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Opluton Oh the oostn Oh tnc A~tc w
ehantess Fair.
A T the late Mechanics Fair, held IN the
a City Of Nashville, in October. 1851, the
Judges appointed 90 examine articles in tlass
43-No. IL, GROVER 4 BAKERS Sewing Ma
chimes No. l64, SNGEK's-REPORT upon
the PRINCIPAL points and merits Of the Two
machines A. follows:
The machines are both two-thTezd machines,
that Il, using two separate threads for making
the stitch; that Ct GROVER d BAKER using the
thread from COMMON SP00I.S WITH TWO
NEEDLES; and that OF SINGERS using one
spool and one needle. the other thread Mork-
lag from BOBfIN ENCLOSED N A SHUT
TIE. and. 10 the opinion Of the committee -
best adapted 10 FINE CLOTHING, SAD
DLERY, &cl
The GROVER 4 BAKER A. the LEAST
| COMPLICATED MACHINERY AND OF
| COURSE. EASIER MANAGED; advantage
of USING sP0OI.S WITHOUT RErHINp
ING: aud. with the exception Of hne elsth
/ ing. sasidlery, &c. in The opinion OF NC
Committee i BEST SUITED FOR FAMILY
/ USE
rss- The part Of this report referring to
/ The Singer Machine - besI adapted 70 me
Clothing was intended TO be UNDEkSIO0p
BY THE COMMITTEE a. be< FOR MANI
FEATURING CLOTHING BY 1AtLOks,
IN WORK SHOPS, &C. THE SANE IN
/ REFERENCE TO S.ADDLERf. &C
NASHVILLE sEwTNG-AAcEfEk COMPANY.
No. 4. PUBLIC SQUARE,
Nashville, Team.
- -
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ca Read the Testimony. ia
:. n. CHALFANP says;

MoRGANTowN, Va, Sept. Is, 1855
Ship me Immediately II dozen German Bitters, and
you medicine that sell gives such general
satisfaction the demand for it being being beyond all
precedent. affords pleasure sell a medicine
so satisfactory all Our physicians longer scout
at IT, but compelled To acknowledge its intrinsic
vauc and the greater part of them have had magma
nnity Of soul sufficient lay aside their prejudices
and prescribe il in their practice
Asi, for Hollands German Bitters, aud take moth
ing else. They prepared and sold by Dr. C. NJ.
Jackson No 4lS Arch street Philadelphia, and sold
BY druggists and storckeepers in every town and vii
lge the United states Canadas, West Indies, and S
America, AT IS cents per bottle. See that the sigma
ture Of C. NJ jackson Is the wrapper Of each bottle
aprl-Im
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y- wanted immediately. 10 900

As~~192 men 70 engage IN the sale OF the mo.ss
popular setlug BOoAs IN America. invalils, mcchan-
cs faruscrs aad teachers, wishing "a travel, viii una
ths very probable and pleasant business, enabling
them Ia see t1c couutry aud make money Tie same
time, Agents mos la ths business clearing lroEi
500 IL 81 800 per year tur tail particulars, aud
iist IT Books, addrc-s A. n. RuII-ON, Queen CITY,
Publishing HOUSE. Ia Aaiu street, Cincinnati OliO
az living last, 10 kliIsoN fAliAirlihia, IA
S,.lI l-iy
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To ,er,aus Sufferers.

retired Gentleman having been RESTORED % health
In Few days, after many years ~ nervous suffering
viii send (ree) 10 assist otlers copy Of The pTeserp
uun aad = supply OF the remedy, oa receiving a
stamped cavelops bearing the applicants address. ID
fect the Roy. JottS II. nAaSAlI. Isa f,toa street
Brooklyn, ~. \. spri5-tTiW-s
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miscellaneous.
Administrators Sale.

WILL sell 10 the highest bidder for cash, Friday
the 3uth inst, the personal property belonging To
the estate of Nancy Iangford, deceased at her late
residence on Cherry street South Nashville.
Also the House and Lot, formerly occupied by the
deceased Will be rented for the balance OF the present
year reasonable terms.
aprl6-td ]. MIILIRON, Admir-.
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Steamboat & laiDer HENS.

c. ARRIVALS
April 28.-Blanche Lewis, Carthage.
29.-Lookout, Paducah.
DEPARTURES.
Tempest, Louisville.
Blanche Lewis, Paducah.
Fairy Queen, Cincinnati.
Lookout. Paducah.
River falling with seven feet water on the
Shoals.
The B. II. R,nyaH departs for st. Louis
this afternoon at o'clock.
The Red Rore win be in port tonight, and
depart tomorrow afternoon for New Or
leans.
The Josephine Savqge passed Memphis yester-
day and will be here in time to leave for New
Orleans Monday.
The Commerce goes up the river tomorrow.
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To our OldCustomersSF Friends.

