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ST. Icons TOAsr--4HY MOTHER"

BY request, we publish the following beau
inl verses:
The feast is DER. Now brimming wine
In lordiy cup is seen TO shine
Before each eager guest
And silence nIls that crowded hall
A deep as when the herald's call Z
Thrills in the royal breast.
Then up arose the noble host,
And. smiling, said: A toast q t0asti
To aliour ladyes fair,
Here, before all, 1 pledge the name
OfStantOu's proud and beauteOus dame.
The Lady Ltndemere."
Quick to his feet each gallant sprung.
And Joyous was the shout that rung,
And Stanley gave the word,
And every hand was mised On high.
Nor ceased that loud ana gladsome cry
Till stanley's voice was heard
Enough euoughr' he smiling. said,
Ana loWly bowed his naughty mead
THAT all may have their due.
Now each in tuEn must play hfs part
And pledge h lady Of his heart,
Like gallant knight and true
Then. one by one, each guest stood up.
And drained in turn the trimming cup,
And named the loved ones name,
And each. as a on high he raised,
His lady's grace or beauty praised
Her e~onstancy and fame.
'Tis now st. Icons turn to rise: a
On him are nXed those countless eyes. ;
For gallant knight Is he,
Euvied by some, admired by all,
Far famed in ladye's bower and hall.
The flower Of chiYalry.
st. Leon raised his kindIfng eve.
and lifts the sparkling cup on high,
i drink to one" he said,
Whose image lever may depart,
Deep craven on this faithful heart
Till memory be dead:
50 To II whose love for me shall last
When lighter passions long are past,
So holy It's and true;
Whose love Tor me hath longer dWeIt,
More deeply liked, more keenly felt,
Than any pledged by you"
Each guest upstarted at the word,
And laid his hand upon his sword
Wilh fury flashing eye.
And Stanley said: We crave the name
Proud knight, Of this most peerless dame
Whose love you count so high"
II. Leon paused, as II he would
Not breathe her name in careless mood,
Thus lightly 10 another;
Then bowed his noble head as though
To give that name the reverence due.
and gently said: d" My MOrHER!'
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EDITOR.

We learn by the Dyersburg Gazette
that a recent meeting "tO see about
bringing the Mississippi railroad to
that town was a failure; that, after
some talk" it was adjourned TO the
IIth OF December. We regret the in
disposition thus manifested by the
people Of Dyer county towards so i'm
portsnt an enterprise. They are cer-
tainly standing in their own light.
They are most assuTedly assisting to
postpone the day Of progress and Of
wealth, and are doing the only thing
necessary to prevent a healthy aces
sion OF population to their numbers.
The Mississippi River Railroad is a Ne
eessity to them. Without it they
are cut off from direct and
daily intercourse with the commune
ties contiguous to them and with
Memphis, the city to which they n
naturally tributary. In order to adj
vance the price Of their surplus lands,
and insure their settlement by hardy,
thrifty and industrious immigrants,
they must have the Mississippi River
Railroad. To realize this in all its
force they have but to contrast the
present condition Of the counties Of
West Tennessee through which rail
roads run with their condition when
" dirt roads " were the only highways.
The River Railroad is certain to be
built, and we hope with the assistance
Of the people Of Dyer. They viii, we
trust, be prevailed upon by the Gazette,
whose services in their behalf are
worthy Of all praise.
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JOHN cHINAMAN.

-
Among al the raees that people the earth,
You cannot discover so Hne a man
As the one Of pare Mong0nau birth.
The noble, m~aguauimous Ehiuamau.
Using the noble John Chinaman,
The honest, Industrious Chiuaman.
There ne'er was a theme
OF which poet did dream
So inspiring rs that Of John C~hinaman.
His heart IS 20 pure and his virtues so great,
To pattern them all would refine 2 man.
His citizenship would honor = state
Then welcome We an the sweet CnInaman.
The wise and the Virtuous Ghlnamal,
The never malicious O Chiaamani
There's nothing we want
or which we a-e emit
But Will come by importing the Chlnaman-
There are those who deery him, and more
How an fh4v 81 heartless mallzn a mani
Whistler they deny hin, I mean 70 stand by
EssfboldIy defend the psor Chinaman-
The n0uted and secuted John Chinaman.
