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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1856-11-19

TO MERCHANTS,
WYE desire TO call the attention Of Merchants visiting
w Nashville for he purpose OF purchasing their Fall
Stock of Goods, to very complete and extensive
stock Of
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, GUNS, PISTOLS, &c.
We are crstited in being able TO offer to the Trade
most complete and extensive assortment of TABLE AMI
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Our stock of HARDWARE in all the varieties is prob
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been offered in the Nashville market. We also keep
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Copper Wire, Sheet Zuc Block Tin. Farming lmple-
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CIRCULAR SAWS AND SAW MANDRILLS:
LARGE lot of Circular Saws and Mandrills of all
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FLAMES AND BRACES.
UST received the very largest assortment OF Flames
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SAUSAGE CUTTERS.
WE have just received lot of Sausage Cutters-a
w superior artcle-every house keeper should have
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IMPORTED MALTA JACKS.
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as sndstw JAMES II. WILSON.
A CARD. a.
r AM manufacturing daily at my Eclipse Stove Foun
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Particular attention paid to Roofing and Guttering with
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,4s- OdCopper, Pewter, Brass and Scrap Iron taken
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Pnohc Square, next door to CslhOuns where they
will be happy to show their customers first rate stock Of
Dry Goods consisting of Black, Brown and Blue Broad
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The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

KNOCKED HM.-It seems there is a
branch OF the Church militant in Nevada.
In some dispute about church property, a
certain unruly person had occasion to re-
mark Extensively to the parson, to wit: that
the latter was liar; whereupon the rever-
end gentleman hauled off and let the often
der have it-zip! directly under the left
ear, thereby causing the ungodly man to
cut plgeon-wing, and finally to describe a
spread eagle on the ground. The best of
the story is, that the offender has since got
rellglon,-his ears having been opened to
tAe truth by the parsons knuckles.
Sierra Citizen.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

LEAP YEAR.-It must be recoIectcd
that any woman during the present year can
marry any man she pleases provided he be
willing. One of the authorities writing IN
l6O0, lays the law down as follows:
albeit it is now become part of the
common lave, in regard to social relations
OF life, that as often as every bissextile year
dothe return, the ladyes have the sole priv
Ilege, during the time it continueth, OF ma
king love unto the men, which they do eth
er by wurdes or looks, as to them it seemeth
proper; and moreover, no man will be enti-
tied to the benefit of the clergy who dothe
refuse to accept the offers of a ladye, or who
dothe in any wise treat her proposals with
slight or contumely.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

regard for adopted citizens with all its
hypocritical pretence of affection for "our
Irish" or "our German friends" venture to
assert or maintain a different doctrine?--
Will it venture upon the theory that patri-
otism, to be reliable, must be imported? or
intelligence, to be trusted, must be exotic?
Will 1t dare assert that there are not
among our native citizens-the descendants
of the men who planted this great country;
who swept away the gigantic forests of the
olden times; who gave this Republic name
among the nations of the earth, and set it
forward or its career of progress those as
well qualified for official place as any that
have floated to our shores from the Old
World? Will it dare assert the doctrine
that the right of American men to official
trust, is not superior to that of imported
men? Until it will venture upon some of
these positions, and meet them fairly, i:
would be but exhibiting decent regard for
its own reputation to refrain from this hyp-
ocritical can't about a "war of races" If
it denies the great fundamental doctrine
which underlays the American organiza-
tion, that "Americans should govern Anne
rica," let it say so frankly It would be
more likely to attain support of the for
eign vote-the object at which it aims
than by this cry Of "war of the races
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

A MIs'ABLE NTeGER.-Ny friend asked
Anthony Rox, a superb engine driver on
the Ohio River, how he came to get free?"
"Why, Massa Vincent nay health was very
bad when I was in Kentucky; could do
no kind of work; twas .jeS as much as l
could do to hoe my own garden and eat the
sass; and the missus that owned me see that
I was mis'able nigger-one of the nis'a-
blest kind. So said to her." Missus, I'm
a mis'able nigger, and ! amt wuf nnfin,
and thiuk you'd better sell nae, I'm such
mis- able nigger." Now, massa Vincent,
| was such a poor niger, that missus a
greed to sell me for hundred dollars, and
| agreed to try to work and earn the mo-
ney to pay her, and l did, and my health
has been getting better ever since, and
speck ! made about nine hundred dollars
dat time out of dat nigger. Yah, yah, yah,
Massa Viaceat."
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

