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Drowned--- Reward.

DOLLARS REWARD
i xiil be given for the recovery OF the body o.
son Apavan who Was drowned in tie Mississippi AZ
Keokuk on the Sd inst He ten years old. small
81 his age hid bns eyes, fair complexion, and light
brown hsiy Had boots striped pants eutsop 60 10
calico waist an1 brown flannel shirt under nsanrno
coat or suspsadcrs. JOHN HMM
Keokuk, Oct. 8, ISts-dtf
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Wholesale Storehouse for Rent.

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occupied at present, By Messrs. Furman, Green
q Co. Apply 10
news If 5. ID. MORGAN.
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HOLE-IN-rHE-DAY,s WIFE.

We see by the st. Paul papers that
the white wife of the late Chippewa
chicftain. Hole-in-the-day, is in
Minneapolis, Mimi, with her six
months-old infant in her arms, look
ing for a situation rs servant in
some family. She was, previous to
her marriage, a dining-roOm waiter
girl at Willard's Hotel, Washington,
ID. c. She first saw this Indian chief
at that hotel, he beingin Washington
for the purpose of transacting some
government business, This girl,
seeing hiR at the hotel, hearing
that he was rich, and being ola ro-
mantle turn of mind, mot uncom-
mon TO all females she made her
self agreeable to the chief, and
finally consented to take him for
better or for worse. They were
married in Washington, and tie
affair nj the time created not little
sensation, even in the fashionable
circles Of the capital. The chief
was very fond Of his white wife, and
made her many handsome and val
liable presents; in fact, he bought
her everything that her eyes saw
and heart desired. Thus matters
passed pleasantly until the assassi-
nation ofHole-in-the-Day, and then
her bright dreams took wings, and
the bride found herself friendless and
homeless, for the relatives Of the
chief refused to allow her anything
even enough to carry her back to hel
home in Washington, aud now she
wanders about with her infant seek
ing employment and charity which
shall keep them from starving.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03
LOW FARES.

The Quarterly ReUiet0 discusses the
railway monopolie, and shows that no
company has ever yet adopted the policy
OF very low passenger fares and carried
it out persistently for reasonably long
time without achieving a great success.
The wisdom ofthis policy has been proved
on q very large scale in Belgium for
two years past; and its success there has
had a great influence on the fares in
France, and especially Prussia. But in
America no fair trial has ever been made
of cheap travel Competition has some
times brought the fares very low for a
short time, but they have been raised
again as soon as compromise could be
made.
We commend the subject specially to
our Southern railroads. The cost OF
travel on most oc them is over half the
old stage coach rates, and the consequence
is they make most of their trips with
empty cars. The cost Of travelling is toe
great for the people TO afford it, and We
agree with the ReCjeLO that material re,
duction would not only prove a great
public convenience, but result in enlarged
receipts TO the railroad companies
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THE FAR WEST.
PeriIs of Pacific railroad Travel


What conductors and railroad men in
the Rocky Mountain country have to en-
counter, besides the ordinary perils Of rail-
road travel, may be learned from the fol.
lowing account in the Cheyenne Arqus:
Train No. left Alkali station on the
3lst of October, at l:30 A. NJ, and when
seven miles west was thrown from the track,
and the engine and four cars "ditched."
1t appears that a section of two rails had
been torn up by Indians, but could not be
seen in time to prevent the casualty. The
engineer and brakeman escaped from the
trai6. The former being much disabled,
managed TO crawl into the grass here; be-
ing nearly frozen, be craWled Into the hot
water from the engine until it got too cold
to bear. A special train was sent from
North Platte for the scene of the wreck,
but when within a half mile of it was a.
tackled by Indians, who tried TO tear up the
track in their rear, and thus cut off retreat.
Division Superintendent Nichols now or.
dered the train back to North Platte for
relniorcements, when it again started, with
a company ofsoldiers aboard
At this time there were numbers Of H.
disus in sight with their squaws and pap
pooses. The troops, however, could lot get
at them, but set TO work to assist in cleIr-
ing the wreck. They got out the fireman,
who bad lain in it for three hours, but who
was now dead. The poor fellow must have
suffered trightfuIly, as his legs and one
arm were quite shriveled up with the fire.
About this time wood train from Oga.
lahs came to render assistance Now, a
party Of Indians slipped round and set fire
to a bridge in the rear, thus cutting off the
return of the wood-train. The bridge had
forly-ioot spans. A special train was dis
patched from Sidney for the purpose of
picking up troops along the road, whose
further advance was checked By 1he burn
ing bridge. They, however, safely al
vanced the balance Ofthe distance on foot.
At 4 o'clock P. NJ. of the same day Con-
ductor Donaldson left Cheyenne, with a
train having on board two companies from
Fort Rlssell, with orders TO render what
assistance they could. This train arrived at
the broken bridge, a distance of one humid
red and seyenty-ive miles, in seven hours.
The different parties now at the scene Of
disaster set TO work, and by 2 A NJ. had
cleared the track and repaired the broken
bridge, 20 that the train arrived at Chey-
enne by noon Of the lst inst
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03
ExPLORArIoNs or CENrRAL ASIA

