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Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08

The maxms of the wisest to preserve the
body in perfect health, wait for the development
Of disease. ..Be wise in time !" check and guard
against the first approach. Keep the stomach and
blood healthy and pure and the pl gues of poisoned
atmosphere fail harmless. The only remedy that will
thoroughly purify the blood, and at the same time
strengthen and invgerate the system, is McLEAS's
STRENGTHENING CORDIAL BLOOD PURIFIER. Try it,
and you will be convinced. See advertisement.
mayI-lm
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08
r 1t is announced in the Northern LIZ

x&- 1t is announced in the Northern LIN
COLIN journals that the blockading force un-
der Capt STRNGHAM will consist of at least
fifty war vessels, accompanied by sufficient
steam transports for the accommodation OF
land force OF 10000 men. This it is supposed
will be sufficient to exclude vessels drawing
no more than six feet from any harbor, bay
or inlet on the Southern coast. For this
purpose the Administration have four vessels
ready carrying 100 guns, and ten others in
preparation carrying in the aggregate 26o
guns. "Talk." E
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08

Dr. RICHARDSON'S Sherry Wine Bitters is most
certainly valuable family medicine, it is much sought
for and every day affords proofs of the peculiar
effects of this preparatn In where disorder
ed condition of the stomach, liver and bowels, is COM
bined with great debility, nervous weakness and in
tense melancholy, its effects most beneficial and
wonderful.
Sold by druggists generally nay1-1m
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08

OHIO BELLE AND MARs.-We are informed
that the Cincinnati boat Ohio Belle Ia still at
Napoleon, bat will probably be sent up the
river to one of the camps of the Arkansas
troops, to be used for hospital and other pur-
poses. The Mars, also Cincinnati boat.
taken possession of at Helena. is to be put
to similar uses for Camp Rector. at Mound
city.-Mem. appeal, 4fh.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08

CIfuBLAINs, Frost BITES Use DIR. ). A Weaveri
Cerate according to directions, and they cured.
them by subduing the inflammation, and bring
the parts their healthy action 1t will also al
disease eruptions of the skin; and mother;
friend it is and viii Immediately every
case of SORE NIPPLES in short order. mayi-1m
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08
M ARRIED.

At the residence Of the brides mother, at O'Clock,
A. NJ, ON tuesday the 18th of May, by the Rev DR..
Howell, Dr. JOHN HENRY CURRY and Miss MARY I.
EASTMAN, daughter of the late Maj E. G. Eastman-ail
of this city.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08

Mons AID.-The Choctaw Indians, one of
the noblest races of the sons of the forest,
have rendered one hundred men TO Gen. J. L,
]. Snsed 70 dght for the South.-Apataachs,
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08
From Missouri.


ST. Louis, May 6.-Gen. Frost's brigade OF
Missouri volunteer militia are encamped
ST.. LOUIS, May THE Missouri Senate
is in open session.
The House is in secret session,
Nothing has transplred.
The Cairo correspondent of the Republi-
can says i've batteries have been planted al
different points on the Ohio and Mississippi
fully commanding both rivers, Large bodies
of infantry sustain all the batteries.
Col. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, positively as-
sured Col. Prentiss that no hostile prepara.
tons towards Illinois are being made near
Cairo.
Several hundred troops are encamped at
Corinth, near the junction of the Mobile and
Ohio and Charleston and Memphis railroads.
Camp Jackson, at ST. Louis, contains 200
men, which will be further augmented by the
arrival OF the South West expedition imme.
diately.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08
TRAVELERS

ANYHEN you go to New York, drive direct 10 the
w SMITHSONIAN HOUSE, Broadway, corner OF
Houston street, conducted on the European plan.
Good Fare, good Rooms, prompt attendance, and
moderate charges Single rooms, SO cents, IS CENTS
and 81 per day Double rooms and parlors 81 80 20
S. meals as ordered This Hotel has all the appoint
ments Or the best hotels, central iocafon ana
Il heated throughout by steam
feb2s-d3m SANUKL T. MEAD, Proprietor
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08

