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The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-25
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rtlro-s from % co Years can isarn tkis syslcmi
IN 3 lew lrssoTs iadlCs are taught % write 10 a
Eeat easy aud rapid manner and gentlemen IN bold,
rapid, business style.
10 persons acquainted with Us nerils his system
OF writing needs other recon tI0n but thoea
unac4Ea-ted With Il, Ar. d. refers % the following
remarks and Testimonials. Instead Of teaching PEN
e. years has enabled him % r1duCe @ % the esrtau
Of sceace, 80 that being guided by sn0t5lsdqs IN
stead OF rGe0s PrGcfios pupils from 70 co years can
10 short nloe learn 10 write with EASE, Elegance
sid RAPInITY.
so accurate ia his system, and 80 uniform In IL
success, that ster witnessing ia oects % several
huadr5d pupils IN Nashville, the lameuled Afrsi
Hume observer.
'sEaving had fair opportunity Of exam ming your
system Of Premiership, and having seen the wonder.
fui and rapid Improvement O. your puuils 10 nv
school, consider % 5u just % cay. thar believe Il
10 he not only the 5f sgztsm but fs 0ly one af,rr
TiE2 re Ho-slcr hy strict attention % the rules DIV
en-, Oay person may IL short time, acquire FREQ
rapid, and elegant hand. should be pleased 10 see
It universally sdcpted."
THIS expression was o51currCc "a by
Naj. Gen. e. Z. Gaines, u. s. Army,
His ENceliaBCy, jones & JOues, GOV. q Penacs.sa
RI Rev. J. r. O-ey, Bishop o. TcGnessso.
r.. Rev. &. p. Niles, Bishop Of Nashville.
Rev. Philip Lindsey, D. D. Pres Of Nashville Uni.
ycrsiiy.
Rev. J. e Edgar. D., and many other citizens. Of
whom, Andrew jackson says:
"Seing requested by NIcssrs. BoIbuar 20 STATE The
staining In EoC!ety O. the gentlemen sgners 10 ths
wIib.n, 90 wiA ulucn issue beius acquainted
w;b mcst Of skcm they are Highly respectable AMI
gsrtlsBen OF education ami 81 high standing In So
ccty. Given al the Hermitage This 2sd day OF
Oot0bcrS iSiS. ANDREW JACKSON
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COLUMBIA, fsSN., Nov. 20, 1873.
AE. ), ". p0iEKAg-ncar Sir have been much
Interested and pleased In examining your system Il
Peumaushir. Your method Of teaching soenls 70 me
81 he both skfIl and faithful and the Improvement
OF your pupils Is surprising aud rapid beyond any
thing have ever Witnessed. I shall feel happy ii
this testimony your morit shall lead others 10 avail
themselves Of your Instruction 10 one Of the most
beautifri and useful aTts AID am very rssperthtfly
&c. JAS. h. OrEY.
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Allow nc 20 introduce % yol ny friend j. " Dol
bear, who SITS your city for the purpose Of teach
ing PCDmanship and Phonugruphy. His reputation
successful teacher b well aud WILDLY csiab-
liEb5d that win say nothing On that score. only
dcsirC 20 present him gentleman from whose 80
o'ety have derived much pleasure and PROFIT and Is
CLc whoU yCJ have the intelligence % appreciate.
luytbing ya1 may 10 % further his designs vii be
gratefully sc&s5s i-iged by sour fri0Ed,
JOHN q. EDaAR
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SPECIAL DISEASES.
81 Cherry street,

where the afflicted may always find him engaged
with the same zeal, assiduty, secresy and attention
10 their misfortUnes, which has so successfully dis
tinguished him rs a Physician in his special depart
ment Of professional practice.
DR.. Coleman graduated at the University of Penn
sylyana, at Philadelphia, in 1874. Since that time
he has given his entire and undivided attention to
his profession. All
Chronic and A0de Diseases
ScrOfuia, Spi4Ci AGCciiDlS, Grdrcl,
HpirUc-ic, C5HgcHtGI and Accticai0i Pbnnosi,,
Structures Diseases II The Hs5uelg Ha1der afyl
Prastrgfe GiaHi, H1rcuiH iFe,ti1as AID
Diseases Of Tie Skin, CJEp Hct. etc.,
meet with no resistance from his remedies
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SURROUNDING good handwriting 10 be not only
en- accomplishment, 0ut means Of success 10 every
man engaged in buiu5s5l greatly applaud your NOR.
lt1rOus eze-Gns 10 improve the chirugfaphy OF the
age. gentleman or A lady either who writes badly
never Writes willingly; and consequently often f %
write when they should; and when they do WRITE u I,
done a the last moment, With haste and impotence
aud consequently with faults Of all kiuds oflen COM
r1ittGg and inIri1g b0ih the writer and the caugs
which he advocates. Wishing you every success in
your laUda6ie undertakings,
Ii I ra1HsffFrffu
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WAsaIseTos CuT, June

