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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-26
payne and to ride in a carriage while

payne and to ride in carriage while
thousands of honest folks are in
want Of necessaries. Which of the
two candidates is likely to be pre-
ferred by a working man who hears
his children cry for more bread ?
l seriously apprehend thatyou win,
in some such season of adversely as
/ have described, do things which
will prevent prosperity from return
ing; that you will act like people
would in year of scarcity, devour
all the seed corn, and make the next
year a year not of scarcity, but of
absolute famine. There will be, / |
fear, spoliation. The spoliation
will increase distress. The distress
will produce fresh spoliation. There
is nothing to stay you. Your con-
stitution is all sail and no anchor.
As / have said before, when a society
has entered on this downward pro-
gress, either civilization or liberty
must perish. Either some Cesar or
Napoleon will seize the reins of
government with astrong hand, or
your Republic will be as fearfully
plundered and laid waste by the
barbarians in the twentieth century
as the Roman Empire was in the
fifth, with this difference that the
Huns and Vandals, who ravaged
the Roman Empire, came from
without, and that your Huns and
Vandals will have been engendered
within your country by your own
Institutions. Thinking this, of
course, cannot reckon Jefferson d
among the benefactors of mankind s.
readily admit that his intentions
we're good and his abilities con
siderable. Odious stories have been
circulated about his private life;
'ut do notknow on what evidence =,
hose stories rest, and / think it \
'robable that they are false or :,
nonstrously exaggerated. 1 have 6,
% doubt that / shall derive both
leasure and information from your
ccount of him.
have the honor to be, dear sir,
our faithful servant.
T. B. MACAULAY.
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UNION AND AMERICAN.
A BEAUTIFUL PoEm.
From the Boston Advertiser.

NhVM tuc DOsJOn advertiser
The following poem was written b,
Henry Timrod, South Carolina poet. WIN
died about year ago. The reader il no,
required TO be a defender of the "faller
cause" in order to appreciate the singularly
me feeling and Hoble expression which
characterize the verses. They were greatly
admired by tina late Gov. Andrew. who
often repeated them to bis friends-the
last time but few days before his death
and 1t is from 8 manuscript in The hand
writing of one of his children that the
poem Ia copied here:
Ode
Sung on the occasion Of decorating the
graves oi the Confederate dead, at Mag
noiIa Cemetery, Charleston, S. c.
/.
Sleep sEeetly ia your humble graves
,sieeP' martyrs OF a fallen cause
though yet no marble column Graves
Inc pilgrim here TO pause.
In seeds Of laurel in the earth
The blossom Of your fame is blown.
Aud somewhere, waiting for its birth,
The shait Is IN the stoDel
III,
Meanwhile. behalf the tardy years,
Which keep in trust your storied tombs
Behold your sisters bring their tears
Aud these memorial blooms. o.
ra
".
Small tributesl bat your shades will smile
More broadly on these wfeathes to-day,
Than when some cannon-mouldeTed pile
Shall overlook this bay.
V.
|-stoop. angels. hither from the skiesl
There Is no holier spot of ground
Than where defeated valor lies
BY mourning beauty crowned
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RI GOODS.
n Ew GOODS
R. &. T. KIRKPATRICK

ASRECEIVED HIS STOCK OF STAPLE
Il u and Fancy Dry Goods for the Spring,
and has everything new in
Black and Fancy Silks, Plain Striped
and checked POplins, Grenadines,
Black and In C0lors, Gray Goods for
Travelling Dresses. all kinds Of
Mourning Goods, III In White and
colOred Piques, Pereales and French
Chiaizes, Striped and Printed Linen
Cambrics, Plain White linen Cam
brics for Dresses, all kinds OF Goods
for Walking Suits, Spring Shawis
In Great Varirty, White and Black
Lace Points, Hosiery and Gloves,
Paras0ls and Fans, ke, 10. ~
Together with a full line Of alt kinds Of Staple
Gsods. such as Table Linens, Towels, Napkins.
Linen and Cotton Sheetings, Irish Linens. Pill
low Cottons and Linens, DOmestics, Prints,
Boys Wear, etc, at the VERY Low EST
PRICES. Mt No SIS Collega Street. mrs BIN
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CORPORATION TAXES.
REVENUE COLLECTORS OFFICE
City Hall. (SOuth end MarkethOusel !

