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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-11-04

TRENTON, Nov. 2-Psnnington (Rep.) has
been elected to Congress in the fifth dis
trict. An Opposition sheriff and six Oppo-
sition Assemblymen are also elected: This
district is now represented by Mr. Worten-
dyke.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
A Miracle of Honesty.

At party one evening several contested
the honor of having done the most eXtraordi-
nary thing; and a reverend gentleman was
appointed sole judge of their respective pre-
tensions.
One party produced his taiior's bill with a
receipt attached to it. A buzz went through
the room that this could not be outdone,
when
A second proved that he had just arrested
his tailor for money that was lent him.
THE palm is his" was the general cry,
when third put in his claim:
Gentlemen" said he, Il cannot boast of
the feats of my predecessors, but have return
ed the owners two umbrellas that they left at
my house."
IN hear no more" cried the astonished
arbitrator, "'this is the very ne plus ultra OF
honesty, unheard of deed; it is an act of
virtue of which L never knew any one capa-
BILE. The prize is"
"Hold, cried out another, give done still
still more than that"
"Impossiblei'' cried the whole company;
''let us hear"
'Ive been taking my paper for twenty
years and paid for it every year in advance"
He took the prize.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
The Citizens, Bank.

This institution is n financial explosion IL
is, we apprehend, a complete and total failure.
The cause, or causes of its being so. are yet
to be developed to the public. They lie be-
tween the present and the past management,
under both Of which it enjoyed the popular
confidence. Precisely lrhere the blame is, has
not yet been made known in any definite and
distinct shape.
Capt. Turner's card. published yesterday
morning. states too much or too little-too
much, If the failure originated in his manage
ment too little if il is traceable exclusively
to his predecessor. Under both of these gen.
tlemen the Bank, though known to not pos
sess large capital, enjoyed degree of public
confidence equal 10 that possessed ~ the
older and larger institutions OF the State /; for
the people had implicit faith in the personal
integrity and financial ability of the presiding
officers under both administrations.
An honest aud unsuspectisg people, who
have been damaged by its failure. desire to
know, and will desire to know, srho has failed
to Justify this confidence. The private disa-
greements between Mr.. Turner the late, and
Mr.. Walker the previous President, in regard
to the bargain or contract for the sale Of the
stock of the Banks, cannot, at this late day,
satisfy the noteholders with the worthlessness
To which they find Its issues suddenly preeipi-
Iatcd. A great wrong has been done the pub
Liza serious loss has been endured by the
community and the people desire to know
aud have the right To know vague in
timaiions of unfaiihfulness In the fuliillment
OF bargain to which the public were not
made parties. and OF the particulars OF which
they knew noihing-but rho is the perpetra-
tor of this wrong, ,rko the author OF this los.
IL is but just TO the Press of our city TO say,
that in it's misplaced confidence in the entire
trustw orthiness IT the issues of the Citizens
Bank. they but reflected the general we might
say the universal sentiment which prevails la
financial circles here. Banks, brokers, sharp
ey-dealers, all took il Us usual day before
yesterday. without any suspeion or distrnst
The Press has no power or facility Tor pene-
Iraiing the secrets Of financial bubbles, great
er than these lynx-eyed classes and We tusi
therefore, that while It's distant readers WI
doubtless hereafter receive its assurances H.
regard 10 Banks with many grains OF allow
anee, they will at least do it the justice OF ac-
quital from any suspicion OF Intentional inis
leading the public HezyAas BsRIsffa.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
Public Expenditure.

What have been the expenditures for the
year which has just closed-the first fiscal
year of Mr.. Buchanan's ADMINISTRATION? 1t
is for these expenditures that we bold the Ad-
ministration responsible now. 1t will be time
enough to comment upon the expenditures of
the year upon which we have just entered
when we shall have some means OF judging
what they will amount to, The appropria-
tions made by the third session of the Thirty
fourth Congress. for the fiscal year ending the
30th of June, 1858. amounted to S72, 1l2,29S
According to the table published in the Union,
and incorporated into Mr.. Letcher's speech,
further appropriations, to supply deficiencies
in that years expenditures were made by
Congress at the late session, amounting to
$40, S96,l3l. Add these two sums together.
and we have grand total of SS3,0OS, 429,
appropriated tor the first fiscal year OF Mr..
Buchanan;s administrations sum exceeding,
by about eighteen millions, the unprecedented
expenditures of the year ending the 3Oth of
June, 1858. 1t is for these enormous eXpendi-
lures that we arraign the admins ration, and
the attempt to withdraw public attention from
the expenditures of the past year, by pointing
to the appropriations made for the coming year,
is too shallow an ariifce to deceive the in
telligent people of this country.-&. LOUIS
Democrat.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
mr. win. ON .. old Men,,

