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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-06
An set to r.p. tn. fourth s sa a' 81 regulate

An set to repeal tbs fourth section regulate Foreign
Coins in the Confederate states spPoFa March 6th 1885,
and fer other purposes.
SECTION The Congress Of tha conieIrEe States Of America
do act That from and ser the passage Of this act the fourth
SEXTON Of Aa act suate Fregn Coins 10 the Confederate
states approved March To- 1851 Be- and the ssmes h:reyre
paed and that hereafter the following gold coin shall
current within the Confederate States OF America and
be rs;Vabe for the payment Of all debts and demands at the
following rates. h is The soVegegn Of England, Of
less weight than pennyw @ aad three grains, and OF
the hnenes Of OBS "a nine hundred and hhesn and onehD
thousandths shall be deemed equal four dollars ard eighty
i've cents tie Napoleon Of the weight Of less than lwt
and grAls four pennyWeghts three grains and onehah
and OF hneness Of less than $3.50 eight hundred and nney
nine housandths shall be deemed equal to three dollars and
ghy 1--WE cfnsi the Spanish and Mexican Doubloons Of
lis, weight than (l1dat grains Seyent:en pennyEeght
eight gaus and oneha and Of the fnens Of mos less han
C99 eight hundred and niastyIins thousnds, shall be
Seemed equal to fifteen sol'ars and sixty cents.
Approved August 81, 1861 ssp22 law4R
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-06

The Troops for Canada,
ANNOUNCEMENT OF TIE MOVEMENT.

Ia reference to tn dispatch OF troops to Canada
he army end yaVg Gazstls says:
"Uer Msjesiy's Government has determined tc
mako "a mporten. increase il the strength Of cur
Dili airy force in North America, AMI three regi-
nsns Of infantry are about to be placed under i'm
aedisie orders for Canada. They viii probably
embark in the Crest Eastern before the middle Of
september. II is very likely that three cid ano
,oroughly Efficient battaii0ns will be chosen.
Whatever may be the effect in sens quarters of the
announcement We new make, we nave little
Ioubt that the public generally viii recognize
si4 step as a wise precaution the part of those
resp 'uai' lie for the diguity and integrity of the
Empire"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-06
MAPS FOR THE

WAR NOTICE.
NR0M and after this date will Gil ORDERS lor any de-
Scription Of Gosds unless accompanied with the Cash
Being obliged now to cash for every scle purchase
our nds and the public generally Will az the necessity
this part Our stock Groceries and Conf
aorares now full and we'll assorted, and Cash Dealers VII
and cur House the place 70 purchase
THOMPSON, sPERRY Z CO.,
ADl2O-a 30 q Make; street.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-06

NASHVILLE, Sept II, 1851.
FTNHR Bank Of West Tennessee, Memphis has deposited
Funds at the PatsrI Bank Of Tennessee, At Nashville,
foT the redemption Of its notes.
Ueptl2-3n~ B. MAY, Cashier.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-06

CAST STEEL.
UTB have mail lot Of Cast stee for ale cheap To- eaGh
wv ssptI2-dln Hills & MOORE.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-06

JE MCLEAN, Sole PropristoF,
Corner q TLi-d and Pine streets, st. Louis, No.
, 1861-02-28
,FORT SUMTER.