REVENUE COLLECTORS OFFIcE,0
City Hall. (SOuth end Mark elhousel
NASHVILLE. May II. 1863.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL
IN parties owing Corporation Taxes for
the year 1853, that the same are now due. and
p ayable without penalty, during tho time fixed
by law for the voluntary payment of the same.
notification. After the expiration of the said
time five 90 per centum will be added to all
sums not exceeding one thousand tSlOO0) dol
lars. and upon all ans above that amodnt two
~ per centu-A. Parties owing taxes for this
year are earnestly requested to call immediate.
ly and make prompt payment of the same,
b. j. SHERIDAN,
mayli If CITY ReVeAue Collector
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NOTICE.

TO WHOM 1T MAY NCRRN.
A STATIONARY Two FLUE BOILER
penses left with the undersigned for repairs IN
the fall of 1867, by 4. Ii. Summers, who did re
side in Rutherford or Cannon county, Tenn. II
said charges are not paid on or before the 10th
of June next the same will be sold at public
auction. for cash, to the highest bidder, al 4
o'clock on that day. Boiler in good repair
engine complete except main shaft and hy-
wheel 49,. -.... --
Corner Front and Broad strs.
may BOD Nashville. Tenn.
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7ISGIS1x LEAF TOBACCO.

Jdst received from Richmond and Lynchburg
ten hhds. Fine Old Virginia Leaf Tobacco. For
sale low by }. 4 l.. WH0RLEY,
may25t II AZ South Market 81.
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Allegheny Springs,
CoURTV vTunVNn
Pulaski Manufacturing Go.
,OnMIsSIONERs' BOOKS OPEN FOR

co nMIssIONERS' BOOKS OPEN FOR
STOCK.
DOCKS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE SUB
ID scriptiOn of Stock in the Pulaski Manufac-
turing Company, at j. p. MAYS Store Pulas-
XII. Tennessee. and the House of ORR BRO
THEIRS, Broad street. Nashville Tennessee
and will remain open until June l, 1868. This
company has the same charter as granted to the
Tennessee Manufacturing Company now being
organized in Nashville. and starts with the we'll
known Richland Factory, in full operation and
paying a profit, as a basis. Here is fine OPP
portunity for capitalists to make an invest
ment. WIN. SIM0NTON,
Chairman Of Commits toner's.
SANORR Sec'y mayl2 ID
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PUMPS! /!
NNE INVITE ESPECIAL ATTENTION TO
w our new assortment of
Pumps, Chandeliers, Gas Fixtures,

OF every variety ana DESCRIPTION;
Bath Tubs and Wash Basins, MARBLE Marble
lied iron, plain and enamelsd.) Water Closets,
Urinals Rubber Hose. Brass Goods for steam,
water. etc. which we will sell at the lowest pos
sible fgueTes.
PUMPS.-0ur stock Of Pumps are very ex-
tensive and complete. placing this important
convenience within the reach Of every house
holder. rich "T poor. To DO convince Of this
fact it is only necessary to call and examine
our stock and prices
IRON PIPE.-This ago of manufacturing en-
terPTlge has developed demand for Iron Pipe
never before experienced. and we are now fully
prepared 10 supply this demand.
We have completed arrangements by which
We are enabled to sell as CHEAP AS ANY
NORTH EkN HOUSE, with the difference OF
freight added.
To parties improving, needing CLAY PIPE
for Cistern and Sewerage purposes, we win sell
very low. IS our stock on hand is always very
large. HENDERSON BROS.
Practical Plumbers, Gas and Steam Filters
mayl9 en- 70 N. Cherry St, Nashville.
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Tile most Efficient, Comfortable and
Secure Truss In use, con-
structed upon an entirely
New PriueiDie.

