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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-03-17

Curry Degree, Temple of Honor Ne. IL, meets en- the
last Thursday night month, the Hall acve
W. BRYCE THOMSON: d. 4
Z. W. PETTY, D. V I.
L. BENSON. d. K,
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Nashville Temple Honor No So neesevery Wednesday
evening at the same HALL as above.
W. A. WHERRY, W. C. T.
l.. BENSON, W. VT.
r. BARCLAY, ". K.
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Edmund DsIIahunty Council No / Of 7. A &
Ter. meet on Thursday evening in each month
the same Hall rs shove. JOHN PATTERSON, c. OF c.
RO. LAPSLEY, s. of G.
II. II. MCALLIST ER, J. Of G.
}. HENRY CUEREI Comp. r.
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za<~E~ Bank of West Tennessee, at
tG5GsssSlS BIEMPHIs.-The notes Of this Bank will be
redeemed Union Tennessee Nashville, ldtw
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IL are authorized oannOunee WEIGHT
candidate reelection 20 Congress from The Seventh Con
gressonal District final.
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7 We authorized to announce GEORGE COLEMAN
a eau dste for Constable in the Nashville District.
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FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Capital Systematically paid i'm.
OFFICE North West Corner Of The rulc Equar- wiz take
risks against loss ams ~ Dwellings and other
Houses, G0os In St0r &c. Aso Marie and River Lizards .
ard from all ports. Also
Risks Oh Negroes against she Dangers o.
Ile river.
BIRErn~s.
JOITS VI. UTTI. JOSEPH TtTLN,
JANES CORREl THOMPSON ANDERSON,
q. 81. FUGG, JAMES ELLIS
ALEX. ALLISON, y. 2. ALLUEAY,
4. II. GARDNER, V .ENhiNs
TfIoS Z BEANSFOBD.
JOSEPH VASE&, President.
A.W. BUTLER, Srcrrlary. dreR
NA~yEyIILE ColsyEEsCsAL INSURANCE
COMPANY.
oAPrI.L sIeO-0OO, Ant Pam ~ AID sg"rRED.
FHyVTs Company being fully aTsas according CHATTER
Is PREPARED writ. Politics against lass damage IS sire
% Bulna G1ols, Wsres, and Merchandise generally. Also
on shpu,sSs against Loss Damage Hy Sea- Rivers, Iuaa
Transf ..ioa on tie most favorable terms
Linz AND NvsRo poIoiTs IsstzD A CURRENT R.Trs.
O5gee No 9j, Corner Of SqIHrs Ga.l CsJsr Street
DsHECEOESS.
ALEXANDER FAIL, v. T. DERRY,
ANTHONY " |ANLEEBi JAMES WOODS,
JOHN GIEKAAN, JOIN IT. GWfN,
HENRY HART, JR., y. 4. ANAiEN,
TH0S. ". EVANS, HIGH MCCBAE,
WESLEY GibENFIE5D.
ALEXANDER FALL, President.
J1Vrs WAIVER, Secretary. 81 ris3-y
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UtCpfan Temple Of Honor, No 81, every Friday
mag at the Hall as above.
A. 7. BRADSHAW, W. C. T.
W. H. MORROW, ". V. T.
J. HENRY CURREY, W. X.
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The convention adjourned to meet at precisely
II o'clock TO day.
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Agents
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TEMPERANCE DIE ECTOEkY.-TENNEssEE
Division, 81 Temperance every Saturday night
at Temperance Hall No 50, absTeCsege street. the
A. NELSON. " z.
II X. PECK, ". A.
JAMES CLAIBORNE, r. 3.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18
Democratic POLICY.

Already, the harmonious" Democracy o.
Iowa are wrangling about the policy to be
pursued at their forthcoming convention 70,
the nomination Of State officers The more
conciliatory journals intimate that "mum'
should be the word on all the exciting ques-
tons of the day, but the Dubuque Erp,e,s
and Herald, the most outspoken and by far
the most influential Democratic paper in the
State, boldly declares that the Convention
must let the people know what the sentiments
Of the party arc. The Express and Herald
takes tho Douglas ground on the slavery
question, and is opposed to protective duties.
OF course, the Administration organs cannot
agree with it. The Davenport Democrat
denounces it as miserable disorganizing
Sheet" and the prospect is that majority of
the Democratic papers of the State will dis
claim its "heresies"
The Douglasitss will go into the Convention
with determination to nominate for Governor
NJ. L. Fisher, late Superintendent of Public
instruction. Tho Express and Herald has
already expressed its preference for him.
The Buchananites will 80 for Jones. The
non-committalists have hxod upon Dodge as
'hoir man, hoping thereby to dodge the
questions at issue, and dodge into power.
We do not wish to be understood Us laying
a aattering JUNCTION to our souls" on account
# these apparently irrsconcilablo differences
n the ranks of the enemy. We have no
loubt they will all unite finally on Dodge,
md give US = vigorous battle. The cohesive
'owsr Of public plunder" will, A. in times
'ast, draw together the warring elements of
he party in one common cause against the
republican ticket, though only to meet a
Y aterloo defeat
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18
For the Journal,
Nebraska Correspondence.
OMAHA, N. T., March 4th, Is


