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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-05
EFFECTS OF THE DROUTH IN WIZ
GINA
From the Richmond Wing. August %.

From the Richmond Wing, August =.
The almost unexampled drouth that |
has prevailed so extensively. has borne |
with especial severity upon Virginia and
has shortened the corn crop to the ex-
tent, probably of two>thirds. Its effect |
upon the tobacco crop has been scarcely
less disastrous. This great calamity is
now only felt by anticipation. The real
hardship and suffering will be expert
enced in full measure hereafter. The
corn famine will be felt in housekeeping,
in stock feeding and in the diminished
receipts from other products which will
have to be consumed at home to supply
the deficiency in corn. The tobacco
crop is a money crop, aud being dimins
ished one~half. there will be a cores
ponding diminution Of the producers in
come. The same is applicable to the
wheat crop. The farmer can not go in
debt, fortunately for him, as the credit
system no longer prevails in Virginia
as it formerly did, and he will
have to exercise a more II
gid economy than usual. 1t is
greatly to be feared that the mos rigid
economy viii furnish no sufficient RENE
DIV. A very large number Of our farm
ers are in debt, and to save them selves
under the stay law are compelled to pay
the interest on their Indebtedness semi>
annually. It is greatly to be feared that
the failure Of the crops will render 1t
impossible for them to do so. Truly the
blow that cur agricultural interests have
received is scarcely less disastrous than
that inflicted by war. The drouth has
been Of such general prevalence that ii
is only here and there a county OF
neighborhood has escaped its Tavsges
Southside Virginia, the great Southwest
the Shenandoah Valley and the country
lying on and between the waters tribu'
tary to the Chesapeake, are common sui
ferers. But for the success attending the
wheat crop we would have before US the
certainty Of famine.
To the negroes this drouth has beel
a terrible blow. Most of those who ar
farming on their own accounts RELIEF
mainly, almost exclusively, on the CROP
Few of them made wheat OF cultivate
tobacco Those who worked farms o.
shares with the proprietors will be equ
ally disappointed and afflicted while tn
great body of colored laborers who liy
on cornmeal and are paid their wag'
out of the farmers receipts, will have
share in the general suffering.
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FRESH GR0CERIESl
z. L. WEAkLEY,
No. e North College Street,

(Successor to WeakIey 7 arbrouRh)
rs JUST IN RECEIPT OF A FRESH STOCK
i of Groceries and Liquors. consisting IN part
Is hhds New Orleans Brown Sugar.
10 {" d" Clarified Sugar.
10 Demerara Sugar.
100 bags choice Rio Coffee.
; 20 bbIs Golden Strip.
'25 Crushed Sugar.
Is Powdered Sugar.
80 hlf-bbls Mackerel. assorted.
100 boxes Soap.
zoo % Star Candles
100 " Starch.
100 80 Cove Oysters.
100 casks Soda.
8 boxes Soda, ID. papers.
, 80 dozen BrOoms.
100 Painted Buckets.
100 caddies assorted Teas.
Is boxes Mustard, assorted si2es.
so Rumford's Yeast Powders.
80 bbls Backing.
rs cases Richardson's Matches.
$50 boxes Pickles
100 RIEigars, assorted brands
700 bbls Magnolia Flour.
100 "- Black Lick Flour.
80 boxes Cheese.
sUice. Pepper,
Ginger, Madder,
Fancy Soaps,
Eutmegs. Mace,
wrapping Paper, Pepper Sauee,
wines Liquors,
All Of which will be sold cheap for CASH only
In store a small lot of Mess Mackerel. as fine
IS ever brought to this market.
- R. L. WEAKLEY,
novl2 If No NORTH College street.
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FRAULEIN TINNF, THE GERMAN

