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Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-16

Is IT TRUE?-The Charleston Mercury, one
of the most approved among the Democratic
journals supporting Dir. Breckenridge as the
| nominee of the Richmond Convention, con-
tains in its number of the 4th instant, the
following appreciation of the condition into
which the country and the South has been
brought under ten years of Democratic mis-
rule:
THE result is that after ten more wears
of patient endurance, since 1850. of Northern
aggression and iusulence, the North has be-
come sectiOnalized to rule the South. Pro-
lection by the Senate of the United States is
gone. Protection by national parties is gone.
Protection by the Constitution of The United
States is farce. Constitution, parties. righ 5.
are all swallowed up in the sateless nav of
sectional greed and power. A sectional des-
Dotism is now the necessary Government of
the United States"
We have no disposition to contest the ae-
curacy of these statements, but, assuming
their truth, we would like To know the con-
siderati rs in virtue of which the HercuTy
would persuade the people of the South to
retain IA power party which, according to
the admissions OF our contemporary. has
brought our public aifaiIs to such pass that
hencrforih sectional despOtism is the ne
c's>ary Government of the United Siates''-
To our minds any such advice would seem 10
BE- like that gwen to patient, who was
kuo~n to be suffering from the fleets of some
patent nostrnm. il he should be bIandiy re-
quTsied TO repeat and double the dose.-Nqt.
Altslligsncer.
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terrible rosture--rho shower na,,,

The prisons of Naples, "a far as exquisite
torture is concerned, do not exceed il horror
the New York State prison at Sing Sing. a
New York paper gives an account of the ap-
plcatiOn of the shower bath 10 Tom Kelly, a
desperate villain, who recently led au at
tempt to escape from the institution. 1t
says:
His was no ordinary case. Half dozen
keepers surrounded his cell when he came
out of it. and followed him to the shower
bath. Half dozen men armed to the teeth,
conducted him to the scene of his suffeIings,
where Were waiting half dozen more TO
conquer him, shonld be make the slightest
demonstration of resistance
Kelly came into the room, pale and livid.
The lips were compressed, the eyes sunkcn
aud halt closed, aud the cheek boles pro-
jected more prominently than in ordinary
Cases. from the compression of his Jaws.
Take of your clothes, STRIP said the keep
er.
The mandate was obeyed without reply;
and he stripped himself naked, and entered
the bath. A convict who stood by fixed his
feet in the stocks, his hands in the urmlets.
and his head under the bath. As soon as he
Was placed under IL, he shook his head. as
much a. to say, five got TO suffer- The
water was allowed TO trickle down his face
and warm his body for a Few minutes before
the bath fell upon his head. At length il
Tell. Tom bore il WE'LL not a SILVER of the
legs, not muscular movement OF the hands
OF fingers, not a single cry OF distress, al
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-16
Triumphs OF the administration.

The election news from Indiana niiuues
the feTTOF into which thu Administration
ciTcls were thTcwn yesterday 10y the news
fr.m Pennsylvania. They arc highly excited
with thu defeat of the Democracy aud loudly
applaud the infamous rule or ruin game
played b. Bright and Fitch, aud the United
States officials uBdrr their control.
We have been aware Tor some time of the
Administration plans 10 divide the Democra-
cy OF Indiana. The Breckenridge interest
left NO stone unturned to distract aud dis
rupt II. On the stump, Bright delivered
whole eargoes of falsiiicatiOn to suit the
Black Republicans, of which, as the reports
say, bis audience was chiefly made up Mr.
Bright osiensihiy is Breckenridge man, but.
liks every other Breckinridge man, he is ac-
tuaily an advocate Tor the election of Lincoln
and a litter foe to the Democracy. The re-
suits IA Pennsylvania, Indiana aud Ohio in
contestably illustrate the end to which the
Breckinridge agitators lead
Parii's from this city, who were detailed
by the Administration to canvass Indiana
for the purposes of the Yaneey- Breckinsidge
faction. reported on their return here. some
time since. that Indiana would GO for the
Lincolnites by more than ten thousand ma
jority. The news, so far as we can Judge,
sustains the report. Yet with this knowledge,
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-16

