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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
A Frightful Parricide.

A horrible murder was commit
ted at Okolona, Miss, on Saturday
night last. Maj. Shepherd, Col
lector Of Internal Revenue, while
lying on his bed, Frustrated by pa
ralysis, and unable to lift his hand,
was shot through the heart by his
son, Lemuel, who entered the
room just as his mother was leav-
ing. Mrs. Shepherd, hearing the
report of the pistol, returned to
the room, noticed the absence of
her son, and, surprised at the report
having no effect upon her husband,
went to the bed and discovered
that he had been shot through the
heart.
Young Shepherd fed to the
woods. He was pursued by the
citizens who had learned of the af-
fair, and was arrested and brought
back. By this time the excite
ment was so great that it was
with difficulty the citizens were
restrained from inficting summa-
ry punishment upon the parricide.
He is still under arrest, awaiting
trial. Whisky is the supposed
cause. He is % years of age.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

The New York Express says /:
The hotels are full of Southern
men. These people, notwithstan-
ding the harsh treatment they are
receiving, do not hesitate to come
forward and spend their first mon
ey since the war among, and for
the benefit of, many of their per-
secutors. They make a princely
return for the plague Of carpet-bag-
ger.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

LUCKY EDITOR. Bro. Gribble OF
the Bellefontaine( Ohio Press says;
The thanks of the Press are due
Warder, Mitchell & Co., through
their agent in this place, Mr. John
Candy, for the champion reaper
and mower and fine span of hor-
ses presented US during the elSt
week.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

A young man in Kingston, N.
T., went to see his girl the other
night and when he started home,
thenight being dark, his inamora-
ia gave him red paper lantern to
light his lonely way. He took the
railroad track and was walking
leisurely along, his mind no doubt
filled with pleasant thoughts of the
fair one be had just left, when his
reverie was ended by some one in
the rear, who gave the Chinese
lantern a kick that sent it flying.
"Confound you,p said the person
behind, "here I've been slowing
my train for the last two hours on
account Of that red light" and look
ing behind him the young man
saw freight train, whose engi-
neer had disturbed his medita-
tions.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

William S. Chapman, who used
to be a farmer in Minnesots, but
could not get land enough in that
State and went to California TO ex-
pand, has cultivated this year fifty
thousand acres Of land and has
twenty thousand head Of cattle.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

A porter in Cincinnati has tro-
ken a heavy hatchway cover in
several pieces, but he had to fall
down three stories and kill him
self to do it,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

A marriage on horseback is an
nounced to take place in Holmes
county, Ohio. The ceremony is to
be performed on the second day
Of the county fair-an occasion
which usually attracts thousands
of spectators.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

The big Kentucky snake has
been made the subject of an affida-
Wit, in which one Simpson swears
the serpent was thirty feet long
and four feet thick.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

A couple recently walked twen-
ty-eight miles in Illinois, to find
a justice of the peace to marry
them,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

While Mr.. Alvin Bradley. of
Sheffield, Mass, was saving in his
mill not many days ago, the saw
going at the rate of one hundred
and sixty cuts a minute, a squirrel
ran into the mill, upon the log, and
up the saw-teeth without injury.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

The diffusion of knowledge in
Kentucky is shown by the fact
that a man is travelling through
the southern portion of the State
and deriving large income from
pretending to teach practical arith-
metic in a few hours, at a total
expense of three dollars a head.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

A respectable farmer in Iowa
has been arrested on a charge of
numbering his brother in Ireland
thirty years ago. A nephew
hunted him down.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

Now that the South is recov'
ering from the devastations OF the
rebellion, it is threatened with a
new infliction, as hundreds OF or
gan-grinders are going there to
pass the winter.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

An Iowa town took the name
of Oxford, but when an Oxford
grew up, near by, it changed its
name to Stanton. BY and by
Scranton and Stand wood appear
ed on each side, and now the
town meeting has voted to go with
out a name until the country is
settled.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18
gempIe If The s3lnsrs.
NoTH1NGlsLosr.

