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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-11
LEB ANON,
The Weather and the Crops-CIIcuit
Court, etc.

The Weather and the CrOpS-CITcuit
Court, etc.
To the Editors of the Union and American:
LEBANON, Tenn, May s, 1871.-The
recent cold, wet weather which has
checked the growth of all vegetation and
somewhat retarded our farmers in all their
planting operations, together with the late
frosts, which have made some havoc IN
our vegetable and flower gardens and even
rudely invaded our orchards and broad
wheat fields, seem quite enough to little
dishearten our good farmers. But, in
stead of being discouraged, they all seem
bright and hopeful. We had the pleasure
of shaking hands with many of them
yesterday who told US that they have fine
crops of hay, enough fruit TO supply home
demand, and though their wheat is not 80
good, they hope to make enough for their
own bread at Least.
Our Circuit Court was opened this NOM
ing by the Hon. w. H. Williamson, but
in view of the busy season all Irrigated
cases on the docket were continued until
the next term, and the court will only be
kept open few days to diEpose of ex
paTte business, and such cases IS the par
ties may agree to try and for the Grand
Jury to make their inquiries and bring to
account all who have violated the laws.
Col. Mcknight, or Attorney G eneral, is
here actively engaged in the discharge
of the duties of his office.
Old Wilson is very quiet. We have
not sseven had our accustomed spring
fights. Bu5 this is perhaps as much
owing to the late Ku-Klux legislation in
Congress and Gen. Grants recent prccls
nation, as TO anything else, unless it is
the great regard which the people have
for that profound and time-honortd aph-
OTian, 'Let Us have Peace which it is
said ii he Che GsneraD did not originate,
he did en- one occasion use in his advice
to his people.
Our people are quite busy with their
preparations for our spring fair, which
comes eff on the 10Th ard Goth Of this
month. We expect an interesting time.
More anon. ".
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SHARP REPLIES

- Fanny Kemble has been reading f'The
Merchant of Venice" in Rome, for the
British charitable fund. Here is one of
her sharp answers:
81 hear you have very fine hotels in
America
- 81 have no hotels N America - replied
MIS-. kemble, in measured, cyntemptu-
Gus voice, tuning upon the poor fellow
and giving him look that made MIN best
speedy retreat"
This is as good as Thackeray's reply,
in New York, TO the question: "What
do you think of Mr.. Upper, in Eng
land" 'Sir, responded the great nov
elist, 'fu England we don't think of Mr.
Upper st ALL" Here ia a sharp saying
of another kind from the late Father Tay-
lor, the preacher to sailors in Boston.
Theodore Parker must have gone to
heaven" he once ssid, ''fUr the devil
would not know what 70 do with him if
he got him." adding, 'ff he goes to he'll,
he will change the climate and the cmi-
grafton that way" Methodist az Father
Taylor was, one of The best funeral ser
mons occasioned by his departure has
been preached Icy the Rev. DR.. Bartol,
a liberal Unitarian, who said in his dis
course that Father Taylor had ga poor
opinion of 'Spiritualism,' and always de-
Clarcd that the spirits never stayed when
be came, but ran away IS fast SIS they
could 90. -
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a 4 Is Re
from the New York Tribune
The session has not been without the
ordinary flashes of dullness and wit. In
the fist or second week a re.Olution WAS
introduced prohibiting the reading of She
Bible in any public school. A rursl mem
Der, in the course of the discussion which
sprsng up, spoke of the authorized yer.
sion as ''Saint James translation A
reporter present, thinking the expression
q slip of the tongue, corrected it in his
report. The next day the gentleman rose
to a question of privilege, and remarked
that he had been grossly misrepresented
and iDsulted by the press; he did not say
"King James translation said
Saint James. y
Another member, speaking OF the high
sense of the compliment paid him when
he was nominated and elected, stated that
he had called to see a former Legislator, a
personal friend, TO whom he expressed his
very great regard for the laws of the
country. eyes" said his friend, some
what hesltatingly; "yes-laws are like
sausages-the less you know of how they
are made, the better you like them" One
or two very happy retOrts were made,
though their originality may be open to
dispute. A very vigorous speaker, with
long arms, which he kept in perpetual
motion, stopped. for an instant to drink
from tumbler, when brother member
arose to point of order, which was that
'ft is out of order for windmill to 90
by water. Another speaker, having kept
the floor for nearly an hour, said, with an
sir of triumph, "DOes the gentleman wish
to ask any more questiOns2" Up spraug
his opponent, who has habit of STAN
mering, and replied ''Yes, Dir. Speaker;
ask for the p-p-p-previOus question"
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The ''hsrm;t of Champaiu, as Isaac
Nye has been known Tor many years,
died at Burlington, Vermont, on Thurs
day night. Fifty years ago he was q
merchant in Burlington, of the firm of
Nye & Dinismore. lie subsequently
formed partnership with Horace Lane,
long deceased, and in time removed his
business to the small wooden store at the
head of Nye's wharf. Over thirty years
ago he put up his shutters, and never
opened his store again. His goods
mOldered On the shelves, for he would
sell none of them. lie slep in a back
room, and family who had lived up
stairs sent him his meals. Thus he has
lived hermit life, attending no gather
ings, but funerals, and rarely speaking
except spoken to. Some fifteen years
ago he took James FogsJty, an Irish lad,
to live with him, who has been his sole
companion ever since. He was possessed
Of abundant properly but took no care of
il, allowing lot of valuable lumber to
rot ON the wharf. He was about eighty
years old at his desih, and unmarried.
The cause of his singular seclusiOn is un-
known.
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THE HOI.Y Nh

