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I'm Growing Old.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.

Ny days pass gently away,
Ny nights are blessed with sweetest
sleep,
/ foyl no symptoms Of decay,
Ihave no cause TO mourn or weep;
Ny foes ars impotent and shy,
My friends are rei.her false nor cold;
And yet Of late I often sigh
I'm growing old.
Ny growing talk of Olten times,
Ny growing thirst for early news,
Ny growing apathy to rhymes,
My growing love to easy shoes,
Ny growing hate Of crowds and noise,
Ny growing fear Of taking cold,
All tell me in tie PLANES. voice
I'm growing Cd!
I'm growing tonder Of my staff,
I'm growing DINNER in the eyes,
Tn growing fainter in my laugh,
IN growing deeper in my sigh:,
I'm growing careless in my dress,
Tn growing frugal Of ny gold,
Tn growing wise, rm growing yes
I'm growing old
| see It in my changing ta.te,
/ see it in MY changing hair,
! see it in my growing waist,
| see it in my growing heir
a thousand hints proclaim the truth,
rs plain a. truth was ever told,
TIa', even in my yaunteI youth,
I'm growing old,
All me ny very laurel= breathe
The tale i'll ny reluctant ears;
And every boon tie Aouls beguea.h
Ena u aIssme debtor to the years;
E'on FIaeery's houoycd words declare
Tie seera: she would fain withhold,
AnI tell nc IN" How young YOU sre'
I'm growing old.
I hanks f,r tie years whose rapid fight
Ny sonbre muse too gladly sings;
Thanks FIR The CLEANS Of golden lisat
That tint tile darkness Of their wings ::
|IheIight HAT leans from ont he sky,
Those Leayoa. y mars,ous to unfold,
Where All are blessed and none may sigh
8. I'm growing old ~
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-06-15

Es Tom Sayers denies being an Irish
man. That accounts for Uscnan licking
hin SO easily.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-06-15

ey- How forgetfal those folks were in
scripture time, wife, said an old farmer,
who was trying to read the genealogies of
the patriarchs, in dim twilight, without
bis spectacles. How so, husband said
the wife. Why don't you see it SAYS kele
that-Abram forgot Isaac, and Isaac for
got Jacob, and so oa
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-06-15

"DEATH loves a shining mark" People
with red noses will please take warning.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-06-15

IRIS F.Es-uzD Amid lie awful hush
|of Of human nature q. d lreathie,s men,
el tie universe Tie hand that lay on
the ,uauger is sei.IeasI on tbs cross. The
blood for which Ierol painted has been
she'd by Plate. The deIyerer is captive,
tie Kedeoner a corpse
Thus strange are divine processes.-
Thou fool, thai which thou sowest is not
quiet .nea except to die. In order 20 ob
Lt.u If, you must embrace death Eve
y seed mH.v oaco.Ao corpse ere It c!eays
the soil alt wave is head II beauty and
-fru'. Iao re,Hrre1t.ona! idea Is every
where characteristic Il producing natures
20 p about % plant Ate tree III the
world, M .aT-l IS the seoJ the see4
d'es, but ~. slnng by divine power INTO
l...o0 .ah.e7.alon, and fson rs
oFaIote7 VIII pluck tie leaves Which
are t'I sAio5 oi tts nations. There
i ~ & t.F a.alm = Witnessing that
corl-e ll5i We sayT the realities Of God
we shoA.d sing hymns over that lite.ess
\ frame 49, yet We weep. We weep as
though Goi had been thvar.ad and his
purpose te.ieI . Wisdom, indeed, weePs,
bat her tears are the je"eiry Of JOY
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17
VOL
M;sfellaueons.

