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Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-04
Curious Matrimonial MuddIe-CiviI and
Ecclesiastical law at Fault.

From the Pittsburgh Gazette, 18th.l
A novel abandonment case came up in the
Court of Quarter Sessions on the Sth inst.
From the testimony on the hearing at that
time, il seemed clear case of desertion. and
an order was entered accordingly. On the
18th inst, Messrs. Pollock & Childs, attor-
neys for the defendant, obtained a rule on
District Attorney 20 show cause why the or
der of the Sth inst, should not be vacated.
modified, or set aside, and ON the hearing,
the following facts were developed: The
defendant, Geo. Weisenberger, a German,
and the prosecutrix, his wife Anna, of the
Irish persuasion" are both members of
the Catholic Church. George formerly re-
sided in Nashville, where he obtained
a divorce from his wife there and
armed with a duly certified copy of the
decree, came to Pittsburgh to reside.
Here, fascinated by the charms Of the fair
Anna, who was then n buxom widow, he
took her to wife, and once more SET sail on
the uncertain sea Of matrimony. But alas,
there were still rough seas to encounter, and
breakers ahead" which George had not
dreamed Of The rules of the Catholic
Church forbid the recognition Of divorce,
and Anna was informed by her priest that
80 long rs the first spouse was living she
George. Accordingly she was induced to
dispatch George TO Nashville, to ascertain
if Mrs. NJ. the first, were still living or not.
On Georges return he faithfully told the
unpleasant truth, and confessed the divorced
wife still living, and in the enjoyment of
fair bodily health, notwithstanding she
had long wandered in forbidden paths.
But honesty is not always the best poll
icy, and George was punished for reveal
ing the unpleasant truth by being abrupt
ly refused the privilege of a husband in his
household, INDEPENDENTLY leaving his Anna,
he took 10 the battle of life again alone.
But an empty porridge pot and vacant coal
cellar were things that could only be con-
templated with feelings of the most un-
pleasant character. SO when the cold win
ter comes on, Anna sues the husband for
abandonment, willing to enjoy his purse If
not his society. On obtaining an order that
George should dole out the weekly allowance
of three dollars, the charming Anna depart
ed in high glee But the end was not yet
George Immediately returned TO her house
and kindly rendered the duties of husband
again, and remains yet, attending in due
form to the market basket, the coal cellar,
&c, and, taking possession Of his bed, has
compelled the gentle Anna" TO choose a
more retired and exclusive couch. AS he is
willing TO provide for her wants, we cannot
see what the court can do but to vacate the
previous order. Take this case all in all, it
is a nice bit of tumble between civil and
ecclesiastical law.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-04

row SATURDAY. II viii be public in The Ut
most state and ceremony of the term. All
the royal mourners, state dlgnitares, ana
special ministers will assemble in the palace,
at 10 o'clock. The members Of the royal
family aud those invited tos5e present at the
funeral vii, Of course, proceed in carnage,
but the greater portion Of the corege, CON-
posed Of municipal, military and other ON,
GERS and representatives Of the CHEZ towns o.
Belgium, VIII form the procession on ioot;
Before Iea-ing the palace, the frft portion oi
the funeral service viii DC read. In the lit
tie temporary chapel Of Lacken it viii be
concluded. The coffin will then be carried
through the Roman Catholic Church TO the
small vault in which the remains are to be
laid side by side with that of relate King
wife and child, till the mausoleum which is
now being built fof their ultimate reception
is completed Minute guns viii be tired tall
the return of the funeral to the palace here
His majesty the King Of Portugal and Their
ROYAL hiehnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred. the Prince Of Prussia, and Prince
Louis of Hesse, are expected TO arrive to-day
| 70 attend the cbsequies. Prince George o.
Saxony. the Archduke Joseph, the Duke do
Bassano chamberlain to the Emperor Ma
poleon.1 the Prince de Joinville, and the
| Duke de Nemours are also to be present
The Lord Chamberlain, with Gen. Seymour
Gen. Hood, Sir Edward Gust, and four I'm
| plish generals whose names are not yet an
nounced. will likewise take part in the cere
moniaI. with some Of the most distinguished
| English residents here. On Sunday, the 18th
the new King makes his public entry int
the CITY
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-04
vENEREAL DISEASES.

