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Post Magazine g. Insurance Monitor, May 10.
FIRES, FIRE ENGINES, AND FIRE
BRIGADES.

A bulky volume of 534 pages, bearing
the above title, the production Of Charles
f. T. Young, Esq, C.E.. has just issued
from the press. We are informed in the
preface, that the work has been OCCASION
ed from it's author having found it ex-
tremcly difficult TO obtain, in anything
like a convenient manner, information
on the various matters connected with
the subject of which he treats, there be-
ing no treatise or work especially devo-
ted to them. Mr.. Young, in his opening
chapter, makes the following observa-
tons on the causes and consequences OF
Fires, which are so frequent in their oc-
currence and so disastrous in their ac-
tiOn =
Fire, like. the rest of the elements,
when properly used and controlled, is an
excellent servant and assistant to q man
but when it obtains the mastery, it is, as
we find from past and continued expert
ence, a most terrible and ruthless tyrant,
destructive alike to life and property,
and perfectly indiscriminate in its raw
ages.
The palace and the hovel, the prince
and the peasant, the old and the young,
are equally open to its destructive influ-
ence, and it becomes the bounden duty
of all to do their best to prevent it's do
ing mischief, and %confine it's powers with
in those bounds in which it is found to
act most beneficially for man.
CareleSsness and wilfulness are the two
best allies by whose influence it so fire.
quently exceeds its bounds, and against
these 1T is impossible always TO guard /;
consequently, from the earliest ages, we
find provision made for restitution or
punishment according to the origin of
the fire, and in the case Of wilfulness it
was punished by death.
From a death by fire or burning we all
instinctively shrink, and with reason, for
a moro fearful or terrific finish to ones
existence cannot well be imagined ;
therefore, as when once a fire breaks out
it is impossible to foretell the extent of
its ravages, or the loss Of life that NAV
ensue, it is proper that the punishment
for arson should be made most severe,
and also that for culpable carelessness,
the effects being the same, though the
motives may differ.
A large fire, especially amongst much
m material, IS an awful and
magnificent sight, and one usually as
ruinous and fatal in its results as it is
extensive and magnificent in appearance.
In a few hours the labours,of a lifetime,
or even of a generation, disappear, leav-
ing in their place a shapeless useless
mass of ruins, and the owners or depen-
dents homeless and ruined, and frequent
ly to commence again those labours and
exertions that possibly another year or so
would have rendered unnecessary.
Although fires can never be entirely
prevented, Mr.. Young is of opinion, and
everybody will agree with him, that this
is no reason why precaution should not
be taken to guard against them. Yet,
after all that can be devised for this pur-
pose has been done, there is, as he re-
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people will take care TO keep out the
melee, and it would be discreet in our
statesmen to have no part in a congress
designed apparently TO afford a pretext
for beginning the strife.
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Minor VIM. h. Iewis.

Our distinguished fellow-citizsn, Ma.
joT VIM. B. Lewis, resigned his seat
last week as a Representative Of David.
son county in the State Legislature.
This morning we announce him a
candidate for reelection to the vacated
post The age Of Major Lewis and his
feble health predispose him against
the cares and excitements Of public
life, and be would much prefer TO spend
the remainder Of his days IN the quiet
walks of private station. But, there
are times when all must make sacri.
fees The Governor OF the State il
his Proclamation yesterday ordering
elections 20 fiji vacancies in the Legisla
ture, deems IL proper to treat the re
sifned members aB disorgsnizers. Il
there is a man in the State Of Ten.
neafes who desires 10 ioment dis
cord and 6issension and disorgaui
cation in the minds of the people
that man is not William B. Lewis
IL has been has constant aim, "a
a citizen and q Legislator, to promote
harmony and peace, and to restore th'
former Iraternal relations Of the PEG
lie. Nothing could be more unjust
therefore, than to charge him witt
being a disorganizer-s disturber o
law and order. Ii viii, we doubt not
be gratifying TO the great mass Of the
laysl voters of Davidson county, tina
they are to have sn opportunity TO ex
press their appreciation Of the cours,
which Major Lewis purlued as thei
homeopathic. If nc is 10 have oppo
s.ton let his competitor step forth iron
the midst of the ultra radicals who res
meet neither worth, o age, nor un
Questioned Unionism, If IN conflict witt
their absurd and prosoripuye theories
We shall then have a fair field aud
fair decision, and If Major Lewis is re
elected. (of which there can be NJ
Doubt he will return 20 has seat II
the Legislature, and continue to serv'
ms constituents faithfully and ably.
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State elections are to be held in Lew
Hampshire and Connecticut next
month. The latter one comes of on
the first Tuesday in April. The ultra
radicals in Congress dread an appeal to
the people, and hence they have post
poned the consideration of an amend
inert to the Federal Constitution fer
the benefit Of the negro till the second
Tuesday in April, after the elections in
the above States. Last fall several
States were carried by candidates who
have since turned up ultra radical, by
professions Of support Of the Presi-
dents restoration policy. We trust
that the friends of President Johnson
will prevent a similar game from being
successful in New Hampshire and Con
necticut next month. They ought to
support no man who does not unquali-
fedly endorse and support the Presi-
dent's restoration policy and the veto
of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill The
game of fast and loose Will not pay.
Every mar must show his hsuds.
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This Model Templs Of MnsIr
Everything Moral, Cha,ts and Amusing.

