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GROVER s. BAK EB7S
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES.

4 T the late Mechanics Fair, held i'm the City
n Of Nashville, in October 1857. the Judges
appointed to examine articles in Class 43-No.
Il, GROVER q BAKERS Sewing Machines; No.
164, SINGER's-BEPORT upon the PRINCIPAL
points and merits of the two machines as fol-
lows:
The machines are both two-thread machines.
that is, using two separate threads for making
the stitch; that Of GROVER d RAEER using the
thread from COMMON STOOLS WITH TWO
NEEDLES; and that of SINGERS using one
spool and one needle the other thread working
from BOBBIN ENCLOSED IN 4 SHUTTLE
and, in the opinion of the committee is best
adapted to FINE CLOTHING. SADDLERY, &c
The GROVER 81 BAKER as the LEAST
COMPLICATED MACHINERY. AND, OF
COURSE, EASIER MANAGED; advantage of
USING SPOOLS WITHOUT REMINDING ::
and, with the exception of fine clothing, saddle
ry, &c, in the opinion Of the committee is
BEST SUITED FOX FAMILY USE.
NASHVILLE SEWING HACHIEE COMPANY,
No. 4, Public square, Nashville, Tenn,
Nashville, Tenn, November 8, lS5T.-t'.
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No. f.

November IS, 1857.
| To N2jOr JOHN MCGAUGHEY and Dr.. JNo SHIELDS
Direct the part of the State in the East
Tennessee and V.r-inia Railroad Company:
! Genteme~:-Your letter of this date has been
received, in which you that a vague rumor is
aaoat that the interest on Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars, endorsed Bonds, is unpaid and that you as
Directors of the State feel it your duty to ask for
a statement of facts. As President of the East
! Tennessee and virginia Railroad Company, here
with cheerfully respond to your enquiry.
| When about to leave home for New York, in
October last instructed Mr. Clifford to 90 to Dam
bridge and get 6 600 dollars and forthwith take it
to Nashville, and deposit it in the Bank of Ten.
nessee, to meet the interest on the 5000 900 en-
dorsed Bonds that fell due about the Ist of No.
vember. I gave these instructions, believing ar
engagements bad been made with the cambridge
Bank by which the money would be had. On nv
way home met Mr.. Clifford at Lynchburg, when
he informed me that in consequence OF the dersng-
ed State OF money matters, the Dandri ge Bank
unable to furnish such money as the Bank of
Tennessee would receive; that he then called on
Gen. BrazeltOn to know what could be done: that
Gen. BrazeIton had furnished him a Post Office
draft for 81 225 and $775 in gold, and had given
him power OF attorney to draw from the Post Of.
fee Department the amount due the road for car.
rying the mail; bur, that there wouli still be about
800 short. made arrangements at Lynchburg
and got the S7OO, and Clifford left for Washington,
l thought, with funds sufficient to meet the inter-
est.
few days after I got home Clifford returned.
and Informed me that in Consequence of some in
formality, or misunderstanding about the contract
with our road, be did not get from the Department
but 5000 25, leaving deficiency Of about $4,000
instantly sent Clifford to New Market to see Gen. |
Brazstou if the money could not be raised, where
upon Col Boaz, DR.. Mcfarland and Gen. Brazeton,
OF their own responsibility, purchased a draft on |
New York for $4,000, which was Instantly forward !
ed to New York.
About this time 1 received letter from the |
Messrs Inmans saying that they had withdrawn |
their Coupons, Of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
endorsed BOnds, which they own. About the
same time they wrote Gen. Brazelton on the same
subject, making proposition to have them paid at
Ringgold, which proposition is under consideration
and no doubt the matter will be in a short time
satisfactorily arranged. II the draft for $500 is
paid We have ample funds in New York to pay the
interest the whole of the 5000 600 endorsed
B onds. II the $26OO draft is not paid we still
the Coupons on the 800 600 endorsed Bonds not
10 the hands Of the Messrs. Inmsns. This is the
only interest on State or endorsed Bonds that Is
iiss and unsettled
SAM'L B. CUNNINGHAM,
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-12-10

"WDDEBs" Us. VIRGINs.- We have bach
elor friend tibet we think much of, who was
horribly outraged, an evening or two ago. He
was industriously plying with his attentions,
a young and very handsome widow, when
some one remarked that Miss Blank-a very
lovely young lady, by the way-was without
on attendant 81 can't leave" said CGlebs,
'Im engage7F 'Oh," exclaimed the widow
with charming naivette; Il did not think we
had gone as far as thatP'
A wedding is the probable result, and our
friend says that one dashiDg widow will out
engineer a dozen virgins.-AOnt gomery Nail
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sHERTFF,s SALE.