Established AGO.
PETER LORILLIARD,
SyUFF AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURER,
I6 & IS Chambers ST.,
Formerly - Chatham street, New York;
yIToULD call the special attention Of GrOcers and
w Druggists 10 his removal, and also the articles
OF his manufacture, viz;
BROWN SNUFF.
Hacaboy Demgros,
Fin- Rappee Pure Virginia,
Coarse Rappee Nachitoches,
american Gentleman, Copenhagen
YELLOW SNUFF.
Scotch Fresh Scotch,
H,gh Toast Scotch Irish High Toast,
Fresh Honey Dew Scotch, or Lundyfoot.
TOBACCO.
sxoKISG. ESB cur CaEwISs. sAoSING
No l. P. or plain, St Jago,
No q Cavendish, or sweet, Spanish,
Nos 81 mix'd, Sweet SCENTED OrOnOco, Canister
KiteEJOt Tin Foil Cavendish, Pure Turkish n.
A Circular OF Prices will be sent on application.
n B-Note the new article of Fresh Scotch Snuh.
which will be found superior article for dipping
purposes.
dec3O-d3m
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17
NASHVILLE. TENN. THURS DAY, MAY II, 1860.
MisfeIlaneons.
VESPER GAS LIGHT.
The Cheapest, Most Brilliant,
AND
Most Convenient Artificial Light
IN THE WORLD.

TIIHIS GAS is generated from Pure Coal Oil and
i for elegance, economy, safety and simplicity
cannot be surpassed. The fixtures are in the saline
style as the ordinary Gas fixtures.
Its advantages are thE II is portable gas light,
unryaled brilliancy 0heapDess, cleanEn sss and
is required. is easy to regulate, and requires no
trimming, and for attention, wh hatever, after light
tinR Il IS perfectly safe and free from explosion
and has no odor smell while burning The light
can be made burn with any degree of brilliancy,
by turning a screw and be increased instanttne
ousIy in volume from that of a candle to ten
twenty, by turning valve as in ordinary gas.
The Vesper Gas flame and fixtures precisely re-
semble, iu form those Of coal gas but IN oriancy
aud purity Of light, it possesses decided advan-
tage over any coal gas. 1t requires no chimney,
there is need of daily trimming OF a wick, and
the construction OF the fixtures is simple that II Is
not liable get out of order. and child can MAJ
age readily. The gas burned in lhe Nesper nx-
ture IS generated from pure coal oil. or '.gesper
oil (which is manufactured expressly TOT TINS 0ur-
uer \ without any admIxture of alcohol or other
foreign ingredients, and its supply is unlimited
The fixtures themselves are adapted in styles TO
suit all tastes from the plain, simple light burner
TO the most elegant and costly chandelier Each
dxture perfect in itself there is no outlay TO oe
made for service pipes ~meters, regulators, &C.
The generated in this burner and all nXtures,
from the cheap single light to the expensive chan
deiier miniature gas-wOrks, are in themselves Ihey
are sold prices which do exceed the cost Of
binary ga fixtures similar styles and ornamental
tou-
Churches hotels public halls, stores, steamboats,
and private residences throughout the State &c u
now be lifted up with these elegant and convenient
chandeliers and other beautiful gas hxtures which
add so much to the appearance Of such places, aud
comfort of the home circle, and " nich here
tofore could used only those favored districts
embraced within coal gas limits of large cities.
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SCaUETZE & LUDOLFF,
NEW AR Riy Al >.
White Beans.
Crates and Manteipieees.

~ susHEfs OF White Beans. Iuss received sHd
Ill Soxs.I~bv a JENkISS,
S1xsa1f No. Ia south Market ST
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C. 5. NOREHEAD,
THOS. ). PAGE.
LOUISVILLE, KY =, Sep. 5. is,

: =
W. H. SEr1E-Dear sir AfIer having made a
thorough examination OF the ''Ncsper Gas, in rela-
ton Illuminating pewer, chemical composition,
etc | do not hesitate to recommend II as being sa-
Ter and more economical well as possessIng great
er intensity of illumination than any other material
aOw III
In the laboratory is superior to the alcohol as
means of obtaining heat, and will be found OF in-
valuable to the druggist well as The manu-
featuring chemist. -
CHAS. W. WRIGHT, VI. ID.
Pref. of Chemistry in the KY, School of Medicine
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17

WE havsa a very large sock Vi PErtor Mantle
w and Jaab Crates, OF every price AEd s.HSs
E.odsrs on yareus Patterns; AaFbelixed tfon A@a-
o. g. AACzESZIE AISCHIS,
fsba-a Nee. o and Il csleEe ssrseI
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17
From Rev. Stuart Robinson.

