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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-01-09
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SALT WITH NUTs.-0ne time, while
enjoying q visit from an Englishman,
hickory nuts were served in the evening,
when my English friend called for salt,
stating that he knew case of a woman
eating heartily of nuts in the evening
who was taken violently i'll. The .cele-
brated DR.. Abernethy was sent for, but
twas after he had become too fond Of
his glass, and he was net in condition
to 60. He muttered, "Salt Salt :" of
which no notice was taken. Next morn
ing he went to the place, and she was
corpse. He said that had they given
her salt it would have relieved her; if
they Wonld allow him to make an exam
ination, he would convince them. On
opening the stomach the nuts were found
il. r. mass. He sprinkled salt on this,
and it Ii.2niediately dissolved. l have
known of 4 s,dden death myself which
appeared to have been the effect of the
same cause. I gent>elly eat salt with
nuts, and I consider iS'mproves them.
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GEORGE H. WELLS,
n t I I'ncy at Law

Luxe Charlcs Culcasieu Parish, La.
PRACTICES in Cacasieu, St. Landry and
Lafayette parishes, La, and in Orange Coun,
~, Texas. Dec7'67.
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10
Afternoon Session.

The consideration OF the immigration
bill was resumed.
Messrs. Brown, Bowles, Doughty and
Williams participated in the discussion,
which was continued through most of the
afternoon.
Mr.. Poston moved to substitute five
thousand for ten thousand dollars.
A motion to lay the amendment on the
table was lost.
Mr.. Brown moved to lay the bill and
amendments on the table Carried-ayes
81, noes y.
Mr.. WoodcOck moved reconsideration
of the vote adopting the resolution looks
ing TO the suppression of lobbying and
bribery. Adopted.
Mr.. WoOdcOck then moved the follow
ing substitute to the preamble
Whereas, 1t is reported that there are,
OF have been persons, who are, or haV e
been, daily frequenting this hall as lobby
lists, during the present and former ses-
siOns Of the present General Assembly,
who have cOrruptly offered TO bride and
influence members of this House, either
not to vote against, or to vote for certain
measures or bills, amongst others at the
present session is House bill No. l27,
now on its third reading, to grant State
aid to the East Tennessee and Western
Nerth Carolina Railroad, and now pend
ing before this House; and at a former
session Of this General Assembly, a bill
known as the Omnibus Bill" granting
or proposing to grant State aid to the
East Tennessee and Kentucky Railroad.
in the State of Tennessee.
A motion of Mr.. Mason to lay the
amendments and resolutions on the table
was lost
The amendment was adopted by ayes
81, noes s, after which the resolution as
amended was adopted
Adjourned until 10 clock tO-morr ow
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10

VariOus Personal and Political A Hair
Special to the Union and American.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-The impression
gains ground that there will be no re-
peal of the tenure, of-oiice law befor,
March T.
The remains Of Mrs. Surratt were dis.
inferred yesterday evening at the arsena
grounds. The box containing Mrs. Sur
rats body was opened, and although the
body was somewhat decomposed it was
not offensive. The dress, CATERS, and
black silk bow at the neck were all in a
perfect state Of preservation The case
was also perfectly preserved, and did not
appear disarranged in the least.
Gentlemen who have hoped to have
recklessness in the expenditures of the
present administration continued under
Grants, are doomed to sure disappoint-
ment They have already learned that
the new administration v i'll rigidly carry
out the pledges made the people by the
Chicago Convention. Gen. Grant quietly
but firmly insists on beginning the reform
now. TWAS reported last Saturday that
the President and Mrs. Patterson will
give a reception at the White House on
the evenings Of February lG, and March
%, which will be the last under the pre-
sent administration.
Edward Stephens, son of Mrs Ann
Stephens, authOress, MAS nominated by
the President to be Consul to Manches-
ter, England
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10
FOREIGN.

