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they were painfully afl'iI.ng, have ncch radically
cured in such great numbers m alnio,t every sec;
ton OF the country, that Tie public scarcely need
10 be informed OF ~ virtues az uses.
SrrOflilus pai-On j. Que oi Tic most dc,tfic-
tive enemies OF oar race. Oarn, ti.is cen ana
unfc tenant Of the o-aui. ~ Iitcruines TIE con
stituion and invites the attack of cHiectling OF IA
tai diseases, without exciting suspicion Of lis
presence. Again, IL seems 10 breed inieclloi
throughout the body, and then, GA some favorable
occasion. rapidly develop intu one or other ol lis
hhleous forms either on The Sufidcc or among TIE
yiials. In the latter, tuhercles may Nc suddenly
deposited IN the Lungs or heat, OF luInofs formed
in the liver, 81 il shows it, presence by cTnptlons
on The skin, or fonl alterations on some part Of
the body. Hence the occasional use of bottle
OF this sarSapariHd l. advisable, even when no
active symptoms OF disease appear. Persons ~
fictel With the following complaints generally
find immediate relief and at length, cure by the
usc of this SiRSfPiRILL-.: 80. 1Hfho-
mrs Fire, Rose or ET,DSiPci0s, Teller, SAFE
RhemDi, scGid Head. Ei"g"oTi', Sore Lycs,
Sore Ears, amh other cruptiOns or visible forms
Of ScTOfaIOus disease. Also IN TIE more con
cealed forms, rs Dyspepsia, DFopsy, Heart
Dissnsr. JiiS, EpHcFsH. Neuralgia and
the various JiccroHs affections OF the muscular
and nervous systems.
StDLiiis or J'cncFcaI and Ifcrc~riaJ DiS-
cases are cured by Il, though long lime i re-
duired for srhduing thcsc obs innate inaisohSs ~
any medicine. But lOnE-cqniMucd use on HiI'
medicine will cure the complaint LcncoFF"GI
or Uhifcs, Uterine JccT6.i0HS ana Icm%ic
Diseases. are commonly soon iohcNeu ahu liHl-
malclN cNlei ON IL luill. lhE '.ii' "i't ~ s't'-
eject Minute directions for each ease are lound
IN our Almanac, supplied grats. rheumatism
and Govt. when caused 10y accumuiainns OF 'N'
traneOus matters in the blood yield quickly 10 u,
as also Lircr Complaints. TcrpidifB. toHgf -
lion or Inflammation ofthc LircF, and Jam
dire, when arising, as they often do, nom llc
ranking poisOns In the blood. Ihls SihNi-
P4RIILI l. great rcstorcr for the strength
and vigor Of the system. Those who are iGn-
amid and Jisf'ess. DespOUdcDf. Hccpicss'
and troubled with Nervous iPf'rhcHSions or
Fears, or any of the affections symptomaic az
Ur0EncSS. viii find immediate relief and con.
yncing evidence OF its restorative power upon
.al
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T0wx PEorEErY SoLD.-Col. Jno. " Coylc
f1r The heirs Of VIM. Crow, deceased, disposed
orIo Tamc Dwelling House in the North
western section Of Charlcstown, TO Mr.. VIM.
j. Simpson. sum paid 1880.
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Il 1 n w n i l.

of every description. Particular attention paid to
TIN ROOFING AND SCOUTING.
REPAIRING done--all will be in the best man
ner and at the very lowest CASH price.
Shop and Store Room in the old Post Office
Building one door West Of Henry Dumm's Con-
fectionerv. RUMBARCER d co.
January I. ISL.
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DUCKSKIN GLOVES, heavy and light, Sheep
ID skin Gauntlcts and Gloves, for sale by
Dec. 10. W. EBY.
nRIED Peaches and Cucumber Pickles for sale
by W. EBl.
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Pratt's Astral Oil.

