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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29

The annual report of the New York Association
for Improving the Condition of the POor,7 always
replete with valuable information relating to the
moral and social interests of New York CITY is this
year of more than usual interest Its statements
concerning the growth of pauperism are such as to
demand special attention. We extract the follow
ing:
Cur native and foreign pauperisr has assumed
magnitude that is truly alarming; and correspond
ing thereto, there has been startling increase of
crime, OF taxation, and insecurity of person and
property. According TO official reports, the number
of city paupers relieved and supported during the
year ending December l, 1858, was 100, l50 being
about one-seventh the population, and an increase
over the preceding year of 3Y0ll involving public
expenditure Of about S500,OO0 The commitments
for crime during the same period numbered IS, l72
which was an increase of more than twenty-five
per cent over the preceding year at an outlay of
more than 100000; making the annual cost to our
taxpayers, for pauperism and crime alone, about
SSO0,0QO. Despite, however, of this enormous ex-
penditure these fearful evils still remain uncheck
ed"
Contrary to the commonly received impression
that we have little pauper1sm of native growth says
the New York journal of Commerce, it is shown that
not less than thiryeght per cent of the persons
ceiving public relief in this city consists of native
born citizens, and that the ratio of such in the in
terror counties of the State is much greater. The
statement made by this Association three years ago,
that, according to the ratios of population in the
two countries, there were abouttwo paupers in the
wealthy and prosperous State of New York to one
in ireland. is now reafirmed with great emphasis.
The report says:
''If any Feliance is to be placed on Government
reports. that unWelcome fact humillating TO our
pride, having been confirmed by the statistics Of
each succeeding year, can with no show of reason
be longer denied or evaded."
The annual report of The Secretary of State of
New York, to the Legislature, of the paupers re-
lieved in the several Counties at the public expense
during the past year. affords basis for comparison
of our own pauperism with that of Great Britain
and Ireland, for the period, of which the fol-
lowing is the result:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29

NOTICE TO QUH,"-Ths Columbus (Ga) Sun
mentions the arrest in that city Of WM. SooTT, a
member of firm Of New York merchants. An
open expression of sympathy for cid BRowN,' and
the possession of BEEcHERs incendisry sermons
were the occasion of the arrest He received no
tice to quit" and took his departure by the first
train.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29

Ok THE QuE-VKE FOR AGURArDERs.-T papers
from the various sections of Virginia TEEN with the
following useful advice:
Should any suspicious looking characters be found
lurking around US. require them to give satisfac-
tory account of themselves, or compel them to make
their crit IN doetble-quick time"
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Public Sale of Lots at
PEN S ACOLA

YEyHE nndersgne Trustees Of the Pensacola City Company,
having determined hold sale Of portions u their
various parts Of their extensive property hereby
that such sale will take place the 9Th DAY OF De-
CEMBER 1859 at the Comp1nys Office he city Of PeRsa-
cola
The t5sc Of this sale. Whh ID the st Of series Is to raie
sans the evaet Of the remainder degree
with the general Improvement of Pensacola due
the ard early completion Of the Montgomery and Pen
saeoa Mobile.
bu and the Northern Rail Roads.
Terms payment third in CASH. onethiFd year,
Onst in two in notes bearing interest.
first osut Mortgage bonds Of the AlzhAma and
Foda Rail Road Company Of florida will be taken par in
lieu Of the notes,
will take place in due time when the Montgomery
Rail Road shall haze further
wards completion and when It's influence shall
widely felt and acknowledged.
CHARLES a. DAVIs) Trustees Of the
sAMiL JAUDON, Pensacola City
WM. n. CHASE, Company.
Pensacola, 1859. lnoEIi-dtdec2l
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TIE Empress ErGENE and the ladies Of her Court
have definitely abandoned crinoline; they have also
substituted short dresses for trailing ones,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29
NUMBER 2O9.
TAR rs

