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Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-01
Ayers Ague Cure,


FOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF
Rermfttenf Fever, or Fever, and Ague,
RemItIent Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb
Ague. Periodical Headache or Bilious
Headache and Bilious Fevers, indeed,
for the whole class Of diseases Origtn-
atfng In hillary arrangement, caused
by the malaria of miasmRtie eOun.
tries.
+ a. only ny e S5i.sS q "a. tbs
q &. III. &.
tisln. GOut, Headache. Blind
ness, Tootache. Earaohe, Cetarrh, Asthma, Pal
pitation, Painful Affection of the Spleen, Hyster-
les, Pain in the Bowels, Collie Paralysis, and De-
ranSement Of the Stomach, all Of which, when
originating in this cause put on the intermittent
type, or become periodical. This CURE expels
the poison from the blood, and thus cures them
all alike. IL is not only the most ehectUal rem
edy ever discovered for this class OF complaints,
but II is the cheapest and moreover is perfectly
safe. No harm can arise from its use, and the
patient when cured e left as healthy as il he had
never had the disease. Can this be said Of any
ether cure for Chils and Fever? Ii is true ofths.
and its Importance 10 those afflicted with the
complaint cannot be over estimated. So sure is i
TO cure the Fever and AgUe, that il may be truth
complains that il Is not a good medicine to sell,
because one bottle cures a whole neighbOThOod.
Prepared by J. G. AVER q co..
Lowell. Massachusetts and sold by
Druggists and dealers every where at wholesale
and retail in Nashville by
BERRY, DEM0VILLE 4 WHARTON
Oct2d Ew-Oct&nOV
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Music,

Nature. through all her depths, is full of
music-valied in its tones and rich in it's melody.
There is a music in the Stiffness of the twilight
hour; in the voices of the balmy breeze, as it
signs amid the stirring leaves of the starlt grove
or sleeps upon the calm bosom Of the reposing
waters in the bubbling Of the inland fountain,
and the thunderings OF the foaming cataract );
IN the ripplings Of the mountain rill, and the
majestic voice Of the storln-stirred sea. There
is music in the glad symphonies of the joyous
songsters Of the grove beneath, and the mutter-
ings Of the thunders above; in heaven; on
earth in the outspread skies and the invisible
air; in the solitary dell, and on the mountains
cloud-velled top. where human footsteps have
never left an echo; in the deepest cells Of the
passion-stirred heart, and the inanimate depths
Of the material world in the dim rays which
gem the high armament and light the angels to
their evening prisons; in the tones of woman $
voice on earth, and the deyotions Of the pure
spirits Of better land in all, through ALL and
over ALL and forever vibrating, the rich music
of universal harmony, and the deep tones of I'M
dying melody Thousands Of invisible harps
are pouring their united melody through the
depths Of air and earth; millions of archangels
touch their heaven-strlng Tyres, and send celes-
tlal harmony through the vast halls of the tenn
pie of the living God. It is the air of earth it
is the atmosphere of heaven. The unbounded
universe is one sleepless Tyre, whose chords of
love and hope and purity and peace are famed
into a dreamy and mystic melody by the breath
of the invisible God y
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Beautiful and True.

In an article in Frazier Magazine this brief
but beautiful extract occurs:
Education does not commence with the al
phabet 1t begins with mothers look-with
fathers smile Of appreciation or sign Of re-
proof-with sisters gentle pressure Of the
hand, Or a brothers noble act Of forbearance-
with a handful Of flowers III green and daisy
meadows-with birds nests admired but not
touched-with creeping ants, and almost i'm
possible emmets-with humming bees and glass
bee-hives-with pleasant walks in shady lanes,
and with thoughts directed in sweet and kindly
tones, and words to mature to acts of benevo-
lence, to deeds of virtue, and to the source of
all good, to God himself
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A Golden Thought,

Nature will be reported. All things are engag-
ed in writing their own history The planet and
rolling rock leaves its scratches on the noun
tain side; the river, its channels in the soil !;
the animal, It's bones in the stratum; the fern
and leaf, their modest epitaph in the coal The
falling drop makes its sepulchre in the sand or
stone; not a foot steps into snow or along the
ground, but prints in characters more or less
lasting, map of its march every act of the man
inscribes itself on the memories Of his fellows,
and in his own face. The air is full of sound
the sky of tokens the ground is all memoranda
and signatures, and every object is covered over
with hints that speak to the intelligence
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Beautiful Answers.