DR. RICHARDSON BIrrERs-In our columns may be
found an advertisement of Sherry Wine Btters, pre-
pared by DIR Richardson, of outh Reading Mass
They are, as said to be, undoubtedly composed of va
riety of valuable and purely vegetable matter, and
from our OWL experience, well as others, we can
speak highly of their renovatng and invigorating ef
fects upon the system. We have good opinion Of the
Bitters as they not quack nosrur but discover
ed, prepared, ana vended by regular physician a
graduate Of the college OF Statc and who has
said but little in the way OF pulling them himself, but
leave it TO those who try them to judge themselves
For the diseases tsat many liable in the spring
and Summer, such Debility, Dyspepsia Bilious and
Nervous complaints, DO not hesitate to say that
these Bitters will be found safe agreeable and eectu
al restorative. As good liah is Of the greatest of
earthly blessings, would early advise those labor
ing under such disease, make trial OF DR. Richard
sons Bitters; they do barn. and mag do much
good, as9we are confident in many they have
Vegetables and vegetable medicines are unquestiona-
bly, the most congenial to the human system.
IyV
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The Greatness and Decline
CESAR BIRROTEAU
g. ~. WIGHT * F. Il. GOODRICH
In one Elegant Volume, l2mo. Cloth.

RUDD CARLTON have got out the first OF their Sc
ries Of the novels OF HoSoRE DE BzAc Translated by
Messrs. O ". WIGHT and F. B. GooDRIcH, both gentle
men av0ra5ly known in connection with original and
translated works The present IS entitled The Great
and Decline Cesar Birrottcau and the transa.
tors introduce it with the following Preface; That
the Novels Of Honore de Balzac.'' says the London
C-itic, are mmeasurably the greatest works Of the
kind that France-indeed, We would add, any other
country-has ever seen, does not admit Of the slight
est dispute That they so deeper into the human
heart, represent truly the human passions and
reflect with greater accuracy the phases human life
than any other novelist has been able TO do Is
admitted by all who know anything about the matter
Some may o6ect that there are features in his copo-
sitions which render them undesirable subjects OF
study TO the young and pure. To this we reply that
we are not Of that opinion Blac touches rice G,at to
sooTye her; be drags her forth the light of day
sets her up in the pery and calls her by the right
name We believe that far from having a democrat
izng effect, the careful and thoughtful perusI OF Bal
sacs writings have other result than to increase
the love Of virtue and the dread Of vice -
w. T. BERRY s. CO.,
Nashville, October II, GO. PUBLIC SQUARE,
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TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. l6. 1850.
Z he March towards revolution.

A correspondent Of the Savannah EepuJj-
eo5s, writing from Columbia, South Carolina
on The 10Th inst, makes The following state
ment:
IAN association of Minute Men was
formed here last week. which already num-
bers about three -hHndred members. They
have meetings nearly every night. and learn
that more Than sixty men were initiated last
night. Similar sS,cidtinns are being formed
il various parts of the Stat. ard the move
m-ui i epfcud ~ rapidly. | cannot better
de-crlb IT, OBJ. els tnan iy copying the pre-
aubIe to the constitution:
w Tie undersigned ciiz rs of South
Carolina, in view Of the impending crisis ne
ces,aril, irc!d ut upon tlIt cleo ion OF a Black
Republican TO lie Presidency "f these United
Sfai->: and IN lew OF our duties 10 our sc
tiun. ourselves. and our dearest inter, sis.
which must tail in the event Of the triumph
OF northern ftiIs,' lci>m. hereby form ours, Tvs
int. az g. ca ion. under the naInr aud styI,
of IN. MI>UTE Mrs: and ii further ~oieInuly
Vltdg ',s.T hrs ri foTtlEes. AID cur ~aCICd
EOsoT. L. ~u-. ain S"ulHeTu constitutional
CquIii- \ Ia III Uni. n or. failing in that, 10
establish "ur iHIr IeEd-uce ou' OF it,
$ Ihe HI"ut'-F- rr- requested To- wear
blue gUcS..tg the i-it ID of ta- hat: and
also. - 5000 ~ possible. 10 procur- q CrIt's
arm j .uJllu q, Iis,I-ts5.ji.u l. % be md
on F5id.y ghr- aud, ii enc may b. permit
ted 10 JUDGE IRON Il. Ilgr ca.kadeS seen
ataU; tHe tire, Z. III d. IN Ii trs.tiru will nc
an Important one Uut Only in numbers but
in th- cLaTacFyT 81 IEr men Composing IT,
In public pr ce-siun the II mberS are re-
OUR, d To- carry q lantern, flmf-sI- OF ether
demouStIaiIve Implement appropriate 10 iu-
OCCASION"
The Mont gorDery (AIa-) Post. Of the I3ih
inst states that It Is informed. the same OF
gauiza,ion Is forming ia Macon county in
that STATE, and add, I've have 10 daubt in
other COUNTIES, to- The Pot pt sl~bes the
same declaration o. preamble a. above given,
"a tie basis ui tie Alabama .r.aIlz alton.
Thus. step by step. the Revolution advau-
ees- Thus. day by day, the plot 10 bTesk up
;he Union DEVELOPS itself. Patriots Of Ten
ness-e. are you ready 70 Sc your country
sacrificed Are you pr. par. u 20 JON in tue
league" which his been fgsmed by it, enc
miles, to preciEi ate gou inlo reyoIu,ian9
II not, awake TO the lights That are blazing
ell around you. which have been aud are n0w
preparing TO fie The land rom one ed to the
other in the flame Of civil uav! Rise. and
put forth yeur strength TO avert Inc Imminent
calamity lin ycar bands. To- r man with
those of the friends Of the Union. il upho!diug
the Constitution and sustaining the Just and
equal laws Of the lands. Strike right and
LETT at the sectional fsualicisln. and yindicate
the name aud the fame o. Tennessee.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-16

