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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-13
CITY NOTICES.

WHEN you insure your property, go to
a company that has some capital.
THE ANDES,
has one million paid up, and is to-day the
best managed and safest insurance compa-
ny in the world.
JosIPH NASH, Agent,
Office: S. E. cor. Union and Cherry SITS.
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For the finest and cheapest job
Printing, of all kinds, go TO the
Union and American. dec2 II
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ENTERPRlsEs


What 10 is Doing and What ii
will DO.
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Bargains in fine gold sets, watches,
chains, etc, at E. Wiggers, Jeweler, No.
81 Cherry street, near Union, de18-t25
An Article of True IIerit.-"BRowN's
BRONCHIAL TRocHEs' are the most popular ar
Diseases and Coughs, and this popularity is
based upon real merit, which cannot be said of
many other preparations IN the market which
are really but weak limitations of the genuine
TTocheS. 1t
If you desire rosy checks and a complexion
fair, and free from Pimples BlOtches and Erup-
tons, purify your blood and invigOrate your
system by taking DIR. Pierce's Alt. Ext. or
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t has no equal for
this purpose, nor as a remedy for Liver Com
plaipt," or "Biliousness" ana Constipation of
the Bowels" Sold by druggists. Pamphlet
sent free, Address DR.. r.. V. Pierce, Buffalo,
New York. dec13 eOdlw swtwlt
New stock OF Boots and shoes
For winter wear, just received at G. 3
Halls, AZ North College street. A large
and very desirable stock of every descrip-
ton for Ladies, Misses, Gents, Boys and
children, manufactured expressly for the
retail trade, and are offered for sale at
prices to suit the times. decl0 st
For fine Job Printing, go TO the
Union and American. dec2-tf
JOIN GILGAN & Co., II Public Square.
have Just received ladies silk handkeT-
chiefs, ties and chenille bows, in all col0rs.
Also another lot of those beautiful sacques
at So each. decllu
Watches, JcweIry, Diamonds, Sill
yer and Plated SilvcrwaTc,
Warranted as represented, and for sale
low, by !. NJ. Sobel Il Co, Cherry street,
opposite Maxwell House. decll 81
JUST received 1CO pieces black gross
grain silks, from Sl.75 upwards, fully 70
per cent. less than importing prices. BE
quick and secure first bargains.
G. RICE & Co.,
62 College Street.
decS-th- sat-sun- tu-th-sat&sun
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INSURE with the State Insurance Com
papy, and keep your money home.
The State is a home institution, owned
and controlled by our own citizens. 1t is
to the advantage Of every person in Nash
vile to give share of his business to this
Company for the following reasons Ev-
cry dollar of its assets is kept here and
loaned to its customers, thereby assisting
them to carry out home enterprises.
Office 80. North College.
JOAN LUMsDEN, President
d. II. JOHNSON, Secretary. dec9d
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Christmas Presents.

Bargains in fine gold sets, watches,
chains, etc, at Z. Wiggers, Jeweler, No.
31k Cherry street, near Union, de18-tl25
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Below we give a summary of the trans
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Flour firm and
demand light superfne S5.2O@5.45.
Wheat quiet end unchanged; amber $I.44
@I.46. Corn dull and lower; old S2c; new
76@76c. Whisky 93A@94c. Coffee firm
and demand fair; Rio 144@1Sc; Gold Java
20@22c; Ssguara 163@174e. Sguar-Cuba
at 1O@l1c; Porto Rico 10$@114c. No
lasses-New Orleans 66@70c. Rice G.
OT1e
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LauisviIse Markets.

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 12.-Bagging firm;
hemp and fax at 27@2Sc. Cotton weak
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REVENUE STAMP

The Rational Savings Company have made ar
rangements to supply their customers with revenue
stamps at the following low rate, discount payabls
in stamps, viz:
On purchasers Undsr s30.........par
On purchasers Of $50 or mors2 per sent d;E
On purchasers OF $50 or more. az per cent dis
On purchasers OF 800 or EoTe...S per cent. dis
On purchasers OF 500 or more. & per cent. dis
On purchasers OF 200 or more. per cent. d.
On ourchaaera NJ SIOl0 mr. mara ~ ~ coyt IA.
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New York Dry Goods Market.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE market is
quiet and weak Standard 19c; extra
standard brown sheetings 121c; medium
IA brown sheetings 1l4c; brown and
bleached drills 1916 printing cloths have
advanced; calicoes 1O4c; New York Mills
bleached sheetings zoe; Wsmsutta 19c;
Temper Idem 15c; Home No. lac; On
tario I4Ie; IS, 4Og45c for A, B and c
duck; No. o 48e; No. l, 45c; Q. s. standard
duck 23@24c; awning stripes pc for blue,
29c for green,
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EEOCH M0RGAN's SONS

AL these presses are now in Use and can be
seen in operation by calling at the
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-04-28
A Horrible mistake.

