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The Cat-A Study-After Victor
Hugo.


The cat is the concrete symbol of vascillating
politician.
1t is always on the fence.
I 1t is the feline embodiment of one of the pro-
foundest principles wrenched from the circum-
stances of the unknown and hurled into the boz
som of consciousness.
Nine tailors make one man. A cat has nine
times the life of one man, for it has niue lives.
Possession ALSO lie nine points of the law. Behold
Q legal possession of existence equal to the span
of eighty-one clothiers' lives.
Let us bow reverently before the august fact.
The wanderer by the moonlight sea shore,
when the moon-that argent cornucopia of heav-
EMS streaming forth her flowers and fruits Of
radiance, and the illimitable is illuminated by
the inefable, will have remarked the phosphor.
escent ridges that scintillate along the billows
tops, until the breakers seem to curve and snort
like horses necks with masses of lightning clad.
So, o man, when in the darkness of thine own
chamber, thou passest thine hand along the fur
~ spine of this feline phantom Of the back yard,
the electric sparks dart forth, and fash of light
ming fuses together the fingers and the fur.
Exquisite antithesis of nature The freside
embraces the ocean. The hearthstone is paved
with seashells The monsters Of the deep dis
port reflected in the glowing smbers. The in
Unite Abroad is brought into amAlgamation with
the finite At Home.
The ocean roars
The cat only pura.
The pillows rise and culminate and break
The cats back rises The feline tide is mp,
and We have permanent billow of fur and flesh.
O, impossible co-existence Of uncontradictory
contradictions.
The Duke Of Wellington was pronounced great
est captain Of his age. General Grant was pro-
uounoed the greatest captain of his
The greatest captain Of any age was the cap
tain with his whiskers.
Let rs not call this the regeneration of his.
tory. Call it rather the regeneration of nature.
The whiskers Of the captain.
The whiskers of the cat.
Tho hirsute exponent OF natural supremacy.
Tho feline symbolism Of the Bearded Lady,
crossing her claws before the family fire.
Jealousy has been called the great green.eyed
monster.
The cat il the grecn-eyed monster.
Both lie in wait Neither destroys its victim
without toying with it. One is the fox, the 9TH
or is the friend II the freside. Either is To be
met in almost any family. Each Of them is Of
! both sexes.
"Old Tom" gin in excess is one of mans Bit
forests bihulous foes man il the bitterest bibu-
lous foe of old Tom cat. The one puts the bricks
| into the hats Of the second TO be SHE'D at the
heads OF the third.
| o OSCILLATION between sky and earth! 0 lips
| OF the Seen touching the lips Of the Unseen! q
wave Of thought carsering through the asymp.
totes Of cloudland, crystalzing into angelic foci
the tangents Of humanity.
The stars are out NJ night
So are cats.
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A poor fellow having with difficulty procured
an audience of the late Duke Of Newcastle, told
his grace he only came TO solicit him for some
thing toward his support, aud as they were Of
the same family, both being descended from
Adam, he hoped no should not be refused
s'3urely not" said the Duke; 'surely not Here
IL penny for you; and II ell the rest Of your
relation. viii give you - much, you'll be rich.
e man than am"
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u, q. KING
Has removed his machinery from g. II. Rues old reaper
factory to his shop opposite Joseph Nsleshoes red
dencc Of Superior and Clinton Streets whore hs ,
prepared To do all kinds u
Planning, AatchiN0, Rs-sossiV d Ripping,
On short notice. Thankful for pest patronage " ~
and merit continuance Of the sams BY doing oyewu wort,
and doing Il ~ cheap sesn 10 dsss anywhere.
Ottawa, May - ~ J. q xuo
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srEAMs SHIP AoEMoY.

