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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-16


TWO BRICK HOUSES ON LINE STREE
J one with four rooms and kitchen, ana the
other With eight rooms and kitchen. both in
No. condition,
as feet Of ground Oh Gay street, opposite the
capital.
IS feet of ground On Water street. small
shanty on il.
An undivided half Of 43 feet on Water street.
a small lot on Capitol kiil. near the Capitol.
size not remembered.
50 feet on High street, South Nashville
A j the above property Is in the corporation Of
Nashville.
L zoe feet Of lots in West Nashville. out Of
the corporation.
80 feet on Bass street. Edgefeld.
10 acres on MuTfree,bOrO pike, on Nashville
side Of Mill creek. very desirable for q reside nce
for a Nashville business man.
. lots IN BrOOklin, each containing from to
q acres; a stone house on one. and new frame
on another the balance vacant
800 acres on Whites Greek and the Ridge
Ii includes the Piper Mill property and all i'm
provements thereon.
All the above property is clear of all ineum-
bTances except this years taxes, as the records
will show. The money for il is badly wanted
for improvements and business at Manchester,
Tenn. All or any portion OF it will be sold at a
great sacrifice.
/ also offer for sale p zteam engine. 20inch
cylinder, 5-fOot stroke. slide valve, with two
double fue boilers, A inches 81 feet long, IRE
fronts. crate bars ar d all complete.
Also one small engine. S-i1ch. - inch stroke.
Sail engine all complete, but no boiler.
Said engines use1 at the paper mill on W hites
creek. and / believe the machinists Of Nash
Vile know always used the best Of machinery.
For examination, etc -, OF any Of the above
propertv call on A q. Hhiteman, at White
man Bros paper store. Nashville, Tenn
octl4 jani w. =. " kaArE IAN.
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! OUGLAS, son & CO.'S
CIRCULAR LETTER.
The Few Depository,
~, - HHssH nARHEr sTREEIs
NASHVILLE. 1865.

NASHVILLE. 1865.
Sir. This oaPacious, or rs Mr.. Samuel
Morgan says, GrRni Building is about CON
pieted.
We are in good readiness for Storage Of all
articles of Merchandise and Pro luce sent in
packages whether for sale or shipment or 10 be
held here Tor account Of the owner.
The very large Granary, q 900 square feet, is
q success against the depredatiOus Of rats and
Of mice too, unless sent 10 US within sacks Of
grain. II IS Just the arrangement needed for
Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Corn Veal aud
Flour IN sacks or paper bags
Each owner can be furnished With separate
apartment by promptly COMMUNICATING the
quantity to DC sent We procure advances on
Produce and Merchandise sent to as. and cover
same with insurance unless ordered not TO do
so.
We think we have one Of the NEST 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 ii. DOUGLAS,
IL Tim Manager.
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4 NUMBER of failures occurred in New
York Yesterday.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-16

Com was heavy in New York yc,j,r-
day Il opened at 1919 AMI closed at
1911.
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VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.

THE OLD PETWAY PLACE SEVEN "a
L acres in corporation Of Nashville Sssk.{6sA
and thirty acres adjoining, N miles EsSskgl.
from Courthouse, lying on the Leba- 1EsI Iszs
non Turnpike, with a $780,
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r. HUELLEBRAND

I s NOW MANUFACTURING JEWELRY OF ALI.
L kinds, setting diamonds and precious stonos
He will make any style and quality to order Call
and examine his work, at Nc. "a Union street
decI2-2W
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TENNEssEE Bonds were quoted in New
York yesterday a, Jol for old and 42l for
new.
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NOTICE.
STRAYED Or STOLEN.

A MICH COW, BRINDLE COLOR, WITH TAIL
e1a etraed on ,s sao, f-o, orses siocE
Yard, on the 14th inst, leaving young calf
suitable reward will be paid for any information
concerning her. dec16-1t'
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Sewing Machine!

