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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
The Tailed of Change in ahe 1emO-
cratic Tickei-The Matter IUBPr.cti-
cabIe-Chase and Hancock Refuse
1he ITSe of their Names.

Special to the Louisville journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct LIT is grayely
rumored and believed in political circles
that President Johnson and Chief JUS
tee Chase are both intriguing to secure
the withdrawal of the Democratic ticket,
and the substitution Of the one or the
other Of themselves The National ms
tc2Kgencer's article is beloved to have
been inspired at the White House, where
an unusual number of politicians are
conCregating Last night Mr.. Chase
cave a supper to his friends, and it Is be-
lieved the scheme was discussed Mr..
Chase thinks the Democrats will now be
willing to unite on him, and that he can
carry enough Republicans in Ohio, In
diana and Illinois to secure those States.
Mr.. Johnson thinks he can control the
action of most Of the Southern states,
and get all the Northern States which
are likely to go Democratic These
plans are given out as mere gossip, and
receive little or no attention from the
Democratic leaders. The Radicals how
ever are making use of them, and 1t Is
not improbable that they will deceive
some Of the more ignorant Democratic
papers.
Special to. the Louisville Courier
WASHINGTON, Oct. l6.-The diEpatch
from New York, signed by Belmont,
Schell and Tilden, refusing to participate
in any movement contemplating change
in the Democratic candidates, has thrown
damper over those here who favored it.
They are mainly Mr.. Johnsons friends,
who seem to think he would prove &C
ceptable to the people The friends Of
Chase and Hancock emphaticallY deny
either would consent to allow the use of
their name. No formal committee has
waited on them Sa far as expression
has been elected in this quarter, it is
generally against tie movement An
intimate friend of Chase said to-day if
the proposition had been made six weeks
ago it might have been entertained, but
the time was too short now for it to be
successful There is no doubt he re-
Elected the views Of the Chief Justice.
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RELIGIOUS
rhe rsoIe-tnni Episcopal Con, en

She Protestant Episcopal COnN entiOn.
NFN GoEk, oct LIN the Protest
ant Episcopal Convention, Rev DR.
iIaicht. from the Committee on CanOns,
reported in favor Of amending canon
nine. So that ia the case Of a deacon or
priest ordered hy ~ bishop not in COM
luunication with the Episcopal Church,
hr shall remain On probation one year,
instead 90 six months, IA At present
Adopted. with Int few dissenting votes
Or llai-ht reported adversely to the
amendment a. canon thirteen, saving it
was inaXpedient TO make a domestic miss
,ionury bishop a bishop Of 4 diocese or
ganized within his jurisdiction. The
report was accepted and the committee
discharged
The Committee On Canons, TO whom
were referred certain amendments to
canon eleven, reported that the same
have been made the special order for to-
day, and d. further action is at present
necessary
Rev. Hiram ". Beers, of Wisconsin,
introduced a series Of resolutions and a
preamble giving the wants Of the Church
asking Tor the establishment of mission
urr and parish grammar schools, and also
for training in every diocese for the
education OF teachers. The resolutions
were referred 90 the Committee on
Christian Education
Rev. Dr. llaieht from the committee on
Cauana. offered the following
Resolved That the. House Of the Bish~
lu- euneurrinE. that section six COause
.scoui Of Canon t., title Of the digest,
be amended hv inserting in the nine,
t,enth line ul said clause, commencing
after the words hut nothing in this cause
shall Doe construed 10 prevent any clergy
man in this Church from Cthciating in
any Parish Church, or in any place OF
hubble worship used by any congregation
81 this Church ct elsewhere, within the
Iari~h ui the minister of said cOngrpga-
f,un. with consent of the clergyman IL
charge. or la has absence, the Church
wardens, vestrymen Or trustees Of sail
..ngreruiiun. Dr a majority OF them hy
rider at the committee
JUDGE Cunningham offered tuTthe
amendment to tie Canon, by adding tn,
words after c'cTGrmen in the fourth line
ya~grr,, b tl--r. section six, Canon twely
title on, with The intent or purpose O
iurmiu- or attempting to form a ney
,arurrga.i,n Iu tie limits of each parIsI
or paro.k.a. ,uri. Lot authorized b.
d.gee, ga authority OF otherwise disturb
inc .tae faruci.al relations of such cler
lyman, So Canon Will read, DO minister
Gclunriu. 10 this church will oficiat
either hy preaching reading prayer
or otherwise in the parish or within tn
uarJchiai cur! of another clergyman
with the mteuta r purpose OF forming o
attempting a. iolm a new cOBgregatio
within tn, limits a. such parish or pa
rochial cur not authorized by diOces !
authority, or otherwise disturbing tn
Canon Ia-uehiai relations Of such cler
ovman. unless he shall have received ez
prcss permission for that purpose irol
minister Of the parish or curl, or in h
absence FROM the church warden or tru'
tees OF the congregation, or a majoril
of them.
the question was taken on the resoll
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STATE Of TENNESSEE,
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NASHVILLE, Sept. the 9TH, 1865.