e L 4 q Is r A p ERIE EMIT.
Fhs valuable and popular aseiBe. prepared N VA
sse analysis o. he waters OF the eebr;ea sstsr srn m
universally received the NEST faEorseIs rscosa-
nendafions q the Neiical prossssios apd
Discerning Public, as tbe
MOST RFFIcIENF AND AGREEABLR
SALINE APEREENT
n use, and a. icing entitled % speea preferences over tie s.v
Mineral Spring Eaters sditz Powders, and Oer similar sr
eles both ron its ootapaetness aa greater ecacy. Il nav -
u,sd VITA the best sEsci IN Al
slsoHs sad FsSrs 1lssssss Sci Rsadao1s Losso, App
see 14a s'ss'Sa' aHa az s.1asg esElaiats, Ise''iss
SPRING AMI SUMMER SEASONS.
Il i psrssle5y adapted 70 The Es q Travellers hy Sea ana
A7s 1o~ e hS s $780, Ps5sons q seiensAy
Vessels sns Planters sill aad Il vAluabis ~
Gifi0n 70 their Medens Chest
with those who have He II Il has high favor and dssns
* soroii state Of Ne LIssr-Is rsaasr, grss.
' II soss ssa ksSsalats-It gives the h.s op
lAying All nhsanstoFy symptoms and in many cases saig
rs success = essss Of erags A.dsgsssoA Hsass- aad
AeStsy Of tAs Sronaeh asd As disfrsssiaa sctRsSs
Sssdi daring grsgaoAeyFisids speedily, and Win
G5or. t1s grsdtss Jssf 70 fBoss scfed ssa o. s5-
tet 70 fAe Fensiy scing the bowels, Heutrang All
denotes.
N fee, ts favalss6lssn az casss su1es essas Apsr
.lHrpdsiss = reQpirsd-
iii in the form Of pOssr, carefully pat ~ bottles
keep in any clDse and merely requires water saFe upsn T.
Taken in the morning. interiors; u. ne svecaons
o. the aay acting gsoty On DE system, restoring he ssvs
creating elasticity Of mind Tow spirits skie ETs ~
. sysEy snSsnsns sso enables iss Invalid 2 og uaay
barred and without which life Il irksOne and dstrszg
Numerous hszuonla fror professional AID other 7snfie-a
Of the highest standing throughout The country ana r. iv
increasing popularity or series q strongly
efficacy and valuable ehGctsF and tie ErorAbis
notice Of an intelligent public.
Prepared and sold Whossale and Retail BY
JOHN A. TARRANF 4 CO., Druggists,
unelS-dlv Nc % areenWch st.. VI rren. NJ Y.
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In other words continues the journal Of Commerce.,
the pauperism of England and Wales was in the "a
ito of four and sxenths per cent of the whole pop
uation; in Scotland three and nine tenthE per cont;
in Ireland about nne-tenths of one per cent; while
in the great State of New York, which is foremost
in population, enterprise, and resources the ratio is
seven and four-tenths per cent. Making, therefore,
every reasonable allowance for hypothetical mac
curacies in our State statstics-for the figures as
sumed are less than the returns would jqstify-and
we confronted with the appalling fact that the
pauperism in this State is some five per cent in ad
of that in Ireland; that is to say there are
according to the ratios Of population, five paupers
in this State to one in that country.
From these and other kindred facts the conclu-
sion is formed that our institutions nurture the evil
in question, irrespective of birth or nationality and
that the method Of treating pauperism throughout
the State should be radically changed. Under a
better system it is asserted able-bodied pauperism
could not exist The efforts of the Association dur
ing the past year appear to have been attended with
the best results Charity is dispensed only where
the character and condition of each applicant is
well known, as to secure judicioQs relief and at
the sumo time discourage dependence on aims rath-
er than industry.
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RENEwARLH AT PLEASURE.

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One Square, year s3e-Each additional Square, SIO
Advertisers exceeding the space contracted
for, will be charged for the excess.
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The Adams Express Compnn,

WHl. sTOCKELL,
PI AIN AND DECORATIVE PLASTERER,
WHOLESALE EalAII nEALER
81 ID IS 4 EsC GEM IN rs
Plastcr "a Paris, PIasIcrinE Hair, Fire
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TEN LINES OR LESS CONSTITUTE A SQUARE.
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Freight transportation.