MIR. EDrroR:-Yesterday the ice went out
of the river at this point. Emigration is
pouring in rapidly, nearly a going to the
gold region. Iwould not be at all surprised
to hear Of ten thousand people going
through this place this season, en- route for
the new Eldorado.
There will be a steamboat here to morrow
The citizens of this place seem to think that
there will be four times as much business
done on the Missouri river as there will be
done on the Mississippi. A great m any peo-
pie from different States, en- route for the
gold regions, come this far to secure their
outfit.
Cattle are worth $50 to 1925 per yoke
Such cattle could have been bought month
ago in Muscatine county for from SIS to
S75. A great many other Quitting 90 DDS
are considerably higher here than in eastern
Iowa; but provisions of all kinds will son
DO lower as bo.ts begin to run. The best
quality of -four is worth in this market 81
so per 100 lbs. Beans 81 so per bushel-
we sold what we brought through at th at
price. We sold also some Of Ames' long
handled steel shovels for 81 so each-we
paid 81 each for them in Muscatine. Corn
meal, an article all the miners take with
them, is selling at 50 cents per bushel. b.
sides, smoked, l5c, shoulders
II Lao; hams l5c per lb. Some say things
Of all kinds will soon be cheaper after nav
cation opens, but think the emigration
will keep prices as high as they are now, if
aot higher.
The papers here are quoting articles of
'utft cheaper than they can really be bought
'or. This is done in order to have strang-
rs come here for their outfit to the mines.
When they come here expecting to pro ,ure
IN outfit At prices quoted, they will soon
ind out that they have been dsseivsd.
Yours truly, BOB, IN.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

ADJOURNMENT OF THE Ezra SEssI NJ
The extra session Of the Senate adjourned
yesterday, (lOth, having disposed of all the
business before it. There are still some
doubts (says tho Chicago JournaD IS to the
necessity of convening tie new Congress in
extra session. 1t may be that the So, ,OOo, 900
OF Treasury notes that were voted by the last
Congress will osviats any Congressional
action in reference to the Post Office demands
before the regular session In December. The
President is reported to have said, in fit of
senile ill-nature, that he will let all the post
Offices of the country sink before hs consents
to convene An extra session.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18
Won't Accept the "IIOnor."

A dispatch from Washington of the 10th
announces that Geo. W. Jones has declined
the mission to New Grenada. Itseems from
the comments Of his party papers that a
more important Office was expected to be
given him. They intimate that he ought to
have been made member of the Cabinet BY
being appointed to the Office Of Postmaster
General, now vacant on account of the death
of Hon. Aaron v. Brown. But Jones, some
time since, declared that he would accept no
office whatever from the President, because
his political enemies would make 'pisal out
OF the circumstance. He probably has an
eye to the nomination of the Buchanauites
for Governor of Iowa.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18
Total Expenses, 81

STARTLING THEoRY-GoLD IN PROCESS OF
FoRxAT1oN.-A correspondent of the San
Francisco National, writing from the
mines, relates the following singular Incl
dent;
"The continuous formation of gold in this
region is not unfreqrently maintained by
men who have practical observance of resu Its
which favor such assumption. Recently a
common axe was dug up, having probably
lain four or five years in the red earth,
which is common to this region, and its
entire surface exhibited fine gold deposited
npon 1.-THE iron was, of course, very much
rusted. 1t is asserted by able analytical
chemists, that gold can be obtained from all
the earth and rocks found within the gold
belt. The future of California as mineral
country is no longer problematical; the
exhausting of places, only is removed to a
long period, while the development of gold
in SO many of the geological formations
seems to determine the fact that 1t is only
a question of time when science will be the
assistant to the present rude methods, and
the operations be conducted upon the prin-
ciples that are positive in their results"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18
A SWARM OF BEES WORTH HIy