STEAM SHIP AoEMoY.
STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING SHIPS.-Na
y tonal Steam Navigation Co.'S Limo; Cunard etsamship
Co.'S Line; Anchor Steamship Cos. Line. AMMAN Steam
ship Line Black Star Sailing Line NcCorkle Coz. Sail
ing Line Parties wishing to bring friends nom the old country
will find to their interest to procure tickets Of NO.
the authorized agent for the above hst class lines Ottawa
NIB. have also made arrangements With several Rail
road Companies to issue through tickets ct less than usual
fare TO emigrants.
Drafts England Ireland and Scotland Ct the Lowest
rates few. s. ID. O. OKANI.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-23

LONDON, May 2l.--The Independence
Beige of this evening learns that Mr.. San
ford, the United States minister to BeIgi.
nm, has sent his resignation TO Washing
ton. He was led to take this step in con-
sequence of action of the Senate, with
reference 20 HIS nomination as Minister
TO Spain.
PHILADELPHIA, May AN engine
on the Burlington county road exploded
yesterday in Mount HalIy, N. ] killing
Chas. L. Plat, fireman, wounding engineer
Gaskill fatally, and conductor SAylor and
Edward Joyce seriously. The engineer
bounded from the track and fell into the
creek. The cara we're much damaged.
WHEELING, Va, May % ---Dispatches
received this morning announce the cap
tnre of the men who robbed the Harnden
Express Company, in Baltimore several
days since. The robbers were concealed
in the woods, near S@anton, Maryland.
All the money aud yaluables were reeoV-
cred.
New YORK, May Oh the Supreme
Court of Hudson county, New jersey, the
jury, last night, brought in verdict OF
$3.50 damages in favor of Mira. Cahart,
against the Elis' railway, for the loss Of
her husband by falling of a lrel bridge.
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NASHVILLE. TENNEssEE SUNDAY, May %. 1865.


will be able TO supply themselves with
manufactured goods and drive your man,
ufacturers from the field, and force them
to seek the Mississippi valley FOR mars
ket, and over roads that Cincinnati will
have no control in. / have written more
than / expected, and knowing your
knowledge of the facts set forth and your
great familiarity with the roads leading
from here, trust you will be able to
present these facts to your people.
Were one Of your citizens | would
soon make my choice.
The route l propose passes over the
best portions of Kentucky and Tennes-
see, while the other route passes over
mountainous and poor country, where
the local trade Of the section over which
1t passes will not pay the running ex-
penses.
With these suggestions | leave the
matter, to be determined by your people
as they think their interest will be best
served. / deem it useless to go into de-
tail as to distances, as reference to rail-
road maps will give them
Thanking you for the interest you take
n our interest, | remain your friend,
M, BURNS.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-23

DYING STATEMENTs.-The Court o
Criminal Appeals in England recently set
aside verdict Of murder on the follows
ing grounds The only evidence against
the prisoner was contained in the dying
declarations Of the wounded person, a
woman, who, at the, end Of the account of
the circumstances, said, " l have made
the above statement with the fear Of
death before me, and with no hope at
present of my recovery" The words
"at present. were interlined at the de-
ceased's request, and the court held that
this fact allowed that the declaration was
not made in the fear of death, and, there
fore, that the statements could not be re-
ceived in evidence. The construction
placed upon the words under considera-
ton would seem to be, that though the
wounded person believed herself to be in
highly critical state, yet she had not
given up all hopes ofrecovery.
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GRAND RADICAL PERFORMING
ANIMALS.

We understand that few gentlemen of
enterprise living in this aud adjoining
counties, were 70 much enthused with the
performances aud peffumeries Of The
Radical riDg-iailed monkeys of the
existing State cohVentio", that
that they organized at once a stock
company and bought the whole
concern-niggers, monkeys, balloons,
eagle orators, buzzard orators, centres, out
fquirts, school-funders, the bigmouthed
Memphis niger, aud the youth Of sweet
sixteen, who had a committee called for to
carry him that his mother might starch
him behind the ears.
The object and purpose Of the present
proprietors ia to travel and exhibit the
animals in the various cities. They will
give their first appearance at Antioch on
Saturday, and grand matinee at Chris
tians on Sunday.
There are few animals in this enter
tainment never before seen by civilized
mankind, and the chairman, DR.. Pearne,
who is certainly successful compound of
Spalding's compound glue and tar, is
guaranteed 10 outslick anything, unlesI il
be original sin.
We find the foregoing announcement in
the Murfreesboro Monitor, and on a recent
visit 10 the vicinity of the two cities named
for the first performances, we found the
natives greatly demoralized at, learning
that the enterprise had proved 10 be
failure. We had personal interview
with one of the proposed proprietOrs ofthe
exhibition company, asd we learn that
the chairman, Hon. A. M. Cate, had noti-
fed him that the transfer of the menagerie
could not be made by him TO the extent he
had thought it could be; and that he
could only now comply with his promise
to transfer so far as one half of the animals
for show was concerned. His failure
"to giUc tile clear" TO Rev. burgundy
Pitch Pearne and his Railroad Ring,
which were the main attractions Of The
Center part Of the show, has broken up the
trade, at least until consolidation or new
L 10 haA
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RELIGIOUS.
Old school Presbyterian Assembly ut
New York.