That BoNNEr.-John Scroggins wants
the Bulletin man to start contribution to
buy bonnet for handsome young female
gal whom he saw at the Chinrse Festival,
and then advertise for the bare-headed gal
what wears the thingumbob on the back of
her neck. He's afraid she'll catch cold
He further asks: rs there any god in Cali
fornia that commands the wimmen to go un-
-dressed?"
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17
A MATRIMONIAL LoTTERY.-The Paris

A MATRIMONIAL LoTTERY.-The Paris
correspondent of the n. Y Daily Times
says
A young lady, pretty and well educated,
residing in the reimbursement of Poiters,
has conceived the idea of putting herself up
In lottery. There are to be 300 tickets
at 1000 francs each, and to the fortunate
winner she will give herself and the 3OO,-
600 francs by way of dowry. The lady
has attached some very prudent conditions
to the purchase of tickets. She will only
sell them to persons whom she may think
will suit her, and in order to ascertain that
point, she exacts half an hours conyersa-
ton with each applicant. There is no lin
1t OF age imposed, and more than one tick
ct may be taken by one person. The lot
terry will be drawn on the 25th of Novem-
Der next, at the Mayors Office of the town
where she resides. 1t is said that num-
Der OF Englishmen have already become
purchasers, and that purchasers of tickets
are Hooking in from all quarters.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

IDEAS OF MoRMoNIsN.-The Deseret
News publishes an address from Brigham
Young, delivered January 9th, Just after
his return from an absence Of several days
from the people of his charge, from which
we make the following extracts:
Il might say something with regard to
the hard times. You know that l have
told you that if any one was afraid of starv-
ing to death, let him leave, and 90 where
there is plenty. | do not apprehend the
least danger Of starving, for until we eat up
the last mule, from the tip Of the ear to the
end of the fly whipper, | am not afraid of
starving to death.
We never ought to be without three, or
five years provisions on hand. But when
you see men run to hell to sell bushel of
wheat for sixty cents, instead of laying it
up in their granaries for day of scarcity,
you are forced to conclude that they would
trade with the very devil to get his coat
and shoes in exchange for their wheat. l
hope they will learn wisdom in the future,
and lay up wheat to feed the brethren when
they come here from distant countries. If
they will learn wisdom, promise iu the
name of lsrael's God, that the earth will
yield its abundance, as it has heretofore
Men in these Valleys have reaped crop after
crop which grew spontaneously, without
putting a drag or plow in the land, and
yet they are ready to curse God for his
blessings. How do you suppose the Lord
feels? If he wore no better than l am, he
would chastise US far more severely than
we have been. will give way to others.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

A friend of Cuvier once took the horns
and hoofs of an OK and approached the bed
side of the great naturalist, and awakening
him from sound sleep, announced himself
as the devil, who had come to eat him. Gu
vier rubbed his eyes, and glanced at the
nondescript from horns to hoof, when he lay
down and quietly remarked: "Horns, hoofS
-gramniverous-eat graSs-can't come it;
90 away"
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

The lawyer who believes it is wicked to
lie, is spending a week with the Quaker
who INDUCES in marine hornpipes.
I VIE copartnersnlp heretofore existing between
Il Thos. Bollen and J. a. Cloves, III the Black.
smithng business, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent.
| All persons indebted to said firm will please
| ->1I~..a It'll nth I Cinruna and those haY-
It has been shrewdly said that the voy-
aeer through life, who finds the winds al
ways favorable, must steer very crooked
course.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17
Speech of Zachnriah sp,cer