XNTE have now located ourselves at No. II neade-
w rick street, where prepared TO furnish
them with all kinds Of drinks such Brandy, Whisky
Gn and Wines Of all descriptions of the best qualities;
also tobacco, smoking and chewing, With variety Of
the best cigars Our desires to do every thing 10
a. the tastes OF our patrons. Call gentlemen,
try FOR yourselves, as We are always at our post.
lan3O-3m J. L. PRICE L j. T.. EMERY
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Alfred yxnrks Fan

Says" Ny wife has been soreiy afflicted with Dys-
peIsia for the last year. During this time, she had
used so many medicines which seemed 10 aggravate
rather than remove the disease that almost des-
paircl Of her recovery. Living the country she
joyrd all she advantages OF pure air and exercise yet
each day she seemed 10 be enieebled. With
some difficulty, persuaded her 10 take your Holland
Buffers, which, am happy to state, has completely
cured her."
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Gs- We saw specimens Of fruit from the
garden of Mr.. LrsHEY. yesterday, which indi-
Gates that the frost was severe enough to
sweep everything before it. We are inclined
to think it was not so severe elsewhere.
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BANK of COMMERCE..

NASHVILLE, iean JAa lss 1873
sill give So cents the dollar Tor IawFenechuTg
money; aud other unoarTeni money al us market
price. wish purchase sIoo.oo u fennesses state
Boads nj order, and all give the he Asst market
prize fir i.zad Warrants - any amount.
,anIa-u JNo. n JAMES.
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WIS. HaorxH s Go. nform the lovers u soda Va
that they have reeeiVed aHd have ID sPugasn
q she Nieol's eeehFated sla FoaHss rntirviy
l4ieEt, and Tbs eompiets u tbs kind en-.
saL Taslr Aasarsalsni u syraps = aIersaf 20 Hoas
ths eily. aPri3
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The Ladies', The Ladies!

1t is well established fact that fully half of the
female portion of our population, seldom in the
enjoyment of good health, or to their express
sion ''never feel we'll" They languid, devoid Of
all energy, extremely nervous and have appetite
To this class of invalids the Hollands German Bit
tiers especially recommended Their peculiar tonic
and invgorating properties render them Invaluable in
such cases
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UTN r. WINS Hsass JgusHai sdyvrtises circulars
narazcA gE4Gs esslaLnns The = by Il resalzas
senslsssn q .saeessns alea mechanical ssaz's 10
e,sssass whesier asa NllsoA's s~wsnz nAehas, and
xhy - nsas .'sxrelisat house ksepeEs' sza npa 20
a tnh%@~1
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Riuer NeMs.

ST.. LOUIS, April 29-The river is unchang
ed The upper Mississippi is rising. The
Missouri and Illinois are falling.
LOUISVILLE, April 29.-The river is falling
with six and a half feet water over the rocks
| IN the falls
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General News.

WASHINGTON, April 29.-Commodore Arm
strong is among the passengers by the Arabia
New ORLEANS, April Pa new break has
occurred in the repairs of the crevasse, which
will be impossible 10 stop until the river falls
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miscellaneous.
DiSSOiutiON.

rINHE firm Of WHEELER a IVES having been dissolv-
Il ed by mutual consent SETH Wheeler viii continue
the business heretofore and he alone authorized
10 use the name OF the late hrm la liquidation.
SETH WHEELER
apr22-3t I. l.. IVES
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dissolution.

FTNHE partnership heretofore existing between the
l. subscribers under the sly q MAcKESzK wn,
dissolved by mutual consent on the 9Th uit
,. W. Wusox has purchased the entire interest o.
AIK0- MACKENZIE IN said nrm, and viii continue the
business ander has own name. He h charged with
the payment Of all he debts Of the arm and b aons
authorized the OF the nrfn IN liquidation
ALEX. MACKENZIE
MARRIOTT J. ". WILSON
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w The two young men. John Rogers and
George Lyons who presented forged check
Mt the Bank of Tennessee. have been exam
in, d before Magistrate and discharged.
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s- A telegraphic dispatch from Fl. b.
SHAW, Clerk of the james johnson, informs us
that his boat would leave New Orleans on the
29th, and be here about the 9th of May.
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Commercial.
DAILY PATRIOT OFFICE, !