NASHVILLE, Sept the 9TH, 1865
Mr. Morton sir
am well We appear to get along
slow think we will adjourn about mons
day week there Is a jargon between the
house and senate about the military bill
but think We will get strait in Il few
days and pass bill giving the governor
iull power to keep the peace of the state
have Just read the senate bill on kuklux
it is heavy any one who goes about the
country in mask is subject to a fine Of
five hundred dollars and not to hold
Office in ten years and no Judge or at
turney is to draw there pay until they
make oath that they have used all means
in there power to have the above MANNED
law complyed with the carpet sack or
Prosser party have every thing there own
way here think Prosser will be elected
by decyded majority over all opposition
respectfully yours j \ Moor
give our Respects to all orr friends /
wish the Legislature to pass the military
bill and appeal to andy to furnish us
Federal Troops as directed by the Fed
cral constitution if andy fails to send us
troops and the peace Of the stat is in
dangered then the governor will be fully
justifyed in calling for state Troops and
our Friends in the northern states will
indOrse our action
yours respectfully A Moore
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18
NEW YORK.
the Withdrawal n:sapprOved-symr

the Withdrawal H.saPPrOVed-SymE.
toms Of Winter, etc.
NEW YORK, Oct 1.-THE proposed
uithdrawal Of seymour and Blair meets
ai!h unqualified disapProyal with the
rank and lie Of the Democratic party Of
this city.
Snow fell to.lry at Iorkville, in the
upper portion Of the Island, and also at
Rutialo and Bangor
The Board Of Cotton Brokers was for
mallv organized to-day.
Number Of deaths this week 426.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18
FORTRESS MONROE.

Departure OF Artillery for the South.
FokrET-s MONROE, October l7.-Three
companies Of artillery from the fort have
been ordered South on temporary duty.
Battery c. goes 10 Atlanta, Battery A. 10
Columbia, s. c., and another battery TO
Esleloh. \. c. They LETT this morning.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18
OUR LAW MAKERS.

Legislative IntelIigence-A Specimen
Brick.
The following letter from the Repre-
sentative from Haywood county, to one
of his constituents, is published in the
Brownsville Bee 1t is fair specimen
of the average intelligence OF our law
makers.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18

The invalids Of Congress Hail, Slrtlosa
last summer consumed ihirty-uine thou au.'
chi, ksns, thirty thousand d,zsn egg, hit' q
moe thousand pounds Of beef forty 'hoH-
sand p0nnds Of lamb ani muiiOu. nan ?
thousand pounds Of veal, fifteen hn' died
urksvs aud Of other iO6Is tiss H. -1zaLd.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18
A. HELliBOLD


II r Helm5old Esq, 5yi Broddp1y.
Nour letter Of l4th inst received, con-
tanning cheek for $4,000 This amount
/ shall use in the most appropriate man
ner. perused the contents OF your let
ter with the utmost qualification. The
austion is presented to the people wheth-
err thew will all in electing an admins,
tration bent on trampling the Constitution
into the dust, and eleyatlng upon its
ruin q power controlled by boadholdlng
aristocracy, whose motto Is gold Tor the
rich and rags for the poor, with prostra
ton in every branch Of industry, ahd the
business Of the whole country, or from
whose Intelligent administration we can
have one L niuB, one country, one destiny
Sincerely yours,
GEORGE WASHINGTON LANGLEY.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18

JupGE LAKE, OF Omaha, recently de-
liVered an opinion that registers have no
right to refnse registration to ex-COHfede-
rate soldiera OF officers, the State lzw ex
Guiding them from suffrage being ulTar-
ranted BY the Constitution.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18

