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New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
NArInNAL sTOCK EXCHANGF.
WEpNEspAY, June 9-P. N.

Gold opened at 1891 sold at $780, 1881, clos
ing at 1ssIa139. The cearings at the Gold Exchange
Bank were s56O2O 900, and the balances S29092O6 S.
Government bonds opened firm. but at the close re-
acted fraction in sympathy with tho decline In stocks
There has been moderate investment demand for all
classes Of bonds and good inquiry for currency per
cents which are the cheapest Government bonds In
the market These bonds have 80 years to run and bear
per cent interest and cannot be paid Of or funded at
lower rate of interest before maturity When New 62Os
sold at ITO these bonds freely taken
at 1884, and at present prices they oher
the best inducements to purchasers for investment
At the weekly offers for the sale OF Fvewentes TO the
Government OcO offered at from l16 for Sixty
elgts to 1ls for coupon sxyves the prices being er
INT The accented offers were follows:
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CoURT CALENDARs-Tus DAY

SUPREME COUKT-GENERAL TERM.-hOs. Z3i, D 10
a. 9. 49, 50 81 o. 80 g. sJ ST. Sc 80 Co. g. u, g. q, g. g. %
" 10
SUPREME COUPT - CmCCIT-PART Nos. 2G5
RS s1l 65 1916 ziz 2l u.s. ig CO. lz6 4zi7 993 1886 1907
ll7s 6ks Iilo 1871 l7Gi.
SUPREME OCRT--CUAMBEKs.-Nos 2S. 81, g, i'll,
iA isI l52. l5i. ls5. lC0. I04, ~.
SUPEgoR COUIu-TmL TRRM-PART Nos
l8 s75 2f5 s59l 5G5, 23 J13 195, 65i 3J7
- PAl liza 6 o. 96. 40 iVa e5' Sz6 sa5 7ol. 2e
50 62 C44, 5s1
MARINE COURT-TRIAL TEH8.-N0s. 299i. 2999
59J o C. 2a< g9 3otI 3is 3ol 357. 6l. 2. c5 35 a
3l gZ 3OTj 3t 35 JJ51, 31i1. J18. 311s
COUKT OF GEKEkAL SESSIOHs.--JUu Howard.
fmb fud Wihsm Vafey ass Reidy Tie BarEsaih' p
Fobry aaunce Byes C4rr tnd David Ell0 froBoEi
and bGgei oEsR AeAAbes Ned AatI John baldwin.
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ALLEGED LARCENY AT SEA.

Alfred Oliver, passenger on the ship Con-
stitution her last pasag from san Francisco appeared
before Commissioner Osborn yesterday and caused Tie
arrest Benjamin RadfOrd, John Hull, and William Con-
molly, three other passengers on that vessel on charge
Of having while the voyage. the lgh seas, on the
3Oh Of May last stolen from him t2lj IN gold IL seems
that an the parties drunk az the time OF the alleged
theft and the complainant, getting sober found tha
pocet of his panta,OOus which contained the gold mad
had bpcn cut ont TIE defendants held for On CN
animation, 10 take place al y. IN. TO-DAY.
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ALLEGED FrBEzzLEMENT OF A LETTER.

The case in which one John ID. Marshall is
charged with having embeZZed letter addressed 10 J.
C. Rainbow Co, manufacturers OF elastic ruSsest al
No 40 Broadway, came on for examination yeSteluay
befoIe commissioner Shields. The testimony for the
prosecution was 10 effect that Marshall IS connected
with rival truss establishment OF RAINBOW a cos aS
for Rainbow q Co. camc by mistake into the hanGs OF
Marshall, who, finding contained request Tor cTcu-
destroyed the Utter The case Will be resumed To-
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p. Iehn..n n cennh cann w. .na arer.,. q. s.,h At

David Johnson Columbia County Y and averaged 25 eaeh at
/ about s weeks Nd They pictures.
Sheep and lambs still OaY $50 came IN TO-DAY alter ~
yesterday. The msrke Int sales quick az prices
last reported Sales by Huee Elliott, wosiy Countnp'w y5
Ohio sheen git y &c 22 Of 80 b. L. ZIP of9 d. AZ &C.
and 222 "f 903i at ale Behs Picecs sold car oo - 10
at 6ir, AID ~ D. lie Also g Jerer lambs - ID a c d
II Of 81 D M at 4c Kase Co sold car Ohio sheep g d. at O
and J car 8J H. at 7c., With SO am5s. az ~ each
Hog firm at % G5lc for live tuugh ouY single vas
sold III nice l3 ID Ohio hogs by Ahlr7 Lech
81 o d. Arrivals todav 5i3 - Conn
ard II 4st They yery dressed at ll.c wh few
sale at
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lekey .'ci was held in $500 bail for examination.
n1scnlRGE oF A nrNoR rRoM THE ~.