Ths following very iust remarks Of the Hon. Tho.
II. Benton, U. 5. senator, worthy the attentive
regard ct parents aud all young persons who have
any nope o. success In the bUsiucs- Of life.
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Medical Examining Board.
Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 70, 1868
fINHE Board 81 Surgeons for examination Of appl-
Il cants for commissions IA Surgeons and Assis-
tant Surgeons Of United States COOred Troops is IN
session at Nashville.
All applications must he made properly endorsed
accompanied with testimonials. 20 the President o
the Board, Surgeon WM. c. OTTEsOS, Hospital No
s, who wall notify each applicant when TO appear for
examination.
By order Of
GEORGE L. STEARNS A. 4. c.,
Commissioner Organization L. :. COlored Troops
WM e. OTTEsoS, surg. L. ;. Vols and President
Board.
K. K. TAILOR, Surgeon L. {. Vols
X. j. FAEQUHAEsoN, 3th Tennessee Infantry, Sec'y
for Board.
JquI4-n
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MOUNT VERNON, containing Map of
Washington's Farm, Picture of his House,
the Church in which he was married, his
portraits at Is and 40, and just before he
died also his wife's; sketch of their
lives, and numerous other things. Size
25H40.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

CoMMoDoRE w. d. PoRTER died on Sun
day morning at Saint Luke's Hospital to
which place he was taken three weeks ego.
Commodore Porter was born in Louisiana,
entering the. service January l, 1923, saw
Is years seq duty, over years shore duty.
He was between SO and GO years Of age.
He leaves wife; one daughter, who is in
Richmond, and two sons, who are in the
Confederate service The deceased had a
broad reputation for courage, having fought
his way from Cairo to New Orleans. The
The honor of destroying the Rebel ram
Arkansas belongs to him. He was the
commander of the iron clad gunboat ESSEX
at Fort Henry. In the attack on Fort
Henry, ball from the port flew along the
ship, through the buIkheads, and thel
crashed through the middle boiler. Capt
Porter (since promoted to Commodore,
was badly scalded GU the face and hands
but he soon resumed active, aud has since
taken part in most Of the stirring events OF
the Mississippi River aud its tributaries
par licipatiSg in over so engagements
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

OUR NATIONAL DEBT One Of the results
Of The wicked rebellion against our national
government is the accumulation Of an eDor-
nous national debt, which on February lsr,
1868. amounted 10 $Sl5,000,0O0, and
which it is supposed will reach 50 900, 900
900. Even thea II will be but $62 so foF
each individual of the nation; while that
of Great Britain, amounting to $44lO, ,95l
476, is $l37 for each; that of Holland is
$ll9; France, $5l; Of Spain$45; and OF
Austria, $34 Estimating the real and
personal properly of the United States at
$l7, ,5S8 1856, 1888, exclusive Of the value Of
the products of labor and of the cotton
crop, the debt of $4,000, 900. 600 will be
bat II per cent. Of that valuation.
The total annual interest on the public
Fdebt Of Great Britain is $l2T, l3l ,492 or
$4,34 for each person; of FrUnce. $ll5
608,l9l, or $500 for each; while of The
Uuiled States it will be $lsl 100. 1926, ol
40 cents for each person.
The total annual expenditure Of Greai
Britain is 1851 2s3 49s, or $l2 for eacl
person; Of France, 1922, ,086 l03. or sll
20 for each; OF the United States, $iT4
744,77S. or $i4.S3 for each person.
The burden Of the last war with Grea
Britain. spportioned equally among the peo
pie, was $l4,o3 or just the same TO each
while our ability to carry it is far greater
A member Of Congress abiding TO the deb
and the annual products Of our dairies
which the census estimates at $l24 .0eSS 90
remarked that in ten years our women ca
churn this debt all out,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