JAsPER BLACKBURS, Radical NJ &.
from Louisiana, and editor 81 paper Bro
that State, writes that 'ls things nos 'isrj,
I.1uisiana Is sure for the DemoCracs.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18
Special to. the Louisville Courier

WARS good cure for the govt .,
asked NobbsL "Buttermilk," answered
Dobbs How simple I'll try it. How
is it to be taken ?" exclaimed Nobbs Give
gallons day for year" replied DObbs.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18

1HE rsason why Rsveuly johnson Sss
select, A. Ambassador 60 England vas
the full confidence felt IN his haVinpu .i..s
slis 10 the interests Of the country.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18
90 the other hand we consider "a Demo

OF the remaining States which we class
as doubtful, we consider that the Demo
Gratis have far the best chance of carrying
Arkansas. ,............... Louisiana. ....-....
Missouri South Carolina....
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18

A BosToE court has at last decided am
brellas property. We shall imme diaielY
bring suit against twelve individuals,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18

NicsT Of the shadows that cross our path
through HE are caused by our standing IN
nnr own light.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-18

The half Polish boot Of The sumul-r W.ii
give plscs in cold sea:hef 10 the tdii Pp-
ish, fitting high up ON the calf Of the Lex
Tee, are medium round, the shank is yaIy
narrow. and the heel high, slender and
curved. The fashionable buttJued b1Oi Cor
stalking has the uppsr5 OF glove Kid, or, o.
prcfprred, the glazed hid, the loser o.,
pebbled moroccan. Very drc-sy boots arr
stitched with White, and butpned with
imitation pearl buttons. Models OF "a.
gIi-h shoes are much lower on the aut.e
Than those worn here, with heel, cd the
broad military shaps. Thee are c.'miur,-
abl., for waking, but are not 50 sLCsy rs
the French shape nov ia favor, with Louis
Ky. heels The fashionable shape g..
mining the shape Of the feel by producing
bunions and cJrns. a short shoe IS more
art to di=6gure theshape Than a uarros
one High heels throw the wright ol the
body forward, and II the foot canuut tiad
room in front the joints at the side are en-
larged ur the heel made prominent. Be- IS
beat Ia have b11ts made 10 order, AZ scarcely
any two persons have feet alike. Polish
boot. made 10 Or,ler COS: irum 50 Co so -
psif according Ca the material and tet1sl-
ton.
Ta-sels aud sIiia boss 40 longer d.cl-
,ale the top Of the boot, bat arc removed
10 the instep. A ure russits ii E'd,
bound with silk, extends Ligh up ui tbs
in-iey, and transforms the pla,ns-l shyF=r
isio .ue 81, lizh POmpadOur shapr.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-28
A Lover Snubbed.

The following anecdote shows that
lovers cannot be too cautious in the
means which they choose for their CORES
pondence, A young man had gained &C.
cess TO the house Of one Of the richest and
most aristocratic families in Paris. He
fell in love with the only daughter Of the
house, tried to ingratiate himself with her
In every possible manner, and especially
always brought her the latest publications,
One day the father of the young lady came
home at an earlier hour than usual; the
ladies were still on the promenade. On
the table lay IN. de Camors," Octave
Feuillets latest novel. In order to while
away his time the old gentleman takes this
oook, about which he has heard a great
deai, and commences glsncing over il.
lie Is surprised to find number of words
underlined with q lead pencil, not "beauti-
iul passages" but Insignificant words,
such as and "you," or ''and." He
turns over one leaf, two leaves, three leaves,
and finds everywhere the same thing.
Suddenly an idea occurs to him, for fathers
having beautiful daughters are exceedingly
keen-sighted in certain matters. He tries
To connect the underlined words, and his
petrihed eyes read as follows: Dearest
Mademoiselle-w e-will-it-insult-you- fI-tell-
you-that-I-adore-an " in short a love let
ter Of the most gushing description, and
closing with the suggestive words "An-
swer-in-the-next-chapter." Wait, YOU
rascal, cries the father, II win give you
your answer" So saying, he takes a lead
pencil, underlines some words In the next
chapter, wraps the book in piece of paper,
and hands it TO his footmAn, whom he in
ssTuets 70 take il back 70 the sentimental
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-28
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How Much Fruit is Enough.

