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The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09
MaSOnlC.-.GraRd Council.

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The Nashville Press and Times says
the follwing gentlemen were elect.
ed officers ofthe Grand Council Of Tho
State of Tennessee for the ensuing
year.
Companion David, Cook, ST., IT,
Companion Wilbur r Poster 3.
a. Gg MNsn ann8 aitt ,ssgt asasssaA AZ
Companion John Norris, PIG. W..
Companion VIM. A. Nelson, Grand
Chaplain. N i,setas9 WV NJ
Companion williamson H. Horn,
Grand Treasurer.
CompaniongJohn TFriEEell, Grand
Recorder. q. ~ &2 &A " VIZ 4 hsf
Companion g. H. Prince, g, G. q.
Companion a. Bun, Carson G., s.
Companion Geo. Sieferie, Grand
Tyler0 ~ asf gs3 s..tt ~ Fai
sgs vH,.. GRAND CHAPTER. ~. a,se
The. following grand officers were
elected last night for the ensuing
year.: NJ
VIM. Maxwell Grand High Priest.
VIM. "a. Nelson, Of RiceYille,
Deputy Grand high Priest.
John W. Hughes, Of Clifton, Grand
King.
| Scribe.
Wilson H. Horn Grand, Treasurer.
John Frizzell, Of Nashville, tirand
Secretary,
], H. W I. Jones, Of Dnkedoni, Grand
Chaplain,
WIN. II, Cooke of Cleveland Grand
Captain Of HoAt
James i Sloan, ol Censgeville,
Grand Royal Arch 1aptAlh
I'd. NJ, McKnlgbt. oE HnmboIdt,
Grand Pfin. sol
John Ball N Gsllesius g. NJ. srd
Veil.
Jacob Gipgry,os Ripley, 9, NJ. End
! Veil. asaim,a 1900
M. Drpmmond Of Randolph G, NJ.
lst Veil. g,s yr sJe g5t
Geo. SisFerle, ,ofNashsiile, Grand Ty.
ler. aa~1ai sart saaitf Vk
| rAN3# ssi gN fae9 tsi $3.50
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

e1- Phe most successful lawyer in
the State of Virginia Is the ex.rebel
Ten. Bradley johnson, Of Frederick
Maryland. lie has great number Of
railroad and bank cases 70 adjust in
court, aud his income is not less than
$4,000. lie esehews politics. stays
at homo, and has become Baltimore
Yankee. His residence, is in Rich
mond. Three years ago he was vir-
tually an outcast wiihout place to
lay bis haad. M l-a hal ~ 80
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

Ssg when has 4 man d riths 20
scold bis wife about his coffee I Why,
whom he hassniicient gfonnds. nrs
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

a., er An "old bach" at Newport Of.
fered a young lady o pony for q kiss
Tho lady accepted, when the old fel-
low refused TO fulfill his part Of The
agreement, where,upon The ,lady's
father sued him, and the court declar.
cd that kiss was a legal cohsidera.
ton and ordered him 10 hponY up
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

yspa1North Carolina Is fairly given
up By the Democtatssi the declar-
alton of Nathaniel Bowdon Tor Grant.
The Old North State Democrat con
cedes il as certain that the Republis
cans will carry oveTy Congressional
district, and tho State give Grant and
collax rom 10000 70 10000 majority
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

q %. Josh Billings hassbeeh expert.
,menting with pills,pahd scertifes As
fiollows n qft1a~& ssi atl n'..7 lsaei
y aI never hay used emmy oE DoctoI
Enanael's Liver ConsOling and Kid
ney Encouraging, Pills, and therefore
skast tell yu how iinAuenshaLthey am
.bntiif yuu are looking after a pill az
mild as a pet lamb and As' searching
-as fine toothed comb, buy DOctoI
Ringbone's Silent Perambulatorss y
in a, box, sold by all the respectful
druggers, These pills don't phool
round, but attend, striekly tew biz,
ness, and are az good in the ded o.
mite az an alarm clock"
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

! nv HsaEy Ramsey, Of DamaseoTills, Ohio,
eomuilIed, suicide on Thursday wesk, ~
cutting open an artey Of BIZ lsh arm.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