Mr.. Willis, in late letter TO the Home
Journal, Gays: nEH
Men differ. Of asked al fifiy years Of age,)
as 10 what has most pleased and battered
them. in life ard may take the liberty TO
say, perhaps, (while thus turning over one II
the brightest OF the gold links In my chain of
memories,l that, Of all In the world which has
seemed To fall naturally 10 my lot. nothing
OF my heart as the love which have expe-
rienevd from odd Haen. Ii has been neither
chance-foand nor rare. Years ago blessed
God, that In every land TO which Travelled,
there awaited me a gray-haired friendship aud
blessing. The sabdued tenderness, the disin-
terestedness, the wise care aud counsel, the
cherriuiness with its touch OF melancholy,
and the ripe and safe goodness II such friends.
made them always seem priceless 10 me-
treasures to find anywhere. The one whom
we have lost from IdIexild was one OF thess.--
dear old Friend Sands. the Quaker. whom We
found living near US when We came. His
white locks, and his worid-parinsd. sadness
biest smile, are still part OF the hallowed pres
ence OF the place. We remember and love
him In these walks and woods-giorified spirit
though he now is-with familiar and unai,ats.,i
affection. l do not know how poetry and
philosophy can be blind 10 the fact, that ia
such fading evenings OF life there giews the
dawn OF The heaven beyond. Old men ses N
already angels. l have written whas 1 did
MOI mean 60 write, la the foregoing srntencs
or two Tuning my harp for a glee have
struck cord thai was kept hallowed for a
hymn Bai bet IL 60"
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17

OHIO.-The Black Republicans held State
Convention at Columbus. Ohio, on the 18th
inst, and nominated candidates for State off,
GERS, as follows:
For Supreme Judge, VIM. ". Peck. of Scio-
to; Attorney General, c. F. Wolcott. of Sum
init, by reclamation; Comptroller, w. Il.
Thrall, of Franklin; Board OF Public Works.
John l.. Martin, of Butler.
A series of resolutions was adopted. The
first is in the following language
Resolved, That the Republicans of Ohio. in
convention assembled, entertaining an abiding
confidence in the cardinal doctrines of the
party heretofore Inscribed upon its hammer,
and IN defence OF which it has never failed to
secure from the Intelligent and patriotic free
men OF the State an ardent and triumphant
support, hereby reafiirm the same aud again
recommend them TO the favorable considera-
ton Of the people.
Having thus reaffirmed the cardinal doc
trines' Of the party, and treasured the coun-
try Of their constancy in hostility TO the
South, Of course they can reasonably expect
general acceptance Of the invitation con-
tanned in the closing resolution, viz:
Resolved, That we invite all men of all par-
ties to JOIN with US in restoring the Govern
mtnt to its original purity and principles. and
preserving 1t Ms an Inheritance for those who
may come after us.
What say our new party advocates, viii
they respond favorably and take seats in the
omnibus Of the negro worshippers Of the
Buckeye State,
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17

SCIENCE IN SPORTING.-Tke Ld,0 Of Force
If stick be taken and tapered of to the ends
equally from the centre, and the stick itself be
not too thick, and if il be then placed with its
tapered ends resting on two wine glasses, a
good smart blow being struck on its centre, it
will break in two without damaging the wine
glasses. The cause Of this involves a curious
principle of the laws of force, Of which there
are many illustrations well known to every
one. The blow being given very quickly and
evenly, and the substance which strikes having
a rapid motion, it is suddenly arrested in its
downward course by the stick across the wine
glass, and it passes through il, or breaks it,.
because there is not time enough for the mo-
mentum of the blow to spread along the stick
and break the glasses. Another illustration
is firing a candle through an inch board. Ii a
gun be loaded with powder. and candle just
fitting The barrel be inserted in place OF a bull
let, and the gun fired against a door or other
piece of wood, the candle will pass through,
leaving clean, smooth hole, because, when
the candle comes to the door, it is evident
something must give way. and as the candle
is moving so fast, it actually has not time to
break, the wood is perforated.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
RaDOons at Home.