At the last meeting of the ROYAL
Geographical Society in London,
Sir Roderick Murchison said the at
tention of the society had been
strongly drawn of late toward Cen
trail Asia, and particularly to the vast
regions which bordered the north
eastern and northwestern frontiers
of British India. The principal re-
gion in the northeast embraced the
country lying between Assam and
Szechuen, the most westerly pro-
vince of China A warm desire was
expressed by a committee of the
British association as well as by the
council of the Geographical Society,
that the intervening space of about
two hundred and fifty miles only
should be explored, in order to as
certain ifthere be practicable passes
through the high mountains and
wild tracts which separated the upper
waters of the Yangtse- kiang from
the Brahmaputra at its great bend
near Sudiya. Although as vet no
positive effort has been made to
solve the importa IL problem. the In
dian authorities are making efforts
to open route of traffic along a
more southerly line between British
Burmah and the great Chinese pro
vince Of Yunnan, now essentially in
dependent of Chinese rule and most
DESTROYS of establishing trade with
our settlements on the Irawaddy.
Of still more pressing Importance,
however, than an acquaintance with
the regions alluded to, is an explor-
alton Of the vast and mexamined
tracts on the northwest, far beyond
the tributaries of the Upper Indus,
or between PeshawuT and Jelalabad
on the south, and the centers of
trade and population at Yarkand
and Kashgar The main object is to
define the physical character of the
vast elevated plateau called Pamir,
or "Roof Of the World" from which
the Oxus and Zarafshan take their
rise, and from which thelofty chains,
the Kuen Lun, the Himalaya and
Hindoo Koosh radiate, In 1867,
Sir Roderick urged the essential i'm
pOrtance of such knowledge, to be
acquired equally by the Russian and
British governments; and he then
said that this great table land or
watershed ought to lie constituted
the neutral ground between the two
empires, and to be considered as a
broad zone to be forever interposed
between Eastern Turkestan-tO-
wards which Russia has now adj
vanced-and the most northern
limits of our Indian possessions.
With n view TO taking this first
step in this desirable exploration,
the council of the Geographical So
ciety sent out last spring a practiced
traveller, Lieutenant Hayward, to
traverse this region from Peshawar.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03

A CRITICAL Saxon writes 10 the
New York Ercaiag Post regarding
the phrase 'lady friend" asking
when and where did this ineffablc
vulgarism originate / had sup
posed its use confined to its male
correlative, but to my establishment
/ find it in the literary notices of
PutRam's Magazine for December.
Speaking ola book of poems Mr..
Howells's) the critic says: 1T ought
to meet with great acceptance as an
inexpensive and elegant it-bit, to
give to lady friend. And tit-bit
too! why couldn't the man have
said Jonnc boUchc at once! Webster
defines tit-bit or tid-bit as a delicate
or tender piece of anything eatable,
and derives il from It'd, an abbrevia-
ton of the Saxon tedrc, tender, soft,
nice. Does the aforesaid critic mean
to intimate that the poems are soft
enough for the lady friend to swal
low
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03

ACCORDING to John Bright, pauperism
is greatly On the increase in England 80
il l. on the increase in the United States,
not because there Is not work enough 10
do, and hands enough to do it, bnt because
illeues5 il more common, and We sup
pose, more attractive than ever Only
one-fiith OF our territory, Of l,SSt 99S,-
400 acres, is occupied. Expenses of living
and high taxes are another cause Of pow.
erty, but on all these broad acres there is
room to plant, TO gather in the haryests,
to build mills to grind wheat and corn,
aud saw our lumber forest on the earth,
aud mines beneath its surface, and for
poverty here, therefore, where there Is no
misfortune of sickness, there is no ex>
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03
Our Financial and CONNER
cial Column.

