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Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-13
A WRITER in a Georgia paper intro,

A WRITER in Georgia paper introduces
the American Eagle, which for five years
has been a comparative stranger in those
parts, in this style, Preliminary to the Fourth
Of July:
"The American Eagle is looking at us.
His tail feathers have been plucked out, but
still he is on his roost Mis- Columbia is
also standing with her flagstaff and flag onto
il, but she looks little pdssee' Fourth of
July comes but onct year, but its dull. We
must FIX up the Eagle, get the Goddess new
set of teeth and a waterfall, and haveFourth
Of July got up regardless Of expense. We
must give all the Mormon women a husband
apiece, marry the anxious schoolmarms that
come down South to teach the darkies, put
the niggers to work, build horse railroad
from New York TO the City of Mexico, dam
up the Gulf Stream, lick England, (Old and
New, annex Cuba, and we viii be again a
great and glorious country"
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4 PALPABLE HrT--The Charlottesville
(Va.) Chronicle thus good humoredly speaks
Of the straits TO which the Southern States
are driven by the Radical disGnionists;
at seems 10 us to be as hard TO get in the
Union as il is TO get oua. The South respect
fully asks 10 move one way or the other.
We are like the fellow that was forced 10 60
TO the show, and then not allowed 10 &C any
further than where he had paid for his tick
Ct. We have been dragged into the door
way Of the Federal tent, and are not allowed
20 see any Of the performance except to set
tie with the tax collectors. We can hear
the animals growing inside, and the crack
ingof the ring-master's whip, but we can't
see the show, unless we pay for two, and take
in a colored lady"
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Cotton Planting Colony !!---IOO
Men Wanted!!!

I WISH To ENGAGE MEN To CULTIVATE
L Cotton in one Of the most desirable sections VI
Mississippi, one hundred miles from Memphis,
Persons can 20 BY steamboat from Nashville 10
the plantation. | will pay first class men three
bales of cotton land board for the balance Of the
year. or four bales II they board themselves. or
FIVE bales 10 men who board themselves, and
furnish one Mule This is the best chance
ever offered in this country. can be seen by this
exhibit;
Three bales $50 lbs cach. at Se. (per ID Si05 90
-Four bales at 30e per 10 ................. $40 %
Five bales at Soc. per ID ..........-....- 615 %
Good references and security that each man has
sufficient means 20 carry out his contracts will be
required, aud ~ man who cannot furnish them
need apply Good houses and every thing ready
for immediate settlement of families Tbs boat
Hpon which we shall 90 will leave here within ten
days. Apply second door from the Stacey House
tup-stairsl above DR.. MorgHn's Office.
nar3-l0ts J. WARREN CLARK
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WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

DIR. Cheever, in the prayer he delivered
before his usual Sunday political harangue,
besought God Almighty that in case our
rulers (meaning the President and his sup
porters) "should persist in their present ca
reer of wickedness, and refuse to do unto
others as they should be done by, He God
,oould take them Om Of the ray" What did
Cheever mean?
Wendell Phillips, who made speech in
Brooklyn recently to prove the President a
rebel and a traitor, in the same address
spoke significantly of Mr.. johnson as an
obstacle TO be remored." What did Phillips
mean?
Thad. Stevens, in open Congress, declared
that, if the "man at the other end of the
avenue" had his deserts, he ,cOuI& lose has head
like Charles tie First. What did Thad. Stew
ems mean Constitutional Union.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-13
WORTHY OF THOUGHT.

At a recent public meeting in Buffalo, n.
Y, to sustain the President, DIR. Brunck,
editor of the Democrat, a German paper,
made speech, in which he sketched the
disasters which followed those nations Of the
old world that imposed unjust disabilities on
those whom they conquered. Among Others
he contrasted the English policy towards
Ireland and Scotland and the result, saying:
The English policy towards Scotland had been
Just, and brouqkt with it the spirit of unity, 50
that in national eling the two countries are in
separately one while in ireland. where Differ
ent policy. ignoring differences of character and
adaptaiiAi of local institutions has been followed
the more powerful nation, at time OF peace and
when no new oppression had for many years been
instituted Is rocked 20 her centre by the hatred
and uprising of the people. As ASdrubal made
his son Hannibal swear eternal hatred 20 the k9-
mans. so shall we, by the exclusion Of the South
erners be the means Of teaching ineradicabie,
pomicious and hereditary hatred 10 their child
rem. From these evils il was not too late to save
the country"
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-13

