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The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17
Another Islander Nailed.

Col Thomas is most unfortunate in
his reports. Senator Sumner misrepre-
sents him, and the correspondent Of
the 81. Louis Democrat ''garbles" his
reports, in order to make capital for
the radicals. And now we have an
other whopper credited TO Col. Thomas.
1t is stated in a Washington telegram
t the ST. Louis Republican, and is as
follows:
"A report of the Assistant Commits
sioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for
the State Of Mississippi, received by
Gen. Howard, mentions the great in
justice done to freed people in the op-
Grafton of the statute laws concerning
the a~pprenticiDg Of colored children
Colored people, who are fully able to
support their children, may have them
seized al the request of any white per
son, and bound out by the Probate
Court to white masters, for a small rate
of compensation, until they arrive at
the age of2l. They are then, as a gem
eral thing, turned loose, without edu-
cation or any knowledge as to how
they are to obtain a livelihood.
We do not believe Col. Thomas made
this report, or anything like it. There
is not a word of truth in it from begin
ming TO end.
Colored children are not taken away
from their parents at the request of
white persons and bound out by the
Probate Court. Nor are they then
turned loose without education.
What are the facts? There is q State
law operating only upon such as have
no parents. They cannot be bound out
at all, except they are reported unable
to take care of themselves, and have
no parents to bind them cut But the
mendacity of the above, is in its con-
clusion. 1t is stated that they are
turned loose without education. Now,
when it is remembered that none of
these apprentices are likely to be
twenty-One for several years to come,
the SANDER is apparent. There is a
law which requires every nan receiving
an apprentice, to learn him or her to
read and write, and he gives a bond
that he will do it. This law is carried
out, and we have never heard a word
of complaint before. There is ample
power in the State government to en-
force the law, if any one should be dis
posed to disregard it.
Judge Cambell, of the Circuit bench
of this State, recently decided TO re-
turn to his parents, a colored child who
had bound himself out, and did not
desire to return to his psrents-deci-
ding hat under the laws of this State
the parents had the legal control of the
child until he was twenty-one years of
age.
We have stated that we do not be-
lieve Col. Thomas made any such re-
port. In a recent conversation with
him, we had occasion to refer to this
very subject His remarks were en-
tirely at variance with the opinions re-
ported as entertained by him in the
close of the quoted paragraph. 1t is
because we believe Col. Thomas inca
pable of incorporating us, that he
is SO much respected by our people.
We would, therefore, suggest to him,
hat to set this matter fully at rest, he
deny the above statement over his own
signature - Vicksburg Herald, 10Th.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17
PretzeIs and Puritanism.

A correspondent of the Boston Her
aid, writing from St Louis, thus refers
to a matter of considerable local in
terest:
1.-The Germans are clamorous oYer
the Sunday law. The leading German
papers tell the people " to vote for no
man who will not endorse beer and
dance-houses on Sunday" Last week
the German wing of the radical party
held a meeting in which resolutions
were passed declaring Sunday TO be a
day Of rest and pleasure, and denying
the power of Government to dictate
laws in restraint of its observance.
They condemned in the strongest
terms the recent action of the Legisla-
ture by which the beer-gardens and sa-
looms are to be closed on Sunday, and
declared their intention to fight the
law to the last. Queer places, these
beer gardens; nothing precisely like
them East. They are a grade more de-
cent than concert saloons. They are
resorted TO by the Germans to q great
extent and have almost become Amer
icanized. In summer the gardenc are
ia open air, in winter, spaciously fitted
departments, whose walls are decora-
ted with ~pot-beIlied dutch cupids drink
ing lager-or fat and fair-haired frau
leins" layishly displaying their leu
tonic charms, constitute the gardens.
Most beautiful music is continually
pouring forth its enchanted strains
blue-eyed German girls, or fat little
boys, pass round the beer, and old wo-
men hand round the "pretzels." Every
body smokes and seems happy. A stage
is often erected, and farces and plays,
dances and minstrel ~delineations are
all offered among the innocent German
amusements. The political significance
of all this is that the Germans have
heretofore always gone with the radical
abolition puritanic element in the com.
munity, but now if they are not to have
their beer and Sunday fun, they will
bolt, and they will let radicalism slip
The contest foreshadowed in the con-
Guiding paragraph of the above extract,
has taken place. 1t wss a fight be-
tween Pretzels and Puritanism, and
Puritanism went under. The Demo
crat hitherto on the side of Puritanism
uEpSANNO tAN@ E0CHt anu NNAb OFCA "
Pretzels. 1t even sent its editor to
assist" at the reorganization of the
radical party on a Pretzel basis. 1t is
now in favor of prohibiting preachers
20 preach on Sunday, allowing the beer
houses to be open on Sunday.
The explanation of this unexpected
'subjugation" of Captain Standish to
Gambrinus is this The Germans
bIuntly told the Democrat that they
had made up their minds to one of two
things-Beer or a Bolt The Democrat
knew very well that if they bolted, it
was all over with radicalism. 1t there
fore raised the white flag and surren
dered Internationally, Whether its
strategy is ~gagaoious or not depends al
together on whether it is easier to cram
Sunday Beer and Pretzels down the re-
voting throats of Puritans, or to with
hold Sunday Beer and Pretzels from
the thirsty threats of Germans. It's a
pretty delicate sort Of @sophagic prob
lem-& Louis Dispatch.
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Frightiul Affair in TerrebOne Parish,
LA Whole Family Killed.