Tn re. Van. SOkmerS-Supreme Court Cham
bers-Ingraam. JusticeThis was an application by MS
D9ruf 10 have VIM SOhmers discharged from the navy
o. the ground that when be enlisted he under is years
old and had enlisted without the consent OF MS parents
The return set up that he had represented himself rs over
70 vears and otherwise qualified for the naval service
Counsel for the parents claimed that such representa-
mons by the bow unless at least under the sanction OF an
oath were not sufficient ground to detain him. IAe
Court directed the boys discharge.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10


State bonds were dull Tennessee per cents sold at 65i
New bonds o3aC2 North Carolina per cents, 59i New
bonds 5 Missouri per cents 92 Louisiana Leyee per
cents higher selling at COZ Georgia per cents s
Railway bonds were steady. with q continued demand
from investors Bank shares firm, with sales OF
American Exchange at ia Gaatn National at 49, Cen
tra National l16; Fourth National, 1Oi Western Union
Telegraph sold at H0Hi; Quicksilver, lC Canton, e3
The speculation the Marposa shares collapsed to-day
and caused the failure Of several houses connected with
the Stock Exchange MarpOsa Common sold at 50 against
% Yesterday; MarpOsa Preferred 10 decline OF 2 per
cent in the last a hours while the per cent certificates
which represent the first lien upon the property, de-
clned from sIt to 35 fan Of l6i per cent in the same
time Pacific Mail opened at S. sold at sii, s2t closing
s3saS3k Express shares hrmer with sales OF Wells
Fargo 32 Adams J9l American, A.; United States, CT
Railway shares opened feyerlsh and unsettled, and
under the active demand for money, combined with The
uneasy feeling caused by the break In Marposa stocks
there was great pressure to sell that finally run into
panic The decline was las per cent on tho active
stocks the heaviest break being in Michigan Southern
which sold down TO los. NcwYOrk Central sold at lsGE
Hudson, 1856 Reading 81 Cleveland and Pittsburgh %
North western Common S. Northwestern Preferred, 9o
Rock Island, 10; St. Paul Common, "a; ST. Paul Pre-
ferred s5; New-JerseY Central, Ill Tho market was
extremely excited and large blocks OF stocks changed
hands many brokers selling out their customers who had
failed to make their margins good At the close prices
rallied from tdl per cent and the market was compara
lively steady.
The following were the closing quotations Of Govern
,neut bonds:
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ATTEMPT TO SHOOT BY AN ARTIST.

John w. Dowdell caused the arrest of Oregon
wilson the landscape artist charge Of murderous
assault lie alleges that yesterday morning wilson
attacked him. and pulling ont pistol loaded with ball
ireafencd 10 shoot him. Two ladies cOrrObOratcd the
statement OF the complainant Wilson immediately en-
tered complaint against Duwdc asserting that the lat
sganped a loaded revolver nj him The same Two WI
ssn .tided 10 the truth OF his affidavit The ahaf
gas caused hv family quarres Wilson gave ban To i.
srer Uov,les charge IN the o. $500, aud D0WdtI
WAS committed but aferWard procured DAN " Hc S"i
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RECEIPTS OF PROnrCE-

FCr TT711Ts- E1- T0007- 0aN f0TTL
JuNE 9l3 bales Cotton S9 hb FHr rs bsgs -Four 531i2
bush Cora. go hnsh u, iusi rEs 4i
bbs Reauc Petroleum 2I5 hu Spirits Tuueuur 3l bbl Crude
Turpenne 62l hb Whhy, l65 bis Egs a3 lars Wool 28
aes Hons O9 sides Leather fH Hides 10 bids Tobacco % boxes
and eases Tobacco 27l Rice 1870 loxes Starch 40
has Peanuts pk Besgat 43 hb Tar 400 bh R"sH 20 bills
Pork % 9qs Beef pkg Cut Mgat 800 pkgs L eases Land
50 casks Ashes 388 Butter 89 boxes Cheese " b1s Lard Oh
100 pigs Oh Cake. 2Z3 bbis Copper. lbJ cakes Copper
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST J. NELSON LUcKEY.