EXPLORER. d HiaE
A report comes from Tripoli of the
murder of Fraulein Time, the African
explorer, and two of her attendants, by
their own camel-drivers, while travelling
on the Abirgoush road, between Murzuk
and Chat. The report of her death
needs confirmation, but is not improbable.
Fraulein Time was q German lady of
large fortune, who had been engaged for
several years in explorations of Africa,
undertaken at her own expense. When
Spoke and Grant were exploring the
Nile, Miss Time, accompanied by her
mother and her aunt, Baroness Won Ca
pellen, with large number Of servants,
attempted to penetrate with their own
steamer from Chartoum up the White
Nile, in order to reach the two explorers,
but, on account of sickness and the
difficulty of ascending the rapids, were
compelled to return after reaching Cons
dokoro. Afterwards, when Won Houglin
and DIR. Steudner determined to explore
the country between the Nile aud the
Lake Tchad, the ladies resolved to
accompany them. On this excursion
DIR. Steudner died, and after him
the mother of Fraulein Time, her
aunt and two waiting maids fell vics
Tins to the African climate, and the frau
lein was left to finish the journey alone
with DR.. Heuglin. The dangers which
Fraulein Time experienced on this jour-
ney did not deter her frem continuing
She started from Tripoli on the 28th Of
January Of the present year, and arrived
at Mufzuk, in Fezzan, after Journey Of
about two months duration. She trav-
eled leisurely, her caravan consisting Of
more than fifty persons and seventy cams
els. Ali her followers, with one excep
ton, were either Arabs or negroes, and
she herself dressed like an Arab lady.
She was looked upon by the Arabs with
the greatest respect, and they called her
Renter Rey," that is, Queens Daughr
ter" Her long sojourn and travels in
the Orient produced a total adherence
of European habits, and she became en-
FILTERED against everything European.
Before starting upon her last journey she
determined to go even further in getting
rid of everything not African about her,
and SO left her own and her servants
watches in Tripoli, and used the old
fashioned Arabian sand clock or hour
glass She was eccentric in her abhorS
renee of civilization.
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T. B. SAMPLE. rc.s. ORDwAE Wr.sArrLA.
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Cumberland Marble Works
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SpermstOrrhea. Sexual Debility and Impo-
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DOCTOR HUNGER publishes a MEDICAL
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answer almost as well for the purpose OF treat
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personally. ". 80 ...'
IL is self-evident that physician who con-
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| cases every year. must acquire greater skill in
| that -specialty than one in general practice.
| Many physicians, recognizing this fact, intro
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CpTFL EVICTION OF IRISH II

CRUEL EVICTION OF IRISH TENANTS.
in the hamlet of Nurney, in Carlow
county, Ireland, twenty-five families,
numbering ever one hundred and twenty
persons, old tenants, mostly holding
under middle men, and remarkable for
their industry, sObriety, and punctuality
in the payment of rent, have, upon the
death Of the person on whose life their
leases depended, been turned out Of house
and bone. One morning two bailiffs, a
sheriff and eighteen policemen, armed
with rifles, un.oofed the cabin and drove
out the inhabitants to take refuge in the
bitches, sheds, and under temporary
structures. Into one old COW house, on
the land Of neighboring gentleman
there were huddled together fourteen
persons Of different ages and sexes
This cruelty was practiced because the
owner had determined that nobody
should live on the land.
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LARGE PURCHASE OF LAND IN VIZ
G1NIA.--A party of Northern capitalists,
at the head Of whom are II. j. Davis, OF
Boston, and a Mr.. Vandyke, of New
York, have purchased the entire Thornr
ton estate, containing seven thousand
five hundred GcIes Of land, located at
Thornton's Station, on the Alexandra,
London and Hampshire railroad, in the
county of Fairfax, for $4,000. The
tract IS TO be surveyed Immediately and
divided into small lots, and town is to
be laid off upon the property after the
plan of Vineland, in New jersey. Ii IS
stated by Messrs. Green & Wise, real
estate SCENTS, from whom the above in
formation is obtained, that this project is
to be carried out at once and that the
managers of the enterprise have made
such arrangements as will insure the &C.
cupation of their land by large number
of people from the North at an early
day. alexandria Gazette.
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"KinsELFHArH DONE TT-Y