- Gpnt risksa his lifs Cor hii eouniry
IN HUNDRED haiasa, and Seymour never
fiaked 90 much as one boneIl word In her
support.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

i'RSr Mast, the distinguished artist
whose cartoons in Harper have won
for.him national distinction, has ar
rived in Philadelphia with bis cele-
brated caricatures, which,, under the
auspices of the Union League, will be
,onexhibition at Concert Hall, free,
day and night, until the lSthsOf 0c-
tpber. His celebrated Chicago sketch,
Snatch 'em" is,a part Of this coliee-
finn PHIL Press.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

2 tj-GehoraI Sigel has been elected
President of tho German Central
Grant and Colfax Club. This patrl-
ot warrior Is always found battling
fofitheright, and a host Of Germans
will always slight NIT Sigehpi fi
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

na.. An immortal het, Men sro
called sons Of guns, becauae they nll
90 off,some time or other, ~. NJ.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

~ Tho g wickedest mans in the
wickedest city-tohn Allen, of Now
York, the Water street cold water
'latter-day saint has gone back on bis
cohverters and tnrned up dead drunk.
| A writer in the New York Times has
6Cefi spending a1eisure hour among
tne new religious notabilities Of Wa
ter street, and gives his''experience''
that 'n0ne Of the wickedestA men of
New York, neither Allen, nor Had.
den, oriSloUum, nor Burns, are eth
er converted or reformed men"
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

BSr HArpcr's tTeeSiy states that whom
Gen. Grant was lately in New York,
he was asked by a friend whether
Johnson was for him or for Seymour.
Grant smiled and replied. "WelL I
reckon that whom he thinks OF Bey-
mour he's for me, and whom he
thinks Of me he's for Seymour,
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09
Doetrrprs
An Irish Campaign Song. ..

'N Arrah Mlchnl dear, and do yOh hear lalth =
Ia The pOwsthst'siu the town; y ,gaai
The Radicals are rising up--l .5 t,sgi a sfiI
The rebels sinking down - l...
When hegro-killets heard The newa
.Jut tnads them fairly rant 'i 'f'iH
To think the men our people chose 'a fi-st,
Were Golfix and U. s. Grant.
p wekhow when word came from the West
~ That Grant vaa " tho bead, saJa stt
. Aud Colax next was in epnmand, ya.f
The Rebel capse was dradl tf ....
Fonftraitors shook their CORY loeks,
fs And cred @Uh eraet Fatei p "Hip1 '''ti
( H' Our mon won Do slsctod #aN tfipsf
In November sixty-sIght en- nt8 yJbm
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

t1jrPrssidont BaobaBRR's admiBis-
,tyation borrowed money. at twelve
pnr cent, to eko out its miserable ex,
istaneo. Twelve per cent. interest,
and not taxable at thau That was
Democracy 10 1860 ard '0l. -m
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09
How Grant and seymour Stand,

6 e IT II
Gen Grant is in antagonism with
Horatio Seyrhour.to-day not for tho
first time. In 1864, when Grant WAS
in the trenches Of tRichmond, and
Seymour safe samong his asylum
burning and negro.murdering friends
at New York, theyaheld, pretty much
the same relations to each other as
now, an enemy of the common Gov
ernment, andlGrant knew it'snd was
not afraid to say 90, ~ d .,g ,.s
We reproduce a letter Of his, writ
ten just after the Presidential elecs
ton day in 1864, congratulating Mr.
Lincoln on his and the countfy'ssue-
cess. Like every utterance of Gen.
Grant, it is unambiguous and strikes
directly home; <, ,.sHv,s "a
Cry PoiEri Nov, lO--lO;3O ?, M,
Hon. E. u. Stanton ,eiSecrofary Of War {;
Enough now seems 10 be known to say
who isto hold the reihs Of government for
the next four years.
Congratulate the President for me on the
double victory.
The election having passed Of quietly,
with no bioodshed or riSt, through hsLand, is q
victory pOrth more 70 the country than battle
iron. Rebellion and Europe will construe it
80. rss, sti ,siB :, us. GRANT, III.
Itsr-, 81 ba.raaap Lieutenant Gen0rslg
The italics are significant. Horatio
Seymour, Governor Of New York, re-
fused to give the troops Of that State
for the purpose Of preventing thf
riot or bluudshed in which his friends
were wont to 4 find, amusement, and
Mr., Stanton was forced to take dii
vision Of the Army Of the James from
field service, weakening the works
around Richmond, to'keep the peac'
in New York city. Both Grant an(
Seymour were making their record il
1864. Vote for Jour preference, Il,
PHIL Press. ~ 8r yssi,yt }ta} ~
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09
Dem0cTacy During thG war.

