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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-02
THE AMERICAN GROCER.
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-02

DEsoRIPTION.-said Dowthit Is % or 80 years
of s.e: dark hair; slightly gray; weighs about
I4Opounds; thumb or finger missing from one
hand. apron OF
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-02
Governors Proclamation.

ID. W. C. SenGeF, Governor OF State Of Ten
nessee, to all who shall see these presents
Greeting:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-02
Cheaper Than Evgf

IN VIEW OF HARD TIMES. -
Il SELL ~
Fine Gold Watches, Chair
mOndsa Esae and Fancy -
rES~Siivcr Rssled Warf
Waschmalccs' ms
hAR. ARTI-
Also, an immense stock
Giles OF TOILET. 10 Z % be done.
The best attention givgS1 sl,ls a0use n the
The ehrapest and NOV
city. Call and examt s,~..t.
No. s. 1DAa RADoUx.
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-02

VOID QUACKS.-A victim Of early IN
n discretion, causing nervous ueDlityI Ia
tive decsv etc having tried in vain every ad-
vertised remedy has 9 simple means OF seii-care,
vrb,ch he will SEND free to bis Eel ow sufferers
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-02

WHERE AZ, IT HAS BEEN MADE KNOWN TO
w me that certain Anthony Douthit charged
with having committed foul and atrocious muir
der, on the 10Th day Of March, 1879, upon the
body Of I rank A. ierson, { llored) late of our
county of Franklin, has fed from justice, and Is
now running at large.
Now, therefore, l, D. W. @. senter, Governor as
aforesaid, by virtue the power and suthOTi , in
me vested, do hereby offer a reward of Two Hun
dred and Fifty Dollars (S25Ol, to any person or
persons who may Hpprehend the said Anthony
DoWthit, and deliver him to the sheriff or Jsilec
OF our county Of FTanl in in order that Justice In
that behalf may be had and executed.
In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Great Seal of the
IL 81 State to be affixed, at Nashville, on the 2Sth
day of April, 1871.
D, W. O. SRETER
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-02

By the Governor:
T II, BUTLER, secretary OF State.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08
How is this for High !!

Mr.. Gray, of Boston, recently dis
covered a non-explosive Illuminating
fluid. To show how safe the new
compound was, he invited number
of his friends to meet him in his
rooms, whether he had brought q
barrel of the fluid which he at once
proceeded to stir with a red-hot
poker. As he went through the roof
accompanied by his friends, he en-.
deavored to explain to his nearest
companion that the particular fluid
in the barrel had too much benzine
in it; but the gentleman said he had
an engagement higher up, and could
not wait for the explanation. Mr..
Gray continued his ascent until he
met Mr.. Brown, who inf prmed him
that there was no necessity for him
to so up higher, as every body was
coming down; SO Mr.. Gray started
back to be with the party Mr.
Gray's widow offers for sale the Sc
cret for the manufacture of the nom
explosive fluid at reduced rate, as
she wishes to raise n oney enough to
buy a silver handled coffin with .
gilt plate for Mr.. Gray.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

THE ASSIGNMENT OF RETIRED NAVAL
OFFICERs.-An important question has
arisen under the order of the Secretary
of the Navy of September /, 1871, rel
alive to the assignment of retired naval
officers, in which is involved the scope
and meaning of the act of July, 1854,
amendatory of the act of December 81,
1871, to further promote the efficiency
of the navy, which provides that the
first section shall not be so construed
as to retire any officer under the age
of sixty-two and whose name shall not
have been borne upon the Navy regis
for period of forty five years after be
had arrived at the age of sixteen.
Admiral Poor, who was recently re-
tired is but sixty one years of age, and
he had claims that he is entitled to full
pay up to the time of his sixty second
year. This is the frst case that las
arisen under the amended act in which
the construction of the law is doubted.
Admiral Poor's case has been broughf
to the attention of the Secretary of the
Navy; and, as the amended act y
somewhat obscure decision of some
one of the law officers of the Govern
ment will he had on this point.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

How A SHREwD MAN GOT AN Or
FICE.--The following conversation be-
tween a well-known official and his
friend took place recently, in front of
the Custom House:
"Where have you been7"
"To Washington, to see the Presi-
dent, for the purpose of securing an
appointment to Office"
'Did yon get the appointment 2"
81 did"
"Well, since you are an. official, /
advise you to go and get a new stove
pipe hat; if you and your friends can't
afford the expense, 1 will lend you fif-
ty cents to get the coruscations ironed
out of'the shabby one you now sport.
1t looks as though a Britton, "a hill, or
Horace Greeley had fallen upon it,"
ono, I will not smooth away a
wrinkle; I will wear it as it is, and
bequeath it to my heirs as rich
legacy. 1t was the cause of my APP
pointment."
"The cause of your appointment!
How so 2"
swell, you see, when the President
saw me with this hat on, he mistoot
me for relation, and Immediately
gave me the position asked for"
"He thought you his relative on ac-
count of your hat! How ?"
"What, he saw the dents in it,"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08
HAY, CORN and OATS, for sal,
Il by HENRY A. BIOSSAT.