Still another charge of bounty traud has Deen
Deferred against j. Nelson Luckey. Richard Day Of No.
ss Myrtleave., Brooklyn has appeared before Commits
Soner Belts and made affidavit that he served as ~,
t m the York Volunteers, and entitled TO $50
extra bounty money; that he placed his claim IN the
hands Of wellington WilmOt OF No 81 Nassaust that ne
4 informed and believes that the claim was paid TO
Iuckey that he called LucBey for the amount OF the
eam and told by him that he had gwen II 10 Wal
mot; that he (iepOnenD Is informed and believes and
has heard Luckey ia the presence OF two Witnesses
mat WmOt his urkeys clerk; that he IS informed
and believes that Luckey accepted orders from WlImOt
Srawn on him Nuckey for the payment OF the rent OF
VTmots office in Nassaust that denOnent Is further IN
formed by W. T. Gibson PaymaSer, L. s. a, that Luckey
vas the authorized attorney to prosecute his (deponent9 -
claim and that check therefor sent 10 Luckey De
rcut further that he never gave 70 Luckey or
Eimot any power OF attorney TO ndOrse the cheek in
ouc,tion and lie charges that Luckey has illegally Ge-
prlved and withheld from him money due Inn on his
claim. -. -, ----,--.,-.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
MOTION TO BOND THE QUAKER CITY GRANTED

Judge Blatchford, in the matter of the ap-
pcati0n to have the steamship Quaker CITY or Conn-
Sal admitted to bond, has appointed Richard Pcllon,
named by the Court BENJAMIN j. Weinberg. named by tie
claimant and Charles H. Marshall named by the Govern
mept Is apprgses the Court directing that on the com
g m of their report tie claimant have leave 70 bond III
the amount of the appraisers valuation.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
Aae ioiO"4"h ." Wv
Henry Chauucey, from Aspinwall:

meeting OF the stockholders and bondhoiders Oh 'o
Pittsburgh Fort Wayne. and Chicago Railroad COMPANY
will be held at Pittsburgh, Pa, on June "a Ior tio p
pose Of considering the proposed lease OF inc Ioau "
perrsvlvania Central Company The transfer books Oh
be Company viii close on June H. and open on the 2oth
At the annual meeting of the stockholders OF the Gum
bcriand Coal and Iron Company held on hohd'y' 'no
following officers were elected for the ensuing year
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

Timothy Mullins receiving goods George L. sehul Josephine
Becey aud Pauline Webber burglary; Charles johnson Frederick
Brandon aud Reilly arcenyi John MeDenga larceny;
john Garter and George seymour, iogcrg.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
BANKING AND FINANCIAL.

SEVEN PER CENT GOLD FIRST MORTGAGE CONVERT
BILE SINKING FUND BONDS,
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN COIN,
FIFTY YEARS TO RUN,
FREE OF GOVERNMENT TAXATION.
ISSUED BY THE BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS, AND
MINNESOTA RAILWAY COMPANY.
FIRST CLASS wEII-sECURED INVESTMENT,
YIELDING IN CURRENCY
TEN PER CENT PER ANNUM.
TRUSTEES:
j. EDGAR THOMPSON, President Pennsylvania Gen.
tral Railroad.
CHARLES L. Frost President Toledo, Peoria, and
Warsaw Railroad.
We regard these Bonds at the price, as the cheap
est and best security on the market.
limited quantity only for sale before advancing
the price. Full information furnished by
HENRY CLEws & Co,
No. 80 WAIIrsT, n. Y.
BANKERS AND FINANCIAL AGENTS OF THE COMPANY
THE FIRST MORTGAGE BoYDs of the ROCK
FORD, Rock ISLAND AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD Com
PANY, pay principal and interest-1st February and
lst August-in GOLD CoIN, free Of Government Tar.
We recommend these bonds one of the best Sc
cured and most profitable investments On the
market.
Pamphlets with maps giving full information sent
on application. HENRY CLEws & Co,
Bankers, No. 81 Wall-st.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