HAVANA, Feb. 9.-The government is
organizing several new battaliOns OF vol
unteeTs, part for garrison duty, and part
for active duty in the field LocOboca,
the strongest fortress Of Havana, is now
garrisOned by volunteers in place of reg
ular troops who have been sent to Con-
fugas.
CONsTAETNOPLE, Feb 9-The Sultan
has appointed liaussein Pascha to sue
coed Maninick Pascha as Minister of
War Haussein Pa5cha has been Min
lister of the Police since March, 1867
ATHENS, Feb. 9.-The members of the
New Cabinet now unanimously agree
with the King in adh ring the terms of the
Paris Conference,
New YORK, Feb. 9.-Londen papers
announce the failure Of Morgan, Melborne
& Co, merchants. Liabilities half million
sterling; and the suspension Of Beard &
Co., of Bradford, England. Liabilities
heavy.
LONDON, Feb 9-The Glasgow Cham
Der of Commerce have presented an ad-
dress to Beyerdy johnson urging the
practical adoption of principles of free
trade in the United States.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10
RADICAL ANXIETY Regarding
GRANTS POLICY.
Correspondence of the New ofk World.

Correspondence of the New oTk World.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The stubborn
| silence of Gen. Grant in reference to his
| wishes and intentions, united to the ads
missions Of his New y Ork organ that he
will not be a Republican President, crer
ates great uneasiness in Radical circles
here, and in the House, Senate, and lead
ing political purlieus The man who
VOuohes for the coming man cannot be
found Gen. Grant, since Christmas, has
made but three requests, and only one
has been entertained. They were that
the FOrty-frst Congress meet In March,
which was agreed to; that the Indian
Bureau 90 to the War Department, and
that the Civil Tenure law be repealed:
each of which has been Substantially
refused by being postponed to death.
Since then Gen Grant has allowed any
number of Radicals to dine with him,
but no party leader has put his feet I'M
der Grants table. Senators and Reprea
sentatives recall how Lincoln summoned
Weed, Greeley, Seward Chase, and
Adams to Springfield to unfold his wishes
before he came East to assume the Presi-
dency They declare that within thirty
days Grant will be inaugurated, and that
NJ party leader knows whom or what he
wants or intends The topic of talk
among Congressman now is that they
have caught a What Is 1t. The declar-
atoms of the Times are construed to be
unfriendly to the party, and in favor Of
Grants apprehended apOstasy. The most
distant debate on the Civil Tenure law
in the Senate will disclose a degree Of
hostility to the President elects silence
which will form a valuable text
and prophecy of the future. 1t
can be set down that the Civil Tenure
law will stand just as it is, cabinet re-
sIrictions and all; as, while the Senate
is willing to undo the latter, the House
will entertain nothing but repeal. Mr..
Edmunds, too, in case his bill iorbidding
military men to civil stations fail to pass
as rider on the modified Civil Tenure
bill, will introduce it separately, and
says it will go through ten days before
adjournment, 30 as to meet and smash a
veto 1t is apparent that every point is
to be fortified against Grant till he shows
his hand. Meantime the Democrats
eyince no disposition to coquet with
Grant but they mean to let the divided
party fight themselves into very small
nieces
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Communication.

To the Editors of the Union and American:
Why is it that we cannot have good
Theatre in Nashville ! am sure there
are enough theatre going people here to
sustain a number of good thestrical5 and a
respectable theatre. The object OF this
communication is to suggest the plan re-
Gently adopted in Europe for sustaining a
good theatre in every respectable sized city
and that is to have good, respectable
managing business man TO take charge of
our theatre, call upon each Of our citizens
who are interested in the matter, and get
them TO take monthly pass, which will
admit them to every performance, save that
presented on Saturday afternoon and eve
ming. This would enable every one to see
twenty good theatrical performances at the
rate of twenty-five cents each, and my
opinion is that there are enough in Nash
Vile interested in the public welfare Of the
city TO subscribe FIVE dollars per month tC
keep up first. class theatre.
merely make this suggestion, and trust
it will meet the eye of some public-spiriteC
| individual who will take advantage of it
BRooMsTIX.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10

the Whole, Mr.. Ferry in the chair, and
resumed the consideration of the army
appropriation bill.
Mr.. Garfield addressed the committee
for an hour in explanation and advocacy
OF the amendment reported by him, from
the Committee on Military Affairs, for
the reduction Of the army and diminu-
ton of the number of officers
by the system of gradual absorption
as opposed to the plan Of direct
mastering out, the consolidation Of the
quartermaster, commissary and pay de-
partments, and the abolition of the ord
nance corps.
The Committee rose, and the House
took recess; the evening session TO be
for the consideration Of the tax bill.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10
Comfortable Travelling