because they fancy II is not respectable to trea
them.
He who properly appreciates his fellow beings
suferings, will not know any difference in the
reepectdbiiv of diseases-all maadies are alike fiji
subjects for his care and reflection.
There exists, without doubt, deplorable de-
gree ignorance in regard to the nature and treat
ment of the whole clsss of Venereoi Diseases. Our
hospitals and graveyards are full of the monu-
ments of ignorance in the Medical Profession. and
it requires bold scientific Physicians to make this
department o
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-04
Union and American
THURSDAY. JANUARY q, 1sss.
Serotism In che Z. S. senate


During the frst week Of the session, the
HouseofR Representative adopted aresolution
prohibiting the employment Of any relative
Of anymenberiaany capecity-as page, door
keeper, clerk or other officer of the house.
This was prompted by the effort of a "loyal"
member to have half dozen nephews APP
pointed as pages, and partly because, as a
general principal, it was correct and proper
The Senate ought to have done likewise
Why it didinot is explained by the Washing
ton correspondent of the Chicago TFmcs:
The adoption of such a resolution in that
august body would deprive of easy and ele-
CANT vocation not less than score of nice
young men, whose sole Recommendation 10
official favor is the tie of kindred between
them and the honorable senators. The Con-
gressional directory records that a son of
Senator Clark Of New Hampshire. Is door
keeper of the reporters gallery; that a son of
Senator Cowan is clerk Of Senator Cowar's
committee, at Sc day for doing nothing;
that a son of Senator Doolittle is similarly
favored; likewise a son Of Senator Howard:
ditto a son of Senator Dixon; ditto nephew
of Senator Foot; while nephew of Senator
Wade stands guard at one of the entrance
doors to the chamber for $1,000 a year.
And the pressure is still heavy upon the ap-
pointing power in behalf Of the uncles. aunts.
nieces and grandmothers of other members
OF the American house of lords. Resolved.
that the senate do earnestly recommend 10
the citizens of the United States the EMPLOY.
ment Of discharged soldiers" etc. Now il
happens that not a single one of the young
gentlemen alluded to in this paragraph ever
served a day in the army, or ever would have
done 30 had the war lasted till the crack Of
doom. But perhaps it wouldn't look well to
see one-arned soldier holding the knob Of
a senatorial door.
II would not look genteel enough; and Il
would be unfair TO make a personal appli.
cation of the resolution l have quoted TO the
high and mighty loyalists themselves In
fact it's copperheadish to refer to so delicate
subject and therefore drop it, asking
pardon for what / have already done in the
matter.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-04

sPECIA LITY.
and give it the rank and responsibility which its
importance merits,
Under the head Of Especial Diseases -. is in
cluded all Affections of both sexes, that do not
require daily attention from his Dispensdrs.
In the treatment of FeRerdt Diseases his
REMEDIES ARE MILD AND PLEASANT
as possible and the time necessary to effect cure
must be determined by circumstances,
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RATES OF POSTAGE.