Once upon time, an accomplished
young American woman had the honor to
dine with the Czar Of all the Russias. Dur
ing the royal entertainment, plate Of de-
licious grapes was passed around. II is
true the young lady saw the golden knife
which rested on the side of the basket, but
as the fruit came to her first, she had no
way of learning its use; SO she did just
what she would have done in America
she reached out her dainty fingers and lift
ed from the dish whole steth Of grapes.
What was her CONSERVATION to see the next
person, as we'll as all the other guests take
the golded knife and sever Single grape
each, and transfer it to their plates. Had
young Russian lady in this country help
ed herself to whole Chicken, the error
would have been the same. 1t is true the
young woman committed a crime, but her
feelings and those of her friends would
have been spared had she learned the eti-
quetts of the royal tables Before she be-
came an Emperor's guest! srS
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A Newspaper Sensation.

DIR. Shelton Mackenzie gives the Follow
ing instance of creative genius fo;t
Lam cognizant of the instance ih which
London "penny-a-liner" showed more
sharpness than probity, 1t was in the au.-
tAmn-a dead season for the london press
when the political and fashionable, and
professional classes are "out Of town." A
reporter who had been called to the bar,
but had never been employed there by any
one, not finding any news, resolved to make
it. He invented dreadful thdtder, At
tended with romantic and mysterious cir
cumstances, and described it; very fully,
as having taken place in rerhtte subHr-
ban district, for which be manufactured a
Saxbh name. He supplied additional de-
tails; gave evidence at the inquest bef1re
an imaginary Coroner; published verdict
of "willful murder against some person or
persons unknown; described the funetal
of the victim; lengthily and legally went
into cunjectures as TO the motive for the
crime and the identity Of the murdefer,
complimented the police, who, he said,
we're on his track. He had a "clear stage"
for some ten days, until the Home Secteta-
ry thought it his duty to inquire into the
case, and soon discovered that it was a lic-
tion from first to last. The newspaper was
laughed at, but the imaginative reporter,
who had done nothing for which the law
could punish him, was allowed to escape.
Years passed BY, and the next time |
heard of him he was Attorney general in
one of the Australian colonies, finally ris-
ing to a seat on the bench. last saw
him in l847, when he visited England on
official business, and WE had good laugh
6vsf his remarkable "Murder 10 Essex"
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sWEETWATEB, TENN, THURSDAY, APRIL 2S 1870.
In Advanoe u His Parry.

Either Horace Greedy is in advance Of
his party, or else Butler, Drake, Howe q
Coz ,aOf the Congress do not truly reflect
tbe animus thereof. In an article in the
Tribune on the fifteenth amendment, de-
mandipg universal amnesty, he reminds
the leaders Of his party that the "civil
war virtually closed with Lees surrender
five yesrsago. Noarmed force has march-
ed or fired q shot under the flag of the
Southern Confedefacy since May, 1868
There are bad men who still commit OUT
RACES; there is not, and for years has not
been any open, embodied resistance to the
Federal authority and laws. 1t is high
tinge that every obe were officially assured
that no penalty still impends over him
for anything dote or threatened in the in
tereSt and under the flag ofths rebellion"
Therefore he contends in his argument to
the dominant party, of which he is an in
fuential member, or was, that ''we ought,
for our own sahes, to identify universal
amnesty with impartial suffrage. We
ought to make one the complement of the
other, so that THEY should henceforth have
q common vitality, common longevity.
We ought to be able to say; "The edi6ce
is crowned, the work is complete, hence
forth. woe to him who tecklessly disturbS
and impefils it." ls- haqa.i 1sw I.
"There are still heart burnings at the
South. There are men who lament the
fall of the Confederacy and do not love
the flag Of the Unions Prescription and
disfranchisement are the alliment where
on their morbid feelings subsist. They
are Tin fact) patents of nobility in the eyes
of a class respectable in numbers and
strong by social position. To say Of a
SOuthron: "Hv catihot vote" he is forbid
den to "hold oficen is to invest him with
peculiar and often envied distinction.
His children take up the quarrel which
by mistakeh policy fastens upon him; they
are trained to hate the Government which
brands him as unworthy the rights of a
citizen, and to desest the race with whose
enfranchisethent bis prescription Is III their
minds identified. We can never have gen.
uine peace while We still hold many thou,
sands as prisoners Of war. 9a a't '..
.'e Let US close the contest Let those
who are grandly triumphant be wisely
magnanimous. Let us shut the temple o.
Janus, and proclaim to all mankind that
we have forgotten that we we're lately en-
emios, and remember only that we were
formerly brethren. Letus fill the fank'
of loyalty by efacing all pretext for furth
Ter disloyalty. Let the World rejoiBingly
note, that, as the blood Of PROSTATE fot
stains our triumph, no vindictive feeling
fingers in our hearts-that we conqusret
not for party, a taste, section, but fo
all humanity. Let US have peaceP'
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Glover

