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A wIHfER IDYL.
By JOHN @. WHITTIER,

By JOHN @. WHITTIER,
In one % SsasfSly printed Soisn., With. sas portr..
OF the Author sad an lusrscn VI his Birthplace, the
Nothing that has ever appeared from our fsvorts
New Ensland poet Will have closer home than
this admirable pIoduston tell. the story Of his own
stormy season Of the year so full Of voistuds and
danger to the jewellers on our rocky coast Thousands
OF readers will thank anew the poet who can make
..The winter Joys their boyhood knew"
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''And dear and early friends-ths few ,..
Who yet remain-shsll pause to view
These Flemish pictures Of old days;
Sit with me by the Homestead hearth,
And stretch the hands Of memory forth ..
To warn them At the wood Ares blalsi
And thanks untracsd to lips unknown
Shall greet me like the odors blown
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CARPENTER 4 MUNsoN.
General Claim Agents.

p@- J. n CARPENTER, late Lieut.. and
Adjutant LIST Tennessee Light Artillery.
DsS- s, AUNSON, late Lieut.. and AdJutant
9th Tennessee Cavalry,
WoULD respectfully inform the citizens
w Of East Tennessee that they have opeu
I'd an Office in KNOXVILLE for the purpose
Of adjusting and collecting all classes Of
claims against the Government for supplies
AIKEN and informal vouchers given, and sup.
plies taken and ito receipts given, and for SER
vices rendered. Prompt attention given to
settlements OF oliccrs' accounts. Stoppage
Of pay removed, and certificates OIL non.in In
debtedness obtained for resigned officers.
Reasonable prices charged,
Vouchers bought or collected at lowest
prices.
neA. 0Ciee LIST door South Of Exchange
Bank. Gay St, Knoxville. Ten.
Post Office Box 1873.
Recommendation, " G. Brownlow, Gen.
a. c. Gillem, Col. L, c. Houk, Capt. McSeish
may 26-tf.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-10-05
CIRCUIT cbUkr or wAsfhyGToy q

CIRCUIT COURT or WASHINGTON co
IOHS P. HusE Va NARY A Husk. N.
~ appearing from The allegations OF the
plaintiffs bill that the defendant Mary A.
husk is I Hon-resideu, Of the State Of Tenu-
sssse Il Is therefore ordered that publication
be- mads W The q Union Flag 4 newspaper
published 10 the town Of Jonesbofo wash
ingtDu County feonssssg ~ d. successive
WtsEs notifying said defendants Mary A..
Hnsk 70 Appsaf hri9re hla Hphpr ths, cifeait
Judge ~ ths founh aoddsy 10 OrtoBet 1859,
agTbr ohnfIouss "a. JutsIboro md tnsWer
The allegatious plaintiffs Bill or the sanSs
wiz be pfoseeded Sith sIparis. THIS 10Th
S y IA. b. DtHkRS CLERK Z
County Court or Garter County.
IN AVID BELL ADMINISTRATORS IA
~ iltny Belt and otArft. Petition Va
"a lsbdtu fhls eqlsr. itig alleged that cAt
dsisndsau Hspv Bali Joseph Mckee sad
wife Ans Mckee, ars non fsiidenn Of Tonu-
sssee u y ordered that ibsJ AppfArl ~ tAe
Ortohsr tern 1853 81 thB eoBFt md defend
sftbis caofp vflbaNktu ~ tonffsssd.
Sept &, 1855 4sArs I. DRAptBN Clerk
ssFs7i stpNB
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8l.5OO Per Yoari We want Agent
sysryNhrre 70 sell onr IaPRoTED $50 Sesing
Machines. Three new tfnds. Under and up
yer FEED. Sent On trial. Warranted AVe years.
Above saiAry OF large commissions paid Thg
only nAebines sold 70 United Shurs Tor lees
than $40, which arr Oalg hse1sof tV HorS,
Wlok5 4 Who's, Grota \ Bstsr, Singer 4 o..
and BatARdsr. an Other cheap naehine, are
itfrlgJsr,nh ard the fciir or rt1 ne HdAs 10
Srfed. fhs and iaprhsnn.4fa. mnstratsd
cffeniss scot ne. Address, NJ call shaW 4
Clark q Biasfcf8, haius " chic.g1 90
fsftf
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pTTITioS 70 SLLt LASD 70 PSF DEDfs.

