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Also, we take an extract from a letter writ
ten by Mr.. D, X. Meek, a young mar of this
place, who has gotten as far away as posi-
bic from civilization, out in the savage. peo-
Piled Eli Doradoes Of the West. His letters
abound in graphic descriptions Of what be
sees, which We will publish from time to time
as the state Of our columns will permit. He
thus despicts a Sabbath in
CHEYENNE CITY.
The morning was beautiful and bright
Sut unlike Sabbath at home, no church bells
ringing out on the clear air, summ0ninr the
following to worship bu: rirr rersa. Stores,
saloons and shops OF all kinds open-a big
day for business, in fact, the best dav Of the
week. Al night, the Coacert Halls open,
the sparkling bowl flowing freely, men and
women tripping the " light fantastic toe
bands Of music serenading around Town, mud
drinking, smoking and carousing the orier,of
the night. One man killed or rs Is sneering-
" termed " served Tor supper Such was
the observance ct the L0ri's day, that | wit
messed in this mOderp GOmorrah. This place
eighteen monthsago WAS no place ut all, now
IL is quite n city, boasts some FIVE thousand
nhabitants-has about & dozen hotels and
The stTeets are lined with stores.
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rME rNION FI.AG LAS

A Larger Circulation b any other pa
per la Upper East Tennessee.
r1EH OFELCIAL JOURNAL
Ter Tie First Congressional District the State u Ten,
nesse, and The United States,
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Proclamation b. the Governor.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
NASHVILLE, March ~, 1869.


NASHVILLE, March ~, 1869.
"HEREAS, the General Assembly Of
w the State did, on the 23d dsy Of
February, 1863, pass Fan act to bring
on the elections OF the Judges, Chan
c%ellors, and At tornsy Generals"
Now, therefore, l. D. W. G. Scnter,
Governor etc, by virtue of the power
in me vested, do hereby. in accor-
dance with said act, order an cleo
lion 10 DO opened and held by the
Commissioners Of Registration, at the
various places OF voting within the
limits Of lbs State, m THURSDAY,
the 9th day of May 1869, for the
purpose OF elseting three Judges of
the Supreme Court, and an Attorney
General and Reporter for the State
and also for the election Of Circuit
Jodges. Cbancellors, aRd District
Attorneys General, in each Of the Ju-
diciI circuits and ChaneerY Divis-
ions throughout the State, where
she present incumbents are now hold.
ing their respective Offices BY appoint.
ment from the Governor and also
for the election of Judges OF the Grim
inal, Common, Law aud ChAneery
Courts of Memphis, and Tor Dis
lricL Attorney General Of the CHM
innl and Common Law Conrts Of
Memphis; and The oBcers holding the
elections in he various eOpaties in
this State shan mako returns to the
office Of tbe Seors,sy Of State within
tho lime preeibej BY law
f 10 testimony whereof, ],
SEAL have hereunto SGT my hand
- and caused the great seal
OF the State TO be affixed at the De-
partment in Nnshyile.on this, tho Esd
day Of March. A. ID. 1850
BY the Governor:
D. W {. SENTER
A. ,. FLETcnER. seeretAryV of State,
ram the papers entitled 70 public
! ad vortriRg vii psblNb the above In
their weekly Mr. foUt weeks and oneO
WITHIN : week preceding tho election.
69spf1wf ~ aa
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FERTILIZERS, PER TON

bAVdh kAW bNa9 phosphate.
per Ton ,~..,.. .s.,. i-....a.asAQ % d M u
Baltimore City Mann lGsiuTingCo's
Fertilizers, per too a........ W@
Bait, City 3. 8. Poudretts, y ton Em
Bat City s. PoudTette, per ton. ~
Fish Guano, per oA...,-.sr..- Nv
FoWle 4 Co.'S Phosphate Peruvian
GuaHo, per on.......uAr= so
Peruvian Guane, per tun-..-.y-. % 50
Pacific GuAno, per ton. .......... ...s $50
Plaster, Ground, In barrels. .tna, HH
Do Ground, In bags.....;as $50
Redonda Guano, v ton ..,a..s.er $50
Rhodes Phosphate Lime, y tone aR
.A I
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ATTACHMENTS.