A SWARM OF BEES WORTH HIvINa.
"B patient, B prsyerful, B humble, B mil Id,
p wise as Solon, 3 meek as child;
studious, B thoughtful, B loving, B kind,
B sure You make matter subservient to mind,
" -.-tioTs B r-rdeps D ;rustful, B true,
nture business oea B friendly with few.
B temperate in argument, pleasure and wine,
B careful of conduct, of money, Of time.
B cheerful, B grateful, B hopeful, firm,
r;ng 70 Learn
aspiring, humble, BEcA USE thou art DUST;
B penitent, circumspect, sound in the faith,
D active, devoted; B faithful till death.
B honest, holy, virtuous, pure;
B dependent, Christ like, and hon B secure.''
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

CO Under the head Of chow gold stories
grow" the Sioux City Register notices its
having mentioned that Maj. Culbertson,
from the bead waters of the Missouri,
Brought down $1,000 in gold, which had
oeen taken from the divide between the
Missouri and Columbia rivers. From ST..
Louis the substance of the statement was
telegraphed all over the country, with the
addition of cypher, making the amount Of
gold in Maj. C.'s possession $l3, 600. The
Registsr thinks this is 'spiling on the agony
rather Steep" but is simply an instance OF
the prodisous growth of gold stories.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

SENATOR DOUGLAS AND TIE DEBATE on
"UNFRIENDLY THE Washing
ton correspondent of the Springfield (Mass.)
Republican makes the following comment on
the late Democratic pow-wow over "unfriendly
legislation"
The effect of the debate upon Mr.. Douglas
is most damaging. The whole South was
arrayed against him. He has shrewdly and
anxiously avoided such scene, but it was
forced upon him. The hoodhoupds of the
slave-ol oligarchy were set upon him, and he
could but turn and defend himself. His game
is certainly up for 1860. The South will not
touch him yet, and he has insulted the
Republicans so often and so shamefully that
they will not help him out of his pit. The
debate must also have bad effect upon the
Democratic party. Will Northern Democrats
Join hands with the men who are determined
that the federal government shall force slavery
into the Territories and States of this whole
country? Such is to-day the demand of the
Southern Democracy. They admit the truth
of Stewards declaration at Rochester, and
clamor for slavery everyaohere.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18
THE NEWS.

At the latest advices from Mexico, Vers
Cruz was in state of siege and excitement
The watchword Of Miramon's army wal
Liberals or Death"
"A great fire occurred at Southbridge,
Mass, on the morning of the 10th. Turner's
Hotel and barn adjoining, with 40 horses,
Phelps jewelry store, Simpsons oyster ss-
loon, and Edwards gas house, were all de-
stroyed. The goods in Mr.. Edwards store
were partially damaged. Loss about $780,
900, and partly covered by insurance.
FoREIeN.-The Arabia, from Liverpool
on the Goth ult., arrived at Halifax on the
10th. The news is interesting. Lord Cow
ley, the English Ambassador at Paris, had
gone on special mission of conciliati on to
| Vienna. The Ministers announced in Par
Lament on Friday that there was reason to
hope that the Austrian and French troops
would soon evacuate Rome. These facts
gave the people strong hopes of peace, not
withstanding the warliks rumors.
Two men, named Davis and Woody, were
smothered to death by ss6re-damp" in q
coal-pit near Cleveland, o., on the after
noon of the 9th.
An attempt was made to set fire to the
State House at Boston, on the llth, by fir
ing large bin filed with shavings in the
basement. The fire was extinguished with
out much damage, but there is no doubt that
it was purposely set.
The N. Y. TSi6unes Washington corre-
spondent of the 10th says the vacant Office
of Commissioner Of Patents has been offered
to Mr.. Hughes, ex-member of Congress from
Indiana, and Governor Denver, Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, has resigned, and
will return to California. Col. Mix, Chief
Clerk of the Indian Department, is spoken
of as his successor.
FoREIaN.-The steamship North Briton,
from Liverpool, 23d ult., arrived at Port
land, Me-, on the l1th: Most of her advices
were anticipated by the Arabia. The war
rumors continue and military preparations
were going on vigorously. Austria is stead
lily preparing for the defence of her Italian
possessions. Gun boats had been placed at
the mouth of the river Po, and the garrison
at Ferrera reinforced.
"A dispatch from Washington of the 10Th
says the trial of Hon Daniel E. Sickles will
probably not take place till next week, the
grand jury not being inclined to give his
case precedence over others.
The remains of the late P. M. General |
were sent to Tennessee from Washington, on
the 10th, in charge of Justice Outran, Sen
ators Nicholson, johnson, and Col. Savage,
of that State, the offer of Adams Express
Company having been accepted.
The vacancy in the Office of Postmaster
General was filled on The 9th by the appoint
ment of Mr.. Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, pre-
viously Commissioner of Patents. 1t is
said that the Office thus vacated by Judge
Holt, has been offered to Hon. James Hughes,
Of Indiana, who was backed by the squat
ters, Bright and Fitch. Other candidates
spoken of are Samuel T. Shugert, Chief
Clerk of the Department, and Edmund
Burke, Of New Hampshire.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

