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The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11
The New City Drug Store Van
Buren supplies country dealers, physicians
and planters with new fresh drugs reyy cheap.
E1y- The elegant steamer DmdansN'

TS- The elegant steamer Dardansle
in command of Capt. NOSE MCKEE, lay
ut our landing all night on Saturday, tha
the other boats in the line ahead of hel
might get out Of the way. The Darda
,eile Is one of incest, as well as tastes
boats that comes up the river, and ha:
two as clever gentlemen in the office, al
ever " tlrted ink" WALwoRTH and Mon
GAN. 1t is understood that they will
both go on to the new White River steam
cr Il. p. Wah. Oh-oh! Mr. Walworth
can-can, we let you go-you you know
how much wc-wc'll m-miss you GOOD
bye, old boys, if go you must
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11
Manhood; How Lost, How Restored

JUST published new edition of DR.. CuLvERwELL' 8
CELEBRATRD ESSAY the RADICAL CURE without
medcinel of ofSpERNAToRRHGA or Seminal, NJ al and
Physical incapacity, mpednent to marriage, etc i,
also, CoNsuErrIoN, EPmePsy, and FRS. induced by
sell-ndulgencc or sexual extravaganza.
Me- Price in a sealed Envelope on'y cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable essay,
clearly demonstrates from thirty years successful
practice, that the alarming consequences of self
abuse may be radically cured without the dangerous
of internal medicine or the application of the
knife; pointing out mode Of cure at once simple,
certain and efectual, by (which every suffer
er no matter what his condition may be, may euro
himself cheaply, privately and radically.
Es- This Lecture should be in the hands Of every
youth and every man in the land.
Sent, under seal, in plain envelope, to any ad-
Dress post paid, receipt of six cents two post
stamps. Also, DR.. Culverwel!'s Marriage Guido" 7"
price q cents. Address, the pu6lishers,
II CHAS C. KLINE a CO..
Iy 1T Bowery, n. u, Post-oifce box 4,58.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

Ey- The steamer Gibson, Capt EUGENE
SMITH, back in command, left here at
dark, Wednesday, with $50 bales of cot
ton, l75 bbls. of green apples and about
100 live hogs, and 10 or II head Of hors-
cs, and large passenger list.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11
FOR SALE.

MORE than one Hundred Lots, in th'
town Of Van Buren,, and number o
Voluabls Farms in Crawford County.
u. JESSE TURNER,
Agent for the owners.
feb 16, ,69-4m
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

T5- W have the promise Of "cor
ncr lot,' in the new located Baltimore
city, at Spadra, for printing office
Look out for us, when the railroad whs
tie blows"
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

EE- Col. j. r. PETTIGREw Of Fayette
vile, arrived here on the Ozark He has
been " swinging round =" until he has
got this far on his way home. ...
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

Et- Col. L. w. ScnAuRrIE, left on the
St Louis Stage Saturday, on business
connected with his Office.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

tE- Save your money and buy your Drugs
and Fancy Toilet articles cheap at the New
City Drug Store In Van Buren,.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

For cheap Paints, Oils, Glass and
Turpcntine, 70 to the New City Drug store
in Van Buren,. u
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

For cheap Drugs and. everything
usually kept in Drug stores go to tho New
City Drug Store in Van Buren,, on Main ST.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

FJr The CldrksriNe took from our
landing on Saturday $50 bales Of cotton
for New Orleans.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

The largest quantities of Dry
Goods ever offered in this city, at
POWELL & DICKSON'S.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

rS- S. II. Pettiagia 6 Co, IN Ne,7 York dad
Boston, are authorized to receive aauertIshg Jor
the Press. in those cities.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

NOR Cheap Bcdstcads. Mattresses, Ohairs,
l. and all kinds of common Furniture, call
on 5. X. LYON, Van BureH.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

New Wholesale and Retail Drug
Store just opened at Van Barren, on Main
Street, near NJ Lynch's Store.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11
VAN BuRES CrMErERr.-The cx'

VAN BuREN CEMETERY.-The exact
number of burals in this Cemetery, for
the past 10 years, according to the record
kept 10y that old and faithful Sexton
WIN. SroyALL. better known rs "Uncle
Buck" commencing with the year 1915
and ending in 1866, is 900. The inter.
mcnts for the past three years are:
1867, No. OF Burials, 49,
1868, 3.
1869, I" ~
Total up to January 1870, is 1882.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11
RIVER NEWS.
TUESDAY MORNING, Jan. II, 20.

