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-THE UNITED STATES COAST
SURVEY,

Natural science Obedie1G 20 Human
wII-CIOck Ticks Passing over G 600
Miles of Telegraph Wire.
As previously announced by us,
the United States Coast Survey off
GERS have been engaged for some
time past in making astronomical
observations, by the aid of the tele-
graph, between the cities Of the far
West and Cambridge University.
For the purpose of arriving at the
difference in the mean time between
San Francisco and Boston, the wires
of the Western Union Telegraph
Company have nightly been con
nected for nearly monthpast, from
one side of the continent TO the
other, and the ticking of a chro
nometer in the Cambridge Universe
ty has been observed and recorded
In San Francisco with a most re
markable degree of accuracy.
This is done by connecting the
Pendulum of the chronOmeter al
Cambridge with the wire, in such :
manner that the main circuit is bro
ken and instantly closed again a
every beat or tick of the time piece
and the result is that each second o
time, as marked by the chrOnome
ter at Cambridge, goes forth from
the University on the Atlantic coast
and, with almost the speed of ligh
itself, hurTies on over the magic
wire, passing through intermediat
cities, towns and villages, across
rivers, over mountains and alon!
the open country, until it finall
reaches the recording instrument o.
the Pacific coast, in all of its Orioi
nal fulness of pulsation. Think c
it once! The ticks of a clock i
Boston are heard and recorded i
San Francisco, almost in the sam
instant that they reached the ear {
the observer in the first name
place.
At any time during an evening {
the past month a visitor to Il
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operating rooms of the Western
Union Telegraph Office, in this city
might have heard one Of the little
| instruments beating the measured
time of the sixtieth part of minute,
with the monotony and regularity
of a chronometer ITSELF Tick
Tick Tickl One, two, three, four,
five minutes elapse, and then the
monitor ceases. Back comes the
answer from San Francisco to Bos-
ton: GAN right; your second sig
nails came good, and have been re-
corded for FIVE minutes. Go ahead
fvesminutes morer Again, tick :
tick! tick! for five minutes, and
then San Francisco says again |:
''An right; are you ready to take
my signals p And the answer from
Boston is: eyes; go ahead" Tick
tick! tick! says San Francisco for
the allotted five minutes, and Bos-
ton says in his turn: "AIl right"
Bat, Notwithstanding the speed
with which these pulsatioRs of
clock fly from one side of our con
tinent to the other, it is known that
there is a loss, very slight loss, of
time in the transmission. How to
arrive at this loss and measure it is
the next question. Nothing easier;
second wire is switched into place,
repeater" added at Boston, and
presto it's done. Now, the clock
ticks made at San Francisco rush
on the wings of light over the three
thousand miles of wire to Boston,
and back again to San Francisco
over the second wire, and record
themselves at the point of starting,
in something less than sixty seconds
of time, having, in the interval, tray
ersed six thousand miles. Last
night witnessed the successful CON-
pletion of this last experiment, and
the fight of electricity was actually
measured, SO to speak, as easily as
one measures yard of muslin.
Never before in the worlds his
tory has such a wonderful feat been
attempted, and that this has been
brought to successful conclusion
is due entirely to the beautiful work |
ing of the Western Union Compa-
ny's wires, together with the assid- |
uous attention and superior ability |
of its employees. Trace the route
on the map and mark the immense
distances so lightly glided over by
the subtle fluid. The route is from
Boston through Albany, Buffalo,
Detroit, Chicago, Omaha, Cheyenne,
Salt Lake City and Virginia City to
San Francisco, and this route is of
course doubled, forming, for all
practical purposes, but a single Cir
cult. The places above indicate
where repeaters are used to form
he double circuit.-BHfdyo Con-
'ier, March |
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UNION AND AMERICAN.
WHEN THE TIDE GoEs our.

through the weary day on his couch be Law.
Wwltn tne nte-tide ebbing slowly away,
Gnu tneoew on his cold brow gathering fast
Penonlun numbered moments passed
. ama heara sad voice whispering say,
p nen ene tde goes out ke will pass away,
nray l0r SOULS serene released
mat the weary spirit may rest in peace.
When the tide goes out"
When the tide goes out from the sea-girt lands
at DeSrs strange freight from the cleaning sands
LIE whlte-winged ships that silent wait
ror the fOaming wave. and wind that's late;
lie treasures cast on a rocky shore,
from the stranded ships that shall saline more
And hopes that follow the shining seas,
Oh! the ocean shall win all these
When the tide goes out.
But Of all that drift from the shore to the sea,
is the human soul to Eternity;
Floating away from a silent shore,
Like fated shin. TO return no more,
Saddest most solemn of all. q soul.
RausiDg where unknown waters roll.
Where shall the surging current tend.
eloVly drifting friend from friend,
When the tide goes out2
For our parting spirit, pray. oh I pray,
w bile the tide of life is ebbng away,
That the soul may pass 0 er SUMMER seas
Than clasped of old the Hesperides.
A bark whose sails BY angel hands
Shall be turled on strand of golden sands;
And the friends that stand on a silent shore,
knowing that We shall return no more,
shall wish US Joy Of a voyage fair,
With calm, sweet skies and faYOring air
When the tide goes out.
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JOB PRINTING.