Money was stringent at cent. on call, with e1eep
tIonal loans at y cont in COIN The pressure was pro
duced TO great degree by artificial means Commercial
Paper was dull at 7ds y cent. for prime names.
Sterling Exchange firm at quotations; London 90
days 1O92aIO9J; London, sight, lO49llO5 Paris long
61s9a517t: Paris short 6lGt G515 Antwerp 62OG5Asi
swiss 52Oa51si; Hamburg, 35s a35E; Amsterdam, Dl9
4oi; Frankfort 4Ota4Oi Bremen, 7sba7s4i Berlin Gn4
The transactions at the Office OF the Assistant Treas
urer were Receipts for Customs for Gold Notes.
s2o5OOO; total Receipts, s2lO6O7 92 total PaymentA
sglO,0l7 q Balance, Ssl7O2,7j7 o.
At meeting Of the Directors of the NewYork Central
Railroad Company to-day, meeting OF the stockholders
was called for the sOh Of june vote upon the accept
auce OF the 80 per cent scrip dividend committee OF
three was appointed TO confer with the Directors OF the
Hudson River in regard consolidation Of interests The
Directors also made dividend Of per cent upon the
stock payable August. This, Of course includes the
scp which rs yet has not been detached from the Stock
THE Richmond Enquirer has the following relative TO
the interest on the Virginia State debt:
From the information have been able TO gather the
Auditor Of Public Accounts VIII not have on mana inc
funds with which to pay the interest the state debt on
The lat Of uy next This state OF affairs Is owing 70 the
erupton OF public business by the removal OF all the
% ndcers of the State by act of Congress The interest
O he maid however by tho lst OF August The sum OF
fG2 600 was to the State OF virginia by dehqneht
Shers when Col Stanton was appointed Auditor dd M
I He AT once inauguraed steps 70 collect the money,
and has received TO this tlme hDOut SOOVV jug
n,ens will be obtained In short time Tor the balance,
aud the whole amount will be collected.
The following is the list OF treasure ny Ihe s'oae
IL
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aein.nH guti!.s.
OFFICE o. CniC&ca hNn Noi.rn,Wr


o---rr oe Cp,rtcs AND yo,rn.wEs RAILWAY Co,
So. 81 WSii-L. N,a-l,rk. Say Is 1908
ylHE Board OF Directors Of M Llis s., company
- - ~ ais Co1r.pv free II Goverunrut payable on 40
sGe lie sO of the Stockn'de a. seoN W ~.
It nj the Comaauy She 2h cav of Jae rr1I ue N ON
Tonls Of lie Preferred sat Common stocks Vii hr e'se Ga S
- I ry r aJ rropsuei Tnarday The lst dAy OF
July next at 10 b order VI au Bnar ~ DUG .,,.,
0vr,T, 80 zI-, O. -TIAI Coal NiSiSS ASD tiTG Co,
Nos rs AID Il rKlsuY Bum &C. -
NEwi DIRK. jule 9, 10y >
TIME BOARD of DIRECTORS OF tins SOM.; ,S,.;
PANY have tIs dsy declared SEMlAANuA 49,
IvR pER q ~ u lie Capital Stock payable ~ the V~0s -
Tl 5,,Vs Bs"t, ~i close June TO- aud reopen July
- ' v p WHITE SeerstIU A1d Tt''ss"A
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

OTVIeE OF CHICAGo AyD NORTH WEsrERS RAtwAy {
OfFieH 20 az -, a. N,,VYoRK Auul r. 1852.

OVVcV o. CruC, ,go Ayp NORM -WEsrERS RAttwAI coz
No 81 WAGL-ir., NEwioRK Apul H. lS'' -,
TFHE Transfer Books OF this Company WI VIII De
closed FRIDAY the Goth DAY Of April ins- a. = & 81 ~
po the annual election. aud re0penei on tle syn as u
bI tne ge'p1 W p i5 3lct A. L. PGITCuARD, sscretsry,
NOTICE is hereby given that the ANNUAL
~ EfFCTION Of i've directors the COMMERCIAL Nav A
TIoY COMPANY the State Of Nevl lork will 9e i Al eI ous
A. In thr C Of NeH.I0rk the l2 day OF June ne1I
t hour. OF i2 and o clock that day BY order Of the
Board oi DreeO'"-N'" AO'A - CHAs v WARE secrttiry
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
MANNING g. De FO3EST,

BANKERS 40 10 WAf.L-ST.
l M all classes Southern State Railroad Mru pa Bonds and
mast Inc Coupous which makea specially virginia heS'ter''
s.ock issue Of d 66 and 1901 wanted .,., st. -. Il,
Carons New BInis issue o! ioo@ 4''''N A -
i,bt rer rcsui i0a;s for sale.
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s,coNp Ro,pr-ly4 O'CLOCK.