DOssEsSEs THE FOLLOWING POINTS OF
4 superiority, claimed by no other Sewing Ma
chine:
IL makes four Stitchcs-LOck. Double Lock,
Knot and Double En0t-three more than made By
any other. It has the Reversible Feed, enabling
the operator 10 sew either to the right or left Il
has the Self-Adjusting Tensions, without which no
Machine Is complete II fastens the ends Of seams
as securely as done by hand. Its Needle cannot be
set wrong. Its movements are rapid and nOiseiess.
1t does not break c. snarl threads Its motions
all positiye It has springs or brush pads to get
out Of order.
MRS. Z. A NELSON & SISTER, Agents,
nOvl4-STn No q n Cherry St Nashville.
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lard Bgr els.
Real Estate for Sale,

KEGS. Of all sizes ard descriptions. Also,
TANKS. of ali kinds and sizes, built on short
mott Q either IN the city or country. All work
well done and at reasonable prices seq tljsl
, 1869-10-01

And one Of the most interesting of the
results which have followed from the
iuqulry confirms in an equally striking
manner another guess which Sir John
Herschel had made. BY comparing the
heat received from the 400 with that
obtained from several terrestrial sources,
Lord Rosse has been led 10 the conclusion
that at the time of full moon the surface
of our satellite is raised to a temperature
exceeding by more than $500 (Fahrenheit)
that of boiling water. Sir John Herschel
long since asserted that this must be so.
During the long lunar day, lasting soWe
800 of our hours, the SUMS rays are pour
ed without intermission upon the lunar
surface. No clouds temper the heat, no
atmosphere even serves 10 interpose any
resistance to the continual d%own-pour of
the fierce solar rays. And for about the
space of three of our days the sun hangs
suspended close to the zenith of the lunar
sky, so that if there were Inhabitants on
our unfortunate satellite, they would be
scorched for more than seventy consecu-
tive hours by an almost vertical sun.
, 1869-10-01
HEAT FROM THE MOON.
(Spectat0r.D

A long-vexed question-one which as
tronomers and physicists have laboured
and puzzled and even quarrelled over for
two centuries at least-has at length been
set at rest. Whether the moor really
sends US any appreciate amount of
warmth has long been a moot point.
The most delicate experiments had been
tried to determine the matter. DE Saus-
sure thought he had succeeded IN obtain
ing heat from the moon, but it was shown
that he had been gathering heat from his
own instruments. Melloni tried the ex
pertinent, and fell into a similar error.
Piazzi Smith, in his famous, Tenerife ex-
petition, tried the effect of seeking for
lunar heat above those lower and more
moisture-laden atmospheric strata which
are known TO cut off the obscure heat-rays
so effectually. Yet he also failed. Pro-
fessor a@gndaIl, in his na classical "Lec-
lures on Heat says that all such expert
ments must inevitably fail, since the heat
a v from the moon must be of such q
character that the glass converging-lens
used by the experimenters would cut off
the whole of the lunar heat. He himself
tried the experiment with metallic mirrors,
but the thick London air prevented his
succeeding.
The hint was not lost, however. 1t
was decided that mirrors, and not lenses,
were the proper weapons for carrying on
the attack. Now, there is one mirror in
existence which excels all others in light,
gathering, and therefore necessarily in
heat-gathering, power. The gigantic
mirror of the Rose telescope has long
been engaged in gathering the faint rays
from those distant stellar cloudlets which
, 1869-10-01
From the Spectator.
THE WORKING-CLASSES IN THE
UNITED STATES.
BY ROBERT C~ONINGsBY.
NO. IL.
(Concluded.)

The number of American journals is
beyond all calculation. AS one instance
Of the way they spring up, | will give the
case of Cheyenne, a settlement Of some
1000 people, on the Union Pacific Rail-
road, near the summit of the Rocky
Mountains. Ten months before | visited
it, seven log huts formed the town.
When | was there II was 'qulte a place."
with chapels, concert-halIs, stores, a bank,
three daily and four weekly newspapers!
Next in importance to the newspapers
As a public instructor stands the lecturer
and political speaker, both of them per-
sonages more frequently met with in
America than here. | had a notion be-
fore leaving England that Americans
were great takers, / now believe them
to be the most t~aciturn of peoples. Their
great forte is listening they are the
best listeners in the world, and those
among them who can speak perhaps the
best speakers, which accords with the
known laws ofsupply and demand. Moth
ing can exceed the desire of the average
American to be talked 10. He would APP
pear to find speaking such trouble, that
he is full Of gratitude TO those who do
it for him we'll. He will walk any dis
lance to listen TO a good speech, or to
assist at a grand "pow-wow" In com
mon with most Englishmen who get their
ideas of 4 Americans from caricatures drawn
Of them by themselves and others, I pro-
missed myself a rich treat in the ''high-
falutatIon" line when | first attended a
political meeting'in America. As speak
ar a ftar oVoo0xor boVyoran o1Nroacad tho
audience in tolerably direct and forcible
language, with just the same faults as
would have characterized English speech
es only fe wer of them, I began to think
that I had accidentally alighted on On ex-
ceptionally favourable set Of orators. /
, 1869-10-01