New 1Ork.
NEW YORK, May 22.-In the Old
School Presbyterian Assembly, the follow
ing resolutions were offered and laid over:
Resolved, That We urge upon the min
listers OF our church the duty Of giving
instructions TO the people of their respec-
tive charges az TO the scriptural doctrine
concerning the marriage relation; and that
We warn them against jsining in wedlock
any who may have been divorced on other
than ecriplural ground, and we also exhort
church sessions TO exercise of due disclp-
line in the CAGES Of those members who
may be guilty Of violating the laws of the
church in this particular.
Resolved, That We regard the de-
struotion by parents Of their own
offspt;ng before birth as crime
against nature, and that as there are
many influences at work in public and
IN secret TO corrupt the minds Of the pee
pie, until the frequency Of such murders
rs no longer sought 10 be concealed We
hereby warn those who are guilty Of these
crimes that they cannot inherit eternal
life; and that il is vile hypocrisy
for such persons TO remain in conneC-
Hon with the visible church Of Christ,
anu We fAuOIb Ahoht WHO AldN6 DetO
called to preach the gospel and all
those who love purity and the truth, and
who would arrest the just Judgment of the
Almighty God from the Stale and society
that they may be no longer silent or toler-
ant q these lhings but take bold stand,
that the flood OF impurity and cruelty may
be stayed.
These resolutions were laid over for
future consideration,
A resolution from Philadelphia body
requesting that ministers of the church L
exhorted 10 preach on the duty Of total
abstinence the last Sabbath OF the year,
was discussed and amended by changing
Nhef word exhorted TO enjoined, and by
liking the lime at the third Sabbath in
December, or the earliest practicable
time, apd passed nearly unanimously.
Tuesday WAS named for the consideration
of the subject Of reunion, and approved
by the assembly.
Overtures were presented from several
Prssbyteries Ivy the appropriate committee,
looking forward to the union Of the two
branches of the Presbyterian Church,
North and South.
Il was recommended by resolution Of
The Committee on Bills and OgertureF
that correspondence be opened with the
Southern body on the subject, which was
referred 10 a special committee.
The proceedings Of the New School As
sembly are unimportant.
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Allen knows il, and everybody else iha
had sense enough to gel home. s 9
Col. Yaryan then referred TO the fac
that there must be large banking capital
backing SAKE in that $199, coo speculation
That the property Of the town wss being
con6scated and destroyed, and sith con-
tinuance of such state of affairs, II gould
only take Eve years and seven months to
eat up every dollsr of taxable property
in the city.
He would give Mr.. Allen notice that he
would be called upon TO answer questions
in the Chancery Court on Monday, and
tell Us who Henry Greener is, and explain
something about the man who loaned the
corporation $23. 900 for few days and got
in return $SS, Allen said that he
would promise before the taxpayers there
assembled to answer every question truth
fully.
Col. Coly aus remarks ard comments on
the extravaganza and recklessness Of the
management of affairs were continued at
some length, and we have only been able
10 give brief synopsis.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-23

CRoP PROSPECTS, AT THE WEsT.-A
Chicago dispatch, few days ago, stated
that the crop accounts from all sections
Of the West were highly favorable The
Illinois State Journal, published at
Springfield, says that for many years the
crop prospects at this period of the
season have not been so favorable as at
the present time. Last fall the weather
was exceedingly favorable for planting
wheat Crops were put in early, and,
owing TO the lateness Of the season, the
plants obtained a vigorous growth before
cold weather set in. This saved the
crops from the usual mishaps of winter,
and complaints of freezing out" have
consequently been rare. The late spring
has also been favorable, the cold, wet
weather preventing too rapid growth
Notwithstanding the spring has been
late, farmers have been able to make
good progress in getting in grain, potno
toes and corn.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-23