TOSH BILLINGS or any other man can always
sD find the oldest, the purcst and the cheapest
Whistles nj CHAMBERS
Harper's Ferry, Feb Is.
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1871. REN 1871.
IsECONSTRUCTED.
GEO. W. CHAMBERS

GEO. W. CHAMBERS,
4 GENT for Thompson Il Co., Distillers, Whole
" sale Dealers and Importers of Wines, Liquors,
&C. offers to the public the largest and most com
plete Stock of Wines and Liquors ever offered in
this place; all of which will be sold at lowest cash
prices. lie has
s A l. DON
in connection with his establishment where can be
had at all times the purest Liquors, Wines,
Ales, Cigars, &c. Call in and satisfy yourselves.
GEO. W. CHAMBERS.
Harper's Ferry, Jan. :, ls7l-3m.
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WORK Boxes, Writing Desks, Building
w Blocks, Drawing States, Dressing Cases and
Pocket Books, great variety, at ..
Feb. (, ISL. VS.. MASON'S
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New Timing Establishment.
People. Look to Your Interests.

HAyING opened for the purpose of carrying
on the TIMING BUSINESS in all its
branches, we are prepared to do all work in our
line with neatness and dispatch. We will keep
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Notice..
Cucumber Pickles.

nice article Of CUCUMBER PICKLES for
Y sale at SI.5O per hundred and 20 cts. per
dozen ty JOHN :. YESTERDAY.
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An Interesting Record.

A real estate broker Of this city, in the course
Of business transactions, has come upon the re-
cord Of 4 survey made in the handwriting of
General Washington, and dated on the 18th Of
March, 1852, at which time Washington was
only 20 The land surveyed was a farm at
the head of Bullskin Creek, Virginia belong
ins 10 " Doct John Maccarmick." This must
have been one Of the first efforts Of the young
man in his adopted profession, and the record,
which is executed with great nicely, is one Of
the oldest documents left in the handwriting Of
the iluStrious father Of his country.-Ner
York World.
We are familiar with the fine lands en-
braced in the above survey. We have taken
many drink from the pure springs which
make up the Bu;lskin Creek. The present oc-
cupauts will attach double interest to their
homes after reading the above paragraph.
TnrFPA%CE ADMISSIBLE Rev. 7. +.
Martin, Of Berryville, we understand, is expect
Ell to deliver a Temperance Address before
jefferson Council, No. s, Friends of Temper
auce, at their Hall in this place. on Saturday
evening the 18th inst. We have as yet no
defoite information, but anticipate that the
doors viii be thrown open TO the public
Spirit
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Ayers Sarsaparilla,
FOR PURIFYING TEsE BLeor.
The reputation this ex-

The reputation TINS cN-
cc,lcut medicine enjoys.
Is derived from ils cmes,
many of which are truly
marvellous. lnyeicrrte
eases of Scroiulous dis
ease, where the system
seemed Caturatcd with
corruption, have been
purified and cured by IL.
scrofulous affections and
disorjcgs,Vl.ichwcre ag-
eTavatel by the scroiu.
lous contamination until
.finu H. 20 lfpp'l radically
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Harper. Ferry, Jan. u, 1871.

WANTED, Colts Army. navy and Dragon
w Pistols, Spencer aud Henry Ri4-s aud Car.
oines, for which Cash uiil be paid.
Dec. 10, 1870 JAS. Law. NOCEF.
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MARRIED.

MONEY WANTED We need money. Oui
friends will please not overlook orr claims.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-20
PENCE CORNERS

There is large quantity of land taken
up in the construction of the old Virginia
zigzsg worm fence that might be utilized
by the planting of fruit trees. Estima-
ting the width of a staked and rider fence
to be eight feet every !, s15 yards of fence
required an acre. Now the amount of
land take up by the fences and cross
fences on farm of GAO acres cannot fall
far short of eight acses, which, if planted
with fruit trees and sown in grass, would
be great improvement over their usual
briery and bushy condition and contribute
something to the enjoyment of man and
the snstenance of stock. In many of the
European countries the government COM
pels every man to set out fruit trees by
the highways in order that the wearied
travellers toiling painfully through the
long summers day may be cheered and
refreshed by the fruit and shade, and
feel lively sense of gratitude to the be-
lnignant government that is not even for
getful of the stranger. Many an immi-
grant has been induced TO settle perma-
nently by such evidences of thrift and
comfort. Let the practice begin. 1t
costs but little-it profits much.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-20
BOOK FARMING.