GEORGE MlNGE, for the use Of Johu
VI Welsh vs.. A. g. Pope. The plaintiff
on affidavit charges that the defendant A. G.,
Pope is justly Indebted to him. in the sum Of
thirty-Six dellaTs aRd nlHety-three cents, and
that the said defendant 10 not IN ihhnbitant
Of the State Of Tennessee, and the attach
ment being levied on the property Of the de-
PENDANT. IL 10 ordered that publication be
made tor four consecutive Weeks 10 the
USIos FbAGr a paper published in Jones6oro'
giving notice to the said A. G.. Pope, to ap-
pear before me at my OiscS, in tbs lith civil
district Of Sullivan county, on Saturday the
18th day Of May 1869, and defsud bis inter-
est in said suit, or the same will be heard sI-
parte, and judgments accordingly. March 30,
1859. A. GIBSON. Up '
'6Spr9w4piSS
HEORGE BARE Ta. A.. @. Pope. The
VI plaintiff on affidavit charges shat the
defendant A. G.. Pope is Justly Indebted to
him, By account, in the sun Of forty dollars,
and that the said defendant IL a nonresident
Of the State Of Tennessee, and the defend
ant being attached by his property. IL iG
therefore ordered that publication be made
foE four consecutive weeks & ths Union Flag,
a paper published 10 Jouesborof, giving no.
ties to said A. @. Pope to appear before me
at my ONCE, in the lIth civil District of SUI
Ivan coHntyr on Saturday lbe 18th dav Of
May 1869, and defend his interest In said
suit, or the same will be heard s1phrte, and
Judgment accordingly. March 30, 1899.
69apreH4ptS5 A. GIBSON. J. p.
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ejSin ~ Party which does not carry The Union Ths
and keep step TO The music Of The UuiOnr
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~LYNoHBURe
W hoIGsale Prices Currer,
%coGRBoTEB ny VAH
& TAYLop
V0''iS 'VlhlS0a duthith ml pna,,, ~
II BRUCE Siteei Tt,.l ""' broken,

u BRUCE Si,eet, LgaclJnco, p''N
We Invi,. ,~,,.0,,,n L'S'n'rno Apqlo. I,,
week - A"Ss' duriug pn,
the market. igh' supply
flonr, At decline noted, plsptv ,.AlAnyy t.
GrAin 10 hir demand a, qaa.s,Ioo. tJ
r"ul''y, tsya aud anFsOlins general, ,,n,.,
fsmuuera1its friees to tho prnlns., NY' walled
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specie PAYMENTS.

From all that we can gather from
our exchanges, we believe the Iu-
dianapolis Daily Sentinel (DemOcrauc)
expresses the general drift Of Con-
gress and of the administration to-
wards specie payments. That paper,
in an article reviewing the vote in the
House upon the preliminary question,
says:
"The influence of the administra-
ton and the leaders of the party in
power, will be given 10 the policy OF
contraction, for it is only by reduc-
ton of the present volume Of paper
currency that an early resumption Of
specie payments can be reached. The
vote in the House, although only
upon a preliminary question, gives
an idea of the drift, anu develops the
spirit that will influence the legisla-
tiOn Of Congress upon financial ques-
tions. As we have already intimated
in previous articles upon the financial
lookout, there is q determination to
force the resumption Of specie pay
ments, and it viii be well for the peO-
pie who will be affected by such q
measure to prepare themselves for the
altered circumstances that such a
policy will bring about. The con-
tinual agitation OF the question OF re-
sumption has the effect to unsettie
business affairs nearly as much as
would the actual fact, and it is evil
dent there will be agitation upon the
subject until the end is accomplished. "
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, December 16.-POst-
master General Cresswell received
cable telegram on the 14th, from the
Postmaster General at LohdOn, an
nOuncing the execution by the British
PostOfiiCe, on that day, OF a new pos
tai convention, to come in operation
ON the lst OF January. The articles of
the convention were drafted and
executed at Washington on the 81
inst.
The Senate yesterday confirmed no
nominations, but merely referred
jhO53 received yesterday, including
thar OF Judge EUar for Associate JUS
ticc OF the Supreme Court, which was
sent to the Judiciary Committee with
out action.
BroWni0w said in the paper read
before the Senate that he had con-
stantly opposed Johnson aud been
faithful to the Radical party, as ms
acts clearly shOW. Cooper, an Old
Line Whig and the elected Senator,
would yicciidd 9 hearty support to the
present administration. The paper
further recited, Ia defiance, the au-
thOrs who attempted to aFriiign him
for an alleged betrayal Of his party,
and expressed the belief that those
who had already cast lots for bis pO-
Iitical estate, in expectation OF his
death, would be sOrely disappointed.
The principles which had guided him
in the administration Of the affairs Of
tennessee would bs fiiJhfully adj
hered to during the Senatorial term to
which he had been elected.
The President has nominated j.
Wilson Schatler rs Governor uf Utah,
vice DnTkee, and Benz Z. Potts, u
Ohio, as Governor of Montana, vice
Ashley.
Tho President will nominate Edwin
NJ. Stanton TO thevaclnt judgeship in
the Supreme Court.
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,xt. The District superintendents