DAILY PATRIOT OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, April so, 1855
COTTON.-The Cotton market was quite
active again Yesterday; and $50 bales sold at
s5@Io4c p n.
TOBACCO.@Sales of % hhds- at A. HAM
nroN's at 90, 5 05, 5 10, 40, 5 so, 5 rs,
20, 6 Is, SIS, so. 8 90, 8 90. 8 Is, 8 rs,
8 So, sos 80, 90, 25, 9 so, 8 u.s. IS,
10 20
BACON AND LARD.-No change.
Charleston Market.
CHARLESTON, April q, l p NJ
CoTr0N-Sales to-day 1000 bales, at IL y 70 l3c.
There is good demad- Holders exacting full and
advancing prices
Augusta Market.
AUGUSTA, April PIP. NJ
COTT0N-There is a good feeling in the market to-
day, bnt much DOING in consequence of the scar
city OF money. Prices unchanged. Good Md
ding 12c.
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Feb. 20, 1858.

In retiring from the business Of BoYD Co.. heart
lily recommend my late partner the public,
thy every respect of their confidence, aud ear
nestiy solicit for him continuation OF the liberal pa
tronage heretofore bestowed.
mari2-u jos. W. nABfkS.
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dissolution.

TIVE partnership heretofore existing between WILL
i l. BoYD, Jr., and JOS. w. DABBs is this day dis
solved by mutual consent and WILL L. BoYD, ir alone
is authorized To settle the accounts OF Boyd A Co.
JOS. DABBS,
Feb. 20, 1858. WILL l. BOYD, jr.
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Notice.

PLANTERS BANK OF TENNESSEE,
NGsAriiie, March 3ia, 1855 /
rINHETiE viii be a meeting OF the Stockholders Of this
Il Rank held at the BANKING House In Nashville, On
the LIST June next at 10 O'Clock, a N, u take into
consideration act passed at the session Of she
Legislature Of this state, proposing an amendment 20
The charter OF tliis Bank. By or,leF OF tue Board
apr5-ti u. WEAVER Cashier.
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ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

ARRIVALS UP TO =. NJ, THURSDAY, APRIL 2ath
Col VIM h Carroll, Mean Il N Junes, = LOUIS,
phis; " Brown, fltila;
John Early, r ynchburg, saml Mortimer, Mobile;
Va, JNInss W McJouT " Inning
WIN Burns, Maysville; tau;
VIC whitihorn, Columbia; Liquor, Carkzburg
And folk, Ash~ood, Va;
sheppar weiis, Colambaic Rounsi.s aud lady t2As'
Tenn. Tenn,
Randall MEG SoGtan, A bAiaes New Hayen
Tenn. Coma
pr Vim whder, la } q King, Arkansas;
McDurroagh, Lafay Siail laws .
cite; ; Nance tsl.afiS springs
CK BOuthe, Baltimore; ny.
Davis Kirk, Penn; Joei Nance, Christian CO
Il Ceiler, Robsrtson; ny
john u Efhcy, Dayifsen; Tim y fsiss,
w c AtEins0n Buckley and servant
Jas 4 Sra knoxviile Montgomery
J c Bal and seryt n xas 3 q Wstsncr,
RDCain. Vim \ JohnS0n overt1n co
Chas n foison and family x q Iowaes and lady,
81 Louis Charleston;
Miss re johnson and scr't q "A C0saprei, savannah;
Overton co, JnO q WouasY Mss
Roh'd X Owen, 4 Tenn; Jas X brown,
Thos James,
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es- For tlne Pocket and Table Cutlery
call on McCkLI. yAsfxEs 4 Co.
mar2s-u
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N A S I'll v / L l. E:
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL so. 1858

Me- The ''SoUTHERS HOMESTEAD for the
present week does not knock under to any of
its predecessors. 1t is a most excellent peri
cdical
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THE GOlDEN pRlZE
FOR
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FOR RENT.