THE MAN Who WON'T PAY THE
PRINTER.-May he be shod with light
ming, and be compelled to walk over
lightning.
May he have sore eyes, and ches-
nut burr for an eye stone.
May every day of his life be more
despotic than the Dey of Algiers.
May he never be permitted to kiss ;
pretty woman.
May he be bored to death by board
ing misses practicing their first lesson.
in music, without the privilege of see
ing his tormentors.
May $40 nightmares trot quartz
races over his stomach every night.
May a troop Of printers devils, lean
lank and hungry, dog his heels eacl
day, and a regiment of caterwauls un
der his window each night.
May his cows give sour milk, and hi
churn ransid butter.
May his business go to ruin, and ma,
he go to-hell.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08
Heaven on Earth.

When gifted girls in their hours 81
musing cast the horoscope of their lives
and paint rosy future, the picture "a
not perfect unless it contains the mod,
home. Those that are fiighty and 70.
mantle may use the language of CLAUDIA
MclnOtte and see in their dreams,
"A palace lifting to eternal Summer
Its marble walls, from out gloomy
bower
OF coolest foliage musical with birds
Whose songs should syllable their nance,
But the average American girl is too
sensible for that. She knows that
palaces are no every day structures j,
our work a-day world, and recent
events in Europe have taught us that
those who live in palaces are not the
happiest of mortals; but she does sketch
Il pleasant village or country home.
front yard odorous with roses and
bright with yiolets, parlor with warm.
tinted brocatelle and coy arm. chairs
The gentleman who is the central figure
of this scene is intelligent, virtuous and
noble he is all considerable, fidelity
and truth his home is the dearest
place on earth; lie never leaves his
door without kiss his eyes dancs
with delight when he drives at the
front gate; their 1--we like old wire
gains favor and mellowness as the
years pass on, and wrapped in the
warm folds of an affection ever fresh
and ever gaining, they forget that
Adam was expelled from the eastern
gate Of Paradise, that the earth was
cursed, that Sarsar irosts may scar the
tree of life and IFS golden frui;age at
the hight of its succu!cnce. Now, dea,
girls, this sketch is not taken right ont
of one of Bulwer's novels as it seems to
he. In the numerous and gratifying
letters that pour into this column week
after week, this editress catches Gimp
ses of many home as bright as hope
and as warm as love can make them.
Nothing can SO surely replenisll the
fountain of domestic sweets as the con-
seriousness of growth in the true louor
and worthy achievement, and this must
be mutual. The lamp of love must 10
trimmed and filed with OdOrous oil;
the garden of the heart must be titled
and fertilized and irrigated. The wife
who would absorb more and more Of
the large heart of a noble husband,
must do it by an ever growing and
more resplendent womanhood.
i Let the girl Who wonld change this
dream into reality determine that
neither the demands of the kitchen, tine
outcry of the nursery, nor the platitude
of the parlor shall ever keep her from
feeding her intellect with the pure food
of knowledge, and warming her hear
with perpetual aspirations toward
things higher and better. Where two
persons are united in the pursuit o.
what is noblest and best, where thei
hearts are full of gentlencss and warn
J, Will, charity, they will not need novel;
or roses or glowing tapestries to maxi
their home Il heaven. Their honey
moon will run into the years of blanch
ing hair and wrinkliug cheek. Good
ness has made them superior to physi
ca. attractions, and in no unin,portan
sense they have already entered With
the peally gates Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08
The Political Crisis of the State,