Ha-Doors open st = to y Performances eommen.
ces tbs, precisely.
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OiFNk OF SUPEkNleihG COMMI4sAaF, 4
MILITARY DTvIsIoS OF TESSEs-EE, !
NASHVILLE, TESN., Feb. 2lst, 1866.
GEALED Proposals, which must be in dupncat,
Oslth a copy Of tins Advertisement attached L
each, will be received at this Office until Il o'c'ocl
m, Thursday, March 18th, 1866. for suoplyirf
fresh Beet, Of good and marketable qualty, il
equal proportions OF fore and hind quarter meat
(necks, shanks and kidney tallow TO be included,
for issue 10 the troops and others supplied by the
Government with T~stions, at tee following named
posts in the Military Division Of Tennessee: Hunts.
vile, Ala Nashville, and Chattanooga, Tenn At
lants, and mscOn, Geo and at all posts driving
supplies rom the above namef posts. Contract "a
be IN force six months, commencing on the LIST day
Of April. 1856, and ending the Both day Of Septem.
Der, ls56, or such less time as the Commissary
General Of subsistence may direct
The nscKs Of the cattle slaughtered for beef to be
cut OF at the fourth Vertettal Joint. and the breag 4
trimmed down. The shanks Of ( re quarters TO be
ut OF nom three 10 four inches above the knee
Joint. aud OF h nd quarters from SIX to eight inches
above the gsmbrel or h ok Joint.
Payment will be made mo- THY. or as early there.
after as funds may be received therefor, and in such
funds as may be furnished by the United States.
Separa'e bids will Re received for each Of the
above posts, or one bid may Include them all.
No bids Will b5 entertained from persons Who
come under the exceptions Of the Presidents Am
neSty Proclamation. Nor viii bid in which such
persons are interested, either directly or indirectly,
be received, unless they can produce the pardon Of
the President. Bids from all other persons under
sad PROCLAMATION must be accompanied By the
Amnesty Oath.
Proposals must be accompanied by a proper guar
sntee, slgned by two responsible persons, stating
that If a contract IL awarded, they will enter bonds
for the faith I'll ulf lment Of the contract.
The undersigned reserves the right 70 reject sny
and all bids if.red.
Endorse en.elopes, Proposals for Fresh Beef"
and ADDE'S the same 70 the undersigned.
NJ. p. SMALL, Bvt Col sc. g..
feh2l-tmGr. 8 Nashville Tennessee
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"He believed the country would be
4" restored to its former condition Of
q" prosperity and harmony.
"His only work was the restoration Of
4" the country, through reconciliation
"and harmony Of the nation. We are
steadily accomplishing the work
The above quotations, says the
Cleveland Herald, are from the report
of President J~ohnson's response to the
Baltimore Committee, and we quote
them merely to pin Oh a remark or two
derived from q short interview with a
gentleman of this city, who has just
returned from his second trip 10 the
South, in the employ Of the Freedmens
Aid Society, which acts in harmony
and conjunction with the Freedmens
Bureau. The political sentiments Of
the gentleman referred to, and his con
slant labors for the Freedmen, relieve
him from any suspicion Of political bias
in sympathy with rebels, or prejudice
against the cause of the Freedmen
and these facts give to his words the
deepest significance.
This gentleman-we need not call
by name, he being SO well known from
his efforts for Freedmen-we beg Z
citizens to seek an opportunity to con-
verse with, Iand learn what he head
and saw upon his visit South. His last
Journey extended as far as Selma, Ala
bama, and ne reports matters conhrma-
tory of Mr.. Johnson's u~tterances, when
the President says tie work Of restora-
ton, through harmony and ]reconcilia-
ton, is steadily going on. This gen
tleman reports that the employment of
Freedmen is constantly on the in
crease; that the business men Of the
South accept the situation cheer
fully fast becoming not only recon
ciled to the obliteration of slavery, but
glad that it 10 put out of the way. In
this respect there was great improve
ment apparent at his last visit over the
former one, and the Freedmen are ex-
p]eriencing q constantly improved
condition from this fact
"The bitterness, now, is almost en-
tirely with the clergy and the women,
but the masses Of the people are adapt
ing themselves TO the changed cOndi-
lion of affairs with great rapidity, and
the cases of outrage upon Northern
men are but the exceptions to the de
cent treatment they receive generally
at the hands of those so lately at war
with them.
This gentleman, from his personal
observations in discharge Of his duties
in connection with the cause OF the
| freedmen, is satisfied the course Of
| President johnson is the true course;
that it is a terrible mistake for the
friends Of the freedmen to differ with
him, and that the Presidents general
sentiments, as to the proper way TO
bring the South back into honest hsr-
mony with the government are the cor
rect ones
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A dispatch from Washington states
that Gov. johnson, Of Georgia, is Of
the opinion that the effect Of the Presi-
dents veto Of the Freedmen's Bureau
Bill is so bad, it is necessary to send
more troops to that State 10 protect
the poor prosecuted negroesl Now,
Gov. Johnson has not had an opportu-
nifty to see the effect of the veto in
bis State, as he lef. there for Washing
ton before any developments could be
made Besides, he has been urging the
President TO remogs all troops from the
STATE, AID the Bareau 1rih them The
radicals viii have to invent some more
plausible falsehOod
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SCALE or PRICES
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How they Lie-RadicaI ISLANDER al