Prof. of Chemistry in the KY, school of Medicine
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17

LOUISVILLE Aug. 20, 1853.
W. II. SETTLE, ESQ., IL gives me great pleasure to
state after tral of one OF the ''Vesper Gas Lamps
in my study for six weeks plst and after observing
closely the ime length OF time, the experiment
of lighting Union Tent with these lamps,
have entire confidence in their efficacy. 1t seems to
NE tn ey afford ali the advantages of the best gas
lights 10 those who live out of the cities and large
towns.
The process of preparing and lighting the lamp is
so readily learned the fixtures are simple aud so
little liable get out Of ORDER the cost o the light
comparatyeIy so little, and the whole free from
all niger tnat Il needs only mere acquaintance on
part vi the public with the Vcsper Gas Lamp %
bring them mt general use throughout the country
SibART ROBINSON.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17
Home Testimonials.

FrO.I lue Rev. p. ). Fan, Nsshville
NASHVILLE H. Dec, II, 1859.
Coz T IL. TAYLoR--Dear SIR have used for some
time one of the Vesper Lamps; and beg leave to
express my obligations to you Tor having introduced
IL To my notice To persons living in The country or
IN parts OF the city where gas cannot be had, or
who may desire a light much more economical than
yas-4ud at the same time fully equal 10 II IN lllumi-
nating pOwer-ths apparatus will prove desldera-
Ium
Irepardt this as the most beautiful and most useful
invention for procuring, at suall cost, the adyan
t,g.s Of gas hight that / have ever at the
same time that is perfectly saie-au explosion being
IuIpuss blend Lamps simple la construction
aud managed with ease.
Very truly yours,
4. s. FALL.
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From Mr.. Alexander Fan. Nashville

From Mr.. Alexander Fall, Nashville
MR. TH.,MAs IL. TATLOK-De1r SiT I: have been
using the NcspcT Gas Lamp sold by you, siace sep
temOer last, aud l am perfectly satisfied that II Is
ue of the most economical, If not the most ecOuomi
cal as well rs brilliant lights that be mad. II Is
Asily mauagcd, and unhesit Itingly recommend 1t
o ali out Of tue reach Of gas.
ALEXANDER FALL.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17

From Seabury & Co., Gas Filters, Nashville.
The Vesper Gias makes brilliant and beautiful
light, that cheap aud portable, and perfectly safe
r5e 5en, truction of the Ncsper Gas burner aud
retorl is so perfectly simple, that II cannot get out
If order, nor u explode.
The management of The burner Is easily under
stood aud requires out II,Is attention 10 keep
Il clean nd Ia good order than ordinary gas fixtures
rue Iigat produced by the Nesper Gas We consider
rutIy eslll in every respect, 10 any other kind OF
JOHN II. SEABURY,
T.J. SEABURI,
Ii. - PEACH.
NASHVILLE Dec. 1889.
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NASHVILLE, Dec. 1859.
ID. Cross, Nashville

From " ID. Cross, Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec IL, 1889
NEssRs r IL TAVLoK & Co: 1 have had an use for
about six months past, Of your Eesper Gas
Lights aud gives great pleasure TO state, that
regard Il TAR superior 10 any ether portable lish'
that have met with.
It's simplicity OF arrangement, freedom from danger
of explosion, cleanliness, steaIncss, aud purify OF
light are quahtles that must recommend IL 10 any
~. y no viii try IL. t gives hght which TO me,
-ru,s 10 be equal in bTiilancy the ordinary gas
light. Very hespeSuuAy, - ,,,,,
These are only very few or the testimonials We
have Cal aud eNlJniae FOR yourself, at No. ~
Coil,,nais building CIerry street, NAsavIlle Team.
THOMAS II. TAYLOR CO.
jAnl2-u
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VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
F o r S A L E.


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Kentucky Testimonials.

