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Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-15
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TENT
Elastic Fire and Wafer Proof
CEMENT ROOFING.

TIVE undersigned purchased the State Right for
il Tennessee Of the above patent about year
and has since introduced IL extensively In various
portions OF the state. asks the attention ~ build
ers the pubic generally examine its superior
ity other modes OF Roofing.
The material forms hard and smooth surface. u
Is iuperyious 10 water elastic aud flexible Il Mil
perfectly resist any ordinary exposure 70 IRE; u r.
cheaper than any roof 81 the Old style, and am sure
it viii give better abstraction 20 It's durability there
question. II is the best thing Invented for
painting 81 cid lcaKy tin roofs.
Re- The Cement viii be furnished u those at dis
tance with directions for using.
e. COUNTY RIGHTS FOR SALE
81 Orders sent 70 the undersgned, through the
Post Once viii be promptly attended "a.
/ woua respectfully refer to.the following gentle
for whom have covered buildings with the Co
Inent, and many others whose names are not hsre
ARoarEcrs ASp My1rus xrrnAslos SAsavrLIE
Mai A HERMAN, - t-
Mczsrs.. HUGHES Il SMITH.
70 COLEMAN SPAIN.
WI STOChEi-L.
Mr. II ". AKER0YD,
WARREN x MOORE,
HOCGH x MCCULLOUGH,
Col. Ii i. ANDERSON. s X. Co,
Rev. Z y. ELLIOTT,
u. +. wIIkIN,
X. J. MEI6S.
ENOcH ENsLEY.
SLAUGHTER * HEREFORD,
W Is. sHAfARb,
\. VILLAIN.
A. Y :. laAL~iAi.
Gen. WA-H. BARRw,
W H. GOsinlN 90
JAS. II. hENbkICk,
Rector p. l.. SMITH, Columbia
Mai n J. nUNEISON, Davidson ecuuly3
Col. A. j. POLK, MauFy county
as- The Nashville X Chattanooga Railroad Coma
ny nave adopted this Cement for ths covering Of their
cars and other work
e. Certificates and .estinaoaiais from Cincinnati
and elsewhere where the Cement has heeA general
Us. Tor several years, szn be erhb.teg-
Tie uadeEssae.i hss besu engaged various modes
Of G roofing raF many years aad aateFs himself
ull lac szsiasl exfegsrsce aau &A0siasisr
aartug that isite.
! haze nlt.e arrangements a. receive a superior
imported article 81 Roofing Felt iron EBNlsToS 8A0
Takss, New York.
Samples q Roofing 70 be seen at oEire.
J. T. NAiHURST,
Otlce No Is Isa1eTsck street,
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INN DIN NOV = ",
TULLAEEOMA, TENN.
IN R e. M TIL Drnnrsatnr

HAVING taken charge of the above Hotel, will en-
i l. deavor TO please all who may favor me with
call OF my friends, and the citizens of Nashville and
Davidson county, would solicit patronage. My table
will at all times be provided with the best the country
affords and every will be taken to please all.
There is a good Livery Stable contiguous to this
house, and the Fayetteville Mulberry and Lynchburg
Mail and Passenger Coach leaves this Hotel every Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday for the above places, at
l 4 O'Clock, p NJ, and returning every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday IL O'Clock, A. NJ, making
connections with the Nashville and Chattanooga and
McMinnvie and Manchester Mail Trains.
Tuahoma, August l3, 1887. U&A
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REMOVAL.

4 nELISSER has removed his stock Of Liquors,
~ Cigars, Tot eco, &c. TO No. North College - ,
at the old stand OF Mr.. d j. Dckcy, where he Will be
pleased see his friends and customers Lyle
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-30
MATRIMONIAL BLISS.