TUESDAY MORNING, Jan. IL, 70.
The river at this point is declining slowly,
with a stage of3ls feet above low water mark,
AS shown by the Guage at the City Wharf.
The weather this morning Is warm and
rainy-good indications of rise of water
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

The ". A. Cdii,ceU Is du. to-day from Mem
phis.
The Colossal from St. Louis and the Ameri-
Gus from Cincinnati are both due
The Memphis and Arkansas River Packet
Co. have discontinued their agencies at Saint
Louis, Louisville and Cincinnati.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

Pay for yoSr paper.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11
hn nnst thrco Ncars Nre

Total up to January 1870, is 1882.
The Van Buren press., 1870-01-11

We have already mentioned the arrest
here, OF Andrew Chandler and four 9th
ers implicated in the disturbances. They
were taken before county Judge Reeve
on Monday and admitted to bail in $1,000
each
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-07
Railroad Matters.

A large lot of pressed hay was received
night before last via the Louisville road,
for parties in this city. The cotton ship
ments yesterday ever this road from this
place was unusually heavy. The platform
was packed full of great bales of the South
ern King; large force we're busy all day
in loading cars, and the drays from our
warehouses kept coming with more, still
more, until it looked like general block
ade Verify, cotton is on the move.
The Southern bound trains from Louis
vile we're stopped near Buck Lodge yes
terday, by raging fire occssioned by a
lot of railroad wood being found burning
on each side of the track, rendering it
impossible for trains to pass. There was
probably five or six hundred cords burned,
from the best information we could get,
and the track somewhat damaged. The
northern bound passenger train went
up that far, and exchanged passengers
with the other train. The interruption
was but temporary, however, and trains
are expected to be on their usual time.
Matters at the other depots were brisk,
but nothing remarkable was found to note.
In response to our question of high
railroad official yesterday as to whether
everything along his road was ali straight,
he emphatically replied, Eyes, sir, every
thing on our road IS straight, and | hope
it may long remain straight. We en-
phatically sympathized with him In tins
| uich
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-07

says: "The plans of Congress seem to
have been this: The Government issued
its bonds to a company which was to
build q road through a wilderness, which
would need to exhaust every available
means to complete the work, which
would have little income until it was CON-
pleted. Confidence was felt in the ult-
mate value of the whole work when once
brought into perfect and full operation.
A mortgage was taken upon the whole
property to secure the payment of the
bonds, principal and interest, at their
maturity, which would be thirty
years after their date. In the meantime
the compensation for services rendered
the Government from the beginning, and
the annual percentage of the net receipts
of the road after its completion, were to
be applied toward the discharge of the
interest as far as it would go, and to the
principal as the bonds successfully ma
tured if there should be accidentally any
surplus, but no other provision for cur
rent interest was stipulated or designed to
be made, because none could be made
without hampering the feeble and strug-
Cling enterprise. The United States agreed
to pay interest on the bonds
semi. annually, because such payment
was important to their market value;
but this implies nothing TO the terms
on Which the credit of the government,
or rather its pecuniary aid, was furnished
to the railroad company. These terms
were promised, with such security as the
company could give to repay the loan of
bonds, and in the meantime to sppropri-
ate certain specific funds toward the pay
ment so far as they would CO."
The decision of the present Attorney
General will not be forthcoming for some
time, the assembling of Congress, when
this question will give rise to much dis.
cussion
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-07
SAN DOMINGO.
The Land of Promise,

ST. THOMAS, via Havana Dec. g.
The steamer John Bright cable expedi-
ton has arrived They will lay a cable
from here to Puerto Rico and thence to
Jamaica.
SAN DoNINGo, Nov. 25.-Haytiens re-
port the Province of Cibas in arms against
Baez. 1t is rumored that the pretended
defeat of Gabriel was on the contrary a
victory. Bsez left the capital on the 18th
for the southern portion of the Republic.
Baez issued decree ordering that State
warrants shall pass for their face value.
Should they suffer discount they would
be taken at the treasury only for the
price at which they will have been dis
counted. This measure produced discon-
tent arcoDg merchants who were circulst-
ing warrants.
The people are awaiting Grants mes
sage. The conservative and wealthy
classes hope the United States will rOt
abandon the annexation scheme of Hayti.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-07
STATE NEWS.