The attack on Fort Sumter is renewed by
the newspapers almost every week. It is
now set down for Monday next-Inaugu-
ration day-hIarch 4th. But if we may
place reliance on the opinion Of military
men who know the capabilities Of that
stronghold for defence, all the guns in
South Carolina cannot, If they are placed
no nearer than Fort Mou1trie or Morris
Island, breach its walls in year: Breach
ing batteries, says Capt. PoPE, in late
lecture in Cincinnati, are rarely placed
nearer than 800 yards Of the fertilization
to be attacked, and from that or nearer
point the regular advances begin, and are,
in some cases, where the resistance is pro-
longed, carried almost up to the wall in
which the breach is desired. The point Of
ground nearest Fort Sumter is three-qua
ters Of a mile distant; and from that the
Chivalry are, we have no doubt, welcome
to play away to their hearts content Much
has been heard of the floating batteries
lately constructed in Charleston harbor,
which, when completed, will carry the
preaching guns up to the point in which
their fire will be ehectuaL But latest ad-
vices from the seat Of war, say that the
new-fangled affair is failure-that it may
not float, and that in any event, it will prove
to be unmanageable. So, the gallant An
derson and his gallant men, may, we be-
GeYe, rest in pence; and the country may
be assured that the danger that the stars
and stripes on Fort Sumter will be hauled
down to give place to the reptile which
South Carolina worships as the emblem Of
her faith and her policy, is yet far of. The
9Th Of March spoken Of means, like the
4th Of July in Webster's Oregon speech,
some other and more distant 4th not yet in
the almau0cs
, 1861-02-28

the heads Of tho<e who refused to accept the
''profered remedy" However unjust the de-
mands made upon tho North, however, wicked
and atrocinus the measures offered for an sd
tustment of our difficulties, we must sceept
tho "profered remedy" Let it strike at the
Let It invade the aancttty Of our conkcfences;
Let 1t override and trample upon the moral IN
etincts Of our nature; let It Plnngo The dagger
-and still suffer In the. crushed aud bleeding
form Of fallen humanity. What Of # = We
must accept the pEoftred remedy There are
times, HI; Editor, when their moral sneeeptiE
hilities become 80 thoroughly cslioused, that
they not only losa sight Of the plaInest princi.
pies Of right and Justice, but SO -fsr forget
their manhood a. to sscridce everything worth
maiutafn1ng-h honor aud seltFespect. :.
fear, Mf. Editor, thst hare already made
this article too long, but cannot forbear call
ing attention to what consider the most no
of i'll Unlon:saying epistles. Mr.. B. admits
s the Republicans -sre right, ,aekHoW1edge't their
cause: to be righteous o6e+they have Hcome
into power BY the lawful prov1sions Of the
Constitution" land now, fn order to complete
the victory they have gained, and to convince
the world: sand the; rest Of mankind. that
they are the most magnanimo1s W party In e1-
istence, he very modesfly asks them to conf
promise! !::Jiust "concede what the case de-
mands." - OF course the demands DIRE very
moderate. Everybody knows that No
one would think Of suspectfng, the
generons, aeEsactidcing slayeho1der Of any
design to encroaeh upon his righteous Hghte,
or Of asking more than Whist is consistent with
bis contitut1onl obligations. o, no! He is
the most moderate and unassuming gentlemen
IN the world! Concedes Why. nots It isn't
much any way. And, besides the unspeakab1e
pleasure one realizes In the act, he well expe-
rience satisfaction equally rs great, In: Illus
trating the worldwide magnanimity Of the
Republican party! I'VE fough the battle 1t is
true, and gained the victory: But what Of
that? Why can't We afford to be magnani-
nous in this, the hour OF triumph, and give
up the fruits Of our victory? Why not?; Our
fathers, according to this political philosopher,
committed q great blunder.
lis true they were right. There is no mis-
take about that. Their cause waa Just one.
They fought the ssar Of the Revolution upon
correct principles, aud, aided BY the God Of
Battles, gained complete and glorious victo-
~; but why, after they achieved their indie
pendence, and left the lion, cbaggrined and NOR
fed over his defeat growing IN his den-just
Ike the Democratic party Is now doing
they not just "coneede" what the Mother
country demanded. It would have bean the
browning act" ofthe Revolution, and would
have illustrated most forcibly the n1ngnanini-
ty of the American people! 80: 8. W.
, 1861-02-28
Formidable Preparations Mt Char1ea.
ton to attack Fort sumter.