Mr.. I. ". Beaumont concluded, last week,
a pretty thorough and very effective canvass
of Dickson county. At his three or -four last
appointments he met Mr.. McNeely, the Coli
ath of Dickson Democracy. aud the giant
shrunk into the dimensions of dwarf when
firmly ruled down to the record by one who
knows the facts. and dares to rebGke false
hood. Mr.. McNeely is somewhat famous tor
making false charges, and dealing IN broad
assertions without a show of proof; but when
be tried the game with AIr. Beaumont, the
latter gentleman promptly demanded the
proof, and insisted that the former should
make no charge which he was not prepared
to prove. This decisive course spiked the
big gum Of Dickson, and his speeches were
fiat and insipd-he was, in the language of
Horace, uox ct pretereG ahii-a voice sand
nothing else. Mr.. Beaumont brings cheering
accounts from Dickson. as given by parties
well posted as to the political sentiments of
that county. a large gain is confidently ex-
pectcd for the Union cause.-Clarksriue Ciroa-
icLe.
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Now for Now York.

Pennsylvania having gone for the Protsc-
tive Party, alias the Peoples Party, ali Is tie
Republican Party, alias the Forney Party,
alias the Abolition Party,-for ali The isuis
were combined in the oanvass,-noto comes
the turn of New York. 1t is the Empire
State of the Union. aud now the political
Battle Ground of the Nation. The majority
of the people of the State are no doubt
largely against Lincoln, and it only remains
for them to concentrate their exerlioDs aud
votes upon the only Electoral Ticket now in
the deld. There were more than As, 600 ma
jority against Fremont in New York in 1856.
though he took the State by plurality
vote of thousands upon thousands. The
Union men are now united. We lose the
Scroggses, UllmaRns, and Prescotts, aud gain
the kents. the Ogdens, and the st. Johns.
who are but type of ten thousand Others
who voted for Fremont four years ago We.
retain, however, names like Aillard Fillmore,
Washington Hunt, Lorenzo Burrows, Solo
mon G.. Haven, Charles Carroll, aud all the
good, true, patriotic, hopeful and unpurchase-
able men who were with US in 1856. The re-
suit in Pennsylvania gives no just occasion
for despair, but should prompt every good
sz-=t STOCK ueIore purtaaslnq eIse,,......
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though be was actually being drowned for
about five minutes.
''You bear Il well. Tom,- said one of the
keepers. after the first five minutes had clap
sed, and time had been given him to recu-
perate.
1t was an awful spectacle to witness this
man under the bath. Every muscle contract
ed and became corded; sometimes the hands
would become conyulsed. and every nerve,
strained. when there would follow relaxa-
ton Then the water would cease TO po,Ir
and then would appear the sufferings of the
culprit; the retchiBg and vomiting of water
which had swelied the body up like dropsi-
cal invalid. Hanging is nothing to the show
er bath. The man subjected to the bath for
half an hour suffers ten times the amount of
pain caused by strangulation, for the simple
reason that just as consciousness is about
leaving, and when he would be happy to die,
he is brought..back to full realization of his
sufferings and unhappy position.
After Kelly had been shoHered, and taken
to his cell, the keeper turned round and with
malignant smile exclaimed. .iWe'll subiue
him. Outsiders, from that single express
sive sentence, may guess at the rule in Sing
Sing.
"It's awful was Toms reply; "but can't
ask for mercy"
Down came the water again, and for Eve
minutes longer the gurgling sounds of a
strangulated man were audible, and, when
he was exhausted, the cord was let up and
the water stopped. A few minutes of release
was granted, and down came the water again,
and the scene was more terrible than the
worst execution we had ever witnessed. At
length, congestion of the brain was threaten
ed. and hiss" from the physician brought
the scene to close. Several minutes were
| allowed the unfortunate man to recover, but
the punishment was too terrible to witness
to the end, and we lett. He had been fifteen
| minutes under the shower, but had twenty
five minutes of the same TO endure when we
left; and for the next forty days the same
sort Of punishment will be meted out him
unless he dies under the hands of the keeper.
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I" Nashville Bleed Horse -
ASSOG9ATE0E.
FALL MEETING OF 1850.