by virtHe Of 4 n 70 me directed and reIiv.rs5 Ton,
a. the HonorSble Circuit Court, Of Davidson Co nty
public sale, % the highest bidder for eisb a. tS Co..
house NaEd gate, in The Ciy OF Nashville on satu4dsv
The .th cav 81 January ISHS al the right title rlai
interest and - ATE which Robt. TindaH then had or
NAV have Hirce sefuired In aud The q low ng d.se
e. tract o. land being part Of To- No i5s "a the pls
o. NAs yii beginning AZ the southwest corner Of WI,
NlauA lot on NcLemore street, thence a. rizht susz
SAID street. han way 10 Spruce about 81 Zee.
ueaee nofth Afdly, % Fee 20 alley therce dozen th
a'ey, u ieet 20 Mo street viii ere
street. ie-t 20 the beginning being tte san .fat -
ner~toiore couveytd 20 }. White. Isaac Paul al =
10 se arste deeds whleh uly reeistered
sse $50 Tot Is situated iume iat-iy "a reag Of
sPsuee Ire : Mttaodi harch- For pGItclIzr
.eser Ton, reference ale revftr We 81 49, H.
hook - page al, 10 Regj t-rs' ofee Of Davidson o
W rom see Levied t1e prupe q n Echt Ts.u
% - tt-f tso execst ons In favor OF L Be- orur
F.stdsu- JhU. X. EDNUNus IN sber y
Z. @. DAAER. c. .. @
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The CsuFy Laws.

Among the variety of important propo-
sitions now before the Legislature, is one
fixing a conventional rate of interest. The
proposition, as cOuched in bill introduced
into the House by Mr.. BEALE, the atten-
tive and faithful representative of Will
hanson, is simply to legalze all specific
contracts relating to the taking of interest
as high as ten per cent.-leaving the rate
in all cases not specified, the same as at
present-six per cent. If such a law can
be enacted constitutionally, we presume it
will not meet with any serious opposition
on the score Of policy. 1t is notorious
that our interest laws are more universally
and more fagrantly and constantly viola
ted, than any other within the entire vol
ume of our statutes. It seems necessary
that the law should fix some rate of inter-
est to govern time transactions-and that
rate in this State has been so low, that the
money lenders, the real money changers of
the country, have found it less than what
they could obtain, and they have there
fore uniformly asked and received much
more, or sent it beyond the State for in
Vestment, and hence the law has been moth
ing more than so much blank space in the
book-except in rare instances, where men
have had some scruples of conscience on
the subject. We are decidedly of opinion
that all laws, the most trivial as well as
the most grave, should be equally observed
and enforced-tbat the habitual and scru-
pulOus observance of them, is not only be-
coming in, but the duty of every patriotic |
citizen. But there are large number Of
our people, who believe that there should !
be no restraints whatever on money rent,
and that our law at present is founded in
error, and that violation of it by the
agreement Of parties who are alone
interested is not attended with wrong.
However the assumption, that money
should be left to regulate itself as other
commodities of sale or rent, by the stand
ard of demand and supply, as an abstract
proposition, may be, our Constitution re-
quires the Legislature to establish a rate
of interest and that it shall be uniform.
So that, if it were correct, it could hardly
be practically executed in this State.
the establishment of conven-
tional-rate, such as that proposed by Mr..
BEALE, would conflict with that provision
of our Constitution, is a question for the
courts, We incline to the opinion that it
would not; and we should be pleased to :
see the bill pass. !
If the Legislature should, in its wisdom, L
decide that it has no power to pass such
a law, we still think there should he a mo- e
in the existing law, allowing a
greater rate of inerest, and with more
stringent provisions against its violation.
It is entirely practible to frame law of =.
energy sufficient to protect itself, and such
| law is unquestionadly needed. 1t is, at
east, a subject which merits the sober 3
consideration of the General Assembly, 7
md we commend it to their attention. 7
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 7th, 1857.


ExFCUTIvE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 7th, 1857.
GEN. Jas. T. CARTER,
A. L. CANNON, Ho REP's.
J. HAMILTON,
GENTs:-I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt Of your note of this date asking for such
information as may have respecting the reported
failure on the p,rt of the President and Directors
of the East Tennessee and Virginia Rail Road Com
pany to meet the interest on their bonds endorsed
by the Governor of the State.
In answer to which, have to state that early in
the month of November, J c. Luterell (tbe Comp
troller of the Treasury informed me verbally
that the interest falling due Ist November, the
endorsed bonds Of that Company had not been
paid at maturity, and that the coupons had been
returned to this city for payment &c.
Since which time, have received from the
State Directors, of said Company, copy of cor
between them and the President and
stockholding directors, upon this subject, and also
a letter from the President OF the Company, copy
of each of which, herewith transmit to you, and
which contain all the information that I have upon
the subject, except the statements of the Comp
troer, above recitcd.
Very Respectfully, Your Ob't. Serv't.
ISHAM G. HARRIS.
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Hook NnIice.