HSHAF HAATH DONE IT.
ISAIAH xxxvrI.l5. -
Himself bath done it, ami O. how those words
should bush to silence every murmuripg
Himself hath doneitp-HewhO loves me best
lie who my soul with his own blood hath
bought.
Himself hath done it." Can it then be ausht
Than full Of wisdom full OF teuderest loVe2
Not one upneeded sorrow via Hesend.
10 teach this wandering heart no more to
rove.
Himself hath done it." Yes. although severe
May seem the stroke. and bitter the cup.
LIS his own hand that holds il; and knew
Hell give me grace 10 dsink 1t meekly up.
Himself hath done it, o, no arm but His
Could e'er sustain beneath earth's creary lot.
Bat while know tie dOeth ell things well.
My heart his loving kindness questions not.
"Himsflfhsth done it, He who searched me
Sees how cling to earth's ensnaring ties.
And so he breaks each reed on which my soul
Too much !or happiness ano JOY relies. /
Himself hath dsno IT," He would have me see
What broken csterns human friends mast
prove;
That may turn and queueh my burning thirst
AT Hisown fountef eUertostng love.
Himself hath done it." Then fain would say,
Thy will in all things evermOre be done;
r en- though that will remove " HON best love,
While Jesus lives cannot be alone. as,
% = ta Az d 4 r.-.a .. ta- a
Himself hath done it, precious. precious
wordsl
Himself-my Father. Saviour. Brother, Friend
Whose faithfulness no variation knows
Who. having loved me. loves me 70 the end!
And when, in His eternal presence blest,
at lis feet my crown immortal cast,
III gladly own, with all His ransomed saints,
Himself hath done it" all. from first to last
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1869-09-10

WHAT SLEEP WILL CURE.-Thc cry
for rest has always been louder than the
cry for feed. Not that il is more inn
portant, but il is often harder to get.
Tho hest rest comes from sound sleep.
OF two men or women, otherwise equal
the one who sleeps the best will be the
most moral, healthy, and efficient.
Sleep will do much tocurc irrltability
of temper, pcovishncss, uneasine68. 1t
will cure insanity. 1t will restore to
vigor an ovcr-workcd brain. 1t will
do much to cure dyspepsia, particular
Iy that variety known as nervous dys-
pcpsia. 1t will relieve the langour and
prostratiOn felt by consumptives. 1t
will cure hypochondria. 1t will cure
the blues. 1t will cure the headache.
Ii will cure the headache, 1t will cure
the heartache. 1T will cure neuralgia.
1t will cure Il broken spirit. 1t will
cure sorrow. Indeed, we might make
long list of nervous maladles that
sleep will cure.
The cure Of sleeplessneSs, however, is
not so easy, particularly in those who
carry grave responsibilities. The habit
of sleeping we'll is one which, If broken
up for any length time, is not easily
regained. Often severe Illness, treat
ed by powerful drugs, 80 deranges tho
nervous system that sleep isnever sweet
after it. Or, perhaps, long-continuec
Watchlulness produces the same effect
or hard study, or too little exercise o
the muscular system, or tea and whisk!
drinking, and tobacco using. To breal
up the habit are required;
/. A clean good BEG.
.. Sufficient exercise to produce Wea
riness, and pleasant occupation.
3. Good rand not too warm rooli
4. Freedom from too much care.
8. A clean stomach.
6. A clear conscience.
z. Avoidance of stimulants and nal
cotics.
For those who are overworked, hal
gard, nervous, who pass sleepless nigh
. we commend the adoption of such hal
its as shall secure sleep, otherwise Ii
will be short, and what there is of
= sadly imperfect, Herald Of Heath.
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baggage.