A pupil Of the Able Sicord gave the follow
ing extraordinary answers:
what is gratitude q
Gratitude is the memory Of the heart
'lVhat is hopo?'
Hope is the blossom of happiness.
'What is the difference between hope and
desire p
Desire is a tree in leaf, hope is a tree in
flower, and enjoyment is a tree in fruit. y
''What is eternity? ?"
"a day without yesterday or tomorrow
line that has no end. "
What is GoD?"
THE necessary being, the sun Of eternity,
the machinest Of nature, the eye Of justice, the
matchmaker of the universe, the soul of the
world -
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Artemus Ward ON the Negro Question

Teller sittersuns, the Afrikan may be our broth
CT. Sevrfl highly respectable gentlemen and sum
talented fenails tell so, and for argument sake
I might be injoosed to grant it. though don't
believe it rnyself But the Afrikan isn't wife and
uncle He isn't sevrl of our cousins and all Of
wife's relashuns. He isn't our grandfather and
our wife in the country. Scarcely. And yet nu-
merous persons would have US think So It is
troo he runs Congress and sevril other grosserys.
But he amt everybody else But we've got the
Afrikan, or he's got us rather, nov! whatre we
going to do about It? He's an orful noosance.-
P'raps he isn't to blame for it. P,raps he was
created for sum wise purpose like Bill Harding
and New England rum; but it, a pity he couldn't
90 off sumwhars quietly by himself where he
Gould crafty his ambishun in varis vase, without
having an eternal fuss kicked up about him.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-01-23
The Bonnie Blue Flag'--An Elegant
Apostrophe.

The following beautiful extract is from a
speech delivered by the Hon. Alexander White,
in the Alabama State Convention:
The Bonnie Blue Flag no longer re-
fleets the light of the morning sunbeam, or kisses
with its siIken folds the genial breeze of our
Southern cline The hands that waved it along
the fiery crest of "a hundred battle fields, and
the hearts, that, for the love they bore it, SO
often defcd danger and death, no longer rally
around it, Another banner waves in triumph
over its closed and PROSTATE folds, but proud
memories and glorious recohectfons cluster a.
round it. Sir, / will refrain The South needs
no eulogy The faithful record of her achieve
ments will encircle her brow with glory bright
and enduring as the diadeln that crowns the
night of her cloudless skies. The scenes of
the New World without the benefcent results
which flow from those battle-f fields of freedom,
and our country lies PROSTATE at the feet of the
conquerer.
But dearer to me is she in this hour of her
humiliation than was she in the day and hour
of her pride and her power. Each biood-stain-
ed field, each track of devastation, each made
grave of her sons fallen in her defence, each
mutilated form Of the Confederate soldier-her
widow tear, herorphan' S cry-are but so many
cords that bind me to her in the midst of her
ucSOiitiOn anu uiiiW lily diectloIS closer around
my stricken country. When [ raise my voice
or lift my hand against her, may the thunders
rive me where [ stand Though [ be false in
all else, will be true to her. Though all others
may prove faithless, [ viii be faithful STILL
And when, in obedience to the great command
Dust to dust, y my heart shall return to that.
earth from whence it sprung, it shall sink into
her bosom with the proud consciousness that it
never knew one beat not in unison with the
the honor, the interests, the glory my country.
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How Major Jones Popped the Question