There is a prejudice in the minds of
almost all farmers in regard to which is
called book farming-that a man who
hsbitually studies farm journals and ne vs.
paper is most sure to fail when he comes
TO the practical details of the farm. That
there is some truth in the statement we
csndidly admit and have known men who
could talk or write fluently on agricul-
ture and yet were miserable failures on
the farm. This arises from two very
natural causes. First, man who is
thoroughly conversant with the theory of
agriculture and with these sciences which
have natural affinity to agriculture, such
as chemistry and geology has most prob
ably spent the greater portion of his life
in the students cell, and has never tried
TO Learn the practical details of farming,
just as military man may be q martinez
in the drill, and yet fail in the more import
ant work of directing the storm of battle.
In the second place, men of great execu-
tive ability and of practical skill in any
pursuit are seldom welded to theories,
and are more dilgent in obs rVing than
in studying. Hence it often happens that
a most successful farmer is unscquainted
with the primary principles of those
sciences upon which agriculture seems to
rest, and while he can tell by inspection
what will grow best on this field or that,
will probably be unable to tell whether
the soil is siliciOus, argellacious or cal
csrious. On the other hand, the man of
theory can analyzs and tell the compo-
nent parts Of the soil in any given locality,
and yet be unable to select those spots
that will produce the best cotton, tobacco
or corn. The truth is, the theorist deals
too much in generalities and the prac-
teal farmer too much in particulars.
The knowledge of both should
be united TO produce the greatest
results. It was the union of the
two that enabled the Marquis of Twee-
dale TO transforms worn out estate to one
of surprising fertility and profit. 1t is
the union of the two that enables the far
mers of Scotland on their barren moors
to realize more handsome profits than are
made by the farmers in the richest valleys
of the New World. Il is the union of
the two that has increased the production
of grain in. England an hundred fold in
the last half century, and it will be the
union of the two that viii, in the future,
make the worn out fields of the South
again contribute to the wealth and susie
nance of a great people. Theory united
with experience and practice will always
insure success.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-20
From the Indianapolis Journal, Dec. 7, 1870.
THE NEW ERIE SLEEPING

The conveniences of modern travel
how are they multiplying Cars heated
by hot water, lighted with gas, cushions
of velvet, walls covered with oil paint
ings, carpets of the finest Brussels, cur
tains of tapestry, beds of curltd hair,
ceilings in fresco, windows of French
plate glass, mirrors of the finest quality,
seats of carved walnut, walls of splen-
didly polished hard woods, cornices fit for
the finest library, hooks, and handles and
bars of the finest silver. Such are the ap-
pointments of the new sleeping coaches
built for the Erie railway, and which are
now running between Cincinnati and New
York. They call them Drawing Room
Palace Sleeping Coaches, and they are
worthy of the name. They have the
comfort of bed chamber, the beauties
of parlor, and the capacity of a draw
ing room. The seats are really luxurious,
covered with piece Of French velvet
called French moquette, of the most beau
tiful colors, and with medallion patterns
in the center of each seat. The wood
work is all black walnut, with panels of
the same material made from the most
beautiful veneers cut from the knots of
this wood. The work is oiled and polished
80 that it is as fine as the best furni-
ture. Five fine globes from above sur
rounded by rich appointments furnish
light by night. In the main room, after
the beds are all put away and hidden
from view, the traveller looks upon the
walls decorated with twenty oil paintings.
In this coach is parlor or family room,
six by nine feet, capable of accommo-
dating six persons. There is nothing ap-
parently that could be added to this to
make it more attractive and comfortable.
There is still another stateroom in the
rear that will accommodate four persons.
A wash room at either end furnishes
every possible convenience in this line.
The bed clothing is of the best, and the
amplest arrangements have been made
for clean linen.
The coach is warmed by Bakers patent
hot water furnace, whichis so constructed
that, in the event of an accident, the
fire will not be communicated to the sur
rounding wood. Fifty persons can be
accommodated in each car.
The Erie and Atlantic Sleeping Coach
Company have planted thirty-eight thou
sand dollars in this marvel of the car kind
Whether it will blossom into handsome
returns would seem to admit of no doubt,
when it is remembered that the charges on
these are the same that are made in the
common coaches
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-20
SAYINGS OF JOSH BILLINGS

l don't think that Fortune haz got enny
favoIites. She was born blind, and l motifs
them who win the oftenest go it blind, too.
The heart IL wife of the head, and we
(who have tried it, all kno how purswasiv
the wife IL, espeshilly when she wants
sumthing.
konsider weak man more dangerous
than a malishus one; malishus men have
sum karacter, but weak ones don't have
any.
have notised one thing, that the most
virtewous and diskreet folks we have
among US are those who have either no
pashuns at all, or very tame ones; it is a
great deal easier tew be a good dove than
a decent serpent.
Hunting after health is like hunting
after fees, the more you hunt them the
more they flea.
Take the selfshnesss out of this world,
and thare would be more happiness than
we should kno wat to do with.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
RROOM SEDGF,