600 Usss gl Reg2i oel Ii7 $40 6 81 Cou2I ocrk l2l
900 u $40 Coup iG5 ll8 on $50 Cou 6i..e.ll
"a 5O1 $40 Con. i65 n......lly
25 $40 Goa 622 DEL 1921 Gol SIC Cou t72l Gck 9i
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sa6inss guaks.

DRY DOCK SAVINGS pAyz.
Ncs 9u aut 5i3 Easi loU 'htt -
rtorest allowed l~rris made July ..-J oh P 0HN ~
spruu ou sums OF Que thousand dolgls aud under ..
JAMES L. STEWART. Secretary -
CECUKTTY SAVINGS BAAha,, .r,yrp
- Came Of THIRTY FOURriI-sT. AND @W ~ IN n.
INTEREST CONMESCGNG oN TliE 1T or tA,n SIS PR
CENr per anaum Bank OPEN DAILY i'g s I, ~ prssnr
RVERY EVFNING to8 o'clock HAM l. N'' '''' ~
JoKL A FwHAN, Secretary,
HTPO-AVTNUE SAVINGS BANh.
So So THiGDAFh-, car',r Hr M lf Ia .,lfsa al
,,, s "a o 10 D. m AID on boliay s4aes'AI' ans
SATURDAY. from 20 p %.
VTXT0Y DINE SAVINGS BANk
1 NAO-NS NoS .tgG ara SOS CANALSl.. cor ~ l-tlnto
~ 81, usr cent Interest Oh - ." SS'"Vo'
~ ~ ASSETS-Sj,0l Lisa Id
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nrRILC NOTICE.-Iho nndersigned will sell

DUBLIC NOTlCE.-lhe undersigned VIII sell
Al PUBLIC AUCTION az the saeuou No. III Boal"a IN
the CITY EwYork by JAMES NJ MILLER Aqsouesr on te Ian
dsv of Juue 1859 u O'Clock tie following shares Of soc ~ e
following Corporltous l5o shares OF ue FACE sua
Manufacturing Corporation known hy le
pa OF Srnrkman Place I2 shares Of the Union sugar Com
sny o shares Capital Stock Of the Corn xs
r,nr C,mrgy Y shares Of the Capital STOCK Of te Humboldt
Insurance Company h ~ tS, .-.l,,,r,
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10

rV,HE INTEREST in Gold on First Mortgage
Hands the Union Pacific Railway Eastern Division due Jane l.
400 viii he PAID presentation ofe Coupons therefor on anu asr
Iankng Iouc Of LABNEl MOkbAN Co. NO %
Iy,H. ntr
New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
THE MARKETS.

[C,efaIy reported for Tug TRlbrsEl IN ,oso
IcUFe-Tbe market b qn and unchanged; sales OF 20 bbA h
81 r. = Poi. and Q 25dS 20 Tor Pearls
COTrDN-Busiue active price, agan higher ani the Nhoe
,rt. strong be ,hv condition. Nth holders Indifferent opera
tors sales Of $50 bales, tucuug ~ at evening al
6nt arrive on ve go taken yEur aud 3Ai J sptca
lstor. 80 Of bales Milug for September, on private
ters and bales Mag or December a. li. We quote As
El0Es: ..,. =, o-,-. r..
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SinHNdIl.
UNITED STATES TREASURY. NEw-YoEE, JuHs g. 1859.
III SAIE OE GGIn=BY diIcCtlOn
NOTICE to the HOLDERS of the FIRST and

NOIICE u the HOLDLKo OF Ine J. IIto @ HHN
II SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS ~ the PITTSBURGH. FOkt
WAYNE and CHICAGO RAILWAY CoMPANYiu Paua1Se Of ile
boty vested under the respective deeds OF ut or
mortgage securing the payment Of te ls aud Seeon So no'
rctyeir thc Pittsburgh FoWau and Chicago Railway pa
49, In e. tv with tie b7 A., the meetings Of said houi-
Ir! ,Ior,sd April T. 1884 which provides tat the ebe1ee om
tb coury OF either the Trustees meetings NJ tie boldl may
i. called hy Trustee the undersigned Trustee under e ~ d
the
meeting holders tie ssd First Mortgage Bonds aud ao
meeting holders of the said Second Mortgage bonds 70 0e l-
a. lie Office Of the Company tie City Of Psntrh ol the
epty fourth june 1869 40 twelve o'clock noon OF that a f
the uurpos considering aud acting and a sa questions as
NAV arse reference the lease OF the a"s o tle aA Nn
% 10 the Peuus1ua Railroad Company l reference To tns c
% f t pret.u stock Of sad Company into guaranteed
st5ck u larger aggregate upon which dividends a. t-e "a S
Of seven per per PAYABLE quarterly oul ~ We ii
reserved shall be paid AID also Tor i purpose OF con
,t . "a ,.ss,rys ar ether of them H. j. TILDEN. Trustee
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-28
The Hospital.