"K1ck HIN-IIs's Dowx." The following
is specimen of the way the Washington
States (Democraticl pours hot shot into s'the
President of its choice"
Contrast the prosperous condition of the
Commonwealth, at the accession of Mr..
Buchanan, with its present troubles and
embarrassments. He found . redundant
treasury he squandered the surplus, and =
now clamorous for an increase Of taxation to
supply an unaccountable deficiency. The
necessities nf tho government demand aard
~."y OF expenditures; the estmaeople were
upon hundred million. .rn' to the simplicity
induced to anticiRat days; never did corrup-
anu purify such rank luxuriance of growth
I. every department of the public service.
They were promised reform; they have an
of abuse. They expected retrench-
ment; they are insulted by proposals for the
most absurd and mischievous appropriations.
Millions have been expended for the suppress
sion of Mormonism, and the abomination
aourishes with undiminished vigor and
more audacious ambition. Much profession
Of fidelity to State rights was INDUCED by the
and its pledges are redeemed
by protective tariffs and Pacific Railroads.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

sw-The Richmond Enquirer has opened
a vigorous canvass in favor of the nomination
of Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, for President,
at the Charleston Convention, in 1860. This
is very modest, in view Of the fact that one Of
the controlling spirits of the Enquirer is the
son of the eccentric Governor of the "Od
Dominion"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

The MIss1..IPPI Ice BoAr.-The La Cros 90
Republican is responible for an extensive
''sell" lately perpetrated at the expense Of
the public, in the reported arrival of the
ice boat at that place and its clearance for
St. Paul. It will puzzle some persons to
conjecture what end was subssrved by the
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

~ Joseph Barker, the notorious inf
del lecturer who has recently been haran-
euinr stree audiences in Pittsburg, was
on Sunday arrested in that city, brought
before the Mayor, fined $40, and in default
committed for three days. His rib lldry
and blasphemy had been the subject OF fre-
auent complaint.--CSR. Gas. 8th.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

THE LATE PosrnAsrEB GESEBAL.-Hon.
Aaron V. Brown, whose death, on the Sth
inst, we have already announced, was born
in Brunswick county, Virginia, August 10,
1895, and was the son of Rev. Aaron Brown,
worthy minister, and previously soldier in
the Revolution. He was educated at the
University of North Carolina, entered the
legal profession, and settled in Tennessee, and
became the partner of Ex-President Polk.
He became prominent as Democratic poll
tician, was elected to the Tennessee Legisla-
ture, and represented his District in Congress
from 1910 to 1916, when he was elected Gov
ernor of Tennessee. In 1857, President
Buchanan appointed Gov. Brown to the
responsible Office of Postmaster General, in
the arduous duties of which he was engaged
when his last sickness came upon him. Ills
disease was pneun.cnia.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

TIE EXPLOSION OF THE PRINCESS = 1t
seems that the loss of life by the explosion
of the steamer Princess, on the lower Mis-
sissippi, on the 2sth ult., was not as great
as at first reported. The N. o. Delta says
the whole number lost and killed may safe
ly be set down at within seventy.fi five or a
hundred, at the outside, and it has reason
to hope and believe that the number is less.
At least one hundred of those who es capped
death, however, were more or less Injured
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

PROPOSED New jury LAW IN ENGLAND.
Lord Campbell's bill amending the jury law
of England has been printed for the infor.
nation of members of Parliament. 1t pro-
poses to furnish thu jury with food and fire,
and rnless they agree, to keep them to-
ether for six hours. If at the expiration
of that period, nine of them have agreed, it
is to be taken as the verdict of the jury
if not, they are discharged from the further
consideration of the case.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