A terrible affair occurred last Satur,
day, on Felicity Island, in this Parish
As far as we can learn, the circum.
stances sire as follows:
1t seems the Island had been rented
10 a man named Mcdonald, who, with
his wife and son, lthe latter "a young
man, lived on the island Another
man, by the name of Bourg, took the
liberty of squatlng ON the island, and
was repeatedly ordered of by McDon,
aid, bat refused TO go. The Couse-
quence was continual war beetwen
the two families. co last Saturday,
Mcdonald, his wife and, son, and a ne
gro man. who, 10 seems. was ia the EN-.
pl3y OF Mcdonald, went TO the house Of
Bourc. all armed What their inten,
tous we're does not appear clear, nor
have we been able 10 get the particu-
lars of the fight that ensUed, but the
result is tragical, to say the least Ne
Donald. ms wife and son were killed
and the negro slightly wounded Bourg
hiss been arrested. sud viii of course be
held 20 sppesr for trial before the Dis
t5lcs Court that is, il we ever have any
court again.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17
The election in New Hampsbire last

he election in New Hampshire last
Tuesday shows that the divergence of
opinion and action between Congress
n President Johnson has not affected
the party strength. The candidate of
the Union Party for Governor has been
reelected by probably an increased ma
jOrity. The supporters of President
Johnson's policy, and the supporters of
Congress, went to the polls together
and voted side by side for the same
ticket The efforts of the radical ex.
tremists to have their own wav, or to
push the johnson men into the arms
of the democracy signally failed. The
contest between the two wings will be
fought out within the party, and in the
end we expect the triumph of the
Presidents supporters. The New
Hampshire election decides nothing.sIt
came on too soon after the Veto and
the I'D OF February TO permit an active
and decisive contest between the rivals.
If the present state of uncertainty con-
tinues a few weeks longer the result in
Connecticut will not be more satisfac.
tory. Indeed we may scarcely look
for anything decisive until the differ
ences between the President and Con-
gress are made distinct and striking by
action on the part of the latter. When
Congress shall adopt arrival policy, and
attempt to enforce it as against the
Presidents-when It follows the advice
OF the late H Winter Davis, and annuls
Mr. Johnson's governments, formally
prescrIbes universal suffrage as the
condition sine qua non Of recognition of
the Southern States, and proposes TO
amend the Constitution making it the
supreme law of the land for all States
we shall have a well defined line of
demarcation, and then ell the less rad
zeal portion of the party and the mod
crate men of all parties will rally
around the Presidents standard. In
the meantime we must watch and wait
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