PERHAPS at no period, during the progress OF
painful, breathless silence. as the present es-
pecally in regard to the Army of the Potomac.
A nations destiny is staked Oh single game.
If we win, Secession goes down in the same
hour. soft of draw-game will be Of little use
to US. We have had such victories and it a.
ways wert to our Discount at home aud abroad
because it impressed every neutral power, that
we were equal aud the final result depended
more upon The chances Of war, than national
superiority
Is it strange, them that the great heart of The
American people beats quick, while with listen
ing ear they wait, as 10 the days of Sumter for
the first cauuou that procIaims the terrible issue
between the army oftbe Potomac and the.'aower
aud strength Of the robei foes. That issue will be
bloody one Neither side can afford to loose a
battle. .
10 calculating the chances of war, cations are
little Influenced by the consideration of right
aud justice. 1t is men, arms and discipline,
while God aud right, are merely incidental, il
acknowledged at all. Sometimes with a show
Of good morals men talk about our righteous
cause" from a mere rational conviction of right.
aud not because they rcspec! the G cd Of armies
| We don't believe Satan could ride principle
uto Paradise, even though it were good one
Nor do we believe that the loyal part Of the
| Nation will conquer merely because we are OIL
the right side of this great contest. When w
say God is with the right" We mean more thai
simply, right 10 principle. 1t must be principl
and practice, ever as faith and works, like twin
sisters, walk hand iu hand in christianity.
ADd now for the application Of this doctrine
We have met with reVerses aud my again, un
less we plant our footsteps on the everlasting
rock and WELD the sword of the Lord as wei
as Gideon. We will speak oftwo great atioul
which may endaager all we have gliued.-
First-although every day the cars are lade
with the sck--the wounded and the dead, anC
it seems as il we were continually on our wa
to the hospital or the grave still the Mort
acts as If enjoying perfect holiday and is ex
| barsling the treasure Of the Nation by our ex
J demoraliziug prodgahy. Instead OF the
garment Of mourning and heaviness as would
! seem more becoming while death is invading
almost every dwelling, luxury. pomp, pride
extrayagance and degenerating aud demoraIiz
J ing forms Of dissipation. seem to bear rule
J city and country. Unlike the doctrine Of Wasl
! ingtou aud practice Of Revolutionary tines.
Second. is the Nation doing justly viii
3 keeping up this cruel, iRyidious distinction b
0 tween black aud white soldiers. Is it not I
trample upon a fundamental. war.policy-"H
ward merit'--uo matter by whom deserved
a black or white ? cas God take sides with II
" opposite doctrine 1t is not we'll to say ''he
II black" He isa "1aa, soldier, Sighting for Il
Q same flag, and let him have the honor and gl,
5 ry as web az eDdaFs the peril aud hprdships
wsr
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

GREELEEis AxEaIoAs CokyLIcT.-The first
volume OF this work is in the hands Of Messrs.
o. b. Case q. Co.. OF Hartford and will soon
be ready for pnhIicsiion. 10 point Of typo
graphy paper and iIlassraiioDs il is equal If not
superior 70 any Subscription book ever printed
is this country. A second pamphlet Of speci-
men pages laid on our table shows as two fine
virxiaia views. one Of Harper's Ferry, and the
osbsr up the Shenandoah. the latter lovely
landscape, and portraits Of the leading anti
slavery rsformers. As political historyit i
adnirsbls. clear. precise. colorless. bat, froH
IL skillful introduction OF names and crowdes
incidents Of the eonaiet, as interesting as
drama. Itis rich In inform atioB, given in.'
nost abrasive ssyIe.. Fos lucid history o
~ transaction. read'for instance the chapte
o. lhs snnsxsiisu Of Texas, or the one on th'
vinIt Of Jad&D Hosr Of Massachusetts 10 Charles
tap. 8. u, sod bis expulsion tbersfr0m.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

OHIo LEADS THE WEST 1t is only
week, says the Cleveland Herald since The
call for 80. 900 was sounded, and at the
bagle blast near 40, 600 men step forward
10 sustain the Union and the Government
Up to Monday evening, out of 4s6 com
psnies in the State, all but 4o were heard
from by the Adjutsnt General. and 54.9lI
men were reported for duty. The Other
companies will swell the Number to al least
80, ,0o0--an excess over the number tender.
ed the President by Gov. B'ough, of 5000
The call could not have been made at a
more inconveDient season Of the year, and
the sacrifice to meet it has been very great
All honor to the Ohio National Guard!
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

The Committee to investigate the FoIt
Pillow hatchery have taken ffsy-seven' dep
ositionsr which more than confirm the
newspaper accounts of the massacre =
Among the witnesses who were examined
is the negro who was buried alive. TheIe 9
is no doubt of the fact that cue or
more persons were nailed through their
aesh to pieces of wood. aud then burnt
alive. Not only on the day Of the sur
render we're such fendish acts perpetrated
but on the next day. 10 cold blood.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