MECHANICS, FARMERS & WORKING MEN. presen
THE attention of the enernc and Industrious Dor ten
Of the community is directed to the following
and liberal inducements offered them by the me
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY. 1.-THE pa
which, they viii perceive, will enable them by
proper energy perseverance and industry to provide
comfortable homes for themselves and families, with
comparatively speaking, very little capital Nov
LANDS OF ILLINOIS. nediai
No State in the Valley of the Mississippi offers great they
the settler the State Of Illinois OF VIII
There portion of the world where all the cond-
OF climate and soil so admirably combine TO pro
duce those great staples, ooRS and WHEAT as the
Prairies of Illinois. -
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS. coastr.
deep loan of the praries is cultivated with GOO
wonderful facility that the farmers of the Eastern ro
Middle moving Illinois in great num- ees la
bers The area Of Illinois Is about equal to that OF In $751;
gland and soil rich that it viii support twenty
millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS. stated
These lands are contiguous to railroad 700
length, which with other roads and nava wsre
bic lakes rivers, thus affordng unbroken com
unicaton with the Eastern and Southern markets Mec
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL. sys'en
nus is sf - 80 - - ~, So, :; dren c
s'opns ~ ~ - - n. ,hl ~, and 81
that the mechanic flourish best where food and fuel
are cheapest will follow early day in Illinois, and
- .-e :, a.. ,asa 80, en-, har that at leas, acre,
five hundred Thousand people will be engaged in the
State Of Illinois various manufacturing employ w
ments -.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS. lands
500 900 600 Of private capital have been ex IN
pended on tne rairoao system " ilo1s- - . at six
part OF tne income from seVefAi u ~ W. 49, - per &c
valuable public fund lands, diminish the State ~
expenses 'ne TALES AXE I11hf' anu s' Ss for pr
every DAY decrease. from
rur crarr nrpr Of tbs
-, :. n,, s1o Ias sos "a ozd rb; IA a. each
last three years reduced 81 $50 746 so, and
may reasonably expect that IN years aUiu become anu
tinet TIVE
PRESENT POPULATION from
rapidly filing with population SOS, at six
persons having added since 1885, making
Pamphlets descriptive Of lands SOIL climate produc
application TO
J. w FoS-
For the names OF the Towns, Villages.
nois Central Railroad, pages ass, 1s9
GUIDE.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08

present population bSs ratio Of io2 per cent in
ten years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
The Agricultural Products OF Illinois are greater than
those any other State The products sent ous during
the past year exceeded poo TONS The wheat
of 1850 approaches IS 900 bushels while the corn
crop yields not less than ~. ooo, 900 bushels.
FERTILITY OF THE sou.
Nowhere the industrious farmer secure such i'm
has labor upon these prairie Soils
they being composed of deep rich loan, the fertility
of which is unsurpassed by any on the globe.
TO ACTUAL CULTIvAToRs.
Since 1854 The Company hdre sold 500 900 acres.
7ey sell only actual cltipatOrs, and epery contract
confirms an agreement cultivate The road has been
constructed through these lands at an Of $50 ,ooo
oOO In 1850 tie population Of Jovty-'aiae coassties
through icich passes scas only Ss5 SIS since shi 47s
aes Aape been added making The sohole population sli
SCI, a gain Of 14s per cent
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
evidence of the thrift Of the people, may be
that 600 900 tons OF freight including 900
bushels Of grain and $50 900 barrels of -four were for
waried over the line last year.
EDUCATION.
Mechanics and vorkingmen viii find the free school
system encouraged by the State and endowed with
large revenue for the support OF schools Their chill
sight the c6urcn ana scnool1ouSes,
and grow up with the prosperity Of the leading State in
the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
The prices of these lands vary from So 10 SIS per
acre. according to location quality, Sc First class
farming lands sell for about $40 So per and
the relative expense OF subduing prairie land
pared with wood land in the Of 10 IN favor
Of the former The OF sale for the bulk OF these
lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE,
six per per annu and six interest notes at six
per cent payable respectively one, two three four
FIVE and six years from date OF sale and four notes
for principal payable in four five and years
from date of sale the contract STIMULATING that oneteuth
Of the purchased shall be fenced and cultivated
each and every year. for five years from date Of SALE
that the end of five years oneha shall fenced
and under cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT. WILL BE DEDUCTED.
from the valuation for cash. except the should be
dollars per acre when the cash price viii be i've
dollars.
productions prices and terms OF payment be had
OSTER, Land Commissioners,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
ages. and cities situated upon the ILL.,
Iss &c 100, APPLETON'S RAILWAY
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-08

