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A DARING GARROTING CASE I'm
MEMPHIS.
From the Memphis Bulletin, Jan 10.

From the Memphis Bulletin, Jan. 10.
A cool and daring act of garroting was
perpetrated near the Baptist Church in
Chelsea, shortly after six o'clock on the
evening of Wednesday, and when many
people were abroad in the streets. The
victim in this case was Col. John Martin,
an old and much respected citizen. When
the assault was made on Mr.. Martin he
was proceeding at his usual pace to his own
residence. While approaching the Bap-
tist Church, he observed three men follow
ing him, but he suspected nothing wrong,
as he was of the opinion that they were
some of the inhabitants of Chelsea, like
himself homeward bound. They turned
out, however, to be persons of a very diff
terent species, for no sooner had the Col
onel got in front of the church than one of
the men shouted out "now is the time"
and all three made rush on the old man,
one ofthem dealt him heavy blow over
the head, while the second Krasped him
tightly round the throat with both hands :;
preventing him from calling for assistance,
and bearing him down to the ground.
Meanwhile the third was busiIy EMPLOYED
in rihing Mr.. Martins pockets, and sue
ceeded in stealing a valuable silver watch
and pocket book containing $3.50 in bills.
While the robbery was going on, Mr..
Martin was lying in a semi-unconscious
state on the sidewalk, completely exhaust
ed from the rough usage to which he had
been exposed. The instant the foot-pads
secured their plumber they decamped, and
Mr.. Martin, stiff and bruised, rose from
his recumbent position and gave the
alarm. 1t was, however, too late, as by
that time the thieves had made good their
escape.
The detectives have been notified, and
are sanguine that they will be able to cap
ture the perpetrators of the daring robbery.
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Georgia Convention.

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 10.--The conven-
ton almost exclusively occupied its time
in debating resolutions petitioning Con-
gress to remove the present officers, or give
the convention the power to do SO, with
authority to I'LL the vacancies thus made
Pending the discussion the convention adj
journed.
General Meade has issued an order val
idating the ordinance to paw the collection
on debts in Alabama up to the first o.
January, 1869, except claims for labor and
hire adopted by the late convention in that
State, to take effect from Tuesday; and
further, ordering that the several officers
judicial and otherwise in Alabama, re
spect and obey the order. A similar order
is looked for as to this State when the con-
vention adopts permanent relief ordi
nance.
Considerable excitement prevails to-
night over the report on high authority
that Governor Jenkins has been removed
and General Dunn, formerly of Pope'i
staff. appointed Governor.
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rnhInnIaa,ntnl,na

PARIS, Jan. lin the army bill an
article obliging every Frenchman to serve
in the National Guard, was adopted.
An amendment exempting the in6rm
from the operation Of this article was
passed.
. The King of Prussia on New Years day
sent Napoleon a cordial autograph note,
which was answered in the same concilia-
tory spirit. Much better feeling has pre-
vailed on bourse since, and rentes are frmer
and higher.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Atlantic Tele-
graph Company issued loan Of a million
and quarter sterling to purchase the two
cables of the Anglo Telegraph Company
and pay off their Indebtedness.
A man who has been lurking around,
disguised and under assumed names, in I'M
frequented places, has been arrested in the
county of Cork, and its expected will
prove to be the celebrated Col. Michael
Donnelly.
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Meetinr in Wnshinrton Citx. &c.

WASHINGTON, Jan. ia large meeting
was held at Carroll Hall last evening, at
which speeches we're made by Senator
Wilson, Montgomery Blair, VIM. E. Robin
son and Others, aud resolutions looking to
the protection of the rights of American
citizens abroad, and requesting the Presi-
dent to remove Minister Adams, we're
adopted.
1t is asserted that a raid is about to be
made upon whisky rings alleged to exist
in different large cities, and if many parties
VIGOROUSLY implicated are not removed an
exposure will be made in the House.
General Leary is forced to remain here
and answer to a suit brought against him
"a person from Virginia. 1t seems that
when the General was in command at
Richmond, two citizens laid claim to a
piece of land, one under lease from the
Rebel owner, and the other under lease
granted by an agent of the United States
Treasury. The latter was put in possession
by general order, and the former in con-
sequence brings this suit against the Gen
eral
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THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY BAN
QUIET AT WASHINGTON.