Every department Of business has an immo-
date interest in the markets Of the country, and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fails to keep himself properly ad-
vissd as to the rise and fall of the markets. as
controlled by the laws of demand and supply
and tho relative condition Of the currency. is
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind bic more intelligent and entsrprising
nsighbors. In order to make our paper valuable
az we'll as interesting. we shall make this a
SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily Market Reports,
domestic and foreign, By telegraph. and our
City Reports. gotten up at heavy expense. shall
challenge the commentator of our bsst bust
ness men; while our current Financial Reports
from all the leading money centers of the coun-
try shall be fuller than have ever been pub
lished by any other journalin Tennessee.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03

DFsrrTUTIoN IN ST. LoUIs-Mayor
Thomas Of St. Louis, reports that he has
already expended one thousand dollars
more than the poor appropriation for the
year ending next April, and yet the season
of poverty has not yet fairly commenced.
Upon his lists are foIr thousand iamilIea;
comprising twelve thousand men, women
and children, who require monthly aid.
Besides the city, the charitable Pocieties
have expended nearly $4,000 the present
year, and fi0d their resources failing. The
mayor calls upon the council TO make
further appropriations.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03

FUNERALS IN CHURCH AND STATE
Two very great people were lately buried
on the same day in England-the Ouch
ess Of Sutherland and the Archbishop Of
Canterbury. The chief mourners over
the bier of the Duchess were the Prince
of Wales and Lord Bagot as proxy for
the Queen, and the pail was borne by
the lordliest of the lords and the knight
hest of the knights. The archiepiscOpsl
obsequies wero without pomp, and the
body of the deceased prelate was depos>
tied in the burial ground of the parish
church OF Arlington. The Queen did
not attend, even vicariously but the
Prince of Wales, being unable to assist at
two funerals atonce, graciously sent Gen.
Knolleys to represent him.
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STAND LIKE AN ANVIL,

Stand like an anvil" when the stroke
VI stalwart men falls fierce and fast;
storms but more deeply root the oak,
Whose brawny arms embrace the blast.
Stand like an anvil when the sparks
Fly far and wide. a fiery shower;
Virtue and truth must still be marks,
Where malice proves its want of power.
Stand like al anvil" when the bar
Lies red and glowing on the breast;
Duty shall be life's leading star.
And conscious innocence its rest.
stand like an anvil" when the sound
vi ponderOus hammers pains the ear;
Thine, but the still and stern rebound
OF the great heart that cannot fear.
Stand like an anvil" noise and heat
Are borE of earth and die with time;
The soul, like God. its source and scat,
Is solemn. still. serene. sublime.
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w A N r e. ID.

T WANT A MAN TO TAKE THE AGENCY
/ for LlOyds Great Double Revolving Maps of
Europe ard America, with the 1000 county col
ored Map of the United States on the back is
sued to day. and needed by every family, school
and library in the land. with patent reversers,
by which either may can be thrown front. Each
map is 62x64 inches large, with ribbon binding
and doubled faced rollers; cost 100000 and,
three years labor. Price 50. worth $50. A
small capital will do to start with. $40 q copy
can be got for these maps. Send for circular
terms. etc. Twenty new maps under way.
j. I LLOYD
nov20 d4wlm P.0. Box l22 Atlanta GR.
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UNION AND AMERICAN
OH YES! WE'LL SING TIE OE.D
SnrGa

Oh, yes we'll sing the old songs,
We sang long years ago,
Though lips may speak 10 faltering tones,
And voices whisper low;
In memory. then wen wander back,
Through days Of joy and pain,
And, though our eyes grow dim with tears,
Wen sing those songs again.
Oh, yes well sing the old sOngs,
"A mothers voice has blessed,
When nestled in my tiny bed,
She laid me there to rest
Her angel form has left me now.
With each familiar strain,
l feel her hand upon my brow
Obi sing those songs again.
When death has closed cur eyes 10 rest,
And freed from worldly care,
No more our voices Tningle here,
In sacred song end prayer;
Then, free from earth. we'll meet above
Where naught but joy shall reign
And there in heaven. with happy voice,
Wen sing those SONGS again.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03

SUFFRAGE.-At the recent Woman's Suf-
:rage Convention, in B5ston, Senator VII
son stated, that under the fourteenth article
lthe amendmeni) of the Constitution of
the United States, he would have no hest
tation in voting for an act of Congress to
give the coIOred men ia every State the
right to vote. He added, however, that as
many persons did not place this cog
structiUn upon the fourteenth sIticie, there
would have to be another amendment sub
mitted. In his opinion the Constitution
could be 80 amended that the right Of suf-
frage, in six or eight months, will be St
cuTed to the colored men all over the land.
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In the Political Interests of
the People

