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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25
HOUSE.

The House was called TO order at 9 A.
NJ, Speaker Richards in the chair and
fifty-six members present.
Mr.. White, of Greene, submitted a
supplementary report of the School Fund
Committee. One thousand copies order
ed to be printed.
Mr.. Welsh offered a resolution pro-
viding for an appropriation of --dollars
to Mrs. Ledy, of kingsport, she being in
a very destitute condition and depending
for support upon the efforts of an only
son, who has lost his health in conse-
queuce of great exposure and suffering
during the war, and who was instrument
tai in the capture Of John Morgan, and
performed many other acts Of much
merit to the Union cause.
A motion to fill up the blank with
$3.50 prevailed, and the resolution passed
by vote Of 80 to l9.
SENATE BILLS on FIRST READING.
No. 269, by Mr.. Rodgers To charter
the Mobile, Decatur and Cincinnati Air
Line Company. Passed.
No. 342 : To protect the interest of
farmers. Passed.
No. 35S To incorporate the Wash
ington Lodge. Passed.
No. $50 To increase the revenue, etc
Passed.
The following bills passed first read
ing
To charter the New Providence and
Dover Turnpike Company,
To incorporate railroad.
To change county line.
Defining the pay of railroad Receivers.
Senate bill No. 402, on third reading,
was called up, to protect county revenue.
The amendment put on this bill by
the House runs as follows:
Be it further enacted, That in all
counties of this State where there is a
county Judge and where no board Of
County Commissioners have been estab>
lished it shall be the duty of such county
Judge to vote, either in person or by
proxy, all the railroad stock owned by
the county Of which he is Judge, in all
elections held or made by the stockhold,
ers of such railroads.
~ 7 he following amendment, By Mr.
Waters, was laid on the table:
Provided, however, that the County
Court has not designated some person to
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25
SCHOOL FUND.
Bore Scraps Of Testimony.

HOro scraps Of Testimony.
The following additional testimony
was taken yesterday in the school fund
investigation -.
Charles "A. POstly, proprietor of the
Stacey House, testified, in part, as fol-
lows / received bundle Of papers from
one of the cbambermaids of the Stacey
House, which she represented to have
found in one of the rooms. The lettre
purPorting to have been written by John
b. Browniow was in that package, and
is the one copied in Ira P. Jones' paper,
before referred to.
T. Haws, of the Knoxville Whig, tes-
titled that he had examined Col. Brown
lows letter, and believed the amount
mentioned therein was intended to bal.
ance Rutter's account; that Col.
Brownlow's habit of writing figures is,
for twenty dollars, thus-S20O0; or, for
two hundred dollars, thus-20000, which
may mean one amount or the other, &C,
cording to the punctuation. The comma
between the first and second ciphsrs ap-
peared to have been scratched out or
erased.
George r. Rutter testified: | do not
remember of having ever given or loaned
Col. John b. Brownlow any money at
any time.
SENATOR W. J. SMITH TO GEO. R. RUTTER.
NASHVILLE, August 2, 1S6S-Gso. R.
Rutter, Esq: Ny DEAR SIR--I have
seen Col. Bosom and talked with him
about your matters. / think We can ar
range your business. He is qoeH dis
posed toward you. That letter from
Thomas B. Smith has not come to hand
yet. | tried to get the Colonel to go to
Iuka yesterday, but could not. Perhaps
you had better come up here and see US.
The Colonel and myself room togeth-
er. He has written you, and you know
from the letter, l presume, whether you
can make the trip. shall do every
thing l can to promote your interests
and to effect satisfactory adjustment of
the Vexed question that you are so much
interested in.
L have the honor to be, sir, your obedi>
ent servant, w. J. SMITH.
RUTTER'R REPLY.
IUKA SPRINGS, Miss, Aug. 4, 1865
Dear General-You will find inclosed
other papers to be used in q settlement
in connection with the proposition you al-
ready have in settlement. Any PROPOSE
ton OF, letter expressly intended for the
Committee, not marked professional or
personal" you will use as you see fit.
Tho ana | incIoca tosdou inIao1 e. Al -
Committee.
General | will depend much upon you
in effecting this settlement and rest as
sured that if you accomplish it, | will
see that you are compensated and well
paid for the time and trouble devoted to
it. Therefore, leave no stone unturned
really would much dislike to have the
Democracy in power to manage this mat
ter under the circumstances,
Yours, etc'
GEORGE r. RUTTER.
P. S.-Be sure and do not let any cop.
les be taken from the schedule of assets
which | gave you neither let it 60 out
of your sight These negotiations are for
settlement, not for any other purpose.
RUTTER TO W. J. SMITH.
lExtract.l
IUkA, Miss, Aug l, 1865 If they
(the General Assembly, attempt to stir
up our business, give it black eye.
My vile is unwell, and | may 60 to
Lookout Mountain Can you and Bosom
not take trip of day or two and meet
me there2 My presence in Nashville
might create tall"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25