n Lale tlre at CentfeNllles
We had a conversation last month
with one of the oldest and most re-
spectacle citizens of Hickman county,
who informed US that the condition of
society there was excellent but that
the people were somewhat irritated by
repeated statements which had appear
ed in the Press and Times misrepre-
senting and peryerting occurrences
which had taken place there. They
felt that the county had been IN
kindly dealt with by those who fur
nished the reports, and deprecated a
continuance Of injurious imputations
against its citizens. A fire occurred at
the county seat, Centerville, on the
18th inst, an accidental fire, but the
Press and Times, true TO its vocation,
charges it upon incendiaries. A north
ern gentleman who was at Centeryille
at the time, furnishes US with the fol-
lowing statement relative to the fire:
Fer the Nashville Union.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March IG, 1866.
In this mornings Press and Times, I
notice an account Of the burning, on the 18TH
inst, Of the house occupied IS the Office Of
the clerk Of the County Court, Posloiice end
Freedmen's Bureau, in Hickman county,
in which the impressions conveyed are very
unjust. Being on the ground at an early
stage ofthe FIRE, with the impression that
IL was the work Of come one having eumity
toward the agent Of the Bureau, I took par
ticular pains 10 ascertain, if possible, in
what part oflne house the FIRE originated,
but failed to discover any indication Of its
having been fred on the outside Of the
house, or near the ground. From the state
ments Of Dr.. Pickett, Mr.. Ealbrooks and
Mr.. Estes, ! learned that the fire was hrsU
discovered in the room occupied by Dr..
Pickett and Mr.. Halbrooks as a sleeping
apartment, in the corner Of which there
was apile of rags a few feet from the post
on which Mr.. Helbrooks states that he left
the candle on going to bed. The parties
also state that the doors were securely locked
and bolted, 50 that there was no means Of
inpress TO the house. From all the facts
that / have been able to learn, it is no. Tea-
sonable to suppose that it could nave been
other than the result Of the too ueglj-
gent use Of matches. Neither do l sup
pose that enmity toward Dr.. Puckett
induced any one to commit so hendish an
act. Ny business, for some time past, has
brought me in connection with many per
sons from various parts of the county,
whom ! have heard universally speak Of
DR.. Pickett as a gentleman, whose deci-
sions as Judge of the Freedmen's Court gave
universal satisfaction. The idea Of loyal
men, or Northern men being in danger Of
their lives in that county is preposterous.
I have never been more kindly treated il
my life-it being no secret that | was s.
Northern man, had vetei for, and always
supported Mr.. Lincoln. ! met with many
men, e1-members of the 18th Tennessee L.
S. Cavalry, still wearing the clue, and liV-
ing in peace and quiet. JUSTICE.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

A HoRRIsLE DEATH-Joseph Rolston,
of Phillipsburg, Penn, had been drink
ing freely, and while drunk endeav-
ored TO wade the creek, but ere he had
proceeded two-thirds across, his limbs
refused to perform their office. He
grasped a bough of a tree. and the fast
congealing water cemented close about
him a tomb of ice. Two days after
wards he was found standing there an
icicle, his knees imbedded in the
frozen element seven inches thick, his
body inclined a little forward, and his
hands c~lutching the bough.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

Some Of our contemporaries are put
ting into mother Covode's mouth the
testimony of Gen. Fisk relative t the
admission of members of Congress from
Tennessee. Gen. Fisk is an enlighten-
ed and liberal gentleman. We believe
he aims to do justice in all his transact
tons, and that he stated to the Gen
trail Directory the honest convictions
Of his Judgment Mother CoVode, how
ever, is one of those old women who
have q theory; and hers is that ''sassa-
fac is better nor store tea" and she
went down into Louisiana to hunt up
facts TO sustain il. How she succeeded
we have evidence in the Directory's re-
port why all the niggers and the
poor whites down thar love sassafac,
but the 'ristocracy drink store tea;
therefore, sassafac is the best, and is
likewise republican, and them that
likes At ought to goVen the country.
And Of course the ''ssssafac drinkers
will never think of repudiating the
public debt Never paying their own
they take pleasure in footing the bills
of others.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