In consequence of the general ignorance in the
South of the rules Of postage established by law,
many letters Of Importance are daily lost TO those
interested by being improperly or insufieiently
stamped. The regulations require that all such
letters dropped into post Offices shall be immedi-
ately forwarded TO the Dead Letter Office, where
they arc never heard from unless they contain
money, or other enclosures of value. We give be
low some Information which may prevent vexation
The rate of postage on letters within the United
States il cents for every letter or sealed package
weighing one ounce or undor. Those over one
half ounce 6cents, and 3cents Tor every addilonai
half ounce. Prepayment with Stampsin all eases Is
required. All letters without the necessary post
age stamps, or which are stamped with revenue
fee Immediately after being dropped into any
Postage stamps issued prior to 1860 are worth
less and will not answer for present purposes.
We give the rates Of postage 20 such points IN
foreign countries as our people arc most likely to
desire to communicate with:
ceeding half an ounce - cents, and newspapers
cents; Bremen or Hamburg mall letters II cents,
newspapers 5 cents; French mail, quarter ounce
N cent? half ounce AZ cents.
To Brazil. via Englard-ietters not exceeding
half an ounce. - cents, newspapers cents; via
France, letters not exceeding quarter OF an ounce
SO cents half an ounce &C cents.
British North American Provinces, excepting
Canada and New Brunswick. the distance not over
5000 miles. letters half an ounce 10 cents, news
canada-letters half ounce 10 cents, papers
cents.
Cuba-letters half ounce loeents. papers cents.
Denmark-Prussian closed mail. letters 81 cents.
paper cents: Bremen and Hamburg, % cents,
papers 5 cents; French = cents. quarter ounce, 81
cents half ounce letters.
france-letters quarter ounce Is cents, half an
ounce 30 cent?, papers cents.
German Statcs-Prassianc closed mail. prepaid y
cents; French mail, y cents; Bremen mail l5cents
papers cents.
Great Britain and Ireland-half ounce letters
81 cents. papers cents.
Hamburg, direct from New lork-half ounce
letters 10 cents papers cents; Bremen mail, let
tiers Is cents, papers cents; Prussian mail. LETT
tiers y, papers cents.
Bayti, via England-letters As cents, papers
cent
HoIiand-French mail. quarter ounce letters n
cents. half q cents; open mail, via London,
letters y cents; papers cents; British packet
letters cents; papers cents.
New brunswick and New FouR1land-half
ounce letters 10 cents; papers cents.
Roman and Papal Statcs--Prussian closed mail
half ounce letters a, papers cents; French mail
quarter ounce letters q cents. papers cents.
Swecden-Pfussian closed mail, b cents for half
ounce letters. papers cents; Prnssian OF Ham
burg mail. letters 50 cents papers cents; French
mail, quarter ounce letters s. cents, half ounce O.
cents.-RicAmosd Tnss.
xAsa nannrUG AUUnEE IN lnOn ON
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REMEDIES ARE MILD AND PLEASANT

as possible and the time necessary 10 effect
must be determined by circumstances.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-04

having graduated at the University of Pennsylya-
MIA, at Philadelphia, in 1S44-45, and since that
time he has diligently applied himself to his pro-
fesson and carefully Investigated all the remedial
agents best calculated TO alleviate the diseases Of
suffering humanity, and thereby merit the conf
dence and esteem of his fellow citizens. The en-
viable reputation which his
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-04
DIS L Ms A u Y

Whoever undertakes the Medical Profession
should feel resting upon him double Obligation
one, the duty he owes to the public, to whom he
announces that he is qualified member of his
profession; the other, duty he owes to himself
to make and maintain reputation for attain
ments and skill.
There are some Practitioners. indeed there are
many who are ignorant of
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-04
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE,
Published at the southern Methodist

PuDfssueu az tne southern Methodist
Publishing House. under the auspices Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. It's issues
win be resumed lst January. 1866 TERMS: Til
lst July. invariably in advance, $500 Under
SO may sent by the mails at our risk Sums Of
SO and upwards, by Express. nj our expense,
Subscriptions are made to end 1st July. for the
following reasons:
LIST. That is the end of our fiscal year
"a. During the time General conference
will hold its session. and its newly elected officials
editors. &c, will by that time be at their posts.
Sd. The prices of material, and expense in
volved in its publication. may. by that time mod
ity or more clearly indicate permanent susserip-
ton price.
As most subscribers will doubtless desire to be-
gin with the LIST issue. viii strike OF a large
edition.
Our frienisss will send US their names at once.
Brethren Of the press who viii aid in extending
this notice, viii render such favor as will be
highly appreciated. and at any time cordially re-
ciprocated.
j. D. McFERRIN. Agent.
NASHVILLE. Dec. Is. ls65.-tf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-21
Southern Feeling as to Northern Dead.

Gen. Geo. w. Morgan, a soldier of the
war, who is running as a Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Coshocton,
O., district, against Columbus Delano,
recently made the following statement
in a speech there
The people of the South
have extended to the people of the West
and North the hand of reconciliation.
To sustain what say | could narrate
many facts, but will mention but one.
In order to secure a suitable cemetery
for our gallant soldiers who fell upon the
plains of Alabama, the authorities of the
United States desired to purchase three
acres beautifully located within the cor
porate limits of the city of Mobile. The
tract was valuable, but the purpose was
sacred to which it was to be dedicated
1t proposed to make three acres the hon
ored home of the Union dead, and there
within the corporate limits Of Mobile, to
erect a monument TO commemorate their
deeds. But the authorities of Mobile re-
fused to SELL What refused TO sell suf-
ficient ground to contain the bones Of
our absent ones-our fathers, brothers,
sons2 Yes, my countrymen, these
Southern men did refuse TO sell sufficient
ground on which to bury our heroic dead
but with magnauimity only equaled
by their courage, those Southern men
did, by free gift, convey those three acres
to the United States And the hand Of
the Mayor of Mobile-ihe hand which
signed that deed Of gift-had, during our
unhappy war, welded the sword Of
Confederate General. Applause]
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-21
Stake Again, Mobile.