upon every opportunity, expecting a eds
turbed summer like that of 1860"
Farmers will do well TO expect especi-
ally unsettled weather about July 9th to
18th, and August 9TH to 18th, and Sep
TENDER 9th to 10th. They and the public
will be able, from watching those periods,
to estimate beforehand what credence
may be given 10 my special and earnest
warnings against October 5th to 18th, and
November 1st to 3rd.-I have the honor
to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
S. Nj. SAXBY.
Faversham, June 10.
Extract from the Hawke's Bay, NeW
Zealand Herald, of March 90, 1869.
"The Coming DeIuge.-According to
the Euening Star, a number of silly people
in the Hokitika have made preparations
for removing to the gaol hill for safety in
anticipation of a huge tidal wave, which,
it is said Mr.. Saxby has predicted, will,
on the 18th inst, submerge all the Middle
Island Of New Zealand to within twelve
feet of the highest peak of Mount Cook"
standard, June "a.
, 1869-10-01

arms, the splral nehulP with mystic con-
volutions arouniTheir blazing nuclei, the
wild and fantastic figures of the irregular
nebulP, all these forms of matter had been
forced TO reveal their secret under the
searching eye Of the great Parsonstown
reflector. But vast rs are the powers OF
this giant telescope, and Interesting as
the revelations it had already made, there
was one defect which paralyzed half lis
overs. 1t was an inertmass we'll poised
indeed, so that the merest infant could
sway it, but possessing no power OF self
motion. The telescopes in our great OBJ
servarories follow perslstenlly motions of
the stars upon the celestial vault, but their
giant brother possessed no such power.
And when we remember the enormous
volume of the Rose telescope, lis tube
fifty feet in length-down which a
tall man can walk upright, and its vast
metallic spcculum weighing several tons,
the task Of applying c%lock-motlon to so
combrous and seemingly unwleldy a mass
might we'll seem hopeless. Yet without
this it was debarred from taking its part in
a multitude of processes of research 10
which its powers were wonderfully adap-
ted. Spectroscopic analysis, as applied
10 the stars, for example, requires the
most perfect uniformity of clock-motion,
so that the light from a star, once receIv-
ed on the jaws of the slit which forms the
entrance into the spectroScope, may not
move off them even by a hairs breadth.
And the determination Of The moons heat
required an equally exact adaptation Of
the telescopes motion to the apparent
movement of the celestial sphere. For
so delicate is the inquiry, that the mere
heat generated in turning the telescope
upon the moon by the ordinary arrange
ment would have served to mask The
result.
At cost, and after many
difficulties had been encountered, the
Rose reflector has at length had its pow
ers more than doubled by the addition OF
the Ioug-wanted power Of self motion.
And among the frst-fruits Of the labour
thus bestowed upon it, is the solution of
the famous problem Of determining the
moons heat.
The delicate heat-meaSureS, known as
the thermo-pile, was used in this work,
as in Mr.. Huggins's experiments for eStl-
mating the heat we receive from the stars.
The moons heat, concentrated by the
great mirror, was suffered to fall upon
the face of the thermo-pile, and the indi-
cations of the needle were carefully
watched. A small but obvious detection
in the direction siguifying heat was at
once observed, and when the observation
had been repeated several times with
the same result no doubt could remain.
We actually receive an appreciable pro-
portion of our warmth-supply from "the
ohosto hoamS Of the wat'rv mnOn" The
, 1869-10-01

BrAg8Gipsey DAM, Bernbaum, which
arrived at Boston goth ult., from ST. Cfoix,
West Indies, discharged a full caGo Of
molasses and sugar, and was on her way
to sea again within forty-eight hours from
the time she took a pilot on board on en-
tering the harbor.-THe Journal Of Com
merce, Septbr. Q.
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Iredicines ter the MilIiou.