A HANDSOME aud comfortable family residence "a
N Eigenell near the bragg with 1aFFiage-hease
and stable attached for the balance ~ the year. I've
session given Immediately. Apply q
LYONS Co.
MARRIOTT u Pubic 1qaarc
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CANESI CANESI CANES,
VEST BUTTONS.

IIANING Tcpleu shud ny stack 81 shell, C4tneo an
IL sls.ae Vest AAa SleeYe b4tlons, ~ai soil thel
chelp Tor cash. }. A. Mcoil4-
apriB-u
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Notice of Dissolution.

THE partnership existing between b. L-ANikR n
IL Go. MIZEt.i-, under the style Sf B. I-aNlER a
Co, this dAy dissolved. y lanier having Furchss-
ed Geo Mixes entire Interest The ate ARIA, aioat
authorized % settie up the sane. h. l-ASlkk-
Mar IS ig5s- GEO. AlzEiI-
ns- Referring 20 the above notiCe, take great
pleasure IN recommending % my fricuds By late 49,
socsats IN business, Mr.. Is Ian5er, gentleman
every way ~orthy u their contlaued f..tren.se.
March 5, ls5s. GE0 AlLAI1-
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Post Office.

NASHVILLE, March 20, 1883.
INROM and after the LIST OF April. the Post Once viii
Il be opened on Srnddgs at half past A. n, and
close at A. NJ Open again at 5 Il. ~ and close az
z. NJ. On all other days the Office Wili be opened Al
half past o, O'Clock A. NJ and cise y O'Clock, =.
NJ. :. u. ANDERSON, Post Master.
mar3i-tf
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SAVE MONEY s KEEP CooLm

OUR Ice DcpOts IN readiness, and we earnest
~ ly request all who wish 90 buy Ice during the
at a uniform price, call and supply themselves
with tickets aud register their names regular pat
roas-thercby advance the article in the
latter part of the season.
our Offices are Cherry street next door 10 the Bank
Of Tennessee at Hlrtcgstic's, Front street and
corner of Church and Vine streets.
{. + II. MARTIN,
apr20-u I'D. LAWRENCE
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BY AUTHORITY
The 0 Bill.

EAe 10 = ID Bill.
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section ten, Ar
tic!e nine Of the Constitution, and providing for the
submission of the same to the people.
Be it enacted ~ the Legislature Of the State Of Mime
sofa.
SECTION l. The following amendment to the Con,
stitution Of this State is hereby proposed for publica.
ton, and approval or rejection by the people in accord.
snce with Section l of Article IL Of the Constitution ;
shat is say, that Section 10 Of Article 9 of the Con.
~stitution shall be as follows -
Sec. ~. The credit Of this State shall never be given
or loaned in aid of any individual, association or cor.
construction of the lines of railroads, in aid of which
che Congress OF the United States has granted lands to
she Territory of Minnesota, the Governor shall cause to
be issued aud delivered to each of the companies in
which said grants are vested by the Legislative Assem-
Dig OF Minnesota, the special bonds Of the State, bearing
"a interest OF seven per cent. per annum, payable semi
annually in the city Of New York, as a loan Of public
credit, to an amount not exceeding twelve hundred and
fifty thousand dollars; Or al aggregate amount to all of
said companies not exceeding FIVE million of dollars, in
manner following, to wit
Whenever either of the said Companies shall produce
50 the Governor satisfactory evidence, verified BY the
afidsvits Of the Chief Engineer, Treasurer, and two
Directors Of said Company, that any ten miles OF the
rosd Of said Company has been actually constructed
and completed, ready for placing the superstructure
thereon, the Governor shall cause to be issued apd de-
livered to such Company bonds to the amount of one
hundred thousand dollars, and whenever thereafter, and
as often as either Of said Companies shall produce to
the Governor like evidence of 4 further construction of
ten miles of its road as aforesaid, then tue Governor
shall cause to be issued to such Company further like
bonds to the amount Of one hundred thousand dollars
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ATTRACTING EmixratlAn.