This occasion was notable one Our
accounts by mail were received too late
for such extracts from the speeches and
letters Of prominent Democrats and Con.
servatiyes as were present. The Presi>
dent was in attendance, and was, Of
course, the guest with the highest seat
His speech was brief but pointed The
following describes his participation IN
the affair
The health of Andrew johnson, Presi-
dent of the United States"
The toast was read with great cheering
and applause, and Mr.. johnson was in
duced TO advance to the place from which
Judge Black had just spoken. After the
uproar had subsidized, Mr.. johnson said:
GENTLEMEN If / appear before you
in response to the sentiment just expressed,
it is not for the purpose of addressing you,
and Ishall do nothing more on the present
occasion than to repeat what gave utter
ance to just twelve months ago, on an oeca-
sion like this. have spoken in various
ways, which / think are ineligible and
understood by the whole country
(Cheers.) s-za.
Col. Thomas B. florence then read, on
behalf of the President, the remarks made
by him on the last anniversary of the bat
tie Of New Orleans, to the effect that no
State had right to renounce its place in
or to withdraw from the Union, and that
Congress had no power under the constitu-
ton to exclude or degrade the people Of
any State by reducing them to mere ter
ritorial dependency on the Federal head.
The President then returned to his seat
amid renewed demonstrations Of popularity
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The New York Times Republican, in
commenting onza statement in a recent
Washington letter to the Cincinnati Ca
Setts, a rabid Radical sheet, that the
opinion was gaining ground in Washing
ton city that President johnson had been
greatly moderated" says:
1t is by no means SO fashionable as il
was year ago TO denounce him as utterly
incompetent and powerless. We think it
not at all unlikely that this mistake has
been made. President Johnson's messages
and other state papers will compare favor
ably, in point of ability, force, and effect
iveness, with those of any President we
have ever had and the steady determine
ton with which he has adhered to his
original policy is beginning to have an
effect even upon those who dissent most
widely from it.
The people of Tennessee who know
Andrew johnson are not at all surprised
that other people who don't know him
so well, are finding out that he is no ordi.
nary man. Before he retires from the
stage, unless he is removed providen-
italy, they will discover that he is moi
only one of the most sagacious states
men in the nation, but politician whose
dexteri ty is unmatched.
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LATEST 1'ELRGRAMS.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
CONGRESSIONAL pRoCErDrNas.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 1l.--Mr. Pomeroy
presented the petition of Jessie Benton
Fremont, praying that property in San
Francisco seized by the military be re-
stored to her. Referred.
Mr.. Sumner introduced a Joint resolu-
ton requesting that the l4th article of the
constitution, having been ratified by three
fourths of the States, that Congress declare
it valid to all intents and purposes. Re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Doolittle gave notice that when
Morton's resolution TO invalidate existing
governments in Southern States was again
called up, he would move to amend nv in 4.
structing the Judiciary Committee, in any
bill reported by them to insert a proviso
that in any election of officers or for ratif-
cation Of constitution, persons voting must
be possessed of one of these three qualifca-
tons First. Having served in the army
one or more years. Second. Have suffi-
cient education to read the constitution of
the United States and subscribe his name.
Third. Be possessed of freehold property
to the amount of two hundred and fifty
dollars The proposed amendment, which
is substantially the resolution heretofore
offered by him, was ordered to be printed.
The bill to amend the act relating to the
formation of corporations in the District of
Columbia was debated until the expiration
of the morning hour, when the President
announced the special order, but on motion
of Mr.. Howard, the Senate went into ex-
ecutiVe session, and, when the doors were
opened, adjourned.
House of representatives.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union for gen>
eral debate on the Presidents message.
In Committee of the Whole, Mr.. Barnes
gave notice that at the FIRST opportunity
he should present, in due form, the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas, The interest of the nation de-
mands as early a return to the speaie stand-
ard as can be made consistently; andwhere-
as, among the principles now retardtng
that desirable end are the following: First,
inability in the amount of currency fur
nished the people, on account of the low
price of United States bonds affecting a
portion of the currency and second, mad
equate security furnished by the national
banks; therefore, cit
Resolved, That the Committee on Bank,
ing and Currency be, and is hereby direct
ed to inquire into the expeiiency of fixing
the currency at its present nomi-
nal amount for a period Of years, and
also how the franchises of the national
banks can be 80 changed as to furnish bill
holders with ample security when the re-
sumption of specie payments does occur,
or how the bills of the said national banks
may be converted into legal tenders, with
other recommendations thereto pertaining,
and report by bill or otherwise.
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IMPORTANT DECISION BY JUDGE
TRTGG-NEGRO FRANCHISE NULL
AND VOID.
A hnoxyiIIe dispatch OF the 9Th, to the
Cincinnati Commsrc;aL saws.