How to secure health ought to be the
prime question with everybody; and how
to secure it at the least expense is a mat
ter Of economy worthy Of consideration.
It is with pleasure, therefore, we direct at
tention to the numerous cheap and excel.
lent medicines manufactured by Edward
Wilder d Co., Wholesale druggists, Louis
vile, Kentucky, and for sale in this city
BY C. C. Ward q Bro, w. N. Wilkerson
& Co., ]. W. Jones h Co., and Goodyear
& Falls. Among them we may mention
the "Stomach Btters," which cure dys-
pepsis. liver complaint, intermittent
fever and indigestion; the Sarsapa-
rilla and Potash" sure remedy for sore
ewes. rheum atism, neuralgia, erysipelas
and dropsy; the compound Extract
OF Wild Cherry" which gives rapid
relief in cases of coughs. colds, bron-
chitis. larynchitis, asthma, phthisic,
onsum ptiou, pneumonia, pleurisy and
pulmonary diseases generally; the
"Chill Tonic" an infallible cure for
chilli and fever, fever and ague, mslarial
fever and pslpdal affections; the " Moth
er's Worm SyruS." 0 harmless, sweet
medicine. never known to ISL in giving
children relief; and the Family Bills"
that remove all iuhammatory diseases,
dullness and dizziness of the head. We
especially recommend the latter to quar-
relsome people who imagine man was
made for no other sgrpoae than to be an
engine of destruction sns . perpetual
scoid.
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River.


The weather continues clear and pleasant.
The river here is about on stand. At st.
Louis it Is falling. with mark twain in the chan
mel. The Ohio is receding. with four and half
feet in the canal and six feet on the.bars In the
lower Ohio. The Arkansas is falling. with four
feet from Lift Rock out and three feet above
there. "a o.
BoATs IN PORT.
Legal Tender. Cora s.. Linton. Lorsna. Glas-
gov. Cheek,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Owing to the heavy logs on the river for the
past week. the packets have been delayed and
unable to make their regular trips.
The Magenta cleared fer New Orleans last
night with eighty cabin passengers and iais
list of freight. ~ sfa 81
The Dan. Able. Capt. jaisss Lee. is tie reg
ular Friday Friars Paint packet leaving to-
morrow at ave pm. Stack Lee il her GENTLE
manly clerk. saA 4eH
Capt. Sam. Shock, the popular and WE'LL
Esq.. Of the Mem his and Arkansas River
Packet Company. returned to the city yester-
day from the Louisville Convention.
The Legal Tender. Captain Snow, leaves to-.
day for Augusta and way points on White
river. She makes all connections. Messrs.
Elliott and Glass are her clerks.
Small steamers are carry ing cotton off the
lakes above Shreveport at 81 so per bale. They
are unable to carry over one hundred bales in
thirty inches of water
The fine steamer Geo. W. Cheek. Capt. Geo.
Malone. leaves the whasf to- day at ave p 10.
for Osesols and the bends. Frank Gontorman.
elss.k
The magnificent Indiana. with Rubs Neal
on the roof. passes down this evening for vicks.
burg and New Orleans. he l. unsu' passed as
a passenger packet. Charley Miller has cha &c
of her Office.
large interest in the Msilie Able IL 10 be
sold at trgstoe Gale on the 18th. at St. Louis.
The good steamer Cora s.. Capt. Hicks King,
will have her repairs completed in time to leave
tomorrow evening for Cincinnati. Al. Croxal.
a clever gentleman. has charge Of she Office.
The Caldwell, Capt. Ruhe Hsines, is due from
White river,
The Belle st. Louis. Captain Zsigler. is the
regular Thursday St. Louis packet, leaving at
fvep,m. VIM. Baskette. clerk.
The Belle Yazoo made trial trip at Louis
vile on Sunday. She leaves that port to- day
for New Orleans. The Belle il Csptsip Psri-
solt's new steamer u
The auidol. Capt. Clay Rice. is the regular
Friday Arkansas river mail steamer. She will
be in port this evening to receive. VIM. Nor
the office.
~ =.
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Dox'r FREFzE.-There is no danger Of
any body freezing while George Mellersh
is 10 town, for be is sure to have good
supply of coal on hand. He has now
huge piles of Pitsburg and camel coal,
as well as coke. from which be will sup
ply customers at current rates. 10 ac-
commodate poor people who osn buy
only small quantities, he has opened a
yard on the corner Of Madison and Sec
ond streets, where drsymen and others
Of limited means can call and get coal
for the winter. fr,.... q
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THE public, or at least those who are
interested in buying home lot, in a
most convenient locality, and upon as
pretty grounds as the. whole length,
breadth and circumference Of Memphis
affords, will find just the property they
want in the beautiful lots to be sold at
peremptory sale by Messrs. Royster,
Irrelevant & Co, auctioneers, omorrow
afternoon, at 4 o'clock, upon the prem
ises at the corner Of Manassas and Brad
ford street. just square north of the ter
minus of the Poplar street cars-in the
neighborhood of Mr.. Richards, Mr.. Men
ken, Mr.. Wolcott and DR.. Cory, and
others of our best population.
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DE- SoTo BANK.-Ths Institution is
quite popular with our people. especially
with our business men, who look upon it
as one of the safest and best conducted
financial establishments in the city. 1t
has eIectsd o new Board of Directors
and officers, who are capitalists closely
identified with the interests of Menphis.
They are: Directors-J smes Elder, w..
a. Wood, T. r. Fsrnsworth, s. q Duns-
comb and John B. Leach. Officers
James Elder, President; W. 81. Wood,
Vice. President; and T. R. Farnswortb,
Treasurer. The Office of the DeSoto
Bank is located at No. lS Madison
street.
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BEAuriFuL PRESENT. = The Superin'
tendent of our press-room requests rs 10
return his most sincere thanks TO the
lovely young lady who yesterday sent
him handsome bouquet. The flowers
we're according to language well known
among intelligent lovers, and expressed
a sweet and holy sentiment
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Irish Immigrstioa-I.ette from Prof.
Mitchell.