A CCNrEABANp on KENTUCKY UNION
lSM-A traveller dining at q hotel in
the interior Of kentucky, not long
since seeing SIMON Mar.ngues' on
the bin Of fare called for some when
brought he found them striped with
secesh %Colors, red snd white. Calling
the ''cullud pusson' waiting on the IA.
Die, he inquired DO you call these red
and white things Union? Where is
the bluey' YAH yahI says Sambo.
denis good nut Union for dis place
Ginel Grant didn't come long here long
wild any Of de hard licks to put in de
blue; dey ony get scratch little, make
de red and white come da ats so;
good nuf Union for dis yer place,
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

A MINISTER IN DIsGUISE.-A reverend
gentleman, who has been quite con-
~spicuous in Wisconsin radical politics
for many years, is thus ~irreYerently
treated by n of his party papers at
the State Capital:
elder Spooner, the &C complished
divine, reporter, and mem Der of the
railroad lobby, appeared in a clean
shirt this morning. He WAC not recog-
nized by his most intimate friends"
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

A late Paris letter says. "The kind
manner in which you have received the
EmpeTors speech on Mexico and the
United States, and the words of com
pliment you have expressed for the
emperor, have reacted most favorably
here on public opinion, and will 90
further than anything else in making
the way easy for a peaceful settlement
OF the question.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

The extremists in the Missouri Sen
ate, who a year ago, made praying for
the President a standard of loyalty,
have changed their notions consider
ably. On Saturday a resolution was
adopted inviting clergymen who have
taken the oath 10 open the Senate with
prayer during the absence Of the chap
lain. Immediately afterwards q mem
Der, desiring to see if the radicals still
remembered and conformed TO their
old test Of loyalty, with the grimest
logic conceivable, offered a resolution
providing that the invited ~clergymen
should spray for The President in his la
bars to restore the Government, and
for the Governor Of the State" Moth
ing could be more proper than such a
proposition but with an u~naccount-
able inconsistency, the radicals laid 1t
ON the table by IA to g.
From which we infer that the radi-
calls are not praying for the President
AS much as they we're They are
faithless to their own self-established
test
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17
The Cordova Colony of Rebels

The CordOva Colony of Rebels.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald recently met a soldier wearing
Confederate gray, who had passed some
time in the Mexicanized rebel colony.
The following from the conversation
that took place, tears away the veil Of
enchantment drawn over the enterprise
by "Old Pap" Price, Gov. Harris and
others:
$50 you went up there p"
ooh, yes. All over"
''You saw the American colony ?'
"Idid."
"What do you think Of it2''
Nothing. II is "a humbug. Those fell
lows have not got any money aud, for the
life orme, ! cannot see how they are gong
TO live"
ibid you see Isham g. Harris?'
81 did"
"Has he got anything planted %
"No. 1 aid not see anything. ! believe
he has got one man employed IA something
like gardening. Those fellows are not like
emiprants Of olden time. They have DO
agrlcu tural implements; they DO not come
here with their families, and they expect
TO get men to work for them for nothing,
while they sit by and smoke their Havana
cigars. They are not like the Germans Who
come here. They are not industrious, and
win nos work themselves. They want TO
have large plantations and raise extensive
IRONS. without having any money TO start
ON Those among them who have money,
know enough net to invest 1t IA THIS ,ml-
grafton scheme, at least at present. It's
true, they have received some tayors
from the Government, but these are ct
little benefit to them. They are allowed TO
import all their agricultural Implements
free of duty, but nos a thlnG has come
through the Custom House, iTee OF duty,
yet"
GLOW is that? Why2'
"Beeause they have not yetinported any
thing"
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

The dead duck says there Is a
class of inconsistent Unionists who are
disposed to compromise with the Ex-
ecutiye, or, in other words, to keep him
in the party. There can be no com
promise" The President is not a COM
promiser lie put his foot down on
compromises long ago H~eoccupies the
drivers seat of the party omnibus, holds
the reins and the whip, and is going to
put the passengers through in his own
a Those who do not like his style
of driving can Jump out if they wish.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

The Memphis Post says Memphis
is & city Of whisky drinkers and beer
gagglers' Memphis is not singular in
that respect Indeed, the universal
Yankee Nation Eaay be said 10 come
under hat head st present
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