A party of our Nashville friends who
lately made the trip to Chattanooga aud
back, were highly delighted with the pleas
ant incidents of the excursion, and espe-
cialIy well pleased with the courteous treat
ment received at the hands of the polite
conductor, Mr.. A. j. Henderson, who is
too clever a gentleman to ever get above
the business of trying to make those who
travel in his train feel comfortable and Sc
cure. Another magnificent sleeping cST
built at Atlanta, has just been put on the
Chattanooga road. Our friends had an OPP
porlunily OF testing its conveniences and
comforts, and were vastly pleased with the
evuerienre
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10
NEW YORK.
Arrival of the Steamship Queen
Heavy Investments ana u. 3 BOnds-
Death OF Jas. II. Brady.

4 DHAth Oh Jas. II. Brhuy.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-The steamship
Queen from London arrived to-day
Eight Of the crew were badly w0undeC
on the passage by heavy sea.
Gen. Grant yesterday endorsed the visit
Of Col COllyer, one Of the Indian Peace
Commissioners, to Fort Cobb, Indian
Territory, and instructed officers of the
| army to furnish all facilities to him.
JAS. T. Brady died to-day of paralysis.
He was seized with this diseaBe Sunday;
became speechless Monday, but was
otherwise in possession OF bis faculties
until 8 O'Clock this morning, when he bs-
came unconscious, and shortly after
breathed his last. All the courts adj
journed to-day in respect to his memory.
A meeting of the bar will be held Thnrs-
day, and the funeral Saturday.
In the case of Belmont * Tucker vs..
Erie Railway, before the Supreme Court,
Judge CORDOBA dscided flat directors
have power to issue convertible bonds
and convert them into stock, although
the amount Of stock is thereby beyond
that fixed by the charter; that STOCKHOLM
ers cannot maintain the bill to restrain
the directors from exercising their cor
poral powers, OF appoint a receiver, and
as consequence, the appointment of
Judge Davis was unauthorized and void
Private letters from Paris say Gen
Did will resign the Ministry to France in
March.
1t is stated that the ROthchilds have
purchased two millions of United States
bonds, recently.
JAS. T. Brady died this morning of
apeplexy, aged ifty-four years. All the
courts adjourned in respect to- his
mamOrV
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10

self with practical men," The
gushing young orator who stumped
every county in his State Expenses
and services all duly paid by the
committee) and has been four years
in the House, desires to spend six
in the Senate. The patronage of
the Interior, for instance, would fix
the Senate question, and so he de-
mands consideration "on behalf of
the people" and as ''the reward of
his many tolls !" .
With men like these, clamorous,
uneasy, and eager for mere advance
ment, we can understand the doubt
and hesitation of Gen. Grant, and
can well appreciate his rumored
determination to make his Cabinet
a personal staff, selected for their
power to work and their devotion
TO his administration. We venture
no suggestions. As we have said
we have no curiosity and little con-
Germ about the Cabinet. Grant has
but to consider two things-frst,
his duty to the people, and second,
his obligations as a man of honor
to the Republican party. He can
ind the men to do his work, and we
trust he win find men who will work.
Every other consideration is second
to this. His history shows that we
may trust his judgment. When
great battles were to be fought he
found one instrument in command
Of a drafted eamp-in disgrace and
under a cloud; another in an ex-
quartermaster commanding a small
cavalry detachment. We presume
There were many experienced and
ambitious" soldiers who muir
INJURED at the strange and unmilitary |
preference. But neither soldier nor |
citizen now questions the wisdom |
hat lifted from obscurity and gave |
20 the armies of the Union the bril- |
liant Sherman and the illustrious |
1heridan.-Ne,0 York Tribune, Feb. |
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10
DIR. Peters Remarked.