NEW ENGLAND PUEPTTs.-It is reported
that not less that 800 pulpits in New Eng
land are vacant for want Of proper support,
and that 500 are so poorly supported as to
yield a bare subsistence 70 the clergy. In
Connecticut, last year, according TO the h
dependent, over one-fiffh Of all these pastors
were dismissed, and only eleven ordained |!
We trace good share of this religious
apathy and in difference 10 the Radical
politios which have been proclaimed from
the New England pulpiis, and whas is true
Of New England Is necessarily true Of the
Middle and Western Ssases Politics in
the pulpit are rs much ont Of place as Satan
in the pulpit-N y Express
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All Around the Capitol!
NELSON & MURFREE,

OFFER FOR SALE TWO LARGE LOTS
" eligibly located on the west side of the Capt.
tol in front of that magnificent building.
A splendid lot with large frame dwelling, on the
southwest corner of the Capitol and one of the
most desirable residence lots in the city.
A lot of - feet ON Gay street, nearly opposite
the northwest corner of the Capitol grounds.
An eligible and desirable lot of IS feet front on
the east side of the Capitol, fronting new Park
street. Splepdid location. and offered very low.
A choice lot and new. neat gentell dwelling on
Summer street. near the northeast corner of the
Capitol.
And last and best of all. we can lease for ten
years all that beautiful and desirable ground on
the south side of the Capitol. fronting $50 feet on
Cedar street, and running back 200 feet or more
TO a wide alley.
For particulars and terms apply As above.
Ynar1g-1w
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EAST TENNESSEE TNIvERsITY.-We take
the following from the Knoxville CONNER
cidl, of Friday;
The trustees of the East Tennessee Uni
versity have taken a step which cannot but
meet the approval of every earnest friend of
education. Hitherto, our Knoxville schools
have la5ored under two disadvantages-lac
of that system which can be secured only in
a large establishment, and rates of tuition
altogether disproportiOnate TO our state of
finance. Under this regime very few of our
boys have been receiving any education
whatever, even in the commonest branches
to say nothing of studies preparatory to the
college course.
The University have provided an eflectual
remedy for the state of things, by establish
ing graded school under the direction of two
experienced teachers, which will accommo-
date whatever numbered students may apply.
But the chief advantages Of the arrange
ment is the low price of tuition. Ii is not
expected that the school will support itself
The friends Of the University will be relied
on TO sustain IL. We are informed that this
school proposes to receive all those students
who can read and write, and to advance
them in Euglish and classical studies as
rapidly as is consistent with the utmost
thoroughness. Ample opportunities are af-
forded 10 more advanced students, aud Gu
the same terms"
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-13

DIR. LORrSG, n member Of the MaSsachu-
sets House Of Representatives from Salem,
the gentleman who nominated Mr.. Breekin-
ridge for the Presidency in the Baltimore
Convention in 1860, has offered series Of
resolutions eondemning President johnson
and whitewashing" Mr.. Sumner.
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Most Excellent Farm for Sale .