1t is solIy for ghls to expect to
be happy without marriage: every
woman WIS made FIR mother; CON
sequently childrenIare as necessary
to their pace of mind as health is.
If you wish to behold melanch oily
and indigestion, lbok at an limaid,
if you void tak9 a peep at sunshine,
lookIn th face dfa young mother.
"Now won't stand that, replied
my aunt; sssfan old maid myself,
dnd.neitsa 4-neaoiy nor indiges-
tible. M piece of mind Tn going
to give yeh in a minute. / would
never touh a baby during my exist
ence, EXCEPT with pair of tongs.
Young mGhers and sunshine, indeed
Why, the. are worn to fddle-strings
before they are fye-and-twenty-
when an I'D lover steps in and sees
his grandmother instead of the lit
tie Mary Hho use to make him feel
as II ne sLpuld crawl out of the toes
OF his boos. Yes, my mind is quite
made up bout matrimony. But as
to babies sometimes / think, and
then agail / don't know-on the
whole, | tpnsider EN- decided hum
bug. It's one-sided partnership,
this marriage; the wife casts dp all
the accnly,-ts-- The husband gets up
and paysNevoirs to the looking glass;
curls his line head of hair; puts on
an immaculate shirt bosom; ties an
excruciatAg cravat; spinkles his
handkerchief with cologune; slows
away a Ffench roll, an egg, and a
cup of coffee; gets into an omnibus;
looks slalltendienlar at the pretty
girls; anG makes, love between the
pauses oifbusiness in the afternoon.
The wife must hermetieally seal the
windows and shut out the fresh air,
and sits Gown, gasping at the table
more deas. than alive, to finish her
breakfast. Tommy spills cup of
hot coffee down his bosom-Julianua
has torn 9ff the strings of her school
bonnet James wants his geography
oosorut alf4ss .;..s. (; /. ilvE .s,-sosa
ell-the Butcher wants to. know if
she'd like to have a Joint of mutton;
the milkihan wants his money-the
iceman wants to speak to her just a
minute--the baby swallows a beam
the husband a boy from the store to
say that his partners will dine with
them-tho cook leaves all to go to
her sisters dead baby's wake, and
the husbands thin coat must be
ironed before noon. Sunshine and
young ny others! Where's my SMELL
ing botth!'
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-30
HOW WALTER SCOTT WROTE
HIS ROMANCES.

DIR. Mckenzie, in recent article
in the Philadelphia Press, Says
"We are now aware from what
Lockhart has related, that in 1919
the far greater portion of the Bride
of Lammermoor, the whole of the
Legend of Montrose, and almost the
whole of Ivanhoe, were dictated
from bed of great bodily pain, as
we'll as heavy sickness" John Bal
lantyne, who, with VIM. Laidlaw,
was one of his amanuenesis, on these
occasions, reported, though Walter
Scott, soften turned himself on his
pillow with groan cf torment, he
usually continued the sentence in
the same breath" But when dia-
logue of particular animation was in
progress, spirit seemed to triumph
over matter; he arose from his couch
and walked up and down the room,
raising and lowering his voice, and
as it were, acting the parts. The
wonderfully striking dialogue in
Ivanhoe, between Rebecca and the
templar, in which he passionately
solicits her to fly with him, and ex-
change expected martyrdom for q
queenly sceptre, was not among the
dictated passages, but we, have seen
the manuscript, and it does exhibit
single creature single erasure'
Indeed, SO rapidly was it written,
that Scott did not delay to dot an i,
cross a t, or put in the slightest
punctuation"
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SasgGggIG A. NS@a * a
THE PHYSICAL TRAINING
OF GIRLS.

1t is matter of common observa-
tion that English women belonging
to the higher classes unite with their
mental accomplishments, far greater
robustness and strength of physical
constitution than are usually found
in the females of this country, and
all are ready to admit that the hu-
human form, in classic antiquity, far
exceeded in the perfection of sym
metry and vigor the ordinary devel-
opement of the present day. The
race that gave 10 the world Venus
and an Apollo, is still regard as fur
nishing the best examples of physi-
cal strength and beauty, and per-
haps those who are familiar with the
social customs of the ancient world
will concede that this perfection was
the result of systematic training and
exercise of the body, then made an
essential part of education. In the
ages Of chivalry, too, when a man
held it greater honor to excel in
feats of arms than in scholarship, we
read Of wonderful achiev ements Of
physical strength. But all the les
sons of the worlds experience in
such matters seem to have been lost
in our modern civilization, at least in
America.
Lcok at the women of our higher
circles, with their thin and willowy
forms, their pale and sallow faces
their inability to endure the slightesl
exposure or fatigue. Observe in all
classes how early the cheek loses iti
youthful freshness; how common are
complaints of "delicate health;'
how universe. the appearance O.
frasility. It is true, that public at
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-30
HOMES OF AMERICA.

