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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18
From MIssourt.

ST. LOUIS, June 7.-Gov. Jackson will make his
first stand at Bonneville.
Rumors are current that the Convention ia called
together Immediately.
The Ststs Treasurer, after brief arrest, was re-
leased.
Ben Mccullough is reported at Fort Smith with
10000 men He is also reported in Benton county,
Arkansas with 500 men
Twelve Illinois regiments are stationed within
two hours of St. Louis. 1000 State troops are at
Bonneville.
The Secessionists have full sway on both sides Of
the Missouri from Kansas TO Bonneville, and are
well prepared for fight.
A skiruish is reported near Independence In
which the Federalisfs were routed.
The Federal troops are moving Westward from
various points.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18

FORTRESS MONROE, June l7-Gen. Butler demand
Is 600 additional troops.
An artesian well Is being bored to supply tn
troops with water.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18

From Now York.

CLEVELAND, O., II The schooners Fremont and
Ben Blint are wrecked. Cargoes wheat.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18
BANK NOTE AND EXCRANGE LIST
CORRECTED DAILY MERCHANTs' BASK-sHAPARD & 90
Tennessee

BRokEN woRTELKsE
Agricultural Bank, Brownsville.
Central Bank Of Tennessee, Nashville.
Farmers and Mecf snics' Bank, Memphis.
Mechanics Bank, Memphis.
Memphis Savings Institution.
Exchange Rank, M1TfreesboTo'.
Miners and Manufacturer Bank, Knoxville.
Ba1k of East Tennessee, Knoxville.
Bank Of Trenton.
Bank Of Jefferson, cambridge.
Bank Of Claiborne, a. Tazewell.
Bank Of TazeWeIl,-
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Alleg hany Springs.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

FHIs celebrated Watering place Will be opened r he rs
i ton OF Wis the 6 dAF % Juas.
Located 81 half miles from the Virginia and Tsnnnss Na
road they Of AID Afford he recnrfF q
yamlliss
Bach department. supervised propsetOrsshs vim :.
tend personally 20 the wants Of their guests
ne rors aaissr themselves they ,l 30
pared a. tue present season
Afuli supply OF Ice has been secured.
Passengers B. 8hzWsVils. and III n ~
10 horse emnb anc road 70 The eprinas
These ssss stand unFiTaiitd iby tie cure q D, srs
jsneidlm BOOTS. cAL8s ~ q C. E
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18
on,r,s SPOOL oorTON

COaT,s SPOOL COTTON,
have In store % co. 90 yIds 500 hes Of this
Nv matbIess Sewing Cotton. %he 100 co. msu u Ten
nee who use this TArssd ali be furnished IS hy may
need a., !,
J 'nll sc expec, fail importation Of Is AID oher
nd nj artici, timber, rer steamer rest Ba'ra A.
tbs % Nor on pile of seward, Chsse, Blair Oh Aee
and tie More ~ iArin DOUGLAS & co.
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DR.. westerve1t,
HOMEoPATHIsT AND WATER CURE
RuGledge Place, SouGh end OF Front Strees
NAsHVILLE, TENN.
ReFEeFenees.
d. LIr1rE, Rev. VIZ RED, WArsOs FHszAS, 3. n
BzoczwAr, N. NJ BHGASr.
june Hon
JAMES M'LAUGHLEN 4 CO.,

fsccczssoRs a. yxzEus1
Commission, Feed & Preduce MeKchRAess
RtALaRs
hay, oATs, CORN, BRAN AND REED sTUTB,
NO. 8 SOU7R kARKEz STREET,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
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From Alexandria.
From Fortress Monroe.

From Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA, June 1.-THE thermometer stands
t 1876 degrees in the shade.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18
Cram HageratoxUn.

HAGFRSrowN June 1900 men are still at Har>
per's Ferry.
Wise is moving to oppose M"Clellan's advance.
The Southern pickets are again opposite Williams
port.
The Southerners burned seventy locomotives.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18

NorIcE-lNl mail matter intended for Camp
Chea,ham. and left at the Gazette Office by O'Clock,
P. NJ, will be conveyed by special messenger on
the daily morning train.
R. c. FOSTER, 81,
Brigader General.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18

RENT FREE.
have three small houses. i've rooms each which
will lei to the families Ofthose actually in service in
fighting LNooLSs hordes, free of rent. ill the war
closes or Till their return. T. Powers,
aRrl25 'eI No. "a Market street.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18

Markets byITeleYraPh.
Nrw YoRg I7-c otton quiet Sales 500 bales at lac
~.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18

FoR RExr-A desirable suit Of rooms in the
Union and American Buildings Apply at TINS
&c dec29-d
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TEsOLVENT NOTICE.