PETITION TO sELL JASD 10 PSF DEBrs.
NEORGL ". SHOWN, Asn'r ~ NJ EtTATE n
Ochafiss Bary, decreased. ". Ihs Hsis " Chsries
Bafry, dsesassd. IL ihb ease u spp~Niar from ~
anseaileas IN -. p~iitoa that cafharns Dqftob. 81.
sf Tsnnsssss. ~ IL fhfuf1rs ordered Nat pntlhattad
- usis ~ f.ar s~utestsiss pe-h N ihs Uniou Tlsr,
rnAsh~d ln faneflnrg, 1fnn, n~rtlfI1r rah dsfuf.
D. hs h-d 81 tn ftfntv ~ tah1scn. ~ ne CaHt
I0assiu rn lofrfrr..oa ~ huf neifsy 10 Novsnf@r
SIT N A. risf n ~ gun tFrfafrrf hsr ltfsrssf ~
Asgssr. T. pai-sFt-AI hob 4 BEnkT ca
Rags Ragsl Ragsl
~. Cotton N Ltgrs Htrs b. fAfsi rv1ey
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Indigo, Nader,
Alum. CopperaS
and Elk. LOgWood.

In fact we have everything usual
Is kept in q first class Mercantile
Establishment, We respectfully in
vito the public to call and examine
our goods for Themselves.
BAR We viii pay the highest mar
kct prices fol uncurrent money.
Also the highest prices will be paid
for al kinds of Country PRODUCE
IlUSS, LAMPSON & co
AprnZ7t1
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LIABILITIES.
Losses Unadjustei and not Due, ....r.. SlS,Oia 81
NET, 3,Tl5.439 AZ.

As AoESr OF the RTNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
~ Hartford, the leading Fire Insurance. Company Of
the Country, ALLOW us localI your attention to the SUI
pciior security aud indur 'tnruts offered for patronage.
by presenting such facts " good work as
Sls,aOO,U00 Losses paid ia - y'Ars,
LCa'h Capital OF s2,2ptOU absolute aud unim.
parcdl with a surplus VI 81 ;iJg A..
PgHPEfuAL CdN AcTfIl with the prestige Of III
years experitgre and usrfnlnrss
A CASH Bass " TRANSACTIONS, free frrm the reyul-
sions Incidental TO the uote system, or its abuses, aud
\ straight forward busiuva Infringement, destitute Of
clap-trap and false promises.
QrALIrY, in matters Of lSsURAScE, Is frequently lost
tight o., IN which respect, there h, Ike other articles
VI traffic, a grrat variety. Indeed, the genuine ar
lar folly Of seeking the cheapest rate, the bSaer kind OBJ
d.na uuI'au! ,i'. ut5 ga trstrd by the eyents Of
tinr--wlrn br al il required q stone Is found inst, nd.
There j. also 4 flmsy article OF the kind cheaply pur-
chascd-with not Auficint vitality Ia stan1 beyond
f'w Year, soryiCr-Which is dangerous, Sxp.n,iv,
aud ans ttisfl't Iry in th' rnl. From many ytan aS
y rirnco, we can only Trcohimr nd the kind that war
we'll, improving by time and use, to something subs
stantiAl. LOOK, therefor, ~ QUALITY, a. the para.
mount consideration OF nsutancr-rryCrs the rule
making the rate u premium the chief essential, for
too frequently the CHEAPEST RATE Is only an index TO
the Poorest Insurance.
u~bjeciions 70 Insurance Rs frequent with owners
" the Eattr kindsot property, snrh Us dwellings frum
a conclusion that there ia only trihing danger seem
INK entirely to forget the rates Of premium with this
Crlpputy arr graduated according to the burning haE-
o. VI zach klnd ~ property. The safer the risk, he
lownr the rate, aud len The Rct be considered, thai IN
ar y-drs the EtnR Insurance Company adjusted and
paid LugsEa On DSELLISG ASp CONrRSTs AL1SE S4i9,-
$40. 81. The dangers from stoves AMI pipes, hot air
fu~nicrs, defective dues, mateirs, wood ashes. burning
Iupt, lights, carelc. susss, or other CAUSES, are not so
Iriliug ~ many suppose.
100000 b, isgiie orsrdCc driy me loss IL he Tui.
ed Nties, the Importance o. Insurance Is al iniperA-
i've Hrces-ity with prudent property owners.
Dwellings, Uuthuildlngs aud Contents are
insured in the most Favorable Manner, for 4
Term Of Five Years or less.
G7S- All business attended to with dis.
match and fidelity. BY strict attention TO q
iegitimute Insurance business, this Company
Sahle tu offer indemnity for the pasiand Sc
urity for the future. Applications for To-
granev promptly attended to. al.
LOSSES EQulPABLY ADJUSTED AND
PROMPTLY PAID, By
GEO. E. GRESHAM, Agent.
Jan, 20. Union Flag Office, JonesbO,o, Tenn
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Cheap water Cooler.