next. The District Superintendent
are to be paid eight dollars a day, lin
tied to the time actually employed,
not to exceed sixty days, after July /,
1870: and the enumerators are to be
paid four dollars a day, limited to the
time actually employed, not to exceed
ten days after the above date. The
schedules are seven in number, VIZ:
1st, the population or amilyschedule;
I'd, mortality statistics; Sd, agrleultu-
raj statistics; 4th, manufacturing, me-
chanical and mining statistics; 5th,
fisheries and shellfsh statistics; 9th,
mercantile or trading statistics, etc,
(for stores, commission houses, etc.;
9TH, social statistics, embracing educa-
tion,. libraries, churches, disease,
crime and the statistics Of charitable,
sanitary, reformatory and penal insd-
tutions. Besides the information called
for in these schedules, the Superin-
tendent Of the Census is required to
obtain a great mass Of statistics from
the railroads, canals, the vessel own
ers in the coastwise trade, the owners
of newspapers, magazines and period
icals, and from the authorities ofStates
and municipal corporations.
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BUTLER.
Bitterness of the Strahismic-eyed
Beast towards the South.

NEW YORK, December I6.-Gen.
Butler has made a long reply to Gree
ley'5 art Cls calling on him to take
prominent action in removing the dis
abilities OF late rebels. Butler says:
The Southern leaders, who misled
their communities and brought war,
with all its attendant evils, upon the
country, should be punished as exam
Piles TO deter others in like cases OF Of
Tending. l think had an example
been made of some half dozen Of the
leading traitors of the South, especi-
ally those educated at military schools
of the United States and trusted with
commands in our armies, who resign
ed their trusts TO take commands in
the armies OF the rebellion; and those
who, being intrusted with places in
Congress or the Cabinet used their
powers to hatch treason, fOment in
surrectiOn, maintain rebellion and de-
strOy their Government, such ought
to have been signally punished, aud
if that punishment had been awarded
which every other government, in
like cases, has meted out, at this day
all matters in the rebel States, which
now disturb the public peace, would
have been settled, and quiet, CONNER
cial prosperity, agricultural industry,
emigration of labor and capital and
revivication of every benificent enter
prise would have filled the Southern
States, and every one of them would
long ere this have been readmitted
into the Union. All that remains
now to statesmen is to see that every
safeguard is given to the loyal and
true men of the South, white and
black, who stood by the country in
the darkest hour of its history, and
protection Of person and property, and
equality Of political rights shall be as
Sitred them. Therefore, in any action
I may take in Congress, or elsewhere,
1 shall have this end only in view"
Butler wishes the XVIII Amend
ment to be enforced, and will use all
his efforts for the passage Of laws to
secure that end-nOt, he says, for a
political purpose, but for the substaa-
tial benefit OF the South. How the
Beast, like q beast howls that his ven
geance is foiled.-APPEAL.
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THE CASE OF VIRGINIA.

a dispatch in Wednesdays st. Lou
is Republican says the Reconstruc-
ton Committee met on Tuesday
morning, and a full delegation of Viz
ginians waiting their action; but the
Committee postponed all the measures
before them till Saturday next, owing
to the necessary documents not being
printed. There are three bills before
them providing for admission, and the
one likely to be adopted is a jointres-
olution declaring that Virginia has
performed the required acts emitting
her to representation in the Congress
Of the United States, that the present
Legislature shall not propose amend
ments to the new Constitution, and
that the adoption Of the Ayth
Amendment shall not be repealed.
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NASHVILLE.
Synopsis of Legislative Proceedings
Yesterday.
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL.