In SONS remarks on the value Of differ
ent farm crops, and the best mode Of
growing them, the Southern Cultivation
says: ,,s eET r.,
To secure ''set" or ''stand, two things
are requisite lst. That the seed be c6v-
cred pery slightlg,ttot more than one half
inch deep; I'd, That the surface soil be
rich. The little seed Contains so small an
amount of nutriment that the young plant
has to draw its supplies from the soil, al
most from the very beginning. A third
condition should be added, to-wit q good
stiff soil. a sandy soil will answer, pro-
vided stiff subsoil underlies it, at mod
crate depth. Not less than ten pounds Of
seed to the acre should be sown. They
should be well mixed with ashes or fine
dirt, and sOwn broadcast like turnip seed
It requires much care to get them regu.
ly distributed, and at this point failure Of.
ten begins: They may be lightly brush
ed in, or pressed in with 4 f0ller, OF left
to be buried by the rains. We tried the
last plan year ago and it succeeded ad'
mirably. 'n % Bird ii2 r@i
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Who For.
MISCEL L A N ECU S
A Touching Obituary.


A disconsolate husband thus bewails
the loss of his wife and apostrophises her
memory
Thus my wife died. No more will
those loving hands pull off my boots and
part my back hair, as only . true wife can.
No more will those willing feet replenish
coal hod and winter pail. No more vii!
she arise, 'smid the tempestuous storms of
winter, and gaily HE herself away to build
the fire, without disturbing the slumbers
of the man who dotted upon her 50 artless-
ly. ;, Her memory is balmed in, my
herat of hearts. wanted to embalfti her
body, but I found I could embalni her
memory much cheaper. - } p0o JfIj
procured from Eli Midget, neigh
Dor Of mine, very pretty gravestone.
His wife was a consumptite, and he had
kept it on hand for several years, in expec-
tation of her death. But she rallied that
spring and his hopes were blasted. New
er shall l forget this poor man's grief when
I asked him to part with it, "Take it,
Skinner" said he, "take it, and may you
never know what it is to have your soul
racked with disappointment as mine has
been p And he burst into a food Of
tears. His spirit was indeed utterly
crushed. 'adF -nar ai. D, s,-q4d, Ia ri
: i have the following epistler engraved
upon the gravestone g1 . 7, 'a Z. '.' w.. 1s1l ,
d sTo the memory Of Tabitha, wife Of Mo-
ses Skinner, Esq, gentlenianly editor Of
the Trombone. A kind mother and ex.
enplary wife,, Terms twp dollars year,
invariably inoadvance. 0ffcenover Cole.
mains grocery; up two flights. Khock
(hafd, o"We shall miss thee; mothers we
shall miss thee, mother.n .nrriJobl printing
Fsulicited. 'nG aiiT9a tiiboi sdi igsitn o 'th I
Thus did my lacerated spirit cry out in
agony, even as Rachel Weeping fot hei
children Butoone ray delight penetrat.
led my soul: The undertaken took bis pay
in job printing and the sexton owed me q
little account / should not have gotten in
any other way. Why should we pine al
the, mysterious waysof Providence and vi
cinity? (Not conundram.) .aGo.is5'e
here pause to drop a silent tear to the
memory Of Tabitha Ripley; that was. Sht
was anseminently pious woman, and coulc
fry the best piece Of tripe / ever slung un
dermyyesta Her picked-updinnsrs wer,
a perfect success, and she always a6ted OIL
foreign missions,n',- M,
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All Eastern TaiS.

