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STREET sPRENKLING.

THE NASHVILLE STREET sPRTEKLTNG
i Company take pleasure IN announcing 10
the public in general that they have commenced
the work Of sprinklins the streets for the sea-
sen. Their facilities for doing the work are
quite extensive. and Arrangements have been
made for the purpose Of sprin king MI Of the
principal streets throughout the city. Parties
DESTROYS Of having sprinkling done will receive
prompt attention By applying AZ the Office Of tho
Nashville Street Sprinkiing Company,
NO. > SOUTH CHERRY STREET,
First door south Of the Postofiee.
l. W.-CARPENTER, Pres't.
VIM. II. HARRISON. Sup't.
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NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

GEaERAL FRFIGHF OFFICE. ]
n. 4 C. AND n. K n. W. RAuWAVs,
Nashville, Tenn. March is. 1907.
OWING TO DESTRUCTION OF TEN
~ nessee River Bridge. at Bridgeport. the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company
have agreed with parties 20 run a Ferry In con
neetion with their road until the bridge is re-
h1ilt. The parties owning the Ferry charge
seven cents per hundred pounds for transfer OF
Freights. which rate in all cases will BE added 10
regular tariff rates. r. McIVER,
General Freight Agent.
VIM. P. INNES. General Superintendent.
marchl9 lW
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To Tobacco Planters.

WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO STORE
w Ship Or purchase Tobacco. either loose or
ID hogsheads. Call AZ our Warehouse. No -
Market street, Nashville.
decll-d lB.l HUGH M0CREA a c.
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CHANCERY SALES
FOR
APRIL 81. 1867.

Timothy Walton and others VS.. r. c.
Foster, 3D.
IN PURSUANCE OF DEGREES OF THE
il Chancery Court in these cases. 1 will sell at
the Courthouse at Nashville, at II O'Clock on
Saturday, April ~, 1867,
lst. Lotion Vine street. next south ofthe resi-
denee of Liston Stones, ESQ, fronting 40 feet
and running back $50 feet 20 an alley.
%. Lot next south Of the above, fronting 50
feet on Vine street and running back $50 feet to
an alley. These two lots are the residence Of
Robert G. Foster Sd, Esq, and the latter lot has
upon il the dwelling house.
Sd. A tract of land containing IS acres and IS
poles, lying on the east side of DickeysOn Turn
pike about three miles from Nashville, and di-
Fectly opposite the Walton place-the present
residence of w. f. Bang. ESQ.
4th. A lot containing four acres and l27 poles,
on the Dickerson Turnpike, conveyed to x. C..
Foster, "a, b.. j. B. White. Alexander Allison.
and W. B. Walton.
9Th. Lots Nos. 8, g. II, p and Is, in Foster 5
Addition to Edge6eld, fronting on the north
side of the Gallatin Turnpike, between Foster
and Brown streets.
TERMs-0Re- fourth cash, and the residue on
credits of six, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four
months, with interest from day Of sale. Notes
required with approved security, and lien re-
tanned. Sale free from redemption.
MORTON B. HOWELL.
aDr6 I'd Clerk and Master.
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Execufor,s I.asf Nofice.

HAVING MORE THAN THREE MONTHS
III ago notified the creditors Of DR.. John NJ.
Watson. deceased, TO file their claims against
said estate at my office, over YOrk's Book Store,
Union street. authenticated as the Law directs.
hereby notify all creditors that claims remain
ing unified Ist May.neXt will not be paid 4 =
Halle, Esq, at the Office Of DR.. Briggs, is making
out the accounts due DTs. Watson j 3 Eggs, and
ALL RENAININo UNPAID ist May next will be
placed in the hands Of an officer All persons
indebted 70 Dr. Watson individually viii settle
with ne, and save costs. AL claims against the
estate Of @. G. Bradford. deceased, not tiled BY
9Th July next viii be set aside and debtors are
notified TO settle and save costs. Any friends
having books of either Of deceased, will confer
favor by leaving them az my office.
nv. Brown, Executor
of Dig. John NJ. Watson, deceased and O. q.
Bradford. deceased. apr5IW
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Sale Of Lots at Auction
IN EDGEFIELD.