Several years ago society for tfe
prosecution IF researches and discoveries
in the Holy Land was formed in England.
The examinations made under its aug
pices have brought to light number of
interesting matters. Last year an Amer
lean society was formed with the same
object. j. has been arranged with the
parent society that the Americans shall
pursue their explorations east of the river
Jordan, region of country hitherto com
paratively lunexplored. 1t is estimated
that SO, 900 will suffice, according TO the
plan of the society, to carry out this pur-
pose for the first year. Among the dis
coverles already made have been the bu-
Tied foundations of the ancient temple,
the Moabite stone, the pavement of the
ancient city, worn smooth by the tread
of Jews who lived and moved in the days
of our Saviour, aud the ancient bed of
the brook KedrOn, whose waters flowed
by the base of Mount MOriah.
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the butter may not hurt any body il
Nashville. II it does I'll not know il,
ard SO much saved"
But WHAT Is III
1 had lost considerable sleep waiting on
number of milksick patients. One Of them
was lady, and pulseless at times, and my
anxiety about her caused me to fall into
the following train of thought: A large
white COW was badly milk-sicked. |
reach forth my hand TO take some of her
steak when the largest, rustiest and nois-
lest rattlesnske ever saw cooled himself
up in her nav, with head and tail erect,
his tongue darling between his teeth, out
of which issued a constant stream of
poison which penetrated the cows flesh,
of which I was about TO partake, when
with the culver of bis tail and extra
bound toward me, I withdrew my Land in
horror and awoke to find it dream.
give that patient plenty of hot whisky
and white of eggs. She recovered. /
have given it to others; they recovered,
and l shall continue to give it, believ-
ing it to be as good for milk-sickness as
for snake bite. The constipation should
be remedied by triple doses of castor
oil. DE-. l. DRAKE.
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UNEvERsErY OF VIRGINIA.

The catalogue of this institution for
1S7O-7l makes the following exhibit 4:
There are AT students at the university,
to wit a: From Virginia, 158; from Missls-
sippi, 81; frem Alabama, 90; from North
Carolina, 90; from Maryland, %; from
Kentucky, %; from Tennessee, %; from
Sou Carolina, q; from Georgia, %;
from Texas, %; from Louisiana, 16;
from West Virginia, 8; from Arkansas,
3; from Missouri, Z; from Iadians, 3;
from District Of Columbia, 3; from Flori-
dl, 2; from New York, 2; from Pennsyl-
vania, /; from California, /; from South
America, l. 1t Is notable that, out of the
AT students, 2S9 are from other States
than Virginia. The number from Viz
ginia is, in fac, unusually small. This
was owing to the failure of tie crops and
to the great freshet which occurred last
year just at the opening of the univer-
SHY
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first of April, and grows rapidly, till 1t
blooms about the 18th Of May, and the
seeds are malured and dry by the goth of
June, These stages will be sooner or
la.er, according to the season. When
the seeds mature, the stalks and leaves
die. Some weeks afterwards, If there is
rain enough, stems and leaves spring
from the roots, and second crop of
stems and seed are matured by the first of
August, or sos ner, if there be enough of
rain. Then The clover does but little
growing till in October, when it puts forth
leaves.
This is the natural course of clover.
which may be greatly modified by pru-
dent treatment. To make the most luxu-
rant clover, give it chance to grow all
it will, but never let it make seed. To
accomplish this object, take all stock off
about the first of April, and let it grow
till in full bloom. Then Craze it to the
ground as soon as possible. Now take
off the stock till in full bloom again,
then Craze it down, and take off the
stock. 1t will make one or two more
crops before frost if seasonable. But if
you wish to make hay of the clover, then
you will NOW the first crop, when ma
jority of the blooms have become brown
The clover will then make second crop,
which viii mature the seed later in the
season, say in August. You may cut this
crop for seed because it would not make
good hay. But if you intend not to make
seed, then it should be grazedsas soon as
it is in full bloom, and treated as pasture
the balance of the year. During the
winter, the more the stock is fed on the
LOT, the better will be next years yield.
We have given the treatment of the
aforementioned grasses required by the
habits of each separately, but it is often
best to sow two or three of the grasses
together, and you may cause any one of
them TO triumph over the other two by
directing your whole treatment TO the
nature of that grass intended 10 over
shadow the rest as / have described.
Treat it as you would treat timothy
sloGe, and the timothy will overpower
the clover and blue grass. Or treat as
you would clover alone, then the clover
will prevail. Or finally treat it as you
would treat blue grass alone; then that
grass will exterminate the others.
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GAPES IN CHICKENS, AND CHICK.
EN- AND HOG CHOLERA.