"A certain Rabbi had two sons, whom
bothihe and his wife tsndefly loved. as
Dqty obliged the Rabbi 70 take q jour-
ney to a distant country during his abb
sence his two promising boyssickened and
Fhe griefsstricken mother laid them;out
on their bed, drew the curtain, and Wailad
anxiously for her husband. ~.
He came-it was night.
"How are my boys :" was his first ques-
ton. "Let me see them" |a'
"Stay a%hile," said his wife; ~ am ID
great trouble, and | want your advice,
Some years ago a friend lent Tie soma
jewels. | took great care of them, and
at last began to prize them as ny 8#hi
Since your departure my friend has called
for them, but I did not like to part with
them. Shall give them hpp -@
"Wife what strange request is this
Give them up, and that instantly, this vs.
ry night: Show me The jewels.'
She took the Rabbi to the bed; drew
wide the curtain, and said; hHdsbandj
there are the jewels p A,a .eoss \
The Rabbi bowed his head aha &ept:
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Mnt PnstaA.

A youthful applicant for certificate to
teach school, presented himself before the
experimenting School Committee Of q
town in Maine, and having answered cor
rectly several questions in mathematics
he was asked
sin what year did Columbus discover
America ~
The young man paused, scratched his
head and replied .vFT aGa4
swell, Mister, you've got me now %
"Was it before or after the birth of our
Savior :" continued the committee man
The youth spent moment in thought, and
then raising his huge fist, and striking it
upon the desk, exclaimed" YOu'us got
me again By thunder !"
The Teacher decided that the young
man might "pass"-and he did-pass in
to obscurity.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-04-28

We fihd the following curious account
Of an alleged attetHpt to bribs goyerni
ment officer, in the letters aid dispatches
from Washington. 'a n's
ga basket Of flowers was sent I'd : ho.
tel here directed to Mrs. Geo. B. McCar.
tee,, wife of the Chief Of the Beauro of d:
CRAVING and printing. In the baskSt was
asiip Of paper, in which was enclosed seSSss
enteen hundred and odd dollars. Mr..
MeCartee handed over the money to SecE
retary Boutwell,, who had an Investigation
made. A florist sold basket Of flowers
to three gentlemen on the night the basket
was sent to the hotel. He was Brought
before the Secretafy, and gave Straight
story as to whom he had sold the flowers;
Two were. officers IF a bank note Company
Of New York a Corporation doing large
business with the Treasury Department:
Secretary Boutwell, sent for 6ne Of tliesb
parties but he deBied all knowledge Of the
bribe, but acknowledged that be was aware
of the floral present. The $l,705 Vas
placed by the Secretary in his Safe W await
further development" aA' s'e4 ~
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A Good Yarn.

Once Upon time there lived AMONG
the hills Of an adjoining county an old
gentleman, whose entire personal and real
estate consisted of wife, a. well ventilated
log cabibj halfa an acre of not very ptUduc-
tive land, and violent fondness for what
issometiines called ''tangle-leg whiskey."
One spring morning the owner Of all this
propeftyswas struck with the conviction
that his land must be plowed., But he
had hofhorse and found it impossible to
borrow. one. Nevertheless, the ground
must "be broke up," horse or no horse,
and it was finally determined that the sold
woman' should hitch up the old man, and
hold the handles and drive, willis be drew
the pillow. This was accordingly done, and
the pillow went bravely on, until the plowl
share ran under root, ard the team came
to dead halt. But the "critter" had be-
come warmed up by this title, and as the
old lady gave him . rap with the reina
and cried "git up there p he threw his
weight upon the harness with heavy jerk,
which snapped the trades short of, and he
shot forward against the fehce, his head
striking the end Of d rail with the force of
a maui, "Thundsration, old woman" he
exclaimed, as he wiped the blood and dirt
from his eyes, "why in the devil didn't
you say au-h-o-a?" i.r1 @offa1d
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-04-28

Blessed is he who sits down on hot
gridiron, fer he shall get up again.
Blessed are they who have got the itch,
for they know what it is to scratch.
Blessed are they who are married, for
they shall be Warm all winter. f94j /,
Blessed are they that are blind, for they
shall see no ghosts. KY hlI 2i9T
Blessed are they that know nothing, ifor
they are Happy to think that they know
everything. : af tsa % .i'Ie 2oEA'q
Blessed are they that are deaf, for they
never need to lend any money or listen &
any tedious stories from their friends
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-04-28
A Wafning.