The homes of America will not
become what they should be until a
true idea of life shall have become
more widely implanted. The wor-
ship of the dollar does more to de-
grade American homes, and the life
of those homes, than anything-than
all things else. Unity is the God
of almost universal worship. The
chief end of life is to gather gold,
and that gold is counted lost which
hangs picture on the wall, which
purchases flowers for the yard, which
buys a toy or book for the eager
hand of childhood. Is this the
whole of human life? Then, it is a
mean, meager, and most miserable
thing! A child will go forth from
such a home as horse will go from
stall-glad to find free air and q
wider pasture. The influence of
such home upon him in after life
will be just none at ali, or nothing
good. Thousands are rushing from
homes like these every year. They
crowd into cities. They crowd into
villages. They swarm into all pla-
ces where life is clothed with a
higher significance; and the old shell
of home is deserted by every bird
as soon as it can fly. Ancestral
homesteads and patNmonial acres
have no sacredness; and when the
father and mother die, the strangers
money and the strangers presence
obliterate associations that should be
among the most sacred Of all things.
1 would have you build up for
yourselves and for your children, a
home that will never be lightly par
ted with-a home which shall be to
all whose lives have been associated
with it, the most interesting and
precious upon earth. I would have
that home the abode of dignity, pro-
priety, beauty, grace, love, genial
fellowship, and happy associations
Out from such home l would have
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-30
slGOT CHEATED" +"

Under this caption, the Canawhe
(Va.) Valley Star tells the following
hard sassAEasq
A colporteur, quite recently, in
an adjoining county, approached a
man whose name we will not make
public, and solicited him to purch-
ase biole. Tho man refused, and
gave for his reason for SO doing that
he had n money, and that he could
not read The colporteur ascertain
ed that lie was a married man, and
that he lad no bible, became anxi-
Gus to lie hve one of his bibles with
him, and not being able to sell him
one, Offered to give the bible to his
fellow creature. The man hung
down his head awhile, and seemed
to pondG on the proposition, and
finally agreed to take one, provided
it was given to him. The colpor-
teur caS4s bible; the man took it
home and presented it to his wife,
who could read a little. She exam
ined the eIbook very carefully, and
gave it back, saying that only a.
bout hall the book was the bible,
that the other half was something
else called the New Testament.
The bright husband became enraged
and went in search of the colporteur,
declaring that he had 'got cheated, !"
because Ehe book was only half
sfbible." "
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feet. The night before his death
he arrived at the house Of Rey Mr..
Parsons, in Newburyport, after q
week of abundant labor at Exeter
and elsewhere. His coming was
soon known. Before he had fnssh-
ed his supper, crowd surrounded
the house, and found their way into
the entry. Whitefeld, quite ex-
hansted, rose from the table, and
said to minister present, "Brother
you must speak word to these
good people; / can do no more.,
He then souK a candic, and set on
hurriedly for his chamber. But he
had to pass through the hall, and as
he ascended the stairs, looking down
upon the crowd whom The word of
life from his own lips had stirred up
to the enquiry, "What must we do
to be saved?" how could he pass
them in silence? He could not. He
turned on the stairs to commend
thess anxious souls to the Saviour,
and continued speaking until the
candle burnt down and went out
an emblem of his own laborious life,
which in giving light to others con-
sumed itself. These were his last
words. He went to bed, and ex-
pired the next morning about six
o'clock, in one of his paroxysms of
asthma.
The eloquence of both these re-
markable men was an illustration of
that divine maxim, "Out of the a.
bundance or the heart the mouth
speaketh." Fox, the statesman, pa
triot, and scholar, poured out mex
.haustibly the themes and thoughts
of which his heart was full. So
did Whitefield, the Christian prea-
cher, rich in the words of Christ,
and burning with love to the souls
of men. Here is the true source of
fuency-a mind full of thought, a
heart full of emotion. The best
preparation to speak to others of di
vine things, is thus the highest men
tai and spiritual culture in ourselves.
b"Cultivate tender love of souls, y
saial neda-;dsa- to his stndants, that
will make you eloquent. "Medi-
tate in these things" said Paul tc
young Timothy, ''give thyself Who'll
ly to them-that thy profting may
appear to ALL" Apollos was mighty
in the Scriptures, and fervent in
spirit and therefore an eloquent man,
Let your heart be as quiver full Of
arrows of God, and let them fly on
this side and on that; for they are
like the arrows tabled by the ancient
post to be gifted with intelligence
and longing to reach their work.
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ed, on which they were borne to the
village. The prisoners were formed
in the centre of hollow square and
marched into Mystic to the enliven-
ing strains of the "Rogue's March,"
and the shouts of the hardy and pa
triotic citizens.
These shouts ofjoy on shore we're
echoed across the water to the Brit
ish fleet, which told Com. Hardy
the fate of his brave midshipman,
and his brave crew. Turning on his
heel, he walked down the eompan-
ion way into the cabin of his flags
ship; there seated like king on his
throne, muttered curses deep and
long, about the revenge he would
yet have on these ''infernal tricky
Yankees.
Revenge being the sweetest thing
that Com. Hardy could think or
dream of, he was determed to re-
venge himself if possible, and on
the morning of the 10th of the same
month he ordered his feet up to
lombard the little town of Stoning-
ton. For two days and nights the
feet poured into the town shot and
shell of every description, but with
very little effect. The Bomb Brig
Terror took her station in the line
nearest the town, and made night
light as day with the blaze cf rock
cts, while her shot and she'll hiosed
like maddened vipers through the
air, the floating batteries and line of
battle ships making everything
tremble with their thander, but the
hearts of those Yankee boys that
manned the guns on shore. They,
behind breastworks hastily thrown
up, headed by the same daring Capt.
Sim, with hosts of other brave fell
lows at their guns on those hot
days, like blacksmiths at their forg-
es, firing with such precision and ta-
king such deadly aim that hundreds
were killed and wounded on board
the enemy's fleet, while the Bomb
Brig Terror was made a perfect
wreck, SO much so, when ordered by
the Commodore TO retreaS, she dare
not take time to weigh her anchor,
but slipped the cable and foatcd off
with the tide, amid the shouts and
cheers of the warlike hosts on shore.
All the ships On the line getting
the worst of it, general retreat was
ordered. With shot hole plugged
up and pumps working, the monster
ship moved slowly and sluggishly
off, like wounded lion to his liar.
They again dropped their anchors
under the dark shadows of the Is
land, where a
Few short prayers were said
Der proud st. Georges dead.
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STEADINESS OF PURPOSE.

