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Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-10-31

HA LLowEEN-0cToBER 31sT.-There is
perhaps no night in the year which the Popu-
lar imagination has stamped with a more
peculiar character than the evening of the
3lst day Of October, known as All Hallow's
Eve, OF Halloween. 1t is clearly relic Of
Pagan times. for there is nothing in the
Church observance of the ensuing day Of
All Saints, 20 have originated such extraor-
binary notions as are connected with this
celebrated festival, or such remarkable prac-
tees as those by which it is distinguished.
The leading idea respecting Halloween is,
that il is ;he time Of all others when super
natural influences prevail. 1t is the night
set apart for the universal walking abroad
Of spirits both of the visible and invisible
world. Divination is this night believed to
attain its highest power, and the gift asserted
by GLENDowER Of calling spirits "from the
Vastly deep" becomes available to all who
choose TO avail themselves of the privileges
Of the occasion.
There is a uniformity in the freside Gus
toms Of this night in the old country, and
in manyparts Of the United States. Nuts
and apples are called into requisition, and
consumed in immense numbers Indeed, in
the North Of England, Halloween.is known
by the name of Ruterack Night, indicating
the predominance Of these articles in max
ing up the entertainments Of the evening.
They are not only cracked and eaten, but
are made the means Of vaiicination in love
affairs. And here we quote from BURNS
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Exchange on New York is taken st 1sgA dis
count and is sold at par. Bank of Tennessee i
very quiet at 4O@l buying and IS selling
Large lots could not be had of dealers for less than
46@47. Planters Bank is bought at 80 and is sold
at s29s3. Union Bank notes are in but little de
mand except among dealers. who are paying Il
and holding at 80.
Southern Bank notes are dull and can onl
be sold at reduced rates.
Nashville Corporation Checks are taken ae
Sc discount
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STEPHEN LEIrzand CAEoLINEF ULTs have
for some time been living in lewdness and
ON brother of CARoLINE's demonstrating
with her, they both turned in and gave him
a thrashing. Judge FOSTER fined STEPHEN
S24 and CAROLINE Sl4. They went to the
,rnrl hnnsn
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Row.-MARY Ann WHITING and BELL
HUNTER, two prostitutes, got into a quarrel
at the brothel Of JULIA DEAN, last Monday
night, in which blows passed, and wash
bowl and pitcher was hurled at each other
BELL HUNTER was fined 500, which she
paid. MARY ANN was sent to the work
house in default Of $40 fine,
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A Card 60 the Merchants, shippers, and
Travelling Community Generally.
Having been aided by my friends. l have pur-
chased the controlling interest of the splendid
side wheel Steamer David White, 800 tons bur
den.) TO be run as regular packet in the Nash
vile and New Orleans trade
She is rated by the Board of Underwriters AS a
first class steamer. upon which insurance can be
obtained ct the lowest possible rates.
She has recently been hauled out on the ways at
Padueah. thoroughly overhauled and repaired.
Her hull is perfectly sound, tight strong and well
built, and her machinery is in splendid working
order and good condition. She has q beautiful
cabin, finely furnished, with ali the necessary CON
veniences for the comfort of passengers.
1 have selected the most skilfull and expert
enced men for officers, whose habits Of sobriety
will recommend them favOrably to the travelling
public.
The White presents superior inducements 10
passengers and shippers. as she is not only good
and fine but one Of the fastest boats on the West
ern waters.
My best endeavors shall be made at all times TO
render general satisfaction to the patrons of the
boat. Respectfully,
oct 22-lm II. B. SHAW. Master.
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GoING TO SAvANNAH.-We understand
the company that have been playing at the
old Theatre intend leaving shortly for Sa-
yannah, Ca. Mr.. Flynn having leased
the theatre nj that place.
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THE SAINTS IN CoUNCIL.-The bretheren
of the ortch-and-turpentine order, as
sembled last night at the Capitol, and were
RECALLED by long and very tiresome speech
fro,n II. II. HARRISON, followed by JoHN
D. HuaH SMITH and ---- we didn't stay
IN listen 70 the balance. There was nothing
new or startling advanced by the orators
mentioned, and the whole affair was void Of
any particular significance.
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FREMAN's ToAsT.-At a recent Fire
mans celebration at Atlanta, the political
editor of the Nelg Era, of that city, was
called out, and responded in several very
happy stanzas, concluding as follows:-
Then to our gallant fremen let the trimming
toast go round,
Ard shout it till the voiceless walls fling back the
joyous sound;
May they. with stern endeavor everI man the
breaks of life,
And play lively stream of good upon the roar
ing strife.
May they get the hook Of life and up its ladder
bravely climb,
And when with faltering tread they quit the en-
CINE house Of Time,
May their fight be onward, upEard-their desti-
ny be higher,
To find up there that here below, they fought
their last with fire.
Then to our fremen let US give a ringing. rOus-
ing toast,
The guardians of our property; our pleasure and
our boast
Never failing, never faltering. ever prompt to
duty's call,
Esto Derpetua Number Two and ONE and THREE
and all.
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i. Q. DUNNINGT0N z JO.,
Union and American.
JoHN WALLACE & Co., Disp0fch.
RoRRRrs. WATTERsoN & PuRvfs,
Republican, B0nmer.
JAMES T. BILL, \ Co..
DailV Gazette.
Pass AND TINS Co.
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Louisville Market.