The political..situation in this State
grows daily more involved and in
teresting. Since our last survey OF
the condition of the two opposing
Radical factions, there has been a
visible change in their spirit, rela-
tons and prospects. Very momen-
tous results, affecting the future of
our State, will depend upon the fur.
Their development of what appear to
be the present condition and circum-
stances of these factions, and the
use which may be made thereof, by
the mass of the honesty and intelli-
gence of our State. This quarrel
has always been looked to as present
ing the only chance and means OF
combination which would restore to
its share of power and influence the
more decent and respectable of our
people, and arrest the fearful preva-
lance of corruption, fraud, and all
forms of vice and dishonesty in eve
ry branch of our local government.
Events are rapidly Fastening the sol
ution of this problem, aud it is time
that our sober-thinking citizens were
giving to it their most profound and
dispassionate consideration. It is
quite apparent that the division in
the Radical party in this State is
permanent and irreconcilable. The
hope of Presidential intervention for
its settlement has fed. The Presi-
dent, after coquetting with-both fac
tionists, has at last Welded to the
personal influences which are always
strongest with him, and Brennus-
like, throws his sword into the scale
which bears the fortunes and fate OF
the Custom house faction. Recent
successes Of his party in the States
appeared to have decided his course
in this matter. The order has gone
forth that the Turner Hall faction
must be slaughtered. Carthage de
lende est The State government
must be stormed and carried in the
interest of the faction which will give
the electoral vote of this State tc
Grant. The Turner Hall faction
placed its support Of the President
on conditions and contingencies that
have not happened. The Custom
house iniquity and outrage have moi
been punished or even condemned by
the President. The party which de
manded this as their sine qua no,
must now choose between a whining
pusillanimous, unconditional submis
sion, or a resistance and reorganiza
ton of their forces on new base anC
strategy. Which will they do?
, There are conspicuous and -recen
; examples in other States to guide tx
results which might save them from
utter humiliation. and enable then
to defy and successfully resist ane
overcome the Presidential interven
ton. Can not the same reproo
which was administered to Grant il
Missouri be repeated in Louisiana
5 If it be attempted, and especially il
5 as there are strong hopes, it prove
t successful, the condition and pros
l poets Of our State would wear ia
| more hopeful aspect than they no.
d. New Orleans Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

DEATH WAroH.-Mr. Davis says:
"The authorities upon this subject
disagree, and I refer the matter to
you. Harris, in his Treatise, speaks
of it as being Neuropterous insect,
and Webster calls it a beetle. Prob
ably there are two kinds of insects
called by the same name"
Probably most people have heard
the ticking sounds in the walls, es-
pecially of old houses, exactly re-
sembling the ticking of watch, and
to which has been given the ominous
title Of the Death watch. It is now
pretty well determined, as Mr.. Davis
suggests, that this sound is produc-
ed by two very different kinds of in
sects; one small insect belonging to
the Neuropterous genus Psocus which
is the one spoken of by Harris, and
the other a small beetle, referred to
by Webster, belonging to the genus
AnoJium in the family of Ptinide. AS
these sounds are usually heard at the
pairing season in the spring, it has
been. conjectured that they are love
calls between the sexes: somewhat
analogous to the drumming of the
partridge.
The manner in which this sound
is produced is not very well under
stood. Some have described it as
being caused by the insect stricaine
its jaws upon the surface on which
it stands; but Mr.. Westwood came
to the conclusion, from q long series
of observations, that it is produced
by the larvae gnawing their way
through the wood on which they
feed.
This systematic sound, produced
By an unseen cause, was regarded il
former and more superstitious times
as the warning of some mysterious
power, betokening death in the fami
ly. 1t is surprising how widely thi
superstition has prevailed. The poe
Gay alludes to it in the followin:
, line.
"The solemn Death-watch clicked nea
the hour che died."
1t thus appears that these obscur
5 insects were really the first spirit
rappers; and if there be any homo
attached to that priority, it shout
be fairly allotted to them.
--o~~~-~--e---~~~-o----~
sg The end of necessity is the be
. ginning of curiosity.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08
EYEAVY MESS PORK and EXTRA
i L Lard for sale by
HENRY A. BIOSSAT,

Governor Henry A. Wise, of
Virginia, publishes letter maintain
ing that the first want of the South is
to have reliable, honest and exact in
formation of her territory and popula-
ton widely disseminated in Europe,
and second is the formation of com
panies of land proprietors to clear
titles and procure such information,
which is then to be conveyed through
responsible agencies.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

GSa- Most young men consider it
great misfortune TO be born poor,
or not to have capital enough to es-
tablish themselves, at their outset
in life, in a good comfortable bust
ness. This is a mistaken notion.
So far from poverty being mis-
fortune to them. if We may judge
from what We every day behold, it
is really a blessing; the chance Is
more than ten to one against him
who starts with a fortune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08
Re Guided by What You KNOW