N ASH LII E, TIE NNES SEE.
M have established house in this city for the
w purpose of carrying fne WINES, BRANDIES,
CIGARS, &c, &c We keep constantly on hand sever
al qualities of Vines and Brandies, which have never
before been imported into this State.
We import our Goods direct, Zone of firm being
IN Europe much of his time,) and PAY THE CUSTOM
HOUSE DUTIES ON ALI. THE FOREIGN ARTICLES
HERE In the city, which fact, think, alone should
prove that we have imported goods.
, 1861-05-04
THIS y the sample Of the speeches mads daI-
" to the troops at Richmond. :.
Reorganization Of, the Erie ,Raflro.a
:::,,-: :; Company.
IT, From N, 7. Eng. Poxt1

The Erie Railway company Ia now fully re
organized AT meeting held yesterday MI
N9thanial n rsh was elected. President, Sam
1el Mareh, plce-Prestdent, h N. 0tie, secre.
tho Directors Of the 1ate New York aud Erie
company were chosen Directors, Mr.. Wright,
of Hnghamton, and Mr. Diven, Of Elnira.
being substituted for Mr. Cobb and M. Gel.
Gelpkee. The capital III common sbarse Il ia
coneist Of 30 much Of the present Gil, $50 600
as may be aasented to the reoE2ani9 4tion be.
fore the a9sh ofJuly next, and the capital In
preferred SHARES, 60 much Of unsecured and
Judgment deb: ~ shall be a&seuted by theesme
time, together with the averages Of Interest
thereon, the whole estimated af about IS 900. ::
VW, or the equivalent Of about &c. .OQ0 prefer
red sharas. Under the terms Of the contract
for reorganization, with Messrs. Gregory and
Uavls, Trustees, ind thesets Of the Legtslaturo
Of New York, authority ii given to assess the
ahateholderst both common and preferred, to
meet the bid at the eale, which was for The
entire areaEsges Of mortgage interest, That
power has been exercised. by ordering IN as
sesam ent OF III per cent, on the par value Of
the new shares, both common and preferred.
payable on tho exchange Of the bouiA On Ger
tiacate. .1ntefest viii ba allowed on these A.
:seasments from the date OF their payment, and
september next =: . =
: Thls assessment will bo sufficient to entire-
II Fsestab1sh the credit. Of tho concern. and
was informally agreed upon BY the directors
about six weeks ego. We 20 asserted then In
explanation Of The fall III the price Of the com.
mon shares, but severM Of our contemporaries
denied that the company had snch an inten-
red such power, Several Of the directors 1t
the time were lafgs sel1ars Of the stock at 50
to S5, With the saeW OF buying It back at
Handsome profit;
, 1861-05-04
The Baltimore steam -E4p.
From the New York Trfbune1