II" IBy IeIegrapn.I n
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 3O-Sales Of 81 hhds. tobacco.
with a decline of 25650 on Tugs. .Superine -four
bulk csc. Oats SO to 55c. Mess pork S32tG32 25;
clear sides 1917; shoulders l6l4. Whisky free at
s. 33G2 a.
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Nasl,rille COTTON NTarI.et.

The cotton market during the past week has
been quiet and steady. Prices have ruled steady.
The following are the transactions reported for
the week:
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A Gard 70 the Merchants, shippers. and

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FOR SALE on REM.

THE BUILDING NOW Occupied BY THE
j subscriber as a Saloon and Dwelling. situated
on the corner Of Broad and High streets, and
nearly opposite the Nashville and Decature Pas
senger Depot. This is one Of the best stands in
the city for this or any other kind OF business,
and the owner having determined 20 remove %
New Orleans. the property viii be sold at a great
oet25G2vs NJ p. GALCERAN.
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Administrators Sale.
HUNTSVILLE. ALABAMA.
A LARGE AND VALUABLE
PLANTATION FOR SALE,
Consisting Of Some Ten Different
H A r. NJ =.
TO-wIT; THE PLACE KNOWN AS

FDO-WIT; THE PLACE KNOWN AS
THE EAST PLACE, en- ACRES:
THE ALLISON PLACE. $50 ACRES;
THE HOME PLACE. SOS ACRES;
THE COSBY PLACE. 30 ACRES;
THE HOBBS PLACE, loo ACRES,
THE KEY PLACE. I'D ACRES;
THE BURDALL PLACE. 2i0 ACRES;
TAE BRADFORD PLACE. 469 ACRES;
THE ELLIS PLACE. 100 ACRES;
THE CLAYELAND PLACE. 90 ACRES.
These lands or large part Of them lie Immediately
West OF huntsville, Madison county, Alabama,
and within two miles Of the city. The most
Of them are fertile, and all Of them are healthy
The Haun. the Bradford. and the cleveland
places lie wlthin two three miles Of Huntsville.
The others lie from four to eight miles.
We invite purchasers % come and see. Any
one in Huntsville viii direct theinquirer to these
lands.
Also. A VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT in
Huntsville.
TERMs-A credit Of one and two years. with
customary security. These lands will be sold Rt
the Courthouse door in Huntsville. on the First
Monday In DeceInher next. at public out
cry. PAUL L. JONES. Adm'r,
OctSl-2w Of A. p. Jones, decd
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SPECIAL NOTICES.