A new work has just been published in Eng
land by Capt. A. w. Drayson, of the Royal
Artillery, entitled Sporting Scenes among
from review of it the following amusing
description of an ape family:
Il watched them through my glass. and
was much amused at their grotesque aud al
most human movements. Some Of the old
ladies had their olive branches in their laps,
and appeared to be "doing their hair" while
a patriarchal-looking old fellow paced back
ward and forward. with fussy sort of look;
he was evidently on sentry. and seemed to
think himself of no small Importance. This
estimate of his dignity did not appear to be
universally acknowledged. as two or three
young baboons sat close behind him watching
his proceedings. Sometimes with the most
grotesque movement and expressions they
would stand directly in his path, and hobble
away only at the last moment. One daring
youngster followed close on the heels of the
pa triarch during the whole length of his beat,
and gave sharp tug at his tail as he was
~Aout to turn. The old fellow seemed to
treat it with the greatest indifference-scarce-
ly turning round at the insult. Master
Impudence was about repeating the perfor-
nance, when the pator, showing that he was
not such fool as he looked, suddenly sprang
round, aud catching the young one before he
could escape, gave him two or three such cuffs
that could hear the screams that resulted
therefrom. The venerable gentleman then
chueked the delinquent over his shoulder, and
continued his promenade with the greatest
GOODNESS. The old baboon, evidently, was ac-
quainted with the practical details OF Solo
mons proverb. A crowd gathered round the
naughty child, who, childlike (seeiDg com
miseration) shrieked all the louder. l even
fancied l could see the angry glances Of the
mamma, rs she took her dear little pet in her
arms, and removed il from repetition OF
such brutal treatment
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
A CoIored Discourse.

A correspondent of the Knickerbocker,
who writes from Mansfield, Ohio, sends the
following discourse" for the entire authori-
ty of which he vouches without reserve. hav-
ing taken it down from the thick lips, of the
reverend orator himself
My tex bredren and sister, will be found,
in de fus Capter of Genesis and twenty sebenth
verse.
IAN de Lord make Adam" tole you
how he make him. He make him out OBJ clay.
and when he git dry he breathed into him de
breff ob-life. He put him in de garden of
Eden, ald he set him in de korner OBJ de lot,
and he told him to eat all de apples cepten'
dem in the middle oh de orchard; dem he
want for he winter apples. -
Byme by. Adam he be lonesum. So de
Lor' make Ebe tole you how he make her:
He give Adam loddilum till he got sound
sleep, den he gouge rib out he side and make
Ebe; an he tole her TO act all de apples
ceptin' dem in de middle oh de orchard; dem
he want for he winter apples.
Wun day de Lord he go visiting; de
debbel he cum along, he dress himself up OBJ
de skin oh de snake, and he fine Ebe. and he
tole her: 'Ebe why for you not eat de apples
in the middle OBJ de orchardT' Ebe says
Dem de Lords winter apples But de debble
says, i told you for to eat dem, case dey's de
best apples in de orchard So Ebe eat de
apple and guy Adam a bite: and den de
debble, he go away. 81
Byme by the Lor' cum home, and he call
Adam. Adam he lay low, so de Lor' call
again. You Adam!-Adam say, 'Hea. Lord!"
and de Lor' say who stole de winter appfesf
Adam told him, Don't Knoxville he spect.'
So de Lor' call: Ebe Ebe' lay low; de Lor' call
again, "You Ebei" Ebe say, 'Hea, Lord!'' De
Lor' say, Who stole de winter apples?' Ebe
tole him, Don't know, Adam she spect.' So
de Lor' cotch EN- boff, and trow dem ober de
fence. and he told EN-, 60 work for your
lihhin,
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
An English View of our National
Auufversary-~@-1s