TTV0 those Who may hrId ens against Fhoas
I Picard dsc,ased yoz hsrsby Bcknsf 70 q yosr
claims authenticated sccer1 Law. sh the Ik q Wus1
eg CounEy Court Tennessee before he les dy %
tember li pro distribution the ella against aid
will 1dicaed pro - dBtrbuton has day
JoIE PTcKARD, Adnr.
mar s-E4lstrsfess3 Of Ehos PicGArd asesGssd.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-18

oAoH and Buggy Harness sverz yss and ouaIlt ssv
constantly % hand snd Manufactured 70 sTisr Alcl
eoggy CoArs Nip and Bog skiR Collars Brsdlss HalRsl
nd al other Ar ices made Harness ID
oes materials and ne finest WoFknAnship, an % sch TIA
soa eneaP e n ee bought anyvnse In hs unted Sat
TOY hoHkkFOE8 Harness has gEAFde4 Ire -sacoi
ss Fres AZ the Tennessee State Pair, Ksntueg ssa
E sowing efeeD ~ the LnsssOne County KAr, Aala
ma; Agricultural Society at Athena
mar3O6i-ddan
The Shasta courier., 1861-04-06

THESE TERMS will be invariably ad,
hered to in all cases-of course giving our
present subscribers a reasonable time in
which to pay UP their subscriptions aom due,
say one month from date.
A reduction in the terms of subscription of
The Shasta courier., 1861-04-06
0NEHUNDRED CENT

is certainly very great, but if we can get all
to pay in advance we will lose nothing by
the change, for the simple reason that, under
tho credit system, we lose nearly half of all
sums yearly due from subscribers. In Cali
fornia men change their residence more fire.
quently than perhaps in any other portion of
the world, and it is remarkable fact that
Printers bill is about the very last indebted
ness that people of a migratory disposition
ever think of liquidating. We haye upon
our books more than $40, 900 of just such in
debtedness, which we will readily dispose of
at twenty five cents on the dollar:
Besides, we expect an increase in the num-
Der of our subscription list at these exceed
ingly low rates. Certainly no head of FAM
lily, no resident of the county who is not now
a subscriber to some one of the county pa
pers. can hereafter offer reasonable excuse
for not taking paper. Five Dollars will
surely not oversize any mans purse.
We also expect many persons to subscribe
for the COURIER at the low price of
FIVE DOLLARS PER YEAR,
to be mailed to their friends in the eastern
States.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27
DR.. Dodge and the Irishman.

When DR.. Dodgs, the Electric Physician,
lcctured through this State on the laws of
health, and particularly en- the evils of tea
and coffee, he happened to meet one morn
ing at the breakfast table. witty son of
Erin of the better class. Conversation turn
ed on the Doctors favorite subject, as fol-
lows
Perhaps you think would be unable to
convince you sf she deleterious effects of tea
and coffee 7
I don't know said Erin, but I'd like to
be there when you do it.
WELL said the Doctor, if convince you
that they are injurious to your health, will
you abstain their use ?
Sure, and will SIR"
'How often do you use coffee and tcag
asked the Doctor.
Morning and night SIR
Well said the Doctor, DO you ever ex-
perience slight dizziness of the brain on
going to bed ]?
L do, indeed dor replied Erin.
and sharp pain through the temples in
and about the eyes in the morning:
Truth do, sir.
WELL said the Doctor with an air Of con-
fidence in has manner, that is the tea and
coffee
Is It indeed! Faith and always thought
it was the whiskey | drank
The company roared with laughter, and
the Doctor quietly retired He was beaten
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27
From the Leisure Uoux
The Bible in our Schools.