THE MoRIAD; or, Ind Of the Je1Oish State. By
BEN AsAPH, Christian Jew of the third cenr
fury. Translated from the Syriac Hebrew, by
ANsELM KoRLsToFF. Nashville Tenn: Printed by
A. A. Stitt. 1857.
The above is the title page in full, of a book
which has been placed in our hands by the
Printer, with a notification that it is the pro-
ducton Of one of "Tennessee's oldest and
most distinguished sons" Another than
those who figure in the title page, as having
been instrumental in producing the volume, is
the Editor, who performs the humber, but no
less necessary task of writing Notes" point
ing out the especial beauties of the compost
ton, and explaining the more reconcile passa.
ges aud illusions. If we could judge alone by
these circumstances, and dismiss, at the same
time from our mind the impression that Ben
Asaph, Anselm Korlstoff and the Editor were
in fact, one and the same person, we should,
of course, pronounce the work classical
Albeit, we read the book, and are forbid to
make our opinion by this standard.
The Moriad, as we are informed By the
Translator, is an Epic Poem; but the same
authority tells US that it is not great Epic
cit is 100 historic, 1t is not daring and un
bounded enough for great Epic, even if it
had not other faults" So we think-on the
contrary, it is unquestionably a very common
place Epic. The translator also complains |
that Ben Asaph had "no Epic hero, the his
tory and theology of the day did not give him |
one-nOr could be dare to make one"-neith- |
or did Milton have an Epic hero; yet paradise /
/ iy-aa IN fylar And
soles himself In respect TO the want of an
Epic hero, it is likely true, that the Morad
and Paradise Lost are similar; but in other
respects they are widely dissimilar Though
he had no Epic hero Milton had else to make
a grea, everything poem-unfortunately, Ben
Asaph had neither hero, nor aught else for
such purpose. Milton WAS gifted with inspi-
ration, invention, art, Imagination Judgment
ana dIcton, which mingliug in his verse, |
poured along like fire that sweeps the
"noie ear'h before It," Ben Asaph possesses
none Of these IN highly poetic degree. Nil
ton possessed the genius TO make great poem
without hero, Ben Asaph would hsye f,pnd
it above his powers 10 oontrive a great noon,
with hero. But we cannot attemn, . 60,
parision between these two. In pos,ry ,h.,
can not be viewed as compeers, with ysry,ng |
but splendid charaeteristios-theyr Rather hold ]
opposite extremes; Milton is universally sc-
knowledged very great pOet-Asaph will be-
as far as known, very small
one. Kor!stoff also deplores the advantages
o- possessed over Ben Asaph a. ,
which HO'-.- - = "ods, big J
0 Elevating Machines; he haa 49,
nd little lying round him like tools; AID no 3
now say him nay; for it was tie faith !
TF Homer had the gods
10 translA- ;
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We would call particular attention to hr. Ne
Leans uotice In another column. We add ths fol-
losing from the ST. Louis HrraiS. which speaks
volumes in is favor. We say 70 ali, give il
trial:
We take especial pleasure In recommending
McLean's celebrated Strengthening C0rdisl q an
iBgalusble remedy soF general debility and Wesk-
a s. We have seen L tested 10 circle HudeF our
osu iaimedlsta observation, snd can Voeeh for Is
efficacy and Wersh. II Is 40 article which should
be Kept eoasauty 10 eVsrY family isis eeFtsinly
an invaluable mrdicins. Ses ~ advertisement 10
another eoiumn." Dec. a-IH.
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Chancery Court at Nashville

A Lsemuer sonsi rs Kennelt, Dudley Co.. Of Cincip
matt.
the oice Of the clerk and master Of the ChaBcerv
court AT Nashville, on the Tth day Of December 1ssT
on motion OF complainant, by counsel in the abovs
ana It appearing T. the satisfaction c,erk and master
that the SAID defendants MeSrs. K-nuett Dudley o.
non-residents Of the State Of Tennessee I - o.
me ORDINARY process Of this court be served upon
- le eIore ordered that publication be made for
ouf successlFe weeks IN the Nashville Patriot evgs
published m the city Of Nashville, requiring the said defend
20 At the next ERIN Of the Chancery court to be
holde" lot the county Of Davidson, at the coDrt ~
thereof IN the city Of Nashville the first Mendav i
May next and answer said bin, or the same viii -
taken for confessed as them and set down for &c
parte. ~ n 10 TTy5ttiiiinS e1
Dec l0-w4t prsfee&8 Csrt - "a niI M,
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