The London Athen4um lately made
striking reference to our nations birthday.
and although it makes the Old Bay State"
little older than she really is, yet it is 20
well done, with so clear an idea of the real
spirit of the celebration of our tone gr, at
Z holiday. that we copy a few paragraphs:
In less that a month from this present date
America will celebrate the eighty-second
anniversary of her national birthday. Through
out the whole of the States. however divided
by political language and sympathy, by
questions of boundary and celor, there will
on that day be heard in each city and country
I one unanimous speech-there will glow one
confederate banner.
From Massachusetts,, the eldest, TO Min
nesota and Arizona, the youngest-born-
from Indian Dacotah, where the sun shines an
indistinct light on unassigned claims and
unencumbered estates of green wood, to
Spanish San Francisco. where it haunts along
the path of the ocean steamer, and filings gold
dust into the eyes of helmsman and passen-
gers-tbrough an affluent land which eighty
years of labor have marvellously urged.
strengthened with ribs of railroad, quickened
with almost vital nerves of telegraph, made
to throb with busy agencies and motive power
OF invention and manufacture. blessed and
made happy with appreciable harvest of
wheat and cotton and rice, on less than two
inappreciablc harvests of freedom and peace
during one day business and trade and poll
teal enmity will pause to keep common
jubilee.
In honor of that day the wagon on the
prairie will have its arch of leaves, the lumber
raft floating down the Mississippi will attach
to its rough pine mast July flag, the steamer
far out at sea, will hoist a garland at the fore
"a molly population, of all hines, German.
Indian, civil and military, will make music
in what, twenty years ago. were forest streets,
and along the thirteen thousand miles OF
coast, from every cape and headand. peaceful
cannon will ,proclaim to the world declara-
ton of American Independence.
Nor in less favored climates will the day
be forgotten. Compliment or sympathy will
deck with American colors the harbors OF
Montreal Sydney and Liverpool.-Americans
will be glad in Rome, in Florence. and per-
haps too in Paris-and in token of political
anity and fearless of clear and open search
the portraits of Queen Victoria and President
Buchanan will hang side by side to dignity
an hospitable dining room at Richmond.
Thank God, that all this can yet be said
with truth of America and Americans.-And
shame to any among us, If any there be, who
are so blinded by their foolish and wicked
conceits, that they cannot perceive and enjoy
the wonderful grandeur of this real rejoicing
of whole and united people! What other
nation rejoices. all over the wide world, at
the recurrence of one particular day in the
year! Not one!
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
about s.rrapraut Havauas.,

The editor of the Hortsculturist, who has
been travelling in Cuba. has sent home several
interesting letters to his Journal. In one he
furnishes particulars about cigars not gene
rally possessed by consumers of ''choice Ha-
vanas" in this direction. He says that the
numerous small manufacturers sell their arti-
Giles at a low figure to the great dealers, like
Partigas or the Cabansas' houses, who subject
them to rigid picking; the best locking on
the outside. and which may have cost. in the
unpicned state, ten dollars per thousand, are
number one, and will be charged TO the I'M
thinking American customer, who looks only
to the external appearance, at fifty dollars;
the second at twenty or thirty, and the culling
will find market at about the original price;
so that one man smokes, at six or seven
cents, the same tobacco exactly that better in
formed and more economical people get for
one cent.
The reputation of the (nominaD maker has
much to do with the price, and this reputa-
ton, as in a thousand instances in all couu-
tries, is kept up by outside APPEARANCES
When a particular brand, size and shape, have
become popular in any country, strong efforts
are made to keep up this appearance, and a
simulated article has to be resorted to the
moment the demand exceeds the supply, which
is always limited. Then come the various
methods of deception; the wrapper must be
exact in color, and it is dyed; the shape must
be the same. and the maker, skilled in this
particular form, must have higher price, or
he will go to a rival house.
Instances of this kind of difficulties are
constantly related, and an employer has fire.
quently to advance large sums to his best
workmen to keep them in good humor; when
this quality fails them, the rival will pay all
they owe to get them into his workshop, the
best makers being always in demand, and
earning from two to six dollars day, accord
ing to skill.
The leaf requires to be in particular stage
of moisture to work to advantage, and you
may see, as the evening hour of closing the
factory comes on, the master mind dropping
or sprinkling his leaves, and laying them out
all over the room. in various proportions, &C
cording to ascertained necessity. And here
another process is resorted to; this is of course
the time for dying the wrG cper; but it is also
the opportunity embraced to flavor what is to
constitute the interior; popular brand must
be kept as nearly as possible of one taste as
in wine; it is easy to deceive in this particu-
lar, and the filling is immersed in a solution
of other tobaccos, made TO resemble, as nearly
as possible. the flauor required. Thus, good
tasted crop will flavor whole invoice of CT
gars very probably manufactured from Vir
gnia or tobacco imported from some other
islan1s
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17

