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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-04

NEW ORLEANS Jan. 3.--Adyices from Tex say
that Houston is preparing actively for the Dc tense
Of the frontiers against the Indians.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-04

PoruLAR MAJORITY FOR SEcEssIoN--tiye Of the
seven Congressional Districts in the late election for
delegates TO the Convention, gave decided majorties
for Secession whilst only two, TO wit the 9th and
9th. gave majorities for cooperation.
In many of the large counties, which are known
10 be almost unanimous fsr secession such as Bar
bour, Calhoun, Macon, Montgomery &c tue Co-ope-
,stionists did not give any regularly oppositiou and
therefore the vote was not drawn out The vote
which has been given. however, shows to those who
are hest acquainted with the matter that upon full
vote there are the following maJories for secession
in five of the Congressional Districts 900,
First District S Sooo
Second District. 0 1oo
Third District ,o00
Fourth District. 1ooo
Seventh District. wv
In the Fifth and Sixth Districts It Is eonluelt "
believed the msjorities for cooperation cannot Oe
made to exceed Montgomery Aae
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BUsINEss CARD.
BUSINESS cam ZOE 1seI.

EUsIH ESS ARD FOR 1861.
FFHE under'gnel, having determined transact business
hereafter the CASH SYSTEM, begs to return
his thanks his old friends their patronage
heretofore and to solicit their favor for the future.
Self preservationhe first law of natnreimpels him to
change HIS Of doing for that OF CASH
namuc as many upon whose promptnes he relied for
ing ms own Indebtedness owing him for tso three and four
lie earnestly beseeehes such forward and
their accounts and enable him 10 be qra the Of
the pressing times merchant must be PROMPT On FALL
and this impossible unless he by equally punc
tua or cash
The same respectful courtesy which be haers himself has
always been extended those have seen porr ea
with num- email continued and effort bis part shall be
srable to all who may him with aa Toping ever "a
merit share OF the patronage generous public he
scribed: -
FOR CASH
JOHN b. EVEREfT
decSy-1sT Nol0 Union street, Nashville, Tenn
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teEestiug Corrcspondence--L Com BIS
and Horace Greeley.

Interesting CorrcspOndence-.Lesii Com BIS
and Horace Greeley.
FRANKFORT KY, Dec %, 1860.
MY DEAR SIR | have no time or inclination for
argument, much less controversy, with you. You
know am an honest citizen of the United States.
l saved Kentucky lAst August from the power of
Southern treason; and | now wish to say aword to
you-which must be needed.
The Slave and Territorial question must now
nolu-be settled on fair and Constitutional grounds.
or Kentucky-0ld Kentucky, the land of soldiers
and pAtrots-will be forced into revolution. Ninety
nine out of every hundred mca in Kentucky demand
this easy solution of our troubles. With this zee
can take care of the South without it there will be
civil WARRIOR and blood and desolatiOn.
You may think just or am alarmed but know
what say is true. The coatof-arms of Kentucky
is, two men embracing each other, and her flag
motto HUnited we standardized we tall" And
such will be our fate. Throw away all prejudice
everything pray you, but love of liberty and yO
country. LESLIE COMBS.
To HORACE GREELEY, Esq.
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JUST REoEIVED BY
sepls John YORK a. 30.
For Rent.