NASHVILLE, Dec. l6.
.Ssnote.-The House bill authorizing
the Governor to issue his warrant re-
ouiring certain railroads in the hands
Of the receivers to be turned over to
the stockholders, passed Its third
reading.
The House bill on merchants tax
was taken up and discussed at consid-
cradle length, and so amended as to
abolish the tax on sales and merchan-
disc, and impose an ad valOrem tax on
capital. Its further consideration was
postponed until tomorrow.
The House bill incorporating the
North Knoxville markethouse, was
amended.
The House bills to incorporate the
Colored Benevolent Society Of Jack
son. to incorporate the town Of York
VILE. and the Cumberland and Ohio
Railroad, passed its third reading.
House bills TO incorporate the Mem
mis- Fire and Relief Association; TO
amend the act chartering the Memphis
Public schools; to incorporate the
Memphis and Tennessee Navigation
Company; to fix the license Of retail
Iiouor dealers; to amend the lien law;
regulating the payment Of Ward d
Briggs, State prison lessees; to author
ize the Cincinnati and Southern
Railroad to build their road through
Tennessee, passed first reading.
The Senate bill providing for the
management of the penitentiary, was
taken up on its third reading, and
passed.
Also the Senate bill to regulate sub
srrip,ions to the Mississippi River
Railroad, passed.
Two bills TO make the penitentiary
selfsustaining failed on their second
reading.
The bill incorporating the Marine
and industrial Exhibition and Fur
Corporation Of Memphis, passed its
second reading.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH.
NASHVILLE, December i6.-The
Penitentiary occupied the attention
OF both branches of the Legislature to-
day.
The House passed several bills upon
.,,o ,aconmandatiOu of the Commit
tee on the Penitentiary, and then re-
committed them.
The senate passed on its third read
ing the bill changing the mode Of con-
ducting the institution, and providing
for dispossessing the lessees.
The House considered the bill to re-
duce the tax on merchants and re-
pealing the existing laws, and prOvid-
ing an ad valOrem tax on capital.
= discussion disclosed the fact that
the adv coates of the reduction disa-
gree upon the proper system to be
adopted--some proposing an ad valo-
rem and some Il i2X upon voicii and
the bill was, Therefore, postponed un-
til tomorrow.
The senate passed on its first read
ing the Cincinnati Southern Railroad
bill. and referred it TO the Committee
on Internal Improvements. A num-
Der Of leading Nashville merchants
were present to lobby againstit.
The case Of J. Z. Stacey, the reve-
nus detective arrested for black mail
ing. was concluded to-day, and after
hearing the evidence and arguments,
which completely vindicated him,
Commissioner Campbell ordered his
discharge.
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The National Republican of Mon
day says a letter was received at the
Dead Letter Office, on Saturday, adj
dressed to "Hong Ain Kea, China
Store, Pond Lake City, Utah." The
letter is written entirely in Chinese
characters, and as it was mailed on a
postage car Of the Pacific Railroad,
and there being no Chinese clerk in
the department to read the name OF
the sender, the letter cannot be re-
turned to the writer. With the rapid
addition of Cinnamon to our popula-
ton, the time is coming when our
Dead Letter Office viii not be COM
plete without a Chinese clerk.
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The Funeral OF the Sea.

LONDOE, December I3.-The recap-
ton Of theremains of the late George
Peabody on board the ironclad,
Monarch, took place on Saturday. Al
though it was intended that the pro-
ceedings should be privately conduct
ed, they were attended by interesting
demonstrations of respect. The re-
mains were accompanied to the place
Of embarkajion by Sir Curtis Samp-
son, Charles Read, Minister Motley,
J. S. Morgan and II. SOmerby. They
were received at the dOck by the mu-
nicipal authorities of Portsmouth,
and the officers and marines Of Her
Majesty's ship Monarch, and the
United States steamer Plymouth.
Her Majesty's ship, Duke of Yelling
ton, fired minute guns during the em-
barkation. The ships in the harbour
displayed their flags at hali-mast, and
dipped their ensigns.
As the Monarch steamed out on the
arrival of the coffin on board, Mr.
Motley addressed Capt. COmmerel,
commander of the ship, as follows:
Ssr; The President of the United
States having been informed of the death
Of the great philauthrOpist, the lamented
Mr., Peabody, at once ordered q ship
from the European squadron of the Uni
ted states to proceed to this country in
order to convey his remains to America.
Simultaneous, Her Majesty, the Queen,
beiag appraised of the sad event, gave Or
ders that one of Her Najesty's ships
should be appointed to perform the same
office. This double honor from the heads
I oftwo great nations to a simple American
citizen, was like his bounty to the poor Of
/ both nations, quite unprecedented.
The President has yielded most cordial
/ ly to the wish Of the Queen, and the re-
mains of Mr. Peabody are now to be con-
veyed acrosB the Atlantic in he British
/ vessel TO his native country 70 be buried
with his kindred, while the American ma
! tional vessel will accompany her as con-
+ sort Oh the voyage, All that was mortal,
( therefore. of our lamentod friend WAS
I taken this morning from Westminster
/ Abbey. where very rarely before in histO-
! ~ did foreigner Of any nation flnd Sc
] pulcher, whether temporary or perma-
neut, and has been brought 10 this port.
! A Minister Of the Republic at the court
4 OF Her Majesty, have been requested by
I the relatives and executors of Mr.. Pea
/ body, who are now present, to condde
4 these, his revered remains, TO your keep
ing. This duty have now the honor oi
fulfilling,
Capt. Conamerel replied;
1fr. NoHey: accept this sacred trust
hs4r, In the same spirit IN which you haye
confded it TO my care, and assure You
that these remains shall be cared for anC
guarded, by me and those around me
with jealous interest, rs sacred relics O
one whose memory viii ever be held dear
by the people Of my country.
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THE THANKING PRIVILEGE.