Too bashful to Npop the question" in the usual
way Major Jones persuades his sweetheart to put
M q stocking. which will hold couple of bush
els on the night when Santa Claus pays his Wis
its receiving her promise to keep, for life, what
he gave her. Into this the gallant and loEelorn
NAL contriyes to introduce himself at the witch
ing hour Of midnight but we Will let the MaJ.
speak for himself:
II remained up till midnight, and when they
were all gone to bed, softly went into the back
gate and went up to the back porch, and thar,
sure enuff, was great big meal bag hanging to
the lice It was monstrous unhandy to get to it,
but I was determined not to back out
So set some chairs on top of bench and got
hold of the rope and let myself down into the
against the chairs, and down they went with a
terrible racket But nobody didn't wake up but
Miss Stallin's great big dog, and here he cum
rippin and tearin' through the yard like all rath,
and round and round he went tryin to find ont
what was the matter. l sot down in the bag and
didn't breathe louder than kitten, for fear he d
find me out The wind began to blow ''bomina-
BILE cold,' and the old bag kept turning around,
chief I was afraid to move for fear the rope
would break and let me fall, and thar sot with
my teeth rafting like I had the ager-,
It seemed it never would come daylight, and l
do believe if didn't love Miss Mary so power
full / would have froze to death, for my heart was
the only spot that felt warm, and it didn't beat
more an two licks mint, only when | thought
how she would be surprised In the mornin and
then it went in a canter Biemby the cussed old
dog came on the porch, and then began to smell
about the bag, and then he barked like he tho't
he'd freed something Bow, WOW, wow said
he: "Begoneyou abonainable fool. SEE l. and id
me. and what made it worse, l didn't know what
spot he d take hold. Bow, WOW, wow Then
tried coaxing
"Co1ne here, good feller," SEE /, and 1whistled1
n little TO him. but it was use There he stood
and kept up bis eternal whinin' and barkin' al
night / couldn't tell when daylight was break
ing, only by the chickens growing and Twas mon
strous glad to hear 'efa, for if had had to stay
one hour more L don't believe I'd ever got out o.
that bag alive
They got him in the morning.. covered with
meal and almost frozen. But Miss Mary doe:
moi refuse his present And he says: Il tel
YOU what il is worth hanging in bag from one
Christmas to another to feel as happy as have
felt ever since
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Success in Life.

Keep the lay n duty a sysg 1efe bs let
and On the square With your conscience to the
last. Your success in life may not be equal
to your hopes or your deserts !; it is not in man
to insure success. The best and wisest of us
may fail in the struggle; but we may have our
consolation even then To gain the world ap-
platlse, and snatch its feeting spells, is not man
sole and proper business here. Immortality
smiles upon the scene and beckons him ever
onward in the race for those eternal honors
which the world can neither give nor take a.
way-the prize which all may strive for
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BE Quiet, Do I'll Call My Mother p

As was sitting in wood,
Under an oak trees leafy cover,
Musing in pleasant solitude,
Who should come by but John, my lover,
He pressed my hand, and kissed my cheek,
Then warmer growing, kissed the other,
While / exclaimed, and strived to shrek,
BE quiet, dol III call my mother!'
He saw my anger was sincere
And lovingly began to chide me;
Then wiping from my cheek the tear
He sat him on the grass beside me.
He feigned such pretty amorous woe,
Breathed such sweet vows one after other,
I could but smile, while whispering low,
BE quiet, do L call my motherv'
He talked so'long and talked so well,
And swore he meant not to deceive me;
l felt more grief than can tell,
When with q sigh, he rose to leave me;
"Oh, John" said I, ''and must thou go?
love you better than all other;
There is no need to hurry so
I7,erc1' meaaat to call my mother"
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A Gem.

Cut this out and paste it in your scrap-book
or better, commit its simple words to memory
and take its sweet lesson to heart:
at is not much the world can give
With all its subtle art,
And gold alone is not the thing
To satisfy the heart
But oh, if those who cluster round
The altar and the hearth,
Have gentle words and loving ways
How beautiful is earth!''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-01-23

Baron Rothschild once complained to Lord
Broughan of the hardships of not being allowed
to take his seat in Parliament s'You know
said he, II was the choice Of the people" 10
which the ex-Chancellor, with his usual caus-
ITCHY, replied: SO was Barrabas -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-01-23

1t is better to love a person you cannot mar
~ rys than to marry a person you cannot love-
human experience will continue to preach ''un-
til the last syllable of recorded time. .
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-01-23