EXTRAORDINARY TIDAL WAvEs-The
earthquake waves of August last in the
Pacific, about which We have heard so
much, were felt in memorable way at
Samoa (Nayigator's lsland,) At Upolu,
one Of the group, wave from twenty
to thirty feet in hight burst upon the
shore at 8 o'clock A. NJ, when the ma
tives were all asleep. 1t came without
warning, in calm weather, and the ar
frighted people woke to find themselves
floating, with the roofs of their houses
and their household gear, among the
tree tops. Some were left lodged in the
branches, others were carried on by the
rush and pumped into swamp behind
the village. The alarm was great, but
the loss Of life was small. The first
wave was followed by second nearly
equal in magnitude, after which from 8
to III o'clock A. Nj, the tide rose and fell
eighteen times.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-23

We mentioned some weeks ago that
a boy by the name of Thomas Morton
was drowned in the South Fork Of Hol>
ston, some II miles from this place.
His body was found exactly two weeks
after, fifteen miles below, following the
windings Of the river, and had been
thrown upon the bank opposite to and
near the spot where his mother and
brother had been buried some years be-
fore. This was a singular circumstances,
but the most remarkable part of the story
is to tell, as it has been related to US.
The night before he was drowned, he
had dream which he related at the
breakfast table the morning of his death.
He dreampt that his mother had appeared
to him, and that she told him she had
been gone long time, but had come for
him at last, and intended to take him
with her. In an hour or two after re-
lating the dream, he was with his mother
in the spirit land.-AbingdOn Virgini-
an, M0g 81. 3D. .I-4
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A FUNNY typographical error appeared
in our report of the proceedings of the
convention yesterday, in regard to DR.. N.Y.
nats Representative from Knox county.
The transportation of the word "lunaiie,
Was the blunder. IL shoaId have read ''Dr.
MyDalt, late chairman of The Committee on
the Lunatic Asylam, instead of "late lu-
matte chairman of the Asylum" Pres
and Times.
Onr neighbor's queer mistake makes us
think Of the enthusiastic fellow who de.
elared that be was going with his girl to
See the painting OF "Crossington Washing
The Delaware"
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Mr.. Colyar commented upon the differ
ent items when he called them out. He
said as far as Ingersoll was concerned, he
was indicted before the Criminal Court.
Nobody Was able 10 tell him anything
about Henry Greener. When be men.
toned the Peoples Bank, somebody in
the crowd said: THAT corner ought to be
levelsd to the ground" While he was
reading the items, he WAS interrupted by
Capt. Allen, Chairman Of the Finance
Committee.
Alien-Why did you not com to me,
and could have given yon all The infor-
nation required.
Colyar-I gave you q chance to answer
when that bill was filed in the Chancery
Court. You then upon your oath refused
to snswer the questions.
Ailen-Did not the Chancery Court COM
pei him to answer, or be sent TO jail for
contempt.
A colloquy was kept np, in which Allen
said that if Colyar had come TO him, he
would have answered everything with
pleasure, and Colyar replied that the an
swer TO the bill above referred 10 was evil
dence that be was not disposed to tell
what had been done with the checks
whether they were put on the market or
sold, or pledged for collateral, and how
much money was obta ned on these checks
which Ogden M the former chairman, and
lac as the present chairman put out. Allen
said that reports had been made regularly
to the board and published in the city
papers.
Wetmore here arose and said if any
body could make cut the last statemenl
made by MoGrane, be was sharp man
on figures.
Col. Celyar proceeded, and said that in
addition 10 the immense sum paid TO the
regular departments, there was $443, sl(
turned over TO SAKE and the finance com
mit,ee that on the l2lh of the present
month SAKE had issued TO him upwards
of $4,000 All the fnaneiers in Americl
can't save the city from ruin, and Mr.
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THE LosT BAGGAGE SUIT.-As already
stated, an interesting lawsuit has just
been decided 10, the Pennsylvania Su-
preme Court f6r $4,000 damages to
baggage. The circumstances axe that
Mr.. Cyrus Mccormick, in 1852, appeared
at the depot of the Pennsylvania railroad,
in Philadelphia, with his wife and large
number of trunks. The agent refused
to check the baggage until passenger
tickets were shown. This delayed him
some minutes; Mr.. Mccormick bought
two tickets; the agent then refused to
check the baggage without payment for
extra weight while Mr.. Mccormick dis
cussed the matter with his wife, other
trunks were piled on theirs, and when
he concluded not to pay the freight de-
manded, and asked for his trunks again,
he was told that il was too late, as the
train was about to start. The baggage
went to Pittsburg, was there delivered
to the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi
cage Railroad Company, and was stored
in their warehouse, subject to the de-
rnand of the owner hereafter. The ware
house was burned, and the baggage in
it. The court awarded Mr.. Mccormick
$l0,66O damages, and an extra allow
ance of $500. q
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-23