TT is ENTIRELY DIFFERENT IN PRIN
Il ciPle and action from any other now in use
and has every desirable advantage. viz:
isS 4 Is hghti clean and easy; no pressure
I'd. 1t has no Springs or Iron Bands. thus
avoiding all In uri0us Pressure on the Back,
at the same time supporting the ABIDE
men and relieving the aperture of ali Undue
Weight.
Sd. The Button is SO formed that the pressure
is equal on all the parts of the Hernial Aper-
ture, without infringing on the Spermatic Cord.
4th. The composition of which the Button is
made, render it lmpervious to Precipitation.
and produces rapid absorption Of the deposits
in the subeutaneous cellular tissues, which per-
mits the Button to act immediately upon the
tendinous canal. thus effectually closing the
neck and Obliterating the Hernial Sac By
adh ssiye Inflammation.
st 4. 1t is as Comfortable. night or day. as
glove.
9th. 1t is not complicated. and cannot get
out Of order.
This Instrument is confidently recommended
to the public. kuOWing that il is superior to any
now in use. 1t has been tried by sufficient mum:
bers to prove its superiority over all Others
both for the Comfort and Cure of the wearer.
This Instrument IS recommended by the
leading Surgeons and Physicians throughout
the country for the certain relief and cure
Of Hernia
1t is recommended by patients who have
tried the various Spring Trusses" for years,
without obtaining relief. and have been cured
BY this Truss.
Certificates from we'll parties in Nash
vile, can be seen at this office.
Ladies will be waited on at their homes.
alss manufacture a LADIES' SUPPORTER
giving Strength and certain relief in weak
back and falling of the womb.
The Combined CHEST EXPANDER AND
SUSPENDER made to order. Agents wanted
in every county in the State. 4
All communications should be addressed
with stamp to
w. III. p JONES. General Agent,
Office, No. Union Street,
APT If Three doors from Market up stairs
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ERYSIPELAS, SALTRHEUM, SCALD
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HEAD, UUIIht, IUMUhS. " III IL SW EIIL-
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and can be taken at home without interfering
with the habits. occupation, OF diet of he pa
tient, and no other effects are felt from them
than a gradual disappearance of the disease,
AID n return 81 health.
All ether chronic diseases successfully tTeated
at NV Electric Water Cure, as per advertise
ment ~ another 90 umn.
=. A. WESTERVELT NJ. D..
Electric Water Cure. No. Is Mulberry ST.,
apas cod 3m Nashville Tenn.
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THE NASHVILLE
UNION AND AMERICAN.
Subscription Price treaty Reduced.
A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE
The Best and Cheapest.
CLUBBING RATES.
To Clubs of Five or more Subscribers
We Will send our
MAMMOTH WEEKLY
For one year, each. 81 80. q

% .-rag ~
To clubs of Ten or more Subscribers.
We will send our
MAMMOTH WEEKLY
FOR ONE YEAR. EACH, 81 So
Any one getting ND q
Il u B . T. IT H ~
Shall have One Copy Gratis.
LET EACH GET ANOTHER SUBSCRIBER.
Don't Delay Your Subscriptions
Rss~ One friend, by . little effort, has
frequently sent uB upwards of One Hun
bred Subscribers. Let each one try and
send us one more. Address
>. q. GRIFFITH "a co.
Nashville. renr.
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CURE OF SCPOTULA-A DESPERATE
CASE TESTIMONY OF ONE OF
NASHVILLE'S OLDEST AND BEST
KNOWN MERCHANTR

I HEREBY CERTIFY. THAT IN FEBRUA-
/ ~, 1860. Mrs. Armstrong, of Indiana.
brought her child. then four years old, to Nash
Vile TO have it examined by the Professors of
the Nashville Medical College. then in session.
Its disease was scrOfula, and 1t was covered
with sores from the crown of its head to its feet
1t WAS completely blind, and had never been
able to stand alone The doctors told hSr there
was no cure for il, and il was useless even to
try to give it relief. Having seen the child,
and being acquainted with its mother. | advised
her to call in DIR. Westervelt. and let him see
IT, which she did. lie told her at once that be
could cure it, aad would warrant cure If she
would take his medicine home with her. and
give il to the child according to his directions;
which she agreed TO do. 10 three months from
that time she wrote TO me, stating that the
child was entirely well. There was not sore
about it, its sight was restored, and il could run
about as smart as any child of its age. a his
cure was performed OVer nine years ago. know
the child is still living, and has had no return
of the disease; | also know that DR.. Westervelt
has since cured other members of the family Of
7he same disease. l give this statement as
above with pleasure, hOplng others may be
benefited by it. ROBERT SMl III,
Dry Goods Merchant, No ~ BrOa St.
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A. V. DUPONT & CO.,
p A p L. II,

p A r Il H,
No. 1856 Main street. between Fourth and Fifth
LOUISVILLE. KY.
L EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND, AND
IN manufactured to order. news. book ant
job papers. cards, card boards. hthOgraph, en-
ameled and all other papers. Of any and every
description, at as low prices as can be obtained
in any other market. Publishers, booksellers
and statiOners are invited TO examine our stock
or send orders. Cash paid for rags. hemp and
cotton waste apF24 6m
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Nashville and Chattanooga
Il "A i L r O Al
A'IsSsE Eng. TRAINS LEAVE NASH


> PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE NASH.
q vile daily. as follows:
Lay dsson 9:f n
arrive Ia n n
@ ~, Pm.
~ Snateanoogh .''-..- 30 A. NJ
Both trains connect ut Chattauooea Tor Rona
Selma, Atlanta. and all points South
Passengers for washington City. Baltt-
more, philadelphia and New Work.
as well as all points in East Tenn essee and Viz,
gina. viii make direct connections through by
taking tae 600 P. N. Train out of Nashyilie.
Palace Sleeping Cars ON ali Nigh
THIS rs THE SHORT ROUTE EAST.
~es~so onooheo
sHELBYYILLE ACCOMMODATION
oe 400 y. M
Arrives at Nashvile-...........,,..., a n
,p Passengers for McMinnvillo and Manchester.
y lncnester and Alabama or Jasper Branch
vile. Iw erx9 ~ ~ GHsn-
w. L. DANLEY, Sune-;ntsndo,.
- u. I. agent. janl If
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FIFTEEN HUNDRED To TWO TH0T.
SAND PERSONS.

The WHITE SULPHUR is now the Western
terminus Of the Chesapeake x Ohio railroad.
and the cars OF that road I'm connection with
telegraphie facilities) will be running 60 che
Springs by the lSF Og july
No pans or expense have OF viii be spared
10 secure the comfortable entertainment. in all
the varieties Of accommodation. of. the large
number Of visitors that will resort 10 the SpIiBgs
the present season.
sS- One Of the best LAWN AND BALL
ROOM BANDS will be 10 attendance: an ex
tensive LIVERY has been provided, and suit-
able Arrangements made to facilitate every in
nOcent and recreatiVe amusement appropriate
TO fashionable watering place. A number Of
fancy and masquerade balls will be civ en- dur
ing the season.
Charges will be e2J per week. and $50 per
month ChildTeR under 10 years Of age and col
ored servants half price. White servants nc
cOrding to accommodations.
PEYT0NS & Co. PrOprietars
White Sulnhur SD ms. w. Va. mYIi-lm
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|-Stoop, angels. hither from the skiesl
There Is no holier spot of ground
Than where defeated Valor lies.
BY mourning beauty crowned
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WHITE sULPHUR SPRINGS,
w GREEN ERI ER COUNTY W

These celebrated Springs so favOrably known
mer climate. and as one of the most fashiona-
BILE resorts IN the country. opened Tor company.
On the 18th Of May.
And with the extensive Improvements that
have been made are prepared for the cOn-
fort HE aeeouu Of from
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small tributesl bat your shades will smile
More broadly on these wioathes to-day,
Than when some cannon-m ouldeTed pile
Shall overlook this bay.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-28
THE END OF FOUR GREAT MEN.

The four cOnquerors who occupy the
most conspicuous places in the history
of the world are Alexander, Hannibal,
Caesar, and Bonaparte.
Alexander, after having climbed the
dizzy nights of his ambition, with his
temples bound with chaplets dipped in
the blood of millions, looked down up
on a conquered world, and wept that
there was not any other world for him
to conquer, set city OH fire, aud died
in scene of debauch.
Hannibal, after having. to the aston
ishnent and CONSERVATION of Rome,
passed the Alps, and having put to
flight the armies of the mistress of the
world, and stripped ''threc bushels OF
gold rings from the fingers of her
slaughtered knights" and made her
foundations quake, fed from his coun-
try, being hated by those who once ex-
ultingly united his name to that of their
god. and called him Hani-baai; and
ed and unwept, in a foreign land.
Cesar, after having conquered eight
hundred cities, and dying his garments
in the blood of one million of his foes,
after having pursued to death the only
rival ne had OH earth, was miserably
assassinated by those he considered his
nearest friends, and in that very place
the attainment of which had been his
greatest ambition.
Bonapartc, whose mandates kings and
popes Obeyed, after having filed the
earth with the terror of his name-aft-
er having deIugcd Europe with tears
and blood, and clothed the world in
sackcIoth-closed his days in lonely
Punishment, almost literally exiled
from the world, yet where he could
sometimes see his country's banner
| waving over the depot, but which did
not and could not bring him aid.
Thus these four great men, who
seemed to stand the representatives OF
all those whom the world calls great
these four men, who each in turn made
the earth tremble to its very center, by
their simple tread, severally died-One
by intoxication, or, as wac supposed,
by poison mingled with his wine-one
a suicide-onc murdered by his friends
and one a lonely exilei How wretch
ed is the end of all such greatness!
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A new telegraph safety signal for
railroads has recently been put in OPP
Grafton under the direction of Mr.. X.
Stewart, the superintendent of tele-
graphs, and Mr.. G. NJ. Phelps, the well
known electrician. a New Jersey pa
per, the Bordentown Register, contains
an account of it and of its application
on the railroad at Trenton It appears
to be of the most remarkable simple
ity, of the most perfect adaptation to
the purpose for which it is designed.
II renders accident to a train from mis-
placed switches an utter impossibility,
and it also provides against accidents
to trains when the signal apparatus is
deranged from any cause whatever.
The signals may be distinguished as
far as the eye can reach, thus affording
the most ample notice OF safety or dan
ger to even the most careless engineer.
If this Geographic signal possesses the
characteristics described in the Regis-
ter it will doubtless be used by the rail-
roads as the best means of eventiIg
those accidents at switches which often
have such shocking resuits.-Le0cen-
trOrth BsetEetia.
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JOHN PHGNIy AND JEFFERSON
DAVIS.