The editor of the Scientific American re-
commends, from practical experience, the fol-
lowing simple method of keeping ice water
for long time in a common pitcher, thus
obviating the necessity of purchasing a
"ceoler,' the expense of which would keep a
small family in ice the greater part Of the
summer:
Place between two sheets of paper news
paper will answer, thick brown is better) a
layer Of cotton batting, about half an inch in
thickness; fasten the ends of paper and bat
ting together, forming CIRCLE then sew or
paste crown over one end, making box
the shape of stovepipe hat, minus the rim.
Place this over an ordinary pitcher filed with
ice matchmaking it deep enough to rest on
the table so as to exclude the air-and the
reader will be astonished at the length of
time his ice will Keep, and the water remain
cold after the ice has melted.
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A PODnIar FaIIacy

That outdoor exercise before breakfast is
hsalthful. 1t is never so. And, from the
very nature of things, is hurtful, especially to
persons of poor health; although the very
vigorous may practice it with impunity. In
winter the body is easily chilled through and
through, unless the stomach has been fortified
with good warm breakfast; and in warm
weather, miasmatics gases and carnations
speedily act upon the empty and weak stom-
ach in a way to vitate the circulation, and
induce fever and ague, diarrhea and dysen-
terry. Entire families, who have arranged to
breakfast before leaving the house, and to
take supper before shutdown, have had COM
plets exemption from fever and ague, while
the whole community around them was suf-
tering from it for having neglected these pre-
cautions
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-07-27
Results OF Advertising.

Among the three or four hundred London
houses which must soon be cleared away in
the neighborhood of Temple Bar-the site be-
ing required for the new Temple of Justice
is that in which Holloway of pill and ONT
ment celebrity, carries on his operations. A
return has just been furnished to the city au-
thorities as the foundation of claim for com
pensation, from which it appears that the
profits of the business Tor the last three years
amount to between 100000 and 100000.
The sum paid for advertising is over e25, 600
per annum, and the staff of the establishment
includes two hundred women, whose sole duty
it is to look after the advertisements, and see
that they are inserted as ordered.
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Flowers.

Flowers are the silent yet eloquent teachers
Of innocence, and their preaching has worked
good in many places Woven into poetry
into religion, and into art, illustrating the
most attractive morality of the Bible, and
being in themselves most beautiful, they are
likely to be the cause Of moral beauty where
their influence is permitted. OF all things
we would urge an exhibition similar to that
which we believe was got up last year--a
show for the humble plants grown by poor
people. Mignonettes and geraniums are to
be found even in White-chapel, and the more
to be found there the better chld's ma
ture is not only the worse, but positively i'm
perfect, if not brought int contact with
flowers, and poor children should get a chance
of seeing them. Flowers are, perhaps, to a
working man, more relief than books.
London Review
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Gas Monopoly in Cincinnati.

The Cincinnati papers are discussing the
subject of gas monopoly. 1t appears that
their gas company has fastened upon them a
most burdensome contract. The interposi-
ton Of the State Legislature had been sought
for relief, but the company, by the employ
ment of an INSCRIPTIONS lobby, succeeded in
putting rider on the bill proposed, 50 as
to defeat its object. The company now pro-
poses to make contract for five years, which
would insure profit of a million of dollars.
There exists, however, reserved power in
the city government to purchase tho works
at an appraisal by five men, two appointed
by the company, two by, the Common Coun-
Gil and one by the four thus designated. But
it is alleged that the Common Council of Gin
cinnati is under the control of the Gas Com
pany, so that any purchase to be effected
would be at an exorbitant price. The Ga
zette supports the project of purchasing the
works and selling them to a company that
shall obligate itself to furnish gas at two dol
lars per thousand cubic feet; at which rate, it
declares, moderate profit would be obtained,
while the citizens would be relieved from an
intOlerable extortion.
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Importation OF Birds.
From the Rastan journal. ]

If a really useful importation is to be made
it ought to be the common hedge sparrow
not the house sparrow, as some who seem to
know little about the habits of these varieties
of the sparrow have recommended. The
hedge sparrow builds in shrubs, hedges or in
low trees, and is not afraid to seek its food in
gardens and orchards has capital stomach,
and prefers flies and insects to every thing else
1t is very hardy and prolific. One pair will
produce ten young every year Unlike the
robin, whose impudsnce they share, they will
not harm fruits while they can get anything
else to eat. The British hedge sparrow is Just
the bird to import, and colony once domes-
ticated never leave the locality.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-07-27
EireOPOOf PAPER.

This astonishing effect is produced by a
most simple process. 1t is only necessary,
whether the paper be plain written Or printed
on, or even narbled, stained, Or painted for
hangings, to immense it in strong solution
of alum water, and then thoroughly dry it,
when it will Immediately become freproof
This experiment is readily ascsrtained by
holding slip of paper over candle. Some
paper, however, will require to imbibe more
of the solution than it may receive by sin
gle immersion in which case, the operation
of dipping and drying must be repeated till
such paper becomes fully saturated, when, il
is positively asserted, neither the color OF
quality of the paper will be in the smallest
degree affected, but that, on the contrary
both will be even improved.