The bill to emend the charter of the Columbia
Central Turnpike Company, passed the last time
The bill to charter the Tellico and Vally River
Turnpike Company, passed the third and last
time.
MIR. Bratcher introduced a bill for the relief of
Sherihs and revenue collectors who have account.
ed for the county and state revenue.
Mr., Davis a oil to auth orize the sale of remain
der interest in dover in certain cases.
Sir. Hill: bill to increase the salary of the
State Treasurer to $4,000. All of which were re-
ferred.
The fifth section of the code read;
Adjou ned till 81 O'Clock, tomorrow.
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warning against putting "new wine in old
bottles" The Editor advises the readers of
the Moriad, if they canHot believe when they
are told that it was written by Ben Asaph, ia
the third century, and tina the Ms. is locked
up IN the bureau of Turkish antiquery-at
least, to read it as of tina: date, or they will
not do justice tothe poem or themselves. We
made the effort, serious and laboiOus effort,
to do so-we read Josephus, we read Croly--
and with them we were in Salem-saw the
crumbling towers and the fl inning Temple;
but when we returned to the Moriad we were
wholly unable to SO control ourselves. This
may be our fault.
The poem consists of eight books, of about
a thousand lines each-mainly narrative Of
the events attending the destruction of Jeru-
salem. 1t is almost wholly occupied with
battles and skirmishes, and the deliberations
of the leaders of the contending armies. We
make few quotations of such portions as we
think will bear it. The following brief des-
cription of the martial skill and discipline of
the Roman legions, is passably expressed:
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Sale of the Home Place of the late
Moses NOrVell, and the slaves be-
longing to the Estate.

20. Norvel and Others, Henry L. NorvcT and oilers
pu' suance OF the decree above cause a.
4 the Aoven Der 1S5 y Term Of the Chan erv Court a
Nashville will sci at the upper rket Hou. e.
IN the Cly d Nashville aturday the 9th day Of Jan
1873 the Home Place Of the Newell living
on the Fraukln Iurnp near this city contain n
about 10 acres and also the following IS slaves
Hester, JAG. Patsey, Harriet, Mary ANA and her fou
children, Aha and her FIVE children
TERMS-FOr the slave, a credit Of y month"; without
interest except Is per heir price which VIII be
required in cash for the realty, credit Of / 2 and
years, without interest and possession given at once
Dec ltd. @ d REIEN n - N
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No. g.,


BLoUNTvILLE, TENN, Nov 25th., 1857.
Messrs. Sam. B. Cunningham, President: VIM.
Braz lton, VIM. Maulden, B F. Mcfarland, A. G.
Graham, SamI. Rhea, VIM. H. Moffet, VIM
Houston, E. Davis R. q. Davis D. Kennedy,
R. P. Rhea, a. Boaz, VIM. P. Reeves, Directors
East Tennessee and Virginia Rail Road:
GENTLEMEE-A rumOr has this day reached US,
that your Company has failed to meet the interest
which fell due on the 1st inst, on the endorsed
Bonds of your Company, issued under act of the
legislature, the 2lst of Feb, 1856; and in con.
sequence, thereof a bill is now pending before the
Legislature, in session, to authorize some sort
of proceeding against your Company, for this fail
IRE.
As State Directors, feel it our duty, vague,
and unsatisfactory this is, to call upon you
to inform whether you are in arrears, in the
payment of interest on bonds issued under the act
above recited, or under any other act of the Leg
islature, and if so, to what extent.
We ask This information, in justice to ourselves,
as We are ntrusted with the interests of the State
IN your Company and desire that this enquiry, to-
gether with your reply, should be spread upon the
Records of your Company.
Yours Respectfully
JOHN McGAUGUEY.
JOHN SUIEDS,
State Directors.
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State Directors.
No "a Gard.