A dispatch from Washington says a
half dozen Senators elect from the late
rebellious States are still in that city.
Some of them are there on business
which detains them. We hope none in
this category viii remain after they
have transacted their business. II
seems to US no man Of proper self-re-
spect would continue to hang around
the halls Of Congress after what has oc-
Cured.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

The Chicago Journal says "A citizen
of Chicago has received a letter from
Virginia City, Montana Territory, in
which much advice and information
are given. among which is the following.
'I would never bring "a family here, as
every men who has come with his wltc hUs
lost her. Women can earn money here
faster than men. and they very soon become
dissatisfied with their husbands and take up
with other men, and that is the last Of them.
luu may have "a woman with mimi enough
o. stick % you, but. ID So, she viii DO better
than the women who have come here by
hundreds. even old married people.
Montana is evidently not the para
disc of husbands. The climate up
there must be unusual in It's effects
upon wives. Wonder how 1t operates
upon s~piustersf
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

MINISTER ADAMS Tho Liverpool
Times says "Mr. Adams, the American
Minister IN London, will not yet quit
his post His Government has re-
quested him TO serve longer, ON the
ground most honorable TO him-Aat
they cannot spare him.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

A traveller relates an incident which
he witnessed while waiting in the
cars In front of him was a gentleman
who INDUCED in rhymins. He asked
q young lady sitting near him it she
would like to read his last production
Replying in the affirmative, he pulled
a paper from his pocket and placed ii
in her hand. Bat the lady had scarce
ly commenced reading when the poet
exclaimed POUNDS, madam, ] have
given you the wrong manuscript Here
Do the right one Tia, IS @ recipe Tor tie
-r- 5f l.ufLf1r The lady s enbsrrsss-
meut sud the mirth Of the spectators
may be more readily imagined than
described
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

The Chicago Tribune asserts q that
no mar can prove that the negro is the
son Of Ham. Nor can any man prove
that the editor Of the Tribune ia not
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

Some highly interesting developments re-
spcctug Mr.. Stewards policy. wal De found
Iu 8 letter from our special Washington cor
respondent, printed in another column
Cincinnati Ga-tfg
A budget of absurd and ridiculous
falsehoods would have characterized
the letter more properly
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

B NJ Harrison, Of Terre Haute, In
diana, and bis brother, residing IN New
Jersey, have recently been notified
that, by the death offs wealthy relative
in England, they have together inner
tied the sum of 81, 250,009, which they
have divided equally between them.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

Mr. Freeman Clark has kicked mp a
fuss with the Secretary Of the Treasury,
Make him walk the plank, Mr. Mac
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

The Charleston Courier saws that
business IN Charleston is stupidity dull
The people viii not be in funds until
the cotton begins to come into the
market and without money, or its
equivalent trade cannot be conducted.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

The second Controller has decided
not to allow claims for rent or other
use of rebel property, seized during
the rebellion in captured Southern
cities, and used by officers of the Union
army for military purposes.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17
Hemp Hackles

CTEEL SLAIE5, Reed slaes, Loom shr,las
- Harness TYNE Harness Eyes, Belt gooSs
Cosrse EmerJi Revolving Temples. Cara Piia-s
&c &c, way b had Of Ina"
Auctouers, SsVanee House, College ~ Nss,r II.
marl3-IOtS N4'A0
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

4 Chicago paper said Miss johanna
Ganssen is a very pretty young lady.
Johanna Peeped into her mirror and
replied:
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

The Governor of New York 1t Is re-
ported. has decided to take no steps
20 prevent the Fenians from invading
Canada, but will leave the whole matter
la the hands Of the General Govern
meut Secretary Seward is known to
have assured the Canadian authorities
that tbs border shall be well guarded,
and national troops are reported to be
on their way North. A few oolored
regiments ought to be placed on the
Canada border.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-17

A contemporary says the Empress
Eugene has commenced a war or hoops
with the intention to Danish them from
the realm Of fashion. Ii is not the fret
time 3 mother has turned upon her
own Offspring We suspect the hoop
gill survive the war.