LARGE and comnodious house, with the esuvenience
n water, gas &c, situated the corner
Chorch and Spruce viii be rented for ensuing year
Tor terms &C., apply at Humphreys, Ne. ~. Publ,
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Ny DEAR GENERAL: You are a soldier and am
not, yet agree in one thing-frankness. have
as little time or taste for argument as you and will
try to emulate your directness and brevity.
agree with you that it is well to settle the is
turbng questions you indicate now, and to settle
them finally.
propose then that we settle the Territorial
ques ion on the basis of Mr. Jeffersons proposition
reported TO Congress in April, l7S4-within two
months after the Confederation had any territory to
deal with. Mr.. Jefferson was one of our greatest
Revolutionary statesmen-he was Virginian-a
savehOlder-and especially holored and confded in
by Kentucky till DEATH which happened forty years
afterward. New York was then slave State yet
she supported him right heartily so did sixteen out
of the twenty-three members present and voting,
though nearly all were from slave States. pro-
pose that we now take up Mr. Jeffersons bill or
projected ordinance, adapt and apply it to all the
Federal Territories, present and prospective,
and thus settle the Territorial question forever.
This will give solid and lasting peace to the cOun-
try, SO far as the Territories can affectit.
As to all other slave questions, propose as fol-
lows:
l. Let each State cherish or prohibtslavery as it
shall see fit.
2. Let each citizen like or dislike slavery as to
him shall seem good and be at perfect liberty to
give his reasons for the faith that is in him.
3. Let every slave owner manage his own negroes
so long he shall retain them in slave State;
if any runs out Of such State let the owner be at
perfect liberty 10 persuade or entce nm pack INTO
serYitude, free from any impertinent Intermeddng.
Should any third party poke his nose into what is
none Of his business let the master be at liberty to
cowhide him for the intrusion. But let the laws of
every free State hold every man free who does not
choose to be a slave.
4. If any person goes from free into slave
State, and there attempts to sur up a rebellion, or
interfere in any way between masters and slaves.
let him be dealt with the law of that slave State
shall direct.
Such TO the essential basis of the settle
ment Of the Territorial and slavery questions, which
deem essentially fair, just and reasonable. A set
Element such basis would be repugnant to no
moral sense. would leave room for heartburn
ings, and would be essentially indstructble. If you
will give it your support no effsrt of mine shall be
wanting to ensure it's sGccess. Yours, truly,
Horace GREELEY.
Gen. LESLIE CoMBs Frankfort, Ky.
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CHEAP HOUSES.
Small Country Ikesldences for Sale 81
Prices to sun the Tfmes.

gNyWO small sensuenss win :. 10 acre. Of land ~ -.
4 ~ miles irnm the citys nearthe eailaip PIKE "
hPseius sold residence good settler and prefer ssilie
She remainder at redscsd prices renting sn xoiv
il R " BROWN. y
qseiV-'sAni ~, Cherry slrses.
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JUST OPENED

81 Union street, "a
AUR Spring and Summer Fashions, together choice
assortment Of French Cloths casEmeres Vestngs, &C
Of latest importons watch will be made IN usual supe
o HARVEY 4 CO.
BziSays EqD Hard select s..srnszt q sInI.aIlE
ret1l marie :
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With the highest personal regard,

(Signed) JOHN b. FLOYD.
To his Excellency the President OF the United
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State OF the Merchants, Bank, from Juiy
1sl, 1850, to january Ist, 1861.

4. O. sHAPARD, Cashier.
STATE OF TKEEkssRE, Davidson County
Personally appesred b. O. SH1FARp. Gather OF the Mer-
chants Bank made oath that the foregoing is trus state
meDt Of the Merchants Bank to January LIST. 1861.
Swarm and subscribed to before January %, 1861
JAMS @ NJ. s0uTHGATE, J. P.
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NNTB have store, and daily -sdvin.R large au
w sane stock Of GOODS, and tks pleasure callns
the attention Of dealers and merchants generally
assortment, which for style, quality and sse
In any market.
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Stocks of Goods

Equally good and generally better from which yoa
make your selections in Nashville.
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satisfactory.

To buy Goods fom your hsme Neichas vao spend grea
Sl Of time getting up stocks direct frem the Manufacturers
stisrg and please the tastes OF oursseen Of country
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Author Of exile Of Aaron Burr" etc.
Ihrss s0iunss sss to 7si pages eseh with Steel Portraits
Half Calf, 80; Full Calf SIC.
srHscEsERs fnI7oH Royal Octave tsold 6z 5scrirsio
cSg.Uloth, 81 SO; sheer, 81; Half Calf, sl2; Full
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Price of Goods.