EROM 100 to $50 acres Of Land three miles from
IL Nashville on the Dickson Pike. On the place
a good Dwelling. in good repair. containing six
rooms with servants houses, barns. stables. i've
springs and spring-house. The owner is anxious
10 sell If not sold in ten days will be for rent
Apply Mt once. j. l.. X X. w. BROWN,
inary-llw 49, Union street
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ITEMS BY MAIL.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-THE BASIS OF
REPREsENTATIoN.-T Senate had a six
hours session to-day on the Constitutional
Amendment proposing a new basis of repre-
sentation, and, after the debate, came very
near rejecting it by majority, the vote
standing % for to % against-nine more
Senators were required in its favor to secure
the requisite two-thirds vote. The Republic
cans who voted with the Democrats against
it were Brown, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle
Lane, of Kansas, Norton, Pomeroy, Stewart,
Summer, Van Wrinkle, Wiley and Yates
Senator Fessenden closed the debate on it, in
one of the most scathing reviews of Mr.
Summers late speeches, ever listened TO in
the Senate, which was received with keen
relish on the floor and in the galleries. He
held up the scholarly attainments of the
Massachusetts Senator in comparison with
what he called his impracticable legislation,
with lively sense of ridicule He spoke
nearly an hour in this strain. Mr.. Sumner
did not reply.
TAX on CoTToN AND INCoMEs.-The
Ways and Means Committee had an impor-
tant session to-day, and agreed to report
bill on the cotton tax and income tax. Mr..
Morrill, subsequently, stated TO the House
AAAat hN oiiohiN hlAhS III AiiN Jill az an
day. The tax agreed to on cotton is five
cents per pound. They propose to tax all
incomes over one thousand dollars per year,
FIVE per cent, with no deductions. The
committee have agreed to take off all the
tax on millinery and dress-making, which
has proved very oppressive tax.
THE case of Tennessee will come up next
week A number of conservative Western
Congressman, disliking the resolution re-
ported by the Joint Committee, in relation
TO her representation, have agreed on the
following resolution, which they will urge as
a substitute for the one reported by the COM
mittee:
Resolrcd bp The Icaafe and House If Represcnfa-
tres If Ne United .Stafes, WHEREAS, the people of
Tennessee have made known TO the Congress Of
the United States the desire that their constitu
tional relations heretofore existing between them
and the United States may be fully re established
and did, on the 22d day Of February, 1865. by
large popular vote. adopt and ratify constitu-
ton and government, republican in form. and not
inconsistent with the constitution and laws Of the
United States. and State Government has been
organized under the provisions thereof which
said provision, and the laws passed in pursuance
thereof denote loyalty 90 the Union: and
WHEREAS. The people Of Tennessee are found
to be in condition TO exercise the functions of
State within the Union; therefore,
ResOipcd. That the State of Tennessee is hereby
declared TO be fully restored 10 its constitutional
relations with the United States, and entitled to
be represented in Congress on the same footing
with other States.
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PAY UP.

I'VE NOTES AND ACCOUNTS DUR DR..
L Thomas Wells have been left with us for Col
lection Those indebted to him will please come
forward and settle forthwith or they will be hand
ed to an officer for Collection.
CALENDER & GARRETT,
marl3-lm Al Cherry street
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-13

RIO. REYNOLDS S. d. Lee, w. L. Duff,
T. C. Upper, n. H. Garris and Oscar J. f.
Stewart, are the Major Generals elect of the
Mississippi militia.
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NOTICE.

PROPOSALS FOR REMOVING AND FIT
i INC UP the Government Building on TIE
Hume School Lot; and also the Building AZ the
eorner Of Cherry and Hamilton sireets. Ninth
Ward: viii be received until the 10th Of N arch,
ls6d. at the Office o. tho Superintendent Of the
Public School, Ne. Masonic Temple.
T. W, HALEY.
A. d. CREIGHTON. SC0mmiitee.
JOHN LELLEETT.)
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StOIen--LiberaI Reward.

ON YESTERDAY EVENING AT DARK, A
" horse and buggy was taken from Green K
Whites Stable, No. . Cedar street. Description:
Bay horse. full sixteen hands high. branded U. S.
ON left shoulder and S. on right side Of reck.
Hind pastern enlarged. Buggy open top, built by
Roberts & Curtis Cincinnati.
mar l3-tf
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RELEASE or ADMIRAL SEMMrS.

President JOHNSON has ordered the dis.
charge Of this gentleman who, it will be re-
membered, was arrested at his home in Mo-
bile some months since, and carried to
Washington to be tried as a pirate on the
high seas. The Washington correspondent
Of the Philadelphia Ledger says:
The release Of Semmes has been foroshadowed
twice In the LedOer's dispatches and the sudden
hitch have spoken of while the work of Sc
curing evidence was IN progress, was the Presi-
dents own act, and the result of full examina-
ton Of his case by the Executive is the order is
sued this morVRng for his discharge from further
imprisonmentS At no time, IL is said, was the ar
rest approved by the President or the Lieutenant
General, u being the opinion of each. that the
prisoner was fully protected by his rarole The
letter Of Semmes himself backed by the legal
opinion Of Judge Hughes. his counsel. was 50 con
elusive On .his point that the President was satis
he'd his further retention was longer either just
advisable. Il Is the purpose of Scmmcs TO re
turn 60 Alabama Immediately.
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For Sale or Lease.