When Jefferson Davis was Secretary
of War. he issued circulars to ali the
army officers, asking of them specif1ca4
tons for new uniform. Phoenix, who
was an excellent craftsman, sat to work
and produced design. He made no
great change In the uniform, but he
proposed revolutionizing the entire
system of modern tactics by an iron
hook. This hook was to be attached
to the seat of every soldiers pants. 1t
applied to every arm Of the services
cavalry, infantry and artillery. He IL
Illustrated its use by a series of well exe-
cuted designs. He quoted high medi-
cal authority, providing its advantages
In medical point of view. The heavy
knapsack, he argued, induced q stoop~
ing position and contraction of the
chest. But hung ON the hook by
strap connection with the shoulder, IL
would brace the body back and expand
the chest. The cavalry thus were to be
rendered more secure in their seats,
hooked to ring in the saddle. ALI
the commissioned officers were to carry
light twenty-foot pole with ring
attached to the end. This was to be
used during an engagement in drag
gIng the stragglers back into the ranks.
he illustrated a terrific battle with the
Generals and Colonies thus occupied,
TuHutuS aOOut naullug SLrag9LcrS 10 the
ranks. In many other unheard of ways
did he expatiate upon the value Of his
hook. Jefferson Davis was enfaged.
His dignity was wounded and the SER
vice insulted. He instantly made out
an order directing Phoenix to be court
martialed for contempt. Marcy was
made aware of Phpnix's transaction, as
well as the cloud hanging over him.
He looked over the plates. He saw a
regiment, their backs toward him,
drawn up in line, blankets, hams, and
all manner of camp equipage pending
from each hook. Marcy broke down.
Said he to Davis, "It's no use to court
martial this man. The matter will be
made public; the laugh will settle en-
tireiy on us, and, besides, man who has
the inventive ingenuity here displayed,
as well as the faculty of design, lily di-
rected though it be, is too valuable to
the service TO be trified with" John
Phoenix was not brought to grief, and
Davis anger was at length sufficiently
Modified for him to enjoy the joke. Il
does not appear, however, that they
adopted PhRnix's plan.
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THE CONFEDERATE BEADeTWENTY
ACRES OF HUMAN BONES.

A correspondent thus writes of the
Confederate burial place at Malvern
Hill, Virginia:
as our guide, and, after showing us the
fort and its adjacent rifle-pits, he escort
ed us to q large field on the northwest
side of the fort, and there a most terri
BILE scene presented itself. Thousands
of Confederate dead who had fallen In
their desperate and persistent attempt
to take Fort Harrison, were buried by
the COnfederates where they fell.
Twenty acres or more have just been
plOwed up by the owner of the field,
and the pillow share turned to the surface
all these skeletons. Over the whole
tract the bones are strewn in profusion,
and grinning skulls stare the visitor in
the ftce on every hand.
"When the farmer was questioned, he
said the IandSNTas now the richest place
he had. and in justification of his saeri-
legious act, stated that 'he did't put 'eIn
there, nohow' We learned afterward
that the bones had been taken away by
the cart load and sold to fertilizing mills
in Richmond. Two humane men, to o
poor to do anything else, came while
We were there, and attempted to burn
some of the bones to prevent the wretch
es from carting them off. But a long
job they will have if they attempt to
burn them all.
"Yet these are not the only fields of
Confederate bones we have seen, nor
the first instance of disrespect for their
dead that we have witnessed. Perhaps
they are too poor, as they plead, to bury
them. Then, in the name of humanity,
why do they rear stone monument,
forty-five feet square at the base and
ninety feet high, at Richmond, to the
memory of the Confederate dead in
the cemetery, and leave their bones to
bleach in the fields? 2"