Drummers from Baltimore and severa |
Northern cities are plenty in Knoxville.
A large owl was recently killed near
Shelbyville, while on raid after chick
ems. His owlship measured four feet and
five inches from tip to tip.
The Nashville and Chattanooga railro ad
has lately placed a new and elegant pas
senger coach on the Shelbyville branch of
the road.
There is not another town of its size
and pretentions in Tennessee which is so
abundantly cursed with mean sidewalks,
ard no sidewalks at all, as Shelbyville.
So says the Commercial.
Col. r. o. Whitehead has assumed the
editorial management of the Mckenzie
Times, Mr.. W. H. Hawkins having
vacated the editorial chair, in consequence
of pressing business engagements.
The Mckenzie Times of the Sd instant
says: The son of Mr.. William Fletcher,
an interesting and intelligent lad, was &C.
cidentally caught in a saw mill near this
place, on Saturday last, and killed.
1t is estimated, that Tennessee expen6s
ninety one cents per head for school pur.
poses, while Nevada expends per capita
$19 30, and Massachusetts SIC rs, while
Ohio Sc 4S. .'...
During the past year, about seventy
five box-cars have been built at the Car.
penter's Department of the Machine ShoI
of the East Tennessee, Virginia anc
Georgia Railroad. If they had been pur.
chased from Eastern car factories they
would probably have cost the road abou
$4,000; but they have been bum fol
much less money, thus furnishing EN-
ployment to large number of carpenters
and using considerable East Tennesse'
lumber in their construction. The Com
pany has about forty engines in operation
and the cleaning and repairing of thes
is no small labor. The whole cost o
machinery used in the machine shops i
estimated at about $4,000 and tn
number of hands employed are one hun
dred and fifty, at an average salary o
two dollars per day.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-07
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail
road was finished yesterday to Fort Scott,
aud trains are running to that point,
which now aspires to be the chief distrib-
utory depot for the Southwestern region.
Jamaica advices promise abundant crops
and note the introduction of new mschin.
cry on the plantations.
Hsyti is disturbed by premature eff.
fort to resume specie payment,
Cincinnati proposes to petition Congress
to finish the Louisville canal and make il
free of tolls.
A Chicago cloth house failed yesterday
for half million dollars.
Minister Motley had farewell audi
ence with Queen Victoria at 3 P. NJ. yes.
terday Mr.. Moran takes charge of the
Legation.
Lengthy dispatches from Montevideo re-
mind us that UIsgusy continues in g
chronic state of war, with all its concom.
itants of misery.
The Empress Eugene visited the Queer
60 Windsor Castle yesterday
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-07
NEW YORK.
Inn nhna NernnrrnIanN

Cuban Jordan Arrested for Viola
ting the Neutrality Laws.
NEW YORK, Dec. Cen. Jordan, the
Cuban patriot, who has been sojourIing
n this city since April last, was yesterday
indicted by the grand jury for violath G
the neutrality law in fitting out an expedl
ton to aid the Cuban cause. At late
hour in the afternoon & bench warrant
was issued, and at seven o'clock it was
served upon the General al his residence.
The bail was fixed at $4,000. About
eleven o'clock temporary bond was exc
cuted, returnsble in the United States
ircuit Court to-day, Senors ALBANIA and
Delmonte becoming sureties.
The General, accompanied by counsel
and bondsmen, appeared in court this
morning, and renewed The bond for his
appearance for trial at the February term.
Court warrants are out for the arrest OF
a number of prominent Cubans.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-07
LAUGHABLE EXHIBITION OF DO
MESTIC AFFECTION.