We sell gOodsAt low prices prons Retail Merchants
they bought New York, PHILADELPHIA Boston. which
saving Of expense ans time leaving hsns.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-11-20

A PooR Rich MAN.-The Chicago
Times gives the case of gentleman in
that city which we presume is only one
of many similar cases which might be
named: A gentleman, some years since,
by the rise Of real estate, became noted
for the increase of his wealth. His pa
per ranked fair for almost any amount,
and fortune seemed to favor him at ev-
erv turn. The pressure came, however,
and found him in the act of erecting one or
more fine blocks on prominent streets.
AS the buildings seemed necessary, and
an equal necessity existed Of obtaining
funds to finish them, he resorted to the
plan of mortgaging the property for that
purpose. The buildings were finished,
and the gentleman's pecuniary matters
stand very much straightened. The rents
he receives from the buildings are absorb
ed by interest, insurance and taxes. Re
al estate can not be sold for anything
greater than a sacrificing price, and the
gentleman has no other property than
these buildings and his homestead. He
is worth from $4,000 to $4,000; yet
no is actually obliged to labor, day after
day, to furnish the necessaries Of life for
his family, or starye. Who wouldn't be
rich?
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-11-20

State, that "The said Peoria Marine and
Fire Insurance Company did, on the lst
day of February, 1861, furnish to the
said Secretary satisfactory evidence that
the capital, securities and investments, re-
mained secure"
The Company come TO you not ms for
eign born, nor to draw from your pockets
the means to build up and perpetuate in
stitutions that are sending away from
the West, not its thousands, but its mill
ions, every twelve months. Every dollar
that this or any other Western Company
take from you they leave in your midst
again, and you get it back without pay
ing from two to ten per cent for money
that is worth to you eight shillings on a
dollar.
Let me say, then, patronize home in
stitutions! The "Peoria" is sound and
reliable! and today can show as clean a
record, and as honorable a class of insu-
rers as any Insurance Company doing
business in the State of Michigan. We
shall stand by the right and extend fra
ternal hand to all who are worthy.
Yours, &C., S. S. BROWN,
Gen. Ag't for Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-11-20
Save the Corn Stalks.

An American farmer, travelling in Eu-
rope, is struck by nothing more than the
carefulness with which everything is saved
Poor Richard must have got his proverb
about the "Penny saved" from across
the sea. There, all corn stalks, every wisp
OF straw or hay that can be converted in
10 fodder or manure, is assiduously CLEAN
ed up and put TO some good account.
Americans throw away; Europeans econ
omize. If we wasted less annually, we
could feed more stock, aud so manure
more land. Some time or other, perhaps
we shall find this out.
Let us now consider economy as il re-
lates TO corn stalks. For horned cattle.
especially, this is first rate feed. Our
horses will claim the best of hay, or cut
straw, or both. Yet if stalks are we'll
cured, then cut fine and mixed with meal,
they make good relish for horses, food
on which they seldom suffer from heaves.
Sheep will get along with oat and pea
straw, with few turnips and little grain
sandwiched between. Cows and oxen
will take kindly to stalks, and waste lit
tie, if properly managed.
After being cut and stocked, they may
remain in the field until the corn can be
husked. And when the husking is done,
care should be taken not TO scatter the
stalks upon the ground. Il 4
Now, does some tyro ask how TO feed
out stalks so rs to avoid waste? We
reply: no rack that we have ever seen,
will prevent stalks from getting out and
under the animals feet. If they are fed
in stanchions or stalls, it takes great
deal of time daily to clean out the refuse
stalks. If they are fed out in scattered
heaps around the barn yard, they will
soon be trampled upon, and soiled, and
when they haye once been saturated with
liquid manure, cattle will not touch them.
We say, then, do not feed stalks in mild
weather. Wait until the ground is frozen; /;
the cattle will have keencr appetites, and
the ground being hard and dry, the stalks
will not get wet or soiled, and will be nib
bled pretty close and clean. In thawing
weather, feed out hay or straw in racks,
where it will not be wasted.
A still closer economy will cut up the
stalks fine with straw cutter and feed
them out with meal, steamed and mixed
together. A small farmer may do this,
and cut the stalks with his own hands.
But he who keeps much stock, will have
to use horsepower for cutting, otherwise
his patience will soon give out.
American Agriculturist.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-11-20
on-Explosive Kerosene.