AND VOID.
A Knoxville dispatch of the 9th to the
Cincinnati Commercial, says:
Judge Trigg, of the United States
Court, to-day, refused 70 grant the iniunc-
ton inhibiting the new Board Of Mayor
and Aldermen, of this city, from taking
their Offices. In his opinion, however, he
declared the law enfranchising the blacks
Of the State null and void, on the ground
that the Legislature exhausted its special
power in enacting the first franchise"
The Knoxville Press and Herald says
Judge Trigg declined to grant plaintiffs
petition on the ground that he was Of the
opinion that a corporator the city must
be an inhabitant Of the city that the
remedy for the evils complained Of and
the true way to test the constitutionality
of these laws, was to allow this illegally
elected set of officers to 60 forward and
be qualified, aud upon their frs. official
act, the old board being legally the cor
poration, would have the right to sue
them in the name Of the corporation, or
any individual property~holder whose
property might be taxed, would have a
ground of action against the Tax Col
lector. In like manner any citizen un-
justly deprived Of the right to vote might
bring action.
If the Jadge is correctly represented
as to the opinion he expressed in regard
to the power of the Legislature to enact
the present franchise law, he has given
very important opinion, just the de-
clsion which is sought from the Supreme
Court of the United States in the case of
Ridley rs Sherwood
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Vireinin Cnnrention.

RICHMoND, Jan. 1l.-In the convention
a preamble and resolutions, declaring the
proceedings of the convention usurpative,
and to adjourn that body sine die, were laid
on the table.
A resolution to cut down the pay of the
members of the convention to four dollars
after the LIST of February, was tabled.
A resolution DISTINGUISHING some classes
disfranchised by the Alabama Convention,
and one taxing all land two dollars per
acre, were referred.
The rest of the session was spent in dis
cussing resolution embodying a recogni-
ton of duty in tie bill of rights.
Gen. Butler speaks here Monday night
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or its people be left to perish by starva-
ton or by an internecine war of races
Radicals, look on the work of your hands
at the South When before in all history
was there such another instance of ruin
wrought by power, outside of barbariOus
eras, or of that circle of remorseless des-
pots and destroyers to whose eyes no sights
we're 80 delightful as burning cities, no
sounds so sweet as the groans OF the dying,
and no monument so coveted as pyramid
built up with the skulls of their murdered
victims.
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HoN. ALBERT G. GREENE Of Provi.
dence, Rhode Island, died on the Sd inst
He graudsted at Brown University in 1920
and held many Offices Of importance in
Rhode Island. He was the author o.
several literary pieces that have becom,
historical, among them the well known
poem known as "Oid Grimes"
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Mr.. JAMES E. MURDOCH is to give one
Of his readings in Philadelphia while Mr..
Dickens is in that city. This will give the
Philadelphians fine opportunity to hear
one Of the finest elocutionists of the world,
and compare notes of the relative ability
of native and foreign talent The reading
will take place Tuesday evening, Jan. q.
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one whose vocabulary knows no such
word as fail, and his energy is guided by
a ripe Judgment The public can rest
confident that under his lead the Evans
vile, Henderson and Nashville railroadd
will, ere long, form one of our great links
Of connection with the boundless North
west.
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Proposals for Forage
QUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE,
~ q Haa.

QUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. Jan. 9, 1865.
GEALED PROPOSALS IN TRIPLICATF
~ will be received by the undersigned at his
Office in this city until Thursday the 10th day
Of January 1865, at 3 o'clock p. NJ for furnish
ing the Quartermasters Department q, s. A.
at this post with the following. viz
500, 700 pounds clean Timothy Hay.
2OO,OOO pounds clean straw.
100000 pounds Oats, clean and sound.
Proposals will specify separately The price for
the Hay and Straw IN bales, either light or
heavy. pressed, or in bulE the grain IN bulk or
in sacks.
The delivery Of the same 10 be as fellows, viz
One-third Of the whole amount Of Hay, Straw
and Oats contracted for on or before the l5th
day OF March. One-third on O. before the 18th
day Of May. and the remainder on or before the
10th day Of June. 1913. az such points in this
city as may hereafter be Designated By the Post
QuaFtermaster.
Bids will be received for each article sepa-
rately, or tor the whole.
A copy Of this advertisement must aeeompany
each bid.
Bonds IN double the amount Of the contract.
With two responsible sursties that the cOntrBct
Tor the whole or any part thereof will be taken
A awarded the bidder. must accompany each
bad, otherwise 1t will not be entertained.
Ihe Government reserves the right e. REJECT
any or al bids offered.
B. order ofBvt. MAJ Gen. THos. 3EcHDs.
Major. Y. NJ, Byt. 1t Col, U. ga.
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We are indebted to the Hon David I.
Patterson, Of the United States Senate,
for various interesting public documents.
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to vote on the ratification of the constitu-
ton, wherever they may be. Laid on the
table for reference TO proper committee.
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GREAT DISCOVERY :!

EVERy MAN HIS OWN ARTIST. A
II SCIENTIFIC WONDER. An instru-
Meut By which any person can take correct
Licensees or Photographs. This instrument
with full Instructions sent By mail for one dol
lar. Address c. b. AME3 4 CO.,
jana I'm 13l Broadway, New ! ork.
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PRICES REDUCED!
TENNESSEE IRON STORE,
Mes. Sc and 90 North Market SO.

GNE HAVE THIS DAY REDUCED PRICES
w Of Tennessee and Kentucky, or y Iron.
Merchants, manufacturers and farmers will find
Il TO their interest 10 purchase Of as. We are
nessee Charcoal Bloom Iron. We are also
making superior quality Of cheap iron. an
sizes-bar, band, round and square sheet. etc.
branded Kentucky. This iron is Gar superior 10
any Puddled Iron made on th00hio river
All iron sold By us Is branded H. g. 4 8. Ky.
and II. g q s. Tenn. Charcoal
Aliberal discount allowed to wholesale dealers.
jan3 3m HILLMAN BRO. 4 SONS.
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ASSTGNEE,S SALE.

IN WEDNESDAY, THE 22d INSTANT.
" will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, one SILVER WATCH and a lOt Of
SPECTACLES, at the Auction Store Of j. Prous-
nitzer. - Cedar street
AS CHADBOURNE,
Assignee Of the estate Of Paris Levy. Bankrupt
janll lot
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Wooden Mills for Sale.