FALL MEETING OF 1860.
= He FAIL MEETING, over the Central Course At
L Nashville, Will com renee on MONDAY, 0CT0-
Der 18th, 1850, and continue six days
PROGRAMME
FIRST DAY-SiONDAY, October I5th-GoodwoosI
stake Tor al ages, heats miles; 500 subscription
$50 forfeit. The association TO add 500 if the race IS
run; three or more 10 iii the stake.
THREE ENTRIES
s.ANE DAr-Woodfolk stake, No. I, for two year
odS1 lnie out 500 subscription So forfeit; I'VE
more 10 III the stake; Association 10 ada 500 ii
the race is run.
Ten ENIRIES
SECOND DAY-TUE-iAY, October 16th.-Fnfor,i
se s lSI 'Es year 0las, hats one mule 500 sub
race i run; three Or more 10 LII the stake
SLT ENTRIES
TFIsD DAY-WEDNESDAY, October I7th.--Asso-
citation Purse, 5000; heats, three mics
FOURTH DAY-THUR DAY, October 1stb.--wood-
Iok STAKE No :, Tor Two year OiGs, InIle out: 500
subscription, SO forfeit; i've more to I'll the stake
ELETEN ENTRIES
The winner Of the Wocdfolk Stake No. l. on Monday.
VII not DC eligible to start IN this stake but forfeit
WIZ Dc eAicteu nom the same
SAVE 6AT'-AssOciarion Purse, 500, heats, two
FIFTH DAY-FRDAY, October I9i,h.-Hardiug
stake for three year Olds, heats Two mi s 5000 sub
scTlptloh so Forfeit Associs add $500 ii the
race IS run; Three or more 10 Nil the stake
SLT ENTRIES
sa'rE DAr.-Associatlon Purse, $500, Irilo heats,
three best III live.
SIXTH DAY-SATURDAY, October GOTH Citizens
Purse, 81 600, four mile heats.
The above Stakes to and close the rst day Of
August, 1860
.ctlfity tn- forfeit r.-,uirej N-o,,,;,..,I ~ .. l.,
made 20 the Secretary.
Entrance money, per cent. A walk oven entities
horse 70 full amount OF purse.
W. IL JOHNSON. Sec retary,
Box No. 500.
GIN ". C. H RIDING, President.
GkN B. (. EAIHAM, Proprietor.
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Florence Nightingale says :

/" The effect of music upon the sick has
been scarcely at all noticed. In fact, its ex-
pensiveness, as it is now, makes any general
application of it out of the question. l will
only remark here, that wind instruments, in
GLIDING the human voice, and slring,d in
sIruments, capable of continuous sound, have
generally a beneficial efiect--whilc the plan
OiOTtc, with such instruments as have no
continuity Of sound, have just the reverse.
TIE finest pianoiorte playing will damage
the sick. while an air like Home, Sweet
Home" or Assisa pie dun salice," on
the most ordinary grinding organ, will sen
sibly soOthe them-and this quite indepen-
dent of association "
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-16

THE QUESTION OF OFFICE HOLDING UNDER
LTNCoIN.--The Yanceyites will break up the
Union by holding none of the federal offices
in the South. It is to be esteemed disgracefuI
to be collector or postmaster under a Black
Republican President. This is a good plan;
we admire it. The disgrace heralded. we fear.
however. is only intended TO deter all. except
the Yanceyitcs, from these offices. They are
doing Lincoln such good service in the free
States that he can't forget III N. He will I'M
derstand that he owes his election to them.
and Ill distribute the rewards accordingly.
The 1anceyites expect to get the Offices. and
they wish TO brighten all others from tn I'm.
Alter awhile, they will see that for the inter-
ests OF the South, and to prevent hcretics
from getting into power. they ought to sacri-
fee themselves by assuming the official duties
of be government.
We once knew a Clergyman who resigned
the office OF postmaster, because he had to
open the mai ON Sunday. One of the breth-
rem who commended the preacher for MS CON
Scicntious scruPles, got an application for he
office himself, alleging that if he didn't take
1t, sinner il the vicinity would get it, and
keep the Office open during the whole Sab
bath day. To prevent such Dissertation of
the Lords day. he thought be had better in
teriere. and break the sacred commandment
as little as possible.
We apprehcnd the Yanccyitcs will yield to
similar ''InexOrable logic" lt will be all
right for them 10 hold the offices inasmuch
az they will employ their official Influence
and the prof : In behalf of Sou hern rights
The Offices will not d deSecrated by hereucs
squattcr SOvereigns, &c.
We admire this plan o break up the Union.
If they viii use no other, all is safe. If the
Union is not dissolved until no Yanceyitps
can be found to hold Offices to which profits
arr attached, it will last a long time. They
will take all of the Offices, aud then seldom
die. aHd never resign.
This hObnobbing and intriguing between
the Yanceyiies aHd Lincoln men in the free
States means something. They understand
each other, ard will divide profits.
When the YanIeyi fail to dissolve the
Union, of course the next thing is to get all
the Offices in the Uni,n. and the Yanceyites
will be discreet. They have always been so.
and will not fail in this merit Snnttuiiie
IDtz1o~rgf
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-16