Changeable as fostune and feeling are we,
yet look in after life to- whas we Aved when
We were children. More than this, there
gathers an enchantment over ehdhoed's
days which renders every memory of them
sacred. Almost all that we knew md heard
and saw did, when We were enjoying those
gleefUly a2d innocent seasons, is invested
with a charm which makes it treasure to
the heart that remembers. IF relicts of those
days be preserved they have CT eat Influence
on the heart wheneyer the eve beholds them.
They send the thoughts away on sweet
and affecting visit to those days, and when
they return they bring back an impulse to
the soul in keeping with the character of
those long ago experiences Who will say
that it is wise or safe for the Bible to be
without this absorbing cbarm-this consecra-
ted power? The full memory OF childhood
and school-life, without any remembrance Of
the Bible is crown of joy Gt may be) yet it
is a crown without its brightest and richest
gem. 1t is a memory all of Earth and none
of Heaven.
But to be more practical, the books that
are read in early life have very much to do
with the character of after years. Doctor
Franklin confesses that reading a work called
Essays to dc good" while he was boy, had
al iIhuShNS Oil ulo NOtluuSI lllC, IC
adds "if have been a useful citizen, the pub
| lie owes the advantages of it to that book"
DR.. Alexander Murray info, ms US when at
school read Paradise Lost which from that
time has influenced and infi9med my imagi-
nation" Robert Burns admits that the
! Lives of Wallace and Hannibal had a most
powerful effect upon hm-the former instill-
| ing patriotic fervor which flowed unccas-
ing as the current of life, and the latter imbu-
ing his mind with a penchant for military
achievements which was heard in the frantic
exclamations of his moments. So doubtless
with very many others. The books we read
are mighty-the books we read when young
are mightiest. Is it right then that the Bbl,
should be taken or kept from the hands O
the young? Is it right that the bet o!
books should have she least influence ? Is il
right to- leave the moulding of life's great
destiny to the impress of profane historian:
alone? Is it right to open the ears of chill
dren and youth to the ciashing tongues and
confounded and confounding arguments o
man, and stop them to the teachings of tina
wisdom whose ways are plcasantncSS anC
peace Shall mans instrumentalitieS alone
make the fortune os the soul, or shall God's
instrumentaities be assigned their PROPER
superiority? Answer these questions, pa
rents and teachers, by giving the Bi lie ;
textbook to the young A. W. NJ.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27
Don't Do it. Girls /!

There is practice quite prevalent among
young ladies of The present Gay, says an eX
change, which old fashioned people consider
improper. We allude to their giving daguer-
reotypes Of themselves to young men who
arc merely acquaintances. We consider it
indicate in TIE highest degree. We are
astonshcd that any young lady should hold
herself as cheap as this With an accepted
lover it is Of course ali right Even in this
case, the likeness should be returned If by
any misunderstanding the engagement should
cease. IL this little paragraph should meet
the eye of any young girl who is about 10
give her daguerreotype TO any gentleman a.
quaintance, let her know that the remarks
made by young men when together, concern
ing what is perhaps on her part but . piece
Of ignorance OF imprudence, would, il she
heard them, cause her cheeks to crimson
with shame and anger. Were Il sister Of
ours we have often said with flashing eye
were it a sister of ours but that not be-
ing the case we give the advice TO anybody q
sister, who needs il, with our best bow and
most anxious desire that she should at
all times preserve her dignity and selfres-
pect
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27
One Kindred Years Apn.

One hundTeaiyears ago there was not sin
gle white nan in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana,
or Illinois Territories. Then, what is now
the most aourishing part of America, was as
little known as the country round the Noun
tains of the Moon. 1t was not until 1863,
adventui Gus Boone, left his hoTnc in NORTH
Carolina to become the first settler Of NeR.
tucky. The first pioneer of Ohio did NOT
settle till twenty years after that time. y
hundred years ago Canada belonged TO
France, and the whole population of the Uni
ted States did not exceed a million and a half
of people. A hundred years ago the great
frederick Of Prussia was performing those
great exploits which have made him i'm.
mortal in military annals, and with bis lit
tie monarchy was sustaining q singh handed
contest with Russia, Austria, and France,
the three great powers of Europe combined
hundred years ago the United States were
the most loyal part of the British Empire,
and on the political horizon no speck indi-
Gated the struggles which within q score c
years thereafter established the greatest re-
public i'll the worli. hundred years ago
there We're but four newspapers IN America
steam engines had not been imagined, and
railroads and tcleIraphs had not entered in
to the remit conceptions Of man. When
we come to look back Mt ii Though the vista
of history, we find that the century which
bad passed has been aRssted to more impor-
tant events, in heir braping upon the happi-
DesS of the world, tkuFa almost anotker which
has elapsed since the creatioRa a hundred
years beHce, what will be the Developments !?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27
Stray Thoughts.