i1IE recent treatise of Professor Isaac
c. Bedfield, on the law of bailments,
furnishes curious information in refer
ence to the responsibility and duty of
an lnnkeeper in taking care of the bag
gage of his guests. There seems to be
no doubt that an innkeeper is held
strictly responsible for the safe keeping
of baggage, but the question has arisen
whether he is liable for everything q
traveller may choose TO carry in his
trunk, or only for such articles OF wear
ing apparel and of personal use and
convenience as are ordinarily taken on
a journey. This latter principle how
exer, seems to be firmly established by
the current of decisions.
Thus in Massachusetts, in one case it
was decided that Colts pistol and
dozen silver teaspoons are not properly
part Of q travellers baggage. And in
another case in the same State it was
decided that the innkeeper is only re-
sponsible for the guests baggage, and
that term includes articles for use and
convenience on the journey, but not
merchandise and other valuables, such
as silver knives and forks, and spoons.
In New York il was held that watch,
pencil-casc, and twenty-five dollars in
money, lost by guest at a hotel, were
not TO be regarded us baggage, within
the meaning of the New York statue.
Bnt where guest had been put into n
room with a fcllowlodgor against his
rcmonstranccs, whereby the precautions
of locking his door, &C., required by
the statute, became impracticable run-
available the innkCcper was held re-
sponsiblc, and his negligence was held
to be sufficiently shown by the loss of
the goods from the room under the cir
cumstances. The true rule upon this
subject, it is asserted, seems to be that
| the responsibility of the innkeepep ex-
tends to all the money and goods which
the eXigencics of the travellers busi-
ness require him TO carry with him and
that where the sum is of considerable
amount, the traveller is bound to use
the ordinary precautions provided at
the inn for its safe keeping. In refer
ence to the rights of the innkeeper, ii
is held that he has lien upon all the
effects of a guest in his custody for his
bill, and this extends to his horse, har-
ness and carriage, for the keep of the
horse, and probably for the whole SUN
due although livery stable keeper
has no lien upon horses placed under
his care, the difference being that the
innkeeper who keeps stable for the
accommodation of travellers is conse-
quently bound TO receive all that come,
while mere stable keeper is not bound
to take all that come, and may either
reject or require special contracts for
them whenever he deems it prudent
Ledger. ...... -..... ....
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In one of the villages of Kentuc,'u ras
Presbyterian clergyman preached in
the same house "night about" both
preachers being present at each meeting.
One evening the Presbyterian, after
discourse on Infant Baptism, proceeded
to baptize several babies. The little
candidates made great outcry, which,
of course, was noted by the Baptist man.
Next day number of the converts of
the latter were to be immersed in the
river near by. At the appointed hour
large concourSe gathered on the banks,
the Presbyterian being of the number,
and standing close by the waters edge.
After the candidates had been immers-
cd the Baptist took hold of his Presby-
terian colleague, and said:
"Now, sir, will immerso YOU"
The latter, amazed, demurred.
"Come along; Pm in hurry!" re-
piled the damp divine, and dragged his
brother into the water.
Alarmed and indignant, tho young
CalVinist declared at the top of his voice
that he did "not believe in immersion,
was opposed to it, and would not sub
nit to it,"
The audience were much excited at
the scene. The Baptist released his hold,
and said:
"Young man l will not immerse you
| to-day: but if ever again | sec you bap-
tizing little ones against their own will,
and spite of their cries and kicks, as
saw you do last night, 'ciH dip you in
TO Mc icdter as STe's there's COD IN
IuaeL! You bet! LET US PRAY"
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Geary's Soliloquy.
AIR-Gqtdin Jinks.

I'm Governor "lIans" OF tho Keystone State,
For lobby jobs sit up late;
leave the people to their fate,
For am Governor Geary.
Oh! I'm the fi,vorite OF the Ring
The jolly Ring, the jolly Ring,
I'm King of the Ring, I'm King OF the Ring.
For am Governor Geary.
Pete Herdic's bill in haste sign,
TO make Lycoming's delegates mine,
Oh! don't play my game quite fine.
Since am Governor Geary!-.
Yes, I'm the favorite Of the Ring.
The jolly Ring, the jolly Ring,
I'm King of the Ring, I'm King OF the Ring,
For am Governor Geary.
I'm for the slippry Oil Pipe bill
| care not for Venangos Will,
The oil-men will not I'LL my till
Though am Governor Geary.
Oh I'm the favorite Of the Ring,
The jolly Ring, the jolly Ring.
I'm King of the Ring, I'm King OF the Ring
1--we the boys who fold and paste,
And sign their little bill In haste.
Nor pulter long about the waste,
For am Governor Geary.
Oh I'm the favorite of the Ring,
The jolly Ring, the jolly Ring,
I'm King Of the Ring, I'm X Ing OF tho Ring
For am Governor Geary.
I'm Governor "Hans" OF the keystone State,
Ny foes did Packer nominate.
know twas done to seal my fate,
And I'll not be Governor Geary,
Oh! I'm the victim OF the Ring,
Tbs qualsing Ring, the breaking Ring,
I'm the broken tool of the bursting Ring,
And I'll not be Governor Geary.
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A HAPPY REBUKE.-Watty Morri-
son was Scotch clergyman, and man
of wit and humor. On one occasion he
entreated the officer Mt Fort George to
pardon poor fellow that was sent to
the halberds. The officer offered to grant
his request if he would in return grant
him the favor he would ask. Mr.. Mar
rison agreed to this, and the officer iuls
mediately demanded that the ceremony
of baptism should be performed on
puppy. The clergyman agreed TO it,
and party of gentlemen assembled t.
witness the novel baptism. Mr.. Morri-
son desired the officer to hold up the
dog as was necessary in their baptism
of child and saidi
GAS / am minister Of the Church of
Scotland l must proceed according to
| the ceremonies of the church."
"Well then mayor, | begin by the
usual question "Do you acknowl-
edge yourself the father of this pup
py ?"
A roar of laughter burst from tha
crowd, and the officer threw the candl-
date for baptism away.
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aAisfellanfnas.
MY FIRST MONEY.