Administrators Sale of Dry Goods. Boots.
and Shoes, at No. &c Union street. In order to
close up the Estate of C. c. GRIzzARD. am
selling his entire stock at cost and shall continue
to do so until it is disposed Of.
L. II. GRIzzARD, Admir-.
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HATTIE FORD, the irrepressible, was sent
direct to the workhouse yesterday, S29
worth.
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THE CITY


The proprietors Of the morning papers Of this
city, for the purpose Of establishing uniformity in
the rates Of advertising. have agreed upon the
ollowing table Of charges. and Obligate them
elves hereby to abide by the same, to take effect
from this date:
Square. dav. 81 00-each add1 insertion 50
Square week, 50-each add1 square,. 2 90
Square. weeks, 6 00-each add square, 50
SQUARE 8 weeks. S 0o-each add square, 3 50
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SERIOUS CHARsE-A negro named TIP
BUcKNER, colored, was arrested and brought
before Justice WILKINSON, yesterday, for
attempting TO poison SARAH HARRIS
AMANDA Burns and ALICE HARRIS. The
partes poisoned are said 70 he lying in a
critical condition, and BUCKNER was re-
nanded TO iail for examination to-day at ,
o'clock. T. N. The warrant was sworn out
nv colored man named GEORGE HARRIS.
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FOR SALE.

A FRAME HOUSE WITH FOUR ROOMS,
~ besides Store Room. Pantry, Kitchen and
Servants Room, and between NINE AND TEN
ACRES OF LAND. on which is a good well;
located two miles from the Courthouse, on tho
Broad Street Pike, opposite Byt0wn, and adjOin-
ing the lands Of Nathaniel Baxter, ESQ. No
ANDERSON, JOHNSON & SMITH. Agents.
Ocfg2-lm
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WRITING PAPERS AT New YORK PRICES.
-WM. GAMBLE & Co., 26 North Cherry
street. are sole agents for the Excello Mill
Writing Papers, and are selling them at the
mill price by the ream or case. Ct
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Special Notices. DC line. for time llt and lOc
for each additional insertion.
All advertisements considered due after hrst IN
serton.
All changes will be charged for At SOC a square.
Advertisements inserted longer than months
(3In) 10 per cent will be deducted from the second
quarter - from the third, and 20 per cent. from
the fourth quarter.
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New York Stock Market.

by telegraph
New YoRK, Get. 90-Thel stock market quiet
Gold 1857. Mil. and St. Paul 621S, RI HON w
56lz, do pfd. 791z, c and P 90 Reading 1854 Erie
Iantic Mail no Mariposa pfa. 50. W U Tel 521l
1905 Sd SERIES 1851 ID series 1885, sos coupon,
1862 l1f3s do. 1866, Ill. 1910 coupons 100. OK N
certificates 1875. NJ S $50.
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THREE fast Young men got into difficulty
on Cedar street, Monday night, They were
tried before the Recorder yesterday, respect
lively. and fined in sums ranging from 50 to
S24.
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WE take pleasure in calling attention To
the card Of RopERr L. CARUTHERS, who
has established a law Office on College street.
over the Bank Of the Union. We copy the
following notice Of our Young friend from
the Lebanon Herald:
RoRr. /. CARUrHERs 1T Is with exceed
inc regret that we learn the intention Of this
gentleman TO move to Nashville, though we
must confess that our regret is purely selfish,
since We cannot doubt but, that with his IN
questionable talent and winning address,
the wider field Of Nashville offers more In
ducements, and will return an earlier har-
vest OF practice and reputation. Since his
admission 20 the bar, Mr.. CARUrHERs has
been located al this place, and in that time
he has made himself many friends, secured
many clients and established a legal charae-
ter which any young lawyer might envy.
On several occasions Mr. CARUTHERs has
flled the Office 81 Attorney General pro. ten,
and ALWAYS with credit 10 himself and salts
faction 10 the Court and the bar. While We
regret our loss, we congratulate our neigh
boring city on her gain.
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The market yesterday was very dull; Prices
remained steady atS3c. There are very few buy
ers in the market and views of buyers and sellers
are wide apart
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HONORARY And CONHERCIAb,