A citizen Of New Orleans, with fifteen
reyolvers in his pockets, bas been arres-
ted as dangerous man."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25

The Secretary Of State presented to
the Missouri Legislature last week, IN
abstract of the census Of the State, made
by the assessors The total population
given is about one million and quarter
St Louis City $4,000. The returns were
denounced by members as incorrect
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25

The New Albany Ledger correspond,
ent describes the explosion of the boiler
OF a portable mill at Wickliffe The
earth shook for miles around, causing the
people to collect in large numbers from
the surrounding country. There were
seven persons employed about the mill,
but only one-the engineer-was killed.
He was terribly mangled. His name
was John Hagen, and he was one of the
owners. How the rest escaped is a mys-
terry, as there was not particle of the
boiler left on the spot where the explo-
sion took place, the air being filled with
the fragments"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25

Loops of satin ribbon or satin
loops lined with silk, depending
from satin bow, are very stylish.
The ribbon or satin should not be
over two and a half inches wide.
If of satin, the long ends, of which
there are generally three or four,
must have an interlining of founda-
ton net.
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bows.

Bows for looping up dresses -sre
very elaborate, and sometimes take
yards of ribbon. One composed of
satin ribbon, about two inches wide,
is pyramidal in form thirty or forty
small loops from the top, a bow
composed of innumerable loops is
placed at The bottom, &. tliasr /.
the centre, for quite as many loops
depend from this boW-tse ribbon
increasing in VI towart ,he bot
tom. Tic loops are af1~-ged Oh .
stiff foundation.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25

The long,talked,of fight between North
Carolina and Virginia fowls commenced
near Norfolk Wednesday, Virginia was
ahead at last accounts.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25

Bows occupy prominent part in
lady's toilette. Though one of
the essentials, the utmost latitude is
allowed in style and manufacture.
They are in every conceivable shape,
and can be made of plain gros
grain or of satin. The material
must be three and a half or four
inches wide.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25

Eighty thousand tons Of ice have been
stored at Gardiner, Me-, for shipment.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25
NEW COUNTY,

Mr.. Norman withdrew the Senate bill
to legalize the act forming Christian
county and offered it as an amendment to
a House bill to change the county lines
between Stewart and Lawrence counties.
Adopted.
Mr.. Underwood offered an amendment,
changing the name of the county to
that of Grant county instead Of Chris
tian county. Adopted.
The bill then passed its third reading.
THE PERTTENTIARY.
House bill to render the Penitentiary
self-sustaining passed its first reading.
Adjourned until tomorrow at nine
O'Clock.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25

IUkA, Miss, Aug. l, 1865" If they
(the General Assembly, attempt to stir
up our business, give it black eye. \
My vile is unwell, and may 60 to
Lookout Mountain. Can you and Bosom
not take a trip of day or two and meet
me there2 Ny presence in Nashville
might create talk
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25
CHEaIsETTE WITH BODICE.

A pretty style of chemisette to
wear with a bodice which is cut very
low in front, is made Of muslin,
which open in front and edged with
Vslenciennes lace, a narrow inser-
ton divides the lace from the mus
lin, through which narrow velvet or
satin ribbon is run-the muslin IS
handsomely embroidered.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25
COLLARS.