1t was a sixpence! New, clean, and
shiny, bearing upon it the image and
supcrscription of our queen; Victoria,D.
G., Britanniarum, &C., just like other
sixpenccs, but so white, so glossy, and
so we'll struck, that no other siXpence
on earth could have borne comparison
with il.
This was not Il fact open TO question.
had already classcd ii among tho ar
ticles of my belief, when taking the
"sixpence" delicately between my fin
gers | laid it tenderly upon my bcd,and
then knelt down on the floor in order
to have better view OF 1t. This was
my first alteration Of Mamlnon, my first
worship Of the golden-or, to speak by
the card, the silver-calf. l was five
years old the siXpenco was four years
and half my Junior. -Four years and
u half! This was great deal, the adj
vantage of age was manifestly on my
side, and this, l suspect, had not little
to do with the semi-patronizing glances
which, Notwithstanding my immense
| NtutTdtlOu lOI tlllS ApShNSb
occasionally ventured to throw upon it.
For / should not, l feel, have gazed
thus at an elder siXpencs. An octo-
genarian coin, for instance, would have
impressed me with certain degree of
awe. 1t might have been round the
world in the breeches- pocket of Captain
Cook It might have witnessed Trafalgar
from the waistcoat of Lord Nelson, it
might have passed through the hard
fingers of tho Iron Duke. A siXpence
of that sort could not have been viewed
with hippancy. No, it was better to
have young and inexperienced six
pence, Il siXpence with all its troubles
before it, like u youthful bear. 1t and
, were more on a footing Of equality
There was no need for me to stand up
on ceremony with it, and / could freely
. give vent to my sentiments in its pre-
sence without transgressing the laws o
propriety. There was no fear of it
looking sourly at me, AS much as to say
, "You little simpleton, 1t is lamentabl
for coin like me to fall into such i'll
bred hands as yours. Nor Burke, no
Sheridan, nor Charles James Fox, all
whom l knew most intimately, eve
grinned at me rs you do; and the youn
d William Pitt Ito whom was intro
i duced by his illustrious father the Eal
h of Chatham) never laughed at me-"
st That was the great advantage of
young sixpence, it being so fresh to tn
= ways of society. There was no dange
of its having learned its manners frol
the Prince Regent, or modelled its d
meanor upon that of Lord Castlereagl
1t could afford to be indulgent If
81 chuckled too loud and could make a
lowance, if, in the Jubilant pride of po
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Rather Too Sharp.

AN cnterprisingb business man of Hart
ford, Connecticut, runs two branches OF
trade, to wit: grocery and fish mar
ket The grocery he runs himself, the
fish-marlzet by deputy, and every
night the latter makes returns OF the
proceeds of the days business to the
proprietor. A day or two since the gro
Ger found in his fish market returns,
counterfeit five-dollar bill. He didn't
like to lose it, and he didn't quite want
TO take the chances of trying to pass it.
So he called on an old darkey who was
hanging about the premises, and said
to him
"Sam. here's iive.dollar bill that's q
little doubtful. If you'll take it and
pass it, I'll give you dollar out of the
change"
"Very WE'LL" said Sam, and he t,oE
the bill and went off. Later in the day
he returned, having accomplished thu
feat, and handed over four dollars il
good money to the grocer. That nigh
the grocer in counting over the cash re
turns from his fish market, was NOR
surprised than delighted to see the iden
tical five In the pile.
"Look here" said he, sharply, to hi
market clerk, "here's counterfeit bil
who did you take itof? didn't you knoN
it was bad?"
Clerk took it and looked at it mt
ment,
80 yes" said he, 81 remember nov
took it of Sam, the darkey. though
! it was little doubtful, and wasn't e
ing to take it, but he said no got it
, you, 80 / thought it was all right"
Further explanation was unnecessar