TON to attack Fort sumter.
charleston Correspondence Of the N. Y. Times I
I haye just returned from a visit to the "a
NOUS floating battery or raft which Is noW
entirely. completed, and will be launched at
the first favorable tide. There have been so
many crude ideas concerning this novel weap-
on, and such ridiculous ideas concerning it's
real object, that genuine aud positive state
ment OF its; powers and purposes will, Of
course be interesting. It may be relied upon,
as had 1t direct from leading person en-
ployed in the construction Of the new military
leviathan : = -
Yonr readers will please imagine huge box,
1ortysix b 5y eighty feet pierced ter sufficient
cred with three thick platea Of the best sheet
iron, and rendered perfectly bomb-pro 1t
will draw with the armament and tic compile
ment OF men-three h,:ndred-onIy four int.
At judiclous time or tnm Of the tide, twill
be toated down with the aid Of: two steam
tngs, to point on the land Or inner side of
At such proximity, Maj. Anderson's guns,
they Eay cannot be dehected, and thus secure
from his terrible colninbiads, &C., they viii
pepper aWoy at the weak part facing Morris
and Games Island, until they. effect an en-
trance, or, militarily speaking, make breach.
Thus, having him at advantage, With the Cum
mins' Point batteries, now immensely strong.
shelling him :; with Moultrie's fearful canno1,
nad1ng also, now terrible customer; with
James Island, too, pouring in the iron rain,
they think the little band at Sumter win be
very like the poor f1y that became completely
entangled in the meshes Of the spider. It IS
my deliberate impression that, With the extra
ordinary activity that has been displayed since
left my labors, that Major Anderson viii Be
annlhilated utterly when they do commence,
Some grim customers of eleYep inch bore
lA1e just BEEN received here, and they viii be
mounted within week. the twelve ANN.
strong guns that have heretofore alluded to.
are now.on their way, and will probably arrive
by the list Of March.
, 1861-02-28
Aldnapp2ng In Southern kanxas-
Threatened Invasion from HIixsutrs.
from the Leayenworth Conservative


On Monday night last, company Of his
sourians-aome ten In number-s1rroun,!af1
the house of Samuel B. NcGrew-, who resides
some five miles southwest Of this place. and
carried away negro who had been WORKING
there for the last three months. The nero
came into this neighborhood about three
maatls ago, aud hls since lived at the hous =
of Mr. McGrew. He has always been ren,ar1le3
as free negro. Hc carried With him his free
papers, made and executed by one Ouisajn-
burg, aud properly attestel BY the clerk Of
the county Of Crawford, in the State Of Az
kansas.
The ten Nississippians who committed thi,
act, were part OF the body Of Missouri sol-
dlers-so caltel-who are aow stationed near
Fails store, some fifteen miles from this place,
There are about one hundred rnen stationed ut
that point, ostensibiy to guard the frontier OF
MISSOURI, some OF whom arc daily crossiut-
the line, and proving around through this
and Bourbon county, cotnmitting yayioas
unt1aseS OF - minor character, eadeayosiun
thereby to invite our people to invade Mis-.
souri,.
AfElirs look dark In this section, and our
people feel insecure. Besides this company at
Balls mill, also one st Poppansri1le, ,Tl,erc
they have hoisted the black Tag. Our people
cannot, by any temptation, be induced to in.
yade Missouri; but theY Will use ali means in
their power to defend themselves against these
marsuders who are trampling npon the rights
OF our citizens, and the laws Of our State,
, 1861-02-28
HARPKRs, CIVILIZATION,