To such of our patrons and friends as
need job-work in any department of print
ing, We would state that We are thoroughly
prepared TO execute all orders at the short
est notice, in the best style of the art, and
that toe on the most reasonable terms. We
have three splendid job offices consolidated
in one, and we allow no other Office to sur
pass ours in the style or cheapness Of job
printing. Send in your orders and we
guarantee entire satisfaction. II is our
ighest ambition to please our patrons.
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STREET SPRINKLING.

OWING TO FALSE REPRESENTATIONS.
~ made by certain party. many citizens OF
Nashville aIe iaburing under the impression
that have withdraw from the Street Sphinx
ling Business. and that the work now being
performed Is by this party; also that L was
favored by the party ia power. For the intor-
nation OF tue public generally, | would state
that when | applied for the use of the hydrant
water was fatty refused, saying that a con
tract had been given to another person.
l will simply state that. having received sui
fcieut announcement from the majority of the
citizens. / intend TO sprinkle over the same
ground as heretofore.
Hoping that the above explanation will show
things in their true light, and soliciting con-
tinuation of your patronage, l anl your ODE
dent servant
;siehI9 If I.W. CARPENTER.
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EASILY DONEs

If every one who now receiyesi it will
send us one mere name, the lisi
will be doubled at once
Can not you. friend, send US one more
name? Speak to that neighbor who don't
take ii, and to that young man who
greatly needs something Democratic to
read. Just try : if you fail, try again !
We feel confident that nearly every one of
our present subscribers could send us one
more name, if he would only try. 1t
would be small item to each one, but the
aggregate would be of great importance to
NJ. One more ; will you try3
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TO Our FRIENDS and pnsrous.

The generous interest of our friends in
extending the circulation of the UNION
AND AMERICAN is such as to call for the
warmeat possible expression Of our thanks.
We feel that the best return we can make
is TO pledge increased exertions 10 make the
paper worthy, not only of the patronage Of
present list, but of place in every
connting-room, professional Office and fire
side in the State. This, We are STRIVING 10
do. The more readers we have the better
paper we can make and the more good we
can accomplish. We want to double the
circulation of the UNION AND AMERICAN.
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IN BANKRUPTCY.

MURFREEsBORo, March 2, 1863.
TNIIE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY GIVES
i notice of his appointment as assignee of
W, A. Pickett and Henry W. TilfOrd, of Ruth
afford county, Tennessee. within said District,
Who have been adjudged bankrupts upon their
own petition by abe District Court Of said Dis
tr;rti EDW'D l.. JORDAN,
mar4 Assignee.
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PRICES REDUCED.
TENNESSEE iron STORE,
Nos. 50 and 81 NOrth Market Street,
NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE.

WE HAVE NOW IN STORE A VERY
w large stock of Tennessee Bloom ana
Kentucky Iron, viz: Bar, Band, Round
and Square, Boiler, Sheet and Hoop
200 Sets Wagon AxIes 20 Tons HoliOWware
50 Sets Wagon I him Castings,
bic Skeins so Sets Hubs i Spokes,
$50 Pairs Springs, all so Sets Buggy and Car
sizes, rage Axles,
$50 Sets Wagon Boxes, 50 Sets Steel Tire,
10 Tons CoopeTS' Hoops. Is to IA,
Steel, Hammers, Anvils, Vices, Steel Pillow Plato
Smiths Bellows, PlOWs, ETC., all of which "
are selling at Re duced Prices for Cash .
To secure our Iron, look for Brand h, Ii. d
-, Tennessee. IL, b. & ~. hy.
HILLMAN. BROTHER & SONS.
ianl Sun
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YARBROUGH 81 RUTLAND,
wIHOLESAL