In collars we have every style,
from the plain linen to the most ex-
pensive lace. In linen, either the
round sailor collar, or the narrow
collar, with wide square ends, is the
most in vogue. As high bodies are
so frequently cut low, and rounded
out in the neck, these collars are
frequently set upon muslin chemi-
settles, which are generally plated ;
though handsome sets-comprising
collars and cuffs-are embroidered.
In some cases the collars are made
of muslin, embroidered and edged
with Valenciennes lace.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25
THE CHEAP JEwELRY MARKET.

1t has been frequently stated that
cheap jewelry is no longer fashiona-
bic. This may be doubted. The
taste for display in all matters con-
nected with the toilette is increasing,
and so long as fashion demands diff
ferent costumes, cheap jewelry will
find it's purchasers.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25
FOR THELADIEs.



1t is too soon to speak, with any
degree of certainty, Of the new
styles-though it may be inferred
from some newly imported varieties
in organdies and cambrics, that suits
will continue in favor. Stripes will
also be worn. The style which has
been so much in vogue in silk and
wooden goods-an oyerdress of mar
row stripes-the underskirt of vide,
is repeated in thin goods. In some
cases only the underskirt is striped,
the upper one being dotted or plain,
in others bouquets of flowers make
a houncing for both upper and low
er skirts. These last are especially
lovely and make one sigh for the
coming roses and violets, which
they so faithfully represent.
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RUTTER'R REPLY.

NEORub ~ hpAihH'
P. S.-Be sure and do not let any cops
les be taken from the schedule of assets
which | gave you neither let it 60 out
of your sight These negotiations are for
settlement, not for any other purpose.
RUTTER TO W. ] SMITH.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25

A stylish laceseollar with chemi-
settle is composed of narrow insert
ing, edged on both sides with deep
ly pointed or scolloped laee-nar-
row velvet may be run through the
inserting. The chemisette is com
posed of puffs of lace, run up and
down, with double lace frill in the
center.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25
THE FTCHU.

The Marie Antoinette Fiehu is
losing fayor-we could better afford
to part with some ether fashion
but we are consoled by the fact that
its place will be supplied by the
round cape. The new styles shich
have made their appearance, are
composed of Swiss muslin, Valen-
ciennes inserting and edging.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-25
THE Next CONGRESS-.

OVKIN 1I1NOAhIIIIJ
Private second New York cavalry,
Of the fifth United States cavalry.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
script.

Mn SHIRLEY Brooks tells the Illustrated
London Nescs a rather singular story of a
bit of mcanness and the appropriate re
venge which followed it. When the Prince
of Wales lately visited Hull, there was a
desiie To ornament, in his honor, the
monument in that city erected TO the
memory of Wilberforce. But the column
was lofty and not easily climbed, and it
was hard To find any one TO make the
ascent and wreathe it with flowers and
foliage. The authorities offered money
reward to any man who would accomplish
the task. After some time, two sailors
from one of Her Majesty ships undertook
the job, and performed it well. They ap-
piled for the reward, but the local officers
refused to pay it, on the ground that, be-
ing servants of the Queen, il was no more
than the duty of the sailors to decorate the
shaft in honor of the Prince. Beer was of
fered in lieu of the expected guineas, and
the sailors drank it and went their way.
But during the night before the arrival of
the royal guest, all the ornament was torn
away, by the same strong and skillful hands
that had carried it aloft. Moreover, a
small ladder, decidedly not an ornament
to the column, was left sticking there,
where no one could get at it. The loyal
authorities of Hull could only hope that
the Prince did not observe the bar.
renness and Disagreement of the wilber-
force column, as he passed it.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
Quarreling.