We publish the following communica-
ton from our friend VIM. B. Ewing, ESQ.,,
of Davidson county. Such information
we are glad to get and publish, for the
benefit of the people, in the 'People's
Paper:
20 the Editors of the Union and American:
Please allow me to ask you to publish
in your valuable paper my experience
with cholera in hogs and chickens, and
chicken gapes, that others may learn the
cure.
In 1862 the cholera broke out amongst
nv hogs, and many of them died. l tried
many ways to kill the disease, but met
with no particular success until l used
coal tar, which got at the gas works in
Nashville. l gave it with corn TO those
not too sick TO eat, and applied tito Others
with q mop, that they might inhsle as
much of it as possible. They began to
get Better Immediately, and all those TO
which had given it entirely recovered.
Twice since then l have used this remedy
with equal success.
In 1869 the cholera prevailed amongst
my chickens aud threatened sad havoc TO
them. tried the coal tar and effected a
perfect cure. Ispplied it to the walls of
the henhouse, to the perches, and to the
nest boxes quite frequently during the
spring and summer, and saved every
chicken. use the tar every time symp
tom is discovered.
The gapes in my young chickens have
giyeu me considerable trouble, and al
though having used tobacco smoke sue
cessfuIly, l tried the coal tar, which
proved as successful as the tobacco
smoke, and with much less trouble. From
this means constantly applied, not only IL
the henhouse, but in the boxes where tn,
Young chickens are kept, and in the feed
ing coop, have my chickens been fire.
from this disease for the last two years
VIM. B. EWING.
VU,yr7v's NpEVE Nav 10 1871
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HOUSTON NED CaIHoUN.

WE. SChOuleT, in The Boston Jour-
nal, decribing the late Sam. Houston
as he appeared while representing the
State of Texas ia the United States
Senate, says: "When rot speaking or
writing he sat in his seat with
long bladed knife in one hand, and
a piece Of wood in the other, whit
Ting. 60 when you would into
the Senate gallery, and look upon
the Senate, you would see him
working with his knife upon s. piece Of
wood, and around his chair would be the
chips lie had cut off He did not appear
to be making anything of use or oTns
meut from the block ne was whiting,
bus cut steadily on until he had used it
up, when one of the pages would bring
him another piece. He appeared to be q
very kind-hesrted man, and fond of chill
dren. He was a great favorite with the
boy-pages, and frequently you would see
one or two Of them standing by his desk,
talking with him. The only popularity
about his dress was vest which he gen
orally wore when in Washington. 1t was
made of the skin of some wild beast, with
the fur outside"
The following anecdote of John c.
Calhoun is told by Mr.. Schouler, on the
authority of the late Hon. Abbott Law
renee: "SOme time before 1910, Mr.. CAL
houn wrote to Mr.. Lawrence that he had
been adding to HIS landed estates, and
would like TO obtain loan of $40, 600 or
SIS, 600 in Boston, where money was
more plenty than in South Carolina and
the rate of interest not SO high, for the
payment of which he would give his
notes and mortgage upon his estate,
which would be ample security. Mr..
Lawrence said he consulted Mr.. Nathan
Appleton ard enc or tgo other veal
thy citizens of Boston upon the
subject, and it was agreed to raise the
money for him and take no security for
! the repayment bat his own note. Mr..
| Lswrencs informed Mir. Calhoun of the
arrangement which he had made, and
| expressed his qualification that it was in
the power OF himself and few of his
! friends to do kindness to one so distin-
! guished, whose life had been devoted to
the service of his country. Mr. Calhoun
Immediately wrote back, declining the
offer, and Withdrawing his original re-
GU ct. He said it did not agree with his
sense of propriety to accept loan upon
such terms; that in the discharge of his
public duties he did not wish to be en-
barrassed by sense of obligation to any
one"
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a, I. bIM5,
CHAs. E. ROBERT,