Here is beautiful sentence from the pen Of
Coleridge. Nothing can be more eloquent
nothing more true:
/ ''Call not that man wretched who, whatever
else he suffers as to pain inflicted Or pleasure
denied-has child for whom he hopes and On
whom he dotes. Poverty may grind him to the
dust, obscurity may cast its dark mantle over
him, he may be unheeded by those among
whom he dwells, and his face may be unknown
by his neighbors even pain may rack his
joints, and sleep flee from his pillow; but he
has a gem with which he would not part for the
wealth defyiag computations for fame filling a
worlds ear, for the highest power, for the
sweetest sleep that ever fell en- mortal eye"
! We find both truth and poetry in the follow
ing beautiful gem;
| There's not heath, however rude,
! But hath some little flower
TO brighten up its solitude,
And scent the evening hour.
There's not heart, however cast
By grief and sorrow down,
But hath some memory of the past
To love and call its own.
I The love which does not lead to labor will
soon die out, and the thankfulness which does
not embody itself in sacrifices is already chang
ing to ingratitude.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-01-23

lie who is great in defeat is half "a conqueror.
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ROGERS. ADAMS az CO.'S

IL Wholesale Grocery and Provision House,
18th ST., between Main and Gary, RICHMOND,
Va, keep constantly on hand Sugar, Coffee, Tea,
Molasses, Salt, Bacon. Fish, Choice Liquors, &c,
together with large stock Of Wooden and Will
rates. Regular Auction Sales of Groceries, Pro-
visions and Miscellaneous Goods, every Wednes-
day. - HI. Sep 26 '65-1yS
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n M. SMITH a. CO..
| NITCfFEAE4 & TYLER,

Having reftted our store, we invite the attention
of old friends and the public to an entirely new
and desirable stock of Gold and Silver Watches !;
fine French and American Clocks diamond and
fine gold Jewellery; gold silver and steel Specta-
cles silver and plated Ware Fancy Goods, &c
Watches and JeWelry repaired in best manner
Cash paid for old Silver and Gold.
Sept 26-6mS MITCHELL & TYLER
o., 49,
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Loeb Brothers, Column.

NO 1l9 MAIN STREET,
LOEB BROTHERS,
respectfully announce to the citizens of Richmond
and vcinage that, with greater facilities than
are at the command of any other House
in Virginia, they have opened the
extensive Warehouse built by
them expressly for their
own occupancy,
above,
are deter
mined co con-
duct the Clothing
Business upon so liberal
scale as to attract all cisk
ses Of purchasers of READY
De CLOTHIN G and
to convince the entire public that the
Richmond Clothing Bazaar is the
place long sought for by the Fashionable
World-the Economical Purchaser
the Seekers of Great Bargains,
and all who would buy the
most desirable and sea-
sonable Goods, at
Positively Low
Prices.
In making these assertions,
MESSRS. LOEB BROTHERS
desire to call the attention of the people to tas
fact that they have large
! IMPORTING AND JOBBING HOUSE,
~ IN NEW YORK CITY,
where two of the members of the firm are losa,
ted This House has been established
nearly twenty years. and has
Essenssvs EHroa'eam Connections,
From 49,
whence by
direct importation I'll
it is continually supplied
with the CHOICEST FABRICS,
from the celebrated Houses of English,
French and German Manufacturers at the
PRIME COST OF MANUFACTU
BROAD-CLOTHS,
ENGLISH BEAVER CLOTHS.
CAssIMEREs, DoEsKINs,
vEsTINGs,
"'' 4-1 sassy
in short,
81 kinds Of
goods ever found
In First-Class Flask
ionable Merchant Tailoring
Establishment, with GENTLE
MEMS FURNISHING GOODS,
may be seen here int the newest styes and
designs, and having secured the services Of
R. J. ADAMS, of Richmond in the CUSTOM
WORK DEPARTMENT, Garments will
be cut in the most genteel style,
and finished in the most Workman
like manner and to every Gus
toner perfect satisfaction
Guaranteed. In our
department for
the sale of
READY MADE CLOTHING.
We shall always keep .lrs-r-.
THE BEST ASSORTMENT IN THE CITY,
Comprising great variety of all grades Of Goods,
in every quality so that "
THE POOR, IN ,t-,
THE MIDDLE CLASS,
1zY THE RICH,v
a may suit their tastes 7o
and their pockets and as
to all classes we are determined to
SELL OUR GOODS, we have adopted
THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM,
and our ONE PRICE will -.
always be the LOWEST 50
- PRICE!l
For which goods ofthe same quality can =.
obtained either in the cities of
NEW YORK, .
posroN - % !i~.T
@ LIS PHILADELPHIA! !!
We take pleasure in announcing the engage
ment, as Statesmen, of Messrs T. F. RAY. for
merly with c. B. Rouse s Co., of Richmond,
Va; JOHN E. DAVIDSON, of Richmond;
and JOHN ELLET, of Powhatan; gentlemen
well and favorably known in this community,
and by many throughout the entire State Wa
Aiso present 70 G1AL 30 arTapE-
COUNTRYdCLOTHIERS,
a7 Rare Inducements o.
which cannot possibly be
extended by any other House,
as We have established, as per
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n. NJ NORFLEET. NJ ", NUKFLEET,
nj NJ. NORFAEET a. CO..
IN. s. COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Office 1O2 Main Street, up Stairs Between 18th
and 14th Richmond, Va, entrance front & rear
We are also the manufacturers of the popular
brand of Smoking Tobacco, (SearfalettD, and
would be pleased to receive orders from our
friends. Nov l4-3mos.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-01-23