Gov. Johnson, Of Georgia.
A radical dispatch from Washington
states that the Hon. James johnson.
late Provisional Governor of Georeis,
o in Wsshington, assured the Presi-
dent the other day that more troops
ought TO be sent 10 that State, and that
the Freedman's Bureau was a necessity
We have no doubt, whatever, that this
statement is s Misrepresentation. Just
before Governor Johnson left home for
Washington, a difficulty with some ne
gro troops occurred at Columbus. A
committee of citizens had a conference
with Col Bogart, commandment Of the
Post aud other officers, on the subject
Of removing the troops. Gov. johnson
was present and spoke warmly in favor
of the Withdrawal Of me troops, and
he vas requested subsequently as he
intended to visit Washington, to repre-
sent the case in person to the President
and Secretary Of War. He agreed to
do SO, and this was one of the objects of
bis visit TO Washington. The Columbus
Sun, giving IN account of his interview
with the committee, says
The Governor stated g. the commit ee
tlat he bad heard Of a report that he had
asked i0-h garrison ia Columbus. Such a
report he regarded as unworthy Of denial.
Tie records u ac ErccRfUe Department
could sh1r- thar he had used has best C4IeaU0rs
To- haze cray Siato5O Of military golrcr-
troops, Bureau and Treasury Aqcuts-rc-
f.rrcl frg1 The State, and 70 haze ciUH laU
.ll.g Tts-5rcz. He believed that he and his
~ueIElb1rs could act justly by ther former
slaves and that the cIyIllsww was sufficiently
powerful 90 protect every man, both white
aal back, ln the p0s-esslOu Of every legal
right,
SO it appears that the Governor in
stead OF desiring more troops to be
sent to the State, and instead Of re-
gsrding the Freedmen.s Bureau a ne
oessity, has been exerting his influence
with the authorities at Washington to
"tIas egsry shadol0 Of Military polosr,"
tgettu Nth he Bureau, removed from
the State for thevery good reason that
be believed the "ciyil law was suih-
GENTLY powerful to protect every man
both white and black, in the posses
SION Of every legal right And this
being the case, Gov. johnson has been
doing just exactly the reverse Of what
Is attributed TO him by the radical dis.
patch from Washington. He is not
the sort Of man 10 make one set Of re-
presentations at home and another at
Washington. The base falsehoods OF
the radicals will rekoil on themselves
They can't make out q case by 8 miI
use of the name and influence of the
accomplished Georgian.
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Marshsl's Sale.