The greatest obstacle in the way of
cultivstipg grasses in our State is the pre-
valence of broom sedge. 1t grows equally
well upon poor land and upon rich; upon
bottom and hillside; upon clayey soils and
upon sandy loans. Is there no method
of eradicating it by constant cultivation
Red clover and timothy will check it for
a year or two, but the omnipresent and
omnipotent sedge viii ultimately gain the
victory. Almost destitute itself of nutri-
tive elements, it neither fattens the land,
nor fattens the stock. Blue grass, the
most hardy and most aristocrstic of all
the grasses cannot subdue it; orchard
grass yields to It's superior powers; white
clover bows in subsection to it. Must
broom sedge, worthless, despised and IN
slightly, be king of all the grasses
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-20
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
December Term - Nashville.
1870.
Joseph b. Heiskell, Attorney.Gen-
eral and Reporter.
No. 20.
Levan vs.. A. E. Patton ct al.

Levan vs.. A. E. Patton ct al
The bill in this case was filed to enioin
judgment at law obtained against the
complainant by defendant Patton, in the
Circuit Court of Grundy county.
The ground stated in the bill is that
since the trial at law, complainant has
discovered payments to the amount of
$500 or $500, and he did not know that
he could make this proof until after the
judgment and adjournment of court.
Complainant states further that he used
all diligence to get this proof, but did not
succeed until after the trial.
Defendant demurred to the bill and
the Chancellor sustained the demurrer and
dismissed the bill, from which decree
complainant appealed to this court.
How and when the payments were
made is not stated, nor is it stated what
acts of diligence were used to obtain
the proof, nor why he was unable to sue
coed.
A party will not be aided by a Court
of Chancery after a judgment at Law, I'M
less he can impeach the justice of the
verdict on grounds, of which he could
not have awaited himself at law, or I'M
less he was prevented from doing it by
fraud, or accident, or mistake, or the act
of the adverse psrty unmixed with, negli-
gence or fault on his part. And all this
should be alleged and shown in the bill,
by the statement of the facts which the
party relies upon as constituting the
grounds of his relief, SO that the court
may be enabled to determine whether
they are sufficient.
1t will not suffice to charge in general
terms that he was prevented from making
his defense at law by accident or mistake,
without disclosing in his bill the natureof
the one or tie other. So it is not suf1-
cient to exonerate himself from the pre-
sumption of negligence to allege in gen.
eral terms that he has used diligence. He
should chow what he has done to enable
the court to determine whether he has
used that degree of diligence which the
law requires he should used in the partic-
ular case.
There is no error in the Chancellor's
decree sustaining the demurrer and dis
missing the bill, and we affirm it.
DEADERIoK, Judge.
A true copy: JESSE G. FRAZER, Clerk.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-20
III. G.. ON MIR. PATCHOOKLE,S
LIQUORS.


Poughkeepsie is enjoying a loud laugh
over the following correspondence, which
explains itself:
PoUGHKEEPsIE, Dec. 81, 1S70.-Hor-
ace Greeley, Esq.-Dear Sir: Inclosed
l send you an advertisement taken from
the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, in which
your name appears recommending said
article of intoxicating liquors as being
perfectly pure, etc. As | often read
extracts of your temperance speeches
in different parts of our coun-
try, it is query in my mind
how to reconcile matters. If
your theory on the great moral subject of
temperance is right (and who can doubt
itO how is it we find your name paraded
before the public as recommending such
an infamous business or drunkery as has
been erected in cur beautiful city and
sent out as being perfectly pure and un
adulterated? l would like to know which
we are to indOrse as your sentiments on
this important subject. am, sir, your
obedient servant. Alison OsTRANDER.
The ''highly moral Alison received
the following:
SIR: As President of the American In
stitute, / sign all the premiums awarded
by the appropriate committees or examin-
ing boards. If there be any fool foolish
enough to suppose that recommend the
articles 50 awarded premium, advise
him TO drink PatchoOkle's liquors, and so
quit speedily this state of being for which
he is too innocent entirely.
Yours, HORACE GREELEY.
Mr.. OStrander, Poughkeepsie.
''Alson" thinks the above is terrible
cut on the liquors mentioned, but does
not IN the least take his own ludicrous
position into consideration.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-20
RULES FOR MEASURING CORN.