We take pleasure in announcing the engage
nlent, as Statesmen, of Messrs T. F. RAY, for
mcrly with G. B. Rouse s Co., of Richmond,
Va; JOHN E. DAVIDSON, of Richmond
and JOHN ELLET, of Powhatan gentlemen
well and favorably known in this community,
and by many throughout the entire State We
al IN
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-01-23

I'm THE SECOND STORY I HAVE NOV
Il opened first rate Stock of Gentlemen's Fun
nishing Goods, such as Ready Made Clothing
Boots, Shoes, Hats Caps Linen Shirts from q t
SIS. Also Brown Cotton and Cotton Yarn by tn
bale or in smaller quantities
Oo+ IT 4f IT III
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1prsa Vf Sew Gdo Fsee So sr Bs
Goods, &c, including all kinds of Dress Trim
Comforts, Ladies, Cloaks, Kid Shoes, Morocco
do, and all other kinds: .Mouslins, Mernos, Cal
Gloves: Kid Gloves, white and colored. Brown
Cotton, Cotton Yarn, Cassimeres, Cassinets, home
made Jeans and Linsey, Ready made Clothing,
Furs, Mufs, Fancy Soaps etc, which we. offer fol-
sale at reduced rates for cash or country produce
Dee 49, ISAAC PAUL & CO,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-03-01
aaTn C"SGnES>---IST SESSION

SENATE
WAsHlNaToA teb. Il.
The iout resolution to furnish yes.
sois to the telegraph expedition under
Col. Buckley to Russia was passed,
Mr., Fessendep moved the regular or
der, which was the constitutional
amendment in relation to representation
be postponed, and that the Senate pro
coed TO the consideration of the concur
rent resolution of the House, providing
until Congress so decide, that no Sena-
tor or Representative from the lately re-
bellious states be admitted to the Hall
of Congress. This gave rise to some
discussion which ended in the concur
rent resolution being read the first time
the second reading was objected to by
Mr.. Dixon.
The constitutional amendment was
taken up.
Mr.. Buckalew took the door in
opposition to the measure.
Mr.. Buckalew spoke upon New Eng
land as possessing too great voice in
the Senate and favored the admission Of
Southern Senators, and an amendment Of
the Constitution so adjusting the Senate
or it's representation. States containing
less than one million Inhabitants to have
one Senator, and States with more than
one million and less than three million
inhabitants, two Senators, and States
with more than three million iAhabi.
tants three Senators.
Mr. Wilson replied uriehy t. MI
Buckaleu's structures upon New Eng
land 5 prominence ia the Senate
Mr.. Nye took the floor on the pending
question, but gave way to Mr., Sumner
who moved an executive session..
Mr.. Wilson offered q resolution reCog
nizing the yalor and endurance Of Off
GERS, soldiers and seamen Of he United
States referred.
Mr. Lane OF Kansas gave notice tina
he would introduce on FRIDAY. q bill t
continue in gOrcc the existing freedmen
bureau.
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