Nothing is lost. The drop of dew
That trembles on the leaf or flower
Is but exhaled to fall anew
In summers tender shower;
Perchance to shine within the bow
That fronts the sun at fall of dayi
Perchance to sparkle in the flow
Of fountains far away.
So with our deeds, for good or III,
They have their power scarce understood,
Then let us use our better will
To make them rife with good;
Like circles on lake they go,
Ring within ring, and never stay,
OH that our deeds were fashioned so
That they might bless alway.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

A lady in Iowa has just died of
starvation. Five years ago, while
drinking tea, she laughed and
choked, causing structure of the
throat, which at length rendered
her incapable of swallowing. She
was for some time sustained by
fluids injecting into the stomach.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18


board.
Earl Rogers stood at his post
pale and silent, yet altered and
watchful.
By the head light on the loco
motive he could see the track for
half a mile ahead, and his keen
eye scanned every inch of the way
as the train swept on.
Past Roman station-past the
Mill Cut, past Hills embankment,
and they plunged into the belt of
the woods which skirted Rocky
River.
Suddenly as they swept around
the curve Earl's cheek whltened
and he drew his breath in quick
and hardl
What he saw before the train,
warned him that only death and
destruction lay ahead.
He could probably save himself
by leaping of, but that would doom
all on board. Not a second did he
wait ! The sharp whistle to down
brakes sounded--he reversed steam
and did everything in his power
to stop the train.
When he saw that his efforts
were in vain, that the obstacle
which lay across the track only a
few rods in advance could not be
avoided, he sprang over the wood
box and unlocked from the car
riages. The engine, released from
the drag, shot ahead, and the next
instant plunged forward into the
gulf:
There was crash-a succession
of shrill whistles from the escaping
steam, and all was still.
Not one of the carriages went
down, the first one halted on the
bank of the abyss as if the more
fearfully to impress upon the
minds of the passengers the terri
BILE danger they had escaped.
Before the train had come to a
stop l had jumped out, and was
flying forward looking for Earl
Rogers.
They pointed to the river in an
swer to my inquiries, and seizing
a lantern from the hands of one of
the brakesmen, l soon climbed
down the bank and found him.
He lay under the wreck of the
locomotive, pale and bloody, with
no breath coming from his icy lips.
The two stokers were o little
way off, stone dead.
am an old man, but | did not
feel the weight of that poor fellow
as I carried him up the bank, and
on to the house of Domain, which
happened to be the nearest resi-
dence,
Of course old DemaiD could not
refuse him admittance under the
circumstances, and in five minutes
Laura was with me trying to re-
store the liteless man to conscious
ness.
She was all courage and hope :;
but for her we should have given
him up for dead, and | to this day
firmly believe that her presence
and her care brought him back
from death.
She never finched while the
surgeon amputated his leg at the
knee, it was the only way to save
him, DIR. Green said, and Laura
held the poor head of the patient
to her bosom and his hands in hers
through the whole operation.
The accident, it was found, had
been occasioned by stick of tim
Der pinned across the track, and
the railroad company offered five
thousand dollars for the discovery
of the rascally perpetrator.
No matter how we found it out,
but it was ascertained positively
that Prince Carleton was the gull
ty party.
He confessed it when we had
him snug and safe, and said that
because he wanted Earl Rogers out
Of the way, and because he hated
tbo rhola conoaYn (meaninp the
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-18

InDouglas county, Mimi, pota-
toes arepleuty for ortwenty-fye cents
per bushel.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Rouse the system,