TIVE PRESENT OWNER OF A LARGE
L Building. containing nine rooms. sanentrally
located, with nice Bar Room in frontTlNiahes to
sell or lease the entire house with Furniture. APP
ply Mt this Office marl3-lt
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200 WAGONs!
100000

$50, 900 Al PINE SHINGLES FROM
Saginaw. just received and Tor sale By
s. II. STEVENS.
Dealer IN Wagons. Carts, &e., Franklin Pike.
near the crossing Nashville and chaftanooEa
Railroad Nashville. Tennessee.
mAx2-S0t.
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FOR RENT.

A DWELLING HOUSE ON PARK STREET,
n at SIS per month-four rooms, basement. etc.
The second and third stories Of large store
house on the Public Square, at q low price.
A Store House. Bakery, and Dwelling on Mar
ket street, opposite the University building
cheap.
A Store House and Dwelling. No. 6, Market
street few doors north of Church.
One elegant STORE on Market street, a few
doors south Of Church.
large and elegant Dwelling in o central To-
catiOn-the best stand in Nashville for a Club
room, Restaurant, etc, etc.
narl3-iw NELSON X MURFREE.
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CA IL ID.

On account sf bad health this day sold out my
entire interest in the firm Of FRENCH 4 CO.. to
the above House. and cordially recommend to my
old friends my Successors in basinsss. who may
BE- confidently relied on % rea,lsmen Of the
hizbesi business qualifications snd to those who
mily favor them With their business they can
fed assured that 1t win be performed with probiiy.
honor and energy.
For the many fayoFs aud large patronage have
rsesived during the long number Of year, I have
bess engaged in business. sarmly thank my
friends. earnestly soliciting the continuance Of The
same for my saaesssoaknd friends. Reid. Chad
bourn 4 Co.
NJ. d. FRENCH.
ebgT-tf
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LARGE
AUCTION SALE,
BY w. III. LUCUS a. CO.,
LARGE

No. . College ST., opposite Sewanee Hotel.
WE WILL SELL FRIDAY, MARCH 10TH.
w 1866 On account of bili filed by Judge Jos.
c. Guild against sundry parties, large assortment
of the very finest Ladies Dress Goods, Table Linz
ems Towels, Napkins, Irsh Linens, Shawls. /. C..
Handkerchief Linen Drills, Fine Silk. Flanness,
Shaker Flannels. Counterpaus. Sependers Cloths,
CaSSmeres. Bleached and Brown Ubmesties. Prints,
Defiance and in fact almost every article usually
kent in Retail Dry Good Store. The Goods will
be sold with liberal privileges Terms, Cash, on
delivery. Goods opened for inspection Thursday,
previous 20 sale.
W, II. LUCUS & co,
Auction and Commission Merchants.
No. IS and 25ls College street, opposite Sewsnee
Hotel marl3-4t
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For Cairo.

fIiHE REGULAR PASSENGER PACKET
Il CUMBERLAND. BEN f. EteAN
Master willleay THIS MORNING at 10 O'Clock
For freight or passage. apply on board or to
WM. BOYD, Agents.
marl3-lt Cor. Broad and Front streets.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-13
JOHN BROWNE,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Cor. Deaderick st. and Public square

Cor. Deaderick NJ. and Public square.
AOULD INFORM HIS FRIENDS AND
w the Public generally that he is now reoeiy-
ing his Spring and Summer Stock of
Goods for Gentlemens Wear, consisting of
styles.
/ would respectfully say to my friends not to
send their orders North for Clothing, am fully
prepared to furnish them EQUALLY AS CHEAP
as any respectable house in New York city. for
the same QUALITY. marlin.
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Nnfice 1n Hose SnrinkIers.

LII prisons ARE NOTIFIED THAT 1T
"A is 4 violation of law to use Hose for Sprink
ling Streets without first having the same meas
pred BY the Superintendent and paying the Tax.
The law will be enforced AGAINST all offenders.
JAMES WYATT
Superintendent WateTworks.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-13
For 81. Innis.

rTIIE NEW AND SPLENDID STEAMER
Il LMPERIAI- Captain JoHS S DAsHIKLL
AsHBY. Clerk. will leave for above and interme-
date points THIS MORNING, at 10 O'Clock.
For freight or passage apply on board. or 10
II. q. HARRISON 4 SONS. Agents.
marl3-lt Fr0at street
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Steam Engine for sale p

A Splendid ENGINE, IN FIRST RATE
N Order fifteen inch cylinder. anG twenty four
inches stroke with double slide valve, can be
bought at a bargain on application to
VIM. SUTHERLAND,
mar13-lw Next door TO the Post Office
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GENERAL NOTICES.
Lots for Lease and Sale.