L'EBRUARY %. BEING TUE FIRST MON
Mills" property Of Vim. Grisham & Co, will
be sold az public cutlery 40 the courthouse door
IN she town Of Lebanon. feFms --0ns-iOurth
cash, the balance in one two and three years.
interest from day OF sale. Notes taken with
good security and lien retained On property
ian5 eodtd-Lgbaa0g Herald and Rsgister-
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Largest Circulation in City and State

SUNDAY, JANUARY IL. 1865.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-10-08
The Capitol Dome.

The dome of the capitol Of Washington
is the most ambitious structure in Amer.
ica. 1t is 10S feet higher than the WASH
ington Monument at Baltiu ore, 69 feet
higher than that Of Bunker Hill, and 23
fect' higher than the Trinity Church
spire OF New York. It Is the only con.
siderable dome of iron in the world. 1t
is q vast hollow sphere of iron, weigh.
ing 100000 pounds. How much is
that? More than 1000 tons, or about
the weight of 10000 full grown people |;
or about equal to 1000 laden coal cars,
which, holding 4 tons apiece, would reach
two miles and half. Directly over your
head, is a figure in bronze, "Auerica," {"
weighing 1895 pounds. The pressure
Of the iron dome upon its piers and pill
lars is 13,477 pounds to the square foot.
St. Peters presses nearly 10000 pounds
more to tho square foot, and st. Genevive,
at Paris, 66,0O0 pounds more. 1t would
require to crush the supports of our
dome, a pressure Of 775,280 pounds to
the square foot. The coat was about ST..
100000. The new wings cost about
s6,500,000. The architect has plan for
rebuilding tho old central part Of the
capitol, and enlarging the park, which
will cost about 90, zoe, ,000.-Cincinnati
Commercial.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-10-08
Have We q Republic I

Tho Radical Congress has usurped all
powers in the governments.
They voted to make it penal offense,
punishable by fns and imprisonment, for
any person in the States Of Virginia, Texas
or Mississippi to vote at the coming cleo.
ton. =
They havo quartered q standing army
upon tho people against their will, at an
expense Of three hundred and sixty.six
thousand dollars a day.
In any State where they have reason to
believe there is . majority against the
Radicals, they strike down the liberties
Of the people, refuse them representation,
and plunge white men into a slavery q
thousand times more degrading than that
ever inflicted upon the negro race.
A belief in negro equality is made q
qualification Of suffrage.
No man is to be allowed to vote who Il
| suspected of being Democrat. .
And, in order to execute these outrage:
upon the liberties of tho people, and te
carry out their infamous designs for the
subversion Of constitutional government
arms are to be placed in the hands Of {
race Of barbarous aud ignorant blacks.
Do the people want to give. such I
pnrty longer lease Of power ?-Albsn!
Argus. ..
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-10-08
Mcclure, The Orator.

McClurg. the orator, and Radical can.
didate for Governor, is making q consid.
orable display of his powers on the
stump. We see accounts in tho newspa.
pers Of his making q speech in Bolivar,
Polk county, on the 18th ult., to very
small batch Of Radicals. It is reported
OF tho Radical orator that he drew from
his pocket Q written speech which he
proceeded to read. 1t 10 also said that it
was, with the exception Of few altera-
tions, q harangue which had once been
delivered by Drake, the st. Louis Jaco-
bin, McClurg having touched it up to
suit his own notions Of things and in such
q manner as that it contained nothing
pertinent to the issues on which he is to
be beaten for the gubernatorial chair.
The phrases "loyal Radical party" and
"rebel Democracy" are said to have ta-
ken up great deal Of the tour hours
written haranguc-the former occurring
2,204 times and the latter 1925 times b,
actual count.
MoClurg declared himself in favor o
paying tho United States bonds, principa
and interest, IN gold; and that none!
invested in bonds should not be taxed.
Poor taxpayers will remember at tn
polls this pillar Of the bondholding urls
tocracy; and, If we mistake not, tho
will scarcely indicate their preference 70
paying the bonds, principal aud intcres
in gold by voting for McClurg.-Colum
bia Statesman.