The Weak]y Journal Of Ha7pcrs' Cirili=a-
tion outdoes ITSELF Always notorious for
its servility 10 slavery, its zeal against the
heresies Of free soil and free speech has
lately been stimulated by a hint from the
South that it was not doing enough. A few
bundles Of the Weakly were returned upon
the publishers for some imaginary short
coming, md in the issue Of '".uext week.
March 2d) rs the Ledger boys say, they
endeavor to make amends, but in manner
80 shamelessly untruthful, that they deserve
the contempt Of every decent man. a
wosd-cut, on the last page, represents the
President elect in the company Of 'loafers
and bruisers engaged in drinking bout-
HI. Lincoln with glass in hand, maudlin
drunk, Ieering with foalish grimace upon
his boon companions. The whole is Ia
belled Our PRESIDENTIAL N{E1atsFHAH;;f
and the affected proof of the pictured false
hood is printed thus:
r M Pano re 6esaSed eIe
Wh9 the nerfifst anon. the merry, and kept those
around I'm In a continual roar.--Dauv Paper.'
This; In sheet that clai1ns respectable
ty-that Is printed by men who call them
selves Christians-wouid, if levelcd at any
President, be gross ou1agc. 4simed at
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, whose entire absti,
nence from. all that :intoxieates is so well
known, it is an al1tont that every Republican
ought to resent It .is-a lie told with 3
graver instead Of type; but no less liz
because pictured rather than printed-not
whit less lie in Harpers' journal, than
ifg1avely related BY The pious man of Hay
per & Bros, in tie Glass Meeting which he
Is accustomed to attend u have lived
fifty yests without the use of. intoxicating
drinks, and ]. do not need them now" said
Abraham Lincoln IS he put aside the prof.
fered glass during his late trip, Here ii
the suggestion of wood cut with moral
The pious house Of the Harpers chose the
lie. Let decent men, when asked to pur.
chase their paper, remember the fact =.
, 1861-02-28
Tho Fatal Duel III Florida.
From the Louisville Democrat, Feb. et.1


Nothing has panied Us more than the intelll-
genee OF the death OF Crittenden Coleman,
formerly Of this county. He was shot in d
duel with the editor If the Florida Sentinel,
killing, st the same time, his opponent. It
seems, from our imperfect information, to
have been one Of those desperate and inexcu-
sable affairs in which brave men fall, for the
want Of proper interference by their friends.
We did not know the editor Of the Sentinel.
though We admire his fr1nncss in the recent
crisis. We knew Mr.. Coleman personally,
and admira him for his high intenectua!
ability.
The duel WAS fought on the Line Of Florida
the Sth inst The editor OF tie Se1t;ael VA
MF. Edwin Hart. Ir. Critteudcn Coleman
vas The soa Of the hts Chapman Coleman Of
louIsyIile, Kentucky, and grandson of Hon.
J. J. Crittenden, T. s. Senator froEs Keu-
tucEy. No details Of the affair laya rcacbed
us, except that both we;o killed On tbs
ground.
, 1861-02-28

most fitting designation for him is the Sick
Man. The unmeasured scorn with which
the Car applied this epithet to the Sultan
finds its only parallel in the huge contempt
with which the American people regard
their Chief Magistrate. IF there be ono
aaan outside Of the White House, North
or South, who does not entertain for him q
perfectly mammoth disgust .he has thus
far carefully, concealed hia views ;Mr:> >Bu-
chananJ Jives, land mores, and has his being,
under load of ignominy heavier than the
HimalayaA @s3' - <*:t>
~ the I'll Of Mach app,oacheS; insults
and outrages upon the American flag
and name multiply like flies in June. But
what cares heS American vessels are
seized by 9piEatea--in au--American
nafb0F: But what, is that 10
.hh1? The Rable:arnament of the United
States on the Southwestern frontier strikes
flag to nest Of traitors without firing
gun. But what Of that2 Did not he set
the example By striking the same flag in
Charleston Harbor? Shall the Secession
Generals be better than the Haitorous Com
mander-in-chief. Villanies which make the
blood ting}e-outrnges which mike the
whole world jeer and treason which
American citizens wish they could die a
thousand deaths to punish-all pass for
| nothing in the empty soul Of James Bu-
chnnan. -Four days remain for us to writhe
under his lack Of government. But who
shall estimate the general misery Of these
four days Every minute has its sepa rate
agony. Every hour is big with its burden
of shame and anguish to patriotic hearts.
Every day is monument in history, com-
posed Of hlistering crimes, The miserable
dotard, whose only occupation is To par
alyze the movements Of his faithful minis
ters-What can he not do in the four days
which remain to his sap1ess swayy -tetus
wait and hope little. longer, if We can.
Whatever can be done the wrong way will
be so done; and whatever cannot be done
wrong, will not be done at all OF: this we
may ali rest happily assured. Expecting
nought but infamy IN its varied and accus-
toned forms, we cannot be greatly disap-
/ pointed. The sick man Is in his last gasp.
Let him die in such peace as his sins will
| give him, and let him go directly to his own
! place. -,
, 1861-02-28
Extraordinary M1raclee-Appe1ran
of a saint in Mexico.