DH virtue Of a writ CT i n. to me directed from
ID the Circuit Cour. @, the United States, for the
Middle Disuct Cf tennessee, at It's October term,
1896, vii eel, on Saturday, The 18th day If April,
lotd, commencing q 10 O'Clock . N, ct Public Aua.
uJn 10 the blgrest bidder, fr cash N hand, at the
Court house door ia Nashville, davidson county, eli
the llEnt, tile, claim, interest AMI estate which VI.
h. nom sen ha.e Ia aud TO the following disrrib.
cd zeal estste, viz Lot No Il, in rwins's Addition
TO me city Of Nashville, fronting 26 feet on Fogl
street, C mmencing l4O feet from Stevenson su Get,
snd running back 100 feetlO a ten foot alley; being
the same lot the title q which was vested IN SAD
W Il. hOTn q son, BY decree Of he Chancery Court
Of DavidsOn cOuny, at its November term, 1865.
Al-o, one Other let ~ said Add ton, being No Is. 10
the plsC front ng 20 t5et On FOgg street, comnenc.
ing az the West corner II No Il and running along
sad sIeet 70 ieet al right angles. 1870 feet 10 a ten
foot alleJ; thence along Fsd alley Westwardly &c
ieet; thence II ngnt angles to the beg inning; being
tho sare . OF the title TO which was Vesteu ia said
W. Il Born q Son 10y decree Of the Chsncery Court
OF DAvltsOn county, at 5 November term, 1860, 70
saus ~ execution against ssid W. H. Horn & Son,
sndln favor Il 5utphsl q Weaks.
mart W4r r. K. La. OCK NJ. NJ u. T.
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E~WIGRATIoN TO TEXAS The Texas
journals represent the tide of immigra.
ton 20 that State as continually flowing
and increasing. Texas has sutfred less
than sny OF the other Southern States
during the war, and has a vast extent
Of public domain available for new set
tiers Being less exposed thsu her
sisters 10 the incursions Of the FEEDER
sis, she became a place Of refuge for
unfortunate driven from their homes;
her material wealth was increased thus.
and at the cessation of hOsGlities she
was, financially in a far better condi.
ton than could have been expected
With al these advantages, and a salu-
brIoUs climate, she needs only recon
stTucion' to give 20 her DEVELOPMENT
an impulse which viii be irresistible
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Death Of Col. W. 4. drowning
A dispatch from Washington an
nounces the death in that city, of Col
W. A. Browning. This announcement
will cause a pang Of sorrow in the
hearts Of the large circle Of his friends
and admirers in this city. Col Brown
ing was a native Of Maryland, aud was
one Of the most promising OF her young
men, Of courtly presence, frank, manly
aud genial manners, = ripe scholar, a
tine conyersauouaust aud a ready wri-
ter. he made an excellent impression
upon all into whose society he was
thrown. He came 10 Nashville in the
Spring of 1862 with GOV. johnson, &c
ted as his private Secretary during his
entire administration, and left with
him in the same capacity, when he was
called to A higher station by the voice
Of the people A short time since, he
rclnquished his position, having been
appointed Secretary Of the Mexican
Legation. In his death the public ser
vice loses one who might have been Of
much advantage in Mexico, where his
knowledge Of the various spoken Ian
guages Of the day would have been
called into requisition and society
lcses q brilliant ornament
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MaFshal's Sale.