The Frospecs of a Repnbiiean Forn
Of GoveFnmenf.
MADRID May 22.-The republican, news
papers of this city assert that the recent
vete of the Cortes has only deferred the
scheme for a federal republic, not defeated
1t. A republic sooner or later must come
through the want OF monarch and the
absence Of unanimity on the part Of ma
jority of the Cortes.
Queen Isabella has proposed to abdicaie
her throne in favor Of her son, the Prince
of the Asturias.
Gonzales Bravo, her former prime min.
lister, and others have advised her other
wise.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-23

Our special dispatch from Franklin on
Friday night mentioned the recovery Of
two mules, supposed to have been stolen,
and the killing of one of the negroes and
wounding Of the other. Oae of The mules
belonged to James Kelly, OF this place,
who recovered his property yesterday.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-23
False Preteuses.

Jim DnDgey was arrested upon the
charge of obtaining q load Of fodder from
Jerry Walker under false pretenses. The
case has been postponed until the 29lh
instant.
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Sad NOndAtt0n OF confederate Graves
AN Appeal to the Friends of the
Dead. . .r a.. -h
To the Editors Of the Union and American;
LIVINGSTON, TENN, May 10, 1862
Having lately passed over the battle field
at Fishing creek, Kentucky, and observed
the condition of the graves OF the Confed.
crate dead who fell there, / thought it
my duty as friend and brother soldier In
the ''lost cause" TO inform you Of their de-
lapidated condition, and to urge upon you
all the necessity of performing a duty we
owe 10 them, to our ancestors and our pos
terity, by subscribing q reasonable amount,
and TO organize an association for the pur-
pose of making a respectable enclosure
around and erecting monument over
their graves to mark their resting place.
Their graves are in bad condition, and
my object in this is to lay their condition
before their friends.
am with great respect,
J. Ii. WINDLE,
Late private Co. D, 25th Tenn. Vol. Inf +,
e. = A
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stolen Harness.

A negro named John Greer, was arrest
ed yesterday for having in his possession
set of harness, valued at $25, which be was
offering TO sell for 81 SO. The harness
are now at police headquarters.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-23

Felix Coffee WAS yesterday arraigned
before Esqaire Mathews upon the charge
of threatening the life of Bette Lamer-
esux. Tbs case will be he ard on Tue day
next, the 25th inst.
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AnnaInted auarhian.

In the Probate Court, yesterday, p. L.
Nichol was appointed guardian to Kate
L. Everett, Alex. s. Everett and James T.
Waller, minor orphans.
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CommIssIouer Appolnted.

Maj. VIM. Gray, ha, been appointed by
Judge Trigg, Commissioner of the United
States Circuit Court for the middle district
of Tennessee.
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Applied for a Certificate to Practice

s. B. Davidson yesterday applied 10 His
Honor Judge Glenn for a certificate for
his son, John s. Davidson, 10 practice law.
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THk Bonham Meas reports that me-
gro man, near Wesley, Texas, the other
day, shot gentleman who was riding on
the road, and then attempted TO violate
the gentleman wife, who was with her
husband He failed in his attempt, was
captured by the citizens, and LEFT in
such condition as would insure no
second attempt Of the kind"
A HENPEcKED RAT.-The other day a
large Norway rat attacked brood Of
chickens at GAINESVILLE, Ohio. The
mother hen at once came to their rescue,
and fought so calamity that she killed
the rat in few moments. She managed
to seize him with her claws, and holding
him down, pecked at his head until he
gave up the ghost.