TINE NASHVILLE CHIMsRYsWEEE'
i ING C0HPAHY.-This C0mpapyare nov
prepared 20 clean chimneys Of every aescr Rtton
10 a thoFouRh and satisfactory manner fhey
hope 10 reeeive large public patronage. All
parties are Interested in having their chimney
clean, and thus far preventing TIE danger OF
fres. The prizes for eieaning eaeh chimney Is
Glazed al the low sam Of Fifty Cents.
Ofcs-N0. 81 broad street marl2 I'm
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SALES
FOR
Saturday, April Is, 1857,
AZ lhs Courshouse as II O'CLOCK.

A. G.. Merritt, Admir-, vs.. r. c. McNairy
ct ais
IN PURSUANCE OF DECREE OF THE
AChancery Court at Nashville 10 the above
named cause. / will sell az the Courthouse at
Nashville. at II o'clock. on
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PLANTERS BANK NOTES.

THE HOLDERS OF THE NOTES OF THE
Il Planters Bank should bear IN mind that the
notes must be pressnteG 10 the underlined
within the time prescribed by law, OF they will
be forever barred. Certificates will be Issued
for the notes WheL presented These certih
Gates will be received AZ par in PEyment Of any
dest due the Bank. and are nov worth ninety
I'VE cents IN the dollar. ID. WEAVER
marO Inv Trustee and Receiver.
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THE MARY r. FLETCHER
LANDS FOR SALE.

N. n. Cotton and wife, Ct Al. ", Claude FLETCHER
81. ais.
A DECREE IN THIS CAUSE AT The
"A January term. 1867, Of the DAVIDSON county
Court directs the Clerk 10 sell for division OF
proceeds among the hsirs Of Mary r fletehsr'
deceased the following valuable lanss. 70 WIZ
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A pIat Of this survey may be seen a. any time
before the day Of sale at the Clerks once. By
parties desiring % purchase
n preferred, these lots, containing Together.
zgiL< ares more or less VIII bes0ld A. one tract
These lands aFe situated in District No. y. Of
Davidson county. three and a half miles from
Nashville. near the Dickinson pike. arc well
timbersd. exceedingly fertile. with excellent
springs Of nevsr-failing water on the premises
ana suitable on seceunt Of the convenient size
Of The different tracts and their proximity 10
Nashville, for men OF small means. Toe gardening
or other purposes.
Sale. Saturday, April g, 1887, At the
South end Of the Courthouse. at Il o'clock "
IERNs-One-third cash. balance Of payment
on six and twelve months time Notes with
interest, and personal security required. and lien
retained =. l.. NICHOL. Clerk.
marls tde
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Partial List of Articles 10 Ebe Sold
for ONE DOLLAR EACH,

Diamond Pins. Brooches and Ear Drops, La
dies Sets Of Gold and Coral, Jet and Gold, Flo
rentine, Mosaic, Lava and Cameo. sets Of Studs,
Vest and Neck Chains. plain and chased Gold
Kings. Gold Thimbles. LOekets. new style Belt
Buckles, Gold Pens and Pencils, fancy Work
Boxes. Gold Pens with gold and silver extension
holders. and large assortment Of fine Silver
Ware and Jewelry Of every description, of the
best make and latest styles.
A chance to obtain any Of the above articles
for One Dollar, by purchasing a sealed envelope
for Twenty Cents.
Five sealed envelopes will be sent for 81, eleven
for 81, thirty for S.. sixty-fye for slO one hun
bred for SIS.
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ONION SETS.

OOO BUSHELS CHOICE SETS. which
we wish to sell to close consignment
B. s. HAMILTON 4 GREEN,
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GREAT SALE OF
SUBURBAN PROPERTY,
In West Nashville.
Crorpp,S Dr ~ on T,o1s

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED 0 TRUST Exc
for sale at public auction, on WEDNESDAY,
the 24th inst, on the premises, TWELVE BEAU
TIFUL BUILDING LOTS in SiRler's plan of
Lots. Said lots front 100 feet and run hack 205
feet to a twenty foot alley. Terms-6, IL. Is, and
"a months, with interest from date. Personal
security required upon the first note. and lien
retained until the purchase money Is paid.
ALSO. at SAME time and place. viii sell
is q splendid rock quarry.) on a credit of five
years, IN equal annual payments. with interest
from date. Persons wishing to examine said
property will call on j. NJ. Hawkins. OF 7. A.
Mccall. at Cheatham, Woods & Co.'S corner Of
Church and College streets. Private sales will
be made with terms to suit. Cali on me at No.
So North Cherry street.
ANDERSON, JOHNSON 4 SMITH, Agts.
apr I'd S. W. CHlLDRESS. Trustee.
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C. w. sMIT a,
DISPENSING CHEMIST
PHAR NJ A CIS IT,
Corner Church and Vine Sts.,
NASHVILLE. TENN.