GrOcers and Commission Merchants
76 AND 20 SOUTH MARKET ST,
HAVE NOW IN STORE AND TO ARRIVE
IL SO Boxes Tea.
300 Sacks Coffee. various grades.
IS Hhds. Sugar, various grades.
50 Barrels Coverings Crushed Sugar.
50 Barrels Coverings Pulyerized Sugar.
SO Barrels Elk. c Sugar.
SO Barrels N. o. Molasses. rs 4 barrels DO.
50 Barrels Sorghum.
800 Boxes Star Candles. l50BOxes Soap.
500 Barrels Black Lick Flour.
500 Barrels white wheat Magnolia Flour.
800 Barrels Jackson Mills Flour, ass'd brands.
100 Barrels Ruby Mills Flour.
100 Barrels Igleheart Flour.
800 Boxes and 2 lb. Can Oysters.
SO Boxes Choose. go bbls. P. b. Potatoes.
together with large assortment of miscellane-
Gus Groceries too numerous TO mention.
Our Liquor Department is well stocked
with Old r. G. Whisky. Nos. l, 2 and 3; imported
Wines, Brandies. Gins, etc. all of which we
offer to the trade at the lowest market prices for
Cash. YARBR0UGH 4 RUTLAND.
76 and IS South Market st.,
ian0 If Nashville. Tenn.
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A Stitch in Time Saves Nine.

HAVING PURCHASED THE RIGHT TO
III use s'POIter's'' Plastic Slate flor roof
ing purposes) for Davidson county, am now
prepared to put on NEW ROOFS. or repair OLD
ONEs ut prices that defy competition
One coat of PLASTIC SLATE on an old,
leaky tin roof will make i as good as new.
LEAKY ROOFS TO repair. will do well to call
and see samples and get our prices,
f. W. SCHRADBR,fb
JK. RUGG, Gen1 Agent,
feb27 3m tn th&sal No. Max well House
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OR THE MEN WHO HOLD PATRONS
" Tickets of the I'd aud Sd Series of Wash
ineton Medallion Pens, are horeby informed
that the drawings were made January %. 1869,
and that circulars giving full Information Of the
numbers drawn. will be sent to persons inter
ested, on their addressing the WASHINGTON
MEDALLION PEE Company, New York.
N. Bread the Tickets of the ith Series.
feb24 I'm.
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AGENTS WANTED.

EFE ROME.-A C0LORED BOY NAMED
II Murphy Mitchell, (called jos for shOrtl
thirteen years old, and pitted with smallpox,
left his home Ia this vicinity on the I'd ebru-
airy, 1853. Had on when be lett a suit OF u ;.
soldiers clothes, including Cap.
A reward Of Eve dollars will be paid fer bis
delivery at the wOrEhOuse in Nashville, II
found within the State, and ten dOliarsli found
outside OF the State SAM MITCHELL.
Nashville, Tam, March 5. go. mart Stood
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DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
OoPARTNERSHIR NOTICE.

T HAVE THIS DAY ASSOCIATED WITH
/ me in the Drug business. Mr.. J. Bowling
HaddOx, late Of Spring Hill. Maury county.
and viii continue the business at the old stand,
corner of College and Union streets under the
firm name Of D0RTCH & HADDOX.
would return many thanks to my friends and
the public generally for their liberal patronage
heretofore extended to me. and viii endeavor
firm.
All persons indebted to me will confer favor
by coming forward and settling promptly.
FEB ~. 1859. NAT. Il. D0kTCH.
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nnRAGEN1s.

The following gentlemen ara authorized
and requested to act as Agents for the
UNION AND AMERICAN, and to receive and
eceipt for subscriptions and advertisements
the Same.
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DORTCH & MADDOX.