Freight transportation.
RAETTWOEE AND OHIO RAIL ROAD
COMPANY.
TENHE Southern Road Of the fcar great lines
thus fl' been managed ia such way commend It to
the prhlc patronage
This Company, under the General Superintendent Of
81. p. UEAEtN, General Freight Agent,
Nov acknowledgements shippers BALTIMORE Philadelphia
New Nor Boston achm1ni Petersburg &c exoeediD gy
low rates and far below New Orleans prices, their
terms with the deluc ion upon one aad half per
shluz sicis less than tie New Orleans shipping prices
AL 2Ultnout, O. reuigri
Reliable well as Desirable.
Their facilities Tor transportation unequaled by aDy ote
road operation, terminus is at PARK
ERSBURGH, hIEdrei ami ninety miles below the low
and most dangerous navigation OF the Ohio river This
enables In dua the Of goods oH. certain
but with dis tc, adarce any other route, wa.
ter declines r advantages suca the time delivery
Widens other route, tlas tas Is the only
Cheap Reliable and speedy Route.
FrGh6 to0te less exposed % than other
Fote, there dayasc, the delivery being ~ PARK
G0ur-h undsr we shielded foat elevated from thence by
steam imLeillyto the cars, withodt being subject
=
The louisville connect direct with Parkersburgh
boats without delay d. likewise the regular Cnnhuati
hosts The bts1A d ect Parkersburgh. BY
his aaugs de Company enabled receive freight
DAILY Tor THIS route az their agency Nashville Tenn.
For further PARTICULARS NJ ARE Of
u. Il. HARRISON, Freight A gent,
may l5tm Nc ., conner Broad snd Front streets.
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ONE DoR per Square the rst and FTrr crxrs for eaca
subsequent Insertion
Advertisements published in bo the Daily Weekly will
DC charged the full daily with half the rates
Transient Advertisements SsHss Be pail for tie tnsf
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29
WHOLEsALE GROCERs,

Fire and Inland Navigation
Risks aeeeped at consist mt with sovency and fair profit
Espcsqi attention 0igsa to Insurance Of D HEfLLNS
Contents, for terms Of Ito years.
The solid service long and successfully tried and the adj
vantages the na Insurance Company possesses
should overlooked By those ready to insure and under
standing their best Interests. a.EHt
During stringent times the necessity for reliable Insurance
BECOMES imperative dutythe ability OF property
sustain loss being then mrch lessened.
Agencies in all the principal cities and towns throughout The
State Policies issued without delay Of tbs duly author
lied Agents Of the Company
Business attended 10 with Despatch and
Fidelity
NASH Ck RIARR. Agents,
o. noy .bu;iIa
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29

The BERRYyILLE EXCITEMENT AND THE SOLDIERS
The Alexandria Artillery. numbering some forty
men, with two pieces of cannon under command
of Major Dufey. who were sent 70 BeFFyYile,
Clarke county, Virginia, on Friday last, in c0nse-
quence of to the effect that abolition de-
monstration was being made in that quarter, soon
found out that they had been sent useless eFrand
According to the BerryVille C0nssrUator, they
searched several houses among them the unoccI-
pied tenement Of the notorious John C. Underwood
but found nothing worthy of consideration. Upon
application for entrance into the house of known
Aboliuonist, the wife of the living there cher
husband being ABSENT seized axe and defied their
entrance. They finally wrested the weapon from
her grasp, but not without first giving her slight
bayonet wound on the arm.-RiclsaOnd Enquirer
AOg. q
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29
DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME ooURr.
0FFI0IAL

Opinions of the Supreme Court OF tke
State of Tennessee, at Knoxville, sep
TENDER Term, 1853.
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-CIT0sNs.TEEs YANTED.

TEyHE Nashville and North Western Railroad Company wish
10 contract for 100000 Cedar CrOSs-Ties, feet
- = % isiek we'll heWn 70 face at narrowe place not
b inches clear Of bark, timber 10 he sound to be deliver
Cd al lie rrade line OF tie road IN NasA'e -, -
Post tS TFes, OF the same size as alo' = 10 be delivered
road in piles from section n 10 SecuSn u
enough on each section 70 supply the same; .,.,r
Persons visiting Will direct to me fTesaet and Direct
Nashville and Northeastern h~iifo~a ColpAny
kaEhw u.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29