.. FOR SALE-The -Four Lots on Woodland
street. Edgefeld. near the Bridge. now sOon to be
ready, Nos. los. LEG. l07. aud lbs in Sheibys
Addition, near DR.. Herman's, at s. per foot.
- ALSO FOR LEASE. 100 feet on Spruce
street near Broad. at $40 per foot.
3. FOR SALE-l00 feet in BlOOd's Addition
Edgefieid. corner Woodland and Foster streets
adjoining Mr.. Irby Morgan. st $50 per foot. Ap-
ply to NELSON K MORFREE.
rfV4i-
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FOR RENT.

T ARGE STORE FOR RENT Apply at No
l. 10 North College street.
mar9-dff
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STEAMBOATS,
Fer Cincinnati.
For 81. Iouis.
For I,ouiSyiIIe.

THESTRAMER MERCURY. CSC. Dickinson.
Il Master will leave for the above and iHtermedi-
ate Pnrts on To MORROW EVENING. at 4
O'Clock
Tor freight or passaEa&aprly ON board. or 10
Capts. BUYB& COGBErr. Agents.
maTl3 z Cor Front and Broad.
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A BAD BILL.-Bin Stokes.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-15
tFrom the New York observsr.I ]
The Shortest Sermon,
ev. DIR. Muhlenber9's sermon AT

Rev. DIR. Muhlenberg's sermon ut the flu
neral Of the late Robert b. Minturn, ESQ.,
Is the shortest on record, though several arr
recorded with ~ few words. lie read the
words Of the Prophet Micah: "He hath
shown thee, o man, what Is good and what
doth the Lord require of thee, but TO do
Justly. and 20 love mercy, and 10 walk hum
bly, with thy Godr" And then added
80 did he"
One sermon having the same number of
words but more letters was once preached
by the Irish Dean Klrwan. He was pressed
while suffering from severe cold to preach
a charity sermon in 81. Peters Church,
Dublin, for the benefit OF the orphan chill
dren Of the parish school. Thsehurch was
crowded 10 suiiocatlon, and the good Dean,
on mounting the pulpit and announcing his
text, polluted with hts hand 20 the children
In the aisle and simply said, There they
arew The collection on the occasion eY-
ceeded all belief.
IL was Dean Swim who was to preach a
charity sermon; and giving ont as his text,
'lIe that hath pity ON the poor lendeth 20
the Lord" then added "lf You like the se-
curlty, down with the dust"
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-15
A Horrible Tragedy in Florida.

The most heartrending occurrence we
have ever been called upon to chronicle,
took place at Monticello, the 9th ult. A
young lady of education and refinement
has been gradually losing her mind. On
Tuesday night, at about ten o'clock, she re-
tired to her room. An hour later Youth.
who was boarding In the same house, hav-
Ing occasion to pass by the lady's door,
heard her Offering up TO the Throne Of
Grace an unusual fervent prayer; and
patising to listen, imagined he smclt burn
ing rags.
Immediately notifying the gentleman of
the house, the family rushed TO the door of
the young lady's room, and being unable to
effect an entrance, burst the door open I;
when, oh horror Of horrors there sat the
maniac In the center of feather bed, en-
velOped In the flames, while, with hands
clasped together, she petitioned the God of
heaven and earth. Upon entering the room
the rescuers heard voice, In tones of rap
ture, issue from the flames "0hl amt this
glOriousl Amt a martyri''
The fire was promptly extinguished,
when 1t was found the poor lady must have
been burning for some time; for from her
waist down every vestage Of clothing was
destroyed, notwithstanding she was dressed
In heavy wooden fabrics, and had on a
broadcloth cloak. The character of cloth
Ing she wore was all that protected the up
per portion other body. The flesh upon the
lower portion Of her body and limbs, WIS
actually baked brown, and notwithstand-
ing. we are assured she did not appear TO
suffer pain; she was conveyed to her home,
and by this time doubtless has passed to
that land where the weary find rest.
From all the circumstances attending
this truly lamentable tragedy, 1t Is evident
the unfortunate maniac premeditated her
own destruction. She moved all her cloth
Ing from her own home, destroyed her,
ambrotypes and letters, and after all was
ready. set tlre 10 her clothing, changing In
wardrobe In her room,) and then deliber-
ately igniting herself jumped into bed
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