Agentlaman d4rec5 from airmose. and who
has seen the steamgun {abont which consi.
de1able has been eaid) operate, has furnished
us with the following description Of It:
It's on four wheels; th8 boiler is like that
Of an ordinary steam fire engine, ths cylinder
being upright. There Is but one bafrel. which
is Of steel, on pivot, and otherwise Is ike an
ordinary musket barrel It is fed or loaded
through hopper entering the barrel directly
ever the pivot. The ba1rei has rotary mo.
tion, and performs the cfrcumfa, eaoe 5; ms.
chinery attached, at the rate of about s1xteen
hundred times q minuta. The balls are lat in
to the barrel through valve at will, and eyerv
time the barrel comes round to certain poinf.
another valve, seifoperated, lets out bali
which is propelled solely by the velocity of
the barrel in revolving.
: It Will discharge tWo-ounce ball three hun
dfed times minute. The range is accurate
up and down, but the balls are liab!e to hit
vide Of the mark on one side OF the other.
The barrel Favolves inside Of dram. made of
boiler iron, between five and si1 feet In en-.
cutafezence, With an opening where the balls
6se discharged. It's range is not over ons hun-
dred Yards at best, aud the gun can be worked
80 as to discharge IL any direction. The whole
thing weighs 600 pounds, and is about the
s!zs OF steam 3re-engine. It ID the opinion
Of our Informant that the gan does not warrant
the expectations Of the inventor and thst it
ID not likely to bo Of much service.
, 1861-05-04

roads q her 1elsure and Ut her own cost. The
state Gf Mafylaah being tt tue: to the Union,
>and sshaydnR3 3emphati tiral1y rohpked secession
BY :vote Of ;4ar L5gisiaeurr7 Baltimore b..
comes teolatsd and Is: Of little consequence:
Mn, arc Inclined To- think, :hoW6yur, that IT,
.MnlAa occupaed BY astrong Hillary garrison;
ind ltaRaople fur1ished With = degree Of law
and order toMhteh they have been strangers:
a plan lpr tho 1ortiacatton md: defance; OF.
WashtuRtonia IL be3ng drawn, alid Il VIII com-
sprahsud the ~ accent country. An immsnse
army gathered along th81i&ht bank Of the Po-
etomac Viii, at the proper Hme, ba prepared to
dictate. terms At Richmond Raleigh Qharles-
ton, safannah j Montgomery. o. WHEREVER elae
rebellion nsakes head: From these points Il
Will be seen that II JEFF Davis should be weak
.enQnghtQ To concentrate al his forces for an
'attaek; on .Waskfn9t Ton, the. .msJonty-cf thH.
sopth will be overrun and ent5ug ated by great
armies acting fnm II Pen4aoola toward Mont
gomery, from Indidziols, through Texas and
! Loglsiana, $northeastward, from Cairo down
tbs Mississippi, From Ohio aud Plttaburgir
through Waeternr Ytrginias :and ttoa MARYLAND
down the seahoaId::s .:.75z
NC mayadd also, that the ralaing Of the coll
OTIS OF the navy to twenty yseven thousand men,
ehows the immediate establishment Of a navy
80 formidable as to BIZ able to sweep the seas
of, al priVatesIa and to etfectual1y blockade
the rebel ports. 8uth We believe to be the
plan Ct operations, sh3at as we can make 1t
out from the -{acts, before aB..,
, 1861-05-04

Exodus Or slaves from Maryland,
+, :, The reported stampede Of slsves from Ma
/ Fyland into Pennay1vznia Is, confirmed By the
following statement; tase,1: from the Media
Pa Adsestt;;ser::.ff .....,
i "Numhsrs offugitfye slaves have passed
through Delaware county, Pa, during tie past
Week:. Noone fnterfer a with then, but rath-
g. aided tae1n On their way, with the excep-
tien a1 ono instance, where q ruae was resort
ed 70 to ascertatn whether two who stopped,
a1.the mill ofEsamuel Ogden, in ThornbnFy, to
peg something to eat, ware genuine fugltiyes,
: Is they represented. While sume ono left for
the house to procure them food, a hand In the
mtit stepped ilta the room where they were,
with a pitchfork, and asked for writing ma.
tes'aiB, saying that he wished to arrest them,
WatrenPhn they darted of with almost the
speed OF 8 deer, leaving their ahoes- and
amau M bundles behind, aud took to the woods
me miller pursued to cali them back, but
theT only ran'the faster, and. nothing wss at.s
terwards seen Of them, although dlligsnt
search Waa instituted tn order to return tleir
snoes md htnd1ss.: The casa af the poor fel-
Iowa Ean were probably half starved, excited
considerable e sympathy: They represented
1na3 tasy came from the lower part Of Mary
lAhd.'t = = Z -
, 1861-05-04
fhe secessioutats %; spair OF Taxing
, :. =, Fort Pick ems.
The Washington correspondent Of the New