1t is 4 sad thing to pass through life only hall
alive. Yet there are thousands whose habtual
condition is one Of languOr and debility. They
complain of no specific disease; they suffer no
positive pain; but they have no relish for any
thing which affords mental or sensuOus pleasure
to their more robust and enegertic fellow beings
In nine cases out of ten this state of lastitude
and tOrpOr arises from morbid stomach. In
digestion destroys the energy Of both mind and
body. When the waste of nature is not sup
piled by due and regular assimilation of the
food. every organ is starved, every function in
terrupted.
Now, what does common sense suggest under
these circumstances of depression? The sUsfeB,
needs rOUstnG and strengthening, not merely for
an hour or two, to sink atterward into a more
pitiable condition than ever, las il assuredIy
were resOrted to- but radically and perma-
ncnty.
How is this desirable object to be accomplish
ed2 The answer to this question, founded on
the unvary ing experiences of n quarter Of n
century, Is easily given. Infuse new Vigor into
the digestive organs by course of HOSTEL
TIERS STOMACH BITTERS. Do net waste
time IN administering temporary remedies, but
tUdkc the system up by recuperatng the fountain
head of physical strength and energy, the great
organ upon which all the other organs depend
for their nurture and support.
by the time that a dozen doses of the great
vegetable tonic and invigOrant have been texan
the feeble frame of the dyspeptic will begin to
feel IFS benign influence. Appetite will be
created, and with appetite the capacity to digest
what il Graves. PerSevere until the cure is
cOmplete-until healthful blood, fit to be the
material OF flesh and muscle. bone and nerve.
and brain. flows through the channels of circu-
lation, instead Of the watery pabuum with
which they have heretofore been imperfectly
nourlShed. iy2DdeOd lw-wlt.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31

thousands upon thousands of Demo
Gratis were denied registration, not
withstanding they clearly came
within the provisions Of the franz
chise law. 1t was by such system
of fraud and Partially that the
Radicals held the control OF
this State. If we could have
had a fair and honest regis
tration, the Radicals would long
since have been hurled from power.
The men who now support Stokes,
and who denounco Gov. Senter so
Justify because he has demanded
that every man entitled to vote shall
be registered, thought it was all
right for Brownlow to appoint regis
trars who would register only men
who would vote for Radicals. The
hypocrisy of the Suckers who com
plain of the present registration is
without a parallel in the political
history of this State.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
hardship to said parties"

The Huntingdon West Tennes-
seean says this paper virtually con-
fesses that Gov. Seniors registrars
issue certificates to Confederate SOL
diers without administering any
oath" and adds:
This, we are informed, has been done
here. OF this the UNION AND AMERICAN
is aware. For this purpose these regis
trars were appointed by Gov Senter.
And yet the UNION AND AMERICAN calls
upon the people to vote for the man who
Aagitiously violates the law which he has
sworn to execute"
We do not know that "Gov. Sen
ter's registrars" do any such thing
as is stated we virtually confess. u
We are satisfied Gov. Senter APP
pointed as registrars just such men
as he believed would honestly and
faithfully execute the law, and we
are further satisfied that he has ex.
pected nothing else from his ap-
pointees.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31

THE Governor of Georgia has
pardoned Robert F. Curry, Walter
p. Inman and VIM. II. Inman, (the
two latter formerly citizens of East
Tennessee } cashier and directors of
the Northwestern Bank of Georgia,
who are prosecuted under the
statute of that State for refusing to
redeem the bills of said bank. The
Governor alleges, as grounds for his
proceeding, that tho failure was not
the fault Of these officers, but the
necessary result Of the action of the
civil powers of tho State during the
late rebellion and the destruction
and loss of property occasioned
during the late civil war, and sec
ondly, because "the expenses, in
convenience and trouble of a de.
fcnse will work great damage and
hardship to said parties"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
JUDGE COOPER's ELIGIBILITY,

The Stokes organ of yesterday
afternoon says:
ave arc informed that Judge Cooper
has not resided in this county or sem
atorial district one year, and will not
have so resided on the day of the election
His residence in this county, as we are
informed, commenced last fall. lie
moved from Lebanon, Wilson county, to
this county sometime last October or
November Now, if this be true, how
can he be constitutionally elected Sena-
tor from this district ? Will the Judge
examine the 10th section of article of
the State constitution and inform the
people whether he is eligible or not ?
Shall we hold him ineligible until the
contrary is shown
In answer to this, we are author
Used to say that Judge Cooper came
to this county in July, 1865, and
has resided here ever since. The
question of his eligibility was sub
mittcd to himself with the consti-
tutional clause before him-fully
considered, and decided in the af-
firmative-that is, that he has been
a resident Of Davidson county one
year (and more) Immediately pre-
ccding the election.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
THE GRAIN CROP ABROAD AND
Az HONE