There is an old proverb which says,
."Experience is the safest, guide" TO
this guide the sick and ailihg naturally
turn when casting about for the means
of relief. They inquire what Il medi-
cine has done for others. before they
adopt it themselves. OF all the RENE
dies and preventiyes in use, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters meets the test most
triumphantly, and hence its immense
popularity and vast sales. The suffer
er from indigestion is sure to find some
one among his friends who has been
cured of that ailment by the famous
vegetable stomachic. The victim OF
fever and ague, liver complaint, con-
stipation, nervous prostration, or gen
eral debility, has only to make inquiry
in the neighborhood where he resides
| in order to discover what this standard
restorative has effected in cases similar
to his own. In the published testimo-
nv to its merits he will find volume
of proofs of its sanitary properties,
which it is impossible for his common
sense to resist. He tries it, and the
effect it produces on his system adds
another to the host of witnesses IN its
favor. Thas, its reputation, founded
on facts, not assertions, continually
grows and spreads. Charlatans and
impostois, some of them mere local
tricksters, and others who take some
what wider range, attempt to thrust
into the hands and down the threats O
invalias, their hapllazard connections
as substitutes for the tonic which fol
so many years has been a medicina
staple throughout the United States
, Spanish America, Canada, and tht
West Indies, but only succeed to very
limited extent. In this reasoning age
the people, having 'ascertained what j:
really deserving ftheir confidence, de
cline "running after strange gods
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

Ga- A gentleman who lately held
a high government Office n New
York having "unaccountably disap-
peared," the old question, which Is
ever presenting itself, is asked: "Who
is she?' No answer-as yet.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

u 'Grammar class, stand up
and recite. Timms, parse girls"
"Girls is a particular noun, OF
the lovely gender, lively person,
and double number, kissing mood
in the immediate tense, and in the
expectation case to matrimony, &C
corGing to general rule. 81 l.e'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

j. Ledyard Hodge, confesses
himself to be a defaulter to the
chest government the world ever
saw" to the amount of s450.00O; he
says that it was caused by specula-
tons with certain house in New
York. He states where he can be
found, but has no excuses to offer
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

"a" The editor who makes his news
paper the weekly bulletin of his own
egotism, is as wateful of great oppor-
tuni,ies as the artist who should spend
talents and life in painting portraits of
himself, and he who makes it the
vehicle of, spite, detraction or abuse,
wrests the noblest of engines to the
most iguoble of uses. Such use of a
newspaper is as base pcrversion Of
great or graceful means, as hacking a
tree with the priceless blade of Dam
ascus, or wiping ones dirty boots with
"my lady's kerchief, of finest cainbric.'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

rs A Michigan school commit
tee recently reported that the ex.
cessive punishment Of a lad was
not acttiated, by malice, but oeca.
stoned by an "undue appreciation
of the boys pantaloons." sia
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

E Some girls are like old muskets.
They use good deal of powder but
will not so off.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

E Governor Bullock, Georgia's c.
3. Chief Magistrate, left the State fol-
New York few days since, and there
sent in his resignation. He pleads as
his excuse for this course, that the
Democrats, who are his enemies, hav-
ing a majority in the Legislature, will
impeach him and cause his arrest
And further he has no idea of being
thus caught by them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08

a@- s.What do you ask for that
article?" inquired an old gentleman
of pretty shop gill. 'sTwo dol
lars" "Ain't you a little dear 2"
"Why," she replied, blushing, call
the young men tell me so p
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-11-08
A Jubilee Year.

The New York Observer, now one
of the most widely circulated papers
in The country, will soon enter upon
its 5Oth year, having been establish
ed in The beginning Of the year 1923.
1t has a record Of which its founders
and conductors may well be proud.
IT has been Of The most fearless and
answering advocates Of sound prin-
ciples in religion, in morals, in edu-
cation, and in politics. Although
not political in its character, it does
not hesitate to expose and denounce
corruption in whatever party it ez-
isis, and TO bold The rulers of the
land to strict account for the adj,
ninistration of their trusts. 1t sig.
nalized The present year by issuing
a Yearbook, thatis an encyclopa
dia CT information in regard to mat,
ters in Church and State which car
only be gathered from an extensive
library. This Yearbook was pre-
scented gratis to every preparing sub
scriber, and the Publishers announce
another volume for the coming year
New Yearbook, which will BIZ
more complete than The last. 1t vii
be sent free TO any one who pays hi
subscription for 1872. Copies OF th'
paper sent free to all applicants
New subscribers will receive the pa
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