DIR. George 3. Peters, formerly a MEM
Der Of the Tennessee State Senate, from the
County of Hardeman, was lately remarked
to his divorced wife. The separation, it
will be remembered, was occasioned by
that terrible Van Dorm affair at Spring
Hill, Tenn, in 1868, which 50 startled the
whole country, though occurring in the
midst of wars loudest alarms. Miss Pc
ters, the beautiful and accomplished
daughter ofthe long estranged husband and
wife, has abandoned the intention Of Oak
ing the black veil" in the Catholic con-
vent to which che retired soon after the
war, and was mainly instrumental in re-
uniting the broken household.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.

| India expects the famine scenes o
eight years ago
| 1t is said that Prince Ferdinand has
consented TO be a candidate for the
throne of Spain.
Fifty>twO colleges in the United States
last year, conferred the degree of d. D.,
on ninety~six clergymen.
| The Secretary of the Treasury says
that some seventy million dollars Of
counterfeit greenbacks are actually afioat.
Queen isabella has issued another
manifesto, denouncing the revolution in
Spain, and asserting her right to the
throne.
An exchange says: edwin Forrest
draws badly in the New England towns,
because the folks won't believe it is the
same old tragedian."
The Republican State Central Com
mittee" of Virginia is composed of two
negroes. two natives and eleven adVen-
turers from the North.
The Senate committee proposes to sell
the Alaska fur trade for term of fifteen
years to the highest bidders. The gov
eminent expects to realize one dollar per
skin royalty.
A New Orleans burglar was frightened
out of sleeping department by the
supernatural CLEAN of glass eye which
had been discarded by its sleeping wearer
and left on the table.
The name of Prince Gerginte has been
stricken from the rolls of the Spanish
army. The Carlists are very active, and
there are indications that they are labor
ing to produce an Instruction which
may break out at any time.
c. IL. Campen reports the arrival in
Columbus, Ohio, of 222 emigrants for the
week ending Saturday night These will
locate as follows: Ohio, 81 Missouri,
SO; Illinois, 81; Indiana, 80; Kentucky,
10; Tennessee, IL; Wisconsin, ID; Min
nisota, 7; Kansas, 8. .g.-.
The announcement is made, on official
authority, that late adVices from Athens
give the French Government good rea-
son TO hope that the pacific policy of
King George will triumph over the ex-
element Of the hour. Great agitation
still prevails in Athens.
The President has issued an order di-
recting that the remains Of Mrs. Surratt
be delivered to her family for decent
burial. Itappears that petition asking
that this be dsne, signed by about forty
members of Congress, was filed in the |
War Department about two years ago,
but can not be found.
The Washington correspondent of the |
Cincinnati Enquirer says: "a. j. has
been rendered the inequalities OF several |
Of the best families of the city for resi-
dence here as long as he likes after the |
4th of March. He will, however, 90 to
Tennessee very soon after that date"
The large whisky distillery Of s. n
Fowler, of Cincinnati, was taken possess
sion of by United States Collector
McGroarty, on Friday, together with
quantity CT whisky and beer in process
Of manufacture, amounting in the aggre-
gate to about 800 barrels, for alleged Yio-
alton of the internal revenue law.
THREE hundred and fifty workmen have
been discharged from thu Charlestown
within the past two weeks -
There are still seven hundred meH EN-.
ployed there.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-10
Big Pay for Little Wort,

A bill passed its third reading in the
Senate yesterday fixing the salaries of
Railroad Receivers at $500. Plenty Of
competent men could be found to do the
work for half the money, bat unfortunately
for the State it is members of the Radical
Ring only who need apply, and as a gen.
sral thing they want the most money for
the least work. They are always heavy
on the charge, especially when the Slate
is likely to be the victim.