AT HOME.
The prospect of the grain crops |
at homo and abroad deservedly
attract a large share of attention at
this time. A correspondent of the
London Times, writing from Hun
gary on the 8th of July, says that
off this years production of grain
proves smaller, it is moro than
made up by the stores remaining
from last year, which amounted to
one-ffth of the crop" The London
Telegraph of July 9, in an editorial,
says "the prospects of both wheat
and barley upon the principal
corn growing areas of England
certainly indicate deficient produce
ton: our merchants and specula
tors are operating in the northern
continentalports and in the Levant,
and inquiring also in the markets
of France. Large importations
will be wanted" The Mark Lake
Gazette of the 18th says the
recent brilliant sunshine on that
island "comes too late to alter the
character ofthis years crop, which
cannot by any possibility equal
that of 1868, while the first gather
ings in France show an inferior
weight and greatly deficient yield
but oats promise great abundance,
and the quality will be excellent"
Alderman Mechi, in letter to the
Times, dated the 14th, remarks that
''no doubt that the four million
acres of wheat crop Will be in guam
tity and quality much below that of
last year, and perhaps under aver
age; but the twenty~nine and a
half millions of acres of permanent
pasture, and the ten millions of
acres Of root and green crops, will
be very greatly in excess Of 1865"
The adVices from the Northwest
indicate an unusually large wheat
harvest, and the corn crop has inn
proved wonderfully within few
days. The New York Tribune
says: "Tho conclusion to which all
this information may lead the far
mer seems to be that we are to
have a year of cheap and abund-
ant food everywhere. The Cali
fornia surplus was never so large.
1t will be waited direct from the
wharves of San Francisco to the
Liverpool docks. This, with what
she can obtain from the ports of the
Baltic and Black Seas, considering
the largeness Oh her oat ana root
crops, will prevent England from
calling loudly on the Northwestern
States. The South, since the days
when Washington was a wheat
grower, has never come so near
producing all her own food and en-
joying 4 wholesome sense Of indie
pendence of the Northwest. The
manufacturing States will of course
require their bread from the West,
and the West will be only too glad
to furnish it at price little above
the cost of production"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
NASHVILLE. 1859.

Sir: This capacious, or as Mr.. Samuel u.
Morgan says. Grant Builling Is about com
pleted.
We are in good readiness Co. Storage Of all
articles of Merchandise and Pro luce sent in
packages whether for sale or shipment OF % bB
held here for account Of the owner.
The very large Granary. 27UOD square feet u
q success against the depredaiiOns Of rats and
Of mice too. unless sent 10 ~ within sacks 81
grain. II Is Just the arrangement needed for
Wheat. Rye. Barley, Oats, Corn Meal and
Flour in sacks OF paper bags.
Zach owner can be furnished with a separate
apartment by promptly communicating the
quantity to be sent We procure advances on
Produce and Merchandise sent TO US. and cover
same with insurance unless ordered not to do
so.
We think we have one Of the most secure
buildings in this country, and offer this com
munity, as We think, better. cheaper and
safer accommodation than can be found any
where. EDWIN III. DOBGLAS.
jy TON Manager
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
BANKRUPT SALE.

| WILL ON THE 18th or AUGUST 1869
L sell on the premises, to the highest bidder
for cash, the undivided half of tract of land
lying in Wilson county. district Ne. q, bound
ed by the lands of G. W. WOllen, q. Baird an
A. Harris; the same sold by me as Assignee o.
A. j. Spickard. and who has been regularly ad
judged a Bankrupt The said land has been
redeemed By me as assignee of said Spickard
THOMAS KIRKPATRICK,
jy23 laW3t" Assignee.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
LEGAL NOTICES.
Marshal's Sale.

DY VIRTUE or A WRIT OF VEN, EFT
ID to me directed from the Circuit Court OF
will, on MONDAY, the End day of AUGUST
1863, at the Warehouse of CHARLES NELSON.
Nos IS and ~ Market street, sell 10 the highest
bidder, for cash. Five Barrels of Rectifed
Whisky, of which Pettis 4 Bro are the reputed
owners. being condemned as forfeited to
the UnitediStates in violation of the revenue
laws. Sale to take place at 10 o'clock, An.
L. X. GLASC0CK.
Iv1I-IOt u. S, Marshal
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31