The bill for the establishment of a dis
pensary, and for hospital purposes has been
discussed and postponed for final action In
the City Council till it would appear that
some final action with regard to the sub
ject should be had The st. Vincent Hos
pital was neither conceived, nor is it sus-
tanned with the view of making anything,
or of meeting the wants and necessities Of
the city as an elesmosynary institution.
The patients admitted there are either re-
lied upon for what remuneration they can
furnish themselves, or are charged at only
sixty-fiye cents day in the spring and
summer months, and seventy five cents in
the winter. If the city can take care
of her charity patients within the purview
of the corporate limits on terms more rea-
sonable, we cannot comprehend how it can
be done
Then besides, Nashville is the only city
OF its size in the United States that has not
e regular hospital for the admission Of pa
tents, the manned, the crippled, and those
who may be suddenly placed in circum-
stances, by accident or otherwise, needing
care and attention Mobile, with less than
one halt cur population, has a public hos
pital, the erection and appliances Of which
cost over hundred thousand dollars. Ma
con, Ga, and Savannah, GA, Montgomery,
Ala, and all cities Of any pretensions
have institutions of this character, which
are credit and an honor to them. Why
should not We? st. Vincent Hos
pital never was designed in the first
place az an institution taking precedence as
a public city institution of the kind. In
the absence of such an institution Of pub
lie character it was started and is kept in
operation, the originators hoping that 1t
would be the precursor of an institution
worthy the demands of the times and OF the
capital city of the State Of Tennessee
Such an institution will and must be had
and kept up and the projectors of the st.
Vincent can in the future felicitate them
selves in the fact of laying the foundation
of what must become an extensive instltu-
ton of the city, and founding 1t, too
purity through disinterested motives.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-28
NO RESURRECTION.
Death OF Free GOvernmcnt--An e
Oquent Extract

DeatR OF Free GOVernmcnt--An Eh-
Oquent Extract
The following beautiful extract is from
q speech delivered by Hon. ID. W. Vor-
hees, of Indiana:
II is melancholy spectacle to behold
free government die. The world, it is
true, is filed with evidences of decay.
All nature speaks the voice of dissolution,
and the highway of history and of life is
strewn with the wrecks which Time, the
great despoiler, has made. But the hopes
of the future, bright visions of reviying
glory, are nowhere denied to the heart of
man, save as he gazes on the downfall of
legal liberty. He listens mOurnfully
to the autumn winds as they sigh
through dismantled forests, but he
knows that their breath will be soft
and yernal in the spring, and that the
dead flowers and withered foliage will
blossom and bloom again. He sees the
sky overcast with the angry frown of the
tempest, but he knows that the sun viii
reappear, and the emblazonry of God can
not perish. Man himself, this strange
connecting link between dust and Deity,
totters YEARLY, YEARLY onward under the
weight of years and pain, toward the
tomb, but how briefly his life fingers
around the dismal spot 1t is filed with
tears and grief, and the willow and
cypress gather around it with their loving
but mournful embrace And is this allY
Not so! If man die, shall he not live
again Beyond the grave in the distant
Aidenn, Hope provides an elysium of the
soul where the mortal assumes immortality,
and life becomes an endless splendor
But where, sir, in all the dreary regions
of the past filed with commissions, wars
and crimes, can you point your finger to
the tomb of a free commonwealth on
which the angels of resurrection have
ever descended, of from whose sepulcher
the stone of despotism has been rolled
away2 Where, in what age, and in what
cline, have the veins of constitutional
freedom renewed their youth and legained
their lost estate2 By whose strong grip
has the dead corpse of the republic
once fallen, ever been ralsed2 The
merciful Maker who walked upon
the waters and babe the
winds be still, left no ordained apostle
with power to wrench apart the jaws of
national death, and release the victim of
despotism. The wall of the heart broken
over the dead is not so sad to me as the
realization of this fact. But all history,
with loud, uubroken voice, prOclaims it;
and the evidence of what the past has
been, is conclusive to my mind of what
the future will be. Wherever in the do
main of human conduct a people once
possessed of liberty have surrendered
these great gifts of God at the command
of the usurper, they have never after
ward proven themselves worthy to regain
their forfeited treasure.