The Mobile papers publish sensation
story about a man in that place who com
mitted suicide-cutting off his head and
hiding it so effectually that it could not
be found. Someofou cotemporariesdoubt
the truth of the story. For our part we
implicitly believe every word of it, as we
knew a more remarkable case at Mt.
Sterling, Ky, last spring. A man named
John Smith having speculated in whisky
until he became the owner of menage-
rie, finding that he could not conduct his
show with the success of Van Amburg,
concluded to end his troubles and his
life together Procuring a pistol, he
proceeded to the corner of Main and
Maysville streets, in front of the Ken
lucky Hotel, and blew his brains out
He fell upon the pavement, and after
lying there for an hour, found that nei-
ther the report of the pistol, or the spec
tacle of dead body on the sidewalk,
arrested the attention of the passers-by
He became indignant, arose, gathered
up his brains, put them in his hat, shook
the dust of the town from his feet, and
struck out on the Maysville pike. After
proceeding about six miles, he debOuched
from the pike into Hathaways woods,
dug hole in the ground, and cutting
his head off with razor, buried it. He
then continued on his travels for mile,
when he cameto a field containing stock
hogs. He here disemboweled himself,
and threw his intestines to the swine
He then proceeded on, cutting off an
arm and tossing it into pond here, sew
ering leg and dropping it into we'll
there, separating a side and depositing
it in deserted stone quarry yonder,
reaching Sharpsburg with only an arm,
side, and leg remaining In that
place what was left of him laid down,
died, and was buried by the charitable
citizens. Everybody thought that was
the end of John 1--WE among the rest),
until last Monday night, when we beheld
the veritable John, alive and well, lead
ing the rioters at Indianapolis. Mobile,
you'l II have to stake again; that game is
Louisville Courier.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-21
FRIDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 81, Is

that the men began to die off fast, and
the survivors, seeing the like fate for
themselves, resolved either TO provide a
remedy or fail ia the attempt.
Accordingly they surprised the guards
on the night of July 20, and
having possessed themselves of their
arms, cut down some hundreds, among
whom were Colonel Scbat and some
other officers Other Polish detachments
having Joined them, the number of in
surgents was swelled to several thou
sands The Buryates or natives of the
region were compelled to supply the
warlike band with horses and victuals,
and in some cases did not scruple to
make common cause with them. -Four
companies of infantry and six guns sent
against them from Irkutsk were attacked
by the Poles, who had placed themselves
in ambush on the banks of the Selenga,
and defeated with great slaugh-
ter. OF two more detachments
who were subsequently dispatched in
search of the mutineers, one took up a
fortified position in the monastery of
Posolsk, where it was besieged and de-
feated by the Poles; the other crossed
from Irkutsk to the eastern shores of
Lake Baikal, where it fell in with horde
of Buryates and was forced to retreat.
Meanwhile the Poles continued their
mdrch in the direction of Nerchinsk,
with view to liberate the numerous
prisones detained in the mines of that
province. The. above is the Polish YER
sion of what has occurred, while the
Russians assert that the rebellion was
crushed in the bud, and has been long
over
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-21
commsTcial cTisis i'm Jamaiea

NEw YoRK, Sept 1.-The Kingston
CJamaiea) InUOiee, in view of the situa-
ton Of affairs, says: At present public
matters are carried along like waits by
the torrents, and the community live
under a cloud, scarcely daring to look
the future in the face. We have had
some heavy failures, throwing confusion
and embarrassment in commercial cir
cles throughout the country. Altogether,
things have indeed come TO a crisis, and
We emphatically exclaim to the mother
country, upon whose promised aid We
rely for salvation from our present diff
culties, social, political, agricultural,
and commercial, DIS dat gHiO eif0 dat
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-21
Another Expose Of the Deeds of General
Fitzpatrick, the U. 8. Minister to Chilli.