DORTCH & HADDOX.
DRUG GISTS,
Corner OF College aud Union Streets,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE,
WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A
W large and complete stock at lowest cash
prices, of PURE DRUGS, MEDICINES.
Paints Oils. Varnishes. Dye Stufs, Window
lognes, handkerchief Extracts, and Pomades.
Combs, Brushes and Toilet Articles Generally
m endless variety; handsome Toilet Sets. Vases
and Cigar Stands.
FL N IL II T. a ..
We claim ia have the most superior Teas over
brought to thisn rket- Also. best Cocoa and
Cigars and TobneeOs of the finest brands.
Fine Wines. Brandies and Liquors for Medi-
cal use
A large assortment of I.andreIh's Garden
Seed ON hand.
Also, Manufacturers Of DR.. A. G.. Goodlet's
nOUCK'S VEGETABLE PANACEA, for
the cure Of Coughs, Colds, Costiveness. Dys-
pepsia, Liver Complaint Disordered Stomach
and the best Blood Purifier manufactured.
The Panacea is prepared with great care I'M
der the personal supervision Of X. Il. aoOdlet
an experienced druggist, and son ofthe late DIR.
Read the certificate of L. j. Wilson, of the
hrm Of w. j. Wilson K Co., dealers in stoves
and tinware:
Mr.. NAT. f. DORTOH-Dear Sir: have used
Or. doOdlets l0uek g Panacea for twenty years.
and conseientiOusly believe it to be one Of the
best remedies ever manufactured. have used
TOR Dyspepsia IN its most aggravated form up
on both myself and wife with the most gratifying
result. regard 1t as most excellent remedy
to prevent the return of ehills after they are
checked. have found it to act admirably upon
the liver. stomach and bowels, removing all OBJ
struetiOn. For coughs and colds il is unsur-
passed by any remedy 1 have ever used. In
short, l regard the Panaeea as the best family
medicine known. l would earnestly advise
those who are afflicted with any of the diseases
for which the Panacea is recomm ended to give
it a trial. firmly believing that they will be ben
ehtted thereby, Yours respectfully.
feb2l tIde22 TT. WILSON,
The Richmond palladium., 1869-07-06
ANOTHER RoBiNsoN cRUsoE!

Paris Correspondents Of the New Orleans Pieayune.
In the month of August, 1868, the
French ship Adelina Eliza quilted Bord-
eaux for Hong Kong. A month after
wards she was spoken of Cape OF Good
Hope. She was never heard OF again
until few days since her history and
history of all her crew became public.
A typhoon in the Indian Ocean threw
her out of her course, dismasted her,
broke her rudder, and tossed her toward
Oceanica. Bad weather lasted 30 days :,
and when fair weather returned. she
struck upon q coral resf, and the ex-
hausted crew we're scarcely able 70 take
refuge in the boat.
It was moonless starless night when
this accident occurred. They rowed
wildly. and thanked God when the
breaking day showed them harbor
surrounded by charming landscape.
They reached land and laid down to
sleep. When they awoke, they found
themselves bound hand and foot and
surrounded by savages. Their captors
proved TO be cannibals: Eleven OF them
their captain included, were slain and
eaten: Three others e0ntrived how
does not appear)to make their escape,
but they were muliilated. Ihe one
who succeeded in reaching Europe has
one arm cut off ard one eye torn out
The three reached q remote part OF the
island. where they found canoe ana
embarked in it, preferring the risk OF
being devourei by sharks to the certain
ty of being killed and eaten by cannloaiS
Fortunately, they found themselves In
an archipelago, and were sbie to 60
easiiy from one island to another
After wandering for some time, moving
as rapidly as possible away from the
| cannibsl's home, George Samazon,s two
companions died of exhaustion.
He remained alone, multiaated, nope-
less. upon a fraTf canoe. He nevertheless
continued to push on. touching land
only when necessary to sleep and TO get
water and food. He eat shellfish and
roots. One day ne reached the last is
| land of the group. ard nothing lay be-
| fore him but the wisd ocean. He set to
work to build raft. It took him o year
He lunched it. The waves threw it back
| on the island He several times tried to
| mt it to sea, but con stantly failed. He
resolved to turn his footsteps landward,
but in different direction from the
cannibars home. He climbed a'moun-
tain. crossed q desert fell again into
sayage's hands, once more escaped from
them, fed through forests. His feet
were bitten BY venomous insects, his
face scabbed by the biteof mosquitoes.
At last. nearer dead thar alive, he came
upon white men, He had been walkin g
for three years, and had crossed South
America on foot! The white men reciev-
ed him kindly and did what they could
for him. He embarked upon small
Portuguese ship and at last reached
Europe. His family had long given him
/ up for dead. -
The Richmond palladium., 1869-07-06
TESTIMONIALS.
OoDENsBuRaH, N. Y, May 2, '67

OopENsBuRaH, N. Y, May 2, 81.
Mr.. McKELvEY: Dear Sir-Your Life Com
pound is working wonders in this section. and
have every reason to be thankful for what it
has accomplished in my own case and that OF
my wife. Ny complaint, as you may remem>
Der, was Liver Disease in its worst form. I had
not taKen your medicine more than three weeks
when I felt so much encouraged as to order
box for my wife also. who was suffering from
what the physicians termed disease Of the kids
neys. This was in November last. We have
now taken two packages each. and am happy
to inform you that We have good reason to con-
cl ude we are both permantly restored to health
bnd that, by your Life Compound. Encouraged
BY its good effects in our cases. several of our
afflicted neighbors sent to you for the medicine
aud am informed by three of them, with whom
/ am intimately acquainted, that they, too, be
lieve themselves entirely cdred by it.
You may make such use ST this statement as
you may deem proper.
With gratitude,
Rev. B. R. GORMLY.
The Richmond palladium., 1869-07-06

THE PLow, SPADE AND HOE.