TIE tendency to let any dispute drift
into quarrel is very much a matter of
habit; but it is habit which
may be greatly modified, if not
wholly cured We should teach our
selves, 20 begin with, that moderation in
language and temper is evidence, not of
weakness of character, but of the reverse.
While a dispute is yet in embryo, modera-
ton and selfcOntrol may remove it but
when it passes that stage-when it is de-
veloped into a q,larrcl-thcn all hope of
setting the matter to rights is at an end.
The prudent man will now simply with
draw himself from the affair, instead of
necdlessly embittering himself in useless
struggle OF course it requires some dis
cretiOn to know when the dispute has
reached the point OF being irremediable; ;
and 1t is at this point that it should be
thrown up. Considerations of false pride
should not be allowed to interfere. No
matter how just your cause is, there is
nothing to be gained by declaiming
against the injustice of an obdurate Oppo-
nent, who sees only right on his side. A
man ought to study the history and dc
vclCpment of former quarrels in which he
has been engaged, i'm order TO see how re-
sultless they were, and what an enormous
waste of time and temper they involved.
He will sec the misunderstanding grow
more definite, until it reaches that stage at
which it is impossible to remove it with
out the most heroic abnegation on one side
or the other. He will perceive that
neither side is willing to take the lead in
coming to an arrangemnt. The cause OF
dispute becomes, by argument, bigger.
Fash disputant is now more confirmed in
his notions By-and-by, they are not 81
anxious to prove themselves in the right
as to punish each other for being quarrcl-
some and causing annoyance. The origi-
nal ground of quarrel is lost sight of in this
sense of mutual injury. They are angry
with each other because each has quar-
relied, and the quarrel is continued out OF
| revenge. How does it end? Time, the
great pacifier, smooths down their wrath
but look at all they have suffered and lost
in the interim 1t is fortunate, indeed, il
one or the other perceives the obvious les
son, and resolves thenceforth TO abandon
any dispute which reaches the irretrieva
bic and merely recriminatory stage.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25

car moved on. By and by my attention
was attracted by a gentle touch.
pleasant day"
| gave him to understand, in curt way,
that didn't care if it was. After while
he reached his long neck out by me and
said, yawningly:
Looks as ef we should hev some rain
soon"
/ let the remark pass without reply, de-
termined he should not draw me out.
After some miles he again spoke:
KILLED hog last night"
"Well, what's that to me?" | said
sharply.
"Guess how much it weighed"
"Oh, don't bother me-six hundred
pounds"
"Guess agin," after pause
"Well, say hundred pounds" The
challenge to guess had trifle of interest
shown any at all, thrust my head out of
the window, awaiting my sturdy associ-
ate's advances. He made none, and after
riding some ten or fifteen minutes, | looked
round lie was staring out of the window,
apparently lost in reflection.
"HOw much did your CusScd hog weigh,
anyhow" ?" asked, as surly as l could.
His face didn't change muscle, though
l thought his eye looked a trifle mischiev-
Gus, as he replied:
Don't know; we didn't weigh him."
Fortunately for my peace of mind, he
got out at Rhinecliife station.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
Keep Your Word.

A BOY borrowed a tool from "A neighbor
promising To return If at night. Before
evening he was sent away ON an errand,
and did not return until late. Before he
went, he was told that his brothers should
see the tool returned. After he had come
home and gone 10 bed, he inquired and
found the tool had not been sent 10 IFS
owner He was much distressed 10 think
his promise was not kept, but was per
suaded To 60 to sleep and rise carly and
carry il home. by daylight he was up,
and nowhere was the tool to be found.
After long aud fruitless search he set off
for his neighbor's in great distress 10 ac-
knowledge his fault. But how great was
his surprise to find the tool on his neigh
bor's doorsteps And then it appeared,
from the prints of little bare feet on the
mud, that the lad had got up in his sleep
and carried the tool home, and went 10
bed again and knew il not. Of course, a
boy who was prompt in his sleep was
prompt when awake. He lived respected,
and had the confidence of his ncighbors,
and was placed in many offices of trust and
profit.-ErchdnQe
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25