DURING tho war, tbeiDemocratit
platform, boiled down, all resuItedit
tho following lucid declaration eol
principles ;:t-,A s5 sAeaiA .as4ltgfys
RfsQlusd, That We are ip favor O
JhS WAT. s,ll ~ rsl ~ hfa ga HbN "a :.
ReSoired, That we are opposed TO al
measures for cnrrying il on, a..s .s /
Since tho rebellion is over, and tht
Union has been saved in spite Of Che
Democratic party, .,Gheir platforms
arc, ifAnything, still lass satisfactory
The resolutions ofthe New FORK Con.
veptiop amount simply TO this: r
Resqlped, Thai W. acquissce in tht
results Of the war n $50, ,s.,,,.,,
.Rgsolped, That we are 10 favor q
reputation and the Immediate re-
stoation Of unrepehtaRt rebels ana
ipsurrsctiopary State, governments tt
all their rights enjoyed before Che re-
bellion. | f
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09
THE UNION FLAG.
Jonesboro' Tenn, Oct, 3, 1868.
G. E. GRESHAM,
EDITOR AND PR0PRIET0R.
Terms.

BSF The UNION FLAG. will be published
every Friday Morning, on the following
terms
Z One copy, per year, SO 90
Six months, 2 W
Single copy, 10 cents.
TERMS FOR CLUBS
To Club of Five subscribers, each, 81 rs
TO . Club of Ten subscribers, each, 3 80
To a Club Of Twenty subscribers, each, 90
No attention win be paid to orders for the
paper, unless accompanied by the CASH.
MI qrsv,r,a ,,F Advor,safD,. .I
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

a. Leo tells us he isl soymourmar.
wei. Seymour was a Lee man during
the war-honors are easy.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

. u Rev. Jno.C. Lyon, founder Of the
German, Methodist Church in Amer,
lea, diod In baltimore, on Saturday.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09
Turning the Tables.

Is A day or two since a somewhat re-
tired local Democratic politician, stop
ped an old oolored man, formerly his
servant, when the following dialogue
occurred: ey sssa4 .aaj3sir o.
Demoerat.--UnCle Billy what have
you against me Was ! notlalways
kind to your sgs.., b,sssas bsss
Uncle Billy.--1've nothing sgin
you. Oh course, you was alters good
TO me.
- Democrat. Then why don't you
vote with me ~ Faue1I - s39a EiN2' (
al Uncle Billy,A(Soratching his'head)
Mars =, what yougot agin me?aWere
not alters a faithful servantP
1Demoerat-Wby Billy, ! have
nothing in tho world against you, !
am your friend, s3s sea slsoi Z
! \ Uncle Billy-Then. why don't you
vote with me S--AayUSta RepGbIieaB.
lSLtf. @-----------+-s,-.uusa ----l--ttt1S'
A. Married Man Comes Out Even,
asr8g aagi irl---ae,f iasgg ga8
Two friends, one an Englishman
and the other Frenchman, chaneed
to, meet at the Paris Exposition, ,..t
"What you in France my deaf
| William Z" said the latter. 81 am
delighted 70 see you. How do you
do21
"Not very we'll. Ihaye been mar
ried since ! saw yop last, ! .,.gss
"That's good" M II
mo i isn'f for ny wife was
| shrew" '-Rt W "'+ ''s'' y. "
'a@ II am sorry; that's had" n NV
"Not altoget6er; for she Brought m,
q dowry ofl0,000 pounds sterling"
4"'Ten thousand pounds! That
good IL consoles you-4H' ''R 'Ai is e'A
7@ No ii doesn't, for I invested Tn,
money in heads Of cattle, and they al
died Of thesdisease, that has just beef
raging in England.a et3'7esa tsa5 'VaJ
THAT'S bad" A,,s
"Not at all; for their skins brough
me more than I paid for the cattle" Z"
4 "Then you were indemnifed."s !.
"No, not altogether; for, I bongh
i q fine house with the money, and
| has Just been burned"
= ooh, what a misfortune.a
%eNot 50 great a one, either, for m,
wifo was in II, and she was b1rne
!, Within house 9 " kay n. II. ~.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

tS-"f baveinvisible pickets around
tho house Of every Radical"
N. 3. FoRREsT.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-09

The Union Pacific Railroad Is
completed and opened to business
200 miles west Of Omaha. 80
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-20