On the question, (which enjoys the
greatest amount of happiness, tie bachelor
or the married man."
"Mr. President and Gentlemen-I rise to
advocate the cause of the married man.
And Why should | not? | claim to know
something about the institution--I do.
Will any gentleman pretend to say that l
donot? Let him accompany me home
Let me confront him with my wife and sew
enteen children, and decide. High as the
Rocky Mountains tower above the Missis-
sippi Valley does the character of the mar
ried nan tower above that of the bachelor.
What is a bachelor? What was Adam be-
fore he got acquainted with Eve? What
but a poor. shiftless, helpless, insignificant
creature? No more to be compared with
his after-self than mill-dam to the great
roaring cataract of Niagara. Applausel
Gentlemen, there was a time, l blush to
say 1T, when |, too, was bachelor; and
more miserable creature you would hardly
expect to find. Every day | toiled hard,
and at night l went home to my comfortless
erything was i'll clatter. and, in the words
of the poet,
Confusion was monarch of all he surveyed
Here lay pair of pants, there dirty pair
of boots, here play-bill, and there pile
of dirty clothes. What wonder that took
refuge at the gaming-table and bar.room!
/ found it would never do, gentlemen, and
in a lucky moment vowed to reform
Scarcely had a promise passed my lips when
knock was heard at my door, and in came
Susan Simpkins after my dirty clothes.
:" Mr.. Spicer, says she, 4 have washed
for you six months, and | haven't seen the
first red cent in the way of payment. Now
I'D like to know what you are going to do
about it?'
81 felt in my pocket-book. There was
Miss Simpkins, said /, 'it's no use de-
nying it, [ haven't got the pewter. wish
for your sake had.'
There, said she, promptly, 1 don't
wash another rag for you
"'Stop, said ], Susan, I will do what l
can for you. Silver and gold have | none;
but if my heart and hand will do, they are
at your service .a
g Are you in earnest?' said she, looking
little suspicious.
Never more so, says I.
Then says she, 'as there seems to be
no prospect Of my getting my pay any other
way, / gness I'll take up with your ofer.'
Enough said. We were married in
week; and, what is more, we have not re-
pented it. No more attics for me, gent,e-
men. live in a good house, a. d have
somebody to mend my clothes When |
was a poor, miserable bachelor, gentlemen,
| used to be as thin as weasel; now am
as plump as porker.
"In conclusion, gentlemen, if you want to
be poor, ragged devil, without coat to
your back or shoe to your foot; if YOU
want to grow old before your time, and as
uncomfortable generally as hedgehog
rolled up the wrong way I advise you to
remain bachelor; but if you want to live
decently and respectfully, get married. I've
got ten daughters, gentlemen, horsepower
ing applause and you may have yourpick."
Mr., Spicer sat down amid long continued
plaudits. The generous proposal with
which he concluded secured him five sons
in-law.as
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17
Adventure with a Wolf.

The Kansas correspondent of the St.
Louis Republican tells the following story:
a few days since, while riding in the rear
of our town. in small rayine, through
which streamlet takes its quiet way be-
meath its crystal covering, and whose irri-
cation has produced tall grasses and shrubs
that make hiding place for game, | came
suddenly upon large black wolf. He was
scratching at thin place in the ice, and
| seemed almost famished for water. When
he saw ME he started in full run for the riv-
er bottom. l kept upon his heels, and
tried to ride upon him.
He was almost exhausted, aud Just as ]
supposed he would give out, he slipped into
the hollow of a large cotton wood tree. I
stopped up the hole through which he en-
tered, and came back to town and got an
axe ard the dogs, and then with the assist
ance of William Palmer and Frank Mahan,
together we all returned to cut him out
The dogs were anxious, and we were pre-
pared with Our guns to receive him. When
we made large hole, about four feet from
the ground, the dogs jumped at it on the
outside and the wolf on the inside, and such
growing and swapping | never heard be-
fore.
1t made the woods resound for a great
distance, and brought several of the neigh
bors to the spot. Things continued so for
while, and we consulted what had best be
done. We could not shoot the wolf thro'
the opening without too great a risk of
killing the dogs, for he only appeared at the
inside when the dogs were at the outside.
We finally concluded to stop the hole we
had made, and fell the tree by cutting mar
row cash around it. The tree came down
little sooner than we expected. Frank
Mahan had the axe lifted for another stroke,
as it went over with crash.
The wolf, with bristled back and glaring
eyes, and glittering teeth, leaped at his
throat with terrible ferocity. The descend
ing axe met half way, cleaving its skull and
laying it dead at his feet We had no time
to express our wonder and congratulations
at his narrow and singular escape, before
our attention was called to that which filed
US with amazement, if not dread. 1t was
human skeleton of medium size, and Of a
female, hidden in the cavity of the tree
Its posture was erect, and the bones were
held together by kind of clear integument
that seemed to cover, like a transparent
skin, the entire frame. The jar of the felled
tree severed several Of the joints, and we
drew them all out and placed them again in
form.
The proportions were perfect and the
limbs straight Indicating contour, when
in flesh, Of perfect symmetry. Who could
it have been that thus perished years ago
in this wild forest, and how came her death
in this strange place, were queries that
were Immediately suggested, Could it have
been some maiden who like the bride in the
"Mistletoe Bough,' had concealed herself
from her lover in the heart of this old tree,
and become fastened there and died?n
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