A meeting Of some of the prominent men of Rice,
Goodhue, and Dakota Counties, and Pierce Co., Wis,
was held at Hastings on the 3oth inst, for the purpose
Of devising means to induce emigration to this portion
Of the country. A number Of resolutions were adopted
setting forth the views Of the meeting as to the course
that should be pursued to accomplish this object. tits
to have a series Of articles prepared, setting forth the
advantages Of the various sections, and have them pub.
lished in the papers in the above counties, and 500
copies Of each to be taken for g~ratpitous distribution,
and paid for out Of Il general fund. This seems to be
an excellent aud feasible plan to effect a good deal at
a tri6ing cost the information sought to be ~dissemins.
ted could not be presented in a more attractive form.
We shall publish the proceedings in full next week,
as they were too late for this number.
\ c%ommittee Of five, consisting Of |. Dopneliy, Of
Nininger; j, y. North, of Mortified J.. D.. Neyell,
Of Prescott Wm Hale, of Cannon Fails ; and G. s.
Winslow, Of Hastings, we're appointed TO carry The re:
into effect.
The meeting adjourned to convene again at the same
place on the eth April.
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be Asiatic which the people Of Eneland cannot com.
prehend. 1t is with such instruments as these we have
TO work in carrying on the administration Of India.
believe that there is no amount Of tyranny and cruelty
which is not at times inflicted on the ryots by the M.
tive servants OF the Government, but they know very
well that such acts arc abhorrcnt to their European an.
peuors, and arc breaches Of the law, and that they
would be severely punished il detected. The practice
OF torture has existed in India from time in,memor;al .
1t still exists in full vigor under native governments
and under our own in spite of cndeavors to nut il down
and will exist until the light Of civilization and Chris.
tisnity dispels the thick darkness that broods over that
land, anu renders such practices as abhorrent TO the
native as they are to the European mind. I have adj.
united torture exists, but it exists in spite Of the East
India Company. 1t is known to be a hreaoh of ,hs
law as much as murder and highway robbery T. "a
punished whenever detected, and the East India Com
p.any aud the European servants might with equal ius.
t'ce be accused OF being accessories to infanticide. no.
cnss'ng, .sutteeism, or any Of the other atrocities which
are gradually disappearing under their rule. No I'M.
preJudiced man can read the report of the Madra, Tor.
1ure Commissioners, dated April l6. 1855. w;thont =
quitting the East India Company and their servants.
Tue commissioners state that sthese practices are de-.
creasing in severity and extent; that .the service is
enu1ied to the fullest credit for its disclaimer Of all
ooonsenance OF the cruel practices which prevail in the
revenue As Well as IN the police department. - that we
.oaVe seen nothing to impress US with the belief that the
people at large entertain an idea that their maltreat.
1aent Is countensnced or tolerated BY the European Of
ncers OF Government that there is not Il native pub
BIC servant, from the highest 10 the lowest, who does
not we'll know that these practices are held in abhor-
renee BY his European superiors = and that the whole
>ry of the people which has come up before us IS to
eave them from the cruelties Of their fellow. natives, not
from the effects of unkindness or indifference on the
part OF the European officers Of Government | think
1his evidence is sufficient to show how unproyoked are
7he accusations against the East India Company and
Sheir European servants OF sanctioning or conniving at
practices which every Englishman must abhor, and
which, it true, would disgrace us as men and as Chris
Sain Eastw;ck.
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before iang to ship our -four as we'll ~ grain up d dow
the river from your place.
have not referred to the pleasure Of the sportsman,
as l seldom engage in it; but here il his ground the
prairie chicken Of the field, the duck and goose sporting
on our lake, snd. the deer in the woods thst give - e..
cellent meat, together with other quarry, ere cotNno o
hereabouts. Last winter over . hundred deer were
killed in this vicinity. 20
have seen Gfty-6ve winters, and have travelled more
or less in II States and in Upper and Lower Oln6ds,
and in all my observations, nothing in soil and it, ease
Of culture, and the abundance Of production from -
little labor, have I ever seen that surpassed this. An
Eastern man who tugs 80 hard toclear of q small siot
Of common land, would feel that hs was IL the Garden
OF Eden, If he were suddenly permitted to take . plsp
81 the riches and beauty that are spread ont here for
him and with the same labor spilled to them be has
always given 1t home, his stores would allow hin to
enjoy. hs winters ct perfect ease. Hay is selling 1t
present for two dollars 8 ton, potatoes at IS cents q
bushel, and corn from 25 to 10 cents, ia any amSant.
We promise q kind welcome to those who will come
in here, whose presence, while it will be for their good
WILL bene6t all OF N. DAVID PAaTLoW.
Lnkeville, Min, March 20, 1868.