The doubted and-r0uted . Chiuamans
In me you've a friend
Who viii ever defend
Your excellent graces, John Chinaman-
There's no sort Of duty, hard, grim or sooty,
To which you could ever assign a man,
a II htm yoU tepute, &c. regardless or
won't straightway perform f. brave Chi
The gritty and pIucky John Chinaman.
The happy-go-iucky John Chinamans
ANAIA y Nf NNaH NA WNA6
He's anxious 70 shirz.
And small pays enough for aChlnaman-
The farmer. or miller, or tinker. or tailor.
OF blacksmith, or l0cksmlth. or toiuerman.
II any yOH need, with dlii1ent speed.
Be sure andsecure a good thlnaman-
Whenever YOU think or empI0vfnf a man
Inspect and select a good Chfnaman-
You ne'er VIII regrst
A job you have let
Out on contract unto a John Ghlnamau.
Your wife may dismiss the impatient miss
Who stays Odt so late TO Join her man;
put IN the stead ofthe pert chambermaid
A brisk and obedienr Chinaman.
An elegant cook Is the Chtnamanf
Whenever You wish TO dlnea man.
In elegant style.
Twill be worth your while
To have In your kitchen a Chinamau-
He's neither mendaeious. nor So voracf0u4-
That one need wish 10 resign a man:
4Ouean feed aim on rice- On, won't that be
nice!
You need not buy meat for the ChInaman.
Sogiuttou and thief is the Chfnaman-
II ever you could rely On a man,
To let things alone
That are not his own.
That man Is the honest JOhn ChIuauan.
You'ghave no occasion for poor-house or Jail.
or prison, In which 70 onnne a man.
II you'll emily clear out the rae, tag. and bob
tail,
And people the land wiki the ChInaman.
The frugal and thrifty John Chinaman-
The iank, lucre-loviug John thiuamau-
His needs are SO small
hat he saves nearly all
OF the little he earns. the wise Chlnaman-
How charming to dwell wiki the Chfnaman-
Who, though he Is a man.
" neneveT be VIII. is good company sill.
me g~ood-uatureu dog OF a~EHinaman-
Why chur-ishly chafe az rhe Chinaman-
Tn cheerful and chIvaIr0us Chinaman.
when such a tine chance
Our wealth 10 enhance
L found In the cheap and chat. China
maui
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THE CHINESE.
The Legislative Vote to Prohibit their In.
portati0n.
From the Courier-Journal.

VIZ
An amendment forbidding the i'm
p~ortation of Chinese into Tennessee
was adopted in the lower House of
the Legislature of that State on Tues
day by q vote of hfty-three to fifteen.
This surprises US. Nothing like it, so
far as we have heard, by any other
State Legislature in the United States.
1t beats California. The California
Legislature laid q heavy and Qppre5-
sive monthly tax upon Chinese.
miners, hoping thus to keep them out
Of the State or to drive them out, bat
that body, with ali its injustice toward
them, never went to the point of abb
soiutely prohibiting their immigra-
ton, which, we presume, IS what the
Tennessee House meanSby importa-
ton. Even in the old Know Othing
times, no plan Of absolute exclusion
was adopted or so much as suggested
against any people on earth. Nothing
OF the kind occurred to any mind,
however fierce ana ran4tlcal.
The Great Southern Convention,
held several months ago at Memphis,
the second city of Tennessee, resolved
strongly in favor OF Chinese labor.
Inc ltnHGSStC HiCulOGES VI TIC GOu-
vention, if we are not uniformed,
voted for it. Some Tennessee con-
tracts, we understand, have been
made. The experiment will undoubt-
eddy be tried in that state either
with the Legislatures consent or in
defiance of its prohibition, and there
is no reason why it should not be, no
reason in the world why those oiti-
Zens of Tennessee, who wish, at their
own risk, to see the results of a trial
of Chinese labor, should not be al
loved the opportunity. If the Bur-
lingame treaty shall be ratified, as
it seems certain to be, State iesisla-
ticn TO rule out Chinese labor will be
impotent by reason of the treaty if
for 10 other reason. The treaty pro-
vides that the Chinese may reside
unmOlested in this country and the
people of the United States unmo-
Tested in China, no policy of oppres-
sion being practiced upon either; and,
by our Federal Constitution, treaties
with foreign governments are a.
much the law of the land as the Con-
stitution itself. Tennessee is a highly
enlightened State, and we should
very much to see her engaged
Ia proscriptiye and intolerant legisla-
ton.