The following song was written for the Hingha'
Agricultu raj and Horticultural Society.
The Farmers the chief of the nation,
The oldest of mobiles is he's
How blest beyond others his station,
From want and from envy how free
His patent was granted in Eden,
Long ages and ages ago;
o the Farmer, the Farmer forever,
Three cheers for the plow, spade and hoel
In April, when nature is waking,
And blue irds first on the wing,
His plows how the fallows are breaking,
Whence beautiful harvests shall spring;
Then broadcast along the brown furrow
He hastens the good seeds 10 SOW,
O, the Farmer, the Farmer for ever,
Three cheers for the plow, spade and hoe!
When Summer in beauty is glowing,
With fresh, early morn he's away.
And skillfuly guides he the moving,
Or tosses the sweet-scented hay;
Then casts him at noon by the brook-side
Where gaiy its bright waters flow,
the Farmer, the Farmer forever,
Three cheers for the plow, spade and hoe
But when in the clear Autumn weather
He reaps the reward of his care,
So busy and joyful together,
What monarch with him can compare?
His barns running over with p enty.
His trees with their fruit bending low,
o the Farmer, the Farmer for ever,
Three cheers for the plow, spade and hoe!
Then sing me the life of Farmer,
With comfort and he alth in his train,
And heed not the voice of the charmer
That whispers of speedier gain
With all the rich treasures tits teeuing
That Heaven on its child can bestow,
o the Farmer, the Farmer for ever,
Three cheers for the plow, spade and hoe
The Richmond palladium., 1869-07-06
GEN. GRANT A FAILURE.

Upon Gen, Grants accession to the
Presidency, great number OF those
who had supported his election, with
some who had not, sought Office at his
hands or expected him to bestow it unask
ed He was unable to crafty their aspira-
tions. Most of those whom he found in
Office claimed that thcy gave him their
votes: come of these he saw fit to retain;
while the laws of which he is the servant
required him TO reduce materially
the cost of the public service and the
plumber enjoyed in it. Our great
Civil War had rendered necessary
large increase OF minor functionarles,
the settlement of Claims TO Pensions
&C., had excused the retention OF hund-
reds in place up to the close OF DIR.
Johnson's term, but now law and Justice
alike demanded that they be dismissed,
to their own general disgust. Their la
mentations, mingled with the howls of
the disappointed, made up doleful dis
sonance. whereof the only meaning
deductble runs thus-"Gen. Grant is
| found wanting his administration is
| failurer' ~
| ..Failare?" how2 in what2 Have we
not peace and plenty in our iand2 Is not
our flag displayed and respected on
every sea? What foreign foe molests or
| thre ate.is us? Who fears insurrections at
home. or invasion from abroad9 In
which of our thirty. elk States are the
masses wanting work, discontented suf-
fering?
Consider our Financial condition
1 Nearly every State and municipality
paving off the debts incurred in raising
! men for the War, while the National
Debt has been reduced nearly Thirty
| Millions in four months that Gen. Grant
has had his hand on the helm. The
Public Expenditure is falling off on
| every side. while the Revenue is mp to
high water mark Even Indian Wars,
if unavoidable, must be considerably re
duced in cost by the facilities for move
ing troops aud stores afforded by our
two Pacific Railroads.
Yes: Gen Grant has failed to crafty
some eyer aspirations, and has thereby
incurred some intense hatreds. These
do not and will not fail; and his Admin
istration will prove at least equally vital.
We shall hear lam mentation after lament.
alton over his failure. from those whose
wish is father to the thought; but the
AmericanPeople let them pass unheeded.
Their strong arms bore him triumphanJly
through the War and into the White
House. and they still uphold and sustain
him. They never failed and never will!
w r. Tribune.
"Doctor," said an old lady the other
day to her family physician, ''kin you
tell me how it is that some folks are
born dumb" "Why, hem! certainly,
madam" replied the doctor. cit is ow-
ling to the fact that they come into the
twO,ld without the power OF speech."
& LA, me, remarked the old lady, now
jest see what it is to have physic edu-
hundred times that ere same thing
and he couldnv ssy .'s' n soiia 7os