rS-
The Washington correspondent Of the New
Orleans Crescent, under date Of April 27th,
says: -:
:. i Is not to be disgni,ed Tint the enemy's
Rositiea y s5seedi1ely stsen Fekens Itself
large number Of guns Of hs4vy caliber; s1f1i.
Gent to hold at baf and keep out Of The har-
Dor the largest squadron In the world; : Ita
position on the extreme point Of q narrow
island, composed Of loose and soft sand; its
guns commanding nd covering The whole
ted hy high glacts and deep ditch, would
render its cpproach, sven from the Island, very
difficult md destructive, But this spproach
has been rendered nti1l more difficult If not
I'm possible, 6J the array Of powerful batteries
: Of no less than four large ships Of war, which
are anchored on the sea side Of the Island, aud
ships afs the Brooklyn, the Powhatan, tbs s.
b!ne and st. Louis, carrying nearly hundred
guns-mauy Of them the largest calibe1. They
by neaf enough. :unaer the is1and, to throw
shells into or very near the navy yard
Though the fonsh, oak Of their hulls
over the underwood Of St. Rosa, and have % an
air Of great impudence and determination
which Is not little provoking aud irritating.
They look as Il they were in dead earneat-0f
which trust they win not be long kept walt.
ing for an opportunity to prove. have often
wished myself q king Or an autocrat, in order
tog get rid ofsome obnoxious person o. persons;
but never until now have wished myself q
tempeet-not in ateApot, but q chartered hur-
rlcane, to rove and riot when and where I
pleased.
Fort Pickens has< been reinforced and pro.
visioned. Several large steam Transports haya
landed large supplies of munitions. The gar
rison eonsista of five or six hundred artiiler-
lists, and can be greatly strengthened by ma.
rines and sailors from the ships. They are ac-
lively engaged in making sand batteries On the
beach End In strengthening the fort, the guns
having been moved from the sea side to the
front, comman ding the Navy Yard, from
which the distance IL about / 110 miles. We
can distinctly sea them moving about the
Island on foot and horseback, and young
man who got ashore here last evening has inst
.assured me that the island Is cnt up into paths
and trodden over IN every direction, and they
are still engaged n landing provisions and
munitions. ilearn, too, that they are quite
confident Of matusainfng their positIon--in re-
gsrd to which beg to tender them old father
Ritchie's 1nvaraable response to all boastere-
, 1861-05-04
From Vanity Fair.

