
earnestly solicit greater attention TO saving and buvir
rags throughout Middle Tennessee.
jy4-dtrSswu IS wHTTFMAN
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NASHVILLE, TENN. SATURDAY.
NEW YORK ADVERTISEMENTS.

From vIsCHER sCHEIL's Gen1 Advertising House,
APPLETON BunpISG, 846 and S4s Broadway. -
Late No. SO Nassau-Street.
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CHARLESTON HOTEL,
BY ID. mINEH. MEETING Sr.
spi9-dly CHARLESTON, -. q.
IAHIIIN TInTn.

NfE manufacturing chooS article of Floor espe-
w ciaiy if iATniy usr, Nhch oGe7 he traas on
the ulcf ierus. Al orders len the SI meet
prompt atlsnl.on. LNal O. HAMMOND 4 Co
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Eye and Ear.
VI. &. COOK, VI. ID, ST. LOUIS, NO.

nR. COOK respectfully renews the tende Of
IL his professional services 10 the public In this
and TIE Ad oning States. sue essfIl pr-ctct fn~S
OF over eighteen years. devoted to the treatment
all diseases incident 20 the ami Justify him IN the
belief that all who may be 10 any afflicted those i'm
portAut organs will nd nom his treatment edy and per-
manent relief
Dr. Cook has just returned nom the East where he has
been carefully tayng the diseases of the Eye and Ear In
the principal Eye nhruaTcs in the On ted States nnc he
feels warranted in Offering his professional services ~
degree q confidence 70 those Who be afflicted Those
whom he has treated Witnesses Of his skill and
Thousands Ia 81 Louis and the Western states
who bear tesuwouy 20 his skial treatment. te
p,ctfuy Hon. II. Geyrr X. Mackenzie, Esq
Messrs Charles, Blow Go 81 Louis, Hon. Joha Moore,
state Treasurer Of Illinois, Jas Charles President Missou
ri B,nk H. Cole, Warsaw, M cap H. c. Beery, Warsaw,
Missouri.
ER Oce northwest corner Of Pine and Second streets
up stairs on Pine II. sepul-dkWly
fHOR HENT-I have for rent splendid siand for a
II blacksmith, the Aure, sboro' Pike, 10 mes from
Nashville improvements, god shops, family residence
and necessary houses IS 80 acres OF cleared land
plenty Of are wood, 4e. Terms easy. Apply 20
X. A. BALLONE, Genh Ag't,
Ianl E-N No. IL Deaderick street