III COOLEY, AUCTIONEER-SELLS ON SATURDAY,
H. August e. al 10 A. NJ at 81 New Chambers
Vendors agon, by order of James welsh Of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-20

TOSEPH HEGEMAN l. CO.-FRIDAY, AUGUST 81, AT
81 10 o'clock NJ, the Central saerooms, Wiloughby
street, corner of Pearl Brooklyn Segular weekly sale,
assortment of Household Furniture China Fancy
Goods Carpets Stoves, &C.. rosewood Piano. by Gilbert;
Carriages, &C.. &c.
Also IL O'Clock dark brown Mambrino Mare
old Baldwin shifting top Buggy set Of silver plated
Harness. Stable Blankets, Sheets, Whips, &C. Also light
Business Wagon
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-20

0enteel Household and Once Furniture, &C.
BY order Of assgnees, for convenience OF
This day, August 90 at II O'Clock, superb Parlor Chamb
Library and Dining Room Furniture, Bookcases, Desi
Lounges Tables OH Paintings, Fancy Goods, &c. Cataog
ut sale.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-27
LEGAL INTELLIG ENCE.
The Graham Homicide.


COURT OF OYER AND EBMGNER-Judges
PeiTce snd ~ dlOw,-ln the trial kpd Granam
Tor the mu der OF his wife wheu the OF the OJm
monwealth had closed, the defense, considering tue
clned 10 offer any testimony and the case was sub.
mitted to the Jury without argument from counsel.
but on he charge OF The Court which delivered
by Judge Pslrce. The jury after short deb aratnn
sRnlty at the lime of tue commission II the deed.
Inc prisoner was not discharged Is verdict leaving
him within the control OF the Court.
The case OF the Comm on wealth VS.. Gerald Eaton
and William Nell's, charged with the murder OF
Tmotny Heensn the l2th nf June lasS at the cor
ner OF tltth and spruce streets was called for trial
Donoueh, Esqs appeared on behalf of Eaton, but
Neis had no counsel, and upon being asked IL he de
sired counsel he replied that he did But upon
advising with hr. Brooke, the prisoner requested
Court assigned William L. Hirst, Jr, for the pur pose.
Mr.. Hirst accepted, and moved the Court to allow
his client separate rial. which WAS gran ed him.
The of Eaton slone was then before the (onrt
and the selection Of jury com menceo, but not
completed.
, he acoustic defects OF the court room have been
In some measure remeded by thesuspensiDn of tn
slips of cotton goods from wall TO WALL directly over
the bar.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Judge Cad
walader The Ualtsd States Patrick Cute. This
charged with the ofense of remosrg to pia ace other
than o bonded warehouse whisky upon which the tax
had not heen paid Ou trial.
DISTRICT COURT, No Judge Thayer-The
misstrv mole. Before reported. Verdict for de-
william A. Baile VS. Je' emlah Van Brunt. A
fegned issue TO ry The light TO goods levied upon by
DISTRICT COURT no. 2-JudGe HNre.-Joslah
Woodward va. Eleazar Beck. Au acion Of ejectm ent
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-JudSe Brewstec-
The Bsski case an issue OF lunacy, Is stdl al
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-27

FROM CUBA.
Santiago de Cuba Closely InVested-Ex-
tent of Rebel Jurisdiction.
Ra,O LII.

Santiago de Cuba Closely InVested-Ex-
tent of Rebel Jurisdiction.
By Cuba Gable.
HAVANA, Nov. Give have alvicss from
Santiago dc Cuba to November 20. Our advces
ale from insurgent sources. They are as fol-
lows:-According to different authorities the
insurgents are within from two to six miles of
Santiago de Cuba. They allow four days for
that city TO surrender. The Governor of the
district has large force at his command, aud
he purposes attacking the besiegers. body of
500 insurgents beset the place, aud the Govern Or
has determined to attack them. The insur-
gents, however, have captured Guantauam.
They disown the so-cslled volunteers, AMI
are gradually extending the rebel limits of the
Eastern department, so that they are now mas
tiers of the Jiguani, Bayamo, Holguin, aud
Baure. Contramaestre Euramedes Palma, who,
at Tunas, has control of the railroad, has noti-
fed the superintendent that none of the trains
must carry soldiers. unless by Government
order. Some Of the trains have carried soldiers
and volunteers who joined the insurgents.
There are reports, however, in Havana aud
Santiago de Cuba that a compromise had been
agreed upon between the insurgents and the
Government authorities
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-27
Philadelphia Trade Report.