A lady writer in the ChicagU Journal
is isseysre upon the cruelty to horses. She
says; .f ...,s..
GA thousand shames Upon the brute
who would lash terrified horse Go whip
your #ife-you are fully capable Of II, -
Tell Inc a young rhan will make a good
husband If he will abuse a ddmb beast !
| tell you | would rather marry Seapoy'
Take my advice ye young uiaidens contem:
plating matrimony Never marry man
who is impudent I'd his mother, Siubs his.
sister, helps himself to the largest piece IF
cake, or takes the under hapjacK at the
table, Ot beats his horse causelgsslS id
sudden tetiper.
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POETRY.
The Doomed Man.

The Doomed Man. a.
There is a time, we know not When j.,
o A point, we know not where, ya,t
That masks the destiny of men, y 7,7ir' I
Il To glory Of despair. 1,-' 4 ls@i,,% 4 as ii,
There is a,line by us unseen, ,1sa .iiI ID
u. That crosses every path, % ,rdaua
The hidden boundary between ID '72e1
Gods patience and his wrath '''D y,
To pass that limit is to die, tn.lagq7fsr
-a7 To die as if BY stealth aaao .dI
1t does not quench the beaming eye; !.
m Or pale the glow of health ~
The conscience may be still at ease, ...
The spirits light and gay r. aHlals
That which is pleasing, still may please,
~ And care be thrust away. 5ii
But on thy forehead God has set, tl
Indelibl5 mark
Unseen by man, for man as yet
Is blind, and in the dark.
Aud yet the doomed mans path below,
Like Eden may have bloOmtd-
Hedid not,ydpes not, will not knoR,r,,
1"0r feel that he IS doomed. mo- 4
He knows hefeelsl that all is EelllIu5
And every fear is ualhed
He lives, he dies, he wakes in hell,
Not only doomed, but damned.
fOl where is this mysterious bourne,
By which our path is crossed,
Beyond which God himself hath sworn,
That he who goes is last
How farmay we go on in sin
Y. How long will God forbeari
Where does hope end, and where begin
The confines of despair :
An answer from the skies is sent
Ye that from God depart,
While it is called to-day repent,
And harden not your heart.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-04-28

General Grant says the rebels have de;
ceived him. This is Convenient pretsEt
capable of seertling to cover and excuse 4
multitude Of yfllianies. There isghot u
rebel III this land to-day, not Die, iIThefs
are mum hbers Of plundering traitors ID Cons
gress, in the departments, in the StatS
governments, on the bench and scattered
throughout every branch Of the public
service. 1t is the interest Of these to keep
up the war names In order 20 support theif
appeals to war passions. They came mtg
power upon the cry "Let It's have peace"
and ever since have been urging s'Let Us
have war" They have violated their
promises to the North as sfgnally as they
had previously violated their promises to
the South. c.G~.,,.
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M
depend alone apoR JSaf ewn
hands and the labor Of other mems hands;
use steam power if possible and make it
known by printers ink that you are,pres
pared to do business. 3 e5 5as0f,
4 Let girl stay III Che field for rosss ara
they will fedden her cheeks. ap9i4 n
Relatives take. the greatest liberties aud
give the least satisfaction. ,a as,,
A negro baby with ten fingers on saSh
hand has been bofn at Louisville. Bad
news fof the chickens.
California papers report thaS mu6k iiSfs
land in that State will be devoted to the
culture of the vine this year thaH ever BE.
fore. .l 4ii5iiia 81
At a dinner party the other highsjSen.
ator Nye put his new silk tile cafslessly
upon the sofa. "A few minutes Aftsr the
veteran philosopher Greeley sati&oMni6ps
onoandCrushed the hat fearfnllyairMD
| it,p rosfed Nye, 81 could have told you
it wouldn't ct, before you tried II on.Y9l
EI9 Why b son who objects to- kisp moth.
er's second marriage like an exhausted Pc
destriahl Because be oon't 80 asstsp
father, " " @'A sfa NJ rllaa S'e
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-04-28

When the Radicals met in contention
to make flew Constitution for MiehiganJ
the only argument used in favor Of striking
out the wofa white was that the negro
vote would offset the "Irish and Dutch!'
Negroes are pHshed into prominence by
the Radicals while the Germans and irish,
who do so much to build up the material
prosperity of the country, are sneered hat
and insulted. IolH4Mol lalEalsay