With measured stroke the old clock rings
out the hour Of ten; and ] am not sorry,
though every peal is a knell for departed
hours, telling me that another day is forever
gone, and its record of both good and evil
forever sealed One day the less to live
One days journey nearer to the shadowy
valet 1t is solemn thought, yet the mind |
is unable to comprehend it in its true light /
and is ever rushing on with impetuous speed, |
impatient to solve the problem OF its exist |
ence. The night comes, overshadowing the
earth with her sable wing, and we look
with aR~ious impatence for the bin tn Of an
other morning. Day dawns, with flood of
golden light, awakens man and nature to a
new existence yet still we find ourselves
just as anxiously watching for the advent OF
night again. And so our lives pass.
''Man never is, but always to be blessed
The cry of the mind is ever tomorrow
tomorrow = Yesterday is a forgotten dream,
to-day harsh reality but the future is
poets vision, clothed in a halo of fairy like
beauty. Our minds a. cend upon the airy
wings of imagination until they reach a
height all too lofty for them to see the lit
| tie flowers that bloom around the pathway
of to-day; but, gazing off into the dim and
misty future, they behold land of enchant-
ing beauty. The hills, that in that far off
distance SO softly melt into the horizon, seem
to us as the point where earth and heaven
meet. ...
Amid those bright fields of fancy we can
see none of the rugged asperites against
which our weary feet are now bruised, we
can there see none Of the sharp and Jagged
rocks over which We to-day are dragging
our lives But there all seems fair and beau
tiful, and We, like child who chases the
tieeting beauty of rainbow, forget, in def
ance OF all experience, that when the gauzy
veil of distance is ton 81 aside, and the yet
unborn future is made a living present, that
those very hills will be found as rugged and
as hard to climb as those of the despised
present
And why will we close our understand
ings to the teachings of our own experience
and the experience of all the past, and so
make our lives like the fevcrish dreams Of
; one who on Sahara's burning sands dreams
of shady groves and bubbling fountains q
Whv viii we close our eyes to the Thousand
beauties which shine around our pathway
t every day? Why wander off into the illimi
3 table fields of imagination, in the vain pur
: suit of shadows, while within our very gras
e we hold the substance?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27
A Beautiful Picture.

The man who stands upon his own soil,
who feels, by the laws of the land in which
he ives-by the laws of civilized nations
that he is the rightful and exclusive owner of
the land which he tills, 5, by the constitution
of our nature, under wholesome influence,
not easily imbibed from any other source
He feels another, the eberacter Of a man as
lord of an i7animats worta. OF this great
and wonderful sphere which, fashioned by
the hand of God, and upheld by His power.
is rolling through the heatens, part is his
his from the centre sky. 1t IS the space
on which the generation before moved in It's
round of duties, and he feels himself connec-
ted by a visible link with those who follow
him, and to whom he is to transmit home.
Perhaps his farm has come down to him from
his fathers. They have gone TO their last
home but he can trace their footsteps over
the scenes If their daily labors. The roof
that shelters him WAS reared by those to
whom he owes his being. Some inte-ertlng
domestic tradition is connected with every
enclosure. The favorite fruit tree was plan
ted by his fathers hand. He sported in boy
hood beside the brook which still winds
through the mead IN. Through the field
lays the path to the village-school of his ear =
lier days. He still hears from his window
the voice of the Sabbath bell, which called
his fathers to the house of God, and near at
hand is the spot where his parents laid down
TO rest and where, when the time has come.
he shall be laid by his child en-. These are
the feelings Of the owners of the soil. Word;
cannot paint theln-gold cannot buy then,
they fiow out Of the deepest fountains OF
the human heart they are life springs of a
fresh, healthy, and generous national charac-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27
True Courage,

A company of boys in -Street, in
Boston, one day after school, were engaged
in snowballing William had made . good
hard SNOWFALL. In throwing it, he put in
too much powder as the boys say, he threw
it too hard-and it vent further than he in
tended, right through parlor window
All the boys shouted.
There, you'll catch it now. Run, Bill,
run?
They then took to their heels.
Bot tie brave William Strengthened up and
looked sober. as he said,
Il shaU not run"
He then started directly 5or the house
where the window had been broken. He
rang at the door, acknowledged what he had
done, and expressed his regret lie then
gave lis name, and the name of his father.
and his fathers place of b .siness, and said
the irl.lry should he repaired
Was not that nsblek There Was trur
eour1gs. 1t is easeaEdics that WOULD lead a
boy, whea ks has done an injury liks that,
to sDeas away and run TO conceal IL How
noble and brave it is to see boy confess d
fault and not be afraid to face 5hs consequcn,
ccS.
Give US William, whezeFer any real bra.
very is called for, rather than all the boys
togeth who cried ou5,
Run, Bill, run
He'll face the dangcS, while they will
sneak
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27
FOR THE sPIRIT OF THE AGE
The Fulfllment Of Predictions.