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The Authorship Of the Beautiful
Snew."

The Cincinnati Enquirer SAYS al
W. FaxOn, now dead, is claimant.
through his brother, now living, Of
the Beautiful Snow Let Ball rock
that brother to sleep"
To which the st, Louis DiSDdfcb re-
spends: ''Fhe Enquirer is facetious.
but Nj. FaXOn's brother is serious.
And we know he is right. A Mr..
Watson has published a book Of
poems, in which Beautiful Snow is a
principal feature. He claims the au-
thOrship, of course. A Mr.. SigOurnev
Is about TO publish a book OF poems,
in which Beautiful Snow will be the
principal feature, and of course he will
claim its authorship. But we happen
to know that neither Of them wrote
it. And we do know that Henry w
FaXOn did write it. We saw the
manuscript of the poem in 1852, and it
was published in the Buffalo Courier
in that year, Of which paper Mr..
FaxOn was local editor. had poor
Henry taken our advice and pub
Hshed a book Of his pOems-and he
wrote many sweet and beautiful and
tender pOems-his fame would have
been assured, and he would not have
been robbed after his death. These
fellows would have tOlen POe's Raven.
had the opportunity presented itselE.''
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ter, resulting from frequent contro-
versies and other causes, are not IN
common among the different denomi-
nations Of Christians. And we should
be glad to see the spirit Of charity
more generally prevail among them,
even in spite Of the foibles aud frail-
ties Of our common humanity, and to
all the extent it is possible they
should be corrected or controlled.
DIR. GRAVES says "no secular paper
has the right to pen or to publish an
article that misrepresents, or is calcu-
lated, directly or indirectly, to preju-
dice any religious denomination
Wedonot claim the fright" to publish
any misrepresentation whatever. On
the contrary we desire to avoid it in
all cases. But we are liable to err, and
we respectfully suggest that not all
who do 50 by inadvertence, deserve to
be classed as mendacious." We
consent also that we have no right to
publish anything Calculated directly
or indirectly to prejudice any religious
denomination" But we answer, that
some latitude in this respect should be
given by the Doctor to the secular
press, which, not being quite so
thoroughly informed on the subjects Of
the different theological dOgmas, or
their reasons, or effects as himself,
may therefore ~innOcently fall into
error in this matter. In publish
ing a secular newspaper among
a people of a thousand opinions, and a
multitude of denominations, we shall
have to be very wakefulif we tread on
the toes Of none, while we give Oeca-
freedom to all to speak. If a
denomination is offended by any in
correct statement as to fact through
our paper, it will cost usually but a
few words to make the correction,
is both the shorter and the bet
ter process. DR.. GRAVES wholly mis-
takes Us in saying we regard the par
agraph complained ofas "inOffensive''
in a UNCONVENTIONAL point OF view.
say that the publication Of an
item, going the rounds of the press,
not be regarded or treated as an
offence on our part, and especially not
As an intentional offence to the Bap-
list or any other denomination. 1t
was not taken from a religious but
rom a political journal. We have no
answer to make, and this will
be republished in the Baptist, OF
omitted in the discretion Of its edi-
or.
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opinion which the longest range gun
in h arsenal will not reach, and
WhieIl cannot be starved into submis-
sion. In defeat they have been as
great as in victory. II we would pre-
serve and pass down TO our ~pOsterity
those elements of character which,
have given us a history, it can best be
done in our present condition only by
the most permanent monumental
tributes to the memories and deeds
of the Confederate dead. That
these elements of character are
worthy of being preserved we
feel and know. Our enemies being
Judges, we ought not to let the old
Southern heart perish.
The New York Tribune, in an aFti-
Gle more candid than usual towards
Us, expresses an earnest desire that the
great qualities of the South. should
not be lost to the nation-and hoped
that these would survive the desOla-
tons of the hour. There is nothing
in the mere fact of military defeat,
that casts on such an enterprise the
slightest shade of improperly. The
column of granite that rises toward
the skies from the nights of Bunker's
Hill, whose summit Webster invited
the earliest morning beam to gild,
and where he invoked the last ray Of
the setting sun to linger-was erected
to celebrate an unsuccessful battle
field, and to commemorate the soldier
dead, who fell without the YictOr's
wreath.