by VIRTUE GA WRIT FL. FA. TO Ee-
- directed from the Circuit Court of tn
United States tor the District of Middle Ten
nesSee, at ITS April Term. 1859, will sell to th
highest bidder for Cash. at the Courthouse d 90
IN the city Of Nashville, ON THE 9TH DAY
OF JULY. lS5g. all the right title, claim. in
terest and estate which A. NJ. Bailey has in and
TO the following described piece or parcel of
land tO-wit:
Lying in Maury county. Tennessee in civil
district Ne. -. beginning at stake the 4 +
corner of the Or. L. }. Polk tract; thence N
St'4 " 80 ch links to a stake in Mrs. Eliza
Mex endrick's north bOundry line; thence N Is
ch s. links to stake; thence w IS ch o. links
to i stake; thence n 81 Oh "a links to the center
of the railroad; thence with the railroad N So
/ 3 rh; thence n 5ll4o L ch Is links; thence
N 6l' ch 70 links. thence S 80 W 42 ch 10
links to stake, A Thompson's southwest cor
neI; thence n 81 Q, L 81 ch 80 links TO black
oak stump, in A ThompsOn's south boundary
line; thence 5 70 Z IL ch 81 links to the begin
ing, containing Two Hundred and Sixteen
Acres. more or less, levied upon and sold to
satisfy an execution in favor VerhsoG, Nc
Campbell h Co VS.. A. NJ. Bailey.
+. k. GLASC0CK,
iunlS wit NJ. NJ ID. T.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
ONthe first page this morning. w,

On the first page this morning, we
publish the address of the Execu-
tive Committee appointed by the
County Convention on Thursday
last.
1t is q stirring exhortation in be-
half of Messrs. Cooper, Rhea and
Walker. We commend the appeal
to thepeople to whcmitis addressed,
and urge that the utmost activity
and vigilance be exercised.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
MARSHAI..S SALE.

pY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF VEN ct. TO
ID me directed, from the Circuit Court of the
United States for the Middle District of Ten
nessee. ! will. on
SATURDAY, THE nth DAY OF AUGUST.
Expose at public sale to the highest bidder, for
cash, at the Courthouse or in the city of
Nashville, all the right. title, claim. interest
and estate. which J. W. Edwards has in and to
to the following described piece or par
gomery county. Tennessee, bounded a,
follows: On the north by tho lands of
T. W: Atkinson, deceased; on the east by
Daniel Gold; on the south by lot of J. X.
Smith, and on the west by the lands of II. h.
Irice and W. +. Hargrove. conveyed TO j. W.
Edwards by j X. Smith and Kit Jones. See
Record Book u, pages IS and -, at GAINESVILLE,
tennessee Sold to satisfy an execution in
favor OF Blachman, Parker i Grey. Sale within
the hours prescribed by law.
Il. X. GLASCOCK,
July 5, lsUg itw Marshal
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
''The Late Unpleasantness "

5 ABOUT To PASS AWAY LEAVING THE
L city IN quiet condition. We therefore offer
for sale al classes of city, Edgefeld and cOun-
try property. al very low figures. Call and get
a bulletin giving full descriptions.
ARLINGTON. FAERAR & WEAkLEH,
jy3tf No. ~ Maxwell House, Church st
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31
BOUTWELL'S MISTAKE

Leading Radical papers Of the
North are deprecating the interior
ence Of members Of Grants cabinet
in the contest for Governor Of this
State. The Albany Journal, the
Radical organ at the capital Of
New York, declares that there is
no occasion for interference by the
Washington authorities" and that
what Boutwell, has done was "upon
his individual responsibility, and
that President Grant has no desire
to be involved in the quarrel" And
the Journal states emphatically that
$50 far as the two men are con
cerned, the sympathios of the Re
publicans throughout the country
are certainly not with Stokes" The
New York Times is equally en-
phatic in cOndemning the course of
Boutwell,, and claims that the sec
ton of the Republican party as,
sailed by him ''is that which is most
in harmony with the general policy
of the President, and with the de-
sires and purposes of the party
every where" These Radical or
gans see and appreciate the mistake
of members of the cabinet seeking
to identify the administration with
a candidate who is certain to be de-
feated. They naturally feel that
the administration is to lose by
such course, and hence they dep
recate it in very emphatic terms