PIANOSg MUSICI
lust received b. the sa1scrsber Is Of thoss -
- celebrated Pianos Of EteinWay & Sons and $50 "a
II A. Gaze & Co of N. consisting o. 81, II ii IN III
"a and X eeiaTes. Those in Of this ~ :
dspsnsAnie Darior ornament Eoad do we'll cal ana - ny
stock Sold As low the lowest, and warrant yeAls
Also fof sale the largest Of she's Music an 49,
Hal Instruments In the city. For bargains cali q ,s
oet2i JAS A. nooL1rS
RTOTgCE---On The night OF 4 "a or ueTn NJ q ne ~
Instant 4 $50 bif on Unon Bank o. Iennss.rs -
through niStsks, pesed Al The counter q ne esf 10 = -
ss passed has discovered the sFTor y VII PsA's VISA "
ostIf-H
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BAKERY AND COTFECFIONERY.
LsO received fine assortment Of French conctioneriss
a am still manufacturing that No Candy, and an
inr Il ceap - any other house IN The city have made
rssly aasi as 70 ny Bakery, and furni-h
great many those extra large Leaves OF Bread, all
variety Of Cakes, Pies, &C. CRAS. kOBRRTsON
"a AR No MARI
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A REMARKABLE SrATEMENT.-Prof o. NJ Mitchell
delivered few evenings since, iii Philadelphia, one
of his splendid astronomical lectures. The follow
ing statement Of remarkable fact is given in re-
port of the lecture:
He had not long since met, in the city Of st. Louis,
man of great scientific attainments who for forty
years had besn engaged in Egypt in deciphering the
bieroglyphics of the aHcients, This gentleman had
stated to him that be had lately gnraYelIed the in
sepptons upon the coffin of mummy now in the
London Museum and that in which, by the aid of
previous observations he had discovered the key
all the astronomical knowledge of the Egyptians.
The zodiac, with the exact petition of the planets
was delneated on this coffin, and de date to which
they pointed was the autumnal equinox in the wear
1922 before Christ, or nearly thirty-six hundred
years ago. Professor Mitchell employed his assist
ants 10 ascertain the exact positions of the heavenly
bodies belonging to solar system the equinox
of that year (IT22 g. CO, and sent him correct di-
agram of them, without having communicated his
object in doing In compliance wit this the cal
culatiOns were made, and to his astonishWegt, On
comparing the resulJ with the statements of his sci
entic friPnd already referred TO- it was found that
the 9TH OF October, l722 B. g., the iOap and plan
cts had occupied the exact points in the heavens
marked upon the coffin in the London Museum,
INDICTED FOR SEDrrIoN.-Tfe Grand fury at Nor,
folk (va) have found true bill on au Indictment
| agdlHst o. DANENbuhu WIN Keeps ClOlulnS anu
shoe store in that CITY, for seditious language
calculated to incite instruction The Day Book
says:
| The first count charged him with having used the
| words, John Brown was a good ran and was fight
ing in good cause, and did nothing but what any
other honest man would do" And the second count
charged that he had uttered the following express
sions; John Brown was fighting in a good cause, 2
! (meaning that he was fighting in the cause of the
right of property in their slaves' and said thai
Brown did nothing but what any other honest mar
would do" Danssburg left the city a few days
| ago, having an intimation that he had got himse
| into trouble. His case will oGnis on early in the
present term of the Superior Court, now in session
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29

prof Ashley Hurt, D. Male College Winchester Tenn.
Rro eSaEes D, Rresdent Of the Mary sharpe College, Win
chester, Tenn.
The Weather Indicator offered for sale 4, at the
Drug Store Of Aaron Stretch, General AGENT he
ner OF Union and College streets, Nashville Tenn
The dscoYereF will send the NatEsai Weather Indicator by
aa postage paid, we'll put and secured. 70
closing So 20 current Fail and plain directions for
lat0F, using, &C., accompany each Indicator.
Address LOUIS s. ULAMAN, Agent,
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DALY'S
AROMATIC VALLEY
w fl / S X E Y .

From tie Eels Orleans Picayxns.
TENHE purity of this Whisky cer6sd the leading
Northern Of science such DR.. Chiffon, the noted
New Chemist friend Of who understands such things
tells Aromatic good Aromatic and he Is reli-
able, ssfey this Valley hkey those in
need of agood article.
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Test: N. D. wErcH, Clerk.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29

Days Aromatic valley Whiskey.
From tie Daily 7Tae Delta, NeiO Orleans.
Though much Of judge, may say endorsed
by friends who that the Aromatic Valley Whiskey" the
poetry OF sold Monongshela," manufactured by VIM
DAILY, unequaled fer "Purty" Fiavor" by any the
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-29

h.s0as aad srils 0lssssss SCI Rsadgels, Lossef App
sas, Aaaassi4ea 1ad az sinsr cSElasas, fscs5isss1
t1fl
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-29
WOMEN As REvIRwRRs.-Fanny Fer

WOMEN AS REvIRwRRs-Fanny Fern
writes as follows on this theme:
Good | admire that "a womon can
never be competent book reviewer, be-
cause in her decisions she would invaria.
bly, be influenced by her feelings instead
other judgment. Now, everybody knows
this comes with q peculiar JUNCTION from
the sex who never nib their pens over a
new book, save to tell the gospel truth
about it. Never find fault with it, be.
cause it is "a woman's book" Though,
ton to one, at that very time the critic is
sailing under false colors, and writing
over feminine nom de plume-trash
which any decent woman would be
ashamed Of. r
Never fall furiously on book because
the authors wares have found market
where the critics were declined. Never
sell favorable opinion Of book to the
highest bidder, or indorse it from bird s.
eye view of the title page, middle chapter
and last leaf The perusal of favorable
reaiew, too, is very delicious, after hear
ing the critic in private express di
rectly contrary opinion. Oh, things
would undoubtedly be much worse if a
woman critic" whose feelings" pre-
ponderated over her Judgment" should
take this responsible Office. Oh, yes.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-29