1t is eminently proper that the
Church should assume this solemn la
Dor, and that the memorial be a tenn
pie of the Living God. Thus is pre-
sented and cOmmemorated Il leading
characteristic OF Our peOple-their
evangelical piety. Intidelity and scep-
ticism have no abiding place with Us.
Never, in the wantOnness of intelIec-
tual strength, have we thrown away
the peril of salvation nor broke the
mystic chain that binds the penitent
of earth to Calvary's Cross. Amid the
hurting hail of death, guiding his
charged columns, the old woods of
Virginia, echoing the shouts of his
victorious brigades, the stern ''blue-
light" Elder, found time to wait
his prayer upwards 20 his God.
Then, let the proposed Westminster
Of the South be founded, and as it
rises in graceful proportions, let it be
perfected by all that the genius Of
architecture can conceive. Let the
highest art combine with the ampleSt
wealth to produce an elegiac struc-
ture worthy of our great dead. If
another Angelo can be found, let
him again swing the pantheon in
mid-air. Let it be, in the language of
Gibbon, when describing st. Peters
at Rome, 1.-The most glorious structure
that has ever been applied to the use
of religion" while at the same time
it shall be in its materials, in
its sculpture and painting, a
vast epic ever speaking to the eye
and soul, the story of heroes-bIend-
ing in harmony the sorrows Of a
chastened pride with the consultations
of q Christian faitl.
At the close of Judge Browns re-
marks, DIR. Ford thanked the audi
ence for their attention, in a few neat
and graceful words, saying that what
ever else the South had lost, it stands
peerless in oratory. The audience
then adjourned.
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INTERESTING CASE.
The Case OF Hickman VS.. Betz and Others,
of Alabama.

A case of much interest was before
the Supreme Court of the United
States Tuesday. The title of the case
is Hickman VS.. Betz and Others, in
error from the United States District
Court for the Southern District Of AL
ALBANIA. Hickman sued defendant for
malicious prosecution and false i'm
prisOnment in 1868. Pending the war
Hickman was indicted in a court sit
ting under Confederate authority for
treason against the Confederate gov
eminent. Upon this charge he was
arrested and confined in prison from
January to May in that year, and on
his trial and aequittal was discharged.
He was subjected to heavy expense by
tho employment of counsel and other
causes, and his suit IS to recover that
amount and damages for imprisOn-
ment. Some of the defendants had
acted as grand jurors in the Confede-
rate Court, audln that character found
the Indictment; and other defendants
under the same authority made the
arrest. They defended themselves
upon two grounds; first, that the
court was a legal one, because estab-
lished by a Government de fuctO;
secondly, because the plaintiff, as they
alleged, had participated in the rebel
lion. The court below Ovefruled the
first ground, and ruled upon the sec
Ond that if the jury found that the
plaintiff was not, during the entire
rebellion, loyal to the United States,
he could not recover, and the jury
found a verdict for defendants. As to.
the loyalty to the United States, of the
plaintiff, there was no conflicting evil
dence, and there was evidence from
which it was said in the argument the
jury might have found that, although
the plaintiff was at first dislOyal to the
United States, he in good faith re-
turned to his loyalty and continued
so until the csose OF the rebellion, and
that this was his condition when he
was indicted and arrested. The case
was argued by Hon. Reverdy johnson
for the plaintiff in error. 1t will be
q that both questions are of great
public interest. The first involves the
right of secession, and the legality of
the governments established under it,
and the other, whether a party, orig
inally concerned in rebellion, could not
resume his loyalty, and share the pro-
lection OF the Constitution and laws of
the United States,
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newborn Eden. Yon may say this
life ] desire to lead will not be a useful
one for my fellows. Granted! l do
not intend to grid on an apron and
become waiter to the WOrld.H
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There are three candidates In Sum-
ner county for delegate to the COnsti-
tutiOnal Convention-Messrs, J. r.
A. TomPkins, George W. Allen and
John Branhan, Messrs. George b.
Guild and II. A. Bennett decline to
anRouRse themselves as candidates,
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The Brownsville Bee Of Friday
says; There viii be a meeting of the
stockholders of the Brownsville and
Dyer County Railroad at this place
next Monday for the purpose Of or
~ganization under the amended char
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Brownsville has twenty-five dry
goods stores, and some new ones open
soon.