FANNY FERN WEARING THE BREEcHEs.-In
last weeks New York Ledger, that audacious
daughter of Eve, Fanny Fern, boldly con-
fesses that in the recent rainy SPELL which
made walking in skirts impracticabIe, she
donned full suit Of the male Ferns habili-
ments, and thus equipped took long evening
walk. to her eminent comfort and delectation!
Her husband, indeed. accompanied her. but
whether in her cast of integuments the record
saith not. BE this as it may, Fanny avows in
the face of sneering world, that henceforth
she will wear the breeches. When last heard
from she was seeking reliable tailor.-N.
T. Times
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
mp The louisville Journal says some day

E@ The louisville Journal says some Gays
since we noticed a decision of the Marion
Qnd.) Circuit Court, with reference to the
right of banks to redeem their issues of five
dollars and under one at time, in new silver
coin. A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette sends the following statement, prepared
by one Of the attorneys in the suit, which
gives a clear view of the case:
The Indiana Bank, at Madison. refused to
redeem a package Of her fve-dollar notes. ex-
cept in the new silver coin issued by virtue OF
the act Of 1853. The party making the de
mand refused TO receive such coin beyond the
sum of five dollars upon the whole package,
and had the notes protested. and hied with
the Auditor to cover redemption. The bank
applied to the Marion circuit court of Indiana
for an injunction. The question arose upon
the I'd section of the act of Congress. which
provides that such coin "shall be legal tender
in payment of debts for all sums not exceed
ing five dollars" The bank contended that
each note was a separate and independent
debit and that consequently the right of the
bank was to redeem single bill at time in
this new silver coin. Judge Major, however.
refused to grant an injunction, holding that
the redemption must be Of the whole package,
and in gold, or in the old silver coin. This
decision seems to give general satisfaction.
and has received special attention as the point
has been debated.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
KINGSTON SPRINGS FOR SALE.

IN pursuance o. Decree Of this Court, its iAst
] Nay Term, lass ~lll 0fsr Cor sale - the highest
bidder the Court House door in the city Nash
vile, SATURDAY, nix zisI DAY OF AUGUST
next, that valuable propeFv known a. ths kinsstpn
Springs situated - miles west Of Nashville and With
in a few hundred yards a the Nashville and North
Western Rzisroad, kai tbs bsnk of fiari<th
river, In Ch-atham county.
said rroEerty eoosikfs the springs, tietrl buiff
inEs and tao h.ladred ana tnrty ave ACRES of had
Surrounding the has valuable mineral ard
freesissne springs ufon nns fishing streams II rs
immediate vseinty. and Nil the comptetion of The
Railroad be within an hours travel q ne CITY of
Nashville ~
TxExs--The biddngs fec ths property vii be epen-
81 II - 30. upon The foioA sng teras ole haf Of
the firchass uanaey ~ ID % he 18th q Ssnn@-
~ 1893, with a yers inlers 81, and N thsr hall on
ne s<h January, isoo, wilh tse year, istTfssi al
des.
B,.-.a o.meA.ass., esI + 8 s' s..ss,i., Z
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17
SHERIFF,S SALE.

DY virtue of a venditioni exponas direct
ID ed, and delivered from the Honorable Circuit
Court Of Davidson county. Tennessee, ut its May Term
1855 will expose Ia public sale 10 the highest bid
der for cash the Court house yard gate in the City
of Nashville, on SATURDAY, 1HE 18TH DAY OF AU
GUST 1858, all the right title, claim, interest and
tate which John Brandon then had, may have since
acquired in and the following described lot No -,
thirty feet, in the city OF ashve, on Cherry street,
in Davidson county east side, bounded on the north
by VIM Stewart, the east by Jesse Collins and
Mecham, the south by Rees W. Porter, formerly John
Tndall Said lot runs back from Cherry street,
Collins line SIS feet. Levied the property OF
John Brandon satisfy judgment rendered in favor
of Brode 4 Dupree. JAMES NJ HINTON,
iyI6, '5S-td Sheriff Of Davidson