The undersigned heard it stated on the streets
of Nashville, and in the Official Departments, that
the interest on 100000 endorses Bonds of the
East Tenn. Va. Railroad Company, which fell
due on the lst of Nov, 1857, had not been met by
the Company. Believing it to be matter OF in
terest and deep concern to our constituency, in
our communications to our friends in East Tennes-
see, we stated the fact upon the highest official au-
tbority. We have since learned that our state
ments were denied and our veracity impeached
We, therefore, in justice ourselves instituted the
above correspondence 10 order to justify ourselves
by official endorsement of cur statements in regard
to the non payment of the interest of the Coapon
Bonds of the East Tennessee and Virginia Rail-
road Company.
JAMES II CARTER
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East Tennessee and Virginia e all Road
BOnds-COrresPOndenc
REFRESHMENTS HALL, Dec Z, 1851.

Representative HALL, Dec Z, 1857.
To his Excellency, Gov, lsHAM G. HARRIS,
sIR:-We respectfully request of you the favor
of communicating to as. at your earliest conVe
nience, such official Information, may be in your
possession the reported failure, the part Of
the President and Directors, of the East Tonnes
see and Virgins Rail Road Company, TO meet the
interest due on the bonds issued by them and en-
dOrsed by the State. Y, ry Respectfully,
JAMES T. CARTER.
A L. CANNON.
JACOB HAMILTON.
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THAT CONVENIENT FRAME g WILLING on -
the Franahn Temp ke roaa near The first ~.
T5i-gate, 81. bF J. A. NcCauubpf p q ~
The hcu cen aims four roous testrs ktchen serv nt
Tooz c. e'e and as Ihrt lc--s a gTould attached
81 slitatle r. uiture te pefc-ased BY The ten
an, 80 Dc ned ET- 20 session gwen imH ediatelv.
Apply 20 s. Y. $. IINDsLRY.
Fdy. LIT 81 roII-r- 49,
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"No fields II blood, by 7nquering warriors won.
Nor banded powers, Will shake a. Papal throne:
But poor soldier viii charm uuf H.
By which, IN time, all powers y IN be CO stroIIed
writteE book vii, BY his art b. Whirled
Al once 70 al parts Of the reading worldl
oue page 20 millions his art mu tlplies,
Aud truths lie open 70 ten mai hon eye.l
Light rom thel Tiutlng-pre W.llslanee around
And deep lnqui more and mora abound.
The "a berins nations science vii awake
Aud emi- lnndels by millions make"
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A FAMILY NOT ACQUAISTED.-The Journal
Of Commerce tells the FLOWING reply of q
boy 20 Lis mother: "The fIther was of the
Keep your children at distance class, and the
boy, wanting q new suit, very naturally asked
the mother TO intereede for him. why don't
you ask your father yourself, my sOnG said
the mother.-'Why, mother, l would ask him,
only don't feel well enough acquainted with
him. was the reply.n- Transcript
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JAMES T. CARTER,
A. L. CANNON,
JACOB HAMILTON.
LEGISLATURE OF TENNESSEE.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9th.
A resolution offered by Mr.. McDougaI dfrec-
ting the Judiciary committee to examine the laws
now in force in relation to emancipation, and
free persons of color, and if it is thought necessa-
~ to amend the same, that the committee report a
bill for that purpose.
The Senate then took up the code.
Several uDimportant measures of a local char
arter passed the second time
House bill to establish che county Of Sequatchie,
passed the third time.
Senate bill to establish the Star Insurance Com
pany of Memphis also passed the third time.
Adjourned till o'clock, P. NJ.
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For Rent or Sale.

elegant suburban res dence On ne Southern bounda
y ~ 81 tie c. situated in he q f0nTacre ot
the front Of ich highly with evergreen
shade ard fruit trees Of choice varieties contains
Vege' able garden, h'u newly paPeTed and painted
and ever thing in complete repair.
To addition 20 the dwelling there Is a servants house
stable CARR and COW house. Ilec is also large
.eru, capable Of containing BOO barrels OF water.
Tie house is on eminenee, command ny extensive
and picturesque view The property vii Be sold al price
suitable 20 The times, rented to careful Apply
TO A. V. =. LlNDSLtY.
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Groceries. Groceries,

JD>E tsECA AEED AND AZ SEOKH.
u - hhds Ia sugar lar 10 lleAses SsI son.
: - e-'.1es u . Frssh Cove Oysters
- e-es tNie SoAset . d" Sardi1es
j IS bus la Mnlzzses, Is h-,... +f.------ 49,.
20 " n. Y. s5Fap, go - -.-sl7 Ot@eF,
loo '' II and sasara 20 t---.'[s-s So,
- $500 = IA. 'tasi 70 bbls walkers Xxx Al
- - ~ =, 30 boxes TAR CandIgs
~ 49, - ID e Asfe'i - 10 fean. Rale WHISKY
n, .lI--f - chests lrupsFlai T A.
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49, e - s'-Sss, sc &c-,
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