1t overcomes difficulties. Not
with rush and shout, but one by
one. They melt away before the
incessant pressure, as iceburgs be-
fore the steady radiance of the sun.
1t gives one the strength of happy
conscience. A weather-cock Of
man whiting about with every
breeze, cannot have true quietness Of
mind. Dissatisfaction worries and
annoys him. But cheerful vigor
and energy, grows out of intelligent
and unyarying purpose. 1t gives
dignity and homer to character.
Men cannot but admire the mind
that marches steadily on through
sunshine and shade, calms, smiles
and frowns, glad and favor, but
pressing on without it, thankful for
aid, but fixed on advancing at all
events.-Such men cut out for
themselves character which cannot
but be seen and honored. 1t gives
success. In any enterprise that is
not down right madness, such man
must succeed. He has the chief
element of triumph over every
difficulty, and if he is not an idiot,
he will do something in the world.
But he will meet them. He moves
not rapidly, but assuredly. When
you want to find him, by and by,
you know where to look. You will
look at the top-most round of the
ladder of success, and you will find
him about there somewhere.
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FOX AND WHITEFIELD.

Mr.. Wilberforce, in the recollec-
tions of his parliamentary life, rela-
ted that HFox used sometimes to
roll on at full tear in the House of
CommeSssaSr two or three hours" !"
Rogers, in his Table Talk, says be
had often known Fox to take up the
candle tp go to bed, and stand talk
ing until it had bnrnt out in the
socket.
There is we'll authenticated an
cedote Of Whitefeld to the same If
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-30

good influences flow into neighbor-
hoods and communities. In such q
home / would see noble ambition
taking root, and receiving all gener-
Gus culture. And then | would sec
you. young husband and young wife,
happy. Do not deprive yourselves
of such influences, as will come to
you through an institution like this.
No money can pay you for such a
deprivation. No circumstances but
those of utter poverty can justify
-yeaIn denying these Influences to
your children.
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-30

B@= There is a maiden lady in
Connecticut who. is so modest, that
she turned away her washerwoman
because she put ner clothes in the
same tub with those of a young man.
Very prudential.
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H6s- The wharves ofNew Orleans
rent annually for one million dollars.

n0-A gentleman regretting the
loss of his first wife, in the presence
of his second wife, was told by her
that no one had more reason to
wish his former spouse alive than
she. -
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-30

n9@ Fifteen million dollars are
supposed to be spent annually by
the people of the Union, for news
papers.
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Hsa- 1t is proposed to vary the
size of bank notes according to their
denominations, as preventive a
gainst the alteration of the same.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-01
The AdkNnlia.