VI THINK my family canned enough
frult last season to enable me to have it
ON my table every day in the year"
Such was the remark made To me u few
days ago by my neighbor L.. 1t Ger
tainly was what very few, even of our most
enthusiastic fruit growers, are able to say !;
and the facts led to some reflections which
will bear stating here,
Neighbor l. we admit has as much
fruit as he and his family will be likely to
consume the year round. | supposed that
my own family was pretty literally sup
piled also; but his far exceeds mine, and
l am quite as certain that mine as far
exceeds that of one.half-yea, of
nineteen-twentieths- my neighbors |
might put it in a still stronger light, and
say that while one family in community
has as much fruit as it will need or con.
sumo, with moderate daily use, there are
not less than one hundred families who dc
not consume over one quart weekly,
What utter nonsense, then, for men tC
be croaking about the superabundance o
fruit, the prospects of overstocking thu
market, and all such forebodings of evi
to fruit growers. And yet every commu
nifty has one or more of this class of ole
togies | remember just such in my boy
hood and yet people have continued I,
plant, till the quantity is ten-fold create
everywhere, and the price has continue,
to advance; and even now, u large portion
OF the people have yet to learn that thI
small fuits-to say nothing of apples
can be made part of their Legitimate
daily food.
How long before all the people will b
as well educated up to the use of fruit as |
my neighbor L., and how much will b
enough to supply the country when thi
time shall arrive --HoFficulturia.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-28
Chinese JugglerS.
a correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
writes from Canton, China:


A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
writes from Canton, China:
street jugglers and mountebanks
abound in Canton, and in fact in every
Chinese city. They also travel from place
to place throughout the country, display.
ing their feats and picking up a little cash
here and there. AS general thing their
juggling feats do not amount to a great
deal, yet some of them are very clever,
and would create fully as much of a theatri,
cal furor0 in the United States as did the
japanese performers. Sword-swallowing
and stone-eating appear to be the COM
monest tests, and operators of this descrip-
tion can be seen in almost every street.
One fellow, however, performed a number
of feats in front of our hotel which de-
mand from me more than passing notice.
He stationed himself in the center of the
street, and having blown a blast upon a
bugle to give warning that he was about
to begin his entertainment, he took a
small lemon or orange tree, which was
covered with fruit, and balanced It upon
his head. He then blew a sort of CHR
ripping whistle, when Immediately
number Of rice-birds came from
every direction and settled upon the
boughs Of the bush he balanced, or flut-
tered about his head. He then took cup
in his hand and began to rattle some seeds
in 1t, when the birds disappeared, Taking
small bamboo tube, he next took the
seeds, and putting one in it, blew it at one
OF the fruit, when 1t opened and out few
one of the birds, which fluttered about the
circle surrounding the performers head
He continued to shoot seeds at the oranges
until nearly dozen birds were released.
He then removed the tree from his fore
head, and setting it down, took up dish,
which he held above his head, when all
the birds flew into It, He then covered it
over with cover and giving it whirl or
two about his head, opened 1t and display.
ed a quantity of eggs, the shells of which
he broke with a stick, releasing bird from
each shell. The trick was neatly perform
ed, and defed detection from my eyes.
The next trick was equally clever and diff
cult of detection. Borrowing handker-
chief from one of his spectators, he took
an orange, cut small hole in it, then
squeezed all the juice out, and crammed
the handkerchief into it. Giving the hand
kerchief to bystander to hold, he caught
up teapot, and began to pour cup OF
tea from it, when the spout became clogged
Looking into the pot apparently for the
purpose of detecting what was the matter,
he pulled out the handkerchief, and re-
turned it to the owner. He next took the
| orange from the bystander and cut II
open, when it was found to be full of rice
He performed a number of very pleasing
feats, but have given enough to satisfy
the reader that they are equally as expert
as the Japanese.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-28
Preparation of Land for Wheat.