OLIVER WENDELL HoLMEs ON THE "BR0AD
GHuRca. ."-In the November number of the
Atlantic Monthly DR.. Holmes, "The Professor
at the Breakfast Table," thus discourses Of
the Broad Church:
Some say the Broad Church means the
collective mass Of good people Of all denomi-
nations. Others say that such diinition Ia
nonsense; that q church is an organization,
and the scattered good folks are no organiza-
tion at all. They think that men will event
ually come together on the basis Of one OF
two or more common articles of belief, and
forrl great unity. Do they SEQ what this
amounts to? 1t means an equal division Of in
tellect 1t ia mental agrarianismi o thing
that never was and never will be, until ma
tional and individual idiosyncrasies haye
ceased TO exist. The man of thirty nine be-
liefs holds the man of one belief pauper he
10 not going to give up thirty-eight Of them
for the sake of ffaternizing with the other in
the temple which bears on Its front, 'Deo srsrit
Koliaire.I .li u lsI .ge .uf pIlr
Z A church is garden, have heard It said.
and the illustration was neatly handled. Yes,
and there is no such thing as broad garden,
! It must be fenced In, and whatever is fenced
in is narrow. You can not have arctic and
tropical plants growing together in it, ex-
cept by the forcing system, which is mighty
narrow piece of business. You can't make q
village or a parish or family think alike,
yet you suppose that you oan make world
pinch its beliefs or pad them to single pat
ternl Why, the very life of an ecclesiastical
organization 10 life of induction, state Of
perpetually disturbed equilibrium kept up by
another charged body in the neighborhood.
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The Gridiron Ordeal Of Free Masonry-
A Police Otficer Alarmed at the In
ftfnttAn RffeQ. ..

The Gridiron Ordeal Of Free Masonry
A Police Odicer Alarmed at the In
itiation Rites.
The New York Evening Post relates
this amusing story: ,i.s
Captain Jenkins, Of one of the precincts
above Canal street, enjoys tho reputation
Of being on able police officer. A short
time since he entertained the fancy to unite
with the Free Masons, and was accordingly
proposed, balloted for, and elected. A
well-known citizen accompanied him to
the place of meeting, The lodge was in
the upper story Of q house, the lower floors
of which were employed as "a place Of
entertainment The neophyts was left
in an apartment adjoining the servants
room, while his friend went above stairs
to assist the opening Of the ceremonies.
A muscular Celtic maiden soon caught a
glimpse of the stranger, and resolved to
take part in his initiation. Setting down
her smoothing-iron, she procured the
gridiron, and placed it over the range. 1t
was not long before the Captain, looking
inquisitively in through the door, saw the
utensil reddening in - the heat. The
recollection flashed through his mind Of
Masonic candidates and some peculiar
ordeals which they were made TO encoun-
ter. His hair would have risen but for
the perspiration which darted through
the pores and saturated it with moisture.
what is that, BridgetY' he eagerly in.
quired. "And sure, replied the Hiber.
nian virgin, "it's only the gridiron that ]
was told to place over the Goals. "Who
told your" asked the eager policeman
"And was it not the gentleman who came
with your "What could he want Of it?
demanded the Captain. "And sure ]
can't tel" replied Rridges they're are
often using it; it belongs to the people
above stairs. always heat ii when they
want to make q Mason" TWAS toom much
the eyes of the Captain were about start
ing from their sockets, when hearing
steps descending the stairs, he sprang Il
the door, cleared the stsps at abound ant
hastened toward the precinct where HI
reigned supreme; nor considered himsel
safe till he had re.assumed the blue cos
tune, buttons and club, and entrenchet
himself behind The desk SHowthe lodge
received the intelligence Of the hasty
departure OF the neophyte who was t
"learn more than they dared tell" W.
are not informed Since that time the
Captain has conceived a violent antipathy
to secret societies; and, although elected
to membership in lodge Of the Sons o
Malta, he resolutely refused to visit tht
lodge, assumed the mystic apron, or grasE
the scroll of honor He remembara hi
former observations, and is afraid ofbeine
burnt. '"