This splendid steamer OF the Collins loo has re-
stored the sccptrs of the deep to American hands,
having fairly beaten the British steamer Persia,
abs crack ship Of the CunHrders. The f0liowlrO
fsttsEng tribute 10 the Emo qualities Of the Adfi
attic IL extracted from q letter from Capt l.. d.
.ackinnon, OF the British Iavy, dated Liverpool,
Isee, 3, 1851:
II AN delighted with this magnificent shpi al
though we have been Obliged 10 make the greatest
portion Of this passage under half steam, feel
Confident that shc viii eventually cross tho Allan
rio ia twenty hours less than any other vessel
adoat. only mention twenty hours, a. wish /"
he we'll within the mark.
"fhe internal arrangements aud economy Rre
admirable, and feel satisfied that person OF tx
pari1nos can deny that the Adriatic, whole, Is
the niost lsvfect seq going a.eamer In the Toril
the clean, knife~lke ia which she cuts the
water Ia u perfect marvel. When on an even keel,
there 10 no break wave outil the paddles striko
ths water. AsterB, the SEA IL smoother than in
amy other place, the tonvergng current cutting uf
the heads Vi a. scythe GUS grass. ! never
remember being IN ship which gave me go much
confidence as To strength. stability aud power
The "Adriatio" Was the last work Of Steer,
aod viii yet illustrate even more gloEiousiy the
i.los OF thA. iamented genius, cot down 10 his glo-
rtous urine.
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Federation Movement, I'm Australia


4 national party has been formed IN Australia,
tho object being to bring sbost q union OF all the
Australian provinces 10 QUO great Federal State
Referring 10 certain movements In Australia,
years since, 10 favor OF Independence, which were
promptly hushsd mp at the time, the New York
Express says tho Immigration Of the Irish c!smsnt
TO the Australian colonies slnos that time bias been
very extensive, aud the Ff!sh people being gene
rally Inspired With spirit of hostility against the
English government, this fact probably has tended
TO the federation" scheus. This question Of uni
ting Australia In one Federal State brought
up 10 the Legislative Assembly Of Victoria last
summer, and SITTER en- animated debate, was re-
feared % Committee, which has rscently pub
Ashei lite report. The committee regards au ulti-
mste onion OF Australia ~ q necessity, and pro-
poses oCnfsTeEcs Of delegates 10 bs held for the
purpose Of skstehing the plan OF a constitution,
which altar wards shall BE- submitted 10 the various
legislative bodies u the colonies for approval The
ssnfs-snoe Ia to be composed Of three delegates
from each legislature Of the colonies Of New 5ooth
Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Vjctoi Id
IS 90 how tas report ri the COMMITTEES has toen
received BY the LeSisIliiTs Assembly OF Victoria,
nothirg Ia yet known; bat it IN said that the
scheme meets tho sppr6yal OF Tie people, aud con
urs With the wishes II the colQnistg generally. SO
that tbs prospect IL, that tho British government
ID likely sooner or later, to behold the transforn.a-
tiou Of its Australian colonies into one grand Fed
sral HspubIio.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-01


Thase was o severe storm of Wind and rain at
Baton Rouge. La, last week, during which about
SIXTY feet OF the northern wall of the Penitentia-
~ i-ll TO the ground.
A man nal..ed Potter killed Charlie Hall, Mica
rsgna al.ibusrer, la Louisville, Christine eve.
The Macon, Miss Beacon sAys that Mr.. Cap
Conner lost about twenty five bales of cotton BY
the burning Of his gin house a few days since.
psi,ca o!icsr named VIM Brown. was danger
ously sfaebsd ia New Orleans, Christmas night.
Tho United States Surveying steamer Cor~iu ar
rived al Charleston last Tuesday.
The track l. ing on the Mabile and Ohio railroad
has been finished 10 West Point.
Aquilla II, Coleman was killed near HopesiIls,
Ala on the Eth tilt, By the accidental discharge oil
A gun Ia the hands of b. y. Detirafienreid.
There were II deaths In Charleston for the week
ending the aoth nlt., of which were whites and 10
negroes.
The store OF Mr.. Y. p. Besnehamp, ut Woodbarry,
Merriwether county, Va, was destroyed By fire on
Christmas night. Nothing Was saved
The ginhoase Of Mr.. W d. Stewart. Of Miiiiken's
Bend Miss together with one hundred bales Of
cotton, was consumed BY ars recantiy,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-01
Senator Douglas.

Itis rs0ous TO SEQ the laudasions haapsd upon
Senator Douglss by the Black Republican press.
il not this size Aan who a mouth ago, was dc.
1vus-rs ~ o dirty demagogae, an irrsdsenabie
baI-room rowdy, utterly destitute Of 'hs qualiis.
catious Of statesman and the decepoy Of gentle
mani Now be h a perfect Demos,hanes in elo-
quepcs and invectNs, and very pink Of chivalry
and honor! They beslaver his very physique with
Shiny adnistion, talk Of tho 'Ionlike toss of his
bead" DC, Sc. Yesterday, he was only the ass IN
sle lions skin. Who would ever dream of looking
to partisan newspapers for the truthful account of
o ruhlIa manl