HAVE THR PLEASURE OF CALLING
L atteation 10 the fact that | have recently
improved and re-furhisbed my establishment
with a large and carefully seleeted stock Of
Pure and Fresh Drugs, Medicines. ana
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Also. large sock Of fne English, French and
Aneriean PKRFpMEkf. lncluding kNtfacts
Fancy Goods. The best WINES and LIQUORS,
for medicinal purposes onlys choice CieAfIS
ard TOBACCO.
purest FLAF0RfNG EXTRACTS. SPICES,
etc, that are 10 be found Ia a 6rst class Drug
Store.
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Unequalled inducements offered to Ladies' and
Gents who viii act as SUCH Our descriptive cir
culars will be sent on application.
Distributions are made in the following man
ner Certificates naming each article and its
value are placed in sealed envelopes which are
well mixed. One Of these envelopes, containing
the certificates OF erder for some article will be
delivered at our Ofiee, or sent by mail TO any
address, without regard to choice, on receipt
Of twenty five cents.
On receiving the certificate, the purchaser will
see what article it draws and its value, and can
send one dollar and receive the article named
Purchasers of our sealed envelopes may, in this
manner, obtain an article WOrtL from one to
FIVE hundred dollars.
Long letters are unnecessary. Havethe kind
ness to write plain directions. Orders for sealed
envelopes must in every case be accompanied
with the cash. with the name ofthe person send
ing, and town. county and State plainly written
Letters should be addressed TO the managers, as
follows;
JACKSON, CORNISH d CO.,
I9s and l95 Broadway. New York.
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TO PHYSICIANS

gfTe my personal attention TO the careful
eempcunding Of Prescription, and have for this
departrteat q ftl supply o. the best Chemicals
and Medicines that can be found in the market
ianso-aa
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atniun and 9ispatth.

largest CIrcuIatIOn In 90 md SAC.
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All the Lots in the plan Of the n. A. MeNairy
v est Nashville Lots, owned ~ the Estate Of
Frank M Mekairv deraaaef a faf1ovrr.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-03-08
Seleftea Misfellanp.
"Reminiscences of TraVel ON the
Maumae @ River in IS15. .oq


The following, which we take from the
Toledo Blade, was prepared to be read at
the recent Pioneers Festival, in this place,
but was omitted for want of time 1, a i.a
My fathers family and attendants, which
consisted of himself, my mother and three
children, an Englishman IA deserter from
the British army and three Frenchmen, ar.
rived in ".perogue," (most of our pioneers
will remember the name of a boat made OF
single log, about thirty feet long and three
wideg at Presque Isle about midnight, on
the third day of July, 1915. And without
pitching a tent, we Jlaid OURSELVES down
with only bed clothes to protect us from
the aews, with the sand for 6nr feather bed
aud the blue sky for our canopy, to count
the stars until we slept, which, if remem.
ber right, was very soon, until the dawn of
our glorious lndepend,n nee. q ,.,,... l..
After breakfast, We were rowed up the
river, and landed on the spot where the city
of Toledo now stands. After examining
the charIed remains of the old British Fort,
and other objects of interest, my mother
Was so pleased with the place that she ex-
preA.ed a wish to live aud die there. But
destiny forced us onward. There were no
houses there at that time, and but one hab.
itation, composed of two arks, drawn out Of
the water, turned up edgewise, with
blanket for door, and q chimney built of
sticks and clay, on the outside. The family
consisted of man and wife, and child, who
was born there and my childish eyes were
delighted with very curious cradle. made
of an Indian blanket, tied at both ends, with
a rope made of bark aud swung across the
corner of the cabiu, in which the little one
slept ss quietly as though it had been Jul,
led to sleep in sewOod or mahogany, aud
pillows of down. That is my first memory
Of Toledo. Vi 10 % s9.'i' "a
Again we embarked for FortMsigs, where
we arrived little after noon, and found no
accommodations outside the fort. There
were no garrison there at that time. We
spent week with Captain David Huh and
there saw the first IndiaL aL'Oelohging TO my
fathers agency. They were Shawnees, and
were delighted to see " "Appasesh," as they
called my father, and his papooses." We,
we're all obliged TO shake hands With them
After spending week in providing sup
pliee, We bade good bye to Captain Hull
and HIS sisters. who had so kindly enter.
tained ps My father aud lhe FrenchmeD
were very despondent at the low state OF
the water, and could not conceive how we
were to get the boat over the rapids Tut
on iaudiIg at Reash Deyeau (now Waser
vilel we found a pair Of twin brothers by
the name OF Gum, with very numerous fam.
lilies, and father employed ons Of them TO
take our load past the rapids. BY the way,
should say something about the way IN
which these people were commencing set.
tIemenr. They had yoke Of oxen. wagon
and cart, both Of which were covered
with canvass. and as they had been there
but few, days the wagon was their only
covering. And here again saw novel
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six DeWroeu o. nruukennrss.

A MAEkonRIR oV ToPERs. The following
hemiiy We give as We fouRI IL, leaving onr
sober fellow citizens 10 warrant for the
truth therein contained,
The thost Foolish predicament man can
get into 10 to get drunk. IN drunkenness liz
shows his strongest and most arSient pas.
eioHs. There are six kinds Of drunkards, and
II you 60 into city drinking place where
there nre dczen men under tho influence
Of liq0or, you will be Rure to find thcae six
different ehNractsrs, representing different
animals. t,.'. s........
The first is ape drunk He leaps, and
sings and canoes, making all sorts OF
grimaees, and cutting up all sorts OF "tnon
key shines TO excite tho laughter Of his
fsllowsl Terribly Silly is the drunken
clowni
The second is tiger druhki lie breaks
the bottles, breaks tho chairs, breaks the
heads Of fellow .carousers, and is full of
blood aud tbunder His eyes are fred
with vengeance, and his sonl raves with
murderous furyl OF this sort are those
who abuse their families
The third is hog drunk. lie role in the
dirt on the floor, slobbera and grunta. and
going into the streets makes his bed in the
frst ditch or filthy corner he may happ, 10
fall into. He is heavy, lumpish and sleepy,
and cries in grunting way for aiitile noIe
to drink. .t .u.'
The fourth is puppy drunk. lie will
weep for Kindness, aud whine his love, and
hug you In his arms, and kiss you with his
slObbery hps and proclaim how much he
loves you You are the best man he ever
saw, and he will lay down his money or
his life for youl
The fifth is owl drunk. lie ia wise in
his own conciet! No man must differ will,
hin,--ior his word 10 law lie is true in
politics, aud all matter must be taken as
authority. His aim is the strongest, his
voice the sweetest, his horse the q, elest,
his tnrnips the largest, his town the fiuest
oil the towns Of the land ..a
The sixth aud last animal in tho menag.
erie is the fox drunk man. lie is crafty,
ready to trade horses aud cheat il lie can
Keen TO strike bargain, lerrng around
witlln hw cunning, peeping through cracks,
listening under the ewes. watching for some
suspicious thing, sly US a fox, sneaking as
wolf. He is the meancst drmkard of them
ALL t "fH FNU lu .THft.
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VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

T1HE undersigned having established Real Es-
Il tate Agency in Perrysburg, offer for sale the
following Real Estate situated in Wood County
Ohio:
A Farm of l2O acres, in section 10, Of PLAIN
Township, under good cultivation, with 800 fruit
trees, good buildings, and we'll drained. Two
miles from Tontogany.
An Improved Farm of 100 Acres, in sec-
tion 81, Plain Township 90 acres under cultva-
ton, and nearly all under fence; a large orchard,
and good well, together with a good frame house
and barn. ..,-,... .r...- b..
ALSO
A Farm containing 6S Acres, in same
section, all under fence mostly improved; orchard
good barn and large house, with good frame house
in course Of construction: a .la1.-a
The NE. u Of the NE. u of section %, town 4,
north of range 10 east. Good House and Orchard.
All under fence.
'- UNIMPROVED LANDS.
E1l Sc or section IS. tp 5, range 1l-SO acres.
Hsw or sec &c. tp 5, range II 30 acres 4
so Acres, In section 4, etter Township, we'll
timbered with black walnut, white wood, &c.
so Acres, in section l6, Liberty Township,
40 Acres, Giu section 10, Milton Township
Lot No. g. i9t. yea7 sTa faTs "V II
SO Acres, in section IL, Henry Township
600 Acres In section II, Portage Township;
tHU7''Il7 ALSO tJ a"tJ
Twelve or fifteen choice TOWN LOTS, in Per-
rysburR. % etH ai 10 tsf
EY- The above Real Estate will be offered a
low rates, on terms 70 suit the purchaser.
~ 80 'il' sLEvIN 4 PARSONS,
Real Estate Agents, Perrysburg, o..
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Rcwspapers.

But, in considering the moral significance
of the Press at the preseut day, with cspe-
cial interest rnust we regard the most diff.
fused and wonderful CT all it's products
the daily newspaPsf,' II say W onderfui, forI
know nothing more 30. 1t is an embodi.
nient Of tho time, not only because it con.
tains the passing intelligence, but because
the most marvellous inventions and stupen.
dous energies of the time have produced
it. lies damp upon your breakfast table
open it, and you have the world as it is
now, daguerrotyped. The speech you heard
last evening is substantially there, has been
read by this time in Connecticut, and Is fly.
ing forwards toward Iowa, The electric
wire has enabled it to tell you some trans.
action only few hours old in New Orleans,
The steamship, whose Lanterns, as you slept,
came streaming through the midnight, has
brought Europe to your chair. And what
though great evil is blended with this won.
derfUl agency? What though the editors
leader is unsound. or tainted with person
ali.iesr What though here is scurrlons
attack, and there lying puff Here, OH the
other hand, are all the facts OF the time, and
the antagonistic opinions of men, spread
out with generous carholicity. What though
in one column turks foul advertisement
in another tho moral sentiment of the time
rebukes it; what though quackery prom.
ises to cure Pandora's box Of evils with
box Of pills? ailittle further you may read
the conclusions of true science. In short.
my friehds[I main tain here that the good
overhalahces by far the evil, and out ofithis
very generality of the newspapers wo get
the results Milton predicted. 8 Though all
the winds of doctrine says he "were let
loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in
the field, we do injuri0usly by licensing and
prohibiting to mis-doubt her strength. Let
her and Fslsebeod gSaphls. who ever knew
Truth put to The WORSE in free and open
encounter Her eORfuting is tile best and
sreEt suppressiRg y. Ia all these blended
aspects of the daily journal, we detect the
ultimate benefit, and the moral Significance
of freedom. Whatever evil may blend with
it's temporary infinence, 1T il intrihsjcally
the agent OF liberty and tits the first thing
at which despot strikes. When consider,
too, the cosmopolitan spirit which il must
beget bringing together. as il does. The in.
terests and fsympath es of the world, look
upon it as an instrument Of progress and Of
hope-.a great social force-a force to be
watched, to be criticised but force whose
impulse. on The whole, is in the righ. diTec
tion,--Rsp. ErH Chopin. 20 -hlr Zoos.
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ny Hook or nv s,ran..

The destruction caused by the FIRE OF Lon.
don, A. ID. l666, duiing which somo 1890
houses, etc., were burned down, in verv
many cases obliteraied ell the BOUNDARY
marks requisite 10 determine the extent Of
land. and even the very sites occupied by
buildings, previous to THE visitation. When
the rubbish was removed and the land
cleared, the disputes aud entangled claims
OF tlose whose houses had been DESTROYED,
both AZ 10 the position and extent of their
property, promised not only interminAble
occupation 10 the courts OF law, but made
the far more serious evil of delaying the re-
building of the city, until these disputes
were settled, inevitable. lmpellsd by the
necessity OF coming to more speedy set.
tlen It Of their respective claims than could
be hoped for by legal process, It was deter
mined that the claims and interests Of all
persona concerned should be referred to
the Judgment aud decision OF two Of the
most experer ced land surveyors Of that
day-men who had been thoroughly &C.
quainted with London previously to the FIRE;
aud, in order to escape from the numerous
and vast evils which more delay must oo-
casOn, that the decision of these two srbi-
traitors should be final and binding, Tho
surveyors appointed 10 determine the rights
OF the various claimants were MIR. Hook aud
MIR. Crook, who, by the justice Of their de-
clsions gave general satisfaction to tho in
terested parties. and by their speedy deter.
minstion OF the different claims, permitted
the rebuilding of the city to procsed rwishsr
out the least delay. Hence aross the say-
ing above quoted usually applied to the
eXtrication of persons or things from q diff.
henlty. The above Anecdots was told the
other evening by an old citizen upward Of
eighty. by no means Of an imaginative tenn
permanent. Notes and Queries.