thinking he had ridden farther than the
distance to his home he thought he would
trust his horse to get HIM out of the diff
Guilty, and gave Nellie full liberty to choose
her own road; so, after he had gone on
for some time longer, Nellie stopped and
whinnied. The Doctor unmuffled little,
and peered around in the darkness and
snow.
"Why, Nellie, where are we?" he said.
"This looks very like Chestnut Ridge !;
yes, there's the opening in the trees, at the
turn of the road on the brow of the hill
this must be Chestnut Ridge-eight miles
from home. Well, Nellie, I'VE may as well
camp for the night, for we can't get
home"
"How lucky that Bruce supplied US
we'll with blankets" soliloquized the Doc
tor as he unhitched Nellie from the cutter,
and fastened one of the blankets on her,
and turned her loose to look out for her
self Then spreading a buffalo robe on
the snow and turning the cutter up, he
wrapped himself in mis- blankets, and
crawled into his novel bed and was soon
sound asleep.
His faithful dog was very uneasy all
night at his masters absence, and bounded
out at the first opportunity to look for
him. Finding the cutter in such a novel
condition, he began to bark turiously
around it.
You can Judge of the Doctors astonish-
ment, when he came out of his bed room,
to find himself in his own door yard, and
Nellie standing ut the stable door, Won
dering, no doubt, why she was treated SO
|coolly.- Western RuraI.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
Chil,lren's Etiquette.

ALWAYS say, eyes, sill" "no, sir" yes,
papa "no, papa" " thank you, mo,
thank YOU" "good night" good morn
ing" Use no slang terms.
Clean faces, clean clothes, clean shoes,
and clean finger nails indicate good breed
ing. Never leave your clothes about the
room. Have place for everything and
everything in its place
Rap before entering room, and never
leave it with your back TO the company.
Always offer your seat To a lady or old
gentleman.
Never put your feet on cushions, chairs
or tables.
Never overlook any one when reading
or writing, nor read or talk aloud while
others are reading.
Never talk nor whisper at meetings or
public places, and especially in Il private
room, where any one is singing or playing
the piano.
BE careful TO injurc no ones feelings by
unkind remarks. Never tell tales, make
faces, call names, ridicule the lame, mimic
the unfortunate, nor be cruel 10 insects,
birds, or animals.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
Tea and Coffee.

TAKING into account the habits of the
people, tea and coffee for supper and
breakfast add to human health and life, if
single cup be taken at either meal, and is
pever increased in strength, frequency or
quantity. If they were mere stimulants,
and were taken thus in moderation and
with uniformity, they would in time, be-
come either inert, or the system would be-
come SD habituated to their employment
rs to remain in the same relative position
to them, as if they had never been used
and consequently, as To themselves, they
had better never been used, as they are SO
liable to abuse But science and fact unite
in declaring them to be nutritious as well
as stimulant; hence they will do a new
good to the system every day, to the end
of life, Just as bread and fruits do; hence
we never get tired of either. But the use
of bread and fruits is daily abused by null
titudes, and dyspepsia and cholera morbus
result; yet We ought not to forego their
employment on that account, nor should
we foregO the use of tea and coffee be-
cause their inOrdinate use gives neuralgics
and other ailments.
But the habitual use of tea and coffee,
at the last and first meals of The day, has
another high advantage-is productive of
incalculable good in the way of averting
evils.
We will drink at our meals, and if we
do not drink these, we will drink what is
worse-cold water, milk, or alcoholic mix
lures. The regular use of these last will
lead the young to drunkenness; the con-
siderable employment of simple milk, at
meals, by sedentary people-by all, except
the rObust-will either cOnStipate or rem
der bilious; Willie CUiG wafer, DrSely
used-that is, to the extent of a glass or
two at a meal, especially in cold weather.
attracts to itself so much of the heat of the
system, in raising said water to the tenn
perature of the body (about one hundred
dcgrees) that the process of digestion is
arrested in the meanwhile, giving rise to
a deathly sickness of stomach, to twisting
pains, to vomitings, purgings, and even
to cramps, to fearful contOrtiOns, and sud-
den death; which things would have been
averted, had even the same amount of
liquid in the shape of simple hot water
been used. But any one knowing these
things, and being preiudiced against the
use of tea and coffee, would subject him
self to be most unpleasantly stared at and
questioned, if not ridiculcd, were he to ask
for cup or glass of hot water. But as tea
and coffee are now universal beverages,
are on every table, and everybody is ex-
pected to take one or the other as a matter
of course, they are unwittingly the means
| of safety and of life to multitudes They
save life where glass of cold water would
| have destroyed it. SO that the use of
these beverages is not merely allowable,
it is polite, it is a neccssity.-HdtpS Jour
| nal of Health.