"My dear" said an afectionate spouse te
her husband, sam not your only treasurer
"Oh, yes" was the cool reply, "and would
willingly lay you up in heaven"
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

A FATHER being applied to for the reason
of his sons absence from school, the school
master received the following intelligent re-
ply" Kepathometogoataterin!"
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

There are women who do not let their
husbands see their faces till they are mar
|ried. Not to keep you in suspense, VIC
mean plainly that part of the sex who paint.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

Lieutenant Maury has discovered new
class of currents in the ocean. His search
after huckleberries has not, we regret to say,
been crowned with similar success.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17
Stamps, Type and Ink,

NOR marking Clothes; Metcalf make, (put up
1 25 sett in package) For sale Wholesale
d Retail by the NOISY CARRIER.
l45-lml n Long Wharf, San Francisco
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17
Books & Stationery.

A Literary Depot, is opened by the under
IA signed, on Main Street, Bottle Hill, at which,
BOOKS, MAGAZINES and NEWSPAPERS of
every variety, and of the latest date, can be had
cpon application.
JAMESON & CALDWELL.
Bottle Hill, April 18th, 1865. L27-tf
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

LATER FROM SALT LAKE-Advices from
Salt Lake state that on the I'd of Feb. an
adjourned meeting of the friends of the
measure for carrying daily express from
the Missouri river to California, was held
in the Tabernacle at Great Salt Lake City
Speeches were made by several of the prom
inent men Of the Territory, and Gov. Y oung
at the close of his remarks, individually
proffered to take stock and furnish 300 miles
of the route. One thousand miles were sub
scribed for. :
The Deseret News contains accounts oil
fresh disturbances with the Indians, and
contains proclamation from the Governor
giving instructions to the people how to
act in the premises, so as to prevent the re-
currence of such acts of violence.
The mail brings information that fam
inc almost previls in the Territory.
The snow that had fallen was immense
averaging from two to three feet. Stock
were dying in large numbers. 1t is estima-
ted that Livingston & Kincaid b; We lost
since the middle of February fift en- hun
dred head; Gen. G. G. Rich herd of two
hundred, and large numbers belonging &c
the Church. Provisions of all kinds were
scarce, and some of the settlers were living
on bran. One family informed the carrier
they had not eaten anything for three days
The snow was SO deep that the mail wa;
strapped on to the hounds of the fore
wheels and the balance of the wagon was
thrown away. In addition to their other
Affections, an Indian war was ravaging the
country, and nine whites had been killed.
The chief of the tribe-Squash Head-had
been taken prisoner, who, fearful of being
being executed, committed suicide by cut
ting his throat in prison. This chief, after
the death of the renowned Walker, assumed
command OF the tribe, and has lived in
peace with the whites until this outbreak
1t is presumed, however, since the death Of
their chief the Indian hoStilities will be ca
silly quelled.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

AN auctioneer does as he is hid, a post
master as he is dirkcted.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

RS Georgetown Presbyterian Church.
Rev. DAVID MCCLURE, Pastor.-This Church
and congregation meet for Divine Worship in the
Town Hall, every Sabbath morning and eve
"ing. Services commencing at 10a o'clock, A..
NJ, aud = P NJ. Sabbath School i'll the after
noon at 2 o'clock.
RgThe public are CO erdially invited to attend,
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

<. of T.-Georgetown Division No. AZ
\ ( Sons of Temperance, meets every Tues
~ day evening" at o'clock, in their Hall
on Canon street, Georgetown.
All brethran in good standing are invited to at
tend. w. A. GEORGE, W. Z.
FRED. COLLINS, R. S.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

A ScoLD keeps battering at the fabric of
a good man s name, like billy y-goat but
ting at wall.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

Pnblic Worship-At the School House,
Georgetown. Regular appointments of Rev. JN0.
SHARP Of NJ. E. Church, 10a A. M. and p. M,
every Sabbath. Occasional supplies by other
Ministers. Prayer meetings, Wednesday even
ings at P. NJ. Sabbath School 81 A. NJ.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17
Il. Q. ReyBurn,

KTELLS, FARGO & CO., Express Agents
w Gold Dust shippers, and Bankers, George
Gown. [See ADVERTISEMENT 2-tf
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17

what the American Party Holds and
EndeavOrs to RealiZe-War of Races.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-17
LIST OF EETTERS

EMAINING in the Post Office, at George
LII town, April lst, 1856.
Rs Persons calling for these Letters will
please say Advertised April 1st, 1862
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