OFFICE OF rHE UNION AND AMERICAS. D
WEDNESDAY. October 81, 1866. /
MoSETART.-Gold opened in New York yestet-
day at l4s1z. vas 4s5 49, at 80. and closed at 1
Dealers here were giving rs. and holding At
1851.
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RECORDERS CoURT,-Judge FosrER tried

RECORDERS CoURT,-Judge FOSTER tried
sixteen unfortunates yesterday, as follows:
Disorderly Conduct. - Mary Alternately
So; Alice Alternately, So; Steve Leitz, S24
Caroline Fultz, SD; Thomas Harp 50
Edward WalPole, 50; Mary Ann Whiting
$40; Belle Hunter $50; three modest
Young men, respectively, SO, Sl4 and S24
Hattie Ford, 500 Matt Hawkins, 81; Capt
Heydt, $50.
Forestalliug the Mortet.-Earnest Pone
Sl4
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THE MASONIC TEXT Book OF TENNEs-
SEE, containing Monitorial Instructions in
the Degrees Of Entered Apprentice; Fellow
Graft; Master Mason and Past Master.
Also, brief Digest Of the leading Prin-
Ciples Of Masonic Jurisprudence; Forms of
Masonic Documents; Masonic Trials, etc
Compiled and aud arranged under the su-
pervision Of a special committee, appointed
by the NJ. w. Grand Lodge Of Tennessee
Price s. 90. Sold by
W. c. COLLIER,
No 81 Union street Nashville Ten
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MEDICAL BooKs.-WM. GAMBLE & Co,
StatiOners, &c North Cherry street, have a
large stock Of medical books. Students
supplied at publishers rates. g.
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SELLING OUTll-On account Of copart-
nership, the entire stock Of goods at reduced
prices, At G. RICE & Co.'S
oct30-lm 50 College street.
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NOTICE.

Carpenters aud Builders.
TO0 900 FEET OF SEASONED PePr
lUO,OUO LUMBER. Also. Fenei TI IA and q
Building Lumber. Of an kinds, on hand. and g.
sale. BY R0BT. MACKENZIE -'A
Cor. Crawford and North SUMMER streets
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By any other Route there are Two.
A Splendid Sleeping Coach Is Attached
TO the Train at Nashville, which
runs through TO COrinth.
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Two Daily Through Trains, Making
Direct Connections at Louisville for
the East, West and North.
COMMENCING AUGITST 18Th 1875

ca The train leaving Nashville at 2:3O P. N.
does not run on Sunday.
B9- The train leaving Louisville at 200 A. NJ.
does not run on Sunday.
Steamers of o. S. Mail Line leave Louisville
daily at 1900 A. NJ, and 400 p NJ, arriving in
Cincinnati in time to take early morning trains
JOr the East.
Ca Passenger Cars attached to Freight Train:
Leaves Gallatin 1890 A.. NJ, arrives at Nashville
1850. noon. Leaves Nashville AS P. NJ, arrives
at Gallatin 7:05 P. n.
ALBERT FINK,
General Superintendent L. & N. K. r.
au1S-
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RENovED.-TAvEL Bios. have removed
their extensive Book Bindery and Blank
Book Mandatory, from Cherry street to
Nos. "a and IS Union street [octl9-lw
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Public Meeting at the
MarkethOUSe Tonight

The friends Of Conservatism and support
srs of the President who oppose
white DIsTranehiscment,
Negro Suffrage. and
Heavy Taxes, and
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and EqunI Rights to white Men

Who favor the
RESTORATION Of the Union, the
Preservation of the Consultation
and EqunI Rights TO white Men,
Are invited TO the Markethouse tonight at
: o'clock.
JOHN LELLYErT, Esq, Conservative can
didate for the Legislature, will address them.
Ex-Governor NELL s. BRowN, Hon. JOIN
S. BRrrN. Hon. A. s. CoLYAR and others
will also be present.
By order Of the Executive Committee
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SALES.
BEAUTIFUL CITY RESIDENCE
AND LOTS!!!
Al Nom Taxable Property.
Valuable Plantation and ether
Cotton Lands.