Since the melancholy accident at Grand
Haven, by which Mrs. BARNS lost her
life, in consequence Of the explosion of
can Of kerosene, some have asserted that
kerosene is of itself non-explosive, and
that it is only when adulterated with
camphene, or alcohol, that it becomes a
dangerous burning fluid.
No error could be moro dangerous than
this. Any good burning oil is explosive
in certain circumstances-or, to speak
more accurately, the gas from any and
every burning fluid, or even from tallow
candle, if in sufficient quantity, could un-
der certain circumstances explode with
the force of gunpowder.
Every burning lamp, and even every
burning candle, is miniature gas factory,
in which the melted tallow, oil, burning
fluid, or kerosene, whichever is used, is
drawn up into wick by capillary attrac-
tion, converted into carbureted hydrogen
gas, which burns rs fast rs it is formed,
in contact with the atmospheric air. The
lower the heat required to volatilize the
burning fluid, or convert into gas, the
more rapidly and brilliantly it burns. The
tallow from candle requires high de-
gree of heat, and therefore evolves the
gas so slowly that it does not flame very
brilliantly. Good kerosene is converted
into gas so rapidly, by moderate heat,
that in an open lamp the carbon it con-
tains is not burned at the point of con-
tact with the atmospheric air, but is
thrown off in clouds of lamp-black.-
Even at the ordinary temperature of the
atmosphere it volatilizes, or evaporates so
rapidly that its peculiar odor soon fills a
room in which it stands in an open vessel.
Now, as before stated, the vapor Of kero-
sene is carbureted hydrogen gas, which,
when mixed in the proportion Of five parts
of air to two parts Of the gas, makes a
compound which will burn with most
terrific explosion, and is more dangerous
than gunpowder.
Bearing in mind these facts, it is easy to
understand how the explosion occurred
by which Mrs. BARNS was so fatally in
jured. The can of kerosene not being
full, the space above the fluid was filled
with the gas, already partly mixed with
the atmospheric air. On pouring kero-
sene from the can into the lamp, the at
mospheric air flowed into the can TO re-
place il, until just the proportion of the
deadly explosive gas was made.
Such being the case, il is most dan
gerous error to believe the gas of pure
kerosene to be non-explosive. The fluid
itself does not explode; neither does
champhene, or burning fluid; but the gas.
es which are produced from all alike
are, vhen mired NTH air, ALIKE ExPLo.
s1vE. If all who use either of these vol
atile burning fluids understand these facts
and act upon their knowledge with prop
er prudence, many lives will be saved
which are now sacrificed in consequence
of the popular ignorance Of the causes o.
lamp explosions. p.
RE- "Pray, Miss c." said a gentle
man the. other evening, "why are ladies
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-11-20

SURVIVOR OF THE GIBBET.-In the me-
moir of Joseph Basbridge, published in
London several years ago, is the following
strange incident: "a surgeon in Cough
Square had purchased for dissection the
body of a man that had been hung at
Tyburn. The servant girl wishing TO
take look at the defunct previous to
his coming under the dissecting knife,
stole up stairs to the room where she ex-
pected to find him extended. To her sur
prise and horror she beheld him sitting
up on the board, and, instantly facing
about, she went down stairs again in a
moment The surgeon hearing of the re-
suscitation of his subject, humanely con-
cealed him in the house until he could
get him conveyed to America, which he
did shortly afterwards, providing him
with a comfortable outfit at his own ex-
pense. The man eyinced in his subse-
ouent conduct, a degree Of industry and
gratitude which showed him well worthy
Of his singular escape from death. BY
the exercise of his industry he amassed a
handsome fortune, and his gratitude was
exhibited by leaving it all to his deliver
or and benefactor.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-11-20