BUSINESS MArrsRs IN IowA.-Ws find In
tho Boston Jou1nal tho following extract
from a private letter, dated Clinton, Iowa,
February %. 1t is sensible view Of the
real state of affairs, and shows, At least, that
Iowa is willing to pay to the very oxtent Of
her ability Tho writer says:
The fact is, until we ''recupcrate" from the
effects of over-speculation and two years bad
crops, business must be confined in its oper-
alton. If Pixies Peak turns out well, If We
have good crops this year, and if no new
"crashing and smashing comes on, we shall
be in good condition next year. The past
two years have been blue enough, and I have
seen precious little cash, but I have had
everything else that you might call property.
Last week, / collected about q 900 for New
York firm, and the collection consisted in
dry goods, wagons, COWS, oxen, horses and
mules. But our farmers are by this way
paying the retailer, and the retailer pays the
Wholesale dealer-at some loss in some cases,
but much better than doing nothing, because
there is no cash, or comparatively little.
have no doubt that the State of Iowa
stands from 60 to 70 per cent. better than last
year. We have purchased 20 per cent. less,
and have paid 80 per cent more. The Pres
idept of the Fulton Railroad told me that tho
freight over their road showed IA per cent.
less of goods East to West, and AZ per cent.
more of cattle, horses, mules and produce
West to East This is good symptom, and
l hope one good crop will bring US all out
right.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

The political complexion Of the new
United States Senate (extra SESSION. is classi-
fed thus: Democrats, q; Opposition, 26;
Vacancies, 8. OF the 81 Democrats, three
are anti-Lccompton, Popular Sovereignty
men. OF the 152 Members of the next House
Of Representatives already elected, the Oppo-
sition have 10Y, and the Democrats IS, being
an Opposition gain, In two years, of 20 mem
bers, and corresponding Democratic loss.
The So members yet to be elected stood, in
the last House, Democrats, 65; Opposition,
90; and will probably be about the same in
the next House. If this should be the case,
the united Opposition will have majority Of
II members. This footing-up is according
| to a table in the N. Y. Herald of the 5th.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

GD John Petit, Cd. DID, the slavery
worshiping Ex-United States Senator from
Indiana, repudiated by the people Of his State,
has been appointed and confirmed Chief
Justice of Kansas, in place of the infamous
Lecompte. ...
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

Senator Iverson, of Georgia, is nam z.
as the Disunion candidate for the Presidency
by an Alabama paper, and Mr.. William
Lowndes Yancey for Vice President on the
same ticket.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

UNrn1ENDLY LEGISLATION THRoTrLED. -
Senator Douglas maintains the doctrine that
the Territorial Legislatures have the right to
scotch, if not kill, slavery within their borders
by unfriendly legislation. In accordance with
that view of the matter, the Kansas Legis-
lature recently passed bill on the subject.
but Gov. Sum-medary, (who, like the Drom-
medary, gets on his knees to receive his
Democratic pack in obedience to the true
National Democratic faith, pocketed the bill,
and thus prevented it from becoming law
Sam Medary used to be opposed to slavery,
and would be yet but for his love of office.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18

luz DEFEATED APPROPRIATION BnL.-
Some idea of the importance of the Post Onk
appropriation bill, which failed to ps~extrs
'---.h would come up for -cri9Sa fo,,ov;ne
session, may be formed b~>>"'
synopsis Of itslaauon OF mans, ~--..o. nm
Igiapensation Of postmasters, 2,376,UXGSe
Compensation of clerks, $4,000
Miscellaneous expenses, 629,0
Deficiencies and arrearages for
the present fiscal year, s,Sss,O0o
Total, $2O,425,OO
1t is by far the heaviest of all the appropri-
alton bills, to such magnitude have the oper-
ations Of the Department arisen under the
present and the lato Administrations. It il
remarkable that, though tho bill passed at tho
previous session provided nearly the same
gross amount of 500, 1000, ,o0C, the arrearages
for tho very fiscal year covered by that bill
amount to nearly 1000, 900. But. in addition
to this, there is paid $7OO, 900 for the Califor-
MIA mails via Panama, and $3.50, 900 by way
of Tehuantepec.
tits not known positively whether an extra
session will have to bo called to meet the
exigencies on the account Of the defeat Of this
bill. 1t Is asserted by some lettsr-writsrs
that, unless an extra session is called, tho
Post Office Department will be embarrassed.
and be forced to suspend many Of the mail
routes