From HIS ExceIIency, Gov. c. ii. Morehead, and
Tlos ). Page, Esq, State Auditor.
To wM. III. SETTLE, Esq LOuisvilis, ky.-Dedr Sir:
We have been and using your ''Nrsper Gas ,"
and are perfectly satisfied with i;s utility. IL gives
A soit bril- liant beautiful light and IS perfectly
secure from explosion II is very cheap and Geo.
nomica in ls USE and of far less cost than any other
light We are satisfied that it will be adopted
by ali persons who have not the opportunity OF OBJ
tanning gas aud also to whom gas IS accessible and
with hom caeapress ia the original outlay for nx
lures the continual expense Of burning is an OBJ
jecI- . .
Yours, &C.. c. $. AoREHEAD,
THOS. ). PAGE.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17

After May 1a, 1860. sol BROADWAY, t'Oc
doors from the 81. EIcaOtos Hotel.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17
Extra Family Flour

n BARRELS Extra Fanny Flour ,manufActur-
I.)tJ ed trorn choke MhEts Wheat, 10 AFTsvs To-
day, znd for sale By -.
mArlS-u AiAsIIs, hfofEA 90
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-17
TESTIMONIALS

Scientific and others who have thoroughly
tested the merits of the Yesper Gas or Air Light,
pronounce il the best aud cheapest light now known.
NumberIess testimonials being received daily
from ali quarters vOuching for the excellence OF this
light a few of which are gwen below.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-18
GeNIiIity.

There is dreadful ambition abroad for
being "gentsel." We keep up appearances.
too oten at the expense of honesty; and
though we may not be rich, yet we must seem
to be SO. We must be "respectable,"
though only in the meanest sense-iu mere
vulgar outward show. We have not the
courage to go patiently onward in the condi.
ton of lie to which it has pleased God to
cali US; but must needs live in some fash.
ionabe state to which we ridiculously
please to call ourselves, and all to crafty
the vanity Of that unsubstantial genteeI
world of which we form a part. There is
a constant struggle and pressure for front
seat in the social amphitheatre; in the midst
of which all noble self denying resolve is
trodden down, and many fine natures are In.
eviably crushed to death. What waste,
Whist misery, what bankruptcy, come from
all this ambition to dazzle others with the
glare Of sppsrent worldly success, we need
not describe. The mischievous results
show the nselves in a thousand ways-in
grand frauds committed by men who dare to
be honest, bat do not dare to seem poor,
and in the desperate da'hes at fortune, in
which the pity is not 80 much for those who
fail, as for ths hundreds of Innocent families
who are 50 often involvei in their ruin.
Nj. Hume hit that remark when he stated
il the House Of Comm ons-thn his words
were followed by 'laughter"-that the tone
Of living in England is altogether too high.
Middle class people are too apt to live up
TO their incomes, if not beyond them; aitee.
ting degree OF "style" which is most un.
healthy in its effect upon society at large.
| There is an ambition to bring up boys as
| gentlemen, or rather "genteeE" men;
| though the result frequently is only to
make them eents. They acquire taste for
dress, style, Iuxuries, and amusements'
which can never form any solid foundation
for manly or gentlemanly character, and the
result is, that we have a vast number OF
gingerbread young gentry thrown upon the
world, who remind one of the abandoned
huls sometimes picked up at sea- with only
monkey on board.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-18
Am Honest Democrat.

"When General Jackson wos President
of the United States" said an aged laborer
in the Presidential garden lew years since'
she could tell an honest man from q rogue
when he first ,aw him. remember that a
clergyman with stiff white ChOker and an
untarnshed suit OF black, called upon him
one morning when he was overlooking some
work that was performing in the garden
and requested an appointment to soue office
saying, General, I worked harder for your
election than many OF those upon whom you
have already bestowed Office 'You are q
minister OF the Gospe = said Old Hickory.
inquiringly. "Yes,' said the clergyman, Il
was minister, but I thought I could do
better by becoming a politician. So
stumped the district week days for you and
preached for the Lord Sundays Old Hick.
ory, turning short toward him, and looking
him full in the face, said. BY the Eternal, il
you would cheat the Lord you would cheat
the country. / will have nothing to do
with you, nor with any like you. Good
morning. and he walked rapidly away.
never shall forget the looks Of that hyPocrit'
icsl clergyman. Had the last judgment been
set, and he before the great white throne,
doubt if he would have looked more blank
and chop.faIlen."
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-18
WHOLE NUMBER 628.
The Eyes.