PULyERIzE THE SoIL.-Jethro Tull
was not infallble, but he said many good
and true things. Hero is one of his par
agraphs:
"Thc finer land is made by tillage, the
richer will it become, and the more plants
it will maintain. 1t has been observed
that when part of ground has been bet
ter titled than the rest, and the whole
ground constantly managed alike after
ward, for six or seven years successively,
this part that was but once better titled,
always produced better crop than the
rest, and the difference remained very Wis
ible every harvest"
Very we'll said, but must be taken with
some abatement. What is true Of one
soil, is not of all. For instance: strong
clay land, rich in all the clements of veg
etable growth, but which are locked up
in compact masses Of earth, will be great
ly benefited by thorough pulverization.
Begin in the Spring with system of un-
derdraining, TO take off the surplus water
beneath; follow up with a heavy plow
and the harrow, keep the cultvator and
the hoe bright all Summer, and the fertiI-
ity of the land will be largely augment
cd. And this process may be continued
for several years with like good results.
Thorough tillage renders available Ger
tain unassimilated elements in the earth,
and brings the soil into the most favora-
bic state for absorbing valuable gasscs
from the atmosphere.
But hardly the same results can be ex-
pected on light soils. They contain COM
paralively few of those elements of plant
structure which are found in rich clays,
and they do not need pulverizing TO rem
der them pervious to light and air. Of
course, if the basis Of fertility is not there,
no mere mechanical working can bring il
in. Yet, by good tillage and rotation of
crops, the frequent turning under Of clo-
yer, and returning to the land all the man
ure made on the farm, any soil car be
made productive. Am. Agriculturist.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-11-20
THE LAST DAYS OF AUTUMN.
ny JAMES @. pEnclvAL.

Now the growing year is over,
And the shepherds tinkling hell
Family from its winter cover
Rings a low farewell:
Now the birds of Autumn shiver,
Where the withered beech-leaves culver
Ger the dark and lazy river,
In the rocky dell.
Now the mist is on the mountains,
Reddening in the rising sun,
Now the flowers around the fountains
Perish one by one;
Not spire of grass is growing,
But the leaves that late were glowing
Now its blightSd green are strowing
With q mantle dell.
Slow the blood-stained moon is riding
Through the still and hazy air,
Like sheeted specter gliding
In torch's glare:
Few the hours her light is given,
Mingling clouds of tempest driven
Ger the mourning face Of heaven,
All is blackness there.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-11-20

This statement, so far rs Michigan is
concerned, is perfectly correct, as the emu
meration of our State troops, the total Of
which is here given, was made by our
selves after careful investigation and col
lection of facts. This statement shows
one fact of which the State has reason TO
be proud, and one tc which sufficient i'm
portance has not been given, either out
side Of the State or by our own citizens;
that fact is that Michigan has furnished
more troops for the cause of the Union,
in proportion to her population, than any
other State. She has now in the field,
or about ready TO 60 into active service,
24,9s4 men. What other State, with
100000 inhabitants, has done as well ?
What State, with that amount of popu-
lation, in fact, approaches the number
that Michigan is able to show? How is
it with the States of about her size ?
Maine has but 1900; Connecticut but
3,2ss; Wisconsin l2,30O; and Iowa
1900.
The fact has been telegraphed over the
country that New Hampshire and Indi-
ana have both filed out their quota, and
yet New Hampshire has furnished but
5000 troops, and Indiana, with more
than double our population, though claim
ing TO have filled her quota, has but 32,-
500 men in the field, less than eight
thousand more than Michigan. The quo
ia of Michigan, on a requisition of 5Oo,-
900 troops, would be l9,5oO, number
which she has already more than filed,
and is still calling other regiments into
service. Michigan, upon this showing,
has certainly done better than any other
of the loyal States.
detroit Free Press.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-11-20

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The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-11-20

MICHIGAN TRooPs.-The New York
Herald, in a recent issue, published the
following table, showing the number of
troops each loyal State has furnished for
the war, or now has nearly or quite ready,
for the field, which table, it asserts, is
compiled from reliable sources: