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rTEA.-Ten half chests SUPERIOR
i GREEN and BLACK TsAs for sale ~ .a.
Fl s4.as.t7 .,,- Commission NercbsnD,.
ials corner Twelfth and Cary streets.
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uABLISTON q BROTHER,
III FURNITURE 'DKALnRss
would respectfully inform their fispds and lolmsf
patrons that they hsvs resumed h1sinses q their
NEW STORE, on Cary street, between Ninth ana
Tenth, whore they wffl be hsD1y 10 ses them, ana
win furnish anything In their hss ~ rsaAnsssls
sh'''u ABLIsrox ; BHorHlR, Cary s.ts.s
AVS - rsIlH between Ntakh aaA TsAtl.
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THF vote by the House of Represents
tives refusing to call the prev qGes-
ton on Mr. Stevens military government
bill is significant Of the fact that the
Radical majority in that body contains
quite a number Of men who are begins
ming to realize the condition of affairs
produced by Radical reconstruction. The
extracts from the debate between Stevens
and Banks printed elsewhere in our
columns to,day, viii also arrest attention,
indicating as it does, that the Radical
House " is divided against itself, and
that even the once valiant and defiant
Stevens is reduced to doubling whether
or not Congress will not dispense, and to
use has own language, leave the Presi
dent master Of the situation and tri-
umphant' The compromise scheme
referred TO by Mr. Banks may or may not
be the Dixon amendment Substantially
that prepared at the conference Of South
ern Governors) But whatever it may
be, OF whether the President has any
measure but the constitution of
the United States, to suggest as a
plan Of restoration, one thing is Ger
tain, Radical craftsmanship has thus
far proved a miserable abortion in
regard to the whole matter of re-estab
fishing the Union, and securing a true
and lasting pacifcation of the popular
mind. The prostration which sits like an
iucumbus on every industrial interest as
a consequence Of this reckless trihing, is
being sensibly and severely felt, and the
leaders begin 20 see that something must
be done, or the people will know the
reason why They discover that they
have played the game of party too high
aud that when they set out in December
1905, to use the result Of the foar years
struggle 20 maintain the Union, as
means Of Strengthening and consolidating
the Radical party, and rejected the
restoration policy Of the President, they
essAyed more difficult task than they
supposed
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THE CAUSE or Fires.

Fires TO an alarming extent, and disas-
trous in magnitude, have lately been pre-
vailing in many o. the large cities Of the
North, and quite q number Of maqufac-
turing establishments have fallen a prey
to the deyouring element. Parties have
endeayored to explain the frequency Of
these fires, and their occurrence in local
tiles calculated to be disastrous, upon the
hypothesis that the owners of stores,
manufactures, and other establishments
had applied the torch in many instances
in order to get the insurance Here is
paragraph upon the subject which we
clip from an Albany New York. paper:
"a gentleman long connected with the
FIRE department business said 10 us the other
day: / can take the register Of losses Of
any fire insurance company long estab-
lished, and tell YOU BY the increase Of losses
the years in which business was duh or de-
ranged in this country. This is a startling
assertion, but managers Of FIRE insurance
companies win support it by proof if
aiNNHNAAs w AAthhN AiNNA ADiAA ~ fft+hNAAf
gentlemen Of long experience in the bust
ness, that whenever there is any special
arrangement OF stagnation in trade, when
largely accumulated stocks of goods await
tardy purchasers, when a tardy market
threatens loss to a grasping speculator or
bold adyenturer; or when the manufacturer
cannot turn ont his wares at a profit then
are fires frequent, particularly in stores and
warehouses flied with goods for which
there is no immediate demand, and in
mills and manufactures which the expense
Of running cannot be met by profits on the
sales"
lfthese allegations are susceptible of
proof, as the writer asserts, they establish
lish an amount of depravity among
business men truly astonishing We
had supposed a higher morality char
acterized the classes to whom reference
is made, but the charge is insinuated SO
circumstantially az to create "a we'll
grounded distrust on the part of insur-
ers at least.
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The Radicals during the late elections
in the Northern States made great pro-
fessions of love for the soldier, and through
this profession they got his vote The
President has been putting their pro
fessed love for the soldier to a severe test,
and the result has demonstrated the
hypocrisy of their professions The New
York Times makes this point in regard
to the matter:
1--WE think the Senate will in course OF
time find ont that it is now doing a very
foolish thing in rejecting so many of the
appointments bv the President to civil
office Of men who have rendered gallant ser
vice to their country in thelate war, merely
because they are supposed to be friendly to
the Presidents pOlicyiof reconstruction. The
rejection Of General Swift for the Boston
naval Office, the rejection of General
Couch for collector of the port OF
Boston, the rejection of General Pratt,
of Brooklyn, the rejection Of Generals
Eagan, Curtis, and many other sol
dieTs, whom the Pesident had appointed to
pOnitlOllo III tilS PuDllt Del VICE HUNS 40 Il
the Senate's confirmation was entirely de-
pendent on the fact of the appointee being
an opponent of the Administration and an
adherent of Thad. Stevens. We have had
a deal of buncombe about appointing SOL
diers to civil Office. A great deal of polit-
zeal capital has been made out of it, and
not little of it by the very men who are
now urging these reflections. They are act
ing foolishly in this case, and that, too, in
matter which the people will not fail to
observe and remember. Sincethe rejection
of Gen. Couch as Collector OF Boston, we
observe that the President has nominated
an eminent civilian, the historian Bancroft,
for the post. No one will be sorry to see
Mr.. Bancroft confirmed, but no patriot will
rejoice at the rejection of the officer whom
the President first nominated, and who rem
dered such eminent service upon many oc-
casions during the war" 5..b
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A CASE OF SOUTHERN JUSTICE.


LOUISVILLE, February belle Hoover,
likely" colored girl, was poisoned this
morning by a white man who had been
keeping her for a mistress The man was
arrested, aud gave his reason that he was
afraid the girl would tell his wife that she
was with child by him. He was tried this
evening before Squire Kennedy, and on
making the above explanation, was re-
leased. Truly, the negro has no rights
that white men are bound to respect
A Louisville contemporary, where the
circumstance occurred, thus "nails
the entire statement; and if Satan re-
wards his children as he ought to- he will
give the first premium to the author
whom he knows well, and certificates to
the New York Tribune and Brownlow
Press and Times The truth is thus
Lie No /" Belle Hoover, a likely col,
ored girl
Belle Hoover was a pretty white pro7ti-
tute
Lie No. Was poisoned this morning
by a white man who had been keeping her
for a mistress
She committed suicide, As was proven at
the coroner's inquest by the testimony of a
number of her companions and the drug
gist who sold her the arsenic. She informed
her companions Of what che had done
hours before she died, and gave As reason
for her rash act that her lover had abau-
doned her and that she did not want to
live.
Lie No. 3" the man was arrested" No
arrest was made, because there was no
ground for one.
Lie No. A." and gave as his reason -
as there was no man in the case, and none
arrested, of course no man gave as his
reason anything whatever.
Lie No. 5-"that he was afraid the girl
would tell his wife"
The lover was a boy about sixteen wears
old, only 4 short time escaped from the
nursery, and had no wife.
Lie No. C." that she was with child by
him."
She was not with child by him or any
one else, and Cor that reason and because
he had no wife, he could not have been
afraid that she would tell his wife.
Lie No. che was tried this evening"
As we have said, there was no arrest and
no occasion for any, and consequently no
trial.
Lie No. s." before Squire Kennedy"
There is no Squire Kennedy in this
city
Lie No. O." and on making the above
statement was released
As there was no arrest there was no state
ment and no release.
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Turf Matiers.

The Tay, Fgeld and Farm assures this
paper that the record published in that
journal Of Dec. 5, 1866 in regard to the
fastest time made on the American turf, is
perfectly correct, With ,lbe exception Of the
date Of lexington race with Lecompte,
which, by misprint, reads lS45 instead of
1865. Prioress made her mile in l:45 ever
the Metarie course, but then she only car
ried eighty-three pounds, when, in fact, she
shonld have carrieda three year old weight
Hegeira ran at New Orleans in E44B. but
carried a catch weight or, in other words,
as little weight as possible. Henry Perritt
is said to have made his mile at New Or
leans, carrying eighty-six pounds, in l:425 :;
but there is no official record of the fact.
and the report cannot be relied upon. Re
volvers time at Cincinnati, l:44 was made
with full weight, and it is official.
Onthe 4th inst, Tom Parker" a pacing
horse owned by Mr.. Bonham, well known
livery stable keeper in New Orleans. twen-
ty-one years old, and kept since 1854 as
common livery horse, won a match against
time for 5000, single mile, in 2:384. Quick
WIN llidls iOt All Oiu ltltOM entitled 10 De
turned out to grass for the remainder of
his life.
The Mobile AdreTtiser states that Harry
Of the West has Eeen sold to Captain w. H.
Williamson, of that city. His new owner
proposes to match him against any horse in
the United States, four mile heats, for not
less than $4,000, and will make the amount
as much as $25,000 The proposition stipu-
lates that the race shall be run on the Mag
nOlia course at Mobile, or the Metarie
course at New Orleans. Harry of the West
is wonderful horse, and thus far his
record is proud one .F
Mr. Dorsey, Of louisville, appears in the
Turf Field and Farm, February 9, with
challenge to the owner of Dexter, to trot.
three races next fall with his celebrated
Gold Dust stock, one, two and three mile
heats. Mr.. Dorsey thinks he can produce
the get of Gold Dust that can beat the
world trotting. The Gold Dust stock
seems to be highly appreciated A half
interest in Rolla Gold Dust sold in Buffalo
last fall for $4,000. Mr.. Dorsey sold one
of his three year fllies there for 5000.
A span of rOadsters of that stock sold there
for $1,000 and a mare and colt for $1,000.
The owner of Dexter will be quite likely
to accept the challenge from Mr.. Dorsey.
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eetion Val be H1A'As'


THE Vicksburg Herald of the 9th instant
furnishes additional details of the frightful
tornado which swept across q belt Of .coun-
try on the LIST inst, about seventy-fVe miles
north of Nicksburg. Its course was shout
southwest by northeast, varying toward the
west. At Island g., in the Mississippi
river, il made pathway through the tim
Der about four hundred yards wide. All
the buildings on the plantation Of Mrs. +.
r. Nelson, on the Mississippi shore, were
Frustrated. A heavy pair Of timber wheels
were blown a distance Of sixty yards. A
wagon, with pair of mules attached, WIS
carried in an opposite direction 10 the
course Of the wind some ninety feet, oyer
turned and smashed, and the mules iyiRg
partially under the wagon, MIS-. Nelson
was fatally injured by falling timbeTs, and
two Of her children badly injured. In
Louisiana, every plantation in the neigh
borhood Of Milliken's Bend was more or
less damaged. The residence Of DR.. Dancy
was blown down, as Bere also his new GIN
house and quarters Most OF the quarters
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WE are informed that the Radicals are
now very busy in the work Of initiating
cur colored fellow citizens into Radical
leagues. They are, we learn, required
to take an oath upon admission, the exact
purport Of which has not yet been dis
closed but the object of it is understood
to be the support of the Radical ticket at
the hallotbox, and the Radical reyolu-
tionary authority in general The pro
ceedings are held in secret, and the pc
Htical ritual ia particularly confined to
the loyal tycoons, who manipulate the
party wires A worthy son Of Ham, who
plies diligently an honestyocation IN this
city, sent in an application "a few even
ings since to De permitted to see the gas
cuts. but was incontinently black-balled
He takes his rebuff with composure, say
ing, that judging from the hands it is IN,
it is not Of much account to the colored
people. They may, he says, be humbug-
ged for a while, hut they viii soon find
out the sell
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-15

THR political weather at Washington
is in that condition in which meteorolo-
gists expect changes We do not think
that the most experienced and observant
are able to predict whether it will be fair,
or fouler than it now is, but there Is "a
fear Of change perplexing3 politicians.
The thirty-ninth Congress had spent its
existence for nothing 50 far as re-uniting
the sections Of the country severed by
the late civil war. As the term Of its
official life approaches, it finds the whole
country North, South East and West,
discordant, dissatisfied and respondent
1t hears the demand of the people
for some settlement of the questions
left open at the close of the war 1t has
wrangled and debated until the once
compact and powerful majority that con
trolls it, has no settled or definite purpose
1t fears to die and make 10 sign, and
is now, at this late day, moved to violent
spasmodic efforts to do something. 1t
sees plainly that if it does not, the
people will look to that officer
who, from the commencement of
his career as President has labored to
effect this object We are inclined to
think that if theyd do not agree upon some
radical scheme in the next fifteen days,
their successors, who take their places on
the fourth of March, will find themselves
coerced to abandon their fierce opposition
to the views of the President, and adopt
some plan more just wise and liberal
than those, with the discussion of which,
they have agitated the nation for the past
eighteen months.
Ifthe thirty-ninth Congress, then, does
not soon brew storm, and it has the
will to make the weather a perfect tenn
pest, we hope to see a rift in the clouds,
and maybe glance of the sun.
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The wheat CrOn.

The Knoxville Commercial of the 18th
inst, says: We have conversed with
gentlemen from several counties in East
Tennessee, and learn that so far as can be
judged at this time, the prospect for large
crop was never better. The number of acres
devoted to the wheat culture last fall was
much larger than heretofore known"
The Canton (0hio,) Repository says that
the Stark county wheat crop, since the dis
appearance of its heavy covering of snow,
presents a favorable appearance, particu-
larly that which was sown early. The APP
prehensions of many, that it might be
smOthered, are groundless.
The Carlisle KY Mercury says the wheat
crop in that section was never more promis-
ing at this season of the year than now.
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TENNEsSEE NEWS.
From the Chattanooga Union. Feb. -

From the Chattanooga Union, Feb. -.
ACCIDENT ON THE NASHVILLE RAIL
ROAD.-The passenger train from Nashville,
due here at P. NJ on Tuesday, did not ar
rive until near P. NJ The detention was
caused by a southwark bound freight train
running off the track about ten miles
south of Murfreesboro, tearing up the
rails and cross-ties for about one hun
bred yards of the road, and damaging
some of the cars pretty badly. There
was no person hurt by the accident,
and trains soon resumed their normal run
ming condition and arrived on time yester-
day.
Accountable passenger train on the
Knoxville road, due here at o'clock yes
terday morning, did not arrive until late
in the day, on account of an engine getting
off the track in the neighbOrhood of
Charleston.
From the McMinnville New Era, Feb. II.
THTEyEs.-On Tuesday night last some
thief or thieves, robbed the smoR-house of
w. p. Faulkner, living about one mile
south of this place. During the night,
they made an excavation entirely under
the walls of the building, and by this means
succeeded in gaining access to the meat
house They helped themselves TO some
six or seven hundred pounds of bacon, and
made good their escape, carrying with
them their ili-gotten gain. No clue as to
the perpetrators has been discovered.
Should they be overhauled it will take the
interference of Brownlow to save their ba-
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GRTFFIN-A REMINISCENCE

The reader has already been made
aware of the fact that Gen Griffin, com
manding in Texas, issued formal order
refusing to allow the citizens of Calves
ton to honor the memory of Gen. Albert
Sidney johnson by proper obsequies du>
ring the passage of his remains through
that place. The Richmond Dispatch
brings to light a "reminiscences of Griffin,
which shows that he bad less fear Of a
dead Confederate than he had Of a live
one, and that he was much more resolute
in holding Galveston church against the
cold clay of Gen Johnson than he had
proved himself in holding Falls Church
against Gen. J. f. b. Stuart The follow
lowing note, with Stuarts answer in
dorsed, was found among that gallant
officers papers The note is from West
Point officer who knew that Stuart was
known to his old army friends by the
sobriquet of Beauty"
Huntsville, Sept II, 1861" My
Dear Beauty: | am sorry that circum-
stances are such that l can't have the plea
sure Of seeing yOu, although so near you.
Griffin says he would like to have you dine
with him at Wizards at O'Clock on Sat
urday next Keep you Black Horse off
me if you please. ours, etc,
ORLANDO NJ. Poe
" J. f. B. Stuart, two miles beyond Falls
Church in care Of whoever finds this
Please answer both the note and Grit
fms invitation
On the back of the note is indorsed
Suarts answer as follows:
4" / have the honor to report that cir
cumstances were such that they could
have seen me had they stopped to look be-
hind, and / answered both at the can
mons mouth Judging from his speed,
Griffin surely left for Washington TO hurry
mp the dinner j. +. B. STUART
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Al APPRECIATTvE BoY.-We we're told
the story Of a little Italian boy in this city
who had heard so much Of the great genius
ofRistori that he determined 10 see her. Not
having the money he sold an old overcoat
and managed 10 get seat in the gallery
everyone ofthe fournights that she appeared.
10 Is said that he appreciated her acting
with q taste seldom seen in one Of his age.
This came 10 the notice Of the great tragic
queen, and the story goes that she pur-
chased the little fellow one ofthe finest and
most costly overcoats that was 10 be fouEd
in the city, and sent il to her young appre-
ciatlye countryman with her compliments.
Memphis Appeal.
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SUCCESSOR TO Bishop ELLIoTT.-T
Augusta Press says: We understand that
the eminent divine, Rev. W. II. Harrison,
is looked upon as the successor of the late
lamented Right Reverend Stephen Elliott
Bishop of this diocese. The mantle of the
illustrious prelate could not fall upon one
more worthy TO wear it, and who would
"adorn the Office; with more Christian zeal
and feryent piety. The Episcopal Church
contains in her membership no one better
qualified for the position, and we trust that
the selection will be made"
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Mr.. SHELLABARGER, of Ohio, is law
yer, and in defending The military gov
eminent bin he employed this argument
viz: That the Congress had power during
a state Of war to establish military gov
ernments over any portion of the RATIONAL
territory that it saw fit-that war was of
two kinds, war .fdgraRte and war cessants
that war fagrante was done with, but
war cessaRte still existed in the. ten
Southern States, and hence the power
was clear. War cesSdnte is good, but the
extreme temerity to which il reduces the
first is positively painlil to the unassisted
eye 1t requires, indeed q Radical lens
Of immense power TO see ii at all
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on the adjoining places we're also demol-
shed. The Catholic Church at Milliken's
Bend, not quite completed, was leveled to
the ground 1t is said several negroes were
killed The residence Of Mrs. Knight, in
the aortliern part of Jackson, Miss, was
blown down, and the lady badly bruised.
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ACK MALONE e.
10 AL v.
SALE OF VALUABLE
Real and Personal Property.
Three Farms Of from IO3 "a PA Acres
each, Also, Personal Prosperity.
Sale Wednesday, March IL, 1867.

NY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE CIR
ID cult Court of the United States for the Mid
die District Of Tennessee, in case Of Veteran
ct ais VS.. Mckay 4 Foster, / will. on the 18th
MARCH, 1867, between the hours of ii and on
the premises on DIcKERsoN PIKF, NEAR NASH
WILLIE. expose to sale to the highest bidder the
tract of land on which Felix G.. Mckay now
resides, containing ass Acres, which tract
has been divided into three farms. containing
respectively 2l4 acres, 100 poles; l03 acres $50
poles and l27 acres, poles-boq1ded on the
north By lands of Robert UartWright; on cassidy
lands of S. s. Hall and Thomas Walker; on south
by lands Of John Eubanks and on west BY lands
Of ". d. Phillips and Caroline +. Beei. SOLp
WITHOUT REDEMPTION.
TERMs-One-third cash. balance on credits Of
6, II, Is and "a months, purchaser to give secu-
rity Interest from date and lien retained.
ALSO. AT SANE TINE AND PLACE, will sell Tor
cash all the personal properly of the said Felix
u. MCKAY, consisting of household and kitchen
furniture, farming utensils, blacksmith tools,
three mules, two horses, one yoke oxen. one
mich COW, etc, etc. etc, etc.
f, r. CAMPBELL,
feb12-td Special Commissioner
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SBcRETARY STANTON is reported to have
expressed himself very decidedly against
the opinion Of the Supreme Court in the
Milligan or Indiana conspiracy case That's
not to be wondered at. Cor the decision places
him in a very awkward po7iuon.
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FOR RENT

A NEAT RESIDENCE. HOUSE WITH
IA four rooms and all necessary OUtbuildingS,
and twenty-five acres land, half mile from ter
the Hadley Place, two miles from city, near
Jefferson Street Pike-brick dwelling, six rooms
and Outbuildings. and over one hundred acres
enclosed. Also, good Office over No. Al Union
street. Also. Store House 63 College street,
near Broad. We also have a very large amount
of city and country property for sale. Are pre-
pared to give very great bargains.
j. l.. i R. w. BROWN,
Over Hork's Book Store Union street.
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