The Nashville Banner Of Friday
says; Under a resolution passed
some weeks ago by the House of Rep
r~esentatiyes, the portrait of ex-Presi-
dent johnson, ignominiously dis
placed during the reign of RadicaIism
at the capitol, was yesterday restored
TO its old place"
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We hear Of sporadic cases Of scarlet
fever in Brownsville, in one or two in
stances fatal.
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ty. She has obtained Tor herself, without
political independence, distinct indi-
viduality, a nationality Of fame, il not
of government. 1t is an episode of
acts and endurance which has leaped,
as it were, across the track Gf time, but
in light immOrtal-more luminous
than the pathway Of the stars.
Then why shall not a people thus
hedged around by so much OF glorious
circumstance, and so borne aloft be-
fore the eyes OF nen by such conspic-
uOus events, preserve memorials as
as magnificent as their means will ad-
NIT of those who died at their sum-
mons in defense ofthis land, and to
maintain that place among men trans
mitted to them from 2 pQble ances-
try? On the contrary, 10 neglect this
sacred duty would be either to admit
that there is nothing in u history
worthy of consideration, or to confess
that we have lost all that makes a
people or a natiOn-pride in the past,
a dauntless spirit for the present and
hope for the future. But such is not
the case. There never was a popula-
ton that so well upheld their dignity
and character under misfortune as
this, When an Eastern King stood
captive before Alexander, he was
asked by his eonqueror how he de-
sired to be treated? He replied
briefly: "As a King" So heye our
people in action and expression, by
mute protest, or in calm u%tterance,
insisted that they should be
treated as become their great eharac-
ter and achievements in the past.
No amount Of repression has yet
broken their spirit. They have intel
ligently and beroGally recognized that
resistance by the sword has necessari-
ly a limit; that this in modern times
is a matter Of mathematical calcula-
ton, and that the horrors and priya-
tons of active war can only be borne
for a short time by any people, how
ever so brave add ~resOuree1ul. But to
all the policies designed to degrade
them and wear out their moral tex
ture, they have m~anfuliy opposed that
array Of mind which cannot be
marched against by bFigades and di-
visions; that muster Of protesting
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PRICES REDUCED.
TENNESSEE Iron STORE,
Mes. 81 and 81 North Market street.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

tNTE HAVE NOW IN STORE A VERY
w large stock of Tennessee ElOOm ana
Kentucky Iron, viz: Bar. Band, Round
and Square. Boiler. Sheet and Hoop.
200 Sets Wagon Axles 20 Tons HOllow-waTe
50 Sets Wagon Ihim- Castings,
BILE Skeins. 80 sets Hubs SpOkee,
$50 Pairs Springs, all 80 Sets Buggy and Car
sizes riage AXles,
150 Sets WAGON Boxes, so Sets Steel Tire.
10 Tons COOpers' Hoops, "a to Ia,
together with Horse and Mule Shoes, Nails
Steel. Hammers. Anvils. Vices. Steel PiOw Plate
Smiths Bellows, PlOSs, etc, all Of which W
are selling at Re Giuced Prices for lash
70 secure our Iron, look for Brand H., IL. q
| s., Tennessee. r.. II. a ~. NY.
| HILLMAN, BROTHER & SONS.
| janl 2m
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him with suspicion and distrust,
while his organization of volunteers,
and the use made of them, infamed
the hatred of the Cubans. Thus
placed between two fires, Dulce
failed to please either party, and at
the present time is engaged in com
batting with equal zeal the revolu-
tionists and the volunteers. The
new Captain-General, if we may
Judge from his antecedents, is a
tyrant and a butcher. He will
make Spanish rule ten times more
odious than ever to the Gu
bans. His measures will I'M
doubtedly be of q nature to in
fame the feelings Of the revolu-
tionists to a pitch that will render
the so-cGlled rebellion" too fierce
to be withstood with the remotest
hope of eonquering it. Nor is it
probable that American citizens
will be better treated under the De
Roda administration than that of
Dulce. AT the present time, more
than fifty American citizens are
imprisoned in Havana by orders of
the Captain General, among whom
is the Secretary of the United
States Consulate at that port.
These persons have never been
made acquainted with the cause of
their arrest, nor are they allowed
to communicate with those from
whom assistance could be procured.
1t is time our government would
move in this matter. 1t is a ma
tiOnal disgrace that a few thousand
Spaniards should set at defiance the
United States, and outrage its
citizens.