The following RI Is, which have been
repeatedly tested by experience, will save
much trouble to the farmer, if he will
cut them cut and preserve them:
For Measuring ShWcked Corn an the
Crib or Wagon Bed.-After dwelling
the corn, multiply in feet the length,
bredth and depth of the corn; divide the
last product by -, and the quotient will
represent the number of barrels of corn.
If there be remainder after division, it
will represent so many twelfths of bar
rel of shelled corn over.
Eramp'c-Suppose a crib is 70 feet
high, II feet broad and feet deep, and
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-20
FROM OLD WILSON,
The Circuit COurt-Judge William
sOn-Legal Equity Cumberland
UnIversity-Hon, Ed. L. GoIIaday
The Greenwood Female Somf-

UnIversity-Hon. Ed. L. GoIIaday
The Greenwood Female Somi-
nary.
To the Editors of the Union ana American:
LEBANON, Jan. IS, 1871.-Our Circuit
Court is still in in session, Judge William
son presiding. He says he will give all
litigants in his court an opportunity to try
their suits before be adjourns. If so, our
good people will thank him, for the
Claws delay" has been to them great
inconvenience since the war, as there have
been, and are now, tied up in the various
courts thousands of dollars in suits that
ought to be tiled, which, if in circulation,
would pay many debts and relieve much
distress in our county. Col. Mcknight,
our Attorney General, with grand jury
composed Of our best citizens, is very as
siduously seeking information as to all
violators of law, and will take the proper
steps to bring them to justice. We feel
that we are again in perfect peace that
all men, both white and black, are fully
and equally protected in the enjoyment of
life, liberty and property, and that we are
on the road to prosperity. We rejoice to
see our laboring men, those whose labors
feed and clothe all and enrich our county,
more cheerful, hopeful and contented.
This is the last week of the present
session of Cumberland University, and
we are now enjoying the various public
exercises of that celebrated institution, a
brief mention of which may not be IN
interesting to the readers of your valus-
bic paper. The first public exercises
were on Monday night, by the Philoma-
THAN Literary Society, which was repre-
scented by Messrs. Heard, of Missouri;
aud Pitts, of Tennessee, as orators, who
acquitted themselves creditsbly before
their very attentive and intelligent audi
ence. On Tuesday night, the Amassegas-
seon Society held its regular public meet
ing. 1t was opened with prayer by Rev.
w. H. DarnaL Then appeared the
chosen orators, viz: B. B. McCrosky,
of Tennessee; subject ''The claims of
duty against the cry of public opinion ;"
and ]. B. Order, of Kentucky; subject,
Speculation. Both made good speeches.
The President of the Society then pre-
sented to Lee Head, of Gallatin, Tenn,
gold medal, as an award to the best de-
batter of the Society. Mr.. Head re-
sponded in appropriate and well-timed re-
marks.
Tonight the Hon. l. Golladay, men,
Der of Congress elect, addressed the grad
uating law class; he was eloquent and
practical. He had a full house and was
listened to with great interest by all.
Green Wood Seminary, that famous
school for young ladies, of which Mrs.
n. Lawrence Lindsey is Principal, closed
its fall session last night, the 18th. Miss
Hattie Z. Wendle, daughter of D. D.
Wendle, ESQ.,, of Murfreesboro, Tenn,
read the graduating composition, subject
'Iyre of Time" and received her
diploma from the hand of the accom-
plished Principal, accompanied by touch
ing and appropriate counsel. Mrs. L.
will open her spring session on the 1st
Monday of next month when we hope
she will have the patronage she so richly
deserves. HISTORIAN.