The summer has been so dry that the
ground has become SO hard as to make
plowing difficult. The great drought was
not confined to the United States and Can.
ada; the farmers of England can scarcely
Keep their stock alive, and at the great
trial Of agricultural machinery at Leices.
ter, the ground was so hard MS to make Il
almost impenetrable by ordinary plows
one feature of the trial field was heaps OF
broken plow shares.
Theoretical farmers recommend deem
plowing-going down to the depth of ten
or twelve inches, but practical men know
that the depth Of plowing must be regi.
lated by the nature of the soil for IL the
active vegetable mold or surface soil is
there ard the subsoil cold and clayey, deep
plowlng may bury the former too deep,
and bring up too much of the latter. II
the soil Is deep loan or rich vegetable
mold, deep plowing will be beneficial, but
even IN the best soils, exposure TO the
ameliorating influence of the sun, and the
atmosphere, rain, dew, frost aud snow.
will be necessary TO render the soil which
is brought up by deep plowing fit for sus,
tanning the growth Of plants, In cold,
newly turned up soils lime has very ben.
eficial effect.
The best wheat sells in the world are
those which are naturally drained, that is,
in which water is absorbed and carried
away by porous subsoil The best soils
for wheat contain good proportion of
clay and lime, Light, sandy soils do not
usually produce good wheat unless they
are enriched by abundance of subsoil ma.
nure. Bossingault analysed three samples
Of rich wheat soil and found them to con.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-28
Care or GrindstOneS.

a CoRREspoNDENT,w who writes himself
n farmer, complains that his grindstone,
which for several years has proved of uni
form grit, has deteriorated in this neces-
/ sary quality. lie has k ept 1t heretofore un-
| der she'd but lately removed il to an
open space in the back yard, and asks
whether this exposure has changed the
character of the stone. One side is soft,
as the whole stone was formely, but the
other side is hard and rigid.
We think the removal of the stone Is the
cause of its change of character. Expo
sure to sunlight is always injurious to a
grindstone. The substance of the stone
is porous, and il contains Il considerable
amount of water; this being evaporated
the stone becomes granulated, harsh, and
hard. 1t is not altogether for persona
comfort that the farmer places his grind
stone under n wide spreading apple tree ol
elm, He knows, almost intuitively thai
the summers suns rays are inimical to tn,
| qualities of the stone, and he shelters L
| from this too fervid light and heat. Tn,
stone that in the shop of the mechanic
runs in water through all the hours ofday
light, will preserve its homogeneity bette
than one that is used occasionally, and Il
exposed to the sunlight
The red or brown freestone, so mucl
used In New York city, New Jersey ant
Connecticut, Is sandstone similar il
structure to the ordinary grindstone, diff
ferlng, mainly, in being of coarser texture
and colored with an oxide of iron. II |.
an aggregation of particles of sand, agglu
tinated by clay, and compressed, Yet THU
stone, which is such u resistant to tn,
action of the elements ON exposure, may b,
easily cut with u knife when first removed
from the quarry, In fact II is so saturate,
with water, that, when quarried in the fall
Il must be preserved from the action o
frost during the winter, by beng sunk un
der water or otherwise protected, else i
will burst by the freezing of the water con
tanned in it, Exposure to heat, or to tn,
suns rays, evaporates the water and leaves
II quite hard,
So with the grindstone, and, in Lesser
degree, with the oilstone Notwithstand
ing the close grain of the best oilstones
they deteriorate by long exposure 20 tn,
sunlight-ScieRt(fo Americdm
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-28
Wonders OF Lake Ontario.

One of the strangest phenomena ever
witnessed has recently occurred along the
shore of Lake Ontario, in the towns OF
Sodus and Williamson. For three weeks
peyious to last Friday the water of the lake
has been unusually warm-so warm
indeed, that very many persons resorted
thither for the purpose of bathing, remain.
ing in the water an hour or more at time
without experiencing sensations of chilli
ness, On Friday, however, sudden
change occurred--the temperature of the
water falling nearly twenty degrees
within three hours. And now comes the
strangest part of the story The fish, great
and small, as the cold increased, seemed
possessed with desire to get ashore, and
came leaping and tumbling against the
bank in hundreds and thousands. Large
quantities were taken with spears and nets,
and the shores of the lake were lined with
dead fish. Whether the fish were be-
numbed by the increasing coldncss, and
instinctively sought the shore where the
water was of less depth, let the naturalist
say we will not pretend to explain. The
water of lake Ontario is now colder by
several degrees than it has been for several
years at this season, and naturally excites
considerable comment and discussion.
LOyRS. (N T. } Republican.