Advices to the oath are received from
Alexandra, Red River, at which place
General Bauks then was, aud in a good DO.
sition The rebels had followed our forces
from Grand Ecore When near Cane riv-
er, an engagement took place. iu which the
rebels lost r,0G0 men and nine pieces of ar.
tillery Our gunboais are safe, notwith.
standing wild fumors to the contrary. We
have late news from our aims 10 Arkansas
Marmaduke attacked and cspured train
with an escort. A sharp fight took place
Report says be took 1000 prisoners. 24C
wagons and 7 pieces Of artillery. phii
needs confirmation.
1t is estimated rtat the enemy burned
$4,000 bales of cotton 10 the vicinity o
Camden previous to he evacuation.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

Joe! Burgess, OF The 9Th Kansas Cava'.
rs, arrived on the lSlh ult. at Little Rock
Aik., having escaped from Shreveport. He
was captured, with eight others, on Jan.
l9, near Pine Buff, by 10 of Shelbys
men, wearing Union Uniforms They were
robbed Of all they possessed, the gnerriIlas
even taking their clothes aud giving in eg-
change their own filthy drapery. Mr. B.
says that the Rebels held about 600 pris.
oners near Shreveport, and that many of
The former are anxious TO go bone Blood
hounds were put on duty to guard the
prisoners.
The Presidents Proclamation of Amnes
ty was, he says, producing great effect
All tie transports alton OF the region was
employed in hauling cotton, which was be
ing sold 10 the buionis,s as fast as possible
for greenbackS and many persons believed
that this movement by Rebel officers was
to aise funds for stampede into Mexico
tie Ccn'ederacy west Of the NJ sSissippi be-
ing played ou,,in the opinion OF mos! people
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congregational.

MAY z, 1904.
The Sub Committee Of the Senate on the Fort
pillow disaster sat at noon. Among the W.T.
nesses Who were exa mined was negro VINO
was buried alive and dug himself out OF his
own grave. There is no doubt OF The isct mat
one or more persons we're nailed through the
iissh TO pieces Of wood aod then burnt alive
Not only on the day Of the surrender we're
such hendsh acts performed, bat the next day
10 cold blood.
The victims seen by the Committee we're
some Of them pierced and cut 10 the face ant
eyes With bsyouets and swords, while othei
parts Of their bodies were smashed aud dis6g
ured either by steel or lead
A mere boy had been sabered and crippled
aud while on the ground vas made q target
Seven balls we're fred into bis body. Wonder
ful to say, be lived, and though an arm and {
leg have been amputated, will survive.
No discrimination was made between whites
and blacks male or female, combatan,s or non
combatsnts. Men, women and children, refu
gees, contrabands and surrendered troops, wer,
indiscriminately butchered. The Commute,
will make their report this week. giving plair
statement Of facts and the depositons withou
comment
Mr.. Schenck, of Ohio, from the Committee
o. Military Affairs, reported a bill providing
that on and after the Ist Of June next the pay
OF privates 10 arms shall be increased from
thirteen TO sixteen dollars month, and Of non
commissioned officers as follows Corporas
SIS; Sergeants. $40 Orderly SergeaDts $24
Sergeant Majors, SIG per month. Clerks t'
Paymasters, 1900 per annum, etc. Sar
Cox proposed an amendment raising the pa
Of a private to SlS--party trickery. 1t failed
and the bill passed the House by l35 yeas.
The House concurred 10 he Sepate's amend
ment providing that the Naval Academy shn
be returned and re-established at Annapoli
before the commencement of the Academi
year. The amendment was concrrred in -
BY returning to Annapolis we will save $75
600 or 100000 ayear.
A number Of Senators met in caucus o
the 81 10 agree upon a united course in n
gard 10 the restoration of Frank Blair t
his command in the ermy They decide
to support the resolution refusing to recoe
nize Blair as Major General 10 the mil
tary service, and recommend his dismssa
from said service, on the ground that b
holds his commission 10 violation of law.
The joint resolution which unanimousl,
passed the House of Representatives abou
month ogo. protesting agains: the Frcnc
occupation OF Mexico. aud the establish
ment OF monarcbiee institutions on thi
continent, still sleeps in the Senate'S Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, which it
permitted to do for reasons Of State policy
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07
FoREIGN NEws.-Late news from Eurupcj