In his report to the President, Post
master CresweIl is determined and
sensible in his opposition to system
that has been avaiied Of to a greater
extent than anything else for the
spread OF Radicalism. We refer to
the franking privilege. He said Of it:
" Estimating the frauds and evasiOns
Derpetrated under cover Of this sys-
tenn TO be equal il amount to the post
age upon matter bearing genuine sig
natEres (aud this is no eXaggeration)
the total expense IS swelied to an
amount equal to The entire deficit Of
the Departmental for the last fiscal year"
Singularly enough The Washington
Chronicle favOrs the views Of Mr..
Creswel, and thus urges the reform:
"The ak must be laid at the root Of
the tree. Nothing less than the total
abolition Of ranking viii suffice,
under the peculiar and palpable eX-
igency Of the case. Are lCe 10 Gdmu
our iHcqyQcay or reluctance 10 make
such q reform as England accepted,
UithOld opposition or HtgWlir, irhe1
proposed 6V ROirlaad Hill, thirty years
G0.5? We speak OF the necessity of the
case. It has been found impossible to
ascertain, IS Rowland Hill did, the
exact amount OF loss to the public
revenue from the exercise of the frank
ing privilege, but it Is estimated at
over s.. .OOO, ,0OO per 2nnum, and tins IS
probablya very low figure"
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NEGRO SUFFRAGE wON'T SAVE Us.
The Radical correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Chronicle tells the truth as
to Grants desires in regard to the re-
construction OF Virginia. He says
the President is in favor Of the early
restoration Of the Old Dominion, but
subject to the provisions Of the Third
Article of the XIVth Amendment,
which requires the ironclad oath Of
Office-hOlders who have taken an oath
to support the Constitution and then
engaged in rebellion, unless their dis
abilities have been removed by Con-
gress. The bill of Senator Morton in
the Georgia case "a synopsis OF the
leading provisions of which We pub
lished in the APPEAL of yesterday is
based upon this article, and is only
one measure 10 enforce the XVIII
Amendment. Mr.. Bingham, who
drew up the Third Article, says that
it was the intention that its provisions
should apply to all Of the States in the
Union, not excepting even Kentucky.
1t is now the intention of a promi-
nent and ultra Radical Senator to sub
NIT bill, at an early day, making
the Georgia bin general; or, in other
words, to enforce that clause Of the
Constitution, in all Of the States.
Should this be done, a large proper
ton Of the officers in Tennessee, as
well as the other Southern States will
be left out in the cold.
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RAprcAL MADNESS.

The Washington correspondent Of
the St. Louis Democrat (Radical)
saws. "Stokes, Of Tennessee, has
written a letter to some prominent
Republit'ans in Nashville upon the
calling Of the State Convention to
amend the Constitution. He holds
that the movement is illegal, uncon-
stitutional, void and revolutionary.
He thinks that Congress viii carefully
investigate the late election frauds in
Tennessee, and expresses great regret
that the Republicans will not entirely
absent themselves from the polls in
the coming election for delegates to
the Convention"
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THE COLD aMINpLE. .

Congress persistently votes down
resolutions for an investigation of the
late gold conspiracy and swindle in
New York. Butterheld was anxious 9
while since to be exonerated; now he
is silent; so is Grant. The latter, it is
said, because there is as much evil
dence to convict him of connection
with the conspiracy as there was TO
show that Butterfield and Corbin had
anything to do with it. Grant is
scandalously quiet about it. His
friends in the House are of the Opin-
ion that everything relating to the
conspiracy should be kept quiet.
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roR TIE SUPREME BENcH.

Judge Hoar is strongly urged by the
administration for the vacant seat on
the Supreme bench, and is likely TO
fill it. The place promised to be va
Gated by Justice Grier will likely be
given to Stanton, the infamous, for-
merly Lincoln's Secretary Of War, and
the man who is really responsible for
the hanging Of Mrs. Surratt. Judge
Schofeld, a member Of the House OF
Representatives, and Judge Strong, OF
Pennsylvania, are both spoken Of in
connection with ii.