mItCuclAs
EDITORS LEDGER: That you are always
disposed TO encourage every project tend
ing to benefit our cou ntry is fact; that
you having been the 6rst in this city to
present the results of our action in the
St. Louis Convention. is not needed to
prove. Considering the importance of
the matter, and emboldened by your IN :
usual kindness, desire to trespsss on
your space in referring still further to
this subject.
The fesult of our deliberations. as o
practical financial scheme, must be ad-
mitted to be of great merit and brlliancy.
AS fitting means to meet a peculiar
exigency, it evnces great applicability.
10 every line evidences of the purest dis
interestedness are visible. The utmost
caution that ingenuity and skill could
devise is employed to prevent the faintest
possibility Of fraud or peaGlstion. No
profits are possible to any one; and, ex.
eept the immigrant who will settle on the
soil, no one can be benefited by our cen.
trail fund. Not single ulterior object
can be traced 10 any act Of our Conveu-
ten and Ipuhesitatingly agree with the
81. Louis Times, that no similar move.
ment to this-so broad, disinteyested and
philanthropic--has yet been stsrtsd on
this continent. "-a-itt 90"
No effort has been made to benefit any
particular section or State. All are al
lowed to stand on the individual sttrac-
tons they can present to the Irish immi-
grant who proposes settling on farm.
Our central agent will deal alike With al.
;wso DC ssss sous,dsr j. sgotlstIeaI TO state
that this 10, to q great extent, owing to
your Memphis delegates.
Our central organization will be com.
pleted in short time. IL we are awake
in Tennessee, and are early in the field,
we shall have soon the hopeful, thrifty
Irish farmer on our soil, making the
waste pelas Iraitful garden. delegates
are instructed to organize State INN
grafton aid society, and branch societies
ofthe central organic ,tion. This should be
done here, and the SOONER the hsttpr. Let
orr landbolders come forward with their
offers. Let our citiyeus call public
meeting and attend it. Let US try TO
compete with the Western States with
their Government free lands, and soon
we will produce enough and - ., spare for
nome consumption, thereby keeping our
money at home. The Irishmsn has
never before bad q chsneo to 90 into
farming here, but he will soon show you
that he is the most patient and success
full farmer in the world. trust older
and more practical men than / am will
take this matter up at once, and there is
little doubt that it will be, at least, as bene-
fetal to us as Chinese labor, aud a move
ment of far greater social value. @
.soia11T p. L. MITCHELL.