TlHE ENTIRE REAL ESTATE OF THE
Il late THOMAS NANCY, deceased. consisting Of
some OF the most desirable locations, both for
business and dwelling houses In the city Of Nash
vile, together with one Of the finest Cotton Plan
tations or the Mississippi river and other Lands
IN the State Of Arkansas and Mississippi. is now
offered for sale.
For further particulars apply to
DR.. W. ID. NANCY. Executor.
Corner Of Union and Cherry sts., Nashville.
Tennessee. loct1S-lm
FOR SALE.
A LARGE TWO STORY FRAME HOUSE.
IA eontaing elven rooms. besides store rooms.
pantry, and cellar also, two story brick kitchen.
and other cut houses. two good cisterns all stu
ated on an elevated lot. fronting 223 feet on the
Galiatln Pike, and running bsck 30 CT to an
alley. The whole premises handsomely decorated
with shrubbery and evergreens. and q choice col
lection OF fruit trees. grape vines, etc. within i've
minutes walk Of the Suspension Bridge.
ANDERSON, JOHNSON ( SMITH,
Oet27-2w Agents.
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CONE and examine our fine stock of Fall
and Winter dress goods, shawls, cloaks,
blankets. boots and shoes, etc, etc, which is
compelled to be sold by the first of January,
on account of dissolution Of the firm.
@. RICE & Co,
oct30-lm 50 College street.
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-03-03

support Of four million blacI, people, when
the evidence shows that far more whites
than blacks are provided for; that the bu-
rcau has been means Of economy to the
Government, and that the expense Of feed
ing refugees and freedmen has been reduced
from 1000 to $1,000 in one district in four
months.
Major General Palmer in response to a
request that he should recommend the
restoration of the haJeuc corpus, dcclihed to
do so:
"For the reason that returned rebels, of
whom there are twenty thousand in that
State (kentucky) are openly regarded and
treated as patriots, where as loyal citizens
and soldiers are objects Of prejudice, dislike
and often of persecution because courts IN
many instances are permitted to become the
instruments of the vengeance Of those who
are hostile to loyal men: because laws are
enforced tending to embarrass the citizens
formerly slave but now treemeE, and that the
Government is bound to protect them until
they shall have the same privileges as other
citizens before the law; because outrages
have been committed upon negroes which
have been allowed to go unpublished: III fact
no single instance has existed III which pun.
shment has reached the aggressors, because
negroes have been murdered and their muir
dercrs have escaped because of the legal
incompctency of negroes to testify against
them and finally, because there are Illegal
combinations of men i'll the State, got up to
drive coored men out Of it to prevent them
finding employment, and such persons are
allowed to act with impnrity.'
Then, sir, is there no necessity for some SUI
pervising care of these people? Are they to
be coldly told that they have a perfect right
to change their places ofabode, when, ifthcy
are caught in a strange neighborhood with
out pass they are liable to be whipped :;
when combinations exist against them that
they shall not be permitted to hire unless to
their former master? Are these people,
knowing nothing Of geography, knowing not
where to 90, having never in their lives bcea
ten miles from the place where they were
born. 'hcsc old women and young children,
these feeble persons who are turned off
because they can no longer work, to be told
to go and seek employment, elsewhere, and
is the Government Of the United States
which has made them free to stand by and
do nothing to save and protect them? Are
they to be left to the mercy of such legisla-
ton as that of Mississippi, to such laws as
exist in Texas, TO such practices as are tole-
rated N Maryland and Kentucky? Sir, |
think some protection is necessary for them,
avid thnt WAS the object of thiS hnrean.