extraordinary m1facleB-Appe1ran
of a saint in Mexico. :: -
The Corpus Christi (Texasl RsneA<rp, Of
January l2tb, has the following singular state-
ment::. -
Great excitement exish At the present time
among the Mexicans in Western Iexas, and in
deed, among many Americans, occasioned br
4 report that Saint has myeteriously appeared
ii Mexico, at SONIC point near CamarEu, who
possesses the power to feed thousands Of peo-
pie with two or three to7t::Nas, Qitt1e cakes, ]
each getting all he can eat; cures all diseases
flesh is heir to, restores sight to the blind; in
fact, performs MI kinds Of miraclea- No one
can tell his name or where be came from He
says that he will be killed tn MEXICO and re.
quests that his murderer may not be punished.
lie claims he Is sent On q special mission: TO
the Mexican people, and that he ahali perform
many wonderful things aud miLa many dis
closlrea before be elosea his career. +Appa-
rantly but sixteen or seventeen years of age,
he has = great beard Of patriarchai length !;
and as an evidence that be Is no imposter, It ID
reported that Gen. Yidaurri hsd him. .cleanly
shayen, aud then told him If he WIS really q
fnaK Ct Ead aa he nrnfessed. tn eau5e lis beard
to re-appear upon his face. The saint request
ed his lnterrog1tor t. turn his hack for . feE
moments, which, he''d did, and after Makfng q
prayer and going through some mysterious
ceremony, presto his face was covered with
beard the same as before. : -:
= Thus The story goes, ind 4 not true, certain
it Is that the Me1icam If tn!a a1id the adIofn-
Ing counties arc sYa1ming thIthdr in large
numbers, and some Americans are preparing;
to g8. -
, 1861-02-28

REVELATIONS RESPECTING Mn. F1oTD.-
Another get Of 1ate Secretary Floyd has just
come to light, which does not reflect much
credit upon him as loyalist to the Gore1n-
1nsnt he vas professing.to serve, and whose
treasury ne was feastdng upon. It appears
United States troops to Fort Randall, on the
npper Missouri, and then ordered ali. the Wag-
ons and horses md mules sold, so that the
moment winter set In they could neither leave
~ ne river, which is usually frozen upas ear
y g NoyemheE, nor Overland, in eanseqnence
Ct nos having sufficient transports material e
Hr7rT1, - -s''
, 1861-02-28
Chicago a. Trading Point for Our
Merchants,