citizen to use all his time and ipanencc to
save his country from the calamity and curse
of a sectional Organization. The darkest
time of our political day was at the setting
Of the sun in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night
Bat even there. there are rays of hope The
Republicans lose several Members of Con-
gress, and are successful only by divisions
in the ranks of the true friends of the Union.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-16
One of the Fruits OF Democratic
Policy

We copy the following from the Mount
Sterling (Ky.) WAig OF last week. When we
take into consideration the character of the
speeches made by democrats daily, in the
presence Of slaves. it is surprising that scenes
OF this sort are not of frequent occurrence:
EXCITEMENT AT CAMARGo-NEGRo Process
SION FOR LINCoLNI-We learn that on Sarur-
day night mob of thirty or forty negroes
assembled at Carnargo. with flags and clubs
paradIng che streets, hurrahing for Lincoln
and daring any white man to interfere with
them. Writs were issued on Monday for
thiTty-five of them, including the supposed
ring leader, boy belonging TO Wellesly
Orear. ESQ, the same who it will be remem-
bered, stabbed boy of Wilson Maupin's last
fall The affair will of course be vigorously
inquired into, and the partcipators properly
punished. There is. as far as we can learn
no occasion for alarm; but we wish to take
this opportunity to express our dsapproba-
ton of the infammatory appeals made at
public meetings upon the slavery question;
they are productive of no good, but may be
of incalculable harm. It is not long since
we heard a democratic orator assert that the
republican party wanted TO elect Lincoln in
order 10 set all the negroes free. What rea-
son had any negro within hearing to doubt il?
Every white man present knew better; the
negroes are the only ones to be affected. If
any serious trouble should grow out OF this
affair, those who have needIeSsly and fool
i~hiy made assertions of that nature and
thereby led the negroes to believe what is un-
true, and what. even if it were true, they
should not know, are the ones who should be
held responsible.
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SI.erins Sale,

by virtue Of three f. IA >. Nos 2O3s 2542 2549 Il
ID me directed, am delivered from thc Honorable
Chancery Court OF Davidson County Tennessee, its
May Term, 1850, viii expose To public sale, the
highest bidder, tor cash, at the Courthouse Yard,
the City OF Nashville, Monday, the 5th day No
vember 1850, all the right title, claim interest and
tate winch Jas Powell then42a, may have since
to wit: Two tracts OF land lying the North side Of
Cumberland River, Davidson County Tennessee, one
OF said tracts containing li9IS acres the other con
tanning 100 acres, and being the same on which Mrs
Sarah Powell now resides in which she has a lie
time interest anu estate. The interest here es led W
on being the same which James J. Powell entitled TO
by descent from his deceased brother John Powell
being levied on as the property of James L Powell,
and to satisfy judgments rendered in Of James
Shoemaker, Siilinon X Son. and HazIn AGAINST
James Powell and Hiram J Wells
j. b. EDAU NDSGS.
sept22-td ShgTin
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Eockadess

II will be seen from the following para
graph from the Augusta Ca Constitutional
IS. that South Caroliuians are already mount
ing the symbols of treason:
COCkADES.-We notice q number of young
gentlemen from South Carolina. and many
from that State daily visit our city, each
wearing OF their hats very neat cockade.
Such embiems remind usoI the days OF null
ina rIrrr
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-10-16

FRzsH CTS AND WoUSDs.-Those are accidents whic
all are subject TO- more particularly the mechanics and
operators In factories This class should never be
without Dr.. s A. Weaver's Cerste. 1t wiz relieve
and heal ali such injuries quicker than any
ticle made BY having it By them for immediate
uss, much time and suffering may be saved.
1t is sold by medicine dealers generally
OrfI-EEyyJu,