sHow YOUR TEETHLDr. sigismund. a ra-
tnotic dentist, announces that he Is ready to
give bis professional services, without charse
70 70 the gallant volunteers about to do battle
happy and time1y one. Teeth ought to b
arpened before they are shown, and there Is
every indication Of an immense flashing of
worries" around, just ROW.
MASSACHUSETTS SIATuARY-The Marble.
headers >.
TEE soNa or OUR Vo1UsrRzHs--"I wish I
Tas in Hicks's land" ..-.
A NEW CAI1--X- is Of opinion that a call
should be made for regimen. Of Cooks, to
Perform culinary service for our gallant vol
unteers for, he says, 1t il we'll known that
when TIE soldiers undertake such matters they
Invariably make Mess of til
S1GNAI4 BRAvKHY.-The Artists OF the Stu-
do HNl1dtng tn Tenth street are forming
military organization In case Of Brush
with the enemy, We may be sure that they
will stick to their Colors!
TIE, Observation-Disclosures has upheld
her v'llainous reputation a. the City Of Mobs,
What ean we expect Of Plug Ugles e1cspt a
Plug Muss?,,
TEE ZouAvz FREMkx.-"A An A1mv with
spannes7."
:, Nq N55sssEksE, THERz.--If the Msry1snd
Legislature passes an ordinance Of Secession
-as it will probably have doua by the time
That this paragraph goes to presa-let It be
scattered sa,s certnonfs right and left, as dust,
Is scattered By the whsr1wtnd. This Ii no
time for ele9ant courtesles Ia Seward and
Everett: and the country is not disposed to
hem and haw when 1t should be Pitching In
and that right flercely. We hold MaryIaud
by the npse-let her Behavior Beware! In
the old days ahe Was called Merry Lsnd-let
shan be written Marah Land-the Land Of Biz
ternesa and of Paint
, 1861-05-04
Matters iaVIrk1n{a.


]. The Virginlana, aiuce the ordinance of &c.
cession, are manifesting the most helllsh
spirit No Northern man is to be permitted
to stay within the borders, or pollute the ga
cred soil Of that State, To their other eralted
attributes, the frat families are now making
Tor themselves reputation for murder and
stealing. Men are hung, or driven from their
homes without atrial OF notification, and In.
.:yartahiy robbed Of their property 4 family
Of Norfherners reached this city Yesterday
afternoon, utterly destitute, who In the mcrn-
ing were suE1undsn BY all the comforts and
many OF. the inxu1les Of life Two men from
Ratnam county, New York, who have been
living In Charlotte, we're here last erApinp,
having been forced to leave; and gentleman.
named Bowlea, from Massa :husetts, called on
me yesterday afternoon, who had but one hoiur
allowed him to depart from home that be
had occupied for eleven yesrs. His wife was
absent at the time, and ae was not allowed
even the privilege Of writing word to her, to
tell why ha had left or where he had zone.
tME. Be. les has efnce applied to Gov. Letcher
TOR the privilege Of going to Charlotte to get
his f1mily, and the brutal Governor has r.
fused the rsquest-TRB.] Is not there re-.
hnemeut Of cruelty that no Northern dee-
perados could ever hips to accomplish !,
met gentleman from Richmond this
morning, who gives nae some information Of
tue feeling prevalent there. He represents it
as perfect Taign. Of terror, and an excitement
That he never saw :psralle1sd The troops iu
the city, he thinks a fine, hardy body Of men.
but ignorant beyond belief. II Is upoa the
tgnorance Of thsa5 men that tbs leaders plsy,
some Of the statements he heard made, would
hardly bt credited as the assertions of sene
men. Hs1istened to one man who publicly
stated ttst the Seventh Regiment he'd b.
cut to pieces IN the ST. eetE of Annapolis, and
that he himself snw moro than one hundred
Of their dead bodies lying IN the streets of that
city. AnethcrnAp he heard aEsure tbs crowd
that the Masssehusetts vagabonds (har gIori-
ous voluntarily had bsen qaartared III the
Capfto1a at Washington, aud had amused them-
selves BY running their bxyonets through The
pictures which: adorned 1t, and that the rich
hsngfnga. Of the, different ,1oous have been.
pulled down and made Into blankets aud
wrappers for the use Of the troops. ~., =:
Another man. who ewas organizing 8 corps
Of infantry, told them they had nothing to DO
but to march to glory and wealth. tsWhat,"
said he, "conld Northern army do on our
sterile hills they Wnnld stxrveto death. But
you," he continued. ttAaye hut to march to
Washington, and tey: that In zshes-then to
Philadeiphia, which Is rich In all kinds Of
wealth-:rom thae through all the North; there
fs village every dve miles, and every
village has bank, and. every. bank has vault
or specie, aud you have but to help Jour
THIS y The sample ct the speeches msds dal.
~ to The tE10nx at Rfnhmnnd ,