We hnve had some experience in the mercan'
tile business in Illinois, and ouE4 associations
with the merchants Of the Western and Middle
States, enable Us to form some iqea Of the real
wants and necessities Of this c1aks Of our busi.
ness population The western merchant, unr
less he possesses heavy floating capital, must
deal at market where he can combine the
following advantages:
First, he must Be able to realize as good
terms on small but frequent purchases, as if be
invested largely hut twice year; and,
Secondly, be must BIC able to approach as
consistent with q jobhing business.
Both these advantages we believe our West
cru merchants can have in the Chicago market.
In the arst PLACE It Is near home. This is o
decided advantage 70 those merchants who
may wish to make new purchase every month,
II Of but one hundred dollars. Chicago IL The
most important grain market in the world,
aud our merchants can st all times realize good
prices for grain taken in foF goods, and con.
s.ssued to q commission house in Chicago. But
We nes.i not argue this point, for our business
men ali undt.atand the advantages Of home
market. The only question is, can they do q
well to deal at Chicago as - tne Eastern cities!
We think they can. It is wa N9Hn tact
among those at all familiar with the bIsaness
men Of Chicago, that the lending merchants ol
every department Of trade are directly con.
nected with the heaviest houses Of Philadel.
-phia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Liver.
pool, London, Paris and Berlin. They src II
fact branches of Manufacturing aud Wholesale
Houses Of the East and Of Europe, and the
great object Of their establishments at Chicago
Is to supply In this Way the demands of thf
great West. Not only can our merchants buy
goods as cheap, If not cheaper at Chicago thar
at the Eastern cities, after paying freight and
other expenses, but thay c1Q haYe orders f1lle6
in less than half the time. With 8 fast people
this Is very important.
But above al, itlwould add wealth to oul
State, and in one years. time would develop
new channels of trade, create more perma
neut aud social, as well as financial and com
mercia1 interest between all sections of oul
State. Strange as It may seem, not a singh
merchant in Danyillc is perhaps intimately &c
quainted with half dozen houses In Ghlaago
while they are even familiar with the baek.al
ley jobbefs Of the Eastern cities. With the trad
Of tie Wabash valley, and Of Cent1al nlinol
directed to Chicago, that a1ready giant city Q
the West would feel = neE impulse, and real
| ize q rapidity Of growth 1neqEal1ed. But th'
Chicago merchants arc greatly to ba&1ae 70
this condition Of affairs. They seem to hay
abandoned this whole region to the runners. q
] Eastern firms, and do not even seek to ndycl
tise their advantages through the potent bu
| cheap channel Of the newspaper press. The
should arouse to their true interests, and th
| imperative demands Of the State, and thus sc
cure so desirable refofuaatiGp.-Daapuh r.
, 1861-02-28
New uimcu, ties at Japan.

YoxAHAxA. Japan, Dec, z, 1850.
Matters here are in 9 very bad state,
can assure you- war or fight being Ger
tain between the Americans, English, French,
and, in fact, all the European residents
on the one side, md the japanese on the 0 her.
The cutting down Of the French Consul Cen
erals butler by the Japanese, as they did, has
excited the most deadly hatred--they are
sEorp to have regeuga The French Consul
has removed from Jeddo down to Kanagawa,
being sffaid to reside there any 1ongeE. The
Americans are determined upon having fight.
Every one hero carries bis sword and revolver
whenever he goes out after dark. There is no
doubt but the French and English ase going
to compel Japan to give Prussia o tfeat5.
which certainly would not be granted without
compu1slon.
But Fhat 1s still worse is the quarrel going
on hetweeR the English residents apd MI. Al
cock, the British Minister, and Captain Vyse,
the Consul. Neither Of these gentlemen dare
60 into the street alone after dark, aithoiEll
usT cota carry pistols. They appear to be
pnlEe5sallg aisliked, although both are Of high
, 1861-02-28
THE SICK MAN..

The public contempt for James Buchan-
an has been shown in remarkable way by
the multitude Of derisiTe appellatous
which have been fastened upon hin-cach
one Of the series seeming to stick faster
than its predecessors. ]. B., Jimmy. g.,
old Jimmy, ten-cent Jimmy; Old Public
Functtonary Old Pub. Func, o. P:%F;
and Mr.. oadbuck, are among the decora-
tions which have have pinned 10 his gar:
ments by general consent In South Caro-
linn ha Is known indifferent1y as President
Pann and King Log. But We think the'
, 1861-02-28
DUB WASHINGTON I1ETTER.

Illinois and NIfchisan 0anal--A Pre-
dIction-W0rk for the NeW Adm1us
Tettit-Be1ator Doollttle on GaeE.
clQn. ETC.
, 1861-02-28

Poor Tost,zY:n "A letter from japan, the
Latest dntes received, says: ..<..1 = !.
:" foor Tommy Is supposed to. hnVe mat IN
: 1mt1mely end- The Japanese say he died of
{uehIt1m fremens (aneW American introduc-
u2n|' 2,|' Dus We all believe his head has been cut