An eye can threaten like the loaded pun,-.
or can insult like Kissing or kicking, or In
its altered mood, by beams OF kindness can
make The heart dance with joy. The eye
obeys exactly the action OF the mind. When
a thought strikes up, the vision is fixed,
and remains looking at a distance; in emu.
merating names OF persons or countries-ss
France, Spain, Britain or Germany-ths
eyes wink at each new name. There is
an honesty in the eye, which the mouth
does not participate In. ,'The artist" as
Michael Angelo said, "must have his meas.
ure in his eye" Eyes are bold az lions--
bold, running, leapiug. They speak all Ian.
gIage; they need no encyclopedia to aid in
the Interpretation Of their language; they
respect neither rank nor fortune, virtue nor
sex, but they 60 through and through you
in moment of time. You can read in the
eyes of your companion, while you talk
with him. whether your argument hits,
though his toague will not confess it,
There is look by which man tells you he
is going to say good thing, and look
which says when he has said it.
Vain and forgotten are all the ine offers
of hospitality, if there is no holiday in the
eye. How many inclinations are avowed
by the eye, though the lips dissembIe!-
How often does one come from a company
in which it may easily happen he has said
nothing; that no important remark has been
addressed to him, and yet in his sympathy
, with the company, he seems not to have Z
sense Of this fact, for stream Of light has
been flowing into him and out of him
through his eyes.
| AS soon as men are off their centers
their eyes show it. There are eyes to be
sure, that give no more admission into the
man than blue berries. They are liquid
aud deep wells that man might fall into:
there are asking eyes, and asserting eyes,
and eyes full of faith, and some of good
and some of sinister omen. The power Of
eyes to charm down insanity or beast, 10 q
power behind the eyes, that must be q VIC
tory achieved in the will before it can be
suggested to the organ; but the man at
peace or unity with .hmself, would move
through men and nature. commanding all
things by the eye alone. The reason men
DO not obey US is, that they see the mud q
the bottom OF our eyes.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-18
W aiR6iMS.

There is a character in the footstep.-
People no more walk alike than they think
or act alike. You can almost tell by the
fall of the foot on the pavement, whether
a mans internal barometer indicltes cloud
or sunshine. See the mln OF pro !fess or
enterprise-the successful merchant or the
lswyer-thc same rules that guide his bnsi-
ness reltions follow his very gait through
swarming thoroughfares. He never tresds
IN insecure grounds, and his foot is never
set down without a sort OF firm, steady
sense of security. The footsteps of the
young beginner in liie's pathway is les,
regular and rapid-he is yet undecided, anC
hestales on the threshold OF the busy world
The aborer, with paper cap and bespa'ter
ed rniment, has neither energy nor spirit IN
his walk you might as we'll try to decipher
blank page, as to read character IN this.
Up and down, up and down, with the same
slow, numbering movement, Patrick looks
forward to nothing beyond Saturday night
and his black pipe at home Lie has
no bright upward revolutions, NO bitter
rendng away of the SOULS visions, for him
How different is the light tripping step OF
the young girl, that makes music even on
the worn and roughened paving .stones-the
quick, nervous pace Of the mother,h urrying
home to her little ones-the weary tread OF
those who walk within the shadow Of death.
There s q character in peoples footsteps,
if one only knows how to read it's uninter-
preted laDguage.-L!te Illustrated.
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came to a dead halt. Joe quickly divested
himself OF his boots. and crept s;euIthIy up
to the first OF the band which stood quietly
holding in his mouth the amputated tail of
his former conductor.
This the hunter seized and commenced
gently pulling upon it. First one hog start.
ed, then another and another, until soon.
like train of cars all were in motion, and
without pausing to rest for single instant,
Joe led them quietly into huge pen near
his residence, where they were soon slaugh-
tered, and the city waS savsd.