FRIDAY, Nov &-There is firm feeling in
the Flour Market for the better grades, with
which the market is poorly supplied but there
is very little movement. Sales of 80 400 barrels
at 81 5O@S25 for Northwestern extra family and
IS S714@ll for low grade and choice Pennsylva-
mia and Ohio do. do, including some fancy lots
at Sll 25@l3. and extra at S625 So Rye Flour
is steady al S750@7'75 Corn Meal Is quiet.
There is not much demand for Wheat, and the
offerings are light. Small sales OF Pennsylva.
mia and Western red at s2@2 TO- and Amber at
$3.50. Rye is in small supply, and may be
quoted at $l'5i@l5 81. Corn is arriving freely.
Sales OF 1000 bushels at 81 23(9l 25 for old yellow
SOC @Sl10 for new do and Sl22 for Western
mixed. Oats are selling at 6717lc. for Western.
and 60@65c; Tor Southern and Pennsylvania
Barley and Malt are quiet.
Whisky is steady. Sales of duty paid at sI'O5
@l0S for wood and iron bound packages.
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ARKANSAS.
Why villains Go UnpunIshed.

The Indianapolis Journal has the ollowing:-
In recent conversation iwith an. Intelligent
II was that murders ike that of Congress man
Kinds were permitted TO go unpublished, and
the perpetrators OF them TO run at large In
communities where they and their crimes were
well known. He stated that, In the then excited
and pre- JUDGED condition of the public mind,
numerous, IL was impossible to convict them
before the courts, because judges and juries
well knew that their own lives would be sacri-
icedin attempting to bring the murderers to JUS
tice; that retaliation In Kind was discouraged
for the reason that 1T might prejudice the Re-
publican cause, and embarrass the Northern
tliends of the State Government, as hue and
cry Woulu al once oe raised Dy Tue hu hlux
gers and 'niggeIs' we've massacring the whites
OF the South.
HE furthermore informed us that at the
Ku Klux headquarters in Little Rock, last
summer, IL had been formally determined to
assasstnate Governor Clayton and all the other
Stale officers, and that persons were selected To
do the deed. The Governor had spies In every
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-27
Governor Tod.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, Nov. H.
1868. George q. Senter, Esq Cleveland Ohio
My Dear Sr:-l thank you for the consideration
which moved you 10 lvise me OF the sudden
and lamentable departure of the late David
Tod. Mr.. Tod, although long a distinguished
public character, only became PERSONAL ly known
TO me IN what, perhaps, was the most trying
crisis OF the late civil war. His previous con-
nection with the Democratic party enabled
him to render Invaluable service to orr Uaion
Administration. He gave me tull confidence Oh
the spot and he never failed afterwards to
yield the most vigorous and energetic support
TO the Government. 1t was the patriotic SER
vices thus rendered the nation when induced
President Lincoln, upon my suggestion, to
Treasury when Mr.. Salmon 2. Chase resignei.
Few citizens of the United States have lett a
purcr or nobler record. Very truly yours,
WILLIAM Ii. SEWARD.
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TENNESSEE.

A Small ROw-Burning of a Cotton Press.
MEMPHIS, Nov. 26.-A row occurred at the
race,course this afternoon, during which a
policeman named Shakey was shot in the iside
The wound is painful but not dangerous. A
man named Forrest was arrested on the charge
OF shooting him.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 26.-The cotton COMPRISING
establishment of O'Shaughnessy & Co., at the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad depot, was
destroyed by 6re this morning. Tue building,
machinery, and 1GS bales OF cotton were burnt.
They are all covered by insurance. The loss is
about $50, O00
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meeting they held, and always knew within an
hour after their resolutions were determined
upon just what they proposed to do. Tnis
enabled him TO take precautions thBt frus-
trsted their plans, aud the suspicion
that they had been betrayed caused them
TO act with more circumspection and for.
bearance than they designed. For many
nights the Governor aud other doomed
men, together with a few resolute friends slept
in the State House keeping sutiicient mum Der
on watch TO give warning of toe approach of
enemies. These precautions. coupled with the
conviction among the Ku-Klux leaders that
their bloody schemes were known to their In
tended victims, prevented the overthrow of the
State Government by the murder of all It's
executive officers The dead point of danger Is
now past, and II the assassius who have wan
tonly shot a member of Congress, members of
the LeRislature by the dozen. registering otli-
negroes realize what is good for their health
they will make haste to leave Arkansas"