From the Panama Star and Herald. Aug. 81
On the steamer on which General
Fitzpatrick came to Aspinwall, the Henry
Chauncey, there was young woman,
looked upon by every decent person on
board as a most notorious strumpet,
which her disreputable conduct during
the passage and aftetward in Panama
fully confirmed. General Fitzpatrick
made an associate of this woman to the
disgust of the passengers, and eventu-
ally brought her to the captains table,
from which she was turned away after the
second meal. His peculiar intimacy
with her on board attracted universal at.
tention.
On her arrival at Aspinwall, he intro
duced her to the Superintendent OF the
railroad and his family as lady, and
allowed her to be entertained by them
during his stay there. This led to re-
marks afterward and then, we under
stand, the General, fearing the result,
wrote letter excusing his conduct on
the grounds that he was not aware of
the womaVs character. Every one in
Panama is aware of his connection with
this woman during their stay at the
hotel, and he even went so far as to
promise to take her to Chill, but that
was prevented by a certain influence and
protest of third party, whose name it
is not necessary to mention here.
Previous to leaving Panama he en-
deavored to foist this strumpet on to some
respectable family here, for fear her rep
utation might suffer by remaining alone
at the hotel after he left, before he could
send for her from Chill aud he even in
duced one of our leading foreigners here,
innocent of her character, to- use his in.
huence to this end The reply the letter
got, however, to his first application,
opened his eyes and satisfied him of the
imposition attempted to be praeticed. on
him by Fitzpatrick After leaving Pana-
ma, the General wrote back TO the same
gentleman, urging him to get the woman
off to California or New York, but by no
means to allow her to follow him to Chill.
After General Fitzpatrick left Panama,
this woman turned out most aban-
doned profigate wretch, and was CON-
PEELED, or account of her bad conduct, to
leave the city and return to New York.
We can vouch for all these facts. and
prove them by as many certificates OF
the Generals bad behavior as he or his
friends can desire.
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watchman, What of the Night,

The Maine Eastern Argus concludes
a calm and able review of the causes
that led to the result Of the election in
that State in the following words If
the spirit which now dominates in Maine
is to control the North and direct the
affairs of the nation, we have seen the
end of the American Union. We're it
now sound and whole it could scarcely
withstand the strain which this spirit
would put it to; but with the Union
broken-with ton pokes of the thirty-six
out of the whe it must go down with
a crash when the pressure comes, as 1t
will in the next Presidential
election, if not before, and upset
every thing. And there are worse
elements of commotion in the country
now than ever before. Let anarchy
once begin, and they will assuredly dash
the Ship of State upon the breakers and
destroy it. The terrible scenes of the
French revolution would be repeated.
The elements are ripe for it, and the
demagogues who have been tanning
these passions for their own base pur-
poses, could no more control them than
they could the surging of the sea. Let
our brethren in other States be warned.
Let them keep these revolutionary ele-
ments in subjection, if possible. The
danger to our country is imminent, never
more so than at this hour The North
showed itself able to conquer the South,
but if it shall prove to be unequal to
achieve the still higher victory over itself
of forgiving the South, the conquest will
have been in vain, and our institutions
will as assuredly fail as if they had been
surrendered to the assault of rebels
Hatred and revenge are elements of dis
cord, not of peace and unity, and these
now lie directly in our pathway to resto-
ration, national unity and peace. Can
they be overcome? That is the question
And upon its right answer depends the
salvation of the Republic"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-21
Glorious Programme.

According to present indications, a
most beautiful future is being prepared
for the citizens of our grand Switzerland
of America. The white man has been
disfranchised and cannot vote. Cover
nor Brownlow says the first act Of the
Legislature shall be to enfranchise the
negro and use him to vote-then we
shall have a negro government to the ex'
clusion of the white man. This will be
negro equality indeed. Gov. Brown
low says it will only be returning to
where we were in 1888 John Bell and
Felix Grundy used to treat the negroes
with liquor and get them to vote. We
suppose the negroes are to be treated
with liquor, used as voting machines,
and made to carry the Radical party in
Tennessee. oh glorious future, won
that fill us up with immigration and cap
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