The wonderful precision with which nu-
merous predictions, uttered without the small
lest apparent possibility of knowing whether
they would ever como to pass or not have
been fulfilled, has always been to US matter
of no little surprise. Our refer is of
course to such as are entirely unconnected
with Divine revelation, and consequently un-
prompted by inspiration.
Historians inform US that Caesar was re-
peatedly warned by the augurs to beware
Of the Ides of March, The scene enacted in
the Roman Senate on that day fulfilled the
prediction, and proved fatal to Caesar and all
his long projected schemes
When khosem, king of Persia, was en-
eamped in sight of Constantinople with an
army flushed with victory, and Heraclius, the
Emperor, was trembling for the safety of his
people, there came to him (Khosrw) from Mo
manned, just then beginning to establish his
authority over Arabia, a letter as a message
from Gods prophet demanding his obedience.
Such an imperiouS demand from an obscure
son ofthe desert so enraged the Persian mon,
arch thathe ore the letter IN pieces and cast the
fragments to the winds. When this was an
nounced to the prophet, he said, 1t is thus
the Lord will rend the kingdom of Khosrw.
This prediction the descendant of the great
NuSlllTVdH llNed u sCe LITERALLY IIlS
insolence and arrogance aroused Heracius
from his disgraceful Incidence to a glorious
career He einvaded Persia with large army
stripped its naughty SOW, reign of a large part
Of his domlnions, spoiled his magnificent pal
aces, and carried off his boarded treasures
While the conqueror was devastating his
kingdom, Khosrw, who before had evinceo
such courage and energy, looked On in 81
lence like one infatuated He would neithe
attempt to defend his throne, nor listen t.
any overtuTes of peace from the victors, whii1
tic prophecy of the unknown Arab was full
filling.
1t may be, he said, in the case of Caesar
that the conquerors were previously informe
of the designs of the eonspirators, and con
sequently there is nothing strange in the ful
| fllnent of their prediction But the sam
cannot be said of Mohammed's prediction
concerning the kingdom of Persia 1t az
pears to have been uttered with as much al
surance as if it had been in reality denur
ciation from Him who holds in His hand
the destinies of nations. None of the event
transpiring at that time were at all of such
nature as to lead any one to venture on sue
prediction with any certainty of its fulfil
ment. Khosrw, so far from seeming to |
in any danger, was apparently on the poil
Of ;erminating the existence Of the only go
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27

the dying testimony of criminals themselves,
as they expiate their crime OF the gallows.
We are told that the scene between young
Powers and his mother, sister and brother,
was affecting beyond description. The mo-
ther and sister were the first to leave and
when the brother was at last persuaded to
retire, the doomed man kissed him and said,
DO as told you, and let liquor alone Here
is volume of instruction to the young men
of our country The moderate and social
use of liquor may lead to the most danger
Gus consequences. There is no safety in it !;
no control over it. 1t suddenly excites and
leads a youth, ere he is aware, to some deed
of desperation, for which there is no reputa-
ton. o young men of America be wise
and let liquor alone Then you are safe
Then all the fruit Of the vineyard, and all
the outporings of the distillery never can
harm you. Then you will have self control
in the hour of excitement, and never be
called to taste that bitter cup which young
| Powers was called upon to drink.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27

These were the last words of James Pow
ers recently executed a. Washington for the
murder of Edward a. Lutz. To the last,
he indulged hopes of commutation. The
President said to one person, occupying
prominent position, who was pleading for
mercy, If You can show me one extenuating
circumstance, l will grant it, The person
rsse,Sd rrasnd Of Appeal s~ and ndng Vea Ro
s.UuI sour Exeellency The Prssiaent m'S rsO,;sd s
NEARLY all the murders and other crimes Of
violence SO frequent in the District of Co
lumbia, have been committed IN m by such young
men, And nearly all the outrages are trace
able to the numerous liquor -shops of Wash
ington. This is the general testimony and