Last week there was private wedding
at the Madison avenue Baptist church, in
New York. The bride was the beautiful
daughter of widow, ana the Oldest of a
family of five girls. The groom was a
young man well known in business circles.
None but relatives and immediate fami-
" friends were present, and none unless
particularly invited. On this account no
ushers were engaged, and the duty of seat
ing the guests devOlved on the sexton of
the church. Seats for the family were
reserved in front, and it was arranged that
after the family should follow the bride
and groom, and the knot should at once
be tied.
At the appointed time the four younger
daughters arrived in a carriage, and said
to the sexton: ''Give US the seats reserved
for the family" This he did, and by
some cruel mistake the next carriage con
tanned the pair about to be married, when,
according to previous arrangement, the
mother and friend should have next ar
rived. The young lady, feeling that
should any mistake occur whereby her
mother would be deprived of Witnessing
the ceremony, said to the sexton: "Have
the family arrived?"
Being answered in the affirmative, the
happy couple walked up the aisle to
where the minister was in waiting, and
the knot was quietly tied As the newly
| married pair were leaving the church
they met the mother of the bride in the
vestibule. The old lady threw up her
arms and cried aloud, ooh, Sarah, what
have you been doing2" The daughter
then discovered the mistake, burst into
tears, and throwing herself on her moth
er's breast, exclaimed: 'Mother, mother,
have been getting married, p" and thetwo
wept as if their hearts would break.
The guests at first feared that the young
wife was taken suddenly i'll, but when
they learned the cause of the ridiculous
exhibition, they laughed as heartily as the
others had cried.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-07
PERSONAL.

Among the many visitors iVfhe city We
are glad to meet our esteeme6friepd Col.
A. S. Rogers, of Madison county, who
represented that county in theaLegislature
in 1861. He is looking remarkably well
and we extend him a hearty welcome,
wishing hum long, useful and happy life.
bon EN-. Etheridge and Hon. B. Peyton,
reached the city last evening, and will be
in the Senate to-day.
Among our legal friends IN the city from
abroad We notice Gen. ]. B. Palmer, Col.
j ". Burton, Capt. T. B. Darrsgh, and
II. P Keeble, Esq, of the Murfreesboro
Bar. Col. E. L Gslladsy, Col. Jordan
Etokes, and Col A. B. Martin, of Lebanon,
Bith Col j. j. Turner and n. W. McCon-
nell, Esq, of Sumner.
Among the prominent arrivals yesterday
at the Maxwell we would mention the fol-
lowing; J. N. Neeley, Bolivar, Tenn;
Charles G. Soule, st. Louis; Mrs. DR..
Reed, son and daughters, McMinnville-
DR.. Reed was proprietor Of the Warren
House, recently destroyed by fire in that
city. A. A Harris and d. Cook, Lebanon,
Tenn; Maj. Falkner, Lebanon, and An
drewB. Martin, of the same place. Mr..
Pet Gilbert and lady, of Giles county, also
arrived on the evening train and took
rooms at the Maxwell Mr.. and Mrs. Gil
bert are newly welded. having been mar
ried yesterday morning in the county from
which they came. Mr.. Gilbert is promi-
nenFand highly respected citizen of Giles,
and his young and accomplished wife is
one Of ithat county's fairest daughters
Miss Valeria Rose, daughter Of Mr.. VIM.
Rose, most worthy citizen. May then
pathway adown the aisle of life ever be
frightened by the sunshine of love, peace
and plenty, and no troubled waves eel
cross their breasts
At the City Hotel We note the following:
Hons. EN-. Etheridge, Dresden. Tenn,
and Jas c. Luttrell, Knoxville; Dr. j. A.
| Clopton, Huntsville, Alabama, and 4. III.
Lavender, Sheriff of Williamson county.
Capt A. b S Moseley of the Rome GA. J
Daily and Weekly called to see Us yester-
day. The daily has recently been enlarged
to accommodate its many advertising
friends Only. The weekly has been so very
fortunate as to secure the easy and beautI-
fully flowing thought Of the gifted Miss
| Swain, who is hereafter its literary editor.
| These papers by their circulation WELD NO
| little influence and our wholesale mer-
chants and manufacturers would do vel
to secure a space in their valuable columns.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-07
swHNDLING DODGE.
Hats, Clothes, SupPers, ETC., Pro-
cured under Forged Orders.