'sTHAT you believe you have call to
preach is all very well as far as it goes. {"
said sn old doctor of divinity to theo-
logical student ''but "he sdded, 1--WE
must wait and see whether the people
think they have call TO hear you ~
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WHITES CREEK, May 10, 1871.
,,rIKsIoKNEss. ANp wHArIsITl

To the Editors Of the Union and American:
Public opinion is very much divided on
this dreadful disease, while the disciples of
Esculapius are not better agreed. In fact
the poison generated is of such subtle
nature that chemistry has not been able
TO detect il, and that 1t is capable of self
propacstion which no poison known TO
The profession is. One pound of the flesh
of 8 dog that h2s eaten of milk sick
cow contains as much poison as q pound
of the COW from which he ate; and svul-
ture TO eat of his flesh would be poisoned
10 the same extent, and so Gd d'lTtT1ttlti11.
One thing, clearly ascertained, it acts
with more power on the human system
from drinking sweet milk or eating but
ter. while heat to some extent destroys
the poison; and, also, it may remain In
the system a considerable time before any
Inconvenience from it is experienced, and
that some constitutions are not susceptl-
BILE 20 it and that there are two condl-
tons of systems which result from Its ac-
ton: one characterized by dark tongue,
the other white; but obstinate constipa-
ton and inCessant vomiting in both, with
shrunken features, cold extremities and Q
peculiar dissgreeable odOr, mixture of
chloroform and mercurial salvation.
Hotel poisoning andu Unknown diseases that
occur IN our large cities would be no
longer a mystery if they knew where their
butter or cheese came from; for it ia un-
derstood IN the infected districts that
some people who are afraid to eat them
selves have no objection to the public
eating. "lf the milk should kill my calf
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gith satisfactory reeulss. As
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freesboro, Tenn, says:
IhaTe used seYep bottles Of 10
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toe, a. wish 4 for my brother
VINO has R1rofulous Eo-s syea.
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writes:
LhGve suffered for twenty year
With Aa invetersie eruption eve
my whole body; 9 short tim
since I purchased bottle q Boss
dAlss and Il effected . pcHecs onrs
RosadaIIs b son BY D
Druggists.
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Mall Train leaving Nashville 81 4:50 A. n MAKES
direct connection for HenderBon, Ky.s EsAnsvile,
St. Louis, ana all points North Northwest
Express Train leaving Nashville sf 7:to ?. NJ
carries through mail. and makes direct oonneci1on
for Memphis, New Orles.s, Mobile, and al points
In the Southwest; and also, connects zt H1thf1e
with HOpkinsviiie accommodation.
Nail Train arriving a. Nashville a. rs p n.
makes connection with trains from st. Louis, and
also with through train from Veg Orieann And
Memphis.
Trains run dsiiy, except Sundays.
mrhi4 tju14 n e. L BLANTOH, Rzpt.
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------- 49, &frl
ID. ". G.. Senter, Governor Of State Of feu-
nessee, to all who shall SEE these presents -
Greeting:
UTHERBAs, IT HAS BEEN MADE Known
w to me thas certain Dan Smith (eol-
ored charged with having committed Il foul and
AtrOciOus murder, on the p, n day Of April 1871,
upon the bOiy OF NJ J. AerEi sether, late Of our
county Ct Shelby, has He'd fsom justice and is
now running at large. Pa fft-a-iaI fIaf q
Now, therefore, 4, d. W. G Ssnter. Governor "a
aforesaid BY virtue Of the power and authority
in me vested, DO heEebyoner = reward ct IS ~
three hundred dollars to any person pers VINO
may apprehend the sad Dan smith lc0iOred,)
snd deliver him to the Sheriff or Jaitr cf our
county OF Shelby, in order that justiee IN that
behalf may be had and executed.
In tesd pony whereof, hzve hersuntO set my
hsnd, and cansed the Great seal OF the
H. 81 State TO be Affixed at Nashville, on the 5sh
d-y Of May, 1871.
BY the Governor: T. BUfLER,
Secretary Of state.
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DESCEkRPEhONs-sa Dan Smith is as
years of age, feet 10 inches high, heavy set
weighs us pounds, yellow colosed, found face,
slightly wrinkled, when last seen were heavy
black whiskers, slightly marked with SmSllpOx,
slightly lame in right leg, toes of at first joint
on right foot, kinkey hsir, but in the habit of
carrying y wig. His accom- lice in this MUIR
der was his wife, Ella Smith, a good looking.
copper cOlOred negress, medium size, so years
or age, quick spoken.
The friends of the deceased offer an addition
al reward of five hundred dollars $500 for the
apprehension of SAID parties my6 dkw2w