DY virus Of a wit OF + IA, TO me directed, from
ID the Circuit Court OF UnIted States, for the Md
uie district OF Tennessee, issued at its Octooer
te m, 1865. 1 will on Saturday, the l4th dsy Of Apnl,
1864, commencing At 10 o'clock a m, sell at Public
Auction, T. the highest bidder, for cash in hsod, at
tue Count hou edoO- IN Nashville, Davidson county,
ali the night ode. interest, cam and estate which
j. B. Phi ug has III and TO the following described
real estate, w A certsin trBct or parcel of Land
situated, lying and being IN tho county Of Maury,
state Of Tennessee, on the South side Of Duck river,
and on the Wstars OF Lite blgby creek, beginning
one pole East Of The creek a. a sy -amore; q ence
North 80 degrees, Wsst 50 poles TO q stake; thercs
West lS4 poiesto a stake, oak, ash and elm pom ers;
tlence cou.h 10 poles 70 q SAGE snd d gEo d 70
6idton Pillows line; thence East 243 poles 70 6n
slm and black walnut, thence Nortn 5 degrees, West
- poles u a box elder thence North p degrees,
West co pole5 10 al ash; thence TO the bagnnipg;
containing M 'slt bounds l57 acres, more or less, 10
satstS an execution gains said Pillow and WI.
Dale, and IN favor CT Cochran 4 Co
nsro-W4t E.R.GLASCOCK, N. MI r.
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THEATRE,

5EPH X. PROCTOR. "a" ~
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Theultrarsdicsls say President John
son by his veto destroyed all his chance:
for reelection 10 the Presidency. If thi.
be true, ct is unfortunate for his ambi.
ton, but fortunate for patriotism he
made the sacrifice for the benefit of the
country, and to preserve the Consum.
ton.
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The senator from the Memphis Dis.
Jrict, Mr. Smith, made a speech in
Memphis last Friday night He an,
n0unced himself in favor Of President
Johnson's restoration policy, approved
the veto, and declared his intention 10
give the President his most uncompro
missing support He condemned the
Franchise Bill pending in the Legisla-
ture, and pledged himself to labor 10
defeat IT, He also made the important
announcement that thereRre a sufioien1
number Of Senators committed against
the bill to defeat it.
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Attention Capitalists.
AIIatOOna Iron Works for Sale,

IHE Stockho'dsrs having 20 directed, thu Pres
Il dent WI offer said property orzsle, a. alciG,
On ths mt Tuesday IN April ueHt, In Atlantis, M
less sold at private sale before that day. This pro
perry y located 40 miles above Atlanta, on 10Th
siue- Of the Western a Atlantic kallFoad. There s
10 scre5 o. land, a reasonable portion Of q good
farming land, and the balance valuable far wood AMI
minerais-gOid, copper and iron the iron ore
seeming 10 be ineNhausuhe, and the gray ore teing
esteemed among The best 10 the Ecrd. The Corn
and Flouriug Mile and Iron Works are only -nme
bali mile from the AilatOona depot, on ALat0onA
CreeEs Ehlch furnishes the water power. About
nall Of ne village Of Alia1oOna be.Oags % The pro
perty. some Of The buildings being enurely de-
slloyed. others damaged, al toe sorking s;oe-
beng entirely destroyed, others damaged, ali ne
working ssocE being Lost and = majority u The
stockholders bcirg crippled IN means By the raFa
ges Of war, have determined tbs company 70 sell
rather Than attempt, under tbs circumstances, 10
resuscitae.
information in detail can be procured By consult
ing y. MCDANIEL
fabian Atlanta, Ca.
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THE SECRETARY CT WAR-The Chic

lHE SECRETARY CT MAR-Ihe Chlca.
go Republican says:
On the part O! those who are euicavoring
h carry the people of the Northwest slong
with the President IN has apostasy from the
Union Republican party, q Jealous desire
seems 60 exist 20 have il believed thai Edwin
NJ. stanton ia a party 10 that ap stasy. and
that he approves both The recent veto mes
ssCe aud the b.a,kEuard speech Of Feb -.
Improbable rs this ia in itself. end unlikely
as Mr.. Stanton IL 10 be led into the b~e-rsvaI
Of a cause 70 which be has devoted four
years Of glorious service, we notice that The
personal organ OF the President, % the ed
ting Of which 10 IS understood that be de-
votes q good deal of his ume,-rf course we
mean the National InteliiEeucer,-contin-
ues 20 Jssail MIR. Stanton with all the old
venom aud assiduity This shows coDclu-
sY5ly that whatever reports msy be c,rca
lat d by persons Interested in Identifying
him with the Presidents pol cy, be is still
true 10 he cau-e Of suPpressing the rebel
lion. and placing The peace aud unity Of
the nation upon a secure aud permanent
basis.