HAtSs ClotneSs Suppers, etc., Pro-
cured under Forged Orders.
Aside from the regular stealings and
picking of pockets that have been carried
on, and are still being successfully prose-
cuted in and about the city, the sdroit and
canning svindlers who infest the commu-
nifty resort to various other expedients to
procure the needful, in the way of wearing
apparel, good suppers and other articles.
Several cases have lust come to light in
which Postmaster Embry was ATTEMPTED to
be made the medium, and sundry mer-
chants the victims Of these sharp practices.
On last Friday night o well dressed, and
apparently genteel young man, stepped
into the store of Mr.. Thompson, halter,
No. II Cherry street, and with a perfect
degree of nonehalance, asked if an order
on Postmaster Embry was good for hat.
The reply was yes. The young man, who
gave his name as George Everson,
and represented himself as connected
with the pos Office, said he wanted
the hat for his brother, and called
another young man IN who was
represented as bearing that relationship.
The hat was furnished, when the first
party said he believed he would take one
himself. The second hat was also given,
the order furnished, eRnd the two young
men retired. After they had gone out sus-
picion became excited by the salesman
that they bad probably been duped. Search
for the young men WAS at once instituted
and they were found festively engaged in
q game of billiards at the Maxwell House.
One of the statesmen told the party
calling himself Everson Of his suspicious.
ooh, it is my brother who stays at the
postofice," ne said. The salesman took
them back into the stoIe, and had them
take off the new hats and put on their
old ones, and accompany him to the post
Office, when, if all right, they could re-
turn and get their new ones. When
they got near the postofis one
of the young men suddenly turned
around saying, ''This thing has gone
far enough, we don't stay at the post
office; you can keep your hats. With this
the parties made of and have not since
been identified
A suit of clothes was obtained from Mr..
Powers on the Square, through the medium
of similar representations and forged
orders, and on Monday night Mr.. Bassett
was duped out of supper In like manner
We hear of a number of other cases, of
parties representing themselves as connec-
ted with the postofflce, in order to obtain
various articles and valuables. These
parties are still at large and the public IS
thus put on their guard against them. 1t
is due to the postofice to say that no one
connected with that institution is suspected
of completely in these nefarious Fransac-
tons.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-07
CatamOunfs, etc.

We have noticed for day or two past a
young man from the rural districts carry
ing about in box four-months old cata-
mount, which he Showed" for dollar
per crowd His account of the struggle he
experienced in its capture was nothing
short of chilling blood curdling. Speak
ing of this animai-so ferocious and un-
compromising in its character-"reminds
us Of little story" wherein the writer
figured, unfortunately, as one of the star
actors. About q year sgone, while pre-
ambulating in the virgin forests of another
land, We came suddenly upon one of this
precise breed Of cats. The catamount We
thus surprised, however, was quite large
enough to have been the patriarch of this
one IN the box, and IS selfish q looking
creature as one could possibly imagine.
As bad luck would have it, we were IN
armed, excepting our jack-knife, which
possessed but one broken blade. The in
tervening space between ourseh and the
other catamount, too, was not to exceed
three rods, and the greeting was likely to
be as prompt as it would be affsctionate.
For once in our life we considered before
acting, and for q moment or two stood
fixed and thoughtful. The animal seemed
similarly affected, and also seemed to be
trying to conclude whether to run away
and live to fight another day, or fight it
out on that line, and on that date.
He stood, immovably cycling us with his
large round eyes, his great shaggy head
pnffed up and revealing teeth that seemed
set for business, and bat little shorter than
his villainous finger nails. As for ourself
we could scarcely settle upon line of pol
icy, and sort OF unvQluntarily commenced
to enumerate the sins we had committed,
from the cradle up to the time I'VE met
that catamount, and found the debt side
quite too much the longest to render COM
fort possible under the existing oircum-
stances, and as the only resort to bring 8
balance We thought over Nov 1 lay me
down to sleep" with unusual feryour. AZ
ter weighing matters over az philosophi-
cally as possible, we found the chances de-
eidedly in favor of the opposite party, and
the only proper question then, before this
meeting, was to get cut Of the pending re-
sponsibility of war in the easiest way
possible. As to the catamount's opinion
OF the situation we have never been ad-
vlsed, but subsequent developments SEEM
ed to prove that he also was inclined to
draw it mild" Our body felt. fully in
clined to concur in this joint resolution,
but doubted the policy. Finally, however,
the legs carried and as body we resolv-
ed to run away from that catamount or die
IN the attempt; the resolution was ''put,"
and there probably was never such a re-
msrkabie case of tall stepping since Put
nams feat as We exhibited in that retreat,
and we never did see that genus cat any
more.