FoREIGN NEws.-Late news from Eurupcj
says:
The Archduke Macmillan left Miramar
on the l4'h for Rome, where he expected
to arrive on the 20:h On the following
day, he intended to embark for Mexico. A
convention between Louis Napoleon and
Macmillan has been concluded, which pro
vIded Tor the reduction of the Freuch u my
OF occupation 10 25 600.
Garibalai was on visit to london
where he received the most brilliant ova-
! tion. At a banquet given in his honor 10y
he Duchess of Sutherland, cnly two for
eign Embassadors-tbose of the United
States aud Turkey-were present.
The prigateer Florida has beea refused
admillance TO a Portuguese por', bat was
well received in q Spanish port
From Sehleswig we have the important
news that Duppel has fallen into the hands
of The Prussans The loss Of the Danes
was 1900 men, 400 officers, and 90 guns;
! that of The PruSsIans amounted 10 about
| 500 xii ed and wounded. A Hamburg dis.
patch states that even The Island of Alsel
has already been occupied by the Pru>slaAS.
The latter also inted 10 seze the whole OF
Jutund as pledge for indemniGeation Of
losses by Danish vessels. The london
Conference was to begin on the l9.h o
April.
A Hamburg telegram says the Dane
have made prize of The German screw
steamer Bavaria. which traded between
/; Hamburg and New York. Four o.he
ships are named as having fallen into tn
hands of the Danish cruisers.
Garibaldi had another enthusiastic re
ception at the Crystal Palace, on Saturday
, April I6, notwithstanding the unfayorabl'
W. athef The number present was estima
ted at from rs, 600 to 10000. composed o
all classes. Quite sensation was create,
in all England by the report that the Gen
eral intended to bring his visit at clost
aud to leave Immediately for Italy. Th,
slute of his bealth was assigned as reGson
bot wilhstanding the denial of this reuS
, on by Earl Palmerston and the Aoniteur
it was generally believed that an outsd
pressure had been brought 10 bear upol
the mind Of the great Italian.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

Madison Court House, Va, was utterly
destroyed by fires kinded by our forces
but when you hear howl Of Copperhead
misery over Uuion barbarism, just tell them
that our troops were fred upon by Rebe
soldiers who took refuge in the houses o.
the villsge-lhat volleys of musketry were
poured upon them from the windows, uni
SELF. defense forced them 10 smoke the enemy
out. The Richmond Eramiaer, which fair ly
rsvcls in glee at the bucheiy at Fort P.l.
low, will wiring its hands dismaIly over The
burning Of the few sbauties that made ur
the town Of madison Court. House.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

SECRETARY CHASE HAS NOT RESIGNED
When be witnessed the seeming Executive
sanction and sspport Of Frank Blair in his
assaults apon his personal character aud
Official conduct as Secretary Of the Treasu
~, Mr.. Chase seriously thought Of retiring
from the Cabinet, but his sense Of his OBJ
legations to the country, aud the discussions
Of patriotic friends, induced him to delay =
action and to remain for the present at bis
post
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Foov a =, Ionis dispatch il seems prc

FRoM St. Louis dispatch it seems prob
able that Gen. Steele, who was reported
last week in the vicinity Of Shreveport, La,
is still at Camder, Arkansas. His arrival
at the latter point alter two successful en-
gagemen's with Price ON the Little Mis-
souri, River, was announced ten days ago
aud as the present dspatch is without date
it does not contradict Tue sumor of his ad
vance except uferentally by the statement
that Camden is SO strongly fortified as tC
repel all attacks, aud that supplies are l(
be forwarded ,hither from Little Rock
Moreover, if this dispatch came from Ger
Sleel's Headquarters, he was aware whel
it was sent OF Gen Banks defeat, aud II
no danger Of compromising himself by al
advance. He is said to have 10000 meI
aud to be able 10 cope with the whole
of Kirby Smiths force. Successful sklrm
shes with Sterling Price are reported tC
have taken place ON the march from Little
Rock and The occupation of Camden wa
effected without a battle by help Of lltll'
strategy.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-07

Carpenters large painting ofthe Cabinet
Meeting at which TIE draft Of the Amnesty
Proclamation was read blythe President iscom'
log rapidly forward. The heads Of The President
.aud of Secretaries Stanton and Seward are far
advanced TO completion, aDd are remarkable
iikenesses- Of Mr.. Stanton being striking
ly successful perhaps from being most nearly
finished. Il Is easy to see that the work as
whole. and in its details, is going to be tri
umph.