TIE UNION AND AMERICAN will take the Con-
stitution and laws for its guide, adhering to the
teachings of the founders of our government. 1t
will guard with vigilance and frmness the
rights Of all the people. urging upon all, modera-
ton. forbearance and q steady adherence to
~ and order. thereby enabling the people to
develop the resources and advance al the mate
rial and other interests of our State and com
men country. Feeling that these are endan-
gered by the revolutionary schemes of the Radi-
cal politicians. who now hold the legislative
power Of the government, we Ehall abste moth
ing of our pAst.oppositiOn to theirmeasures.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03

To PURIFY A RooM.-Set a'pitcher
of water in room, and in a few
hours it will have abs orbed all the
respired gases in the room, the air
of which will become purer, but the
water utterly filthy. The colder TIE
water is, the greater the capacity to
contain these gases. At ordinary
temperatures a pail Of water will
contain pint of carbonic acid gas
and several pints ofammonia. The
capacity is nearly doubled by reduc-
ing the water to the temperature of
ice. Hence, water kept in room
awhile is always unfit for use. For
the same reason the water from q
pump should always be pumped out
in the morning before any Of it is
used. Impure water is more injuri-
Gus than impure air.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03

Iris stated that all the Republican
members of the Legislature for the
city of Philadelphia have agreed to
support at the next session j.
Edgar Thompson. Esq, for the
position of United States Senator
from PENNSYLVANIA.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03
Our Manufacturing and Do.
nestle Interests.

We shall constantly her
people TO DO self-reliant, and shall do what we
may bo able TO induce the establishment
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
ducts. To this end We will pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves to encourage the diversih-
cation of Southern industries and the develop
ment of Southern resources.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03
r,5Ihp.EN IN VIEW ENGLAND.

4 GAahtgO&ksN an y W E<chS IA NASs
The Kennebec journal cites the
opinion of a prominent citizen OF
Maine, a close observer of events, in
which it is claimed that the cause OF
the falling off in school returns the
last two years, is not on account of
carelessness or mistakes in the re-
turn of children, but to the fact that
the children are becoming less in
number yearly, except in manufac-
turing towns, or where there is an
influx of foreign population. For
ty years ago ten children was
quite a number in family. The
average in many places was a frac-
ton over seven in each family, of
parents at the age of forty five; now
the average is but four. Pride,
fashion and folly, it is truely, are in
great measure responsible for this
state of things, and what is true of
the State of Maine is still more true
of Massachusetts,. Women cease to
be mothers to become leaders of
leaders of clubs, leaders in
the lecture room, leaders of politics.
Many of them are least at home at
their own firesides, and most at
home when away from home.
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Subscription Price Reduced Still
Lower.
TERMS CASH IN ADVANCE

THE NASHVILLE UNION AND DISPATCH and the
NASHVILLE GAzKTTK by consolidating the two
papers, propose to make the UNION AND AxERI-
cASthsbest and cheapest Journal ever published
in Tennessee. and we ask the united support and
favor ofthe patrons of both the former papers,
in the new enterprise. pledging. ourselves that
in every particular our paper will compare ia
vorably with the best in the entire country; and
in saying this. we only repeat the expressions of
many of our patrons. who are most capable of
Judging in such matters.
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Bulls Worm Destroyer.
TO MI UNITED STATES AND WORD
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fhave received many testimonials from pro-
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and various publications have shown all Of
which are genuine. The following letter
from highly educated and popular physician
In Georgia, Ii certainly one Of the most sensi-
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Element knows exactly what he speaks OF and
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suhe humanity which may be able 10
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to secure that knowledge. However, ! am by
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To the Friends Of the Old Union and
American, and others,

We ask the friends lot the Old UNION AND
AMERICAN, and all supporters of Constitutional
liberty without regard to past party affiliations,
to aid us in extending our circulation and bust
ness, in the warfare we are waging against Radi-
calism, its corruptiOns and usurpations. Speak
to your neighbor and get him to take the paper,
at least for the canvass. Address
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In Every Thing.

News. Commerce. Finance, Manufactures, Ag-
riculture and miscellaneous topics. together with
political matters, shall be the special object Of
attention in the columns of the UNION AND
AMERICAN, so as to make it ahead of all others
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03
Schools and Education,

We will take especial pains to ascertain the
true situation of all our school and educs-
tional interests. so as to keep our readers fully
posted in rega.d to those important matters.
Too much consideration cannot be given to the
educational interests of our State
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-03

Josh Billings says: When man
begins to slide down hill it seems as II
all nature was creased for the occasion"